Common use of Transaction Engagement Clause in Contracts

Transaction Engagement. Only the GPC Companies and the SpinCo Companies shall be considered clients of the GPC Counsel in the Transaction Engagement. Communications, including those constituting or pertaining to legal advice, between any one or more of the GPC Companies or any of the SpinCo Companies, on the one hand, and any of the GPC Counsel, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be subject to attorney-client privilege, work product protection or other privileges or protections that belong solely to the GPC Companies and not SpinCo or any other SpinCo Company to the extent such communications (or the specific portion thereof) relate to the Transaction Engagement (collectively, the “Transaction Engagement Communications”). Accordingly, RMT Parent and Merger Sub shall not have access to the Transaction Engagement Communications, or to any Transaction Engagement Communications in the files of the GPC Counsel, whether or not the Closing shall have occurred. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon and after the Closing, (i) the GPC Companies shall be the sole holders of the attorney-client privilege, work product protection or other privileges or protections with respect to the Transaction Engagement Communications, and none of the SpinCo Companies, RMT Parent or Merger Sub shall be a holder thereof, (ii) to the extent that any Transaction Engagement Communications in the files of the GPC Counsel constitute property of a client, only the GPC Companies shall hold such property rights, and (iii) none of the GPC Counsel shall have any duty whatsoever to reveal or disclose any such Transaction Engagement Communications to the SpinCo Companies, RMT Parent or Merger Sub by reason of any attorney-client relationship between any of the GPC Counsel and any of the SpinCo Companies or otherwise, unless otherwise directed by a court order or the order of any Governmental Authority.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Separation Agreement (Essendant Inc), Separation Agreement (Genuine Parts Co), Separation Agreement (Essendant Inc)

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Transaction Engagement. Only the GPC Companies Parent Companies, Spinco and the SpinCo Companies their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall be considered clients of the GPC Parent Counsel in the Transaction Engagement. Communications, including those constituting or pertaining to legal advice, between any one or more of the GPC Companies Parent Companies, any of their respective Affiliates, Spinco or any of the SpinCo CompaniesSpinco Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any of the GPC Parent Counsel, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be subject to attorney-client privilege, work product protection or other privileges or protections that belong solely to the GPC Parent Companies and not SpinCo Spinco or any other SpinCo Company the Spinco Subsidiaries to the extent such communications (or the specific portion thereof) relate to the Transaction Engagement (collectively, the “Transaction Engagement Communications”). Accordingly, RMT Parent Merger Partner and Merger Partner Sub shall not have access to the Transaction Engagement Communications, or to any Transaction Engagement Communications in the files of the GPC Parent Counsel, whether or not the Closing shall have occurred. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon and after the Closing, (i) the GPC Parent Companies shall be the sole holders of the attorney-client privilege, work product protection or other privileges or protections with respect to the Transaction Engagement Communications, and none of the SpinCo Spinco Companies, RMT Parent Merger Partner or Merger Partner Sub shall be a holder thereof, (ii) to the extent that any Transaction Engagement Communications in the files of the GPC Parent Counsel constitute property of a client, only the GPC Parent Companies shall hold such property rights, and (iii) none of the GPC Parent Counsel shall have any duty whatsoever to reveal or disclose any such Transaction Engagement Communications to the SpinCo Spinco Companies, RMT Parent Merger Partner or Merger Partner Sub by reason of any attorney-client relationship between any of the GPC Parent Counsel and any of the SpinCo Spinco Companies or otherwise, unless otherwise directed by a court order or the order of any Governmental Authority.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Separation Agreement (Lockheed Martin Corp)

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