Confidential Treatment of Confidential Information Sample Clauses

Confidential Treatment of Confidential Information. (a) In the event any Purchaser (including its officers, employees, counsel, accountants, partners and other authorized representatives) obtains from the Company or the Subsidiaries any Confidential Information, such Purchaser (i) shall treat all such Confidential Information as confidential, (ii) shall use such Confidential Information only for the purposes contemplated in this Agreement and (iii) shall not disclose such Confidential Information to any third party except to such officers, employees, counsel, accountants, partners and other authorized representatives of such Purchaser who need to know such Confidential Information for the purpose of effectuating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and who have been informed of and have agreed to protect the confidential nature of such Confidential Information (and such Purchaser shall be responsible for compliance with this Section 5.8 by such officers, employees, counsel, accountants, partners and other authorized representatives). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if such Purchaser or any of its authorized representatives becomes legally required pursuant to applicable law or regulation (including securities laws or regulations or the regulations of the NMS or any applicable stock exchange) or regulatory, legal or judicial process (including by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena or similar process) to disclose any of the Confidential Information, such Purchaser shall provide the Company with prompt prior written notice of such requirement so that the Company may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive in writing compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. If such protective order or other remedy is not obtained and such a written waiver has not been received from the Company that would permit such required disclosure, such Purchaser and its authorized representatives shall disclose only that portion of the Confidential Information which the Purchaser is advised in the opinion of its counsel is legally required to be disclosed and shall take all reasonable steps to preserve the confidentiality of the Confidential Information by cooperating with the Company to obtain an appropriate protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information. (b) Upon the Company's request at any time, a Purchaser shall (i) return to the Company or destroy all documents (including any copies thereof...