Common use of Auditors and Audits; Annual and Quarterly Financial Statements and Accounting Clause in Contracts

Auditors and Audits; Annual and Quarterly Financial Statements and Accounting. Each Party agrees to provide the following assistance of access set forth in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 5.3, (i) during the three hundred and sixty-five (365) days following the applicable Relevant Time in connection with the preparation and audit of each of the Party’s financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2007, the printing, filing and public dissemination of such financial statements, the audit of each Party’s internal control over financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof and management’s assessment of each Party’s disclosure controls and procedures, if required, in each case made as of September 30, 2007; (ii) following such initial three hundred and sixty-five (365) day period, with the consent of the other applicable Party (not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) for reasonable business purposes; (iii) in the event that any Party changes its auditors within two (2) years of the applicable Relevant Time, then such Party may request reasonable access on the terms set forth in this Section 5.3 for a period of up to one hundred and eighty (180) days from such change; and (iv) from time to time following the applicable Relevant Time, to the extent reasonably necessary to respond (and for the limited purpose of responding) to any written request or official comment from a Governmental Entity, such as in connection with responding to a comment letter from the Commission: