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Information and Inspection Rights The Company covenants and agrees that for so long as an Investor, together with its Affiliates, holds Shares that represent at least seven percent (7%) of the then outstanding Preferred Shares (as defined below) of the Company (calculated on an as-converted basis) (each, a “Major Investor”), the Company shall deliver to such Major Investor; provided that the Board (as defined below) has not reasonably and in good faith determined that such Major Investor is a competitor of the Group Companies that is primarily engaged in discovering and developing first-in-class and best-in-class innovative Precision Biologics-utilizing platform. (the “Competitor”): (a) as soon as practicable, but in any event within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year (or by such later date as may be approved by the Board (as defined below)), audited annual financial statements of the Company, including a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and each Group Company as at the end of such fiscal year and consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and each Group Company for such year, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“US GAAP”); (b) as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty five (45) days after the end of each of the first three quarters, unaudited quarterly financial statements of the Company for such period, including an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and each Group Company as at the end of each such quarterly period and unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and each Group Company for such period and for the current fiscal year to date, prepared in accordance with the US GAAP (except that such financial statements may (i) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments; and (ii) not contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with the US GAAP); (c) as soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each month, unaudited income statement and statement of cash flows of the Company for such month, prepared in accordance with the US GAAP (except that such financial statements may (i) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and (ii) not contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with the US GAAP); (d) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than thirty (30) days prior to the end of each fiscal year, a comprehensive operating budget forecasting the Company’s revenues, expenses, and cash position on a month-to-month basis for the upcoming fiscal year; and (e) such other information relating to the financial condition, business or corporate affairs of the Company as such Major Investor may from time to time reasonably request (the above rights, collectively, the “Information Rights”). For so long as an Investor, together with its Affiliates, holds any Shares, the Company shall deliver to such Investor the financial information set forth in Sections 1.1(a) and 1.1(b) above. The Company further covenants and agrees that each Major Investor shall have the right to, together with its officers, employees, auditors, legal counsel and other agents, inspect the facilities, records and books of the Group Companies at any time during regular working hours on reasonable prior notice to the Company and the right to discuss the business, operation and conditions of the Group Companies with any Group Company’s directors, officers, employees, accounts, legal counsels and investment bankers (the “Inspection Rights”); provided that the Company shall not be obligated in respect of the Inspection Rights if the Board has reasonably and in good faith determined that such Major Investor is a Competitor and shall have no obligation to grant access to a Major Investor with respect to information which the Board reasonably determines in good faith is (i) highly confidential and the disclosure of which to such Major Investor may result in material harm to the Company or (ii) attorney-client privileged and should not, therefore, be disclosed. Each Major Investor shall, during the normal working hours and by giving the Company a fifteen (15) days prior written notice and at its own expense, have the right to audit the books and records of the Group Companies and the Company shall, and shall cause each other Group Company, to cooperate with any Major Investor and its representatives with respect to any such audit; provided, that any Major Investor requesting such audit shall notify all other Major Investors in writing and the other Major Investors shall have the right to participate in such audit by written notice to the initiating Major Investor (the “Audit Rights”); provided, however, that such Audit Rights shall be exercised by Major Investors no more than once during each fiscal year. The Information Rights and the Inspection Rights shall terminate (i) immediately before the consummation of the Company’s first underwritten public offering of its Ordinary Shares (as defined below) under the Securities Act (an “IPO”); (ii) when the Company first becomes subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Section 12(g) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or (iii) upon the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event, as such term is defined in the Restated Articles.
Field Audits and Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender: (a) is deemed to have requested that Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes available, a copy of each field audit or examination report (each a "Report" and collectively, "Reports") prepared by Agent, and Agent shall so furnish each Lender with such Reports, (b) expressly agrees and acknowledges that Agent does not (i) make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report, (c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that Agent or other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding Borrowers and will rely significantly upon the Books, as well as on representations of Borrowers' personnel, (d) agrees to keep all Reports and other material, non-public information regarding Borrowers and their Subsidiaries and their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a confidential manner; it being understood and agreed by Borrowers that in any event such Lender may make disclosures (a) to counsel for and other advisors, accountants, and auditors to such Lender, (b) reasonably required by any bona fide potential or actual Assignee or Participant in connection with any contemplated or actual assignment or transfer by such Lender of an interest herein or any participation interest in such Lender's rights hereunder, (c) of information that has become public by disclosures made by Persons other than such Lender, its Affiliates, assignees, transferees, or Participants, or (d) as required or requested by any court, governmental or administrative agency, pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process, or by any law, statute, regulation, or court order; provided, however, that, unless prohibited by applicable law, statute, regulation, or court order, such Lender shall notify Administrative Borrower of any request by any court, governmental or administrative agency, or pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process for disclosure of any such non-public material information concurrent with, or where practicable, prior to the disclosure thereof, and (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to Borrowers, or the indemnifying Lender's participation in, or the indemnifying Lender's purchase of, a loan or loans of Borrowers; and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold Agent, and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including, attorneys fees and costs) incurred by Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender. In addition to the foregoing: (x) any Lender may from time to time request of Agent in writing that Agent provide to such Lender a copy of any report or document provided by Borrowers to Agent that has not been contemporaneously provided by Borrowers to such Lender, and, upon receipt of such request, Agent shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, (y) to the extent that Agent is entitled, under any provision of the Loan Documents, to request additional reports or information from Borrowers, any Lender may, from time to time, reasonably request Agent to exercise such right as specified in such Lender's notice to Agent, whereupon Agent promptly shall request of Administrative Borrower the additional reports or information reasonably specified by such Lender, and, upon receipt thereof from Administrative Borrower, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, and (z) any time that Agent renders to Administrative Borrower a statement regarding the Loan Account, Agent shall send a copy of such statement to each Lender.
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.
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.
Information Rights So long as the Holder holds this warrant and/or any of the Shares, the Company shall deliver to the Holder (a) promptly after mailing, copies of all communiques to the shareholders of the Company, (b) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, the annual audited financial statements of the Company certified by independent public accountants of recognized standing and (c) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year, the Company's quarterly, unaudited financial statements.
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.
Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Loans The Servicer shall provide access to the Trustee or to its designees at its request, and to Certificateholders which are savings and loan associations, banks or insurance companies, the OTS, the FDIC and the supervisory agents and examiners of the OTS and the FDIC or examiners of any other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory authority to the documentation regarding the Loans if so required by applicable regulations of the OTS or other regulatory authority, such access to be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Servicer designated by it. The Trustee or its designee may without charge copy any document or electronic record maintained by the Servicer hereunder.
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.
CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION Information and data that is considered proprietary by either Party and that is delivered or disclosed by one Party (“Discloser”) to the other Party (“Recipient”) during the course of performance of the Contract, and that is designated as confidential (“Information”), shall be held in confidence by that Party and shall be handled as follows: 13.1 The recipient (“Recipient”) of such information shall: 13.1.1 use the same care and discretion to avoid disclosure, publication or dissemination of the Discloser’s Information as it uses with its own similar information that it does not wish to disclose, publish or disseminate; and, 13.1.2 use the Discloser’s Information solely for the purpose for which it was disclosed. 13.2 Provided that the Recipient has a written agreement with the following persons or entities requiring them to treat the Information confidential in accordance with the Contract and this Article 13, the Recipient may disclose Information to: 13.2.1 any other party with the Discloser’s prior written consent; and, 13.2.2 the Recipient’s employees, officials, representatives and agents who have a need to know such Information for purposes of performing obligations under the Contract, and employees officials, representatives and agents of any legal entity that it controls, controls it, or with which it is under common control, who have a need to know such Information for purposes of performing obligations under the Contract, provided that, for these purposes a controlled legal entity means: 13.2.2.1 a corporate entity in which the Party owns or otherwise controls, whether directly or indirectly, over fifty percent (50%) of voting shares thereof; or, 13.2.2.2 any entity over which the Party exercises effective managerial control; or, 13.2.2.3 for the UNDP, an affiliated Fund such as UNCDF, UNIFEM and UNV. 13.3 The Contractor may disclose Information to the extent required by law, provided that, subject to and without any waiver of the privileges and immunities of the United Nations, the Contractor will give the UNDP sufficient prior notice of a request for the disclosure of Information in order to allow the UNDP to have a reasonable opportunity to take protective measures or such other action as may be appropriate before any such disclosure is made. 13.4 The UNDP may disclose Information to the extent as required pursuant to the Charter of the UN, resolutions or regulations of the General Assembly, or rules promulgated by the Secretary-General. 13.5 The Recipient shall not be precluded from disclosing Information that is obtained by the Recipient from a third party without restriction, is disclosed by the Discloser to a third party without any obligation of confidentiality, is previously known by the Recipient, or at any time is developed by the Recipient completely independently of any disclosures hereunder. 13.6 These obligations and restrictions of confidentiality shall be effective during the term of the Contract, including any extension thereof, and, unless otherwise provided in the Contract, shall remain effective following any termination of the Contract.
Statements and Information Available On-Line (a) Bank will send, or make available on-line, to Customer, at times mutually agreed, a statement of account in Bank's standard format for each Account maintained by Customer with Bank, identifying the Financial Assets and cash held in each Account. Bank also will provide to Customer, upon request, the capability to reformat the information contained in each statement of account. In addition, Bank will send, or make available on-line, to Customer an advice or notification of any transfers of cash or Financial Assets with respect to each Account. Bank will not be liable with respect to any matter set forth in those portions of any such statement of account or advice (or reasonably implied therefrom) to which Customer has not given Bank a written exception or objection within ninety days of receipt of such statement, provided such matter is not the result of Bank's willful misconduct or bad faith. (b) Prices and other information obtained from third parties which may be contained in any statement sent to Customer have been obtained from sources Bank believes to be reliable. Bank does not, however, make any representation as to the accuracy of such information or that the prices specified necessarily reflect the proceeds that would be received on a disposal of the relevant Financial Assets. (c) Customer understands that records and reports, other than statements of account, that are available to it on-line on a real-time basis may not be accurate due to mis-postings, delays in updating Account records, and other causes. Bank will not be liable for any loss or damage arising out of the inaccuracy of any such records or reports that are accessed on-line on a real-time basis.
