Access to Information; Notification of Certain Matters. (a) From the date hereof until the Effective Time and subject to applicable Law, the Company shall (i) give to Holding and Acquiror, their counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives reasonable access to its offices, properties, books and records; (ii) furnish or make available to Holding and Acquiror, their counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives any financial and operating data and other information as those Persons may reasonably request; and (iii) instruct its employees, counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives to cooperate with the reasonable requests of Holding and Acquiror in their investigation. Any investigation pursuant to this Section shall be conducted in a manner which will not interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and shall be in accordance with any other existing agreements or obligations binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Unless otherwise required by Law, each of Holding and Acquiror will hold, and will cause its respective officers, employees, counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives to hold any nonpublic information obtained in any investigation in confidence in accordance with and agrees to be bound by, the terms of the confidentiality letter, dated December 15, 2000, as amended as of the date hereof (the "Confidentiality Agreement"), among the Company and the members of the Buying Group. No investigations pursuant to this Section 8.4(a) shall affect any representations or warranties of the parties herein or the conditions to the obligations of the parties hereto.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Cb Richard Ellis Services Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Wirta Raymond E), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Wardlaw William M)
Access to Information; Notification of Certain Matters. (a) From the date hereof until the Effective Time and subject to applicable Law, the Company shall (i) give to Holding and Acquiror, their counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives reasonable access to its offices, properties, books and records; (ii) furnish or make available to Holding and Acquiror, their counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives any financial and operating data and other information as those Persons may reasonably request; and (iii) instruct its employees, counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives to cooperate with the reasonable requests of Holding and Acquiror in their investigation. Any investigation pursuant to this Section shall be conducted in a manner which will not interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and shall be in accordance with any other existing agreements or obligations binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Unless otherwise required by Law, each of Holding and Acquiror will hold, and will cause its respective officers, employees, counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives to hold any nonpublic information obtained in any investigation in confidence in accordance with and agrees to be bound by, the terms of the confidentiality letter, dated December 15, 2000, as amended as of the date hereof (the "Confidentiality AgreementCONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT"), among the Company and the members of the Buying Group. No investigations pursuant to this Section 8.4(a) shall affect any representations or warranties of the parties herein or the conditions to the obligations of the parties hereto.
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