Mixed Contracts. Except as may otherwise be agreed by the parties in writing, any Contract (other than any Transferred Contract) to which BSC or any Seller is a party prior to the Closing, in each case, that inures to the benefit or burden of each of the Business and the BSC Other Businesses, including those Contracts listed on Schedule 5.23 of the Disclosure Schedule (a “Mixed Contract”), shall, to the extent commercially reasonable, be separated on or after the Closing so that each of the Purchaser and BSC shall be entitled to the rights and benefits and shall assume the related portion of any Liabilities inuring to their respective businesses. If any Mixed Contract cannot be so separated, BSC and the Purchaser shall, and shall cause each of their respective Affiliates to, take such other commercially reasonable efforts to cause (i) the rights and benefits associated with that portion of each Mixed Contract that relates to the Business to be enjoyed by the Purchaser; (ii) the Liabilities associated with that portion of each Mixed Contract that relates to the Business to be borne by the Purchaser; (iii) the rights and benefits associated with that portion of each Mixed Contract that relates to the BSC Other Businesses to be enjoyed by BSC; and (iv) the Liabilities associated with that portion of each Mixed Contract that relates to the BSC Other Businesses to be borne by BSC. The costs of such separation shall be borne by the parties in proportion to the rights and benefits inuring to each of them under the Mixed Contract. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Liabilities to be borne by the Purchaser under any Mixed Contracts hereunder shall not include and the Purchaser shall not assume or have any responsibility for, and BSC shall, and shall cause the Sellers to, retain and be responsible for paying, performing and discharging when due, any Excluded Liabilities set forth in Sections 2.02(b)(i) through (xiv).
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Sources: Sale and Purchase Agreement (Stryker Corp), Sale and Purchase Agreement (Boston Scientific Corp)