Access to Information; Cooperation. (a) Prior to the earlier of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms and the Closing Date, subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, Buyer shall be entitled to make such investigation of the properties, businesses and operations of the Company and such examination of the books and records of the Company as it reasonably requests, including as may be reasonably requested by Buyer or, subject to execution of customary confidentiality and non-reliance undertakings, any insurance broker or insurance carrier in connection with Buyer’s consideration of and obtaining the representation and warranty insurance policy to be issued in the name of Buyer (the “R&W Policy”). Any such investigation and examination shall be conducted during regular business hours and under reasonable circumstances, shall be subject to restrictions under applicable Law and shall not unreasonably interfere with the operations of the Company. Seller shall cause the officers, employees, consultants, agents, accountants, attorneys and other representatives of the Company and WS Holdings and its Subsidiaries to reasonably cooperate with Buyer and Buyer’s representatives in connection with such investigation and examination, and Buyer and its representatives shall reasonably cooperate with the Company and its representatives and shall use their reasonable efforts to minimize any disruption to the businesses of the Company. In addition, no such investigation or examination shall be permitted to the extent that (x) it would require Seller or the Company to disclose information subject to attorney-client privilege or (y) legal counsel for the Company reasonably concludes that it may give rise to antitrust or competition law issues or violate a protective order or otherwise may not be disclosed pursuant to applicable Law, and in each such case, the Company will reasonably cooperate with Buyer (at Buyer’s expense) to establish mutually acceptable work arounds to provide Buyer with the broadest access to information practicable under the circumstances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, prior to the Closing, Buyer shall not contact any employees of, suppliers to, customers of, or franchisees of, the Company or any of its Affiliates in connection with the Company or the Transaction without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably delayed, conditioned or withheld); provided, that any such contact by Buyer sha...
Access to Information; Cooperation. LTC and Healthcare and their authorized agents shall be given reasonable access to and may take copies of all information relating to the subjects of this Agreement (to the extent permitted by federal and state confidentiality laws) in the custody of the other Party, including any agent, contractor, subcontractor, agent or any other person or entity under the contract of such Party.
Access to Information; Cooperation. (a) Subject to compliance with applicable Laws and Orders and the terms of any existing Contracts, each Party shall, and shall cause its respective wholly-owned Subsidiaries to, afford to the other Parties and their respective Representatives, until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, continuing access to the other parties' virtual data rooms, and reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to its businesses, properties, books and records and such other data and information as a Party may reasonably request, as well as to the other Party's and its Subsidiaries' personnel, subject, however, to such access not interfering with the ordinary conduct of its businesses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the terms of any Law, Order or Contract shall limit a Party's right to access the information pursuant to this Section 5.1, the other Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) obtain any consents from a third party to provide such access or information or (ii) develop an alternative to providing such access or information to a Party so as to address such lack of access or information in a manner reasonably acceptable to the receiving Party. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing shall not require any disclosure that would reasonably be expected, as a result of such disclosure, to have the effect of causing the waiver of any privilege (including the attorney-client and work product privileges). Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the Non-Disclosure Agreement, each of the Parties acknowledges that all information provided to it under this Section 5.1, or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the Transaction, is subject to the Non-Disclosure Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any termination of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement otherwise conflicts or is inconsistent with any provision of the Non-Disclosure Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement will supersede those of the Non-Disclosure Agreement but only to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency and all other provisions of the Non-Disclosure Agreement will remain in full force and effect.
Access to Information; Cooperation. The RemainCo Group, the SpinCo Group, and their authorized agents shall be given reasonable and timely access to and may take copies of all information relating to the subjects of this Agreement (to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law) in the custody of the other Party, including any agent, contractor, subcontractor, or any other person or entity under the contract of such Party. The Parties shall provide one another with such information within the scope of this Agreement as is reasonably necessary to administer each Party’s Plans or take the actions required of such Party under this Agreement. The Parties shall cooperate with each other to minimize the disruption caused by any such access and providing of information.
Access to Information; Cooperation the Company shall, during normal business hours and without unreasonable interference with business operations of any Company: (a) give and shall cause to give AWK and AWK's representatives access, to the books and records, files, employees, consultants and physical facilities of the Company; and (b) cooperate with AWK with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the transition of the Business from the Company to AWK and shall make all information reasonably requested and management of the Subsidiaries available to AWK for such purposes.
Access to Information; Cooperation. (a) Except as may be necessary to comply with any Applicable Laws (including the NISPOM or any Export Control Laws) and subject to (x) any applicable privileges (including the attorney-client privilege), (y) this Section 5.02 and (z) the terms and conditions of any confidentiality or similar agreements between Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and a third party, including customers, vendors and subcontractors, from and after the Distribution Date, Parent shall, and shall cause the other Parent Companies to: (i) afford Spinco and its Representatives reasonable access upon reasonable prior notice during normal business hours, to all employees, offices, properties, agreements, Government Contracts, Government Bids, records, books and affairs of Parent Companies, to the extent relating to the conduct of the Spinco Business prior to the Distribution Effective Time, and provide copies of such information as Spinco may reasonably request for any proper purpose, including in connection with (A) any judicial, quasi-judicial, administrative, audit or arbitration proceeding, (B) the preparation of any financial statements or reports and (C) the defense or pursuit of any claims, allegations or actions that relate to or may relate to any Transferred Assets, Assumed Liabilities or Indemnified Claims; and (ii) use reasonable best efforts to cooperate in the defense or pursuit of any Transferred Asset or Assumed Liability or any claim or action that relates to occurrences involving the Spinco Business prior to the Distribution Date; provided that Spinco shall reimburse Parent Companies for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants and other agents or representatives) incurred by Parent Companies in connection with any such defense, claim or action. Spinco agrees to treat and hold as confidential all information provided or otherwise made available to it or any of its Representatives under this Section 5.02 in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04(a).
Access to Information; Cooperation. (a) Upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable laws, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, afford to the officers, employees, accountants, counsel, advisors and other representatives of Parent reasonable access, during normal business hours during the period prior to the Effective Time, to all its properties, books, contracts, personnel, information technology systems and records, and each shall reasonably cooperate with Parent in preparing to execute after the Effective Time conversion or consolidation of systems and business operations generally (including by entering into customary confidentiality, nondisclosure and similar agreements with service providers), and, during such period, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, make available to Parent such information concerning its business, properties and personnel as Parent may reasonably request. Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize any interference with the Company’s regular business operations during any such access. Upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable laws, each of Parent and the Company shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, furnish or otherwise make available to the officers, employees, accountants, counsel, advisors and other representatives of the other party such information concerning its businesses as is reasonably relevant to such party and its shareholders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No party shall be required to provide access to or to disclose information where such access or disclosure would jeopardize the attorney-client privilege or work-product protection of the institution in possession or control of such information (after giving due consideration to the existence of any common interest, joint defense or similar agreement between the parties) or contravene any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree, fiduciary duty or binding agreement entered into prior to the date of this Agreement. The parties hereto will seek to make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements under circumstances in which the restrictions of the preceding sentence apply.
Access to Information; Cooperation. The SWBI Group, the AOUT Group, and their authorized agents shall be given reasonable and timely access to and may take copies of all information relating to the subjects of this Agreement (to the extent not prohibited by Applicable Law) in the custody of the other Party, including any agent, contractor, subcontractor, or any other Person under the contract of such Party. The Parties shall provide one another with such information within the scope of this Agreement as is reasonably necessary to administer each Party’s Plans or take the actions required of such Party under this Agreement. The Parties shall cooperate with each other to minimize the disruption caused by any such access and providing of information.
Access to Information; Cooperation. (a) From the date hereof until the Closing Date (or, if earlier, the termination of this Agreement), but subject to Applicable Law and the Confidentiality Agreement, Seller will use reasonable best efforts to (i) give Buyer, its counsel and other authorized Representatives reasonable access to the properties, books and records of the Business, (ii) furnish to Buyer, its counsel and other authorized Representatives such financial and operating data and other information relating to the Business as such Persons may reasonably request and (iii) instruct the employees, counsel and financial advisors of Seller to reasonably cooperate with Buyer in its investigation of the Business. For the avoidance of doubt, the Confidentiality Agreement shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms, and such information, and all information provided pursuant to this Section 7.06(a) shall be treated as “Confidential Information” pursuant to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer, its counsel and other authorized Representatives and its other agents shall not have access to (A) any information where such access or disclosure would, in the good faith judgment of Seller, in light of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Events, be unreasonable or jeopardize the health and safety of any employee of the Acquired Entities, (B) any properties of the Business, including the Purchased Assets and Real Property, for purposes of conducting any sampling or other invasive investigation, including of the air, soil, soil gas, surface water, groundwater, building materials or other environmental media, (C) any information to the extent relating to any Retained Subsidiaries or (D) Seller Tax Records.
Access to Information; Cooperation. (a) From the date hereof and until the Closing, the Seller Parties will, and the Seller Parties will cause the Company to, (i) afford to the Representatives of Buyer, at reasonable times, reasonable access to the key employees, sites, properties, books and records of each of the Sellers, (ii) provide Buyer with such additional financial and operating data and other information relating to the business and properties of each of the Sellers as Buyer may from time to time reasonably request and (iii) cooperate with Buyer and its Representatives in the preparation of any documents or other material that may be required in connection with any Transaction Document. Each of the Parties will treat all Confidential Information obtained by them in connection with the negotiation and performance of this Agreement as confidential in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII.
