Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment (a) As promptly as practicable, but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Buyer will deliver to Seller a Consolidated Balance Sheet of the Companies dated as of the Closing Date and immediately prior to the Dissolution (the "Closing Balance Sheet"), together with a calculation therefrom --------------------- of the Adjusted Net Working Capital, the Fixed Asset Value, and Buyer's determination of the Purchase Price, as adjusted pursuant to Section 3.2 (the "Adjusted Purchase Price") as of such date. If Seller disagrees with Buyer's ------------------------ determination of the Adjusted Purchase Price, Seller shall notify Buyer in writing of such disagreement (such notice setting forth the basis for such disagreement in reasonable detail) within thirty (30) days after Buyer's delivery of its calculation of the Adjusted Purchase Price to Seller. Buyer and Seller thereafter shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any such disagreements. If there is an amount as to which Buyer and Seller are able to agree, such amounts shall be paid to the appropriate Party pursuant to Section 3.5(c) below. If Buyer and Seller are unable to resolve any disagreements about the remaining amounts within thirty (30) days after the delivery by Seller of its notice of disagreement to Buyer, Seller and Buyer shall submit the dispute to a "Big Five" public accounting firm (or any of their respective successors) (the "Auditor") for resolution; provided that if Buyer and Seller ------- are unable to agree upon an Auditor, the Auditor shall be a "Big Five" public accounting firm (or any of their respective successors) selected by lot (after Buyer, on the one hand, and Seller, on the other hand, each exclude one such accounting firm). The selection of the Auditor shall be conclusive, final, binding and nonappealable by the parties.
Purchase Price Adjustments Ernst & Young, LLP shall within seventy-five (75) days of the Closing Date conduct an audit of the Company and the Partnership to ensure that the Company and the Partnership have collected accounts receivable and paid accounts payable in the ordinary course of business during the ninety (90) day period prior to the Closing Date. In the event that the audit reveals that the Company and/or the Partnership have (a) collected accounts receivable at an accelerated rate during such period, or (b) paid accounts payable at a reduced or delayed rate during such period, Vision 21 shall seek an adjustment to the Purchase Price. In the event that the proposed adjustment materially impacts the goodwill which may be created by the transaction, the proposed adjustment shall take into account the related impact upon net income created by the change in amortization of such goodwill. Vision 21 shall notify the Physician in writing within seventy-five (75) days of the Closing Date of its decision to seek an adjustment of the Purchase Price, the amount of the proposed adjustment and its reasons for such decision. If Physician does not notify Vision 21 within ten (10) days of Physician's receipt of such notice that Physician objects to the proposed adjustment, then the proposed adjustment shall take place and shall be final. If Physician notifies Vision 21 within the above-described ten (10) day period that Physician objects to the proposed adjustment, then Vision 21 and Physician shall in good faith negotiate an appropriate amount of the adjustment, if any, which should be made. During all time periods following Vision 21's notice that it intends to adjust the Purchase Price until the adjustment is finalized, Vision 21 shall provide to Physician and his accountants full access to all relevant books, records and work papers utilized in preparing the proposed Purchase Price adjustment. The adjustment may be settled in cash (which shall be set-off from moneys due New P.A. pursuant to the Business Management Agreement) or Vision 21 Common Stock at the Physician's option.
Purchase Price Adjustment (a) As soon as reasonably practicable, following each Closing Date, Purchaser shall prepare, or shall cause to be prepared, a Final Closing Statement for each Target Business Segment that is the subject of such Closing and a certificate of the chief financial officer directly overseeing the Target Companies comprising such Target Business Segment certifying that the Final Closing Statement was prepared in accordance with the Agreed Accounting Principles and engage Deloitte and Touche LLP (or such other registered public accounting firm of international reputation which is mutually acceptable to Parent and Purchaser) (the “Accounting Expert”) to (i) audit the Final Closing Statement and issue a report thereon, and (ii) certify in writing to Parent and Purchaser that such audit was conducted in accordance with the terms hereof, and Purchaser shall cause such report and such certificate to be produced no later than 120 days following each Closing Date. The Accounting Expert shall be provided reasonable access to the books, records and other relevant information of the Target Companies, Purchaser, Parent and their respective Representatives, to the extent necessary to complete its audit of the Final Closing Statement, and Purchaser and Parent shall, and shall cause their Representatives (including the Subject Companies) to, make reasonably available their respective personnel directly responsible for and knowledgeable about the information to be used in, and reasonably necessary for the preparation of, such Final Closing Statement and in order to respond to inquiries made by the Accounting Expert, and Purchaser shall cause the Subject Companies to prepare and deliver customary management representation letters as may be requested by the Accounting Expert. Parent shall be provided reasonable access to the books, records and other relevant information of the Target Companies, Purchaser, and their respective Representatives (including the working papers of Parent and the Accounting Expert in connection with the preparation and audit of the applicable Final Closing Statement), and Purchaser and Parent shall, and shall cause their Representatives (including the Subject Companies) to, make reasonably available their respective personnel directly responsible for and knowledgeable about the information to be used in the Final Closing Statement in order to respond to inquiries made by Parent. The Final Closing Statement shall be final and binding and shall be used in determining the Adjustment Amount, absent manifest error. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Expert shall be borne by Parent.
Price Adjustments 17.1 Prices for Goods/Services supplied in terms of this Agreement shall be subject to review as indicated in the Schedule of Requirements/Works Order annexed hereto.
