Investigation and Confidentiality (a) Prior to the Effective Time, each Party shall keep the other Party advised of all material developments relevant to its business and to consummation of the Merger and shall permit the other Party to make or cause to be made such investigation of the business and properties of it and its Subsidiaries and of their respective financial and legal conditions as the other Party reasonably requests, provided that such investigation shall be reasonably related to the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not interfere unnecessarily with normal operations. No investigation by a Party shall affect the representations and warranties of the other Party.
CONFIDENTIALITY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 13.1 Each of the parties undertakes to the others that it will not, at any time after the date of this Agreement, divulge or communicate to any person other than to its professional advisers, or when required by law or any rule of any relevant stock exchange body or regulatory authorities, or to its respective officers or employees whose province is to know the same any confidential information concerning the business, accounts, finance or contractual arrangements or other dealings, transactions or affairs of any of the others which may be within or may come to its knowledge and it shall use its best endeavours to prevent the publication or disclosure of any such confidential information concerning such matters.
Confidentiality; Press Releases 11.1 Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure. Salton agrees that any and all information in any form that is provided to Salton or any of its representatives as part of this Agreement is provided and received in confidence, and Salton, shall at all times preserve and protect the confidentiality of such information, and of any other proprietary or non-public information of or relating to Kmart or any of its related companies of which it or any of its representatives becomes aware or acquires during the performance of this Agreement (such information is hereinafter referred to as "Confidential Information"). Salton also agrees that it shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that such Confidential Information will not be disclosed to, or used by any person, association or entity except its own employees, and then only to the extent necessary to permit it to perform this Agreement. Each of Salton and Kmart agrees to keep the Minimum Product Orders, pricing, and Term of this Agreement (including rights of extension and termination) strictly confidential, except that each of Salton and Kmart shall be permitted to disclose any and all information concerning the transactions contemplated hereby to the extent it is legally required to do so, whether under applicable securities laws or otherwise, provided, that Salton will use its reasonable best efforts to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other applicable regulator or court a request for confidential treatment of the pricing and other business terms set forth in this Agreement. In the course of performance of this Agreement, Salton may disclose certain information to Kmart which Salton considers proprietary and confidential. In order to be considered as proprietary and confidential and, thus, subject to the following restrictions, Salton must comply with both of the following requirements prior to disclosure of the information: (i) the information must be clearly and conspicuously identified in writing as "PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OF SALTON'; and (ii) Salton must limit its dissemination of the information to an authorized representative of Kmart (i.e., one listed on attached Exhibit E) with a need to know such information in furtherance of the performance of this Agreement (the "Authorized Recipient") Provided Salton has complied with (i) and (ii) above, the Authorized Recipient shall maintain the confidentiality of such information to the same extent Kmart protects its own proprietary information and shall not disclose it to anyone other than Kmart employees, agents and/or consultants with a need to know who shall also be subject to this restriction. Confidential Information shall not include information that a party can demonstrate by written evidence:
Confidentiality and Press Releases (a) Unless required by law, rule or regulation, neither Purchaser nor Seller shall disclose the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to any person or entity without the express written consent of the other party prior to the Closing; provided, however, that either party may, without consent, disclose the terms hereof and the transactions contemplated hereby (a) to its respective advisors, consultants, attorneys, accountants, investors, potential investors, lenders, potential lenders (and to the respective advisors, consultants, attorneys and accountants of their investors, potential investors, lenders, and potential lenders) (collectively, the “Transaction Parties”),without the express written consent of the other party, so long as any such Transaction Parties to whom disclosure is made shall also agree to keep all such information confidential in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) if disclosure is required by law, regulation or legal process, provided that in such event Seller or Purchaser, as applicable, shall notify the other party in writing of such required disclosure, shall exercise commercially reasonable efforts to preserve the confidentiality of the confidential documents or information, as the case may be, including, without limitation, reasonably cooperating with the other party to obtain an appropriate order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such confidential documents or information, as the case may be, by such tribunal and shall disclose only that portion of the confidential documents or information which it is legally required to disclose. The foregoing confidentiality obligations shall not apply to the extent such information is or becomes a matter of public record. In addition, prior to the Closing Date, neither Purchaser nor Seller shall issue any press releases (or other public statements) with respect to the transaction contemplated in this Agreement without approval of the other party, which approval may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion.
Confidentiality; Publicity Upon execution of this Agreement, Purchasers will issue a press release regarding this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J. Except for the press release referenced in the preceding sentence and as otherwise required by Law or applicable requirements of any stock exchange, no press release or public announcement related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or, prior to the Closing, any other announcement or communication (other than communications by the Company Entities, Purchasers or any of their respective officers, managers, employees and agents in the ordinary course of business) to the employees, customers, suppliers or other business relations of the Company Entities or Purchasers shall be issued or made without the joint approval of Purchasers and Seller, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and the parties shall use reasonable efforts to agree upon the text of any such press release or public announcement prior to its release; provided that Seller and its Affiliates shall be entitled to communicate with their respective investors relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, further, that no party shall be required to mention or otherwise use the name of another party or its Affiliates (other than the Company Entities) in such press release or public announcement and such omission shall not be used as a basis for withholding approval of such press release or public announcement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party may make announcements and communications regarding this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby consisting solely of information contained in and otherwise consistent with any previously issued press release or public announcement to such party's employees, customers, suppliers and other interested parties without the consent of the other parties.
Confidentiality; Public Announcements (a) Parent and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree to continue to be bound by the Mutual Confidentiality Agreement dated as of May 27, 2010, by and between Parent and the Company (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), which shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Confidentiality; Access to Information (a) The parties acknowledge that Company and Parent have previously executed a mutual confidentiality agreement, dated as of March 3, 2000 (the "Confidentiality Agreement"), which Confidentiality Agreement will continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
Confidentiality; Return of Property During the Term of Employment and for a period of seven (7) years thereafter, the Executive shall not, without the prior express written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, use on the Executive’s behalf or on behalf of any other Person, or divulge, disclose or make available or accessible to any Person, any Confidential Information, other than when required to do so in good faith to perform the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder while employed by any member of the Company Group, when required to do so by a lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction, any governmental authority or agency, or any recognized subpoena power, or in connection with reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity, or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation. In the event that the Executive becomes legally compelled (by oral questions, interrogatories, request for information or documents, subpoena, criminal or civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information, then prior to such disclosure, the Executive will provide the Board with prompt written notice so that the Company may seek (with the Executive’s cooperation) a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, then the Executive will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information which is legally required, and will cooperate with the Company in the Company’s efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to the Confidential Information. In addition, the Executive shall not create any derivative work or other product based on or resulting from any Confidential Information (except in the good faith performance of the Executive’s duties under this Agreement while employed by any member of the Company Group). The Executive shall also proffer to the Board’s designee, no later than the Termination Date (or upon the earlier request of the Company), and without retaining any copies, notes or excerpts thereof, all property of the Company and its Affiliates, including, without limitation, memoranda, computer disks or other media, computer programs, diaries, notes, records, data, customer or client lists, marketing plans and strategies, and any other documents consisting of or containing Confidential Information, that are in the Executive’s actual or constructive possession or which are subject to the Executive’s control at such time. To the extent the Executive has retained any such property or Confidential Information on any electronic or computer equipment belonging to the Executive or under the Executive’s control, the Executive agrees to so advise Company and to follow Company’s instructions in permanently deleting all such property or Confidential Information and all copies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in accordance with the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, the Executive shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (a) is made (I) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (II) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (b) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.
Confidentiality and Public Announcements The parties recognize that successful consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be dependent upon confidentiality with respect to the matters referred to herein. In this connection, pending public disclosure thereof, each of the parties hereto severally and not jointly agrees not to disclose or discuss such matters with anyone not a party to this Agreement (other than its counsel, advisors, corporate parents and affiliates) without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, except for filings required pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder or disclosures its counsel advises are necessary in order to fulfill its obligations imposed by law or the requirements of any securities exchange. At all times during the term of this Agreement, the parties hereto will consult with each other before issuing or making any reports, statements or releases to the public with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and will use good faith efforts to agree on the text of public reports, statements or releases.
Confidentiality; Press Release All information, data and materials furnished or to be furnished to either party with respect to the other party in connection with this transaction or pursuant to this Agreement are confidential. Each party agrees that prior to Closing (a) it shall not disclose or otherwise make available, at any time, any such information, data or material to any person who does not have a confidential relationship with such party; (b) it shall protect such information, data and material with a high degree of care to prevent the disclosure thereof; and (c) if, for any reason, this transaction is not consummated, all information, data or material concerning the other party obtained by such party, and all copies thereof, will be returned to the other party. After Closing, neither party will disclose or otherwise make available to any person any of such information, data or material concerning the other party, except as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the operation of the Station by Buyer. Each party shall use its reasonable efforts to prevent the violation of any of the foregoing confidentiality provisions by its respective representatives. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall prohibit Buyer or Seller from:
