No Governmental Restriction. There shall not be pending, and no Specified Governmental Authority shall have made, authorized or approved any statement or communication (or shall have taken, initiated, authorized or approved any other action) that would reasonably be construed to indicate that a Governmental Entity is likely to commence or is seriously considering the commencement of, any suit, action or proceeding: (i) challenging or seeking to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the Merger, the Stock Issuance or the Financing or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the effect of which restraint or prohibition if obtained would cause the condition set forth in Section 6.1(e) to not be satisfied or (ii) seeking to require Saturn or any Subsidiary or affiliate to effect a Divestiture. “Specified Governmental Representative” shall mean any official or representative of any Governmental Entity; provided, however, that in the case of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice, Specified Governmental Representative shall not include any official or representative below the level of: (a) with respect to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Director of the Bureau of Competition; and (b) with respect to the U.S. Department of Justice, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division. “Divestiture” shall mean (1) the sale, license or other disposition or holding separate (through the establishment of a trust or otherwise) of any assets or categories of assets of Saturn or any of its affiliates or Nova, (2) the imposition of any limitation or restriction on the ability of Saturn or any of its affiliates to freely conduct their business or Nova’s business or own such assets, or (3) the holding separate of the interests of the Final Surviving Entity or any limitation or regulation on the ability of Saturn or any of its affiliates to exercise full rights of ownership of the Final Surviving Entity.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Scansoft Inc), Merger Agreement (Scansoft Inc), Merger Agreement (Nuance Communications)