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Cooperate and Support Investigations. PBM shall cooperate and support any investigations that are identified through any channel.

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• ACCESS AND COOPERATION; DUE DILIGENCE (a) Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the COMPANY will afford to the officers and authorized representatives of CTS and the Other Founding Companies access during business hours to all of the COMPANY's sites, properties, books and records and will furnish CTS with such additional financial and operating data and other information as to the business and properties of the COMPANY as CTS or the Other Founding Companies may from time to time reasonably request. The COMPANY will cooperate with CTS and the Other Founding Companies and their respective representatives, including CTS's auditors and counsel, in the preparation of any documents or other material (including the Registration Statement) which may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. CTS, NEWCO, the STOCKHOLDERS and the COMPANY will treat all information obtained in connection with the negotiation and performance of this Agreement or the due diligence investigations conducted with respect to the Other Founding Companies as confidential in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 hereof. In addition, CTS will cause each of the Other Agreements, binding each of the Other Founding Companies, to contain a provision similar to this Section 7.1 requiring each such Other Founding Company, its stockholders, directors, officers, representatives, employees and agents to keep confidential any information obtained by such Other Founding Company.

• Complaints and Investigations Pacific Mutual, PEN, Selling Broker-Dealer and General Agent agree to cooperate fully in any insurance regulatory investigation or proceeding or judicial proceeding arising in connection with the Contracts distributed under this Agreement. Pacific Mutual, PEN, Selling Broker-Dealer and General Agent further agree to cooperate fully in any securities regulatory investigation or proceeding with respect to Pacific Mutual, PEN, Selling Broker-Dealer and General Agent, their affiliates and their agents or representatives to the extent that such investigation or proceeding is in connection with the Contracts distributed under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing:

• Access and Investigation During the Pre-Closing Period, GHX shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to): (a) provide the Stockholder and the Stockholder’s Representatives with reasonable access during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice to GHX, to GHX’s and its Subsidiaries’ personnel and assets and to all existing books, records, Tax Returns, work papers and other documents and information relating to GHX or its Subsidiaries; and (b) provide or make available to the Stockholder and the Stockholder’s Representatives such copies of the existing books, records, Tax Returns, work papers and other documents and information relating to GHX or its Subsidiaries as the Stockholder may reasonably request. Without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing, during the Pre-Closing Period and subject to applicable Antitrust Laws, GHX and the Stockholder shall promptly provide the other party with copies of any notice, report or other document filed with or sent to any Governmental Body on behalf of GHX or the Stockholder, as applicable, in connection with the Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions. The foregoing shall not require GHX to permit any inspection, or to disclose any information, that in the reasonable judgment of GHX could reasonably be expected to result in (i) the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties or the violation of any obligations of GHX with respect to confidentiality if GHX shall have used reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of such third party to such inspection or disclosure, (ii) the waiver of any applicable attorney-client privilege so long as GHX has taken reasonable steps to permit inspection of or to disclose information described in this clause (ii) on a basis that does not compromise GHX’s privilege with respect thereto or (iii) the violation of any applicable Legal Requirement. The parties shall seek in good faith appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements under circumstances in which the immediately preceding sentence applies. No investigation by the Stockholder shall limit or otherwise affect any of the representations, warranties, covenants or obligations of GHX contained in this Agreement.

• Good Faith, Cooperation and Due Diligence The parties hereto covenant, warrant and represent to each other good faith, complete cooperation, due diligence and honesty in fact in the performance of all obligations of the parties pursuant to this Agreement. All promises and covenants are mutual and dependent.

• Due Diligence Investigation Pubco shall be reasonably satisfied with the results of its due diligence investigation of the Company in its sole and absolute discretion.

• Litigation and Investigations Promptly after (i) the occurrence thereof, notice of the institution of or any material adverse development in any material action, suit or proceeding or any governmental investigation or any arbitration, before any court or arbitrator or any governmental or administrative body, agency or official, against any Consolidated Company, or any material property of any thereof, or (ii) actual knowledge thereof, notice of the threat of any such action, suit, proceeding, investigation or arbitration;

• Corporate Examinations and Investigations Prior to the Closing Date, the parties acknowledge that they have been entitled, through their employees and representatives, to make such investigation of the assets, properties, business and operations, books, records and financial condition of the other as they each may reasonably require. No investigations, by a party hereto shall, however, diminish or waive any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the party under this Agreement.

• Due Diligence Review; Information The Company shall make available, during normal business hours, for inspection and review by the Investors, advisors to and representatives of the Investors (who may or may not be affiliated with the Investors and who are reasonably acceptable to the Company), all financial and other records, all SEC Filings (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and other filings with the SEC, and all other corporate documents and properties of the Company as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of such review, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees, within a reasonable time period, to supply all such information reasonably requested by the Investors or any such representative, advisor or underwriter in connection with such Registration Statement (including, without limitation, in response to all questions and other inquiries reasonably made or submitted by any of them), prior to and from time to time after the filing and effectiveness of the Registration Statement for the sole purpose of enabling the Investors and such representatives, advisors and underwriters and their respective accountants and attorneys to conduct initial and ongoing due diligence with respect to the Company and the accuracy of such Registration Statement. The Company shall not disclose material nonpublic information to the Investors, or to advisors to or representatives of the Investors, unless prior to disclosure of such information the Company identifies such information as being material nonpublic information and provides the Investors, such advisors and representatives with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such material nonpublic information for review and any Investor wishing to obtain such information enters into an appropriate confidentiality agreement with the Company with respect thereto.

• Investigations; Litigation There is no investigation or review pending (or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened) by any Governmental Entity with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries which would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect, and there are no actions, suits, inquiries, investigations or proceedings pending (or, to Parent’s knowledge, threatened) against or affecting Parent or its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties at law or in equity before, and there are no orders, judgments or decrees of, or before, any Governmental Entity, in each case which would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

• Regulatory Investigations It shall be the Administrator’s duty and responsibility, and not the Owner Trustee’s duty and responsibility, to cause the Trust to respond to, defend, participate in or otherwise act in connection with any regulatory, administrative, governmental, investigative or other proceeding or inquiry relating in any way to the Trust, its assets or the conduct of its business.