Confidentiality; Public Announcements Except as otherwise contemplated by Section 6.02(h) (and, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall limit the rights of the Company, the Company Board or the Special Committee under Section 6.02), the parties shall consult with each other before issuing any press release or public announcement with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions, including by providing each other with the opportunity to review and comment upon such press release or public announcement prior to its issuance, and none of the parties or their controlled Affiliates shall issue any such press release or public announcement prior to obtaining the other parties’ written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except that, after having consulted with the other parties in accordance with this Section 6.06, no such consent shall be necessary to the extent disclosure may be required by Applicable Law. The press release announcing the execution of this Agreement shall be issued only in such form as shall be mutually agreed upon by the Company and Parent. Each of Company and Parent may, without the consent of the other party, communicate to its directors, officers, employees, customers, suppliers and consultants so long as such communication is not inconsistent with previous statements made jointly by the Company and Parent (or made by one party hereto in accordance with this Section 6.06) after having consulted with the other parties in accordance with this Section 6.06 or is consistent with a communications plan previously agreed to by Parent and the Company in which case such communications may be made consistent with such plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth therein or herein, the Company Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until the Closing. Nothing in this Section 6.06 shall limit the ability of any party hereto to make additional disclosures that are consistent in all but de minimis respects with the prior public disclosures regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Announcements and Confidentiality The Team will not make or permit to be made any public announcement(s) in relation to this Agreement without the prior consent of the Company nor (save as required by law) disclose to any third party any information concerning the terms or subject matter of this Agreement from the date hereof.
Public Announcements; Confidentiality From and after the date of this Agreement, each Seller hereby covenants with and undertakes to Purchaser that such Seller shall not issue any press release or make any public statement regarding (or otherwise disclose to any Person the existence or terms of) this Agreement or any of the other transactions or documents contemplated by this Agreement, without Purchaser’s prior written consent; provided, however, that: (a) any Seller may make any disclosure to the extent required by any Legal Requirement as long as such Seller provides Purchaser with written notice of such Legal Requirement and, to the extent practicable, permits Purchaser to seek a protective order or similar form of protection prior to the disclosure by the Seller of such information; (b) any Seller may make any disclosure to the extent consistent with (and not more expansive in any material respect than) prior public disclosures by Purchaser; and (c) Purchaser and the Sellers’ Agent shall mutually agree upon the contents of a press release the publication of which shall be the first public announcement of the execution of this Agreement. Each Seller shall ensure that neither such Seller nor any of such Seller’s Representatives will make use of any of the Confidential Information except if such use is made for the benefit of the Acquired Companies or disclose any of the Confidential Information to any other Person; provided, however, that any Seller may disclose Confidential Information to the extent required by any Legal Requirement as long as such Seller provides Purchaser with written notice of such Legal Requirement and, to the extent practicable, permits Purchaser to seek a protective order or similar form of protection prior to the disclosure by the Seller of such information.
Confidentiality and Public Announcements The parties recognize that successful consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be dependent upon confidentiality with respect to the matters referred to herein. In this connection, pending public disclosure thereof, each of the parties hereto severally and not jointly agrees not to disclose or discuss such matters with anyone not a party to this Agreement (other than its counsel, advisors, corporate parents and affiliates) without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, except for filings required pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder or disclosures its counsel advises are necessary in order to fulfill its obligations imposed by law or the requirements of any securities exchange. At all times during the term of this Agreement, the parties hereto will consult with each other before issuing or making any reports, statements or releases to the public with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and will use good faith efforts to agree on the text of public reports, statements or releases.
CONFIDENTIALITY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 13.1 Each of the parties undertakes to the others that it will not, at any time after the date of this Agreement, divulge or communicate to any person other than to its professional advisers, or when required by law or any rule of any relevant stock exchange body or regulatory authorities, or to its respective officers or employees whose province is to know the same any confidential information concerning the business, accounts, finance or contractual arrangements or other dealings, transactions or affairs of any of the others which may be within or may come to its knowledge and it shall use its best endeavours to prevent the publication or disclosure of any such confidential information concerning such matters.
Confidentiality; Publicity (a) Except as may be required by Law, stock exchange rule or as otherwise expressly contemplated herein, no Party or their respective Affiliates, employees, agents or representatives shall disclose to any third party this Agreement, the subject matter or terms hereof or any such Confidential Information concerning the business or affairs of any other Party which it may have acquired from such Party in the course of pursuing the Transactions without the prior written consent of the Sellers or Buyer, as the case may be; provided, however, any Party may disclose any such Confidential Information as follows: (a) to such Party’s Affiliates and its or its Affiliates’ employees, lenders, counsel or accountants, who shall also be subject to the requirements of this Section 4.8; (b) to comply with any applicable Law or Order, (other than with respect to Taxes and Tax matters), provided that prior to making any such disclosure the Party making the disclosure notifies the other Party of any Action of which it is aware which may result in disclosure and uses its Best Efforts to limit or prevent such disclosure; (c) to the extent that the Confidential Information is or becomes generally available to the public through no fault of the Party or its Affiliates making such disclosure; (d) to the extent that the same information is already known by the Party making such disclosure prior to receipt of such Confidential Information; (e) to the extent that the Party that received the Confidential Information independently develops the same information without in any way relying on any Confidential Information; (f) to the extent that the same information becomes available to the Party making such disclosure on a non-confidential basis from a source other than a Party or its Affiliates, which source, to the Knowledge of the disclosing Party, is not prohibited from disclosing such information by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation to the other Party; and (g) either Party may disclose the “tax treatment” or “tax structure” (as those terms are defined in Treas. Reg. §§ 1.6011-4(c)(8) and (9), respectively) of the Transactions and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Parties relating to such “tax treatment” or “tax structure” of the Transactions, except that “tax structure” or “tax treatment” shall not include the identity of any existing or future Party or its Affiliates. If the Transactions are not consummated, each Party will return or destroy as much of the Confidential Information concerning the other Parties as the Parties that have provided such information may reasonably request.
