Antitrust Notification. (a) Unless this Agreement shall have been validly terminated in accordance with Section 7.1, Buyer and Sellers shall, as promptly as practicable after the Effective Date as they shall mutually agree file with the FTC and the DOJ the premerger notification and report form required as a result of the contemplated purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and shall include any supplemental information requested in connection therewith, pursuant to the HSR Act. Any such filing, notification and report form and supplemental information shall be in substantial compliance with the requirements of the HSR Act. The Parties shall work together and shall furnish to one another such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other may request in connection with its preparation of any filing or submission which is necessary under the HSR Act. The Parties shall (A) cooperate with one another and keep one another apprised of the status of any communications with, and any inquiries or requests for additional information from, the FTC, the DOJ or any other applicable Governmental Entity, (B) comply promptly with any such reasonable inquiry or request, (C) not participate, or permit its Affiliates to participate, in any substantive meeting or discussion with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filings, investigation or inquiry concerning this Agreement unless it consults with the other Party in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives the other Party the opportunity to attend and participate thereat, and (D) with the exception of business documents deemed highly confidential by the possessing Party (including documents submitted as attachments to the Party’s notification and report form under the HSR Act), furnish the other Party or the other Party’s outside counsel with copies of all correspondence, filings, and communications (and memoranda setting forth the substance thereof) between a Party or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder or any investigation with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder. Buyer shall pay all filing fees and other charges for the filing under the HSR Act by both Parties. (b) From and after the date on which the filings are made pursuant to Section 5.5(a), Buyer and Sellers shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act (any such clearance, an “Antitrust Approval”), including replying at the earliest practicable date to any requests for information received from the FTC or DOJ pursuant to the HSR Act and making any permitted request for early expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as possible. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall require, or be construed to require, the Parties or any of their respective Affiliates to offer or agree to (i) (A) sell, hold, separate, divest, license, discontinue or limit, before or after the Closing Date, any assets, businesses, equity holdings, intellectual property, or other interests or (B) any conditions relating to, or changes or restrictions in, the operations of any such assets, businesses, equity holdings, intellectual property or interests (including but not limited to any requirements to enter into new contracts or modify or terminate existing contracts) or (ii) any material modification or waiver of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.)
Antitrust Notification. (a) Unless this Agreement If a filing under the HSR Act is required, Lumos and Merck shall have been validly terminated file, or shall cause their ultimate parent entities as defined in accordance with Section 7.1the HSR Act to file, Buyer as soon as practicable (but not later than ten (10) Business Days) after the Effective Date, any notifications required under the HSR Act, and Sellers shall, shall respond as promptly as practicable after to all inquiries or requests received from the Effective Date as they shall mutually agree file with Federal Trade Commission, the FTC and the DOJ the premerger notification and report form required as a result Antitrust Division of the contemplated purchase Department of Justice or any Governmental Entity for additional information or documentation. Each Party shall pay for the fees associated with their own filings and sale of the Purchased Assets and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and shall include any supplemental information requested in submissions. In connection therewith, pursuant the Parties shall, or shall cause their respective Affiliates to, (i) furnish to the HSR Act. Any such filing, notification and report form and supplemental information shall be in substantial compliance with the requirements of the HSR Act. The Parties shall work together and shall furnish to one another other Party such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other Party may reasonably request in connection with its preparation of any filing or submission which that is necessary under the HSR Act. The Parties shall , and (Aii) cooperate with one another and keep one another the other Party reasonably apprised of the status of any communications with, and any inquiries or requests for additional information from, from the FTC, the DOJ or any other applicable Governmental Entity, (B) comply promptly with any such reasonable inquiry or request, (C) not participate, or permit its Affiliates to participate, in any substantive meeting or discussion with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filings, investigation or inquiry concerning this Agreement unless it consults with the other Party in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives the other Party the opportunity to attend and participate thereat, and (D) with the exception of business documents deemed highly confidential by the possessing Party (including documents submitted as attachments to the Party’s notification and report form under the HSR Act), furnish the other Party or the other Party’s outside counsel with copies of all correspondence, filings, and communications (and memoranda setting forth the substance thereof) between a Party or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder or any investigation with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder. Buyer shall pay all filing fees and other charges for the filing under the HSR Act by both Parties.
(b) From and after Subject to applicable confidentiality restrictions or restrictions required by applicable Legal Requirements, each Party will notify the date on which other promptly upon the receipt of (i) any comments or questions from any Governmental Entity in connection with any filings are made pursuant to Section 5.5(a), Buyer and Sellers shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain any clearance required under 7.1(a) or the HSR Act (any such clearance, an “Antitrust Approval”), including replying at the earliest practicable date to any requests for information received from the FTC or DOJ pursuant to the HSR Act and making any permitted request for early expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as possible.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall require, or be construed to require, the Parties or any of their respective Affiliates to offer or agree to (i) (A) sell, hold, separate, divest, license, discontinue or limit, before or after the Closing Date, any assets, businesses, equity holdings, intellectual property, or other interests or (B) any conditions relating to, or changes or restrictions in, the operations of any such assets, businesses, equity holdings, intellectual property or interests (including but not limited to any requirements to enter into new contracts or modify or terminate existing contracts) or and (ii) any material modification requests by any Governmental Entity for information or waiver documents relating to an investigation of the terms and conditions of transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party shall provide to the other (or the other’s respective advisors) upon request copies of all correspondence between such Party and any Governmental Entity relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Parties may, as they deem advisable and necessary, designate any correspondence provided to the other under this Section 7.1(b) as “outside counsel only.” Such materials and the information contained therein shall be given only to outside counsel of the recipient and will not be disclosed by such outside counsel to employees, officers, or directors of the recipient without the advance written consent of the Party providing such materials. In addition, to the extent reasonably practicable, all discussions, telephone calls, and meetings with a Governmental Entity regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall include representatives of both Parties. Subject to applicable Legal Requirements, the Parties will consult and cooperate with each other in connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, and proposals made or submitted to any Governmental Entity regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by or on behalf of any Party.
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Antitrust Notification. (a) Unless this Agreement shall have been validly terminated in accordance with Section 7.1, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement (including in Section 5.3(b)), Buyer and Sellers shallSeller shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the prompt expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereunder, as promptly as practicable including within five (5) Business Days after the Effective Date as they shall mutually agree file Date, filing with the FTC and the DOJ the premerger notification and report form required as a result of the contemplated purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and shall include including any supplemental information requested in connection therewith, pursuant to the HSR Act. Any such filing, notification and report form and supplemental information shall be in substantial compliance with the requirements of the HSR Act. The Parties shall work together and shall furnish to one another such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other may request in connection with its preparation of any filing or submission which is necessary under the HSR Act. The Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to (Ai) cooperate with one another and keep one another apprised of promptly inform the status other Party of any communications with, and any inquiries or requests for additional information from, the FTC, the DOJ or any other applicable Governmental Entity, (Bii) comply promptly with any such reasonable inquiry or request, allowing the other to review in advance of submission, and considering in good faith the views of the other, in connection with any substantive responses, analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments and proposals, (Ciii) not participate, or permit its Affiliates to participate, in any substantive meeting or discussion with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filings, investigation or inquiry concerning this Agreement unless it consults with the other Party in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives the other Party the opportunity to attend and participate thereat, and (Div) with the exception of business documents designated and deemed highly confidential or competitively sensitive by the possessing Party (including documents submitted as attachments to the Party’s notification and report form under the HSR Act), furnish the other Party or the other Party’s outside counsel with copies of all substantive correspondence, filings, and communications (and memoranda setting forth the substance thereof) between a Party or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder or any investigation with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder, provided that the Parties may as they deem advisable and necessary, redact as necessary to remove legally privileged content, valuation details or to comply with contractual arrangements. Buyer shall pay all filing fees and other charges for the filing under the HSR Act by both PartiesAct.
(b) From and after the date on which the filings are made pursuant to Section 5.5(a5.3(a), Buyer and Sellers Seller shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act (any such clearance, an the “Antitrust Approval”), including replying at the earliest practicable date to any requests for information received from the FTC or DOJ pursuant to the HSR Act and making any permitted request for early expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as possible.
(c) Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with and as a result of any Antitrust Approval granted during the Pre-Closing Period, nothing in this Agreement shall require, or be construed to require, the Parties or any of their respective Affiliates to offer or agree to (i) (A) sell, hold, separate, divest, license, discontinue discontinue, or limit, before or after the Closing Date, limit any assets, businesses, equity equity, holdings, intellectual property, or other interests or (B) any conditions relating to, or changes or restrictions in, the operations operation or use of any such assets, businesses, equity holdings, intellectual property or interests (including but not limited to any requirements to enter into new contracts Contracts or modify or terminate existing contracts) Contracts), including with respect to the Purchased Assets and use of the Priority Review Voucher to obtain Priority Review of a product candidate of Buyer or its Affiliates or any other benefit associated with the Purchased Assets or (ii) any material modification or waiver of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Antitrust Notification. (a) Unless this Agreement shall have been validly terminated in accordance with Section 7.1, Buyer and Sellers Seller shall, as promptly as practicable within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Effective Date as they shall mutually agree Date. file with the FTC and the DOJ the premerger notification and report form required as a result of the contemplated purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and shall include any supplemental information requested in connection therewith, pursuant to the HSR Act. Any such filing, notification and report form and supplemental information shall be in substantial compliance with the requirements of the HSR Act. The Parties shall work together and shall furnish to one another such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other may request in connection with its preparation of any filing or submission which is necessary under the HSR Act. The Parties shall (Ai) cooperate with one another and keep one another apprised of promptly inform the status other Party of any communications with, and any inquiries or requests for additional information from, the FTC, the DOJ or any other applicable Governmental Entity, (Bii) comply promptly with any such reasonable inquiry or request, (Ciii) not participate, or permit its Affiliates to participate, in any substantive meeting or discussion with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filings, investigation or inquiry concerning this Agreement unless it consults with the other Party in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives the other Party the opportunity to attend and participate thereat, and (Div) with the exception of business documents deemed highly confidential by the possessing Party (including documents submitted as attachments to the Party’s notification and report form under the HSR Act), furnish the other Party or the other Party’s outside counsel with copies of all correspondence, filings, and communications (and memoranda setting forth the substance thereof) between a Party or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder or any investigation with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder. Buyer shall pay all filing fees and other charges for the filing under the HSR Act by both PartiesAct.
(b) From and after the date on which the filings are made pursuant to Section 5.5(a5.3(a), Buyer and Sellers Seller shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act (any such clearance, an the “Antitrust Approval”), including replying at the earliest practicable date to any requests for information received from the FTC or DOJ pursuant to the HSR Act and making any permitted request for requesting early expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as possible.
(c) . Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with and as a result of any Antitrust Approval granted during the Pre-Closing Period, nothing in this Agreement shall require, or be construed to require, the Parties Buyer or any of their its respective Affiliates to offer or agree to (i) (Ai)(A) sell, hold, separate, divest, license, discontinue discontinue, or limit, before or after the Closing Date, limit any assets, businesses, equity equity, holdings, intellectual property, or other interests or (B) any conditions relating to, or changes or restrictions in, the operations operation or use of any such assets, businesses, equity holdings, intellectual property or interests (including but not limited to any requirements to enter into new contracts or modify or terminate existing contracts) ), including with respect to the Purchased Assets and use of the Priority Review Voucher to obtain Priority Review of a product candidate of Buyer or its Affiliates or any other benefit associated with the Purchased Assets or (ii) any material modification or waiver of the terms and conditions of this AgreementAgreement (any item set forth in clauses (i) or (ii), a “Burdensome Condition”).
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Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Antitrust Notification. (a) Unless this Agreement shall have been validly terminated in accordance with Section 7.1, Buyer Buyer, Seller and Sellers BPI shall, as promptly as practicable (but no later than ten (10) Business Days) after the Effective Date as they shall mutually agree Date, file with the FTC Federal Trade Commission and the DOJ Department of Justice the premerger notification and report form required as a result of the contemplated purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and shall include any supplemental information requested in connection therewith, pursuant to the HSR Act. Any such filing, notification and report form and supplemental information shall be in substantial compliance with the requirements of the HSR Act. The Parties shall work together and shall furnish to one another such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other may request in connection with its preparation of any filing or submission which is necessary under the HSR Act. The Parties shall (A) cooperate with one another and keep one another apprised of the status of any communications with, and any inquiries or requests for additional information from, the FTCFederal Trade Commission, the DOJ Department of Justice or any other applicable Governmental Entity, (B) comply promptly with any such reasonable inquiry or request, (C) subject to applicable Legal Requirements, consult and cooperate with each other in connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, and proposals made or submitted to any Governmental Entity regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by or on behalf of any Party, (D) not participate, or permit its Affiliates to participate, in any substantive meeting or discussion with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filings, investigation or inquiry concerning this Agreement unless unless, to the extent reasonably practicable, it consults with the other Party in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives the other Party the opportunity to attend and participate thereat, and (DE) with the exception of business documents deemed highly confidential by the possessing Party (including documents submitted as attachments to the Party’s notification and report form under the HSR Act), furnish the other Party or (or, in respect of competitively sensitive materials, solely to the other Party’s outside counsel counsel) with copies of all correspondence, filings, and communications (and memoranda setting forth the substance thereof) between a Party or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder or any investigation with respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder. Buyer shall pay bear, and promptly satisfy, all costs and expenses associated with all filing fees and other charges for the filing under the HSR Act by both all Parties. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall require any Party to disclose to the other Party or its outside counsel (1) documents filed pursuant to Item 4(c) and 4(d) of the Notification and Report Form under the HSR Act or communications regarding the same documents, (2) information submitted in response to any request for additional information, documents which reveal such Party’s negotiating objectives or strategies regarding the transactions contemplated hereunder (3) information relating to businesses and investments of Buyer or its Affiliates, (4) any information for which disclosure is prohibited by any Governmental Entity or (5) any information for which disclosure would waive applicable legal privilege.
(b) From and after the date on which the filings are made pursuant to Section 5.5(a6.8(a), Buyer and Sellers the Parties shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act (any such clearance, an “Antitrust Approval”)for the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets and the other transactions contemplated hereby, including replying at the earliest practicable date to any requests for information received from the FTC Federal Trade Commission or DOJ the Department of Justice pursuant to the HSR Act and making any permitted request for early expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as possible.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall require, or be construed to require, the Parties or any of their respective Affiliates to offer or agree to (ia) (Ai) sell, hold, hold separate, divest, license, discontinue or limit, before or after the Closing Date, any assets, businesses, equity holdings, intellectual property, or other interests or (Bii) any conditions relating to, or changes or restrictions in, the operations of any such assets, businesses, equity holdings, intellectual property or interests (including but not limited to any requirements to enter into new contracts or modify or terminate existing contracts) or (iib) any material modification or waiver of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc)