Access; Current Information. (a) For the purposes of verifying the representations and warranties of Company and preparing for the Merger and the other matters contemplated by this Agreement, upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable Laws, Company agrees to afford Buyer and its officers, employees, counsel, accountants and other authorized representatives such access during normal business hours at any time and from time to time throughout the period prior to the Effective Time to its and its Subsidiaries’ books, records (including, without limitation, Tax Returns and, subject to the consent of the independent auditors, work papers of independent auditors), information technology systems, properties and personnel and to such other information relating to them as Buyer may reasonably request and Company shall use reasonable best efforts to provide any appropriate notices to employees and/or customers in accordance with applicable Law and its privacy policy and, during such period, Company shall furnish to Buyer, upon reasonable request, all such other information concerning its business, properties and personnel and its Subsidiaries that is substantially similar in scope to the information provided to Buyer in connection with its diligence review prior to the date of this Agreement. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after they become available, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, Company will furnish to Buyer copies of the board packages distributed to Company’s Board or the board of directors of its subsidiary bank, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and minutes from the meetings thereof, copies of any internal management financial control reports showing actual financial performance against plan and previous period, and copies of any reports provided to its Board or any committee thereof relating to its financial performance and risk management. (c) During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, Company will cause one or more of its designated representatives to confer on a regular basis with representatives of Buyer and to report the general status of the ongoing operations of Company and its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the foregoing, Company agrees to provide to Buyer, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, a copy of each report filed by it or any of its Subsidiaries with a Governmental Authority reasonably promptly following the filing thereof. During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, each party will promptly supplement or amend its Disclosure Schedule delivered in connection herewith with respect to any matter hereafter arising which, if existing, occurring or known at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or described in its Disclosure Schedule or which is necessary to correct any information in its Disclosure Schedule which has been rendered materially inaccurate thereby. (d) No investigation by a party or its representatives, or updating of any Disclosure Schedule, shall be deemed to modify or waive any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of any party or its subsidiary bank set forth in this Agreement, or the conditions to the respective obligations of Buyer and Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.08 and Section 5.16 shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of business of the other party or any of its Subsidiaries. (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.08 to the contrary, no party shall be required to provide the other with any documents that disclose confidential discussions or information relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or any other matter that a party or its subsidiary bank’s board of directors has been advised by counsel that such distribution of which to the other party may violate a confidentiality obligation or fiduciary duty or any Law or regulation, or may result in its waiver of attorney-client privilege. In the event any of the restrictions in this Section 5.08(e) shall apply, each party shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain such consents, waivers, decrees and approvals necessary to satisfy any confidentiality issues relating to documents prepared or held by third parties (including work papers), and the parties will use reasonable best efforts to make appropriate alternate disclosure arrangements, including adopting additional specific procedures to protect the confidentiality of sensitive material and to ensure compliance with applicable Laws.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Seacoast Banking Corp of Florida)
Access; Current Information. (a) For Subject to Section 6.07(e) and the COVID-19 precautions, upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable Laws, each of Buyer and Company, for the purposes of verifying the representations and warranties of Company the other party and preparing for the Merger and the other matters contemplated by this Agreement, upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable Laws, Company agrees to afford Buyer to the other party and its officers, employees, counsel, accountants and other authorized representatives such access during normal business hours at any time and from time to time throughout the period prior to the Effective Time to its and its Subsidiaries’ books, records (including, without limitation, Tax Returns and, subject to the consent of the independent auditors, work papers of independent auditors), information technology systems, properties and personnel and to such other information relating to them as Buyer such party may reasonably request and Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to provide any appropriate notices to employees and/or customers in accordance with applicable Law and its privacy policy and, during such period, Company shall furnish to Buyer, upon reasonable request, all such other information concerning its business, properties and personnel and its Subsidiaries that is substantially similar in scope to the information provided to Buyer in connection with its diligence review prior to the date of this Agreementpolicy.
(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after they become available, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, Company will furnish to Buyer copies of the board packages distributed to Company’s Board or the board of directors of its subsidiary bank, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and minutes from the meetings thereof, copies of any internal management financial control reports showing actual financial performance against plan and previous period, and copies of any reports provided to its Board or any committee thereof relating to its financial performance and risk management.
(c) During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, Company will cause one or more of its designated representatives to confer on a regular basis with representatives of Buyer and to report the general status of the ongoing operations of Company and its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the foregoing, Company agrees to provide to Buyer, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, a copy of each report filed by it or any of its Subsidiaries with a Governmental Authority reasonably promptly following the filing thereof. During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, each party will promptly supplement or amend its Disclosure Schedule delivered in connection herewith with respect to any matter hereafter arising which, if existing, occurring or known at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or described in its Disclosure Schedule or which is necessary to correct any information in its Disclosure Schedule which has been rendered materially inaccurate thereby. No supplement or amendment to its Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be an admission by Company that such Company Disclosure Schedule was materially inaccurate prior to such supplement or amendment or that such supplement or amendment constitutes a material change.
(d) No investigation by a party or its representatives, or updating of any Disclosure Schedule, shall be deemed to modify or waive any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of any party or its subsidiary bank set forth in this Agreement, or the conditions to the respective obligations of Buyer and Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.08 and Section 5.16 6.07 shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of business of the other party or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company and Buyer will not, and will cause its respective representatives not to, use any information and documents obtained in the course of the consideration of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any information obtained pursuant to this Section 6.07, for any purpose unrelated to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and will hold such information and documents in confidence and treat such information and documents as secret and confidential and to use all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of such information and documents.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.08 6.07 to the contrary, no party shall be required to provide the other with any documents (including board minutes) that disclose confidential discussions discussions, evaluations or information relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including any third party proposals received prior to or following the date hereof), any confidential supervisory information or any other matter that a party or its subsidiary bank’s board of directors has been advised by counsel that such distribution of which to the other party may violate a confidentiality obligation or fiduciary duty or any Law or regulation, or may result in its waiver of attorney-client privilege. In the event any of the restrictions in this Section 5.08(e6.07(e) shall apply, each party shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain such consents, waivers, decrees and approvals necessary to satisfy any confidentiality issues relating to documents prepared or held by third parties (including work papers), and the parties will use commercially reasonable best efforts to make appropriate alternate disclosure arrangements, including adopting additional specific procedures to protect the confidentiality of sensitive material and to ensure compliance with applicable Laws.
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Access; Current Information. (a) For Subject to Section 6.07(e) and the COVID-19 precautions, upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable Laws, each of Buyer and Company, for the purposes of verifying the representations and warranties of Company the other party and preparing for the Merger and the other matters contemplated by this Agreement, upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable Laws, Company agrees to afford Buyer to the other party and its officers, employees, counsel, accountants and other authorized representatives such access during normal business hours at any time and from time to time throughout the period prior to the Effective Time to its and its Subsidiaries’ books, records (including, without limitation, Tax Returns and, subject to the consent of the independent auditors, work papers of independent auditors), information technology systems, properties and personnel and to such other information relating to them as Buyer such party may reasonably request and Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to provide any appropriate notices to employees and/or customers in accordance with applicable Law and its privacy policy and, during such period, Company shall furnish to Buyer, upon reasonable request, all such other information concerning its business, properties and personnel and its Subsidiaries that is substantially similar in scope to the information provided to Buyer in connection with its diligence review prior to the date of this Agreementpolicy.
(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after they become available, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, Company will furnish to Buyer copies of the board packages distributed to Company’s Board or the board of directors of its subsidiary bank, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and minutes from the meetings thereof, copies of any internal management financial control reports showing actual financial performance against plan and previous period, and copies of any reports provided to its Board or any committee thereof relating to its financial performance and risk management.
(c) During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, Company will cause one or more of its designated representatives to confer on a regular basis with representatives of Buyer and to report the general status of the ongoing operations of Company and its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the foregoing, Company agrees to provide to Buyer, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, a copy of each report filed by it or any of its Subsidiaries with a Governmental Authority reasonably promptly following the filing thereof. During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, each party will promptly supplement or amend its Disclosure Schedule delivered in connection herewith with respect to any matter hereafter arising which, if existing, occurring or known at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or described in its Disclosure Schedule or which is necessary to correct any information in its Disclosure Schedule which has been rendered materially inaccurate thereby. No supplement or amendment to its Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be an admission by Company that such Company Disclosure Schedule was materially inaccurate prior to such supplement or amendment or that such supplement or amendment constitutes a material change.
(d) No investigation by a party or its representatives, or updating of any Disclosure Schedule, shall be deemed to modify or waive any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of any party or its subsidiary bank set forth in this Agreement, or the conditions to the respective obligations of Buyer and Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.08 and Section 5.16 6.07 shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of business of the other party or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company and Buyer will not, and will cause its respective representatives not to, use any information and documents obtained in the course of the consideration of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any information obtained pursuant to this Section 6.07, for any purpose unrelated to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and will hold such information and documents in confidence and treat such information and documents as secret and confidential and to use all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of such information and documents.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.08 6.07 to the contrary, no party shall be required to provide the other with any documents that disclose confidential discussions or information relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby hereby, any confidential supervisory information or any other matter that a party or its subsidiary bank’s board of directors has been advised by counsel that such distribution of which to the other party may violate a confidentiality obligation or fiduciary duty or any Law or regulation, or may result in its waiver of attorney-client privilege. In the event any of the restrictions in this Section 5.08(e6.07(e) shall apply, each party shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain such consents, waivers, decrees and approvals necessary to satisfy any confidentiality issues relating to documents prepared or held by third parties (including work papers), and the parties will use commercially reasonable best efforts to make appropriate alternate disclosure arrangements, including adopting additional specific procedures to protect the confidentiality of sensitive material and to ensure compliance with applicable Laws.
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Access; Current Information. (a) For the purposes of verifying the representations and warranties of Company and preparing for the Merger and the other matters contemplated by this AgreementSubject to Section 5.21 hereof, upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable LawsLaws relating to the exchange of information, Company agrees to afford Buyer Purchaser and its officers, employees, counsel, accountants and other authorized representatives such access during normal business hours at any time and from time to time throughout the period prior to the Effective Time to its Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ books, records (including, without limitation, Tax Returns and, subject to the consent of the independent auditors, and work papers of independent auditors), information technology systems, business, properties and personnel and to such other information relating to them as Buyer Purchaser may reasonably request request, and Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to provide any appropriate notices to employees and/or customers in accordance with applicable Law and its Company’s privacy policy and, during such period, Company shall furnish to BuyerPurchaser, upon Purchaser’s reasonable request, all such other information concerning its the business, properties and personnel of Company and its Subsidiaries that is are substantially similar in scope to the information provided to Buyer Purchaser in connection with its diligence review prior to the date of this Agreement.
(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after they become available, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, Company will furnish to Buyer Purchaser copies of the board packages distributed to Company’s Board or the board of directors of Company or its subsidiary bank, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and minutes from the meetings thereof and all committees thereof, copies of any internal management financial control reports showing actual financial performance against plan and previous period, and copies of any reports provided to its Board the board of directors of Company or any committee thereof relating to its the financial performance and performance, operations, or risk managementmanagement of Company.
(c) During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, each of Company and Purchaser will cause one or more of its designated representatives to confer on a regular basis with representatives of Buyer the other Party and to report the general status of the ongoing operations of Company and its Subsidiaries and Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, respectively. Without limiting the foregoing, Company agrees to provide to Buyer, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, Purchaser (i) a copy of each report filed by it Company or any of its Subsidiaries with a Governmental Authority reasonably promptly within three (3) Business Days following the filing thereof. During thereof unless it is a confidential communication with a Governmental Authority and Company is prohibited by Law from sharing such report, (ii) a copy of Company’s monthly loan trial balance within one (1) Business Day of the period from end of the date month, and (iii) a copy of this Agreement to Company’s monthly statement of condition and profit and loss statement within five (5) Business Days of the Effective Time, each party will promptly supplement or amend its Disclosure Schedule delivered in connection herewith with respect to any matter hereafter arising whichend of the month and, if existingrequested by Purchaser, occurring or known at the date a copy of this AgreementCompany’s daily statement of condition and daily profit and loss statement, would have been required to which shall be set forth or described in its Disclosure Schedule or which is necessary to correct any information in its Disclosure Schedule which has been rendered materially inaccurate therebyprovided within two (2) Business Days of such request.
(d) Upon reasonable advance notice, Company shall permit, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to permit, Purchaser or an environmental consulting firm selected by Purchaser, and at the sole expense of Purchaser, to conduct such phase I or phase II environmental audits, studies and tests on real property currently owned, leased (to the extent permitted under the lease) or operated by Company or its Subsidiaries. Purchaser shall indemnify Company and its Subsidiaries for all costs and expenses associated with returning the property of Company and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to its previous condition.
(e) No investigation by a party Purchaser or its representatives, or updating of any Disclosure Schedule, representatives shall be deemed to modify or waive any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of any party or its subsidiary bank Company set forth in this Agreement, or the conditions to the respective obligations of Buyer Purchaser and Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.08 and Section 5.16 shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of business of the other party or any of its Subsidiaries.
(ef) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.08 to the contrary, no party Company shall not be required to provide the other with give Purchaser any documents (including under Sections 5.08(a) and (b) herein) that disclose confidential discussions or information relating to of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or any other matter that a party or its subsidiary bankCompany’s board of directors has been advised by counsel that such distribution of which to the other party Purchaser may violate a confidentiality obligation or fiduciary duty or any Law or regulation, or may result in its a waiver of Company’s attorney-client privilege. In the event any of the restrictions in this Section 5.08(e5.08(f) shall apply, each party Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain such provide appropriate consents, waivers, decrees and approvals necessary to satisfy any confidentiality issues relating to documents prepared or held by third parties (including work papers), and the parties Parties will use reasonable best efforts to make appropriate alternate disclosure arrangements, including adopting additional specific procedures to protect the confidentiality of sensitive material and to ensure compliance with applicable Laws.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Seacoast Banking Corp of Florida)
Access; Current Information. (a) For the purposes of verifying the representations and warranties of Company the other and preparing for the Merger and the other matters contemplated by this Agreement, upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable Laws, each of Buyer and Company agrees to afford Buyer the other and its officers, employees, counsel, accountants and other authorized representatives such access during normal business hours at any time and from time to time throughout the period prior to the Effective Time to its and its Subsidiaries’ books, records (including, without limitation, including Tax Returns and, subject to the consent of the independent auditors, work papers of independent auditors), information technology systems, properties and personnel and to such other information relating to them as Buyer a party may reasonably request and Company the other shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to provide any appropriate notices to employees and/or customers in accordance with applicable Law and its privacy policy and, during such period, each of Buyer and Company shall furnish to Buyerthe other, upon reasonable request, all such other information concerning its business, properties and personnel and its Subsidiaries that is substantially similar in scope to the information provided to Buyer the other in connection with its diligence review prior to the date of this Agreement.
(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after they become available, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, Company will furnish to Buyer copies of the board packages distributed to Company’s Company Board or the board of directors of its subsidiary bankCompany Bank, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and minutes from the meetings thereof, copies of any internal management financial control reports showing actual financial performance against plan and previous period, and copies of any reports provided to its Board board of directors or any committee thereof relating to its financial performance and risk management.
(c) During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, each of Company and Buyer will cause one or more of its designated representatives to confer on a regular basis with representatives of Buyer the other and to report the general status of the ongoing operations of Company and its Subsidiaries and Buyer and its Subsidiaries, respectively. Without limiting the foregoing, each of Company and Buyer agrees to provide to Buyerthe other party, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, a copy of each report filed by it such party or any of its Subsidiaries with a Governmental Authority reasonably promptly following the filing thereof. During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, each party will promptly supplement or amend its Disclosure Schedule delivered in connection herewith with respect to any matter hereafter arising which, if existing, occurring or known at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or described in its Disclosure Schedule or which is necessary to correct any information in its Disclosure Schedule which has been rendered materially inaccurate thereby.
(d) No investigation by a party the Buyer Parties or its representatives, the Company Parties or updating of any Disclosure Schedule, their respective representatives shall be deemed to modify or waive any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of any party or its subsidiary bank the other set forth in this Agreement, or the conditions to the respective obligations of Buyer and Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.08 and Section 5.16 hereunder shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of business of the other party or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.08 to the contrary, no party neither Company nor Buyer shall be required to provide the other party with any documents access to or to disclose information that disclose confidential discussions or information relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or any other matter that a party such party’s or its subsidiary Subsidiary bank’s board of directors has been advised by counsel that such distribution disclosure of which to the other party may would violate a confidentiality obligation or fiduciary duty or any Law or regulation, or may would result in its waiver of or jeopardize the attorney-client privilegeprivilege held by such party or its Subsidiaries. In the event any of the restrictions in this Section 5.08(e) shall apply, each party shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to provide or obtain such appropriate consents, waivers, decrees and approvals necessary to satisfy any confidentiality issues relating to documents prepared or held by third parties (including work papers), and the parties will use commercially reasonable best efforts to make appropriate alternate disclosure arrangements, including adopting additional specific procedures to protect the confidentiality of sensitive material and to ensure compliance with applicable Laws.
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