Agreement for Exchange of Information (a) Each of Genworth and the Company, on behalf of itself and its respective Group, agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, to the other Group, at any time before or after the Closing Date, as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information in the possession or under the control of such respective Group which the requesting Party reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing or other requirements imposed on the requesting Party or a member of its Group (including under applicable securities, insurance or Tax Laws) by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the requesting Party or such member of its Group, (ii) for use in any other judicial, regulatory, administrative, tax or other proceeding or in order to satisfy audit, accounting, claims, regulatory, litigation, tax or other similar requirements, in each case other than claims or allegations that one Party to this Agreement has against the other, or (iii) subject to the foregoing clause (ii), to comply with its obligations under this Agreement or any Transaction Document; provided, however, that in the event that any Party determines that any such provision of Information could be commercially detrimental, violate any Law or agreement, or waive attorney work product protection or any attorney-client or similar 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.
(b) Each of Genworth and the Company, on behalf of itself and its respective Group, agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, to the other Group, at any time before the Trigger Date, as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information in the possession or under the control of such respective Group which the requesting Party reasonably determines to be relevant to its relationship, communications or interaction with a (i) Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the requesting Party or such member of its Group, and (ii) nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
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.
(b) After the Effective Time, each Spinco and the other members of its Spinco Group shall have access during regular business hours (as in effect from time to time), and upon reasonable advance notice, to the documents and objects of historical significance that relate to the Spun Businesses, the Spun Assets or the Spun Entities with respect to such Spinco and that are located in archives retained or maintained by (i) IAC or any other member of the IAC Group or (ii) by another Spinco or any other member of another Spinco Group. Each Spinco and the other members of its Spinco Group may obtain copies (but not originals) of documents for bona fide business purposes and may obtain objects for exhibition purposes for commercially reasonable periods of time if required for bona fide business purposes, provided that (i) such Spinco shall cause any such objects to be returned promptly, at such Spinco’s expense, in the same condition in which they were delivered to such Spinco or to any member of its Spinco Group and (ii) such Spinco and the other members of its Spinco Group shall comply with any rules, procedures or other requirements, and shall be subject to any restrictions (including prohibitions on removal of specified objects), that are then applicable to such other Separate-co or such other member of such other Separate-co’s Group. In any event, the foregoing shall not be deemed to restrict the access of IAC or any other member of the IAC Group to any such documents or objects. Nothing herein shall be deemed to impose any Liability on IAC or any other member of the IAC Group if documents or objects referred to in this Section 9.01 are not maintained or preserved by IAC or any other member of the IAC Group. Alternatively, IAC, acting reasonably, may request from any Spinco and any other member of such Spinco’s Group that they provide IAC with reasonable advance notice, with a list of the requested Information that relates to the relevant Spun Businesses, the Spun Assets or the Spun Entities and IAC shall use, and shall cause the other members of the IAC Group that are in possession of the Information requested to use, commercially reasonable efforts to locate all requested Information that is owned or possessed by IAC or any of its Group members or Representatives. IAC will make available all such Information for inspection by the relevant Spincos or any other relevant member of any Spinco Group during normal business hours at the place of business reasonably designated by IAC. Subject to such confidentiality or security obligations as IAC or the other relevant members of its Group may reasonably deem necessary, the Spincos and the other relevant members of the Spinco Groups may have all requested Information duplicated. Alternatively, IAC or the other relevant members of the IAC Group may choose to deliver to a Spinco, at such Spinco’s expense, all requested Information in the form reasonably requested by such Spinco or any other member of its Group. At IAC’s request, such Spinco shall cause such Information when no longer needed to be returned to IAC at such Spinco’s expense.
(c) With respect to the other Spinco Groups and the IAC Group, each Spinco shall make available and shall cause its Corresponding Group to make available to the other Spinco Groups and the IAC Group at least the level of access provided by the IAC Group under Section 8.01(b) to all Spinco Groups.
Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information (a) The rights and obligations granted under this Article VI are subject to any specific limitations, qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange, retention or confidential treatment of information set forth in any Ancillary Agreement.
(b) Any party that receives, pursuant to a request for information in accordance with this Article VI, Tangible Information that is not relevant to its request shall, at the request of the providing Party, (i) return it to the providing Party or, at the providing Party’s request, destroy such Tangible Information; and (ii) deliver to the providing Party written confirmation that such Tangible Information was returned or destroyed, as the case may be, which confirmation shall be signed by an authorized representative of the requesting Party.
Exchange of Information 1. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall exchange such information as is foreseeably relevant for carrying out the provisions of this Agreement or to the administration or enforcement of the domestic laws concerning taxes of every kind and description imposed on behalf of the Contracting States, or of their political subdivisions or local authorities, insofar as the taxation thereunder is not contrary to the Agreement. The exchange of information is not restricted by Articles 1 and 2.
2. Any information received under paragraph 1 by a Contracting State shall be treated as secret in the same manner as information obtained under the domestic laws of that State and shall be disclosed only to persons or authorities (including courts and administrative bodies) concerned with the assessment or collection of, the enforcement or prosecution in respect of, the determination of appeals in relation to the taxes referred to in paragraph 1, or the oversight of the above. Such persons or authorities shall use the information only for such purposes. They may disclose the information in public court proceedings or in judicial decisions.
3. In no case shall the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 be construed so as to impose on a Contracting State the obligation:
(a) to carry out administrative measures at variance with the laws and administrative practice of that or of the other Contracting State;
(b) to supply information which is not obtainable under the laws or in the normal course of the administration of that or of the other Contracting State;
(c) to supply information which would disclose any trade, business, industrial, commercial or professional secret or trade process, or information the disclosure of which would be contrary to public policy (ordre public).
4. If information is requested by a Contracting State in accordance with this Article, the other Contracting State shall use its information gathering measures to obtain the requested information, even though that other State may not need such information for its own tax purposes. The obligation contained in the preceding sentence is subject to the limitations of paragraph 3 but in no case shall such limitations be construed to permit a Contracting State to decline to supply information solely because it has no domestic interest in such information.
5. In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 3 be construed to permit a Contracting State to decline to supply information solely because the information is held by a bank, other financial institution, nominee or person acting in an agency or a fiduciary capacity or because it relates to ownership interests in a person.
Procedure for Exchange (i) Any exchange shall be exercised pursuant to a notice of exchange (the "Exchange Notice") delivered to the General Partner by the holder who is exercising such exchange right, by (y) fax and (z) by certified mail postage prepaid. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9(a)(ii) and 9(a)(iii) hereof, the General Partner and the Partnership shall effect any exchange of Series C Preferred Units by delivering to each holder of record of Series C Preferred Units, within ten (10) Business Days following receipt of the Exchange Notice, (A) certificates representing the Series C Preferred Stock being issued in exchange for the Series C Preferred Units of such holder being exchanged and (B) a written notice stating (1) the exchange date, which may be the date of such written notice or any other date which is not later than fifteen (15) Business Days following the receipt of the Exchange Notice, (2) the Series C Exchange Price, and (3) that distributions on the Series C Preferred Units will cease to accrue on such exchange date. As a condition to the exchange, the General Partner may require the holders of Series C Preferred Units to make such representations as may be reasonably necessary for the General Partner to establish that the issuance of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to the exchange shall not be required to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws. Any shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Section 9 shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be delivered free of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or restriction other than those provided in the Charter, the Bylaws of the Company, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and relevant state securities or blue sky laws or created by the exchanging holder of Series C Preferred Units. Each Series C Preferred Unit exchanged hereunder for a share of Series C Preferred Stock shall be transferred to and acquired by the General Partner and shall not be canceled or redeemed while such share of Series C Preferred Stock is outstanding. The certificates representing the Series C Preferred Shares issued upon exchange of the Series C Preferred Units shall contain the following legend: THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT") OR (B) IF THE CORPORATION HAS BEEN FURNISHED WITH A SATISFACTORY OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY, OR OTHER EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION, THAT SUCH TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION IS EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE ACT AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER.
(ii) In the event of an exchange of Series C Preferred Units for shares of Series C Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid distributions, whether or not declared, to the date of exchange on any Series C Preferred Units tendered for exchange shall continue to accrue on such Series C Preferred Units, which shall remain outstanding following such exchange, with the General Partner as the holder of such Series C Preferred Units. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, in no event shall a holder of a Series C Preferred Unit that was validly exchanged into Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to this section (other than the General Partner now holding such Series C Preferred Unit), be entitled to receive a distribution out of Available Cash with respect to such exchanged Unit, if such holder, after such exchange, is entitled to receive a distribution from the Company with respect to the share of Series C Preferred Stock for which such Series C Preferred Unit was exchanged or redeemed.
(iii) Fractional shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall not to be issued upon any exchange hereunder but, in lieu thereof, the General Partner will pay a cash adjustment based upon the fair market value of the Series C Preferred Stock on the day prior to the exchange date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the General Partner.
Cooperation and Exchange of Information The Parties shall each cooperate fully (and each shall cause its respective Affiliates to cooperate fully) and in a timely manner (considering the other Party’s normal internal processing or reporting requirements) with all reasonable requests from another Party hereto, or from an agent, representative, or advisor to such Party, in connection with the preparation and filing of Tax Returns, claims for Refund, Audits, determinations of Tax Attributes and the calculation of Taxes or other amounts required to be paid hereunder, and any applicable financial reporting requirements of a Party or its Affiliates, in each case, related or attributable to or arising in connection with Taxes or Tax Attributes of any of the Parties or their respective Subsidiaries covered by this Agreement. Such cooperation shall include, without limitation:
(a) the retention until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations or, if later, until the expiration of all relevant Tax Attributes (in each case taking into account all waivers and extensions), and the provision upon request, of Tax Returns of the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries for periods up to and including the Distribution Date, books, records (including information regarding ownership and Tax basis of property), documentation, and other information relating to such Tax Returns, including accompanying schedules, related work papers, and documents relating to rulings or other determinations by Taxing Authorities;
(b) the execution of any document that may be necessary or reasonably helpful in connection with any Audit of any of the Parties or their respective Subsidiaries, or the filing of a Tax Return or Refund claim of the Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries (including the signature of an officer of a Party or its Subsidiary);
(c) the use of the Party’s reasonable best efforts to obtain any documentation and provide additional facts, insights or views as requested by another Party that may be necessary or reasonably helpful in connection with any of the foregoing (including without limitation any information contained in Tax or other financial information databases); and
(d) the use of the Party’s reasonable best efforts to obtain any Tax Returns (including accompanying schedules, related work papers, and documents), documents, books, records, or other information that may be necessary or helpful in connection with any Tax Returns of any of the Parties or their Affiliates. Each Party shall make its and its Subsidiaries’ employees and facilities available on a reasonable and mutually convenient basis in connection with the foregoing matters. Except for costs and expenses otherwise allocated among the Parties pursuant to this Agreement, including costs incurred under Article II and Article IX, and except for copying costs, which shall be shared equally by the Parties, no reimbursement shall be made for costs and expenses incurred by the Parties as a result of cooperating pursuant to this Section 10.1.
Consultations and Exchange of Information Either Contracting Party may request consultations on the interpretation or application of this Agreement. The other Contracting Party shall give sympathetic consideration to the request. Upon request by either Contracting Party, information shall be exchanged on the measures of the other Contracting Party that may have an impact on new investments, investments or returns covered by this Agreement.
Time and Manner of Exchange of Information 1. For purposes of the exchange obligation in Article 2 of this Agreement, the amount and characterization of payments made with respect to a U.S. Reportable Account may be determined in accordance with the principles of Finland’s tax laws, and the amount and characterization of payments made with respect to a Finnish Reportable Account may be determined in accordance with principles of U.S. federal income tax law.
2. For purposes of the exchange obligation in Article 2 of this Agreement, the information exchanged shall identify the currency in which each relevant amount is denominated.
3. With respect to paragraph 2 of Article 2 of this Agreement, information is to be obtained and exchanged with respect to 2014 and all subsequent years, except that:
a) In the case of Finland:
(1) the information to be obtained and exchanged with respect to 2014 is only the information described in subparagraphs 2(a)(1) through 2(a)(4) of Article 2 of this Agreement;
(2) the information to be obtained and exchanged with respect to 2015 is the information described in subparagraphs 2(a)(1) through 2(a)(7) of Article 2 of this Agreement, except for gross proceeds described in subparagraph 2(a)(5)(B) of Article 2 of this Agreement; and
(3) the information to be obtained and exchanged with respect to 2016 and subsequent years is the information described in subparagraphs 2(a)(1) through 2(a)(7) of Article 2 of this Agreement;
b) In the case of the United States, the information to be obtained and exchanged with respect to 2014 and subsequent years is all of the information identified in subparagraph 2(b) of Article 2 of this Agreement.
4. Notwithstanding paragraph 3 of this Article, with respect to each Reportable Account that is maintained by a Reporting Financial Institution as of June 30, 2014, and subject to paragraph 4 of Article 6 of this Agreement, the Parties are not required to obtain and include in the exchanged information the Finnish TIN or the U.S. TIN, as applicable, of any relevant person if such taxpayer identifying number is not in the records of the Reporting Financial Institution. In such a case, the Parties shall obtain and include in the exchanged information the date of birth of the relevant person, if the Reporting Financial Institution has such date of birth in its records.
5. Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article, the information described in Article 2 of this Agreement shall be exchanged within nine months after the end of the calendar year to which the information relates.
6. The Competent Authorities of Finland and the United States shall enter into an agreement or arrangement under the mutual agreement procedure provided for in Article 25 of the Convention, which shall:
a) establish the procedures for the automatic exchange obligations described in Article 2 of this Agreement;
b) prescribe rules and procedures as may be necessary to implement Article 5 of this Agreement; and
c) establish as necessary procedures for the exchange of the information reported under subparagraph 1(b) of Article 4 of this Agreement.
7. All information exchanged shall be subject to the confidentiality and other protections provided for in the Convention, including the provisions limiting the use of the information exchanged.
Exchange of Information Confidentiality Article VII Further Assurances and Additional Covenants; Article VIII Termination; and Article X Miscellaneous, other than Section 10.3
EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY ISO-NE and NYISO are authorized and agree to exchange and share such information as is required for the Coordination Committee to perform its duties and for the Parties to fulfill their obligations under this Agreement. Any Party that receives Confidential Information or Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (“CEII”) pursuant to this Article 6 (the “Receiving Party”) shall treat such information as confidential subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 6.5 of this Agreement.
