Consummation of the Merger (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Parent Entities, on the one hand, and the Partnership Entities, on the other hand, will cooperate with the other 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 practicable (and in any event no later than the Outside Date) and to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the ATLS 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 any required or recommended filings under applicable Antitrust Laws), (ii) obtain promptly (and in any event no later than the Outside Date) all approvals, consents, clearances, expirations or terminations of waiting periods, registrations, permits, authorizations and other confirmations from any Governmental Authority or third party necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Merger and the ATLS Merger, and (iii) obtain all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties. For purposes of this Agreement, “Antitrust Laws” means the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Antitrust Act, as amended, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Antitrust Act, as amended, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and all other applicable Laws issued by a Governmental Authority that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening of competition.
(b) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Party hereto agrees (i) to make an appropriate filing of a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the Merger as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement, (ii) to supply as promptly as practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested by any Governmental Authority pursuant to the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Law, including substantial compliance with any “second request” for additional information or documentary material under the HSR Act as promptly as reasonably practicable, and (iii) take, or cause to be taken (including by their respective Subsidiaries), all other actions consistent with this Section 7.1 necessary to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as practicable (and in any event no later than the Outside Date).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, each of the Parent Entities, TRGP and the Partnership agrees to take, and to cause its respective Subsidiaries to take, any and all steps and to make, and cause to be made, any and all undertakings necessary to resolve such objections, if any, that a Governmental Authority may assert under any Antitrust Law with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Transactions), and to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under the Antitrust Laws that may be asserted by any Governmental Authority with respect to such transactions so as to enable the Closing to occur as promptly as practicable, and in any event no later than the Outside Date, including (x) proposing, negotiating, committing to and effecting, by consent decree, hold separate order, or otherwise, the sale, divestiture or disposition of any businesses, assets, equity interests, product lines or properties of any Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (y) creating, terminating, or divesting relationships, ventures, contractual rights or obligations of any Party or its Subsidiaries and (z) otherwise taking or committing to take any action that after the Closing would limit Parent or its Subsidiaries’ TRGP or its Subsidiaries’ or the Partnership or its Subsidiaries’, as applicable, freedom of action with respect to, or their ability to retain or hold, one or more of their or their Subsidiaries’ (including ATLS’, the Partnership’s or their Subsidiaries’) businesses, assets, equity interests, product lines or properties, in each case as may be required in order to obtain all approvals, consents, clearances, expirations or terminations of waiting periods, registrations, permits, authorizations and other confirmations or to avoid the commencement of any action to prohibit the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or, in the alternative, to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other order in any action or proceeding seeking to prohibit the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or delay the Closing beyond the Outside Date (each, a “Divestiture Action”); provided that none of Parent and its Subsidiaries, TRGP and its Subsidiaries or the Partnership and its Subsidiaries shall be required to take any action, or commit to take any action, or agree to any condition or limitation, in connection with the foregoing that would reasonably be expected to (i) in the case of assets, properties or business of Parent or its Subsidiaries, materially and adversely impact the business or operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries (as measured prior to the Effective Time) within any specific oil and natural gas producing basin or in any distinctive market area if outside of an oil and natural gas producing basin or (ii) in the case of assets, properties or business of the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, materially and adversely impact the business or operations of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries (as measured prior to the Effective Time) within any specific oil and natural gas producing basin or in any distinctive market area if outside of an oil and natural gas producing basin; and provided, further, that the consummation of the transactions provided for in any such agreement for a Divestiture Action shall be conditioned upon the Closing or satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions to Closing in a case where the Closing will occur immediately following such Divestiture Action.
(d) Each of the Parties hereto will use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cooperate in all respects with each other in connection with any filing or submission with a Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry by or before a Governmental Authority relating to the Merger, including any proceeding initiated by a private Person, (ii) promptly inform the Other Parties of (and supply to the Other Parties) any communication received by such Party from, or given by such Party to, the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, or any other Governmental Authority and any material communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, in each case regarding the Merger, (iii) permit the Other Parties to review in advance and incorporate the Other Parties’ reasonable comments in any communication to be given by it to any Governmental Authority with respect to obtaining any clearances required under any Antitrust Law in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) consult with the Other Parties in advance of any meeting or teleconference with any Governmental Authority or, in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, with any other Person, and, to the extent not prohibited by the Governmental Authority or other Person, give the Other Parties the opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and teleconferences. Subject to Section 7.4(b), the Parties will take reasonable efforts to share information protected from disclosure under the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, joint defense privilege or any other privilege pursuant to this Section 7.1 in a manner so as to preserve the applicable privilege. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, TRGP shall, on behalf of the Parties, control and lead all communications and strategy relating to the Antitrust Laws, subject to the good faith consultations with ATLS and the Partnership and the inclusion of ATLS and the Partnership at meetings with any Governmental Authority with respect to any discussion related to the Merger under the Antitrust Laws.
Consummation The Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder ------------ or Ripplewood Stockholder shall have 90 days from the date of the Final Notice or Ripplewood Final Notice, respectively, in which to sell to the Third Party the shares of Common Stock owned by the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder and the Included Shares of the other Stockholders having Tag-Along Rights on terms which are not materially less favorable to the sellers of shares of Common Stock than those specified in the applicable Initial Offer Notice; provided, however, that in -------- ------- the event there is a decrease in the price to be paid by the Third Party for the shares of Common Stock to be sold from the price set forth in the Initial Offer Notice or the Ripplewood Initial Offer Notice, as applicable, which decrease is acceptable to the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder (in the case of a Third Party Offer) or Ripplewood Stockholder (in the case of a Ripplewood Third Party Offer), or other material change in terms which are less favorable to the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, but which are acceptable to the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, shall notify the participating Stockholders of such decrease or change in terms, and each of the participating Stockholders shall have five business days from the date of receipt of the notice of such decrease or change in terms to reduce the number of shares of Common Stock it will sell to such Third Party as previously indicated in the applicable Acceptance Notice and the number of shares that all other participating stockholders (including Other Tag-Along Rights Holders) may transfer shall be increased in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3; and provided, further, that in -------- ------- the event there is an increase in the price to be paid by the Third Party for the shares of Common Stock to be sold from the price set forth in the applicable Initial Offer Notice or other material change in terms which are more favorable to the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, shall notify the other Stockholders of such increase or change in terms, and each of the Stockholders who was eligible to but did not elect to participate to the full extent of their rights hereunder shall have five business days from the date of receipt of the notice of such increase or change in terms to increase the number of shares of Common Stock it will sell to such Third Party, and the number of shares that all other participating stockholders (including other Tag-Along Rights Holders) may transfer shall be decreased proportionately if necessary. A Third Party purchaser of shares of Common Stock which complies with this Section 3 shall not be subject to the obligations contained in this Section 3 with respect to future sales of their shares. The Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, shall cause to be remitted to the participating Stockholders the total sales price of the Included Shares of the participating Stockholders sold pursuant thereto, which consideration shall be in the same form and per share amount as the consideration received by the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, and as specified in the Initial Offer Notice (or Ripplewood Initial Offer Notice, as applicable), net (i) in an exercise of Tag-Along Rights by an Existing Stockholder, of the reasonable, incremental out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the FS Stockholder or Sears Stockholder in connection with such sale as a result of the Existing Stockholders' participation therein or (ii) in an exercise of Tag-Along Rights by the Sears Stockholder, the Ripplewood Stockholder or the FS Stockholder, of the pro rata portion (based on the number of shares of Common Stock included by each Stockholder compared to the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock included in such sale) of the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with a sale consummated pursuant to this Section 3. The Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, such other evidence of the completion and time of completion of such sale and the terms thereof as may be reasonably requested by the participating Stockholders including, without limitation, evidence of the expenses incurred by the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, in connection with such sale. If and to the extent that, at the end of 90 days following the date of the Final Notice (or Ripplewood Final Notice, as applicable), the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, has not completed the sale contemplated thereby, the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, shall return to the participating Stockholders all certificates representing the Included Shares and all powers-of-attorney which the participating Stockholders may have transmitted pursuant to the terms hereof.