Access and Information. (a) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, upon reasonable notice, afford Parent and its counsel, accountants, consultants and other authorized representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours, to the employees, properties, books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such access shall not unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and shall not affect the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Company shall cause its officers and employees to (x) furnish such financial and operating data and other information as may be reasonably requested by Parent from time to time and (y) respond to such reasonable inquiries as may be made by Parent from time to time. Prior to their filing, the Company shall furnish as promptly as practicable to Parent a copy of each registration statement, prospectus, report, form and other document (if any) that will be filed by it or any of its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement pursuant to the requirements of federal or state securities Laws, The NASDAQ Global Market or the MBCA. All of the requirements of this Section 5.4(a) shall be subject to any prohibitions or limitations of applicable law and shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, upon reasonable notice, afford the Company and its counsel, accountants, consultants and other authorized representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours, to the employees, properties, books and records of Parent and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such access shall not unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries and shall not affect the representations and warranties made by Parent in this Agreement. All of the requirements of this Section 5.4(b) shall be subject to any prohibitions or limitations of applicable law and shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement.
(c) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall promptly provide Parent with copies of all monthly and other interim financial statements as the same become available. The Company shall also provide Parent with prompt written notice of any investigations by Governmental Entities, or the institution of material litigation (including all litigation r...
Access and Information. The Company, on the one hand, and Parent and Acquisition Corp., on the other hand, shall each afford to the other and to the other’s accountants, counsel and other representatives full access during normal business hours throughout the period prior to the Effective Time to all of its properties, books, contracts, commitments and records (including but not limited to tax returns) and during such period, each shall furnish promptly to the other all information concerning its business, properties and personnel as such other party may reasonably request, provided that no investigation pursuant to this Section 6.01 shall affect any representations or warranties made herein. Each party shall hold, and shall cause its employees and agents to hold, in confidence all such information (other than such information that (a) is already in such party’s possession or (b) becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such party or its directors, officers, managers, employees, agents or advisors or (c) becomes available to such party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than a party hereto or its advisors, provided that such source is not known by such party to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of secrecy to a party hereto or another party until such time as such information is otherwise publicly available; provided, however, that (i) any such information may be disclosed to such party’s directors, officers, employees and representatives of such party’s advisors who need to know such information for the purpose of evaluating the transactions contemplated hereby (it being understood that such directors, officers, employees and representatives shall be informed by such party of the confidential nature of such information), (ii) any disclosure of such information may be made as to which the party hereto furnishing such information has consented in writing and (iii) any such information may be disclosed pursuant to a judicial, administrative or governmental order or request; provided, further, that the requested party will promptly so notify the other party so that the other party may seek a protective order or appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with this Agreement and if such protective order or other remedy is not obtained or the other party waives compliance with this provision, the requested party will furnish only that portion of such information that is legally required and will exerc...
Access and Information. 14.1 The Contractor shall provide access at all reasonable times to the Department's internal auditors or other duly authorised staff or agents to inspect such documents as the Department considers necessary in connection with this Contract and where appropriate speak to the Contractors employees.
Access and Information. (a) The Company shall give, and shall direct its Representatives to give, the Purchaser and the Parent and their Representatives, at reasonable times during normal business hours and upon reasonable intervals and notice, access to all offices and other facilities and to all employees, properties, Contracts, agreements, commitments, books and records, financial and operating data and other information (including Tax Returns, internal working papers, client files, client Contracts and director service agreements), of or pertaining to the Target Companies, as the Purchaser, the Parent or their Representatives may reasonably request regarding the Target Companies and their respective businesses, assets, Liabilities, financial condition, prospects, operations, management, employees and other aspects (including unaudited quarterly financial statements, including a consolidated quarterly balance sheet and income statement, a copy of each material report, schedule and other document filed with or received by a Governmental Authority pursuant to the requirements of applicable securities Laws, and independent public accountants’ work papers (subject to the consent or any other conditions required by such accountants, if any)) and instruct each of the Company’s Representatives to cooperate with the Purchaser, the Parent and their Representatives in their investigation; provided, however, that the Purchaser, the Parent and their Representatives shall conduct any such activities in such a manner as not to unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of the Target Companies.
(b) The Parent shall give, and shall direct its Representatives to give, the Company and its Representatives, at reasonable times during normal business hours and upon reasonable intervals and notice, access to all offices and other facilities and to all employees, properties, Contracts, agreements, commitments, books and records, financial and operating data and other information (including Tax Returns, internal working papers, client files, client Contracts and director service agreements), of or pertaining to the Parent or its Subsidiaries, as the Company or its Representatives may reasonably request regarding the Parent, its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses, assets, Liabilities, financial condition, prospects, operations, management, employees and other aspects (including unaudited quarterly financial statements, including a consolidated quarterly balance sheet and income s...
Access and Information. (a) Between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the Company will give, and shall direct its accountants and legal counsel to give, Purchaser, its affiliates and their respective authorized representatives (including, without limitation, accountants, legal counsel and consultants), at all reasonable times, access as reasonably requested to all offices and other facilities and to all contracts, agreements, commitments, books and records of or pertaining to the Company and its subsidiaries, will permit the foregoing to make such reasonable inspections as they may require and will cause its officers, with reasonable promptness, to furnish Purchaser with (i) such financial and operating data and other information with respect to the respective businesses and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries as Purchaser may from time to time reasonably request, and (ii) a copy of each material report, schedule and other document filed or received by the Company pursuant to the requirements of applicable securities laws or the NASD; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, between the date hereof and the time of first acceptance of Shares for payment under the Offer, Purchaser, its affiliates and their respective authorized representatives may, upon the prior approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Company's Chief Executive Officer, (i) contact any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries directly, provided that such contact is for informational purposes only and does not unreasonably interfere with such employee's ongoing responsibilities to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and (ii) have access to the Company's or any of its subsidiaries' offices and facilities, and, following the time of first acceptance of Shares for payment under the Offer, Purchaser, its affiliates and their respective authorized representatives shall not be restricted in any manner in contacting employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or in accessing the Company's or any of its subsidiaries' offices and facilities. No such access, inspections or furnishing of information shall have any adverse effect on Purchaser or Merger Sub's ability to assert that conditions to Closing or to the consummation of the Offer have not been satisfied.
(b) Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall have delivered to Purchaser a copy of duly adopted resolutions of the Board approving the execution, delivery and performance of ...
Access and Information. Upon reasonable notice, each of the Company and Parent shall (and shall cause its subsidiaries to) afford to the other party and its representatives (including, without limitation, directors, officers and employees of the other party and its affiliates, and counsel, accountants and other advisors retained by the other party and its affiliates) such access (including, without limitation, for the purpose of conducting supplemental due diligence reviews) during normal business hours throughout the period prior to the Effective Time to the books, records (including, without limitation, loan and credit files, tax returns and work papers of independent auditors), properties, personnel and to such other information as such 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 herein. The Company and Parent will not, and each 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 Plan. Subject to the requirements of law, the Company and Parent 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 the Company or Parent, as the case may be, or an affiliate of the Company or Parent, (ii) becomes available to the Company or Parent, as the case may be, or an affiliate of the Company or Parent from other sources not known by such party to be bound by a confidentiality agreement, (iii) is disclosed with the prior written approval of the Company or Parent, as the case may be, or (iv) is or becomes readily ascertainable from published information or trade sources. In the event that this Plan is terminated or the transactions contemplated by this Plan shall otherwise fail to be consummated, each party shall promptly cause all copies of documents or extracts thereof containing information and data as to another party hereto (or an affiliate of any party hereto) to be returned to the party which furnished the same. The provisions of the Confidentiality Agreements dated April 5, 1999 and December 23, 1998 shall survive to the extent such terms are not inconsistent with this Section 5.3.
Access and Information. (a) From the date of this Agreement until the Closing, subject to any applicable Laws, Seller shall afford Buyer and its representatives reasonable access, during regular business hours and upon reasonable advance written notice, to the Assigned Contracts, the Transferred Books and Records and the officers of the Transferred Business, as Buyer shall from time to time reasonably request in writing and otherwise as mutually agreed (including pursuant to the Cutover Plan Support Agreement). Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts to afford Buyer and its representatives reasonable access, during regular business hours and upon reasonable advance written notice, to (i) accountants’ work papers relating to the Transferred Books and Records and access to auditors of Seller or any of its Affiliates and (ii) properties of the Transferred Business to the extent that circumstances arise that could reasonably be expected to result in a material environmental Liability, provided that Buyer or its representatives, during such access, shall not conduct any invasive procedures, including sampling of soil, groundwater, surface water or other media; it being understood and agreed that in no event shall Buyer have access to (i) any information that (x) Seller’s counsel advises (after consultation in good faith with Buyer’s counsel) that sharing such information would create any potential Liability under applicable Laws, including U.S. Antitrust Laws, (y) in the reasonable judgment of Seller would violate any obligation of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to disclosure of information or confidentiality or eliminate or reduce the benefit of any legal privilege of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries (if, with respect to confidentiality, Seller has made commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a waiver regarding the possible disclosure from the third party to whom it owes an obligation of confidentiality), provided that Seller shall in good faith use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide such information in a manner and form that would not reasonably be expected to violate any such obligation with respect to disclosure of information or confidentiality or eliminate or reduce the benefit of any such legal privilege, or (z) that constitutes Customer Proprietary Network Information (other than as permitted by the rules and regulations of the FCC); provided further that in the case of competitively sensitive information, Seller and Buyer shall agree upon m...
Access and Information. (a) Prior to the Effective Time, in a manner consistent with applicable Law, and upon reasonable notice and without unreasonable disruption to the business carried on by Associated or the Associated Subsidiaries, Associated shall (and shall cause the Associated Subsidiaries to) afford to the Company’s officers, employees, accountants, legal counsel, and other representatives access, during normal business hours, to all its properties, books, contracts, commitments, and records (other than the portion of Associated Board of Director minutes which discuss this Merger). After the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time, upon reasonable notice, Associated shall (and shall cause the Associated Subsidiaries to) furnish promptly to the Company (i) a copy of each Associated Bank Report filed by it (to the extent permitted by Law) after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time pursuant to the requirements of federal or state securities laws, the BHCA, any other federal or state banking laws, or any other applicable laws promptly after such documents are available; (ii) a copy of each Associated SEC Report filed by it or received by it (except to the extent an SEC Report filed by it is available on XXXXX); and (iii) all other information concerning the business, properties, and personnel of Associated or Associated Subsidiaries as the Company may reasonably request.
(b) Any information provided to the Company by Associated, whether prior to or subsequent to the date of this Agreement, shall be kept confidential by the representatives of the Company (and shall be used by them only in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby) except to the extent that (i) it was already known to such representatives when received, (ii) it hereafter becomes lawfully obtainable from other sources, or (iii) it is required to be disclosed by the Company in any document required to be filed with any government authority or agency, which disclosure shall be treated by the Company as if it were disclosing its own information and limited to the minimum amount of information required to be disclosed. Upon any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII hereof, the Company agrees to promptly return all information and documents that it has obtained from Associated in connection herewith without retaining a copy thereof.
Access and Information. (i) Prior to and after the Closing, Seller shall (and shall cause its accountants, counsel, consultants, employees and agents to) give Buyer and its respective accountants, counsel, consultants, employees and agents, reasonable access during normal business hours to, and furnish them with all documents, records, work papers and information with respect to, all properties, assets, books, contracts, commitments, reports and records relating to the Business, as Buyer shall from time to time reasonably request. In addition, Seller shall permit Buyer, and its accountants, counsel, consultants, employees and agents, reasonable access to such personnel of Seller during normal business hours as may be necessary to Buyer in its review of the properties, assets and business affairs of the Business and the above-mentioned documents, records and information. Buyer and Buyer's agents shall have the right, upon giving reasonable advance notice to enter upon and inspect the Real Property, including physical inspection of the surface and sub-surface land and all improvements and the major components thereof, including heating, plumbing, air conditioning, electrical equipment and wiring and roof. Buyer shall indemnify and hold Seller harmless from and against any and all costs and liabilities resulting from the negligence or willful misconduct of any third party engaged by Buyer to perform such inspections, and Buyer shall return the Real Property to substantially the same condition as before such inspections. Inspections shall be conducted during times reasonably convenient to Seller and the Business.
(ii) Buyer shall remain bound by the terms of its existing Confidentiality Agreement with Seller, dated August 6, 1997 (the "Confidentiality Agreement"), except that from and after the Closing: (A) the terms "Evaluation Material" and "Notes" as defined and used in the Confidentiality Agreement, shall no longer include information concerning the Business and properties of the STS Division; (B) clause (d) of the second paragraph of the Confidentiality Agreement shall cease to have any further force and effect insofar as the provisions thereof relate to the STS Division or the Business; and (C) the seventh and eighth paragraphs of the Confidentiality Agreement shall cease to have any further force and effect insofar as the provisions thereof relate to the STS Division or the Business.
Access and Information. (a) Prior to the Closing, SES shall permit (and shall cause each of its Affiliates to permit) representatives of the GE Entities to have reasonable access during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice to all premises, properties, personnel, books, records, Contracts, commitments, reports of examination and documents in the possession or control of SES or any of its Affiliates or to which SES or any of its Affiliates otherwise has access to the extent, but only to the extent, pertaining to the Transferred Businesses, Splitco, the Equity Interests, Star One, AsiaSat and their respective Subsidiaries as may be necessary to permit the GE Entities, at their sole expense, and in a manner so as not unreasonably to interfere with the normal operations of SES and its Subsidiaries, to make, or cause to be made, such investigation thereof as the GE Entities reasonably deem necessary or advisable in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and SES shall (and shall cause the SES Entities to) reasonably cooperate with any such investigations; provided, however, that SES and its Affiliates may withhold (i) any document or information that is subject to the terms of a confidentiality agreement with a third party or to non-disclosure obligations under the company policies and business custom governing the conduct of directors and officers of AsiaSat and Star One and their respective Subsidiaries; (ii) any document or information, if such disclosure would violate applicable Law or (iii) such portions of documents or information which are subject to attorney-client privilege and the provision of which, as determined by SES’s counsel, may eliminate the privilege pertaining to such documents, in each case, only after SES and its Affiliates have used reasonable best efforts to enter into arrangements or obtain consents or waivers that would permit SES and its Affiliates to make such document or information available to the GE Entities, but has failed to enter into such arrangements or obtain such consents or waivers (but, subject to requirements of applicable Law, SES shall provide the GE Entities notice of the nature of the information that is so withheld); provided, further, that none of SES, SES’s or its Subsidiaries’ accountants, nor SES’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall be obliged to make any work papers available to any person unless and until such person has signed a customary agreement relating to such access to wor...
