Background Information The Adviser has entered into an Investment Adviser's Agreement with the Fund ("Investment Adviser's Agreement"). Pursuant to the Investment Adviser's Agreement, the Adviser has agreed to render investment advisory and certain other management services to all of the funds of the Fund, and the Fund has agreed to employ the Adviser to render such services and to pay to the Adviser certain fees therefore. The Investment Adviser's Agreement recognizes that the Adviser may enter into agreements with other investment advisers who will serve as fund managers to the funds.
Access and Information (a) Upon reasonable notice, each party shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) afford the other party and its representatives (including, without limitation, directors, officers and employees of such party and its affiliates and counsel, accountants and other professionals retained by it) such reasonable access during normal business hours throughout the period prior to the Effective Time to the books, records (including, without limitation, tax returns and work papers of independent auditors), contracts, properties, personnel and to such other information relating to it and its subsidiaries as the other party may reasonably request; provided, however, that no investigation pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by in this Agreement.
(b) From the date hereof until the Effective Time, First Valley Bancorp shall, and shall cause First Valley Bancorp’s Subsidiaries to, promptly provide New England Bancshares with (i) a copy of each report filed with federal or state banking regulators, (ii) a copy of each periodic report to its senior management and all materials relating to its business or operations furnished to its Board of Directors, (iii) a copy of each press release made available to the public and (iv) all other information concerning its business, properties and personnel as New England Bancshares may reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither First Valley Bancorp nor its Subsidiaries shall be required to provide access to or to disclose information where such access or disclosure would violate the rights of such entity’s customers, jeopardize the attorney-client privilege of the entity in possession or control of such information, or contravene any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or binding agreement entered into prior to the date of this Agreement. The parties hereto will make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements under circumstances in which the restrictions of the previous sentence apply.
(c) New England Bancshares will not, and will cause its representatives not to, use any information obtained pursuant to this Section 5.3 for any purpose unrelated to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, New England Bancshares will keep confidential, and will cause its representatives to keep confidential, all information and documents obtained pursuant to this Section 5.3 unless such information (i) was already known to New England Bancshares or an affiliate of New England Bancshares, other than pursuant to a confidentiality agreement or other confidential relationship, (ii) becomes available to New England Bancshares or an affiliate of New England Bancshares from other sources not known by such party to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other obligation of secrecy, (iii) is disclosed with the prior written approval of First Valley Bancorp or (iv) is or becomes readily ascertainable from published information or trade sources. First Valley Bancorp will not, and will cause its representatives not to, use any information obtained pursuant to this Section 5.3 for any purpose unrelated to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, First Valley Bancorp will keep confidential, and will cause its representatives to keep confidential, all information and documents obtained pursuant to this Section 5.3 unless such information (i) was already known to First Valley Bancorp or an affiliate of First Valley Bancorp, other than pursuant to a confidentiality agreement or other confidential relationship, (ii) becomes available to First Valley Bancorp or an affiliate of First Valley Bancorp from other sources not known by such party to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other obligation of secrecy, (iii) is disclosed with the prior written approval of New England Bancshares or (iv) is or becomes readily ascertainable from published information or trade sources.
(d) First Valley Bancorp shall give notice, and shall cause Valley Bank to give notice, to two (2) designees of New England Bancshares, and shall invite such Persons to attend all regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors of First Valley Bancorp and Valley Bank and all regular and special meetings of any senior management committee (including but not limited to the executive committee and the loan and discount committee of Valley Bank) of First Valley Bancorp or Valley Bank. Such designees shall have no right to vote and shall not attend sessions of board and committees during which there is being discussed: (i) matters involving this Agreement; (ii) information or material that First Valley Bancorp or Valley Bank is required or obligated to maintain as confidential under applicable laws or regulations or policies or procedures of First Valley Bancorp or Valley Bank; or (iii) pending or threatened litigation or investigations if, in the opinion of counsel to First Valley Bancorp, the presence of such designees would or might adversely affect the confidential nature of or any privilege relating to the matters being discussed.
(e) New England Bancshares shall give notice, and shall cause Enfield Federal to give notice, to two (2) designees of First Valley Bancorp, and shall invite such Persons to attend all regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors of New England Bancshares and Enfield Federal and all regular and special meetings of any senior management committee (including but not limited to the executive committee and the loan and discount committee of Enfield Federal) of New England Bancshares or Enfield Federal. Such designees shall have no right to vote and shall not attend sessions of board and committees during which there is being discussed: (i) matters involving this Agreement; (ii) information or material that New England Bancshares or Enfield Federal is required or obligated to maintain as confidential under applicable laws or regulations or policies or procedures of New England Bancshares of Enfield Federal; or (iii) pending or threatened litigation or investigations if, in the opinion of counsel to New England Bancshares, the presence of such designees would or might adversely affect the confidential nature of or any privilege relating to the matters being discussed.
Excluded Information For purposes of this Agreement, the term “confidential and proprietary information” shall not include (i) information already known or independently developed by the recipient without the use of any confidential and proprietary information, or (ii) information known to the public through no wrongful act of the recipient.
Documentation and Information Such Stockholder shall not make any public announcement regarding this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except as may be required by applicable Law (provided that reasonable notice of any such disclosure will be provided to Parent, and such Stockholder will consider in good faith the reasonable comments of Parent with respect to such disclosure and otherwise cooperate with Parent in obtaining confidential treatment with respect to such disclosure). Such Stockholder consents to and hereby authorizes Parent to publish and disclose in all documents and schedules filed with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity or applicable securities exchange, and any press release or other disclosure document that Parent reasonably determines to be necessary or advisable in connection with the Offer, the Merger or any other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or this Agreement, such Stockholder’s identity, the aggregate number of Subject Shares owned by Stockholders subject to this Agreement, the existence of this Agreement and the nature of such Stockholder’s commitments and obligations under this Agreement, and such Stockholder acknowledges that Parent may, in Parent’s sole discretion, file this Agreement or a form hereof with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity or securities exchange. Such Stockholder agrees to promptly give Parent any information necessary for the preparation of any such disclosure documents, and such Stockholder agrees to promptly notify Parent of any changes with respect to information supplied by such Stockholder specifically for use in any such disclosure document, if and to the extent that any such information shall have become false or misleading in any material respect.
Third-Party Agreements and Information Executive represents and warrants that Executive’s employment by the Company does not conflict with any prior employment or consulting agreement or other agreement with any third party, and that Executive will perform Executive’s duties to the Company without violating any such agreement. Executive represents and warrants that Executive does not possess confidential information arising out of prior employment, consulting, or other third party relationships, that would be used in connection with Executive’s employment by the Company, except as expressly authorized by that third party. During Executive’s employment by the Company, Executive will use in the performance of Executive’s duties only information that is generally known and used by persons with training and experience comparable to Executive’s own, common knowledge in the industry, otherwise legally in the public domain, or obtained or developed by the Company or by Executive in the course of Executive’s work for the Company.
Fund Information Each Fund will provide documentary evidence of its tax domicile, organizational specifics and other documentation and information as may be required by the Custodian from time to time for tax purposes, including, without limitation, information relating to any special ruling or treatment to which the Fund may be entitled that is not applicable to the general nationality and category of person to which the Fund belongs under general laws and treaty obligations and documentation and information required in relation to countries where the Fund engages or proposes to engage in investment activity or where Portfolio assets are or will be held. The provision of such documentation and information shall be deemed to be a Proper Instruction, upon which the Custodian shall be entitled to rely and act. In giving such documentation and information, the Fund represents and warrants that it is true and correct in all material respects and that it will promptly provide the Custodian with all necessary corrections or updates upon becoming aware of any changes or inaccuracies in the documentation or information supplied.
Use of De-identified information De-identified information may be used by the Contractor for the purposes of development, research, and improvement of educational sites, services, or applications, as any other member of the public or party would be able to use de-identified data pursuant to 34 CFR 99.31(b). Contractor agrees not to attempt to re-identify de-identified Student Data.
Confidentiality of Listing Information Verizon shall accord Ymax Listing Information the same level of confidentiality that Verizon accords its own listing information, and shall use such Listing Information solely for the purpose of providing directory-related services; provided, however, that should Verizon elect to do so, it may use or license Ymax Listing Information for directory publishing, direct marketing, or any other purpose for which Verizon uses or licenses its own listing information, so long as Ymax Customers are not separately identified as such; and provided further that Ymax may identify those of its Customers who request that their names not be sold for direct marketing purposes and Verizon shall honor such requests to the same extent that it does for its own Customers. Verizon shall not be obligated to compensate Ymax for Verizon's use or licensing of Ymax Listing Information.
Documents and Information After the Closing Date, the Purchaser and the Company shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, until the seventh (7th) anniversary of the Closing Date, retain all books, records and other documents pertaining to the business of the Target Companies in existence on the Closing Date and make the same available for inspection and copying by the Purchaser Representative during normal business hours of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, upon reasonable request and upon reasonable notice. No such books, records or documents shall be destroyed after the seventh (7th) anniversary of the Closing Date by the Purchaser or its Subsidiaries (including any Target Company) without first advising the Purchaser Representative in writing and giving the Purchaser Representative a reasonable opportunity to obtain possession thereof.
Power Supply Information and Access to Information POWER SUPPLY INFORMATION
