Records; Audit Hyseq shall keep or cause to be kept such records as are required in sufficient detail to track and determine (in a manner consistent with GAAP) the accuracy of calculations of all sums or credits due under this License Agreement and to accurately account for the calculations of all Royalties due for Licensed Products under this License Agreement. Such records shall be retained for a period of the later of (i) a [***] period following the year in which any payments were made hereunder and/or (ii) the expiration of the applicable tax statute of limitations (or any extensions thereof), or such longer period as may be required by law. [***] per Calendar Year, Amgen shall have the option to engage (at its own expense) an independent certified public accountant, appointed by Amgen and reasonably acceptable to Hyseq, to examine in confidence the books and records of Hyseq as may be necessary to determine, with respect to any Calendar Year, the correctness or completeness of any report or payment required to be made under this License Agreement; provided however, that the books and records for any particular Calendar Year shall only be subject to one audit. The report of such accountant shall be limited to a certificate verifying any report made or payment submitted by Hyseq during such period but may include, in the event the accountant shall be unable to verify the correctness of any such payment, information relating to why such payment is unverifiable. All information contained in any such certificate shall be deemed the Confidential Information of Hyseq hereunder. If any audit performed under this Section 7.2 discloses a variance of more than [***] from the amount of the original report, showing the calculation of a Royalty under section 5.2 of this License Agreement or calculation of consideration due to Amgen under section 5.7 of this License Agreement, Hyseq shall bear the full cost of the performance of such audit. Upon the expiration of [***] following the end of any Calendar Year, the calculation of any such amounts payable with respect to such Calendar Year shall be binding and conclusive upon Amgen, and Hyseq shall be released from any liability or accountability with respect to such amounts for such Calendar Year.
Records; Audits Merck will keep, and will cause each of the other Selling Parties, as applicable, to keep, and Moderna will keep, adequate books and records of accounting for the purpose of calculating all royalties and other amounts payable by either Party to the other Party hereunder and ensuring each Party’s compliance hereunder. For the [***] following the end of the Calendar Year to which each will pertain, such books and records of accounting (including those of its Affiliates, as applicable) will be kept at each of their principal place of business. At the request of either Party, the other Party will permit (and procure its Affiliates, to permit) an independent certified public accounting firm of internationally recognized standing selected by the auditing Party and reasonably acceptable to the other Party to have access during normal business hours to such of the records as may be reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of the payments [***] INDICATES MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED. ALL SUCH OMITTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 406 PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED due hereunder for any Calendar Year ending not more than [***] following the end of any Calendar Year. Such examinations may not be conducted more than once in any Calendar Year or be repeated for any Calendar Year. The accounting firm shall disclose to the auditing Party only whether the reports are correct or incorrect and the amount of any discrepancy. No other Confidential Information shall be provided. If such accounting firm correctly identifies a discrepancy made during such period, the appropriate Party shall pay the other Party the amount of the discrepancy within [***] of the date of delivery of such accounting firm’s written report so correctly concluding, or as otherwise agreed upon by the Parties. The fees charged by such accounting firm shall be paid by the auditing Party, provided that if the underpayment or overcharge exceeds [***], the audited Party shall pay the fees. Upon the expiration of [***] following the end of any Calendar Year, absent willful misconduct or fraud by a Party (its Affiliates, as applicable) the calculation of amounts payable with respect to such Calendar Year shall be binding and conclusive upon the Parties, and the Parties shall be released from any liability or accountability with respect to amounts payable for such Calendar Year. The auditing Party shall treat all financial information subject to review under this Section 8.6(c) in accordance with the confidentiality and non-use provisions of this Agreement, and shall cause its accounting firm to enter into an acceptable confidentiality agreement with the audited Party obligating it to retain all such Confidential Information in confidence pursuant to such confidentiality agreement.
Audit Not more than once per year, or at any time a Party has a reasonable, good faith belief that the other Party has materially breached this Agreement, or (to the extent with respect to this Agreement) the Umbrella Secrecy Agreement, and provides written notice to such other Party as well as detailed documentation or other evidence of such alleged breach, upon thirty (30) days’ advance written notice, such first Party may cause an independent Third Party auditor that is reasonably acceptable to the audited Party and subject to written confidentiality obligations that are reasonably acceptable to the audited Party to audit, during regular business hours and in a manner that complies with the reasonable building and security requirements of the audited Party and its Affiliates, the books, records and facilities of such audited Party and its Affiliates to the extent reasonably necessary to determine such audited Party’s and its Affiliates’ compliance with this Agreement or (to the extent with respect to this Agreement) the Umbrella Secrecy Agreement. Any audit conducted under this Section 2.13 shall not interfere unreasonably with the operations of such audited Party or any of its Affiliates. The Party requesting the audit shall pay the costs of conducting such audit; provided that if such audit reveals a material breach of this Agreement or (to the extent with respect to this Agreement), the Umbrella Secrecy Agreement, the audited Party shall pay all such costs. Upon conclusion of the audit, the Third Party auditor shall furnish to both Parties a report stating only its findings during such audit as to whether or not the audited Party is in compliance with this Agreement, and if such audit has revealed a breach, shall include no more information than is reasonably necessary to provide the basis for such finding. All information learned or obtained from such audit shall be deemed Confidential Information for purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the audited Party may require that the Third Party conducting the audit pursuant to this Section 2.13 be accompanied by the audited Party’s (and in the case of an audit of its Affiliates or Sublicensees, its Affiliate’s or its Sublicensee’s, respectively) representatives at all times during such audit. For clarity, Licensee shall cause its Affiliates that are Sublicensees to comply with this Section 2.13.
Field Audits The Borrower shall permit the Bank to inspect the Inventory, other Tangible Assets and/or other business operations of the Borrower and each Subsidiary, to perform appraisals of the Equipment of the Borrower and each Subsidiary, and to inspect, audit, check and make copies of, and extracts from, the books, records, computer data, computer programs, journals, orders, receipts, correspondence and other data relating to Inventory, Accounts and any other Collateral, the results of which must be satisfactory to the Bank in the Bank’s sole and absolute discretion. All such inspections or audits by the Bank shall be at the Borrower’s sole expense, provided, however, that so long as no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall not be required to reimburse the Bank for inspections or audits more frequently than once each fiscal year.
Annual Audit Report On or before July 31 of each year, beginning with July 31, 2002, Servicer shall, at its own expense, cause a firm of independent public accountants (who may also render other services to Servicer), which is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, to furnish to the Seller and Master Servicer (i) year-end audited (if available) financial statements of the Servicer and (ii) a statement to the effect that such firm has examined certain documents and records for the preceding fiscal year (or during the period from the date of commencement of such Servicer's duties hereunder until the end of such preceding fiscal year in the case of the first such certificate) and that, on the basis of such examination conducted substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, such firm is of the opinion that Servicer's overall servicing operations have been conducted in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers except for such exceptions that, in the opinion of such firm, the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers requires it to report, in which case such exceptions shall be set forth in such statement.
Records, Audits and Reports At the expense of the Company, the Managers shall maintain records and accounts of all operations and expenditures of the Company.
Annual Accountants’ Reports The Manager shall furnish, or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, the Control Party, the Back-Up Manager (to the extent the Back-Up Manager is not providing such report) and the Rating Agencies, if any, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Manager, commencing with the fiscal year ending in December 2021, (i) a report of the Independent Auditors (who may also render other services to the Manager) or the Back-Up Manager summarizing the findings of a set of agreed-upon procedures performed by the Independent Auditors or the Back-Up Manager with respect to compliance with the Quarterly Noteholders’ Reports for such fiscal year (or other period) with the standards set forth herein, and (ii) a report of the Independent Auditors or the Back-Up Manager to the effect that such firm has examined the assertion of the Manager’s management as to its compliance with its management requirements for such fiscal year (or other period), and that (x) in the case of the Independent Auditors, such examination was made in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and (y) except as described in the report, management’s assertion is fairly stated in all material respects. In the case of the Independent Auditors, the report will also indicate that the firm is independent of the Manager within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (each, an “Annual Accountants’ Report”). In the event such Independent Auditors require the Trustee to agree to the procedures to be performed by such firm in any of the reports required to be prepared pursuant to this Section 3.3, the Manager shall direct the Trustee in writing to so agree as to the procedures described therein; it being understood and agreed that the Trustee shall deliver such letter of agreement (which shall be in a form satisfactory to the Trustee) in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Manager, and the Trustee has not made any independent inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures.
Accountants' Reports promptly upon receipt thereof (unless restricted by applicable professional standards), copies of all reports submitted to Company by independent certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the financial statements of Company and its Subsidiaries made by such accountants, including any comment letter submitted by such accountants to management in connection with their annual audit;
Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria (a) On or before March 1 of each year commencing in March 2018, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and, if it has made (or is required to make) an Advance during the applicable calendar year, the Trustee, each at its own expense, shall furnish (and each of the preceding parties, as applicable, (i) with respect to any Servicing Function Participant of such party that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to furnish, and (ii) with respect to any other Servicing Function Participant of such party (other than any party to this Agreement), shall cause such Servicing Function Participant to furnish) (each Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, any Servicing Function Participant and, if it has made (or is required to make) an Advance during the applicable calendar year, the Trustee, as the case may be, a “Reporting Servicer”) to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan that is part of an Other Securitization Trust, the applicable Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party), the Operating Advisor (only in the case of a report furnished by the Special Servicer) and the Depositor, a report on an assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria (together with a copy thereof in XXXXX-Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Other Depositor, the applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and the applicable Certifying Servicer) that complies in all material respects with the requirements of Item 1122 of Regulation AB and contains (A) a statement by such Reporting Servicer of its responsibility for assessing compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (B) a statement that such Reporting Servicer used the Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (C) such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of the end of and for the preceding calendar year, including, if there has been any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, a discussion of each such failure and the nature and status thereof and (D) a statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for such period. Copies of all compliance reports delivered pursuant to this Section 10.09 shall be provided to any Certificateholder, upon the written request thereof, by the Certificate Administrator. Each such report shall be addressed to the Depositor and each Other Depositor (if addressed) and signed by an authorized officer of the applicable company, and shall address each of the Relevant Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit O to this Agreement delivered to the Depositor on the Closing Date. Promptly after receipt of each such report, (i) the Depositor and each Other Depositor may review each such report and, if applicable, consult with the each Reporting Servicer as to the nature of any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that the assessments, taken individually address the Relevant Servicing Criteria for each party as set forth on Exhibit O to this Agreement and notify the Depositor of any exceptions. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to determine whether any such report (other than any such report furnished by the Trustee or any Servicing Function Participant of the Trustee) is in form and substance in compliance with the requirements of Regulation AB.
Independent Audit In the event Transfer Agent determines, based on a review of complaints received in accordance with paragraph 18, above, that Insurance Company is not processing Contractholder transactions accurately, Transfer Agent reserves the right to require that Insurance Company’s data processing activities as they relate to this Agreement be subject to an audit by an independent accounting firm to ensure the existence of, and adherence to, proper operational controls. Insurance Company shall make available upon Transfer Agent’s request a copy of any report by such accounting firm as it relates to said audit. Insurance Company shall immediately notify Transfer Agent in the event of a material breach of operational controls.
