Sample Antitrust-Related Provisions in M&A Agreements

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In this article:

- Definitions

- Representations and Warranties

- Conditions Precedent

- General Efforts Covenants

- Conduct of Business Covenants

- Merger Control Filing Covenants

- Cooperation Covenants

- Litigation Covenants

- Risk-Shifting Covenants

- Specific Performance

- Antitrust Reverse Termination Fees

- Damages for Breach

- Ticking Fees

- “Take or Pay” Provisions

- Expenses

- Termination Provisions

- Excerpt from Definitions:

- Antitrust laws

- Competition laws (expansive)

“Antitrust Law”“ shall mean the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1-7, as amended; the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 12-27, 29 U.S.C. §§ 52-53, as amended; the HSR Act; the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 41-58, as amended; and all other federal, state and foreign statutes, rules, regulations, Orders, decrees, administrative and judicial doctrines, and other Laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade.

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