Common use of Reports; Internal Controls Clause in Contracts

Reports; Internal Controls. (a) Neither the Company nor any of Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. (b) Company and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, forms, schedules, registrations, statements and other documents, together with any required amendments, that they were required to file since December 31, 2012 with any Governmental Authority and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. Except for normal examinations conducted by a Governmental Authority in the regular course of the business of Company and its Subsidiaries, no Governmental Authority has notified Company that it has initiated any proceeding or, to the Knowledge of Company, threatened an investigation into the business or operations of Company or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 2012. There is no material unresolved violation or exception by any Governmental Authority with respect to any report, form, schedule, registration, statement or other document filed by, or relating to any examinations by any such Governmental Authority of, Company or any of its Subsidiaries. (c) Company has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, to Company’s auditors and the audit committee of Company’s board of directors (i) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. (d) The records, systems, controls, data and information of Company and its Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of Company or its Subsidiaries or accountants (including all means of access to them), except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the system of internal accounting controls described in the following sentence. Company and its Subsidiaries have devised and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. (e) Company has designed, implemented, and maintained disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the management of Company by others within those entities as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and as otherwise required by Law. (f) Since December 31, 2012, (x) neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of Company, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Company or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (y) no attorney representing Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, or agents to the board of directors of Company or any committee of the board of directors or to any director or officer of Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Independent Bank Corp)

Reports; Internal Controls. (a) Neither the Company nor any of Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. (b) Company The Bank and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all material reports, forms, schedules, registrations, statements and other documents, together with any amendments required amendmentsto be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file since December 31, 2012 with any Governmental Authority and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. Except for Other than normal examinations conducted by a Governmental Authority in the regular course of the business of Company the Bank and its Subsidiaries, no Governmental Authority has notified Company Parent, the Bank or any of their Subsidiaries that it has initiated any proceeding or, to Parent’s and the Knowledge of CompanyBank’s Knowledge, threatened an investigation into the business or operations of Company the Bank or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 2012. There is no material unresolved violation or exception noted by any Governmental Authority with respect to any report, form, schedule, registration, statement or other document filed by, or relating to any examinations by any such Governmental Authority of, Company of the Bank or any of its Subsidiaries. (c) Company has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, to Company’s auditors and the audit committee of Company’s board of directors (i) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. (db) The records, systems, controls, data and information of Company the Bank and its Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of Company the Bank or its Subsidiaries or accountants (including all means of access to themthereto and therefrom), except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Bank’s system of internal accounting controls described in the following sentencecontrols. Company The Bank and its Subsidiaries have devised and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. (e) Company has designed, implemented, and maintained disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the management of Company by others within those entities as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and as otherwise required by Law. (fc) Since December 31, 2012, (x) neither Company the Bank nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to Parent’s and the Knowledge of CompanyBank’s Knowledge, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of Company Parent, the Bank or any of its their Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge Knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Company the Bank or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Company the Bank or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (y) no attorney representing Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, or agents to the board of directors of Company or any committee of the board of directors or to any director or officer of Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Beneficial Bancorp Inc.)

Reports; Internal Controls. (a) Neither the Company nor any of Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. (b) Company FNB and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, forms, schedules, registrations, statements and other documents, together with any amendments required amendmentsto be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file since December 31, 2012 2008 with any Governmental Authority and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. Except for Other than normal examinations conducted by a Governmental Authority in the regular course of the business of Company FNB and its Subsidiaries, no Governmental Authority has notified Company FNB that it has initiated any proceeding or, to the Knowledge of CompanyFNB’s Knowledge, threatened an investigation into the business or operations of Company FNB or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 20122008. There is no material unresolved violation or exception by any Governmental Authority with respect to any report, form, schedule, registration, statement or other document filed by, or relating to any examinations by any such Governmental Authority of, Company of FNB or any of its Subsidiaries. (c) Company has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, to Company’s auditors and the audit committee of Company’s board of directors (i) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. (db) The records, systems, controls, data and information of Company FNB and its Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of Company FNB or its Subsidiaries or accountants (including all means of access to themthereto and therefrom), except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the system of internal accounting controls described in the following sentence. Company FNB and its Subsidiaries have devised and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. (e) Company has designed, implemented, and maintained disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the management of Company by others within those entities as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and as otherwise required by Law. (fc) Since December 31, 20122008, (x) neither Company FNB nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of CompanyFNB’s Knowledge, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of Company FNB or any of its Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge Knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Company FNB or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Company FNB or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (y) no attorney representing Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, or agents to the board of directors of Company or any committee of the board of directors or to any director or officer of Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Bank of the Ozarks Inc)

Reports; Internal Controls. (a) Neither the Company nor any of Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. (b) Company Sound Bank and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed (including all applicable extensions) all reports, forms, schedules, registrations, statements and other documents, together with any amendments required amendmentsto be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file since December 31, 2012 inception with any Governmental Authority and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. Except for Since inception, other than normal examinations conducted by a Governmental Authority in the regular course of the business of Company Sound Bank and its Subsidiaries, no Governmental Authority has notified Company Sound Bank that it has initiated any proceeding or, to the Knowledge of CompanySound Bank’s Knowledge, threatened an investigation into the business or operations of Company Sound Bank or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 2012Subsidiaries. There is no material unresolved violation or exception by any Governmental Authority with respect to any report, form, schedule, registration, statement or other document filed by, or relating to any examinations by any such Governmental Authority of, Company of Sound Bank or any of its Subsidiaries. (c) Company has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, to Company’s auditors and the audit committee of Company’s board of directors (i) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. (db) The records, systems, controls, data and information of Company Sound Bank and its Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of Company Sound Bank or its Subsidiaries or accountants (including all means of access to themthereto and therefrom), except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control (including, without limitation, the processing of data by Sound Bank’s core data service provider) that would not reasonably be expected not to have a Material Adverse Effect on the system of internal accounting controls described in the following sentencesentence or the privacy or security of customer information. Company Sound Bank and its Subsidiaries have devised and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. (e) Company has designed, implemented, and maintained disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the management of Company by others within those entities as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and as otherwise required by Law. (fc) Since December 31inception, 2012, (x) neither Company Sound Bank nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of CompanySound Bank’s Knowledge, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of Company Sound Bank or any of its Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge Knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Company Sound Bank or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Company Sound Bank or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (y) no attorney representing Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, or agents to the board of directors of Company or any committee of the board of directors or to any director or officer of Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization

Reports; Internal Controls. (a) Neither the Company nor any of Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. (b) Company The Bank and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, forms, schedules, registrations, statements and other documents, together with any amendments required amendmentsto be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file since December 31, 2012 with any Governmental Authority and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. Except for Other than normal examinations conducted by a Governmental Authority in the regular course of the business of Company the Bank and its Subsidiaries, no Governmental Authority has notified Company Parent, the Bank or any of their Subsidiaries that it has initiated any proceeding or, to the Knowledge of CompanySeller’s Knowledge, threatened an investigation into the business or operations of Company the Bank or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 2012. There is no material unresolved violation or exception noted by any Governmental Authority with respect to any report, form, schedule, registration, statement or other document filed by, or relating to any examinations by any such Governmental Authority of, Company of the Bank or any of its Subsidiaries. (c) Company has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, to Company’s auditors and the audit committee of Company’s board of directors (i) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. (db) The records, systems, controls, data and information of Company the Bank and its Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of Company the Bank or its Subsidiaries or accountants (including all means of access to themthereto and therefrom), except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the system of internal accounting controls described in the following sentence. Company The Bank and its Subsidiaries have devised and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. (e) Company has designed, implemented, and maintained disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the management of Company by others within those entities as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and as otherwise required by Law. (fc) Since December 31, 2012, (x) neither Company the Bank nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of CompanySeller’s Knowledge, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of Company Parent, the Bank or any of its their Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge Knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Company the Bank or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Company the Bank or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (y) no attorney representing Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, or agents to the board of directors of Company or any committee of the board of directors or to any director or officer of Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Bear State Financial, Inc.)

Reports; Internal Controls. (a) Neither the Company nor any of Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. (b) Company and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, forms, schedules, registrations, statements and other documents, together with any amendments required amendmentsto be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file since December 31, 2012 with any Governmental Authority and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. Except for normal examinations conducted by a Governmental Authority in the regular course of the business of Company and its Subsidiaries, no Governmental Authority has notified Company that it has initiated any proceeding or, to the Knowledge of Company, threatened an investigation into the business or operations of Company or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 2012. There is no material unresolved violation or exception by any Governmental Authority with respect to any report, form, schedule, registration, statement or other document filed by, or relating to any examinations by any such Governmental Authority of, Company or any of its Subsidiaries. (c) Company has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreementhereof, to Company’s auditors and the audit committee of Company’s board of directors (i) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. (d) The records, systems, controls, data and information of Company and its Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of Company or its Subsidiaries or accountants (including all means of access to themthereto and therefrom), except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the system of internal accounting controls described in the following sentence. Company and its Subsidiaries have devised and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. (e) Company has designed, implemented, implemented and maintained disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the management of Company by others within those entities as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and as otherwise required by Law. (f) Since December 31, 2012, (x) neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of Company, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Company or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (y) no attorney representing Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, employees or agents to the board of directors of Company or any committee of the board of directors thereof or to any director or officer of Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Independent Bank Corp)

Reports; Internal Controls. (a) Neither the Company nor any of Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. (b) Company and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, forms, schedules, registrations, statements and other documents, together with any amendments required amendmentsto be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file since December 31, 2012 2008 with any Governmental Authority and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. Except for Other than normal examinations conducted by a Governmental Authority in the regular course of the business of Company and its Subsidiaries, no Governmental Authority has notified Company or any of its Subsidiaries that it has initiated any proceeding or, to the Knowledge of Company’s Knowledge, threatened an investigation into the business or operations of Company or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 20122008. There is no material unresolved violation or exception by any Governmental Authority with respect to any report, form, schedule, registration, statement or other document filed by, or relating to any examinations by any such Governmental Authority of, of Company or any of its Subsidiaries. (c) Company has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, to Company’s auditors and the audit committee of Company’s board of directors (i) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. (db) The records, systems, controls, data and information of Company and its Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of Company or its Subsidiaries or accountants (including all means of access to themthereto and therefrom), except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the system of internal accounting controls described in the following sentence. Company and its Subsidiaries have devised and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. (e) Company has designed, implemented, and maintained disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the management of Company by others within those entities as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and as otherwise required by Law. (fc) Since December 31, 20122008, (x) neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of Company’s Knowledge, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge Knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Company or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (y) no attorney representing Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, or agents to the board of directors of Company or any committee of the board of directors or to any director or officer of Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Bank of the Ozarks Inc)

Reports; Internal Controls. (a) Neither the Company nor any of Company’s its Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. (b) Except as set forth on Company Disclosure Schedule 3.08, Company and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, forms, schedules, registrations, statements and other documents, together with any required amendments, that they were required to file since December 31, 2012 2014 with any Governmental Authority and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewithwith any filings Company was required to make. Except for normal examinations conducted by a Governmental Authority in the regular course of the business of Company and its Subsidiaries, no Governmental Authority has notified Company that it has initiated any proceeding or, to the Knowledge of Company’s Knowledge, threatened an any investigation into the business or operations of Company or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 20122014. There Except as set forth on Company Disclosure Schedule 3.08, there is no material unresolved violation or exception by any Governmental Authority with respect to any report, form, schedule, registration, statement or other document filed by, or relating to any examinations by any such Governmental Authority of, Company or any of its Subsidiaries. (c) Company has disclosed, based Based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, Company has not had to disclose to Company’s outside auditors and the audit committee of Company’s board of directors (i) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect Company’s ability to record, process, summarize summarize, and report financial information and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. (d) The records, systems, controls, data and information of Company and its Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of Company or its Subsidiaries or accountants (including all means of access to them), except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the system of internal accounting controls described in the following sentence. Company and its Subsidiaries have devised and maintained and currently maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. (e) Company has designed, implemented, and has maintained and currently maintains disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the management of Company by others within those entities as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and as otherwise required by Law. (f) Since December 31, 20122014, (x) neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of Company’s Knowledge, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiaries, has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, claim regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Company or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (y) no attorney representing Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty duties or similar violation by Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, or agents to the board of directors of Company or any committee of the board of directors or or, to Company’s Knowledge, to any director or officer of Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Independent Bank Corp)