Financing Assistance (a) Following the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives to, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide to Parent such reasonable and customary cooperation in connection with any Financing, in each case, as may be reasonably requested by Parent or its Representatives in connection with the Mergers, including using commercially reasonable efforts to (i) furnish, as promptly as reasonably practicable upon request, financial statements and financial and other information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries (it being understood that Parent shall be responsible for the preparation of any pro forma financial information or pro forma financial statements required pursuant to the Securities Act or as may be customary in connection with any such financing), (ii) participate in a reasonable number of meetings, drafting sessions and due diligence sessions with potential Financing Sources (each of which may be conducted by conference call or video conference) and rating agencies, if necessary, (iii) assist in the preparation of any offering documents, confidential information memoranda, prospectuses, offering memoranda, customary marketing material, rating agency and syndication materials, in each case with respect to the Financing, (iv) assist in obtaining comfort letters and, if required, consents of accountants and auditors with respect to financial statements and other financial information for the Company and its Subsidiaries for inclusion in documents referred to in clause (iii), and (v) to the extent reasonably requested at least ten (10) business days prior to the Closing Date, provide any information and documents required in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the U.S.A. Patriot Act of 2001 (and if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries qualify as “legal entity customers” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries necessary to complete a Beneficial Ownership Certification with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), each of which of the foregoing shall be at Parent’s written request with reasonable prior notice and at Parent’s sole cost and expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (A) shall be required to approve, execute or deliver any documentation in connection with any such Financing that, in each case, is not effective or conditioned, as applicable, upon the Closing or that would not terminate without liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, Significant JV Entities, Representatives or Affiliates upon the termination of this Agreement, (B) shall be required to incur any liability or obligation (including any indemnification obligation) in connection with any such Financing that is not contingent on the Closing or pay any commitment or other fee in connection with any Financing prior to the Closing, (C) shall be obligated to provide any financial (or other) information that (1) is not produced in the ordinary course of business or (2) cannot be produced or provided without unreasonable cost or expense, (D) shall be required to take any action other than at Parent’s request and with reasonable prior notice, (E) shall be required to take any action that would conflict with, violate or result in a breach of or default under its organizational documents or any material contract or Law to which it or its property is bound, (F) shall be required to adopt resolutions or implement other authorizations approving any financing arrangement pursuant to this Section 5.20 or pledge any collateral with respect to such financing arrangement or otherwise encumber its assets prior to Closing (and, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) the post-Closing board of directors or other governing bodies, as applicable, shall enter into or provide any resolutions as may be required and (y) the post-Closing officers shall provide any officer certificates as may be required, in each case, in connection with any financing arrangement at, or as of, the Closing Date), (G) shall be required to take any action that could subject any director, manager, officer or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries to any actual or potential personal liability, (H) shall be required to provide access to or disclose information that the Company determines in good faith (after consultation with counsel) would jeopardize any attorney client privilege of, or conflict with any confidentiality requirements applicable to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, Significant JV Entities, Representatives or Affiliates, (I) shall be required to take any action that it determines in good faith would unreasonably interfere with the ongoing commercial operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Significant JV Entity, (J) shall be required to take any action to the extent it could cause any representation or warranty in this Agreement to be breached, cause any condition to the Closing set forth in Article VI to fail to be satisfied or otherwise cause any breach of this Agreement or (K) shall be required to deliver or cause the delivery of any legal opinions or accountants’ comfort letters or reliance letters in connection with any such Financing. Furthermore, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Parent acknowledges and agrees that compliance with this Section 5.20(a) is not a condition to Closing (including for the purposes of Section 6.3(b)), the consummation of a Financing is not a condition to the Closing, and if any Financing has not been obtained, Parent shall continue to be obligated, until such time as the Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VII and subject to the waiver or fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Article VI, to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
