Confidentiality Statement All persons that will be working with PHI COUNTY 21 discloses to CONTRACTOR or CONTRACTOR creates, receives, maintains, or transmits on behalf of 22 COUNTY must sign a confidentiality statement that includes, at a minimum, General Use, Security and 23 Privacy Safeguards, Unacceptable Use, and Enforcement Policies. The statement must be signed by the 24 workforce member prior to access to such PHI. The statement must be renewed annually. The 25 CONTRACTOR shall retain each person’s written confidentiality statement for COUNTY inspection 26 for a period of six (6) years following the termination of the Agreement.
Confidentiality; Publicity (a) Acquiror acknowledges that the information being provided to it in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions is subject to the terms of the Company Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. The Company Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall apply to all information furnished thereunder or hereunder and any other activities contemplated thereby. The Company acknowledges that, in connection with the PIPE Investment, Acquiror shall be entitled to disclose, pursuant to the Exchange Act, any information contained in any presentation to the PIPE Investors, which information may include Information (as defined in the Company Confidentiality Agreement).
(b) Subject to Section 8.05(c), none of the Parties nor any of their respective Representatives shall issue any press releases or make any public announcements (including communications disseminated via social media, news feeds, chat rooms or other similar electronic platforms for communicating to persons who are not otherwise obligated to maintain the confidentiality of such communications) with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions or any subject matter disclosed or required to be disclosed in the Proxy Statement without the prior written consent of the other Parties, prior to the Closing; provided, however, that each Party may make any such announcement or other communication (i) if such announcement or other communication is required by applicable Law or the rules of any stock exchange, in which case the disclosing Party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, first allow (A) the Company, if the disclosing party is Acquiror or (B) Acquiror, if the disclosing party is the Company (prior to the Closing), to review such announcement or communication and the opportunity to comment thereon and the disclosing Party shall consider such comments in good faith, (ii) to the extent such announcements or other communications contain only information previously disclosed in a public statement, press release or other communication previously approved in accordance with this Section 8.05, and (iii) to Governmental Authorities in connection with any consents required to be made under this Agreement or in connection with the Transactions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8.05 or otherwise in this Agreement, the Parties agree that the Sponsor, Acquiror and their respective Representatives may provide general information about the subject matter of this Agreement and the Transactions to any direct or indirect current or prospective investor (including in connection with the PIPE Investment) or in connection with normal fund raising or related marketing or informational or reporting activities, in each case, so long as such recipients are obligated to keep such information confidential.
(c) The initial press release concerning this Agreement and the Transactions shall be a joint press release in the form agreed by the Company and Acquiror prior to the execution of this Agreement and such initial press release (the “Signing Press Release”) shall be released as promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement (but in any event within four Business Days thereafter). Promptly after the execution of this Agreement (but in any event within four Business Days thereafter), Acquiror shall file a current report on Form 8-K (the “Signing Filing”) with the Signing Press Release and a description of this Agreement as required by Securities Laws, which the Company shall have the opportunity to review and comment upon prior to filing and Acquiror shall consider such comments in good faith. The Company, Acquiror and the Sponsor shall mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed by any of them) and, as promptly as practicable after the Closing (but in any event within four Business Days thereafter), issue a press release announcing the consummation of the Transactions (the “Closing Press Release”). Promptly after the Closing (but in any event within four Business Days after the Closing), Acquiror shall file a current report on Form 8-K (the “Closing Filing”) with the Closing Press Release and a description of the Closing as required by Securities Laws, which the Sponsor shall have the opportunity to review and comment upon prior to filing and Acquiror shall consider in good faith such comments. In connection with the preparation of the Signing Press Release, the Signing Filing, the Closing Press Release or the Closing Filing, each Party shall, upon written request by any other Party, furnish such other Party with all information concerning itself, its directors, officers and equityholders, and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary for such press release or filing.
Confidentiality Publication (a) Background Intellectual Property and Project Intellectual Property of a party, as well as other proprietary or confidential information of a party, disclosed by that party to the other in connection with this STTR project shall be received and held in confidence by the receiving party and, except with the consent of the disclosing party or as permitted under this Agreement, neither used by the receiving party nor disclosed by the receiving party to others, provided that the receiving party has notice that such information is regarded by the disclosing party as proprietary or confidential. However, these confidentiality obligations shall not apply to use or disclosure by the receiving party after such information is or becomes known to the public without breach of this provision or is or becomes known to the receiving party from a source reasonably believed to be independent of the disclosing party or is developed by or for the receiving party independently of its disclosure by the disclosing party.
(b) Subject to the terms of paragraph (a) above, either party may publish its results from this STTR project. However, the publishing party shall provide the other party a thirty-day period in which to review proposed publications, identify proprietary or confidential information, and submit comments. The publishing party shall not publish or otherwise disclose proprietary or confidential information identified by the other party and the publishing party will give full consideration to all comments before publication. Furthermore, upon request of the reviewing party, publication will be deferred for up to _____ additional days for preparation and filing of a patent application which the reviewing party has the right to file or to have filed at its request by the publishing party.
Confidentiality; Public Disclosure (a) Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to keep confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement that is designated by such Loan Party as confidential; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (i) to any Agent, any other Lender or any affiliate of any thereof, (ii) to any Participant or Assignee (each, a “Transferee”) or prospective Transferee that agrees to comply with the provisions of this Section or substantially equivalent provisions, (iii) any of its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors, (iv) any financial institution that is a direct or indirect contractual counterparty in swap agreements or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section), (v) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it, (vi) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (vii) in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (viii) that has been publicly disclosed other than in breach of this Section, (ix) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender or (x) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(b) None of the Loan Parties shall issue any press release or other public disclosure (other than any filing required to be made with the SEC) using the name of any of the Lenders or any affiliate of a Lender in connection with this transaction without both (i) providing any such Lender with at least two (2) Business Days’ prior notice and (ii) obtaining the Lender’s or such Lender’s affiliate’s prior written consent. Nothing in the immediately preceding sentence shall prevent any disclosure of the name of any Lender or of any affiliate of such Lender to the extent (and only to the extent) required by any Requirement of Law, provided that, the person or entity making such disclosure shall nonetheless consult with the affected Lender or the relevant affiliate of such Lender prior to issuing such press release or other public disclosure.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lenders and their Affiliates shall have the right to (i) list and exhibit the Borrower’s name and logo, as provided by the Borrower from time to time, and describe the transaction that is the subject of this Agreement in their marketing materials and (ii) post such information, including, without limitation, a customary “tombstone,” on their web site.
Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure The State shall exercise at least the same degree of care to safeguard any trade secrets or confidential information of Contractor as the State does its own property of a similar nature and shall take reasonable steps to ensure that neither the confidential information of Contractor nor any part of it will be disclosed for reasons other than its own business interests. Such prohibition on disclosures does not apply to disclosures by the State to its employees, agents or representatives, provided such disclosures are reasonably necessary to the State’s use of the Deliverable, and provided further that the State will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the Deliverable is not disclosed by such parties in contravention of this Contract. The State’s performance of the requirements of this Section shall be subject to the State of Connecticut Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). All Records, Client Agency Data, and any Data owned by the State in any form, in the possession of the Contractor or Contractor Parties, whether uploaded, collected, stored, held, hosted, located or utilized by Contractor and Contractor Parties directly or indirectly, must remain within the continental United States.
Confidentiality/Nondisclosure 19.1 Neither Party will, without the prior written consent of the other Party (a) issue any public announcement regarding, or make any other disclosure of the terms of, this Agreement or use the name or marks of the other Party or its Affiliates; or (b) disclose or use (except as expressly permitted by, or required to achieve the purposes of, this Agreement) the Confidential Information of the other Party. Consent may only be given on behalf of a Party by its Legal Department. However, a Party may disclose Confidential Information if required to do so by a governmental agency, by operation of law, or if necessary in any proceeding to establish rights or obligations under this Agreement, provided that the disclosing Party gives the non-disclosing Party reasonable prior written notice and the receiving Party will cooperate with the disclosing Party to seek or take appropriate protective measures and will make such disclosure in a manner to best protect the Confidential Information from further disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if reporting or filing obligations or requirements are imposed upon CenturyLink by any third party or regulatory agency in connection with this Agreement, CLEC agrees to assist CenturyLink in complying with such obligations and requirements, as reasonably required by CenturyLink and to hold CenturyLink harmless for any failure by CLEC in this regard. CenturyLink’s compliance with any regulatory filing obligation will not constitute a violation of this section. Each Party will use reasonable efforts to protect the other’s Confidential Information, and will use at least the same efforts to protect such Confidential Information as the Party would use to protect its own.
19.2 All Confidential Information will remain the property of the disclosing Party. A Party who receives Confidential Information via an oral communication may request written confirmation that the material is Confidential Information. A Party who delivers Confidential Information via an oral communication may request written confirmation that the Party receiving the information understands that the material is Confidential Information. Each Party has the right to correct an inadvertent failure to identify information as Confidential Information by giving written notification within thirty (30) Days after the information is disclosed. The receiving Party will from that time forward, treat such information as Confidential Information.
19.3 Upon request by the disclosing Party, the receiving Party will return all tangible copies of Confidential Information, whether written, graphic or otherwise, except that the receiving Party may retain one copy for archival purposes.
19.4 Each Party will keep all of the other Party's Confidential Information confidential and will disclose it on a need to know basis only. Each Party will use the other Party's Confidential Information only in connection with this Agreement and in accordance with Applicable Law. Neither Party will use the other Party's Confidential Information for any other purpose except upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the Parties in writing. If either Party loses, or makes an unauthorized disclosure of, the other Party's Confidential Information, it will notify such other Party immediately and use reasonable efforts to retrieve the information.
Confidentiality/Public Announcement From the date of this Agreement and until the End Date, the Company agrees that except in connection with a Form 8-K, Form 10-Q, Form 10-K and the registration statement or statements regarding the Subscribers’ Securities or in correspondence with the Commission regarding same, it will not disclose publicly or privately the identity of the Subscribers unless expressly agreed to in writing by Subscribers or only to the extent required by law and then only upon not less than five days prior notice to Subscribers. In any event and subject to the foregoing, the Company undertakes to file a Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”) describing the Offering not later than the fourth (4th) business day after the Closing Date. In the Form 8-K, the Company will specifically disclose the amount of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Closing. Upon delivery by the Company to the Subscribers after the Closing Date of any notice or information, in writing, electronically or otherwise, and while a Note, Conversion Shares or Warrants are held by Subscribers, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or Subsidiaries, the Company shall within four (4) days after any such delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Report on Form 8-K. In the event that the Company believes that a notice or communication to Subscribers contains material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or Subsidiaries, except as required to be delivered in connection with this Agreement, the Company shall so indicate to Subscribers prior to delivery of such notice or information. Subscribers will be granted five days to notify the Company that Subscriber elects not to receive such information. In the case that Subscriber elects not to receive such information, the Company will not deliver such information to Subscribers. In the absence of any such Company indication, Subscribers shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice and information do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or Subsidiaries.
Confidentiality; Public Announcements (a) The confidentiality agreement entered into by the Parties (or their Affiliates), dated September 10, 2021, shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
(b) The Parties (each, the “Receiving Party”) hereby covenant and agree, each on behalf of itself and on behalf of its Affiliates, that from and after the date hereof, the Receiving Party and its Affiliates will not disclose, give, sell, process, use or otherwise divulge any Confidential Information (as defined below) of the other Party (the “Disclosing Party”) or permit their respective Representatives to do the same, except that each Receiving Party may disclose such Confidential Information or portions thereof (i) if legally compelled to do so or as required in connection with an examination by an insurance regulatory authority, (ii) to the extent necessary for the performance of such Receiving Party’s and its Affiliates’ obligations under this Agreement or under any other Transaction Agreement, (iii) to enforce the rights of such Receiving Party or its Affiliates under this Agreement or under any other Transaction Agreement, (iv) to those of such Receiving Party’s Affiliates, and to their respective Representatives, in each case, who need to know such information for the foregoing purposes, (v) as required under any Applicable Law, (vi) as required by a tax authority to support a position taken on any tax return or (vii) as required by the rules of any stock exchange on which the stock of a Receiving Party’s Affiliate is traded, as applicable. If the Receiving Party or its Affiliates, or any of their respective Representatives, become legally compelled to disclose any Confidential Information (other than as required in connection with an examination by an insurance regulatory authority or as required to a tax authority to support a position taken on any tax return), the Receiving Party shall provide the Disclosing Party with prompt written notice of such requirement (if permitted by Applicable Law) so that the Disclosing Party may seek a protective order or other remedy or waive compliance with this Section 16.2(b). In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or the Disclosing Party waives compliance with this Section 16.2(b), the Receiving Party or its Affiliates, as applicable, shall furnish only that portion of Confidential Information which is legally required to be provided and exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that appropriate confidential treatment will be accorded to the Confidential Information.
(c) The Receiving Party, on behalf of itself and on behalf of its Affiliates and their respective Representatives, acknowledges that a breach of its obligations under this Section 16.2 may result in irreparable injury to the Disclosing Party. In the event of the breach by the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates or their respective Representatives of any of the terms and conditions of this Section 16.2(b), the Disclosing Party shall be entitled to seek equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, in addition to any other remedies available under this Agreement or otherwise available in equity or at law.
(d) For the purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means all confidential information (irrespective of the form of such information) of any kind, including any analyses, compilations, data, studies, notes, translations, memoranda or other documents, concerning the Disclosing Party or any of its Affiliates obtained directly or indirectly from the Disclosing Party or any of its Affiliates or Representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, including any information regarding the Subject Business or provisions or terms of this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements (provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party may make such disclosures in its filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as it believes are required), except information (i) which, at the time of the disclosure, was ascertainable or available to the public (other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates or Representatives in breach hereof), (ii) that is or becomes available to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Disclosing Party or any of its Affiliates or Representatives; provided that, to the knowledge of such Receiving Party, such source was not prohibited from disclosing such information to the Receiving Party by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation owed to another Person, (iii) that the Receiving Party can establish is already in its possession or the possession of any of its Affiliates or Representatives (other than information furnished by or on behalf of the Disclosing Party) or (iv) that is independently developed by the Receiving Party or its Affiliates without the use or benefit of any information that would otherwise be Confidential Information.
Confidentiality; Access to Information (a) The parties acknowledge that Company and Parent have previously executed a Confidentiality Agreement], dated as of on or about September 12, 1997 (the "CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT"), which Confidentiality Agreement will continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
Confidentiality; Press Releases (a) Reliant and ASL will be exchanging confidential and proprietary information relating to the Active Ingredient and Products and their respective businesses at the inception of and from time to time during the term of this Agreement. The party receiving such information will maintain the information in confidence using the same standard of care it uses to maintain its own information in confidence. Such obligation of confidentiality shall not apply to information which (i) is known to the receiving party prior to the disclosure, (ii) is publicly known as of the date of the disclosure, (iii) becomes publicly known after the date of disclosure through no fault of the receiving party, (iv) is received from a third party who has no obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing party or (v) is developed independently by or for the receiving party. Such obligation of confidentiality shall continue for a period of five (5) years from the date of termination of this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 4.1(a), (i) Reliant shall be permitted to disclose to its manufacturers, subcontractors, wholesalers, other direct customers, investment bankers and/or financing sources such confidential information relating to the Products and this Agreement as Reliant shall reasonably determine to be necessary in order to effectively market and distribute the Products or otherwise engage in a bona fide financing transaction and (ii) ASL shall be permitted to disclose to its Affiliates, manufacturers, subcontractors, wholesalers, other direct customers, investment bankers and/or financing sources such confidential information relating to the Active Ingredient and Products as ASL may reasonably determine to be necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement, provided that such entities undertake the same confidentiality obligation as the disclosing party has with respect to the other’s confidential information and provided that ASL and its Affiliates may disclose the fact of the Agreement for purposes of marketing its services.
(c) Except as may be required by applicable laws, rules or regulations (including in connection with a public offering of securities), neither party will originate any publicity, news release, or other public announcement, written or oral, whether to the public press or otherwise, relating to this Agreement, any amendment hereto or to performance hereunder, or the existence of an arrangement between the parties, without the prior written approval of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (it being understood that such obligation is not intended to restrict either party’s ability to promote, market and sell the Products or its services in a commercially reasonable manner). In the event disclosure is required by applicable law, rules or regulations, then the party required to so disclose such information shall, to the extent possible, provide to the other party for its approval (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) a written copy of such public announcement at least ten (10) business days prior to disclosure. In the absence of a communication approving or disapproving of the public announcement from the party with the right of approval by the end of such ten (10) day period, such party shall be deemed to have approved the public announcement.
