Common use of EVBS Clause in Contracts

EVBS. For so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect, EVBS shall permit FCB or its agents full access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to the properties of EVBS and its Subsidiaries and shall disclose and make available (together with the right to copy) to FCB and to its internal auditors, loan review officers, attorneys, accountants and other representatives, all books, papers and records relating to the assets, stock, properties, operations, obligations and liabilities of EVBS and its Subsidiaries, including all books of account (including the general ledger), tax records, minute books of directors’ and shareholders’ meetings, organizational documents, bylaws, contracts and agreements, filings with any regulatory agency, examination reports, correspondence with regulatory or taxing authorities, documents relating to assets, titles, abstracts, appraisals, consultant’s reports, plans affecting employees, securities transfer records and stockholder lists, and any other assets, business activities or prospects in which FCB may have a reasonable interest, and EVBS shall use its best efforts to provide FCB and its representatives access to the work papers of EVBS’s accountants. EVBS shall permit the Chief Executive Officer of FCB or his designated representative to attend meetings of EVBS’s board of directors, the board of directors of EVB or any committee of either of them as an observer, except that the Chief Executive Officer of FCB or his representative may not attend, unless otherwise permitted by EVBS, any portion of such meeting during which this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are discussed or where litigation involving EVBS or its Subsidiaries is being discussed and counsel for EVBS has advised EVBS that the presence of FCB representatives may jeopardize the attorney/client privilege. EVBS shall not be required to provide access to or to disclose information where such access or disclosure would violate or prejudice the rights of any customer, would contravene any law, rule, regulation, order or judgment, would violate any fiduciary obligations or duties of the officers or directors of EVBS or would violate any confidentiality agreement; provided that EVBS shall cooperate with FCB in seeking to obtain Consents from appropriate parties under whose rights or authority access is otherwise restricted. The foregoing rights granted to FCB shall not, whether or not and regardless of the extent to which the same are exercised, affect the representations and warranties made in this Agreement by EVBS.