Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives; Memorabilia. (a) Except in the case of an Adversarial Action or threatened Adversarial Action, and subject to Section 7.01(c), each of J&J and Kenvue, on behalf of its respective Group, shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the other Party, at any time after the Separation Closing, as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information (or a copy thereof) relating to time periods on or prior to the Separation Date in the possession or under the control of such respective Group, which J&J or Kenvue, or any member of its respective Group, as applicable, reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing, notification or other requirements applicable to J&J or Kenvue, or any member of its respective Group, as applicable (including under applicable securities laws), by any national securities exchange or by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over J&J or Kenvue, or any member of its respective Group, as applicable, (ii) for use in any other judicial, regulatory, administrative or other Action, internal investigation or internal audit or in order to satisfy audit, accounting, regulatory, litigation, regulatory request for information or other similar requirements or (iii) to comply with its obligations under this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any other contract or agreement in effect as of the Separation Closing. The receiving Party shall use any Information received pursuant to this Section 7.01(a) solely to the extent reasonably necessary to satisfy the applicable obligations or requirements described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence. (b) In addition, subject to Section 7.01(c), each of J&J and Kenvue shall have the right at any time after the Separation Closing to request and access, pursuant to the request protocol set forth in Section 5.01(a) of the DTSA, any Specified Information to the extent related to (i) if Kenvue is the requesting Party, any member of the Kenvue Group, the Kenvue Business or any Kenvue Asset or Kenvue Liability or (ii) if J&J is the requesting Party, any member of the J&J Group, the J&J Business or any J&J Asset or J&J Liability. (c) In the event that either J&J or Kenvue reasonably determines that the disclosure of any Information pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or Section 7.01(b) could be commercially detrimental, violate any Law or agreement or waive or jeopardize any attorney-client privilege or attorney work product protection, such Party shall not be required to provide access to or furnish such Information to the other Party; provided, however, that, if any access or Information is withheld by a Party pursuant to this Section 7.01(c), such Party shall inform the other Party as to the general nature of what is being withheld and the basis for withholding such access or Information, and both Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to permit compliance with Section 7.01(a) or Section 7.01(b), as applicable, in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence. Both J&J and Xxxxxx intend that any provision of access to or the furnishing of Information pursuant to this Section 7.01 that would otherwise be within the ambit of any legal privilege shall not operate as waiver of such privilege. (d) Subject to the terms of the Memorabilia licenses set forth in the IPA, at any time after the Separation Closing, each of J&J and Kenvue, on behalf of its respective Group, shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the other Party, after written request therefor by such other Party, reasonable access to any Memorabilia owned by such Party’s Group that relates to the history or historical activities of the other Party’s Group for such other Party to prepare and obtain (at its sole cost and expense) copies or reproductions thereof. (e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) neither J&J nor Kenvue shall be required to provide any Information to the other Party pursuant to a request made under this Section 7.01 to the extent such Information has already been provided to such other Party pursuant to the DTSA and (ii) with respect to requests for or requirements to share TXMA Records contained in the Information, any additional request or sharing protocols set forth in the TXMA shall prevail in the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the TXMA.
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Samples: Separation Agreement (Johnson & Johnson), Separation Agreement (Kenvue Inc.), Separation Agreement (Kenvue Inc.)