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5.5 Reasonable Best Efforts.
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(b) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of Purchaser, Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other party or parties hereto in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using reasonable best efforts to obtain all necessary actions or non-actions, waivers, consents, approvals, orders and authorizations from all Governmental Bodies and make all necessary registrations, declarations and filings with all Governmental Bodies, that are necessary to consummate the Offer and the Merger;  (Page 48)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
Section 6.3    Efforts to Consummate the Merger.    (a)    Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company, on the one hand, and each of Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, will cooperate with the Other Party and use (and will cause their respective Subsidiaries to use) its reasonable best efforts to (i) take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable to cause the conditions to the Closing to be satisfied as promptly as reasonably practicable and to consummate and make effective, as promptly as practicable, the Merger, including preparing and filing promptly and fully all documentation to effect all necessary filings, notifications, notices, petitions, statements, registrations, submissions of information, applications and other documents (including filing any Notification and Report Form required pursuant to the HSR Act and the Austrian Cartel Act 2005 within ten (10) Business Days following the execution of this Agreement and to request early termination of the applicable waiting period, (ii) obtain promptly all Consents, clearances, expirations or terminations of waiting periods, registrations, authorizations and other confirmations from any Governmental Entity or third party necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Merger (Page 53)

Section 6.3    Efforts to Consummate the Merger. 
 <omitted> (c)    Each Party agrees to use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, any and all steps and to make, or cause to be made, any and all undertakings necessary to resolve any objections that a Governmental Entity may assert under any Antitrust Law with respect to the Transactions, and to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any Antitrust Law that may be asserted by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger, in each case, so as to enable the Closing to occur as promptly as practicable (Page 54)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the Parties agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other Party in doing, all things that are necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Transactions, including using its reasonable best efforts to accomplish the following: (i) obtain all required consents, approvals or waivers from, or participation in other discussions or negotiations with, third parties, including as required under any Parent Material Contract or Company Material Contract (as applicable); (ii) obtain all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents, approvals, orders and authorizations from Governmental Entities, make all necessary registrations, declarations and filings and make all reasonable best efforts to obtain all approvals or waivers from, or to avoid any Action by, any Governmental Entity, including filings under the HSR Act with the United States Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice; and (iii) execute and deliver any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Transactions and fully to carry out the purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall commit to the payment of any fee, penalty or other consideration or make any other concession, waiver or amendment under any Contract in connection with obtaining any consent without the prior written consent of Parent.  (Page 91)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
Section 6.04. Cooperation; Regulatory Efforts; Status. (a) Cooperation. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including Section 6.04(b), the Company and Parent shall cooperate with each other and use (and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use) their respective reasonable best efforts to (A) take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under applicable Laws to prepare and file as promptly as reasonably practicable and advisable all necessary notices, reports and other filings (including by filing as promptly as reasonably practicable and advisable following the date of this Agreement, all notifications, filings, registrations, submissions and other materials required under the HSR Act or any other applicable Antitrust Laws required in order to consummate the Offer or the Merger), (B) promptly provide any information to or make any filings or submissions with CFIUS that Parent, in consultation with the Company, reasonably deems appropriate or necessary, and respond to any requests for information from CFIUS, and (C) obtain all consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations necessary to, or to submit all notices or filings triggered by, the Offer or the Merger and required by any Governmental Healthcare Program or applicable Laws to continue to operate the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted.  (Page 75)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each party shall use its reasonable best efforts (A) to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law to consummate and make effective the Transactions, and (B) to take any and all steps necessary, to eliminate each and every impediment under any Antitrust Law to close the Transactions contemplated hereby prior to the Outside Date (as it may be extended in accordance with Section 8.01(b)(i)), including (i) the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article VII, (ii) obtaining all necessary or advisable Authorizations and Consents from, making all necessary or advisable registrations, declarations and filings with and taking all reasonable steps as may be necessary or advisable to obtain any Authorizations or Consents from, or avoid a Proceeding with, any Governmental Entity or other third party with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions, including the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period in respect of HSR and other Antitrust Laws,   (Page 60)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
Subject to Section 4.5(c) and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company and Parent agree, and Parent and the Company each agree to cause its Subsidiaries to use their reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law to consummate and make effective the Transactions and to use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the conditions to each Party’s obligation to consummate the Transactions as set forth in Section 5.1 to be satisfied as promptly as practicable (but in no event later than the Outside Date), including taking all actions necessary (i) to obtain all Governmental Authorizations required for the consummation of the Merger  (Page 24)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
Section 5.7 Further Action; Efforts. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done (but subject to the other provisions of this Section 5.7), and cooperate with each other in order to do, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law (including under any Antitrust Law (as defined below)) to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement at the earliest practicable date, including: (i)   42


causing the preparation and filing of all forms, registrations and notices required to be filed to consummate the Merger and the taking of such actions as are necessary to obtain any requisite consent, non-action or expiration of any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act or any other Foreign Antitrust Law;  (Pages 49-50)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
6.2  Antitrust and Investment Law Filings. <omitted> Subject to Section 6.2(b), each of Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to <omitted> (D) take all action necessary to (1) cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods pursuant to the HSR Act and any other Antitrust Laws applicable to the Transactions; (Page 74)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
(c) In furtherance of the foregoing covenants: 

(i) Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall use their reasonable best efforts to make any premerger notification filing required under the HSR Act with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby as soon as reasonably practicable following the execution of this Agreement. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall supply as promptly as reasonably practicable any additional information or documentary material that may be requested pursuant to the HSR Act and shall take all other actions, proper or advisable consistent with this Section 6.5, to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as practicable.  (Page 60)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
Section 7.1 Efforts. <omitted> Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to (A) supply as promptly as practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested by a Governmental Authority in connection with the foregoing, including any information, documentation or other material that may be requested by a Governmental Authority with respect to any controlling person of Parent, (B) furnish to each other any necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other may request in connection with the foregoing, and (C) take all other actions necessary or advisable to cause the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act and to obtain the Ex-U.S. Approvals, the FERC Approval, the NJDEP Approval, the FCC Consents, and the CFIUS   59


Approval, in each case as promptly as practicable, and in the case of the CFIUS Approval within the timeframes set forth under the DPA, and, in any event, prior to the End Date. (Pages 64-65)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company and Parent shall cooperate with each other and use their respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on their part under this Agreement and Applicable Laws to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable, including preparing and filing as promptly as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings, defending through litigation on the merits any civil, criminal or administrative action, suit, claim, hearing, arbitration, investigation or other proceeding seeking to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions, and obtaining as promptly as practicable all consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party and/or any Governmental Authority in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  (Page 67)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company, Parent, Merger Sub and their respective Subsidiaries shall, and, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iv) below, shall cause their respective controlling Affiliates to, each use their reasonable best efforts to promptly take, or to cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or to cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable under this Agreement or applicable Law or otherwise to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable, including to timely (i) obtain from any Governmental Entities and any third parties any actions, non-actions, clearances, waivers, consents, approvals, expirations or terminations of waiting periods, permits or orders required to be obtained by the Company, Parent or any of their respective Affiliates (including those in connection with the Required Governmental Approvals and CFIUS Approval), in connection with the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,  (Page 52)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
(b)            Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each party hereto shall use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Mergers as promptly as practicable and to cause to be satisfied all conditions precedent to its obligations under this Agreement, including, consistent with the foregoing, (i) preparing and filing as promptly as practicable with the objective of being in a position to consummate the Mergers as promptly as practicable following the date of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, all documentation to effect all necessary or advisable applications, notices, petitions, filings, and other documents and to obtain as promptly as practicable all consents, waivers, licenses, orders, registrations, approvals, permits, rulings, authorizations and clearances necessary or advisable to be obtained from any Governmental Entity or third party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any that are required to be obtained under any federal, state or local Law or Contract to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets are bound, (ii) contesting, litigating and defending all lawsuits or other legal proceedings against it or any of its affiliates relating to or challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the Mergers (“Transaction Litigation”), and (iii) effecting all necessary or advisable registrations and other filings required under the Exchange Act or any other federal, state or local Law relating to the Mergers. (Page 29)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
Section 6.3           Consummation of the Merger. 

(a)          Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company, on the one hand, and each of Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, will cooperate with the Other Party and use (and will cause their respective Subsidiaries to use) its reasonable best efforts to (i) take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable to cause the conditions to the Closing to be satisfied as promptly as reasonably practicable and to consummate and make effective, as promptly as reasonably practicable, the Merger, including preparing and filing promptly and fully all documentation to effect all necessary filings, notifications, notices, petitions, statements, registrations, submissions of information, applications and other documents (including (A) filing any Notification and Report Form required pursuant to the HSR Act within 10 Business Days following the execution of this Agreement and to request early termination of the applicable waiting period, (B) submitting the documentation required to be submitted to DCSA or any other United States cognizant security agency in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with Paragraph 1-302(g) of the NISPOM, (C) submitting any required notices related to the Company’s Statement of Registration on file with United States Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the ITAR, (D) preparing and submitting any requests to amend or novate licenses or other authorizations issued by DDTC or the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security that may be necessary as a consequence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (E) developing, submitting, and implementing any mitigation plans reasonably required to address an Organizational Conflict of Interest (as that term is defined in Part 9 of the FAR), including by taking the actions identified in Section 6.3(a)(i)(E) of the Company Disclosure Letter), (ii) obtain promptly all Consents, clearances, expirations or terminations of waiting periods, registrations, authorizations and other confirmations from any Governmental Entity or third party necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Merger  (Page 62)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
6.1         Regulatory Matters. <omitted> (b)          The parties hereto shall cooperate with each other and use their reasonable best efforts to promptly prepare and file all necessary documentation, to effect all applications, notices, petitions and filings (and in the case of applications, notices, petitions and filings in respect of the Requisite Regulatory Approvals, use their reasonable best efforts to make such filings within thirty (30) business days of the date of this Agreement), to obtain as promptly as practicable all permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all third parties and Governmental Entities which are necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger and the Bank Merger), and to comply with the terms and conditions of all such permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all such Governmental Entities. (Page 31)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
(a)     Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Party will use its reasonable best efforts to (and, in the case of Parent, cause each of its Affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Parent Group”) to) take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws and regulations to consummate the Offer and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  (Page 60)


SECTION 7.2     Further Action; Efforts. <omitted> (b)     In connection with the efforts referenced in Section 7.2(a) to obtain all requisite or advisable approvals and authorizations or expiration of waiting periods for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under any applicable Law and to obtain any Other Regulatory Approvals, each of Parent and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall use its reasonable best efforts to <omitted> (vi) take any action in order to, as soon as reasonably possible (A) obtain all requisite or advisable approvals and authorizations, or permit the expiration of waiting periods, for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under any applicable Law or (B) obtain the approval, authorization or exemption of any Governmental Entity for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;  (Page 61)


In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Parent shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and subsidiaries to, take any and all steps necessary to (x) resolve, avoid, or eliminate impediments or objections, if any, that may be asserted with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under the HSR Act o r other applicable Laws requiring receipt of the Other Regulatory Approvals or (y) avoid the entry of, effect the dissolution of, and have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned, any decree, order or judgment that would prevent, prohibit, restrict or impede the consummation of the contemplated transactions, so as to enable the Parties to close the contemplated transactions expeditiously (but in no event later than the End Date), including, but without limiting the foregoing, (i) proposing, negotiating, committing to and effecting, by consent decree, hold separate orders or otherwise, the sale, divesture, disposition, or license of any assets, properties, products, rights, services or businesses of the Company or its subsidiaries or any interest therein and (ii) otherwise taking or committing to take actions that would limit the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ freedom of action with respect to, or its or their ability to retain any assets, properties, products, rights, services or businesses of the Company or its subsidiaries or any interest or interests therein (the actions contemplated by clauses (i) and (ii), a “Company Remedial Measure”).  (Page 62)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company and Parent shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under Applicable Law to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) preparing and filing as promptly as practicable with any Governmental Authority all documentation to effect all necessary filings, notices, petitions, statements, registrations, submissions of information, applications and other documents and (ii) obtaining and maintaining all approvals, consents, registrations, permits, authorizations and other confirmations required to be obtained from any Governmental Authority that are necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (Page 57)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard
Category: Operating and Efforts Covenant
Answer: Reasonable best efforts