Common use of Access to Properties, Books and Records Clause in Contracts

Access to Properties, Books and Records. Subject to Section 5.1 from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Company will, and will cause each of its subsidiaries to, give Parent’s Representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to all of their respective properties, books, records, contracts and agreements, reports, evaluations, title policies, financial and other information and files and cause its independent public accountants to make their audit work papers available to Parent’s Representatives and to answer questions related thereto and to the Company’s financial statements. Parent will, and will cause Parent’s Representatives to, hold all information received as a result of access to the properties, books and records of the Company or its subsidiaries in confidence in compliance with the Confidentiality Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated prior to the Effective Time, Parent will, at the request of the Company, deliver to the Company all documents and other material obtained by Parent and Parent’s Representative’s from the Company or any of its subsidiaries in connection with the transactions which are the subject of this Agreement or evidence that that material has been destroyed by Parent.