Nothing in Section 5. 2(a) requires the Company to permit any inspection, or to disclose any information, that in the reasonable judgment of the Company would (i) violate any of its or its Affiliates’ respective obligations with respect to confidentiality, (ii) result in a violation of applicable Law or (iii) result in loss of legal protection, including the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine; provided, however, that the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to permit such inspection or disclose the applicable information to Parent in a way that would not violate obligations with respect to confidentiality, result in a violation of applicable Law or result in loss of legal protection.
Nothing in Section 5. 1(a) shall require the Company to disclose any information to Parent (or to take any actions otherwise required to be taken by it under clause (ii) and clause (iii) of Section 5.1(a)) if such disclosure or action would, in the Company’s reasonable discretion based on the advice of counsel, (i) jeopardize any attorney client or other legal privilege (provided, that the Company will nonetheless provide Parent and the applicable Representatives of Parent with appropriate information regarding the factual basis underlying any circumstances that resulted in the preparation of such privileged analyses so long as such privilege will not be jeopardized thereby) or (ii) contravene any applicable Law, fiduciary duty or binding agreement entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, including any confidentiality agreement to which the Company or its Affiliates is a party (provided, that the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of any such agreement’s counterparty to such inspection or disclosure). The Company and Parent will each use its commercially reasonable efforts to make appropriate substitute arrangements to permit reasonable disclosure under circumstances in which the restrictions of the preceding sentence apply.
Nothing in Section 5. 9.5 above shall require a Treaty Lender to: (a) register under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme; (b) apply the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme to any Loan if it has so registered; or (c) file Treaty forms if it has included an indication to the effect that it wishes the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme to apply to this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.9.9 below or Section 5.9.16 below and the Obligor making that payment has complied with its obligations under Section 5.9.10 below or Section 5.9.17 below.
Nothing in Section 5. 2(a) requires the Company to permit any inspection, or to disclose any information, to the extent that such disclosure (i) would violate any of its or its Affiliates’ respective obligations with respect to confidentiality, (ii) would result in a violation of applicable Law, (iii) would result in loss of legal protection, including the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine or (iv) relates to consideration of the Contemplated Transactions, any Acquisition Proposal or any Intervening Event (other than information the Company is required to provide Parent and Merger Sub in connection with an Acquisition Proposal or the Proxy Statement pursuant to Section 5.3 and Section 5.4, respectively); provided, in the case of clauses (i) through (iii), that the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any required consents for the disclosure of such information and to make alternative arrangements to afford such access or furnish such information without breaching such confidentiality obligations, losing such legal protection or violating applicable Law, as applicable.
Nothing in Section 5. 2(a) shall: (i) prevent the Parties from providing any of their Affiliates (and with respect to the Seller, including the Company and any of its Subsidiaries) or their shareholders, attorneys, accountants or advisors any details or information regarding this Agreement, the transaction contemplated hereby, the identity of the other Party and its direct and indirect shareholders to the extent that such details or information are required for the approval of this Agreement and the transaction contemplated herein; and (ii) prevent the Purchaser from providing any lenders, institutions and other entities which will provide loans/credit to the Purchaser for the purpose of the consummation of the transactions provided in this Agreement (including by means of issuance of bonds and/or prospectus), any details or information regarding this Agreement and the transaction contemplated herein to the extent that such details or information are required for the purpose of financing the purchase of the Purchase Shares by the Purchaser.
Nothing in Section 5. 2(a) requires the Company to permit any inspection, or to disclose any information, to the extent (i) such information violates any of its or its Affiliates’ respective obligations with respect to confidentiality, (ii) such information relates to the applicable portions of minutes of the meetings of the Company Board (including any presentations or other materials prepared by or for the Company Board) where the Company Board discussed (A) the Contemplated Transactions or any similar transaction involving the sale of the Company, or a material portion of its assets, to, or combination of the Company with, any Person, (B) any Acquisition Proposal or (C) any Intervening Event or (iii) that affording such access or furnishing such information would result in loss of legal protection, including the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine; provided, however, in each case, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to communicate the applicable information to Parent in a manner that would not violate confidentiality obligations or waive such privilege or work-product doctrine.
Nothing in Section 5. 3(a) shall preclude, prohibit or restrict the Seller or any of its Affiliates from (i) designing, engineering, developing, testing, manufacturing, assembling, marketing, selling and/or servicing any products or services that directly or indirectly compete with the Business in [***] industry or markets, (ii) engaging in any manner in any (A) Existing Business Activities or (B) business activity that (x) would otherwise violate Section 5.3(a) that is acquired from any Person (an “After-Acquired Business”) or (y) is carried on by any Person that is acquired by or combined with the Seller or any of its Affiliates, in each case after the Closing Date (an “After-Acquired Company”); provided, however, that with respect to clause (B), so long as [***].
Nothing in Section 5. 10(a) shall prevent Seller or any of its Affiliates from:
Nothing in Section 5. 2(a) requires the Company to permit any inspection, or to disclose any information, that in the reasonable judgment of the Company (i) would violate any of its or its Affiliates’ respective obligations with respect to confidentiality to a third party entered into prior to the date hereof, (ii) would result in a violation of applicable Law, (iii) would result in loss of legal protection, including the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine or (iv) relates to consideration of the Contemplated Transactions, any Acquisition Proposal or any Intervening Event; provided, in the case of clauses (i) through (iii), that the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make alternative arrangements to afford such access or furnish such information without breaching such confidentiality obligation, losing such legal protection or violating applicable Law, as applicable.
Nothing in Section 5. 1(a) shall require the Company to disclose, or provide any access to, any information to Parent or any of Parent’s Representatives if such access or disclosure would (i) result in the waiver of any attorney client or other legal privilege or (ii) contravene any applicable Legal Requirement, provided that in either such case (x) the Company will inform Parent that it is withholding information on such basis and (y) the Company and Parent shall each use its reasonable best efforts to make appropriate substitute arrangements to permit reasonable disclosure under circumstances in which the restrictions of this sentence apply.
