Common use of Access to Financial Information Clause in Contracts

Access to Financial Information. Buyer shall determine, through consultation with its internal accountants and review with their independent registered public accounting firm, that Buyer is required to consolidate Seller’s financial statements with Buyer’s financial statements for financial accounting purposes under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 810/Accounting Standards Update 2009-17, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (ASC 810), or future guidance issued by accounting profession governance bodies or the SEC that affects Buyer accounting treatment for this Agreement (the “Financial Consolidation Requirement”). If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then: Within twenty (20) calendar days following the end of each calendar year (for each year that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the year. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. The annual financial statements should include quarter-to-date and yearly information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each year listing the items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior month’s estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the information on the checklist. If audited financial statements are prepared for Seller for the year, Seller shall provide such statements to Buyer within five (5) Business Days after those statements are issued. Within fifteen (15) calendar days following the end of each fiscal quarter (for each quarter that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the quarterly period. The financial statements should include quarter-to-date and year-to-date information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each quarter listing items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. If Seller regularly prepares its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS, or Successor, the financial information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in accordance with such principles. If Seller is not a SEC registrant and does not regularly prepare its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS or Successor, the information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in a format consistent with Seller’s regularly applied accounting principles, e.g., the format that Seller uses to provide financial data to its auditor. If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then promptly upon Notice from Buyer, Seller shall allow Xxxxx’s independent registered public accounting firm such access to Seller’s records and personnel, as reasonably required so that Buyer’s independent registered public accounting firm can conduct financial statement audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), as well as internal control audits in accordance with Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as applicable. All expenses for the foregoing shall be borne by Xxxxx. If Buyer’s independent registered public accounting firm during or as a result of the audits permitted in this Section 5.7(c) determines a material weakness or significant deficiency, as defined by GAAP, IFRS or Successor, as applicable, exists in Seller’s internal controls over financial reporting, then within ninety (90) calendar days of Seller’s receipt of Notice from Buyer, Seller shall remediate any such material weakness or significant deficiency; provided, Seller has the right to challenge the appropriateness of any determination of material weakness or significant deficiency. Seller’s true up to actual activity for yearly or quarterly information as provided herein shall not be evidence of material weakness or significant deficiency. Buyer shall treat Xxxxxx’s financial statements and other financial information provided under the terms of this Section 5.7 in strict confidence and, accordingly: Shall utilize such Seller financial information only for purposes of preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, for making regulatory, tax or other filings required by law in which Buyer is required to demonstrate or certify its or any parent company’s financial condition or to obtain credit ratings; Shall make such Seller financial information available only to its officers, directors, employees or auditors who are responsible for preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, to the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) in connection with any oversight of Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statement and to those persons who are entitled to receive confidential information as identified in Article 13; and Buyer shall ensure that its internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm (A) treat as confidential any information disclosed to them by Buyer pursuant to this Section 5.7, (B) use such information solely for purposes of conducting the audits described in this Section 5.7, and (C) disclose any information received only to personnel responsible for conducting the audits. If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then, within two (2) Business Days following the occurrence of any event affecting Seller which Seller understands, during the Term, would require Buyer to disclose such event in a Form 8-K filing with the SEC, Seller shall provide to Buyer a Notice describing such event in sufficient detail to permit Buyer to make a Form 8-K filing. If, after consultation and review, the Parties do not agree on issues raised by Section 5.7(a), then such dispute shall be subject to review by another independent audit firm not associated with either Party’s respective independent registered public accounting firm, reasonably acceptable to both Parties. This third independent audit firm will render its recommendation on whether consolidation by Xxxxx is required. Based on this recommendation, Seller and Xxxxx shall mutually agree on how to resolve the dispute. If Seller fails to provide the data consistent with the mutually agreed upon resolution, Xxxxx may declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.1. If the independent audit firm associated with Buyer still determines, after review by the third-party independent audit firm, that Buyer must consolidate, then Seller shall provide the financial information necessary to permit consolidation to Buyer; provided, in addition to the protections in Article 13, such information shall be password protected and available only to those specific officers, directors, employees and auditors who are preparing and certifying the consolidated financial statements and not for any other purpose.

Access to Financial Information. The Parties agree that Securities and Exchange Commission rules for reporting power purchase agreements may require Buyer to collect and possibly consolidate financial information. If such reporting is required for this Agreement, Buyer is obligated to obtain information from Seller to determine whether or not consolidation is required. If Buyer determines that consolidation is required, Buyer shall require the following during every calendar quarter for the Term of the Agreement: (a) Complete financial statements and notes to financial statements, which may include accruals and prior month estimates with true-ups to actual activity; (b) Financial schedules underlying the financial statements, all within fifteen (15) days of the end of each quarter; and (c) Access to records and personnel, so that Xxxxx's independent auditor can conduct financial audits (in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards) and internal control audits (in accordance with Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002). Any information provided to Buyer pursuant to this Section 5.7 shall be treated confidentially and only disclosed on an aggregate basis with other similar entities for which Buyer has contracts. The information will only be used for financial statement purposes and shall not be otherwise shared with internal or external parties. Buyer shall determine, through consultation with its internal accountants and review with their independent registered public accounting firm, that Buyer is required to consolidate Seller’s financial statements with Buyer’s financial statements for financial accounting purposes under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 810/Accounting Standards Update 2009-17, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (ASC 810), or future guidance issued by accounting profession governance bodies or the SEC that affects Buyer accounting treatment for this Agreement (the “Financial Consolidation Requirement”). . (d) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then: : (i) Within twenty (20) calendar days following the end of each calendar year (for each year that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the year. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. The annual financial statements should include quarter-to-date and yearly information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each year listing the items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior month’s estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the information on the checklist. If audited financial statements are prepared for Seller for the year, Seller shall provide such statements to Buyer within five (5) Business Days after those statements are issued. . (ii) Within fifteen (15) calendar days following the end of each fiscal quarter (for each quarter that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the quarterly period. The financial statements should include quarter-to-date and year-to-date information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each quarter listing items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. . (iii) If Seller regularly prepares its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS, or Successor, the financial information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in accordance with such principles. If Seller is not a SEC registrant and does not regularly prepare its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS or Successor, the information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in a format consistent with Seller’s regularly applied accounting principles, e.g., the format that Seller uses to provide financial data to its auditor. . (e) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then promptly upon Notice from Buyer, Seller shall allow Xxxxx’s independent registered public accounting firm such access to Seller’s records and personnel, as reasonably required so that BuyerXxxxx’s independent registered public accounting firm can conduct financial statement audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), as well as internal control audits in accordance with Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as applicable. All expenses for the foregoing shall be borne by Xxxxx. If Buyer’s independent registered public accounting firm during or as a result of the audits permitted in this Section 5.7(c) determines a material weakness or significant deficiency, as defined by GAAP, IFRS or Successor, as applicable, exists in Seller’s internal controls over financial reporting, then within ninety (90) calendar days of Seller’s receipt of Notice from Buyer, Seller shall remediate any such material weakness or significant deficiency; provided, Seller has the right to challenge the appropriateness of any determination of material weakness or significant deficiency. Seller’s true up to actual activity for yearly or quarterly information as provided herein shall not be evidence of material weakness or significant deficiency. . (f) Buyer shall treat XxxxxxSeller’s financial statements and other financial information provided under the terms of this Section 5.7 in strict confidence and, accordingly: : (i) Shall utilize such Seller financial information only for purposes of preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, for making regulatory, tax or other filings required by law in which Buyer is required to demonstrate or certify its or any parent company’s financial condition or to obtain credit ratings; ; (ii) Shall make such Seller financial information available only to its officers, directors, employees or auditors who are responsible for preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, to the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) in connection with any oversight of Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statement and to those persons who are entitled to receive confidential information as identified in Article 13; and and (iii) Buyer shall ensure that its internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm (A1) treat as confidential any information disclosed to them by Buyer pursuant to this Section 5.7, (B2) use such information solely for purposes of conducting the audits described in this Section 5.7, and (C3) disclose any information received only to personnel responsible for conducting the audits. If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then, within two (2) Business Days following the occurrence of any event affecting Seller which Seller understands, during the Term, would require Buyer to disclose such event in a Form 8-K filing with the SEC, Seller shall provide to Buyer a Notice describing such event in sufficient detail to permit Buyer to make a Form 8-K filing. If, after consultation and review, the Parties do not agree on issues raised by Section 5.7(a), then such dispute shall be subject to review by another independent audit firm not associated with either Party’s respective independent registered public accounting firm, reasonably acceptable to both Parties. This third independent audit firm will render its recommendation on whether consolidation by Xxxxx is required. Based on this recommendation, Seller and Xxxxx shall mutually agree on how to resolve the dispute. If Seller fails to provide the data consistent with the mutually agreed upon resolution, Xxxxx may declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.1. If the independent audit firm associated with Buyer still determines, after review by the third-party independent audit firm, that Buyer must consolidate, then Seller shall provide the financial information necessary to permit consolidation to Buyer; provided, in addition to the protections in Article 13, such information shall be password protected and available only to those specific officers, directors, employees and auditors who are preparing and certifying the consolidated financial statements and not for any other purpose.

Access to Financial Information. (a) Buyer shall determine, through consultation with its internal accountants and review with their independent registered public accounting firm, that Buyer is required to consolidate Seller’s financial statements with Buyer’s financial statements for financial accounting purposes under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 810/Accounting Standards Update 2009-17, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (ASC 810), or future guidance issued by accounting profession governance bodies or the SEC that affects Buyer accounting treatment for this Agreement (the “Financial Consolidation Requirement”). . (b) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then: : (i) Within twenty (20) calendar days following the end of each calendar year (for each year that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the year. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. The annual financial statements should include quarter-to-date and yearly information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each year listing the items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior month’s estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the information on the checklist. If audited financial statements are prepared for Seller for the year, Seller shall provide such statements to Buyer within five (5) Business Days after those statements are issued. . (ii) Within fifteen (15) calendar days following the end of each fiscal quarter (for each quarter that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the quarterly period. The financial statements should include quarter-to-date and year-to-date information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each quarter listing items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. . (iii) If Seller regularly prepares its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS, or Successor, the financial information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in accordance with such principles. If Seller is not a SEC registrant and does not regularly prepare its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS or Successor, the information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in a format consistent with Seller’s regularly applied accounting principles, e.g., the format that Seller uses to provide financial data to its auditor. . (c) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then promptly upon Notice from Buyer, Seller shall allow XxxxxBuyer’s independent registered public accounting firm such access to Seller’s records and personnel, as reasonably required so that BuyerXxxxx’s independent registered public accounting firm can conduct financial statement audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), as well as internal control audits in accordance with Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as applicable. All expenses for the foregoing shall be borne by Xxxxx. If Buyer’s independent registered public accounting firm during or as a result of the audits permitted in this Section 5.7(c) determines a material weakness or significant deficiency, as defined by GAAP, IFRS or Successor, as applicable, exists in Seller’s internal controls over financial reporting, then within ninety (90) calendar days of Seller’s receipt of Notice from Buyer, Seller shall remediate any such material weakness or significant deficiency; provided, Seller has the right to challenge the appropriateness of any determination of material weakness or significant deficiency. Seller’s true up to actual activity for yearly or quarterly information as provided herein shall not be evidence of material weakness or significant deficiency. . (d) Buyer shall treat XxxxxxSeller’s financial statements and other financial information provided under the terms of this Section 5.7 in strict confidence and, accordingly: : (i) Shall utilize such Seller financial information only for purposes of preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, for making regulatory, tax or other filings required by law in which Buyer is required to demonstrate or certify its or any parent company’s financial condition or to obtain credit ratings; ; (ii) Shall make such Seller financial information available only to its officers, directors, employees or auditors who are responsible for preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, to the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) in connection with any oversight of Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statement and to those persons who are entitled to receive confidential information as identified in Article 13; and and (iii) Buyer shall ensure that its internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm (A) treat as confidential any information disclosed to them by Buyer pursuant to this Section 5.7, (B) use such information solely for purposes of conducting the audits described in this Section 5.7, and (C) disclose any information received only to personnel responsible for conducting the audits. . (e) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then, within two (2) Business Days following the occurrence of any event affecting Seller which Seller understands, during the Term, would require Buyer to disclose such event in a Form 8-K filing with the SEC, Seller shall provide to Buyer a Notice describing such event in sufficient detail to permit Buyer to make a Form 8-K filing. . (f) If, after consultation and review, the Parties do not agree on issues raised by Section 5.7(a), then such dispute shall be subject to review by another independent audit firm not associated with either Party’s respective independent registered public accounting firm, reasonably acceptable to both Parties. This third independent audit firm will render its recommendation on whether consolidation by Xxxxx is required. Based on this recommendation, Seller and Xxxxx shall mutually agree on how to resolve the dispute. If Seller fails to provide the data consistent with the mutually agreed upon resolution, Xxxxx may declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.1. If the independent audit firm associated with Buyer still determines, after review by the third-party independent audit firm, that Buyer must consolidate, then Seller shall provide the financial information necessary to permit consolidation to Buyer; provided, in addition to the protections in Article 13, such information shall be password protected and available only to those specific officers, directors, employees and auditors who are preparing and certifying the consolidated financial statements and not for any other purpose.

Access to Financial Information. (a) Buyer shall determine, through consultation with its internal accountants and review with their independent registered public accounting firm, that Buyer is required to consolidate Seller’s financial statements with BuyerXxxxx’s financial statements for financial accounting purposes under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 810/Accounting Standards Update 2009-17, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (ASC 810), or future guidance issued by accounting profession governance bodies or the SEC that affects Buyer accounting treatment for this Agreement (the “Financial Consolidation Requirement”). . (b) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then: : (i) Within twenty (20) calendar days following the end of each calendar year (for each year that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the year. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. The annual financial statements should include quarter-to-date and yearly information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each year listing the items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior month’s estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the information on the checklist. If audited financial statements are prepared for Seller for the year, Seller shall provide such statements to Buyer within five (5) Business Days after those statements are issued. . (ii) Within fifteen (15) calendar days following the end of each fiscal quarter (for each quarter that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the quarterly period. The financial statements should include quarter-to-date and year-to-date information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each quarter listing items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. . (iii) If Seller regularly prepares its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS, or Successor, the financial information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in accordance with such principles. If Seller is not a SEC registrant and does not regularly prepare its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS or Successor, the information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in a format consistent with Seller’s regularly applied accounting principles, e.g., the format that Seller uses to provide financial data to its auditor. . (c) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then promptly upon Notice from Buyer, Seller shall allow XxxxxBuyer’s independent registered public accounting firm such access to Seller’s records and personnel, as reasonably required so that Buyer’s independent registered public accounting firm can conduct financial statement audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), as well as internal control audits in accordance with Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as applicable. All expenses for the foregoing shall be borne by Xxxxx. If Buyer’s independent registered public accounting firm during or as a result of the audits permitted in this Section 5.7(c) determines a material weakness or significant deficiency, as defined by GAAP, IFRS or Successor, as applicable, exists in Seller’s internal controls over financial reporting, then within ninety (90) calendar days of Seller’s receipt of Notice from Buyer, Seller shall remediate any such material weakness or significant deficiency; provided, Seller has the right to challenge the appropriateness of any determination of material weakness or significant deficiency. Seller’s true up to actual activity for yearly or quarterly information as provided herein shall not be evidence of material weakness or significant deficiency. . (d) Buyer shall treat XxxxxxSeller’s financial statements and other financial information provided under the terms of this Section 5.7 in strict confidence and, accordingly: : (i) Shall utilize such Seller financial information only for purposes of preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, for making regulatory, tax or other filings required by law in which Buyer is required to demonstrate or certify its or any parent company’s financial condition or to obtain credit ratings; ; (ii) Shall make such Seller financial information available only to its officers, directors, employees or auditors who are responsible for preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, to the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) in connection with any oversight of Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statement and to those persons who are entitled to receive confidential information as identified in Article 13; and and (iii) Buyer shall ensure that its internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm (A) treat as confidential any information disclosed to them by Buyer pursuant to this Section 5.7, (B) use such information solely for purposes of conducting the audits described in this Section 5.7, and (C) disclose any information received only to personnel responsible for conducting the audits. . (e) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then, within two (2) Business Days following the occurrence of any event affecting Seller which Seller understands, during the Term, would require Buyer to disclose such event in a Form 8-K filing with the SEC, Seller shall provide to Buyer a Notice describing such event in sufficient detail to permit Buyer to make a Form 8-K filing. . (f) If, after consultation and review, the Parties do not agree on issues raised by Section 5.7(a), then such dispute shall be subject to review by another independent audit firm not associated with either Party’s respective independent registered public accounting firm, reasonably acceptable to both Parties. This third independent audit firm will render its recommendation on whether consolidation by Xxxxx is required. Based on this recommendation, Seller and Xxxxx shall mutually agree on how to resolve the dispute. If Seller fails to provide the data consistent with the mutually agreed upon resolution, Xxxxx may declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.1. If the independent audit firm associated with Buyer still determines, after review by the third-party independent audit firm, that Buyer must consolidate, then Seller shall provide the financial information necessary to permit consolidation to Buyer; provided, in addition to the protections in Article 13, such information shall be password protected and available only to those specific officers, directors, employees and auditors who are preparing and certifying the consolidated financial statements and not for any other purpose.

Access to Financial Information. If Buyer shall determine, through consultation with its internal accountants and review with their independent registered public accounting firm, that Buyer is required to consolidate Seller’s financial statements with Buyer’s financial statements for financial accounting purposes under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 810/Accounting Standards Update 2009-17, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (ASC 810), or future guidance issued by accounting profession governance bodies or the SEC that affects Buyer accounting treatment for this Agreement (the “Financial Consolidation Requirement”). If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then: Within twenty (20) calendar days following the end of each calendar year (for each year that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the year. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. The annual financial statements should include quarter-to-date and yearly information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each year listing the items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior month’s estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the information on the checklist. If audited financial statements are prepared for Seller for the year, Seller shall provide such statements to Buyer within five (5) Business Days after those statements are issued. Within fifteen (15) calendar days following the end of each fiscal quarter (for each quarter that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the quarterly period. The financial statements should include quarter-to-date and year-to-date information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each quarter listing items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. If Seller regularly prepares its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS, or Successor, the financial information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in accordance with such principles. If Seller is not a SEC registrant and does not regularly prepare its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS or Successor, the information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in a format consistent with Seller’s regularly applied accounting principles, e.g., the format that Seller uses to provide financial data to its auditor. If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then promptly upon Notice from Buyer, Seller shall allow XxxxxBuyer’s independent registered public accounting firm such access to Seller’s records and personnel, as reasonably required so that Buyer’s independent registered public accounting firm can conduct financial statement audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), as well as internal control audits in accordance with Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as applicable. All expenses for the foregoing shall be borne by XxxxxBuyer. If Buyer’s independent registered public accounting firm during or as a result of the audits permitted in this Section 5.7(c) determines a material weakness or significant deficiency, as defined by GAAP, IFRS or Successor, as applicable, exists in Seller’s internal controls over financial reporting, then within ninety (90) calendar days of Seller’s receipt of Notice from Buyer, Seller shall remediate any such material weakness or significant deficiency; provided, Seller has the right to challenge the appropriateness of any determination of material weakness or significant deficiency. Seller’s true up to actual activity for yearly or quarterly information as provided herein shall not be evidence of material weakness or significant deficiency. Buyer shall treat XxxxxxSeller’s financial statements and other financial information provided under the terms of this Section 5.7 in strict confidence and, accordingly: Shall utilize such Seller financial information only for purposes of preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, for making regulatory, tax or other filings required by law in which Buyer is required to demonstrate or certify its or any parent company’s financial condition or to obtain credit ratings; Shall make such Seller financial information available only to its officers, directors, employees or auditors who are responsible for preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, to the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) in connection with any oversight of Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statement and to those persons who are entitled to receive confidential information as identified in Article 13; and Buyer shall ensure that its internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm (A) treat as confidential any information disclosed to them by Buyer pursuant to this Section 5.7, (B) use such information solely for purposes of conducting the audits described in this Section 5.7, and (C) disclose any information received only to personnel responsible for conducting the audits. If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then, within two (2) Business Days following the occurrence of any event affecting Seller which Seller understands, during the Term, would require Buyer to disclose such event in a Form 8-K filing with the SEC, Seller shall provide to Buyer a Notice describing such event in sufficient detail to permit Buyer to make a Form 8-K filing. If, after consultation and review, the Parties do not agree on issues raised by Section 5.7(a), then such dispute shall be subject to review by another independent audit firm not associated with either Party’s respective independent registered public accounting firm, reasonably acceptable to both Parties. This third independent audit firm will render its recommendation on whether consolidation by Xxxxx Buyer is required. Based on this recommendation, Seller and Xxxxx Buyer shall mutually agree on how to resolve the dispute. If Seller fails to provide the data consistent with the mutually agreed upon resolution, Xxxxx Buyer may declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.1. If the independent audit firm associated with Buyer still determines, after review by the third-party independent audit firm, that Buyer must consolidate, then Seller shall provide the financial information necessary to permit consolidation to Buyer; provided, in addition to the protections in Article 13, such information shall be password protected and available only to those specific officers, directors, employees and auditors who are preparing and certifying the consolidated financial statements and not for any other purpose.

Access to Financial Information. (a) Buyer shall determine, through consultation with its internal accountants and review with their independent registered public accounting firm, that Buyer is required to consolidate Seller’s financial statements with Buyer’s financial statements for financial accounting purposes under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 810/Accounting Standards Update 2009-17, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (ASC 810), or future guidance issued by accounting profession governance bodies or the SEC that affects Buyer accounting treatment for this Agreement (the “Financial Consolidation Requirement”). . (b) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then: : (i) Within twenty (20) calendar days following the end of each calendar year (for each year that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the year. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. The annual financial statements should include quarter-to-date and yearly information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each year listing the items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior month’s estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the information on the checklist. If audited financial statements are prepared for Seller for the year, Seller shall provide such statements to Buyer within five (5) Business Days after those statements are issued. . (ii) Within fifteen (15) calendar days following the end of each fiscal quarter (for each quarter that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the quarterly period. The financial statements should include quarter-to-date and year-to-date information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each quarter listing items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. . (iii) If Seller regularly prepares its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS, or Successor, the financial information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in accordance with such principles. If Seller is not a SEC registrant and does not regularly prepare its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS or Successor, the information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in a format consistent with Seller’s regularly applied accounting principles, e.g., the format that Seller uses to provide financial data to its auditor. . (c) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then promptly upon Notice from Buyer, Seller shall allow XxxxxBuyer’s independent registered public accounting firm such access to Seller’s records and personnel, as reasonably required so that Buyer’s independent registered public accounting firm can conduct financial statement audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), as well as internal control audits in accordance with Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as applicable. All expenses for the foregoing shall be borne by XxxxxBuyer. If Buyer’s independent registered public accounting firm during or as a result of the audits permitted in this Section 5.7(c) determines a material weakness or significant deficiency, as defined by GAAP, IFRS or Successor, as applicable, exists in Seller’s internal controls over financial reporting, then within ninety (90) calendar days of Seller’s receipt of Notice from Buyer, Seller shall remediate any such material weakness or significant deficiency; provided, Seller has the right to challenge the appropriateness of any determination of material weakness or significant deficiency. Seller’s true up to actual activity for yearly or quarterly information as provided herein shall not be evidence of material weakness or significant deficiency. . (d) Buyer shall treat XxxxxxSeller’s financial statements and other financial information provided under the terms of this Section 5.7 in strict confidence and, accordingly: : (i) Shall utilize such Seller financial information only for purposes of preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, for making regulatory, tax or other filings required by law in which Buyer is required to demonstrate or certify its or any parent company’s financial condition or to obtain credit ratings; ; (ii) Shall make such Seller financial information available only to its officers, directors, employees or auditors who are responsible for preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, to the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) in connection with any oversight of Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statement and to those persons who are entitled to receive confidential information as identified in Article 13; and and (iii) Buyer shall ensure that its internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm (A) treat as confidential any information disclosed to them by Buyer pursuant to this Section 5.7, (B) use such information solely for purposes of conducting the audits described in this Section 5.7, and (C) disclose any information received only to personnel responsible for conducting the audits. . (e) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then, within two (2) Business Days following the occurrence of any event affecting Seller which Seller understands, during the Term, would require Buyer to disclose such event in a Form 8-K filing with the SEC, Seller shall provide to Buyer a Notice describing such event in sufficient detail to permit Buyer to make a Form 8-K filing. . (f) If, after consultation and review, the Parties do not agree on issues raised by Section 5.7(a), then such dispute shall be subject to review by another independent audit firm not associated with either Party’s respective independent registered public accounting firm, reasonably acceptable to both Parties. This third independent audit firm will render its recommendation on whether consolidation by Xxxxx Buyer is required. Based on this recommendation, Seller and Xxxxx Buyer shall mutually agree on how to resolve the dispute. If Seller fails to provide the data consistent with the mutually agreed upon resolution, Xxxxx Buyer may declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.1. If the independent audit firm associated with Buyer still determines, after review by the third-party independent audit firm, that Buyer must consolidate, then Seller shall provide the financial information necessary to permit consolidation to Buyer; provided, in addition to the protections in Article 13, such information shall be password protected and available only to those specific officers, directors, employees and auditors who are preparing and certifying the consolidated financial statements and not for any other purpose.

Access to Financial Information. (a) If Buyer shall determine, through consultation with its internal accountants and review with their independent registered public accounting firm, that Buyer is required to consolidate Seller’s financial statements with Buyer’s financial statements for financial accounting purposes under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 810/Accounting Standards Update 2009-17, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (ASC 810), or future guidance issued by accounting profession governance bodies or the SEC that affects Buyer accounting treatment for this Agreement (the “Financial Consolidation Requirement”). . (b) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then: Within twenty (20) calendar days following the end of each calendar year (for each year that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the year. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. The annual financial statements should include quarter-to-date and yearly information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each year listing the items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior month’s estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the information on the checklist. If audited financial statements are prepared for Seller for the year, Seller shall provide such statements to Buyer within five (5) Business Days after those statements are issued. Within fifteen (15) calendar days following the end of each fiscal quarter (for each quarter that such treatment is required), Seller shall deliver to Buyer unaudited financial statements and related footnotes of Seller as of the end of the quarterly period. The financial statements should include quarter-to-date and year-to-date information. Buyer shall provide to Seller a checklist before the end of each quarter listing items which Buyer believes are material to Buyer and required for this purpose, and Seller shall provide the information on the checklist, subject to the availability of data from Seller’s records. It is permissible for Seller to use accruals and prior months’ estimates with true-up to actual activity, in subsequent periods, when preparing the unaudited financial statements. If Seller regularly prepares its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS, or Successor, the financial information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in accordance with such principles. If Seller is not a SEC registrant and does not regularly prepare its financial data in accordance with GAAP, IFRS or Successor, the information provided to Buyer shall be prepared in a format consistent with Seller’s regularly applied accounting principles, e.g., the format that Seller uses to provide financial data to its auditor. . (c) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then promptly upon Notice from Buyer, Seller shall allow XxxxxBuyer’s independent registered public accounting firm such access to Seller’s records and personnel, as reasonably required so that BuyerXxxxx’s independent registered public accounting firm can conduct financial statement audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), as well as internal control audits in accordance with Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as applicable. All expenses for the foregoing shall be borne by Xxxxx. If Buyer’s independent registered public accounting firm during or as a result of the audits permitted in this Section 5.7(c) determines a material weakness or significant deficiency, as defined by GAAP, IFRS or Successor, as applicable, exists in Seller’s internal controls over financial reporting, then within ninety (90) calendar days of Seller’s receipt of Notice from Buyer, Seller shall remediate any such material weakness or significant deficiency; provided, Seller has the right to challenge the appropriateness of any determination of material weakness or significant deficiency. Seller’s true up to actual activity for yearly or quarterly information as provided herein shall not be evidence of material weakness or significant deficiency. . (d) Buyer shall treat XxxxxxSeller’s financial statements and other financial information provided under the terms of this Section 5.7 in strict confidence and, accordingly: Shall utilize such Seller financial information only for purposes of preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, for making regulatory, tax or other filings required by law in which Buyer is required to demonstrate or certify its or any parent company’s financial condition or to obtain credit ratings; Shall make such Seller financial information available only to its officers, directors, employees or auditors who are responsible for preparing, reviewing or certifying Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statements, to the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) in connection with any oversight of Buyer’s or any Buyer parent company financial statement and to those persons who are entitled to receive confidential information as identified in Article 13; and Buyer shall ensure that its internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm (A) treat as confidential any information disclosed to them by Buyer pursuant to this Section 5.7, (B) use such information solely for purposes of conducting the audits described in this Section 5.7, and (C) disclose any information received only to personnel responsible for conducting the audits. . (e) If the Financial Consolidation Requirement is applicable, then, within two (2) Business Days following the occurrence of any event affecting Seller which Seller understands, during the Term, would require Buyer to disclose such event in a Form 8-K filing with the SEC, Seller shall provide to Buyer a Notice describing such event in sufficient detail to permit Buyer to make a Form 8-K filing. . (f) If, after consultation and review, the Parties do not agree on issues raised by Section 5.7(a), then such dispute shall be subject to review by another independent audit firm not associated with either Party’s respective independent registered public accounting firm, reasonably acceptable to both Parties. This third independent audit firm will render its recommendation on whether consolidation by Xxxxx is required. Based on this recommendation, Seller and Xxxxx shall mutually agree on how to resolve the dispute. If Seller fails to provide the data consistent with the mutually agreed upon resolution, Xxxxx may declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.1. If the independent audit firm associated with Buyer still determines, after review by the third-party independent audit firm, that Buyer must consolidate, then Seller shall provide the financial information necessary to permit consolidation to Buyer; provided, in addition to the protections in Article 13, such information shall be password protected and available only to those specific officers, directors, employees and auditors who are preparing and certifying the consolidated financial statements and not for any other purpose.