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Records and Audit Rights. Sana shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees to, maintain complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to permit Beam to confirm the accuracy of the amount of research and other costs to be reimbursed, achievement of milestones, royalties and other amounts payable under this Agreement for the then current Calendar Year, and during the preceding ​ Calendar Years. Upon reasonable prior notice, which shall be no less than upon ​ days prior written notice, such records shall be open during regular business hours for a period of ​ years from the creation of individual records for examination by an independent certified public accountant selected by Beam and reasonably acceptable to Sana for the sole purpose of verifying for Beam the basis and accuracy of the financial reports furnished by Sana pursuant to this Agreement or of any payments made, or required to be made, by or to the audited party pursuant to this Agreement; provided however, that records for a particular period may only be audited ​. Such audits may occur no more often than ​ each Calendar Year. Such auditor shall enter into a confidentiality agreement between the auditor and Beam and not disclose the audited party’s Confidential Information to Beam. Any undisputed amounts shown to be owed but unpaid, or overpaid and in need of refund, shall be paid or refunded (as the case may be) within ​ days after the accountant’s report, plus interest (as set forth in Section 8.10) from the original due date. Beam shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit reveals an underpayment by more than ​ of the amount due for the entire period being audited, in which case Sana shall reimburse Beam for the reasonable costs for such audit.

Records and Audit. Ginkgo will maintain accurate and complete books, records and accounts pertaining to the Technical Services Charges for a period of ​ following the termination of this TSA. Upon the written request of Customer and not more than ​, Ginkgo will permit an independent certified public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing selected by Customer and reasonably acceptable to Ginkgo to have access to such records of Ginkgo as may be reasonably necessary to verify the Technical Services Charges charged by Ginkgo to Customer and the draw-down from the Prepayment for such Calendar Year. Such audit right with respect to any Calendar Year will terminate ​ after the end of such Calendar Year. Audits under this Section 8.4 will be conducted at Ginkgo’s principal place of business upon at least ​ prior written notice and during normal business hours, and will be for the sole purpose of verifying the calculation of the Technical Services Charges incurred, the portion of Technical Services Charges paid in cash by Customer, and the portion of Technical Services Charges drawn-down from the Prepayment under this TSA. All information and data reviewed in any audit conducted under this Section 8.4 will be treated as Confidential Information of Ginkgo subject to the terms of this TSA. Customer will cause its accounting firm to enter into a reasonably acceptable confidentiality agreement with Ginkgo. The accounting firm will disclose to Customer only whether the calculation of the Technical Services Charges incurred, the cash portion of the Technical Services Charges, and the drawn-down portion from the Prepayment is correct or incorrect, and the specific details concerning any discrepancies. If the audit demonstrates that any cash payment or drawn-down amount from the Prepayment in payment for Technical Services Charges under this TSA has been misstated, then, in the case of an understatement, Customer will pay the balance to Ginkgo within ​ after the result of the audit has been delivered to the Parties in accordance with the payment mechanism set forth in Section 7, and, in the case of an overstatement, Ginkgo will refund Customer the overpaid amount in the same manner as such payment was initially made to Ginkgo (i.e., as a credit to the balance of the Prepayment or in cash) within ​ after the result of the audit has been delivered to the Parties. Customer will bear the cost of any audit conducted pursuant to this Section 8.4, provided that, in the event such audit reveals an overpayment by ​ percent (​) or more for any audited period, Ginkgo will reimburse such cost to Customer in cash.

Records and Audit Rights. Each Party shall keep complete, true and accurate books of account and records for the purpose of determining the amounts payable under this Agreement. Such books and records shall be kept at the principal place of business of each Party, as the case may be, for at least ​ (or such longer period as required by applicable Law) following the end of the Calendar Year to which they pertain. Each Party (the “Audited Party”) shall make such account and records available, on reasonable notice sent by the other Party (the “Auditing Party”), for inspection during normal business hours, with not less than ​ advance written notice, by an independent certified public accounting firm nominated by such and reasonably acceptable for the Audited Party, for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of any statement or report given by the Audited Party and to verify the accuracy of the payments due hereunder for any Calendar Year. Such auditor shall advise the Parties simultaneously promptly upon its completion of its audit whether or not the payments due hereunder have been accurately recorded, calculated, and reported, and, if not, the amount of such discrepancy. Except in the case of willful misconduct or fraud, # a Party’s financial records with respect to a given period of time shall only be subject to one (1) audit per Calendar Year, and # the Auditing Party’s right to perform an audit pertaining to any Calendar Year shall expire ​ after the end of such Calendar Year. The auditor shall be required to keep confidential all information learned during any such inspection, and to disclose to the Auditing Party only such details as may be necessary to report [[Person A:Person]] the accuracy of the Audited Party’s statement or report. The Auditing Party shall be responsible for the auditor’s costs, unless the auditor certifies that an overpayment to, or an underpayment by, the Audited Party that resulted from a discrepancy in a report that the Audited Party provided to the Auditing Party during the applicable audit period, which underpayment or overpayment was more than ​ of the amount set forth in such report or ​, whichever is greater, in which case the Audited Party shall bear the full cost of such audit. If such accounting firm correctly identifies a discrepancy made during such period, any unpaid amounts or overpaid amounts that are discovered shall be paid/refunded promptly but in any event within ​ of the date of delivery of such accounting firm’s written report so correctly concluding, or as otherwise agreed upon by the Parties. The Auditing Party shall treat all financial information subject to review under this Section 9.8 in accordance with the confidentiality and non-use provisions of Article 10, and shall cause its accounting firm to enter into an acceptable confidentiality agreement with the Audited Party obligating it to retain all such information in confidence pursuant to such confidentiality agreement. Upon the expiration of ​ following the end of any Calendar Year, royalty calculations and joint Development Cost sharing calculations with respect to such Calendar Year shall be binding and conclusive upon both parties. Unless an audit is ongoing with respect to such period, the Parties shall be released from any liability or accountability with respect to said calculations for such Calendar Year.

Records and Audit Rights. Each Party shall maintain complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to permit the other Party to confirm the accuracy of the amount of research and other costs to be reimbursed, achievement of milestones, royalties and other amounts payable under this Agreement for the then current Calendar Year, and during the preceding ​ Calendar Years. Upon reasonable prior notice, which shall be no less than upon ​ days prior written notice, such records shall be open during regular business hours for a period of ​ years from the creation of individual records for examination by an independent certified public accountant selected by the auditing Party and reasonably acceptable to the audited Party for the ​ = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Records and Audit Rights. Each Party shall maintain complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to permit the other Party to confirm the accuracy of the amount of Research Plan Costs, Development Costs, [ * ] to be reimbursed, achievement of sales milestones, royalty payments and other amounts payable under this Agreement. Upon reasonable prior notice, such records shall be open during regular business hours for a period of [ * ] years from the creation of individual records for examination by an independent certified public accountant selected by the auditing Party and reasonably acceptable to the audited Party for the sole purpose of verifying for the auditing Party the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party pursuant to this Agreement or of any payments made, or required to be made, by or to the audited Party pursuant to this Agreement. Such audits shall not occur more often than once each calendar year. Such auditor shall not disclose the audited Party’s Confidential Information to the auditing Party, except to the extent such disclosure is necessary to verify the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party or the amount of payments to or by the audited Party under this Agreement. Any amounts shown to be owed but unpaid shall be paid within [ * ] days after the accountant’s report, plus interest (as set forth in [Section 11.10]) from the original due date. The auditing Party shall bear the full costs of such audit unless such audit reveals an overpayment to, or an underpayment by, the audited Party that resulted from a discrepancy in the financial report provided by the audited Party for the audited period, which underpayment or overpayment was more than [ * ] of the amount set forth in such report, in which case the audited Party shall reimburse the auditing Party for the costs for such audit. If any such overpayment exceeds such [ * ] amount, then the auditing Party will refund such amount to the audited Party within [ * ] days after the accountant’s report. On the other hand, if any such overpayment does not exceed such [ * ] amount, the auditing Party shall have the right to credit the amount of such overpayment against its future payment obligations to the audited Party, provided that such future payments are expected.

Records; Audit Rights. Abbott shall keep and maintain for ​ years complete and accurate records of Development Costs incurred with respect to Co-Developed Products in sufficient detail to allow confirmation of same by Enanta. Enanta shall have the right for a period of ​ years after such Development Cost is reconciled in accordance with Section 5.2 to inspect or audit, or to appoint, at its expense, an independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to Abbott to inspect or audit, the relevant records of Abbott and its Affiliates to verify that the amount of such Development Costs was correctly determined. Abbott and its Affiliates shall each make its records available for inspection or audit by such independent certified public accountant during regular business hours at such place or places where such records are customarily kept, upon reasonable notice from Enanta, solely to verify that Development Costs hereunder were correctly determined; provided that Enanta shall not have the right to inspect or audit any Calendar Year more than ​ or more than ​ years after the end of such Calendar Year or to conduct more than ​ such audit in any ​ month period. All records made available for inspection or audit shall be deemed to be Confidential Information of Abbott. The results of each inspection or audit, if any, shall be binding on both Parties. In the event there was an error in the amount of Development Costs reported by Abbott hereunder, # if the amount of Development Costs was over-reported, Abbott shall promptly (but in any event no later than ​ days after Abbott’s receipt of the independent accountant’s report so concluding) make payment to Enanta of the over-reported amount and # if the amount of Development Costs was underreported, Enanta shall promptly (but in any event no later than ​ days after Enanta’s receipt of the independent accountant’s report so concluding) make payment to Abbott of the underreported amount. Enanta shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit discloses an over-reporting by Abbott of more than ​ of the aggregate amount of Development Costs reportable in any Calendar Year, in which case Abbott shall reimburse Enanta for all costs incurred by Enanta in connection with such inspection or audit.

KU and its Affiliates shall keep full, true and accurate books of account containing all particulars that may be necessary for the purpose of showing the amounts payable to Alkermes hereunder. Such books of account shall be kept at KU’s principal place of business or the principal place of business of the appropriate Affiliate of KU to which this Agreement relates. Such books and the supporting data shall be open, at all reasonable times and upon reasonable notice during the term of this Agreement and for two (2) years after its termination, to the inspection of a firm of certified public accountants selected by Alkermes and reasonably acceptable to KU, for the limited purpose of verifying KU’s royalty statements; provided, however, that such examination shall not take place more often than once each Year and shall not cover more than the preceding 3 Years, with no right to audit any period previously audited. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the cost of any such examination shall be paid by Alkermes. In the event that any such inspection reveals a deficiency (in accordance with U.S. GAAP) in excess of ​ of the reported royalty for the period covered by the inspection, KU shall promptly pay Alkermes the deficiency, plus interest, and shall reimburse Alkermes for the fees and expenses paid to such accountants in connection with their inspection. The parties agree that neither party shall be required to retain books and records with respect to the above other than books and records relating to the current Year and the immediately preceding three (3) Years.

Lilly shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their Sublicensees to, keep materially complete and accurate financial books and records pertaining to the commercialization of Products hereunder, including books and records of Net Sales of Products, in sufficient detail to calculate and verify all amounts payable hereunder. Lilly shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their Sublicensees to, retain such books and records until the latest of # ​ years after the end of the period to which such books and records pertain, # the expiration of the applicable tax statute of limitations (or any extensions thereof) and # for such period as may be required by Applicable Law.

Records; Audit Rights. Abbott and its Affiliates and Sublicensees shall keep and maintain for ​ years from the date of each Royalty Payment, Operating Income Payment and Sublicense Income Payment complete and accurate records of gross sales and Net Sales by Abbott and its Affiliates and Sublicensees of each Product, in sufficient detail to allow Royalty Payments, Operating Income Payments and Sublicense Income Payments to be determined accurately. Enanta shall have the right for a period of ​ years after receiving any such payment to inspect or audit, or to appoint at its expense an independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to Abbott to inspect or audit the relevant records of Abbott and its Affiliates and Sublicensees to verify that the amount of such payment was correctly determined. Abbott and its Affiliates and Sublicensees shall each make its records available for inspection or audit by such independent certified public accountant during regular business hours at such place or places where such records are customarily kept, upon reasonable notice from Enanta, solely to verify that Royalty Payments and Sublicense Income Payments were correctly accounted for or determined. Enanta shall not exercise such inspection or audit right ​. All records made available for inspection or audit shall be deemed to be Confidential Information of Abbott. The results of each inspection or audit, if any, shall be binding on both Parties. In the event there was an underpayment by Abbott, Abbott shall promptly (but in any event no later than ​ days after Abbott’s receipt of the independent accountant’s report so concluding) make payment to Enanta of any shortfall, together with the interest payment as provided in [Section 6.5.5]. In the event that there was an overpayment by Abbott, Enanta shall promptly (but in any event no later than ​ days after Enanta’s receipt of the independent accountant’s report so concluding) refund to Abbott the excess amount. Enanta shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit discloses an underreporting by Abbott of more than ​ of the aggregate amount of Royalty Payment or Sublicense Income Payments payable in any Calendar Year, in which case Abbott shall reimburse Enanta for all costs incurred by Enanta in connection with such inspection or audit.

Records; Audit Rights. Supplier shall maintain, and shall cause its agents to maintain, all records necessary to comply with all applicable Laws relating to the production, filling, packaging, testing, storage and shipment of Products. "Laws" means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order, constitution, treaty, common law, judgment, decree, other requirement or rule of law of any governmental entity, but does not include any United States federal law concerning cannabis, including the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 801, et. seq. All such records shall be maintained for such period as may be required by applicable Laws; provided, however, that all records relating to the production, stability and quality control of Products shall be retained until the parties agree to dispose of such records.

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