Reconciliation of Post-Closing Statement. (a) Seller shall notify Purchaser in writing no later than 30 days after Seller’s receipt of the Initial Closing Statement if Seller disagrees with the Initial Closing Statement, which notice shall describe the basis for such disagreement (the “Notice of Disagreement”). If no Notice of Disagreement is delivered to Purchaser by such time, then the Initial Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the Parties in accordance with Section 2.6(c). (b) During the 30 days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement (the “Resolution Period”), Seller and Purchaser shall seek to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. (c) If, at the end of the Resolution Period, Seller and Purchaser have been unable to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Purchaser shall submit all matters that remain in dispute with respect to the Notice of Disagreement to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP (the “Independent Accounting Firm”). Within 30 days after submission of such matters to the Independent Accounting Firm, the Independent Accounting Firm shall make a final determination in accordance with the Accounting Principles and the terms and definitions of this Agreement and based solely on the written submissions of the Parties, binding on the Parties, of the appropriate amount of each of the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement that Seller and Purchaser have submitted to the Independent Accounting Firm. With respect to each disputed matter, such determination, if not in accordance with the position of either Seller or Purchaser, shall not be in excess of the higher, or less than the lower, of the amounts advocated by Seller in the Notice of Disagreement or by Purchaser in the Initial Closing Statement with respect to such disputed matter. The Independent Accounting Firm shall not review or make any determination with respect to any matter other than the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement. The statements of (i) Working Capital, (ii) Indebtedness of the Company and (iii) the CapEx Shortfall Amount that are final and binding on the Parties, as determined either through agreement of the Parties pursuant to Section 2.6(a) or Section 2.6(b) or through the action of the Independent Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.6(c), are referred to as the “Final Closing Statement.” (d) All fees and expenses relating to the work, if any, to be performed by the Independent Accounting Firm shall be borne equally by Seller, on the one hand, and Purchaser on the other hand. During the review by the Independent Accounting Firm, each of Purchaser and Seller shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates (including, in the case of Purchaser, the Company) and its and their respective employees, accountants and other representatives to, each make available to the Independent Accounting Firm interviews with such personnel, and such information, books and records and work papers, as may be reasonably requested by the Independent Accounting Firm to fulfill its obligations under Section 2.6(c); provided, that the accountants of Seller or Purchaser shall not be obliged to make any work papers available to the Independent Accounting Firm except in accordance with such accountants’ normal disclosure procedures and then only after such Independent Accounting Firm has signed a customary agreement relating to such access to work papers. In acting under this Agreement, the Independent Accounting Firm shall act as an expert and not an arbitrator. (e) The process set forth in Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of any of the Parties and their respective Affiliates for any disputes related to the Closing Payment Adjustments, the Post-Closing Adjustment and the calculations and amounts on which they are based or set forth in the related statements and notices delivered in connection therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculations to be made pursuant to Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6 and the Closing Payment Adjustments and Post-Closing Adjustment are not intended to be used to adjust for errors or omissions that may be found with respect to the Company Financial Statements or any inconsistencies between the Company Financial Statements or the Accounting Principles, on the one hand, and GAAP, on the other hand. After the determination of the Final Closing Statement, none of the Parties shall have the right to make any claim based upon the preparation of the Final Closing Statement or the calculation of Working Capital, Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Amount as of the Closing (even if subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts would have affected the determination of the Final Closing Statement or the calculations of Working Capital, Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Amount had such subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts been known at the time of the determination of the Final Closing Statement).
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Nextera Energy Inc), Stock Purchase Agreement (Gulf Power Co)
Reconciliation of Post-Closing Statement. (a) Seller shall notify Purchaser in writing no later than 30 days after Seller’s receipt of the Initial Closing Statement if Seller disagrees with the Initial Closing Statement, which notice shall describe the basis for such disagreement (the “Notice of Disagreement”). If no Notice of Disagreement is delivered to Purchaser by such time, then the Initial Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the Parties in accordance with Section 2.6(c).
(b) During the 30 days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement (the “Resolution Period”), Seller and Purchaser shall seek to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement.
(c) If, at the end of the Resolution Period, Seller and Purchaser have been unable to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Purchaser shall submit all matters that remain in dispute with respect to the Notice of Disagreement to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP (the “Independent Accounting Firm”). Within 30 days after submission of such matters to the Independent Accounting Firm, the Independent Accounting Firm shall make a final determination in accordance with the Accounting Principles and the terms and definitions of this Agreement and based solely on the written submissions of the Parties, binding on the Parties, of the appropriate amount of each of the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement that Seller and Purchaser have submitted to the Independent Accounting Firm. With respect to each disputed matter, such determination, if not in accordance with the position of either Seller or Purchaser, shall not be in excess of the higher, or less than the lower, of the amounts advocated by Seller in the Notice of Disagreement or by Purchaser in the Initial Closing Statement with respect to such disputed matter. The Independent Accounting Firm shall not review or make any determination with respect to any matter other than the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement. The statements of (i) Working Capital, Capital and (ii) Indebtedness of the Company and (iii) the CapEx Shortfall Amount that are final and binding on the Parties, as determined either through agreement of the Parties pursuant to Section 2.6(a2.6(a) or Section 2.6(b) or through the action of the Independent Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.6(c2.6(c), are referred to as the “Final Closing Statement.”
(d) All fees and expenses relating to the work, if any, to be performed by the Independent Accounting Firm shall be borne equally by Seller, on the one hand, and Purchaser Purchaser, on the other hand. During the review by the Independent Accounting Firm, each of Purchaser and Seller shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates (including, in the case of Purchaser, the Company) and its and their respective employees, accountants and other representatives to, each make available to the Independent Accounting Firm interviews with such personnel, and such information, books and records and work papers, as may be reasonably requested by the Independent Accounting Firm to fulfill its obligations under Section 2.6(c2.6(c); provided, that the accountants of Seller or Purchaser shall not be obliged to make any work papers available to the Independent Accounting Firm except in accordance with such accountants’ normal disclosure procedures and then only after such Independent Accounting Firm has signed a customary agreement relating to such access to work papers. In acting under this Agreement, the Independent Accounting Firm shall act as an expert and not an arbitrator.
(e) The process set forth in Section 2.5 2.5 and this Section 2.6 2.6 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of any of the Parties and their respective Affiliates for any disputes related to the Closing Payment Adjustments, the Post-Closing Adjustment and the calculations and amounts on which they are based or set forth in the related statements and notices delivered in connection therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculations to be made pursuant to Section 2.5 2.5 and this Section 2.6 2.6 and the Closing Payment Adjustments and Post-Closing Adjustment are not intended to be used to adjust for errors or omissions that may be found with respect to the Company Business Financial Statements or any inconsistencies between the Company Business Financial Statements or the Accounting Principles, on the one hand, and GAAP, on the other hand. After the determination of the Final Closing Statement, none of the Parties shall have the right to make any claim based upon the preparation of the Final Closing Statement or the calculation of Working Capital, Capital and Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Amount as of the Closing (even if subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts would have affected the determination of the Final Closing Statement or the calculations of Working Capital, Capital or Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Amount had such subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts been known at the time of the determination of the Final Closing Statement).
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Gulf Power Co), Stock Purchase Agreement (Nextera Energy Inc)
Reconciliation of Post-Closing Statement. (a) Seller shall notify Purchaser in writing no later than 30 days after Seller’s receipt of the Initial Closing Statement if Seller disagrees with the Initial Closing Statement, which notice shall describe the basis for such disagreement (the “Notice of Disagreement”). If no Notice of Disagreement is delivered to Purchaser by such time, then the Initial Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the Parties in accordance with Section 2.6(c2.6(c).
(b) During the 30 days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement (the “Resolution Period”), Seller and Purchaser shall seek to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement.
(c) If, at the end of the Resolution Period, Seller and Purchaser have been unable to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Purchaser shall submit all matters that remain in dispute with respect to the Notice of Disagreement to Xxxxx Granx Xxxxxxxx LLP XXX (the “Independent Accounting Firm”). Within 30 days after submission of such matters to the Independent Accounting Firm, the Independent Accounting Firm shall make a final determination in accordance with the Accounting Principles and the terms and definitions of this Agreement and based solely on the written submissions of the Parties, binding on the Parties, of the appropriate amount of each of the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement that Seller and Purchaser have submitted to the Independent Accounting Firm. With respect to each disputed matter, such determination, if not in accordance with the position of either Seller or Purchaser, shall not be in excess of the higher, or less than the lower, of the amounts advocated by Seller in the Notice of Disagreement or by Purchaser in the Initial Closing Statement with respect to such disputed matter. The Independent Accounting Firm shall not review or make any determination with respect to any matter other than the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement. The statements of (i) Working Capital, (ii) Indebtedness of the Company and Companies, (iii) the CapEx Shortfall Amount Purchaser Adjusted Consideration and (iv) Seller Adjusted Consideration that are final and binding on the Parties, as determined either through agreement of the Parties parties pursuant to Section 2.6(a2.6(a) or Section 2.6(b2.6(b) or through the action of the Independent Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.6(c2.6(c), are referred to as the “Final Closing Statement.”
(d) All fees and expenses relating to the work, if any, to be performed by the Independent Accounting Firm shall be borne equally by Seller, on the one hand, and Purchaser on the other hand. During the review by the Independent Accounting Firm, each of Purchaser and Seller shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates (including, in the case of Purchaser, the CompanyCompanies) and its and their respective employees, accountants and other representatives to, each make available to the Independent Accounting Firm interviews with such personnel, and such information, books and records and work papers, as may be reasonably requested by the Independent Accounting Firm to fulfill its obligations under Section 2.6(c2.6(c); provided, that the accountants of Seller or Purchaser shall not be obliged to make any work papers available to the Independent Accounting Firm except in accordance with such accountants’ normal disclosure procedures and then only after such Independent Accounting Firm has signed a customary agreement relating to such access to work papers. In acting under this Agreement, the Independent Accounting Firm shall act as an expert and not an arbitrator.
(e) The process set forth in Section 2.5 2.5 and this Section 2.6 2.6 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of any of the Parties and their respective Affiliates for any disputes related to the Closing Payment Adjustments, the Post-Closing Adjustment and the calculations and amounts on which they are based or set forth in the related statements and notices delivered in connection therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculations to be made pursuant to Section 2.5 2.5 and this Section 2.6 2.6 and the Closing Payment Adjustments and Post-Closing Adjustment are not intended to be used to adjust for errors or omissions that may be found with respect to the Company Business Financial Statements or any inconsistencies between the Company Business Financial Statements or the Accounting Principles, on the one hand, and GAAP, on the other hand. After the determination of the Final Closing Statement, none of the Parties shall have the right to make any claim based upon the preparation of the Final Closing Statement or the calculation of Working Capital, Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Amount Indebtedness, Purchaser Adjusted Consideration and Seller Adjusted Consideration as of the Closing (even if subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts would have affected the determination of the Final Closing Statement or the calculations of Working Capital, Capital or Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Amount had such subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts been known at the time of the determination of the Final Closing Statement).
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Reconciliation of Post-Closing Statement. (a) Seller shall notify Purchaser in writing no later than 30 days after Seller’s receipt of the Initial Closing Statement if Seller disagrees with the Initial Closing Statement, which notice shall describe the basis for such disagreement (the “Notice of Disagreement”). If no Notice of Disagreement is delivered to Purchaser by such time, then the Initial Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the Parties in accordance with Section 2.6(c).
(b) During the 30 days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement (the “Resolution Period”), Seller and Purchaser shall seek to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement.
(c) If, at the end of the Resolution Period, Seller and Purchaser have been unable to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Purchaser shall submit all matters that remain in dispute with respect to the Notice of Disagreement to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP (the “Independent Accounting Firm”). Within 30 days after submission of such matters to the Independent Accounting Firm, the Independent Accounting Firm shall make a final determination in accordance with the Accounting Principles and the terms and definitions of this Agreement and based solely on the written submissions of the Parties, binding on the Parties, of the appropriate amount of each of - 24 - the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement that Seller and Purchaser have submitted to the Independent Accounting Firm. With respect to each disputed matter, such determination, if not in accordance with the position of either Seller or Purchaser, shall not be in excess of the higher, or less than the lower, of the amounts advocated by Seller in the Notice of Disagreement or by Purchaser in the Initial Closing Statement with respect to such disputed matter. The Independent Accounting Firm shall not review or make any determination with respect to any matter other than the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement. The statements of (i) Working Capital, (ii) Indebtedness of the Company and (iii) the CapEx Shortfall Amount that are final and binding on the Parties, as determined either through agreement of the Parties pursuant to Section 2.6(a) or Section 2.6(b) or through the action of the Independent Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.6(c), are referred to as the “Final Closing Statement.”
(d) All fees and expenses relating to the work, if any, to be performed by the Independent Accounting Firm shall be borne equally by Seller, on the one hand, and Purchaser on the other hand. During the review by the Independent Accounting Firm, each of Purchaser and Seller shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates (including, in the case of Purchaser, the Company) and its and their respective employees, accountants and other representatives to, each make available to the Independent Accounting Firm interviews with such personnel, and such information, books and records and work papers, as may be reasonably requested by the Independent Accounting Firm to fulfill its obligations under Section 2.6(c); provided, that the accountants of Seller or Purchaser shall not be obliged to make any work papers available to the Independent Accounting Firm except in accordance with such accountants’ normal disclosure procedures and then only after such Independent Accounting Firm has signed a customary agreement relating to such access to work papers. In acting under this Agreement, the Independent Accounting Firm shall act as an expert and not an arbitrator.
(e) The process set forth in Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of any of the Parties and their respective Affiliates for any disputes related to the Closing Payment Adjustments, the Post-Closing Adjustment and the calculations and amounts on which they are based or set forth in the related statements and notices delivered in connection therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculations to be made pursuant to Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6 and the Closing Payment Adjustments and Post-Closing Adjustment are not intended to be used to adjust for errors or omissions that may be found with respect to the Company Financial Statements or any inconsistencies between the Company Financial Statements or the Accounting Principles, on the one hand, and GAAP, on the other hand. After the determination of the Final Closing Statement, none of the Parties shall have the right to make any claim based upon the preparation of the Final Closing Statement or the calculation of Working Capital, Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Amount as of the Closing (even if subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts would have affected the determination of the Final Closing Statement or the calculations of Working Capital, Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Amount had such subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts been known at the time of the determination of the Final Closing Statement).
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement
Reconciliation of Post-Closing Statement. (a) Seller shall notify Purchaser in writing no later than 30 days after Seller’s receipt of the Initial Closing Statement if Seller disagrees with the Initial Closing Statement, which notice shall describe the basis for such disagreement (the “Notice of Disagreement”). If no Notice of Disagreement is delivered to Purchaser by such time, then the Initial Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the Parties in accordance with Section 2.6(c2.6(c).
(b) During the 30 days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement (the “Resolution Period”), Seller and Purchaser shall seek to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement.
. - 17 - (c) If, at the end of the Resolution Period, Seller and Purchaser have been unable to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Purchaser shall submit all matters that remain in dispute with respect to the Notice of Disagreement to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP (the “Independent Accounting Firm”). Within 30 days after submission of such matters to the Independent Accounting Firm, the Independent Accounting Firm shall make a final determination in accordance with the Accounting Principles and the terms and definitions of this Agreement and based solely on the written submissions of the Parties, binding on the Parties, of the appropriate amount of each of the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement that Seller and Purchaser have submitted to the Independent Accounting Firm. With respect to each disputed matter, such determination, if not in accordance with the position of either Seller or Purchaser, shall not be in excess of the higher, or less than the lower, of the amounts advocated by Seller in the Notice of Disagreement or by Purchaser in the Initial Closing Statement with respect to such disputed matter. The Independent Accounting Firm shall not review or make any determination with respect to any matter other than the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement. The statements of (i) Working Capital, (ii) Indebtedness of the Company and Companies, (iii) the CapEx Shortfall Amount Purchaser Adjusted Consideration and (iv) Seller Adjusted Consideration that are final and binding on the Parties, as determined either through agreement of the Parties parties pursuant to Section 2.6(a2.6(a) or Section 2.6(b2.6(b) or through the action of the Independent Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.6(c2.6(c), are referred to as the “Final Closing Statement.”
(d) All fees and expenses relating to the work, if any, to be performed by the Independent Accounting Firm shall be borne equally by Seller, on the one hand, and Purchaser on the other hand. During the review by the Independent Accounting Firm, each of Purchaser and Seller shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates (including, in the case of Purchaser, the Company) and its and their respective employees, accountants and other representatives to, each make available to the Independent Accounting Firm interviews with such personnel, and such information, books and records and work papers, as may be reasonably requested by the Independent Accounting Firm to fulfill its obligations under Section 2.6(c); provided, that the accountants of Seller or Purchaser shall not be obliged to make any work papers available to the Independent Accounting Firm except in accordance with such accountants’ normal disclosure procedures and then only after such Independent Accounting Firm has signed a customary agreement relating to such access to work papers. In acting under this Agreement, the Independent Accounting Firm shall act as an expert and not an arbitrator.
(e) The process set forth in Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of any of the Parties and their respective Affiliates for any disputes related to the Closing Payment Adjustments, the Post-Closing Adjustment and the calculations and amounts on which they are based or set forth in the related statements and notices delivered in connection therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculations to be made pursuant to Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6 and the Closing Payment Adjustments and Post-Closing Adjustment are not intended to be used to adjust for errors or omissions that may be found with respect to the Company Financial Statements or any inconsistencies between the Company Financial Statements or the Accounting Principles, on the one hand, and GAAP, on the other hand. After the determination of the Final Closing Statement, none of the Parties shall have the right to make any claim based upon the preparation of the Final Closing Statement or the calculation of Working Capital, Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Amount as of the Closing (even if subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts would have affected the determination of the Final Closing Statement or the calculations of Working Capital, Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Amount had such subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts been known at the time of the determination of the Final Closing Statement).
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Samples: Equity Interest Purchase Agreement
Reconciliation of Post-Closing Statement. (a) Seller shall notify Purchaser in writing no later than 30 forty-five (45) days after Seller’s receipt of the Initial Closing Statement if Seller Seller, acting in good faith, disagrees with the Initial Closing Statement, which notice shall describe describe, in reasonable detail, the basis for such disagreement (the “Notice of Disagreement”). If no Notice of Disagreement is delivered to Purchaser by such timePurchaser, then the Initial Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the Parties in accordance with Section 2.6(c2.6(c).
(b) During the 30 fifteen (15) days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement (the “Resolution Period”), Seller and Purchaser shall seek in good faith to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement.
(c) If, If at the end of the Resolution Period, Period Seller and Purchaser have been unable to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Purchaser shall submit all matters that remain in dispute with respect to the Notice of Disagreement to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx KPMG LLP or, if such firm is unwilling or unable to serve in such capacity, another nationally recognized independent accounting firm mutually agreeable to Seller and Purchaser (the “Independent Accounting Firm”). Within 30 days after submission Except as Seller and Purchaser may otherwise agree, all communications between Seller and Purchaser or any of their respective Representatives, on the one hand, and the Independent Accounting Firm, on the other hand, will be in writing with copies simultaneously delivered to the non-communicating Party. The Parties shall cooperate with the Independent Accounting Firm in its proceedings, including by providing such matters accounting books and records and working papers of each Party and its independent auditors, as the Independent Accounting Firm may reasonably request; provided that the accountants of Seller or Purchaser shall not be obliged to make any work papers available to the Independent Accounting FirmFirm except in accordance with such accountants’ normal disclosure procedures and then only after such Independent Accounting Firm has signed a customary agreement relating to such access to work papers. In acting under this Agreement, the Independent Accounting Firm shall be entitled to the privileges and immunities of an arbitrator. The Independent Accounting Firm shall not review or make any determination with respect to any matter other than the matters indicated in the Notice of Disagreement that remain in dispute that Seller and Purchaser shall have submitted to the Independent Accounting Firm. Within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Independent Accounting Firm’s engagement, the Independent Accounting Firm shall deliver to Seller and Purchaser a written report setting forth its final determination determination, in accordance with the Accounting Principles and the terms and definitions of procedures set forth in this Agreement and based solely on the written submissions of the Parties, binding on the PartiesSection 2.6, of the appropriate amount of each of the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement that remain in dispute that Seller and Purchaser shall have submitted to the Independent Accounting Firm. With respect to each disputed matter, such determination, if not in accordance with the position of either Seller or Purchaser, shall not be in excess of the higher, or less than the lower, of the amounts advocated by Seller in the Notice of Disagreement or by Purchaser in the Initial Closing Statement with respect to such disputed matter. The Absent manifest errors, such report of the Independent Accounting Firm shall not review or make any be conclusive, final and binding on the Parties and enforceable in a court of law, effective as of the date the Independent Accounting Firm’s written determination with respect to any matter other than the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreementis received by Seller and Purchaser. The statements of (i) the Net Indebtedness Amount and Closing Net Working Capital, (ii) Indebtedness of the Company and (iii) the CapEx Shortfall Capital Amount that are final and binding on the Parties, as determined either through agreement of the Parties pursuant to Section 2.6(a2.6(a) or Section 2.6(b2.6(b) or through to reflect the action determination of the Independent Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.6(c2.6(c), are referred to as the “Final Closing Statement.”
(d) ” All fees and expenses relating to the work, if any, to be performed by the Independent Accounting Firm shall be borne equally by Seller, on the one hand, Seller and Purchaser on the other hand. During the review by the Independent Accounting Firm, each of Purchaser and Seller shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates (including, in the case of Purchaser, the Company) and its and their respective employees, accountants and other representatives to, each make available to the Independent Accounting Firm interviews with such personnel, and such information, books and records and work papers, as may be reasonably requested by the Independent Accounting Firm to fulfill its obligations under Section 2.6(c); provided, that the accountants of Seller or Purchaser shall not be obliged to make any work papers available to the Independent Accounting Firm except in accordance with such accountants’ normal disclosure procedures and then only after such Independent Accounting Firm has signed a customary agreement relating to such access to work papers. In acting under this Agreement, the Independent Accounting Firm shall act as an expert and not an arbitrator.
(ed) The process set forth in Section 2.5 2.5 and this Section 2.6 2.6 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of any of the Parties and their respective Affiliates for any disputes related to the preparation of the Final Closing Payment AdjustmentsStatement, the Post-Closing Adjustment adjustments provided for in Section 2.5 and the calculations and amounts on which they are based or set forth in the related statements and notices delivered in connection therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculations to be made pursuant to Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6 and the Closing Payment Adjustments and Post-Closing Adjustment are not intended to be used to adjust for errors or omissions that may be found with respect to the Company Financial Statements or any inconsistencies between the Company Financial Statements or the Accounting Principles, on the one hand, and GAAP, on the other hand. After the determination of the Final Closing Statement, none of the Parties shall have the right to make any claim based upon the preparation of the Final Closing Statement or the calculation of the Net Indebtedness Amount or Closing Net Working Capital, Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Capital Amount as of the Closing (even if subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts would have affected the determination of the Final Closing Statement or the calculations of the Net Indebtedness Amount or Closing Net Working Capital, Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Capital Amount had such subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts been known at the time of the determination of the Final Closing Statement).
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Samples: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc)
Reconciliation of Post-Closing Statement. (a) Seller Buyer shall notify Purchaser Seller in writing no later than 30 days after SellerBuyer’s receipt of the Initial Closing Statement if Seller Buyer disagrees with the Initial Closing Statement, which notice shall describe the basis for such disagreement (the “Notice of Disagreement”). If no Notice of Disagreement is delivered to Purchaser Seller by such time, then the Initial Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the Parties parties in accordance with Section 2.6(c2.05(c).
(b) During the 30 days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement (the “Resolution Period”), Seller and Purchaser Buyer shall seek to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement.
(c) If, at the end of the Resolution Period, Seller and Purchaser Buyer have been unable to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Purchaser Buyer shall submit all matters that remain in dispute with respect to the Notice of Disagreement to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP LLP, or another nationally recognized accounting firm that is not the principal accounting firm of either Buyer or Seller, as agreed to between the parties hereto (the “Independent Accounting Firm”). Within 30 days after submission of such matters to the Independent Accounting Firm, the Independent Accounting Firm shall make a final determination of the appropriate amount of each of such matters. Such determination shall be (i) made in accordance with the Accounting Principles Policies and the terms and definitions of this Agreement and Agreement, (ii) based solely on the written submissions of the Partiesparties, and (iii) binding on the Parties, of the appropriate amount of each of the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement that Seller and Purchaser have submitted to the Independent Accounting Firmparties. With respect to each disputed matter, such determination, if not in accordance with the position of either Seller or PurchaserBuyer, shall not be in excess of the higher, or less than the lower, of the amounts advocated by Seller Buyer in the Notice of Disagreement or by Purchaser Seller in the Initial Closing Statement with respect to such disputed matter. The Independent Accounting Firm shall not review or make any determination with respect to any matter other than the matters that remain in dispute as indicated in the Notice of Disagreement. The statements of statement setting forth (ix) Closing Working Capital, (ii) Indebtedness of the Company Capital and (iiiy) the CapEx Shortfall Amount Closing Indebtedness that are is final and binding on the Partiesparties, as determined either through agreement of the Parties parties pursuant to Section 2.6(a2.05(a) or Section 2.6(b2.05(b) or through the action of the Independent Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.6(c2.05(c), are is referred to as the “Final Closing Statement.”
(d) All fees and expenses relating to the work, if any, to be performed by the Independent Accounting Firm shall be borne equally by Seller, on the one hand, and Purchaser Buyer on the other hand. During the review by the Independent Accounting Firm, each of Purchaser Buyer and Seller shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates (including, in the case of PurchaserBuyer, the Company) and its and their respective employees, accountants and other representatives to, each make available to the Independent Accounting Firm interviews with such personnel, and such information, books and records and work papers, as may be reasonably requested by the Independent Accounting Firm to fulfill its obligations under Section 2.6(c2.05(c); provided, that the accountants no accountant of Seller or Purchaser Buyer shall not be obliged obligated to make any work papers available to the Independent Accounting Firm except in accordance with such accountants’ normal disclosure procedures and then only after such Independent Accounting Firm has signed a customary agreement relating to such access to work papers. In acting under this Agreement, the Independent Accounting Firm shall act as an expert and not an arbitrator.
(e) The process set forth in Section 2.5 2.04 and this Section 2.6 2.05 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of any of the Parties parties and their respective Affiliates for any disputes related to the amount of Closing Payment AdjustmentsWorking Capital and Closing Indebtedness, the Post-Closing Adjustment and the calculations and amounts on which they are based or set forth in the related statements and notices delivered in connection therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculations to be made pursuant to Section 2.5 2.04 and this Section 2.6 2.05 and the Closing Payment Adjustments and Post-Closing Adjustment are not intended to be used to adjust for errors or omissions that may be found with respect to the Company Financial Statements or any inconsistencies between the Company Financial Statements or the Accounting Principles, on the one hand, and GAAP, on the other handStatements. After the determination of the Final Closing Statement, none of the Parties neither party shall have the right to make any claim based upon the preparation of the Final Closing Statement or the calculation of Closing Working Capital, Capital and Closing Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Amount as of the Closing (even if subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts would have affected the determination of the Final Closing Statement or the calculations of Closing Working Capital, Capital or Closing Indebtedness or the CapEx Shortfall Amount had such subsequent events or subsequently discovered facts been known at the time of the determination of the Final Closing Statement).
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