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This excerpt taken from the DIS 8-K filed Feb 10, 2006. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Access to Information.
(a) From the Closing Date until the third anniversary of the Closing Date, except in the case of an adversarial Action by one Party against the other Party (which shall be governed by such discovery rules as may be applicable thereto) each of TWDC and Spinco, on behalf of the TWDC Entities and the Spinco Entities, respectively, agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, to each other as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, and only in such manner that does not cause unreasonable disruption of the business of such Person, any Information in the possession or under the control of such Person that the requesting party reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing or other requirements imposed on the requesting party (including under applicable securities Laws) by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the requesting party, (ii) for use in any other judicial, regulatory, administrative or other proceeding or in order to satisfy audit, accounting, claims, regulatory, litigation or other similar requirements or (iii) to comply with its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement; provided, however, that (A) the requesting Person shall agree in writing to keep any Information that incorporates proprietary, confidential or privileged information of the providing Person confidential, except to the extent that such records or documents are required to be disclosed by Law or legal process, (B) each Party agrees to notify the providing Person of any Action whereby such requesting Person might be required to disclose proprietary, confidential or privileged information, so that the providing Person may seek a protective order in any such Action, (C) in the event that any Party determines that any such provision of information could be commercially detrimental, violate any Law or provision of any material Contract, or waive any attorney-client privilege, the Parties shall take all reasonable measures to permit the compliance with such obligations in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence, (D) if information other than that pertaining to the Business is contained in such records, TWDC and Spinco shall either agree that such information may be omitted or redacted by the providing Person, or shall enter into appropriate secrecy commitments to protect such information and (E) this Article IV shall not apply to matters relating to Taxes which shall be exclusively governed by the Tax Sharing Agreement. TWDC and Spinco intend that any transfer of Information that would otherwise be within the attorney-client privilege shall not operate as a waiver of any potentially applicable privilege.
(b) After the date hereof, each of TWDC and Spinco shall maintain in effect adequate systems and controls to the extent necessary to enable the other Person to satisfy its respective reporting, accounting, audit and other obligations.
Section 4.02 Ownership of Information. Any Information owned by either the Spinco Entities or the TWDC Entities that is provided to a requesting party pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be deemed to remain the confidential property of the providing Party. Unless specifically set forth herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring rights of license or otherwise in any such Information.
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Section 4.03 Compensation for Providing Information. The Party requesting such Information agrees to reimburse the other Party for the reasonable costs, if any, of creating, gathering and copying such Information, to the extent that such costs are incurred for the benefit of the requesting Party. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other agreement between the Parties, such costs shall be computed in accordance with the providing Partys standard methodology and procedures.
Section 4.04 Record Retention. To facilitate the possible exchange of Information pursuant to this Article IV and other provisions of this Agreement after the Distribution Date, the Parties agree to use their reasonable efforts to retain all Information in their respective possession or control on the Distribution Date in accordance with their respective record retention policies. No Party will destroy, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to destroy, any Information that the other Party may have the right to obtain pursuant to this Agreement prior to the third anniversary of the date hereof without first using its reasonable efforts to notify the other Party of the proposed destruction and giving the other Party the opportunity to take possession of such Information prior to such destruction; provided, however, that (i) in the case of any Information relating to Taxes or to Environmental Claims, such period shall be extended to the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (giving effect to any extensions thereof) and (ii) in the case of any Information relating to Taxes, such Party shall have the opportunity, at their cost and expense, to remove and retain all or any part of such Information upon the expiration of such statute of limitations.
Section 4.05 Limitation of Liability. No Party shall have any liability to any other Party in the event that any Information exchanged or provided pursuant to this Article IV that is an estimate or forecast, or that is based on an estimate or forecast, is found to be inaccurate.
Section 4.06 Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information. The rights and obligations granted under this Article IV are subject to any specific limitations, qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange or confidential treatment of Information set forth in any Transaction Agreement.
Section 4.07 Production of Witnesses. Subject to Section 4.04, after the Distribution Date, except in the case of an adversarial Action by one Party against the other Party (which shall be governed by such discovery rules as may be applicable thereto), each of TWDC and Spinco shall use its reasonable efforts, and shall use its reasonable efforts to cause each TWDC Entity or Spinco Entity, as applicable, to make available to the other Party or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the other Party, upon written request, such Partys (and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries) former (to the extent practicable) and current (to the extent practicable) directors, officers and employees as witnesses or otherwise to the extent that the requesting Party (giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers and employees) reasonably determines that
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such Information relates to any such Action, administrative or other proceedings (including preparation for such matters or proceedings) relating to the Business or the Retained Business on or prior to the Distribution Date. The costs and expenses incurred in the provision of such witnesses and information shall be paid by the Party requesting the availability of such Persons.
Section 4.08 Employees and Employee Benefit Plans. As of the Distribution Date, the Business Employees shall cease to be employees of TWDC or its Subsidiaries (as applicable) and shall become employees of Spinco or its Subsidiaries. At the Effective Time, Spinco or its Subsidiaries shall be the sole employer of the Business Employees and shall not employ any individuals other than the Business Employees. Except for the Spinco Benefit Plans or any Business Material Contract with any Business Employee and any other agreement with on-air talent or employees providing services to the Business, (i) Spinco shall not establish, maintain or assume any Benefit Plan as of the Distribution Date, and (ii) Spinco shall not assume or be deemed to assume any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or obligations related to or with respect to any Benefit Plan as of the Distribution Date.
Section 4.09 No Representations or Warranties. EXCEPT AS MAY EXPRESSLY BE SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN ANY OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT, (A) NONE OF TWDC, ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE BUSINESS ASSETS, THE BUSINESS LIABILITIES OR THE BUSINESS, ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS (INCLUDING ANY CONSENTS OR APPROVALS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH) OR THE BUSINESS, ASSETS, CONDITION OR PROSPECTS (FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE) OF, OR ANY OTHER MATTER INVOLVING THE BUSINESS ASSETS, BUSINESS LIABILITIES OR THE BUSINESS; (B) ALL OF THE BUSINESS ASSETS TO BE TRANSFERRED OR THE BUSINESS LIABILITIES TO BE ASSUMED OR TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRANSFERRED OR ASSUMED ON AN AS IS, WHERE IS BASIS, AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR OTHERWISE ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED; AND (C) NONE OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING, THE DISTRIBUTION OR THE MERGER OR THE ENTERING INTO OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS.
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