SunGard said it expected the Justice Department to appeal the latest decision, but said it would ask the court to resolve the appeal before Dec. 5, the termination date for the deal.
ABC granted a 30-day extension in New York; the new termination date is March 31.
It raised the rent to $4,085, but provided no termination date.
Compensation to the Siegels would be limited to any work created after their 1999 termination date.
So what the statutory interpretation gives you is a firm termination date of Dec. 7 and discretion in the secretary.
M&S will make no remuneration payments in lieu of notice or otherwise to Mr Stewart from this termination date".
It included a compromise on the union's desire to change the agreement's termination date, the last stumbling block.
The United Steelworkers of America called the move "morally callous" and union officials and other retiree representatives said they would try to negotiate a later termination date.
If the parties desire to go this route, they need to get such approval by the later termination date on the debt financing.
But yesterday, Liberty Media said both companies had the right to end the agreement if the deal was not closed by the Oct. 31 termination date.
The earth's termination date - the final midnight of 1974 - has been confirmed to the Willesden branch of Jehovah's Witnesses in a letter from America.
