Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded, (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate of the Placement Agent has provided such Purchaser with any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such information or advice necessary or desired. Neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate has made or makes any representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities and the Placement Agent and any Affiliate may have acquired non-public information with respect to the Company which such Purchaser agrees need not be provided to it. In connection with the issuance of the Securities to such Purchaser, neither the Placement Agent nor any of its Affiliates has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to such Purchaser.
Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment.
Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has reviewed the disclosure materials and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Shares; (ii) access to information about the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of such Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company’s representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents.
Access to Information. Subject to Section 5.6 and applicable Law, prior to the earlier of the Closing Date and the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to ARTICLE VII, upon reasonable prior written notice by Buyer and solely for purposes of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Seller shall afford Buyer and Buyer’s Representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to the officers, directors, employees, agents, properties, offices and other facilities (including the Rolling Mill Real Property) and the books and records of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by maintaining Buyer’s and its Representatives’ access to the Project Knight online data room), Seller and the Rolling Mill Affiliates (solely with respect to the Rolling Mill Business), and shall furnish Buyer, at Buyer’s expense, with such existing financial, operating and other data and information with respect to the Rolling Mill Business, as Buyer may reasonably request in writing. In exercising its rights hereunder, Buyer shall conduct itself so as not to unreasonably interfere in the conduct of the Rolling Mill Business prior to Closing. Buyer acknowledges and agrees that any contact by Buyer and its agents and Representatives with officers, employees or agents of the Company hereunder shall be arranged and supervised by Seller, unless Seller otherwise expressly consents in writing with respect to any specific contact. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates (including the Company) shall be required to disclose to Buyer or any agent or Representative thereof any (i) information if doing so could reasonably be expected to (A) violate any Contract or Law to which Seller or any of its Affiliates (including the Company) is a party or is subject, (B) result in a loss of the ability to successfully assert a claim of privilege (including the attorney-client and work product privileges), (C) upon a written opinion of counsel, result in the disclosure of any competitively sensitive information of Seller or of any of its Affiliates unrelated to the Rolling Mill Business or that would violate any Law or (D) breach a confidentiality or other obligation to a Third Party and (ii) consolidated, combined, affiliated or unitary Tax Return which includes Seller or any of its Affiliates or any Tax-related work papers, except, in each case, for materials that relate solely to the Company, the Rol...
Access to Information. (a) From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, upon reasonable prior notice, and except as determined in good faith to be appropriate to ensure compliance with any applicable Laws and subject to any applicable privileges (including the attorney-client privilege) and contractual confidentiality obligations, the Sellers shall use, and shall cause their Affiliates to use, reasonable best efforts to cause each of their respective Representatives to, (i) afford the Representatives of the Buyer reasonable access, during normal business hours, to the offices, properties, books and records of the Business and (ii) furnish to the Representatives of the Buyer such additional financial and operating data and other information regarding the Business or the Transferred Assets as the Buyer may from time to time reasonably request for the purpose of preparing to operate the Business following the Closing; provided, however, that such investigation shall not unreasonably interfere with any of the businesses or operations of the Sellers or any of their Affiliates; and provided, further, that the auditors and accountants of the Sellers or any of their Affiliates shall not be obliged to make any work papers available to any Person except in accordance with such auditors’ and accountants’ normal disclosure procedures and then only after such Person has signed a customary agreement relating to such access to work papers in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such auditors or accountants. If so requested by the Sellers, the Buyer shall enter into a customary joint defense agreement with the Sellers and such of their Affiliates as they request with respect to any information to be provided to the Buyer or its Representatives pursuant to this Section 5.02(a). Without limiting the foregoing, prior to the Closing, the Buyer shall not conduct, without the prior written consent of the Sellers, any environmental investigation at any property owned or leased by any Seller in the operation of the Business, and in no event may any such environmental investigation include any sampling or other intrusive investigation of air, surface water, groundwater, soil or anything else at or in connection with any such properties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, prior to the Closing, without the prior consent of the Sellers, which shall not be unreasonably withheld (and which must be in writing only for contacts with suppliers or customers), neither the...
Access to Information. During the Pre-Closing Period, Sellers will (a) give, and will cause the Operating Companies to give, Buyer and its Representatives such reasonable access, at reasonable times and during normal business hours, to the senior-management employees, offices, properties, books and records of the Operating Companies with respect to the MEMCOR® Product Line, as Buyer may reasonably request from time to time; and (b) furnish, and cause the Operating Companies to furnish, to Buyer and its Representatives such financial and operating data and other information relating to MEMCOR® Product Line, as Buyer may reasonably request from time to time; provided, that, (i) any actions to be performed by the Operating Companies at the request of Buyer pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall be performed only following reasonable prior written notice from Buyer to Sellers, in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the MEMCOR® Product Line, and so as not to unduly burden the management team or resources of the MEMCOR® Product Line (it being agreed that the terms of such access shall be based on reasonable access procedures specified by Sellers or, as applicable, customers or suppliers (after taking into account any proposals made by Buyer in such regard)); and (ii) all out-of-pocket costs actually incurred by Sellers in connection with such actions shall be at the expense of Buyer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the prior written consent of Sellers, Buyer and its Representatives shall not be entitled to any such access, information or documents (A) to the extent that access to, or disclosure of, such information or documents would, pursuant to the advice of Sellers’ outside legal counsel, waive or jeopardize, or reasonably be expected to waive or jeopardize, the attorney-client privilege or the application of the attorney-work-product doctrine; (B) the disclosure of which is restricted by any Law or Order applicable to the Operating Companies; (C) the disclosure of which would violate the terms and conditions of any confidentiality or similar agreements between the Operating Companies, on the one hand, and a Third Party, on the other hand, including customers, vendors, and subcontractors; or (D) the disclosure of which would be reasonably expected to cause competitive harm to the Operating Companies, or any of its or their respective Affiliates if the Contemplated Transactions failed to be consummated. Sellers may elect to limit disclosure of any in...
Access to Information. From the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms, upon reasonable notice, the Company shall (i) give Parent and its Representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to the offices, properties, books and records of such party and its Subsidiaries, (ii) furnish to Parent and its Representatives such financial and operating data and other information as such Persons may reasonably request, and (iii) instruct the Representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries to reasonably cooperate with Parent in its investigation of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided that, (x) no investigation or request pursuant to this Section 8.06 or otherwise as undertaken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder, shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by the Company under this Agreement, and (y) nothing herein shall require the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives to disclose any information that would cause a loss of attorney-client, work product or any other legal privilege (it being understood that the parties shall use reasonable best efforts to cause such information to be provided in a manner that does not result in such loss, which reasonable best efforts shall include entering into one or more joint defense or community of interest agreements on customary terms if counsels to the parties reasonably conclude that such agreements are likely to preserve the privilege), or would constitute a violation of any Applicable Law. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 8.06 shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Any information that is obtained pursuant to this Section 8.06 or any other provision of this Agreement shall be subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement dated May 17, 2006, between Parent and the Company (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), and each party hereto will comply with the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, whether or not a party thereto.
Access to Information. The Engineer is required to make any information created or exchanged with the state pursuant to this contract, and not otherwise excepted from disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act, available in a format that is accessible by the public at no additional charge to the state.
Access to Information. (a) The Company and its subsidiaries shall afford to Parent and Subsidiary and their respective accountants, counsel, financial advisors and other representatives (the "Parent Representatives") and Parent and its subsidiaries shall afford to the Company and its accountants, counsel, financial advisors and other representatives (the "Company Representatives") full access during normal business hours throughout the period prior to the Effective Time to all of their respective properties, books, contracts, commitments and records (including, but not limited to, Tax Returns) and, during such period, shall furnish promptly to one another (i) a copy of each report, schedule and other document filed or received by any of them pursuant to the requirements of federal or state securities laws or filed by any of them with the SEC or which may have a material effect on their respective businesses, properties or personnel and (ii) such other information concerning their respective businesses, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or other), results of operations and personnel as Parent or Subsidiary or the Company, as the case may be, shall reasonably request; provided that no investigation pursuant to this Section 7.1 shall amend or modify any representations or warranties made herein or the conditions to the obligations of the respective parties to consummate the Merger. Parent and its subsidiaries shall hold and shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Parent Representatives to hold, and the Company and its subsidiaries shall hold and shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Company Representatives to hold, in strict confidence all non-public documents and information furnished to Parent and Subsidiary or to the Company, as the case may be, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except that (i) Parent, Subsidiary and the Company may disclose such information as may be necessary in connection with seeking the Parent Required Statutory Approvals, the Company Required Statutory Approvals and the Company Stockholders' Approval and (ii) each of Parent, Subsidiary and the Company may disclose any information that it is required by law or judicial or administrative order to disclose.
Access to Information. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VII and the Effective Time, the Company shall, and shall cause each Company Subsidiary to (a) provide to Parent and Merger Sub and their respective Representatives reasonable access during normal business hours in such a manner as not to unreasonably interfere with the operation of any business conducted by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, to the officers, employees, agents, properties, offices and other facilities of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and to the books and records (including Tax Returns and supporting documentation) of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, and (b) furnish promptly such information concerning the business, properties, offices and other facilities, Contracts, assets, liabilities, employees, officers and other aspects of the Company and Company Subsidiaries as Parent or its Representatives may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (or to cause any Company Subsidiary to) afford such access or furnish such information to the extent that the Company is advised by counsel that doing so would: (i) result in the loss of attorney-client privilege (provided that the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to allow for such access or disclosure in a manner that does not result in a loss of attorney-client privilege); (ii) violate any confidentiality obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to any third party or otherwise breach, contravene or violate any then effective Contract to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is party (provided that the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the required consent of such third party to such access or disclosure and implement appropriate procedures to enable the disclosure of such information); (iii) result in a competitor of the Company or any Company Subsidiary receiving information that is competitively sensitive; or (iv) breach, contravene or violate any applicable Law (including any Antitrust Law). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VII and the Effective Time, Parent and Merger Sub shall not, and shall cause their respective Representatives acting on their behalf not to, contact any customer, partner, vendor,...
