Company: TIPT
Filing Date: 2025-10-31
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001140361-25-039949
Chunk: 438

Company: TIPTREE INC.
Filing Date: 2025-10-31
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 438
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 permissible method of providing such disclosure, including in the case where such disclosures are reasonably likely to violate the Company’s or any of the Subsidiaries’ obligations of confidentiality, using reasonable best efforts to seek a waiver of any such obligations of confidentiality excluding any disclosures that would jeopardize the rights of the Company or its Affiliates in any pending Litigation in which they are adverse to Purchaser or its Affiliates. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the Company (or its Affiliates) allow Purchaser (or its Affiliates) access to, or examination rights of, any Tax Returns or other Tax Books and Records, other than solely (1) Tax Returns or other Tax Books and Records of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of a Pre-Closing Tax Period or (2) Tax Returns or other Tax Books and Records of the Company Parent Tax Group that includes information in respect of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case subject to entry into a confidentiality agreement on terms and in substance reasonably acceptable to Company Parent.

(b) Purchaser shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, following the Closing, preserve and keep any books and records held by them relating to the respective businesses of the Company and the Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time that are required to be retained under document retention policies in effect on January 1, 2025, for a period of seven (7) years from the Closing Date and shall make such records (or copies) reasonably available, at reasonable times and upon reasonable advance notice, in a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with normal business operations of Purchaser and the Group Companies, as may be reasonably required by any Eligible Holder in connection with any insurance claims by, Litigation (other than involving Purchaser or its Affiliates) or Tax audits against, governmental investigations of or compliance with legal requirements by, any Eligible Holder or any of their respective Affiliates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.05(b) , the foregoing obligations shall not apply to any such access or information that, after being advised in writing as such by legal counsel, Purchaser concludes in good faith cannot be provided without (i) violating applicable Law or obligation of confidentiality in a Contract with any third party, (ii) constituting a waiver of the attorney-client privilege or attorney work-product privilege or (iii) resulting in information reasonably pertinent to any pending Litigation in