Environmental Compliance and Conditions Except as set forth on Schedule 3.16:
Covenants Regarding Information (a) From the date hereof until the Closing Date, subject to the Confidentiality Agreement, upon reasonable notice, the Seller shall and shall cause the Companies and their Subsidiaries to, afford the Buyer and its Representatives and the Financing Sources reasonable access to the properties, offices, plants and other facilities, books and records of the TS Business, and furnish the Buyer with such financial, operating and other data and information as the Buyer may reasonably request; provided, however, that any such access or furnishing of information shall be conducted at the Buyer’s expense, during normal business hours, under the supervision of the Seller’s personnel and in such a manner as not unreasonably to interfere with the normal operations of the TS Business. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Seller, the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries shall be required to disclose any information to the Buyer or its Representatives or the Financing Sources if (i) such disclosure would jeopardize any attorney-client or other legal privilege, unless the Buyer agrees to enter into a joint defense agreement or other similar agreement that would reasonably be expected to preserve such privilege, (ii) such disclosure would contravene any applicable Laws, fiduciary duty or binding agreement entered into prior to the date hereof (provided, that the Seller shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain a consent from any applicable third-party to share such information) or (iii) such information relates to any consolidated, combined or unitary Return filed by the Seller, the Companies or any of their Affiliates or any of their respective predecessor entities. No information or knowledge obtained in any investigation by the Buyer or other information received by the Buyer pursuant to Section 5.3(a) shall operate as a wavier or be deemed to modify or otherwise affect any representation, warranty or agreement contained herein or in any Ancillary Agreement or certificate, document or other instrument delivered in connection herewith, the conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the Closing in Article VI or otherwise prejudice in any way the rights and remedies of the Buyer hereunder, nor shall any such information, knowledge or investigation be deemed to affect or modify the Buyer’s reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Seller herein.
Access to Information; Cooperation (a) Prior to the earlier of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms and the Closing Date, subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, Buyer shall be entitled to make such investigation of the properties, businesses and operations of the Company and such examination of the books and records of the Company as it reasonably requests, including as may be reasonably requested by Buyer or, subject to execution of customary confidentiality and non-reliance undertakings, any insurance broker or insurance carrier in connection with Buyer’s consideration of and obtaining the representation and warranty insurance policy to be issued in the name of Buyer (the “R&W Policy”). Any such investigation and examination shall be conducted during regular business hours and under reasonable circumstances, shall be subject to restrictions under applicable Law and shall not unreasonably interfere with the operations of the Company. Seller shall cause the officers, employees, consultants, agents, accountants, attorneys and other representatives of the Company and WS Holdings and its Subsidiaries to reasonably cooperate with Buyer and Buyer’s representatives in connection with such investigation and examination, and Buyer and its representatives shall reasonably cooperate with the Company and its representatives and shall use their reasonable efforts to minimize any disruption to the businesses of the Company. In addition, no such investigation or examination shall be permitted to the extent that (x) it would require Seller or the Company to disclose information subject to attorney-client privilege or (y) legal counsel for the Company reasonably concludes that it may give rise to antitrust or competition law issues or violate a protective order or otherwise may not be disclosed pursuant to applicable Law, and in each such case, the Company will reasonably cooperate with Buyer (at Buyer’s expense) to establish mutually acceptable work arounds to provide Buyer with the broadest access to information practicable under the circumstances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, prior to the Closing, Buyer shall not contact any employees of, suppliers to, customers of, or franchisees of, the Company or any of its Affiliates in connection with the Company or the Transaction without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably delayed, conditioned or withheld); provided, that any such contact by Buyer shall be coordinated with Seller, and Seller shall be permitted to participate therein. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to give to Buyer, directly or indirectly, rights to control or direct the Company’s operations prior to the Closing. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision of its operations. From the date hereof until the Closing Date or the earlier termination of this Agreement, Seller shall and shall cause the Company and its other Affiliates engaged in the Business to, preserve and maintain the books and records of the Company and the Business in all material respects in the same manner and same care that the books and records of the Company have been maintained prior to the execution of this Agreement.
Field Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender:
Confidentiality; Access to Information (a) The parties acknowledge that Company and Parent have previously executed a mutual nondisclosure agreement, dated as of March 5, 2000 (the "CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT"), which Confidentiality Agreement will continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms; provided, that nothing in this Agreement or the Confidentiality Agreement will restrict communications with parties to the Related Agreements.
Financial Information, etc The Administrative Agent shall have received:
ACCESS AND COOPERATION; DUE DILIGENCE (a) Between the date of this Agreement and the Funding and Consummation Date, the COMPANY will afford to the officers and authorized representatives of METALS and the Other Founding Companies access to all of the COMPANY's sites, properties, books and records and will furnish METALS with such additional financial and operating data and other information as to the business and properties of the COMPANY as METALS or the Other Founding Companies may from time to time reasonably request. The COMPANY will cooperate with METALS and the Other Founding Companies, its representatives, auditors and counsel in the preparation of any documents or other material which may be required in connection with any documents or materials required by this Agreement. METALS, 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, METALS will cause each of the Other Founding Companies to enter into 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.
Access to Financial Information Buyer’s representatives shall have access to, and Seller and its Affiliates shall cooperate with Buyer and furnish upon request, all financial and other information relating to the Hotel’s operations to the extent necessary to enable Buyer’s representatives to prepare audited financial statements in conformity with Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and other applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and to enable them to prepare a registration statement, report or disclosure statement for filing with the SEC on behalf of Buyer or its Affiliates, whether before or after Closing and regardless of whether such information is included in the Records to be transferred to Buyer hereunder. Seller shall also provide to Buyer’s representative a signed representation letter in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Seller sufficient to enable an independent public accountant to render an opinion on the financial statements related to the Hotel. Buyer will reimburse Seller for costs reasonably incurred by Seller to comply with the requirements of the preceding sentence to the extent that Seller is required to incur costs not in the ordinary course of business for third parties to provide such representation letters. The provisions of this Section shall survive Closing or termination of this Contract.
Agreement Regarding Oral Due Diligence By participating in an Offering, each Underwriter agrees that it, each of its affiliates participating in an Offering as Underwriter or financial intermediary and each controlling person of it and each such participating affiliate are bound by the Agreement Regarding Oral Due Diligence currently in effect between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and the accounting firm or firms that participate in oral due diligence in such offering.
Field Audits and Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender:
