Information and Access (a) From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, but subject to Section 5.27, upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable Law, the Company will, and will cause its Subsidiaries, and will direct its and their officers, directors, employees, contractors, Representatives and Affiliates to, afford to the officers, employees, counsel, bankers, accountants and other authorized Representatives of Parent and the Parent Special Committee reasonable access during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice to all its properties, personnel, books and records for purposes of satisfying Parent’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and furnish promptly to such Persons such information concerning its business, properties, personnel and affairs as such Persons will from time to time reasonably request for purposes of satisfying Parent’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. The Company shall be entitled to have a Representative present at all times during any such inspection, and all such inspections granted pursuant to this Section 5.8 shall be subject to the Company’s reasonable security measures. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall maintain and exercise complete control and supervision over the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(b) From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, subject to applicable Law, Parent shall act reasonably and in good faith in responding to such requests for information as the Company will from time to time reasonably make, to the extent reasonably necessary to enable the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms herewith and consistent with the Company’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.
(c) No investigation or information provided pursuant to this Section 5.8 shall affect or otherwise obviate or diminish any representations or warranties of any Party or conditions to the obligations of any Party.
(d) Each of the Company and Parent will hold all information furnished by or behalf of the other Party or its Representatives pursuant to this Section 5.8 in confidence in accordance with the provisions of that certain Non-Disclosure Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2024 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), by and between the Company and Parent, provided that Parent shall be permitted to provide information to A/N on a confidential basis as reasonably requested by A/N and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to cause A/N to comply with the confidentiality and use restrictions set forth in the Confidentiality Agreement with respect to such information.
(e) Nothing in this Section 5.8 or in any other part of this Agreement shall require the Company or Parent, as applicable, to permit any inspection of, or to disclose:
(i) any information concerning Alternative Company Transaction Proposals or Alternative Parent Transaction Proposals, which shall be governed by Section 5.3 and Section 5.4 (in the case of Alternative Company Transaction Proposals) and Section 5.5 and Section 5.6 (in the case of Alternative Parent Transaction Proposals);
(ii) any information regarding the deliberations of the Company Board, Parent Board or Parent Special Committee, as applicable, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or any similar transaction or transactions with any other Person, the entry into this Agreement, or any materials provided to the Company Board, Parent Board or Parent Special Committee, as applicable, in connection therewith;
(iii) materials prepared by the Parent Special Committee’s or Parent’s financial or legal advisors or by the Company’s financial or legal advisors; or
(iv) materials the disclosure of which (A) would jeopardize any attorney-client or other privilege or (B) would contravene any applicable Law, fiduciary duty or confidentiality obligation, provided, that Parent and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as may be reasonably required to allow such disclosure to be provided to the other Party or its Representatives without waiving privilege or causing a violation of applicable Law, fiduciary duty or confidentiality obligation.
(f) Without limiting the generality of Section 5.8(a), from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Company will, and will cause its applicable Non-GCI Subsidiaries (and, solely until the consummation of the GCI Divestiture, GCI and its Subsidiaries) to, (i) with respect to any U.S. federal income or other material Tax Return of the Company or any of its Non-GCI Subsidiaries (or, solely with respect to taxable periods (or portions thereof) that end on or prior to the consummation of the GCI Divestiture, GCI and its Subsidiaries) that is required to be filed after the date of this Agreement, make commercially reasonable efforts to deliver a draft of such Tax Return to Parent for review and comment at least fifteen (15) days before it is due and consider in good faith Parent’s reasonable comments received by the Company within five (5) days after Parent received such Tax Return, (ii) with respect to any material Tax audit, action or other proceeding with respect to the Company or any of its Non-GCI Subsidiaries (or, solely with respect to taxable periods (or portions thereof) that end on or prior to the consummation of the GCI Divestiture, GCI and its Subsidiaries), promptly provide any updates (including any communications from a Governmental Authority) to Parent, and (iii) provide to Parent and its Subsidiaries such cooperation, documentation and information as Parent reasonably may request in connection with the foregoing.
