Preservation and Access to Books. (a) For three (3) years following the Closing Date and except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement or by mandatory law, Purchaser and Purchaser Affiliates shall provide Seller (at Seller’s cost) with reasonable access at reasonable times to (and the right to take copies of) the books, accounts, customer lists and all other records held by it to the extent that they relate to the PC Business and to the period up to Closing which are relevant, necessary or useful for Seller for tax and accounting purposes relating to the Retained Business (the Purchaser Records).
Preservation and Access to Books. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to procure (steht dafür ein) that as from the Closing Date the Group Companies will properly maintain and preserve, for a period of five (5) years as from the Closing Date, all relevant books and records (including but not limited to files, correspondence, documents, other papers and electronic data) of the Group Companies (the “Company Books”), to the extent they relate to the periods prior to and including the Closing Date. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to procure (steht dafür ein) that, subject to the execution of a customary confidentiality agreement, each Seller its employees, professional advisors and other representatives shall be granted, upon reasonable request, full access to the Company Books (including the right to receive, in due time, hard and/or electronic copies thereof) and to the personnel of the Group Companies, to the extent such access is reasonably requested by the respective Seller for tax or other legitimate reasons (including but not limited to accounting or regulatory filing purposes, as well as in the context of any arbitral or judicial proceedings arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement); provided that such access does not unreasonably interfere with the business conduct of the Group Companies; provided, further, that the Purchaser may redact any documentation as necessary to comply with applicable Law, agreements or privacy policies, or, in the case of competitively sensitive information, make related documentation only available to outside counsel (subject to the execution of a satisfactory “clean team agreement”).
Preservation and Access to Books. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to procure (steht dafür ein) that as from the Closing Date the Group Companies will properly maintain and preserve, during the longer of the statutory keeping periods and a period of five (5) years as from the Closing Date, all relevant books and records (including but not limited to files, correspondence, documents, other papers and electronic data) of the Group Companies (the “Company Books”), to the extent they relate to the periods prior to and including the Closing Date. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to procure (steht dafür ein) that the Seller, its employees, professional advisors and other representatives shall be granted, upon reasonable written request, reasonable access to the Company Books (including the right to receive, at Seller's cost and expense, in reasonably due time, hard and/or electronic copies thereof) and to the personnel of the Group Companies during normal business hours, to the extent such access is reasonably requested in writing by the Seller, in each case, however, only for tax or other legitimate reasons based on the compliance with obligations pursuant to mandatory law (including but not limited to accounting or regulatory filing purposes, as well as in the context of any arbitral or judicial proceedings arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement), and provided that such access does not unreasonably interfere with the business conduct of the Group Companies. The information made available to the Seller, its employees, professional advisors or other representatives shall be Confidential Information and as such subject to the terms of Section 22.
Preservation and Access to Books. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to procure (steht dafür ein) that as from the Closing Date the Group Companies will properly maintain and preserve, during the longer of the statutory keeping periods (including periods imposed by the fund regulator of Hg) and a period of five (5) years as from the Closing Date, all relevant books and records (including but not limited to relevant files, correspondence, documents, other papers and electronic data) of the Group Companies (the “Company Books”), to the extent they relate to the periods prior to and including the Closing Date. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to procure (steht dafür ein) that the Seller, its employees, professional advisors and other representatives shall be granted upon reasonable request and subject to customary contractual confidentiality undertakings or comparable obligations by law, reasonable access to the relevant Company Books (including the right to receive at the Seller’s cost, in due time, hard and/or electronic copies thereof) and to the personnel of the Group Companies, to the extent such access is reasonably requested by the Seller for Tax or other mandatory reporting requirements, and provided that such access does not unreasonably interfere with the business conduct of the Group Companies.
