Privileged Information In furtherance of the rights and obligations of the Parties set forth in this Article VII:
(a) Each of Horizon (on behalf of itself and the other Horizon Entities) and TriMas (on behalf of itself and the other TriMas Entities) acknowledges that:
(i) each member of the Horizon Group and the TriMas Group has or may obtain Information that is or may be protected from disclosure pursuant to the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, the common interest and joint defense doctrines or other applicable privileges (“Privileged Information”);
(ii) actual, threatened or future litigation, investigations, proceedings (including arbitration proceedings), claims or other legal matters have been or may be asserted by or against, or otherwise affect, some or all members of the Horizon Group or the TriMas Group (“Litigation Matters”);
(iii) members of the Horizon Group and the TriMas Group have or may in the future have a common legal interest in Litigation Matters, in the Privileged Information and in the preservation of the protected status of the Privileged Information; and
(iv) each of Horizon and TriMas (on behalf of itself and the other members of its Group) intends that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and any transfer of Privileged Information in connection herewith or therewith will not operate as a waiver of any applicable privilege or protection afforded Privileged Information.
(b) Each of Horizon and TriMas agrees, on behalf of itself and each member of the Group of which it is a member, not to disclose knowingly or otherwise waive any privilege or protection attaching to any Privileged Information relating to a member of the other Group or relating to or arising in connection with the relationship between the Groups prior to the Distribution, without providing prompt written notice to and obtaining the prior written consent of the other.
(c) Upon any member of the Horizon Group or the TriMas Group receiving any subpoena or other compulsory disclosure notice from a Governmental Authority that requests disclosure of Privileged Information belonging to a member of the other Group, the recipient of the notice will promptly provide to TriMas, in the case of receipt by a member of the Horizon Group, or to Horizon, in the case of receipt by a member of the TriMas Group, a copy of such notice, the intended response and all materials or information relating to the other Group that might be disclosed. In the event of a disagreement as to the intended response or disclosure, unless and until the disagreement is resolved as provided in Article VIII, the members of the Horizon Group and the TriMas Entities will cooperate to assert all defenses to disclosure claimed, at the cost and expense of the members of the Group claiming such defenses to disclosure, and will not disclose any disputed documents or information until all legal defenses and claims of privilege have been Finally Determined.