Exchange of Information Parent, Merger Sub and the Company each shall promptly supply the other with any information that may be required in order to effectuate any filings or application pursuant to Section 6.6(a). Except where prohibited by applicable Legal Requirements, and subject to the Confidentiality Agreement, each of the Company and Parent shall consult with the other prior to taking a position with respect to any such filing, shall permit the other to review and discuss in advance, and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, white papers, arguments, opinions and proposals before making or submitting any of the foregoing to any Governmental Entity by or on behalf of any party hereto in connection with any investigations or proceedings in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including under any antitrust or fair trade Legal Requirement), coordinate with the other in preparing and exchanging such information and promptly provide the other and/or its counsel with copies of all filings, presentations or submissions (and a summary of any oral presentations) made by such party with any Governmental Entity in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, provided that with respect to any such filing, presentation or submission, each of Parent and the Company need not supply the other (or its counsel) with copies (or in the case of oral presentations, a summary) to the extent that any law, treaty, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity applicable to such party requires such party or its Subsidiaries to restrict or prohibit access to any such information. It is acknowledged and agreed by the parties hereto that Parent shall have, except where prohibited by applicable Legal Requirements, primary responsibility for determining the strategy for interacting with any Governmental Entity with responsibility for reviewing the Merger with respect to antitrust or competition issues.
Cooperation and Exchange of Information Seller and Buyer shall provide each other with such cooperation and information as either of them reasonably may request of the other in filing any Tax Return pursuant to this ARTICLE VI or in connection with any audit or other proceeding in respect of Taxes of any Acquired Company. Such cooperation and information shall include providing copies of relevant Tax Returns or portions thereof, together with accompanying schedules, related work papers and documents relating to rulings or other determinations by tax authorities. Each of Seller and Buyer shall retain all Tax Returns, schedules and work papers, records and other documents in its possession relating to Tax matters of any Acquired Company for any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until the expiration of the statute of limitations of the taxable periods to which such Tax Returns and other documents relate, without regard to extensions except to the extent notified by the other Party in writing of such extensions for the respective Tax periods. Prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any Tax Returns, schedules and work papers, records and other documents in its possession relating to Tax matters of any Acquired Company for any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date, Seller or Buyer (as the case may be) shall provide the other Party with reasonable written notice and offer the other Party the opportunity to take custody of such materials.
Tax Cooperation and Exchange of Information The Sellers’ and the Purchaser shall provide each other with such cooperation and information as either of them reasonably may request of the other (and the Purchaser shall cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to provide such cooperation and information) in filing any Tax Return, amended Tax Return or claim for refund, determining a liability for Taxes or a right to a refund of Taxes or participating in or conducting any audit or other proceeding in respect of Taxes. Such cooperation and information shall include providing copies of relevant Tax Returns of the Company and its Subsidiaries or portions thereof, together with related work papers and documents relating to rulings or other determinations by taxing authorities. The Sellers and the Purchaser shall make themselves (and their respective employees and the employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries) reasonably available on a mutually convenient basis to provide explanations of any documents or information provided under this Section 7.01. Each of the Sellers and the Purchaser shall retain all of its respective Tax Returns, work papers and all material records or other documents in its possession (or in the possession of its Affiliates) relating to Tax matters of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries for any taxable period that includes the Closing Date and for all prior taxable periods until the expiration of the statute of limitations of the taxable periods to which such Tax Returns and other documents relate, without regard to extension or waivers thereof. Any information obtained under this Section 7.01 shall be kept confidential, except as may be otherwise necessary in connection with the filing of Tax Returns or claims for refund or in conducting an audit or other proceeding.
Exchange of Information Confidentiality Article VII Further Assurances and Additional Covenants; Article VIII Termination; and Article X Miscellaneous, other than Section 10.3
Confidential Nature of Information The following paragraph is subject to any disclosure requirements under the Bankruptcy Code or imposed by the Bankruptcy Court: Buyer on the one hand and Sellers on the other hand, each agree that it will treat in confidence all documents, materials and other information which it shall have obtained regarding the other party during the course of the negotiations leading to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (whether obtained before or after the date of this Agreement), the investigation provided for herein and the preparation of this Agreement and other related documents, and, in the event the transactions contemplated hereby shall not be consummated, at the request of the disclosing party, will return to the other party all copies of nonpublic documents and materials which have been furnished in connection therewith and all transcripts, notes and summaries thereof. Such non-public documents, materials and information shall not be communicated to any third Person (other than to Buyer’s and Sellers’ counsel, accountants or financial advisors, in each case subject to the recipient’s agreement to keep the same confidential). No other party shall use any confidential information in any manner whatsoever except solely for the purpose of evaluating the proposed purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets; provided, however, that after the Closing, Buyer may use or disclose any confidential information included in the Purchased Assets or otherwise reasonably related to the Purchased Assets and the Business. The obligation of each party to treat such documents, materials and other information in confidence shall not apply to any information which (i) is or becomes available to such party from a source other than the disclosing party, (ii) is or becomes available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by such party or its agents or (iii) is required to be disclosed under applicable law or judicial process, but only to the extent it must be disclosed. Notwithstanding clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, in the event that any party is required to disclose any confidential information by applicable law, judicial process or rule of any national securities exchange, it is agreed that the party subject to such requirement will provide the other party with prompt notice of such requirement and such party may seek an appropriate protective order if it so desires.
Public Release of Information Subject to applicable legal requirements (including, without limitation, securities laws requirements, other regulatory requirements and other legally compelled disclosures), so long as there shall not have occurred an Event of Default or Indenture Event of Default, each party to this Agreement shall in each instance obtain the prior written approval of each other party to this Agreement concerning the exact text and timing of news releases, articles and other information releases to the public media concerning any Operative Agreements.
Release of Information The Trustee shall promptly respond to any and all reasonable requests for information concerning the Trust Account or the Assets held therein by any of the parties to this Trust Agreement. Furthermore, the Trustee shall fully and completely respond to any direct inquiries of the Insurance Commissioner, or any of its representatives, concerning the Trust Account or the Assets held hereunder, including, detailed inventories of securities or funds, and the Trustee shall permit the Insurance Commissioner, or its representatives, to examine and audit all securities or funds held hereunder. The Trustee shall promptly provide notice to the Beneficiary and the Grantor concerning all such inquiries, and shall provide seven (7) days prior notice to the Beneficiary and the Grantor of all such examinations and audits.
Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives (a) Without limiting any rights or obligations under any Ancillary Agreement between the Parties and/or any other member of their respective Groups relating to confidentiality, each Party agrees to provide, and to cause its Representatives, its Group members and its respective Group members’ Representatives to provide, to the other Groups and any member thereof (a “Requesting Party”), at any time before, on or after the Effective Time, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04 and as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information within the possession or under the control of such Party or one of such Persons which the Requesting Party reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing or other requirements imposed on the Requesting Party (including under applicable securities laws) by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Requesting Party, (ii) for use in any other judicial, regulatory, administrative or other proceeding or in order to satisfy audit, accounting, claims, regulatory, litigation or similar requirements of the Requesting Party, in each case other than claims or allegations that one Party to this Agreement or any of its Group members has or brings against the other Party or any of its Group members, or (iii) subject to the foregoing clause (ii) above, to comply with its obligations under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that any Party determines that any such provision of Information could be commercially detrimental, violate any Applicable Law or agreement, or waive any attorney-client privilege, the Parties shall take all reasonable measures to permit the compliance with such obligations in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence. More particularly, and without limitation to the generality of the foregoing sentence, the Parties agree that the provisions of the Tax Sharing Agreement shall govern with respect to the sharing of Information relating to Tax.
Agreement for Exchange of Information (a) Subject to Section 6.9 and any other applicable confidentiality obligations, each of UTC, Carrier and Otis, on behalf of itself and each member of its Group, agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to provide or make available, or cause to be provided or made available, to another Party and the members of such other Party’s Group, at any time before, on or after the Effective Time, as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information (or a copy thereof) in the possession or under the control of such Party or any member of its Group that the requesting Party or any member of its Group requests, in each case to the extent that (i) such Information relates to the Carrier Business, or any Carrier Asset or Carrier Liability, if Carrier is the requesting Party, to the Xxxx Business, or any Otis Asset or Otis Liability, if Otis is the requesting Party, or to the UTC Business, or any UTC Asset or UTC Liability, if UTC is the requesting Party; (ii) such Information is required by the requesting Party to comply with its obligations under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; or (iii) such Information is required by the requesting Party to comply with any obligation imposed by any Governmental Authority, including the obligation to verify the accuracy of internal controls over information technology reporting of financial data and related processes employed in connection with verifying compliance with Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (it being understood that in the case of such verification, the obligations set forth in this sentence shall apply to access to the facilities, systems, infrastructure and personnel of the applicable Party or its Group); provided, however, that in the event that the Party to whom the request has been made determines that any such provision of Information could be detrimental to the Party providing the Information, violate any Law or agreement, or waive any privilege available under applicable Law, including any attorney-client privilege, then the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to permit compliance with such obligations to the extent and in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence. The Party providing Information pursuant to this Section 6.1 shall only be obligated to provide such Information in the form, condition and format in which it then exists, and in no event shall such Party be required to perform any improvement, modification, conversion, updating or reformatting of any such Information, and nothing in this Section 6.1 shall expand the obligations of any Party under Section 6.4. Each Party shall cause its employees and the employees of any members of its Group to, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the employees of its Representatives to, when on the property of another Party or a member of another Party’s Group, conform to the policies and procedures of such Party or any member of such Party’s Group concerning health, safety, conduct and security that are made known or provided to the accessing Party from time to time.
Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information The rights and obligations granted under this Article IV are subject to any specific limitations, qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange or confidential treatment of information set forth in any Ancillary Agreement.
