Tax Matters Cooperation. Buyer, the Acquired Companies and Seller shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party, in connection with the filing of Tax Returns of the Acquired Companies and any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other party’s request) the provision of records and information reasonably relevant to any such audit, litigation or other proceeding and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. The Acquired Companies, Seller and Buyer shall (i) retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to each of the Acquired Companies relating to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until expiration of the statute of limitations (and, to the extent notified by Buyer or Seller, any extensions thereof) of the respective taxable periods, and to abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any Tax authority and (ii) give the other party reasonable written notice prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any such books and records and, if the other party so requests, shall allow the requesting party to take possession of such books and records.
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Samples: Purchase Agreement (S.D. Shepherd Systems, Inc.), Purchase Agreement (Cendant Corp)
Tax Matters Cooperation. Buyer, Each of Buyer and the Acquired Companies and Seller shall, Company shall (and shall cause their its respective Affiliates to, ) cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party, in connection with the filing of Tax Returns of the Acquired Companies and any audit, litigation Fleet Subsidiaries or other proceeding with respect to Taxesthe Fleet Business and any Audit. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other party’s request) the provision (with the right to make copies) of records and information reasonably relevant to any such audit, litigation or other proceeding Audit and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder; provided, however, that neither Buyer nor the Company shall be required to grant access to its corporate offices. The Acquired Companies, Seller Company and Buyer shall (and shall cause each of their respective Affiliates to) (i) retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to each of the Acquired Companies Fleet Subsidiaries relating to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (and, to the extent notified by Buyer or Sellerthe Company, any extensions thereof) of the respective taxable periods, and to abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any Tax authority Governmental Authority and (ii) give the other party reasonable written notice prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any such books and records and, if the other party so requests, shall allow the requesting party party, at its sole expense, to take possession of such books and records.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (PHH Corp)
Tax Matters Cooperation. BuyerParent, the Acquired Companies and Seller the Stockholder Representatives shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party, in connection with the filing of Tax Returns of the Acquired Companies and any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other party’s request) the provision of records and information reasonably relevant to any such audit, litigation or other proceeding and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. The Acquired Companies, Seller the Stockholder Representatives and Buyer Parent shall (i) retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to each of the Acquired Companies relating to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until expiration of the statute of limitations (and, to the extent notified by Buyer Parent or Sellerthe Stockholder Representatives, any extensions thereof) of the respective taxable periods, and to abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any Tax authority and (ii) give the other party reasonable written notice prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any such books and records and, if the other party so requests, shall allow the requesting party to take possession of such books and records.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (S.D. Shepherd Systems, Inc.)