Common use of Bundled Contracts Clause in Contracts

Bundled Contracts. Before the Closing, each of the Purchaser or any other relevant Designated Purchaser, on the one hand, and the relevant Designated Seller, on the other hand, shall use their reasonable efforts to enter into arrangements with the other party to each customer contract which includes the sale of Nortel Products and Nortel Services and the sale of other Designated Seller products and services (a “Bundled Contract”), with effect following the Closing Date, to amend the Bundled Contracts so as delete all obligations and Liabilities therefrom as they relate to the Nortel Products and the Nortel Services and that a new contract is entered with into with the applicable customer and which only relates to Nortel Products and Nortel Services, in which event such new contract shall be deemed to be a Seller Contract; provided, however, that the Seller shall be under no obligation to compromise any right, asset or benefit or to expend any amount or incur any Liability in obtaining such arrangements or consents, and further provided, that the rights and obligations of the supplier in such Seller Contract have not been respectively restricted and broadened or modified in any material way. For those Bundled Contracts for which such arrangements could not be entered into five Business Days prior to the Closing Date, and to the extent that the Purchaser waives the Closing condition regarding the unbundling of such Bundled Contract, the Seller shall or shall cause the other relevant Designated Sellers to provide or cause to be provided to the Purchaser or a Designated Purchaser, the benefits of such Bundled Contracts in so far as they relate to the Business under the terms and conditions of the agreement which the relevant Parties will enter into in the form attached as Exhibit P (the “Subcontract Agreement”). The contract with O2 and Mobisle Communications Limited (“Malta”) shall not be unbundled and the Subcontract Agreement shall apply to O2 and Malta.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Share and Asset Sale Agreement (Nortel Networks LTD), Share and Asset Sale Agreement (Nortel Networks Corp)

Bundled Contracts. Before the Closing, each (a) Section 5.14(a)(i) of the Purchaser or any other relevant Designated Purchaser, on Sellers Disclosure Schedule lists each Contract that the one hand, and Sellers have entered into prior to the relevant Designated Seller, on the other hand, shall use their reasonable efforts to enter into arrangements with the other party to each customer contract which includes date hereof providing for the sale or provision of Nortel CVAS Products and Nortel or CVAS Services and the sale or provision of other Designated Seller products and or services of the Sellers or their Affiliates (as such list may be amended or supplemented pursuant to Section 5.14(c)) (each, a “Bundled Contract”). Subject to applicable Law and the terms of such Bundled Contracts, with effect following each of the Purchaser and the Sellers shall (and the Purchaser shall cause any relevant Designated Purchaser to), as applicable, use their reasonable best efforts to, at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, cause the counterparty to each Bundled Contract listed on Section 5.14(a)(i) of the Sellers Disclosure Schedule to amend the such Bundled Contracts Contract so as to delete all obligations and Liabilities therefrom as they relate to the Nortel CVAS Products and the Nortel CVAS Services and that to enter into a new contract is entered with into Contract (effective as of, and conditioned upon the occurrence of, the Closing) with the Purchaser or applicable Designated Purchaser and such applicable customer and which only relates to Nortel CVAS Products and Nortel CVAS Services, in which event such new contract Contract shall be deemed to be a Seller an Assigned Contract; provided, however, that the Seller Sellers shall be under no obligation to compromise any right, asset or benefit or to expend any amount or incur any Liability in obtaining such arrangements and the failure to enter into such arrangements with respect to any Bundled Contract shall not entitle the Purchaser to terminate this Agreement, not to complete the transactions contemplated hereby or consentsreduce the Purchase Price payable hereunder; provided, and further providedfurther, that the rights and obligations Purchaser shall not be obligated to enter into any such new Contract (i) if such new Contract meets the Exclusion Criteria, (ii) that relates to the Bundled Contracts specified in Section 5.14(a)(ii) of the supplier Sellers Disclosure Schedule and for which the respective counterparty to its Contract does not agree to reduce the aggregate limitation of liability in the related Bundled Contract proportionally based on the amount of revenues of the Sellers and their Affiliates under such Seller Contract have that relate to the Business compared to the aggregate revenues of the Sellers and their Affiliates under such Contract for 2008 or (iii) relates to the Bundled Contracts specified in Section 5.14(a)(iii) of the Sellers Disclosure Schedule and for which the respective counterparty to such Contract does not been respectively restricted agree to release the Purchaser from any obligation to indemnify the counterparty for intellectual property infringement claims for products sold by the Sellers under such Bundled Contract prior to the Closing, in each case to the extent the Purchaser notifies the Main Sellers of its decision that such Contract falls within clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this sentence no later than April 1, 2010. Without the express written consent of Purchaser, Sellers shall not agree to amend the material terms applicable to the Business of any Bundled Contract as a condition of such counterparty agreeing to amend such portion of such Bundled Contract. To the extent permitted by the terms of such Bundled Contract and broadened or modified applicable Law, each of the Sellers and the Purchaser shall notify the other Party if any customer has contacted such Party with regard to the matters set forth in this Section 5.14 and shall keep such other Party reasonably informed regarding the content of any material waydiscussions with the customer. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 5.14(a) shall restrict the Sellers from taking any actions with respect to Bundled Contracts, including any amendments thereof, to the extent they relate to businesses or business segments of the Sellers or their Affiliates other than the Business and such actions do not materially affect the Business. (b) Subject to applicable Law and the terms of such Bundled Contracts, for those Bundled Contracts for which such the arrangements mentioned in Section 5.14(a) could not be entered into five fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (i) the relevant Sellers shall, until the date that is one hundred eighty (180) after the Closing Date, to the extent requested by the Purchaser, use their commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate the entry by the Purchaser or the relevant Designated Purchaser and the other party to each such Bundled Contract into a new Contract that only relates to CVAS Products and/or CVAS Services, including by making available those employees who are responsible for managing the customer relationships with the customers of such Bundled Contracts (to the extent reasonably practicable and to the extent that such employees remain in the employ of the Sellers), reasonably cooperating with the Purchaser waives to jointly contact each counterparty to such Bundled Contracts by making such contacts (by phone or in person) as may be reasonably requested by the Purchaser and by sending a joint letter, in form and substance satisfactory to each of Sellers and the Purchaser notifying the counterparty to each such Bundled Contract of the transactions and requesting the counterparty to agree to amending such Bundled Contract after the Closing condition regarding Date or (ii) the unbundling of Sellers and the Purchaser shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate in any commercially reasonable arrangement to provide the Purchaser or Designated Purchaser, as applicable, the same interest, benefits, rights and liabilities under any such Bundled Contract only to the extent relating to CVAS Products and/or CVAS Services as the applicable Seller had immediately prior to the Closing under such Bundled Contract, the Seller shall or shall cause the other relevant Designated Sellers to provide or cause to be provided to the Purchaser or a Designated Purchaser, the benefits of such Bundled Contracts in so far as they relate to the Business Business, including using commercially reasonable efforts to enter into one or more mutually agreed Subcontract Agreements with respect to such Bundled Contracts; provided that (A) nothing in this Section 5.14 shall require the Sellers to renew any Bundled Contract once it has expired, (B) the Sellers shall have the right, any time after the date that is one hundred eighty (180) after the Closing Date, to exercise any right to terminate any Bundled Contract, and (C) the Sellers shall be under no obligation to compromise any right, asset or benefit or to expend any amount or incur any Liability in order to comply with its obligations under this sentence. Upon the execution of the relevant Subcontract Agreements the Purchaser (or the relevant Designated Purchaser) shall perform all obligations and covenants of the relevant Seller under the terms applicable Bundled Contracts (to the extent relating to the Business and conditions including obligations relating to warranties and Known Product Defects (as defined in the Nortel Accounting Principles)). Without limiting the generality of the agreement foregoing, the Purchaser expressly agrees that any obligations under any warranty liabilities or any obligations associated with any Known Product Defects relating to CVAS Products and CVAS Services which have been supplied under any Bundled Contract subcontracted to the relevant Parties will enter into in the form attached as Exhibit P (the “Subcontract Agreement”). The contract with O2 and Mobisle Communications Limited (“Malta”) shall not be unbundled and the Purchaser or any Designated Purchaser under any Subcontract Agreement shall apply be assumed by the Purchaser or such Designated Purchaser and no Sellers shall have or retain any Liability, cost or expenses in connection with any such warranty liabilities or Known Product Defects related to O2 the CVAS Products and MaltaCVAS Services. (c) Prior to the Closing Date, the Sellers shall be entitled to update and/or supplement the list of Bundled Contracts from time to time by written notices to the Purchaser; provided, that within five (5) Business Days of Closing (but which additions, for the avoidance of doubt, will not delay the Closing) no update and/or supplement shall be permitted without Purchaser’s prior written consent, and provided further that Sellers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to update the list of Bundled Contracts as soon as commercially practicable.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Sale Agreement (Nortel Networks Corp)