Common use of COVENANTS PRIOR TO CLOSING Clause in Contracts

COVENANTS PRIOR TO CLOSING. 7.1 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 PARENT access to all of the COMPANY's sites, properties, books and records and will furnish PARENT with such additional financial and operating data and other information as to the business and properties of the COMPANY as PARENT may from time to time reasonably request. The COMPANY will cooperate with PARENT, its representatives, auditors and counsel in the preparation of any documents or other material which may be reasonably required in connection with any documents or materials required by this Agreement. PARENT, ACQUISITION CORP., the STOCKHOLDERS and the COMPANY will treat all information obtained in connection with the negotiation and performance of this Agreement as confidential in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 hereof. In addition, PARENT will cause each of the Other Founding Companies to enter into a provision similar to this Section 7.1 requiring each Other Founding Company, its stockholders, directors, officers, representatives, employees and agents to keep confidential any information obtained by such Other Founding Company.