Disclosure and Use 20.2.1 Each Receiving Party agrees that, from and after the Effective Date: (a) all such Proprietary Information communicated or discovered, whether before, on or after the Effective Date, in connection with this Agreement shall be held in confidence to the same extent as such Receiving Party holds its own confidential information; provided, that such Receiving Party shall not use less than a reasonable standard of care in maintaining the confidentiality of such information; (b) it will not, and it will not permit any of its employees, contractors, consultants, agents or affiliates to disclose such Proprietary Information to any other third person; (c) it will disclose Proprietary Information only to those of its employees, contractors, consultants, agents and affiliates who have a need for it in connection with the use or provision of services required to fulfill this Agreement; (d) it will, and will cause each of its employees, contractors, consultants, agents and affiliates to use such Proprietary Information only to effectuate the terms and conditions of this Agreement and for no other purpose; (e) it will cause each of its affiliates to execute individual confidentiality agreements containing the same restrictions as this Article XX; and (f) it will, and will cause each of its employees, contractors, consultants, agents and affiliates, to use such Proprietary Information to create only that Derivative Information necessary for such Receiving Party's compliance with Applicable Law or its performance under the terms of this Agreement. 20.2.2 Any Receiving Party so disclosing Proprietary Information to its employees, contractors, consultants, agents or affiliates shall be responsible for any breach of this Agreement by any of its employees, contractors, consultants, agents or affiliates and such Receiving Party agrees to use its reasonable efforts to restrain its employees, contractors, consultants, agents or affiliates from any prohibited or unauthorized disclosure or use of the Proprietary Information and to assist the Disclosing Party in its efforts to protect such information from disclosure. Each Receiving Party making such disclosure shall notify the Disclosing Party as soon as possible if it has knowledge of a breach of this Agreement in any material respect. 20.2.3 Proprietary Information shall not be reproduced by any Receiving Party in any form except to the extent (i) necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 20.3 and (ii) reasonably necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement. All such reproductions shall bear the same copyright and proprietary rights notices as are contained in or on the original.
Power Supply Information and Access to Information POWER SUPPLY INFORMATION
Information and Access (a) From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, but subject to Section 5.27, upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable Law, the Company will, and will cause its Subsidiaries, and will direct its and their officers, directors, employees, contractors, Representatives and Affiliates to, afford to the officers, employees, counsel, bankers, accountants and other authorized Representatives of Parent and the Parent Special Committee reasonable access during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice to all its properties, personnel, books and records for purposes of satisfying Parent’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and furnish promptly to such Persons such information concerning its business, properties, personnel and affairs as such Persons will from time to time reasonably request for purposes of satisfying Parent’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. The Company shall be entitled to have a Representative present at all times during any such inspection, and all such inspections granted pursuant to this Section 5.8 shall be subject to the Company’s reasonable security measures. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall maintain and exercise complete control and supervision over the Company and its Subsidiaries. (b) From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, subject to applicable Law, Parent shall act reasonably and in good faith in responding to such requests for information as the Company will from time to time reasonably make, to the extent reasonably necessary to enable the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms herewith and consistent with the Company’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. (c) No investigation or information provided pursuant to this Section 5.8 shall affect or otherwise obviate or diminish any representations or warranties of any Party or conditions to the obligations of any Party. (d) Each of the Company and Parent will hold all information furnished by or behalf of the other Party or its Representatives pursuant to this Section 5.8 in confidence in accordance with the provisions of that certain Non-Disclosure Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2024 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), by and between the Company and Parent, provided that Parent shall be permitted to provide information to A/N on a confidential basis as reasonably requested by A/N and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to cause A/N to comply with the confidentiality and use restrictions set forth in the Confidentiality Agreement with respect to such information. (e) Nothing in this Section 5.8 or in any other part of this Agreement shall require the Company or Parent, as applicable, to permit any inspection of, or to disclose: (i) any information concerning Alternative Company Transaction Proposals or Alternative Parent Transaction Proposals, which shall be governed by Section 5.3 and Section 5.4 (in the case of Alternative Company Transaction Proposals) and Section 5.5 and Section 5.6 (in the case of Alternative Parent Transaction Proposals); (ii) any information regarding the deliberations of the Company Board, Parent Board or Parent Special Committee, as applicable, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or any similar transaction or transactions with any other Person, the entry into this Agreement, or any materials provided to the Company Board, Parent Board or Parent Special Committee, as applicable, in connection therewith; (iii) materials prepared by the Parent Special Committee’s or Parent’s financial or legal advisors or by the Company’s financial or legal advisors; or (iv) materials the disclosure of which (A) would jeopardize any attorney-client or other privilege or (B) would contravene any applicable Law, fiduciary duty or confidentiality obligation, provided, that Parent and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as may be reasonably required to allow such disclosure to be provided to the other Party or its Representatives without waiving privilege or causing a violation of applicable Law, fiduciary duty or confidentiality obligation. (f) Without limiting the generality of Section 5.8(a), from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Company will, and will cause its applicable Non-GCI Subsidiaries (and, solely until the consummation of the GCI Divestiture, GCI and its Subsidiaries) to, (i) with respect to any U.S. federal income or other material Tax Return of the Company or any of its Non-GCI Subsidiaries (or, solely with respect to taxable periods (or portions thereof) that end on or prior to the consummation of the GCI Divestiture, GCI and its Subsidiaries) that is required to be filed after the date of this Agreement, make commercially reasonable efforts to deliver a draft of such Tax Return to Parent for review and comment at least fifteen (15) days before it is due and consider in good faith Parent’s reasonable comments received by the Company within five (5) days after Parent received such Tax Return, (ii) with respect to any material Tax audit, action or other proceeding with respect to the Company or any of its Non-GCI Subsidiaries (or, solely with respect to taxable periods (or portions thereof) that end on or prior to the consummation of the GCI Divestiture, GCI and its Subsidiaries), promptly provide any updates (including any communications from a Governmental Authority) to Parent, and (iii) provide to Parent and its Subsidiaries such cooperation, documentation and information as Parent reasonably may request in connection with the foregoing.
Records Retention and Access 1. Grantee will keep and maintain, as applicable, accurate and complete records necessary to determine compliance with this Contract and applicable laws. 2. Grantee will provide access to its records to DFPS, the Texas State Auditor’s Office (SAO), the Federal Government, and their authorized representatives. 3. Unless otherwise specified in this Contract, Grantee will maintain legible copies of this Contract and all related documentation for a minimum of seven years after the termination of this Contract or seven years after the completion of any litigation or dispute involving the Contract, whichever is longer. 4. THE GRANTEE WILL NOT DISPOSE OF RECORDS BEFORE PROVIDING THE DFPS CONTRACT MANAGER WRITTEN NOTICE OF ITS INTENT TO DISPOSE OF RECORDS AND RECEIVING WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE DFPS CONTRACT MANAGER.
Disclosure and Use Restrictions Executive agrees and covenants: (i) to treat all Confidential Information as strictly confidential; (ii) not to directly or indirectly disclose, publish, communicate, or make available Confidential Information, or allow it to be disclosed, published, communicated, or made available, in whole or part, to any entity or person whatsoever (including other employees of the Company) not having a need to know and authority to know and use the Confidential Information in connection with the business of the Company and, in any event, not to anyone outside of the direct employ of the Company except as required in the performance of Executive’s authorized employment duties to the Company or with the prior consent of the Board acting on behalf of the Company in each instance (and then, such disclosure shall be made only within the limits and to the extent of such duties or consent); and (iii) not to access or use any Confidential Information, and not to copy any documents, records, files, media, or other resources containing any Confidential Information, or remove any such documents, records, files, media, or other resources from the premises or control of the Company, except as required in the performance of Executive’s authorized employment duties to the Company or with the prior consent of the Board acting on behalf of the Company in each instance (and then, such disclosure shall be made only within the limits and to the extent of such duties or consent). Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent disclosure of Confidential Information as may be required by applicable law or regulation, or pursuant to the valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or an authorized government agency, provided that the disclosure does not exceed the extent of disclosure required by such law, regulation, or order. Executive shall promptly provide written notice of any such order to the Board.
Cooperation and Access The Cooperative Member agrees that it will cooperate in compliance with any reasonable requests for information and/or records made by the Cooperative. The Cooperative reserves the right to audit the relevant records of any Cooperative Member. Any breach of this provision shall be considered material and shall make the Agreement subject to termination on ten (10) days written notice to the Cooperative Member.
Record Retention and Access Recipient shall follow established provisions in 2 CFR §§ 200.333-337. Conflict of Interest standards for this award will follow the Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCOI) requirements set forth in Section 170A of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and provisions set forth at 2 CFR § 200.112, Conflict of Interest.
Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality 9.1 In connection with the investment by the Purchaser in the Note contemplated hereunder (the "Transaction"), the Company will furnish to the Purchaser certain information that is either non-public, confidential or proprietary in nature (the "Confidential Information"). 9.2 Pursuant to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation FD, the Company is permitted to disclose to the Purchaser on a confidential basis, Confidential Information so long as the Purchaser agrees to bound by the terms of this Article 9. 9.3 The Purchaser acknowledges that the Confidential Information will be provided to the Purchaser, or the Purchaser will be granted access to the Confidential Information, solely for the purposes of evaluating the Transaction, and the Purchaser agrees to receive the Confidential Information on the following terms and conditions: (a) that the Confidential Information is to be received and maintained in confidence; (b) that no copies, summaries or reproductions of the Confidential Information or any part thereof may be made without the prior written consent of the Company except as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the Transaction; (c) the Purchaser will not, directly or indirectly, disclose, communicate or make known the Confidential Information or any part thereof to any person, firm or corporation for any purpose other than evaluating the Transaction; (d) the Purchaser will take all reasonable precautions to safeguard the Confidential Information against unauthorised disclosure; (e) that upon request by the Company, the Purchaser will promptly return to the Company, all Confidential Information, including all reproductions and copies thereof together with all materials and documents created by the Purchaser containing Confidential Information or references thereto from which reference to the substance of the Confidential Information can be implied or understood; (f) that the Confidential Information shall be disclosed only to those professional advisers of the Purchaser (collectively, the "Permitted Persons") as are reasonably necessary to accomplish the purpose(s) of this Agreement; (g) that the confidential and proprietary nature of the Confidential Information shall be communicated to the Permitted Persons; and (h) the Purchaser will be responsible for any unauthorised use or disclosure of Confidential Information by the Permitted Persons and by any and all other persons to whom it discloses the Confidential Information. 9.4 The Purchaser hereby acknowledges that the Purchaser is aware, and further agrees that the Purchaser will advise the Permitted Persons, that United States securities laws prohibit any person who has material, non-public information about a company from purchasing or selling securities of such a company or from communicating such information to any other person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such person is likely to purchase or sell such securities. 9.5 If the Purchaser is required by any applicable law, stock exchange regulations or court order to disclose any Confidential Information, the Purchaser shall first notify the Company in writing, sufficiently in advance so as to provide the Company with reasonable opportunity to seek to prevent such disclosure or to seek to obtain a protective order for such Confidential Information.
Disclosure and Assignment As of the Effective Date, Executive hereby transfers and assigns to the Company (or its designee) all right, title, and interest of Executive in and to every idea, concept, invention, and improvement (whether patented, patentable or not) conceived or reduced to practice by Executive whether solely or in collaboration with others while he is employed by the Company, and all copyrighted or copyrightable matter created by Executive whether solely or in collaboration with others while he is employed by the Company that relates to the Company’s business (collectively, “Creations”). Executive shall communicate promptly and disclose to the Company, in such form as the Company may request, all information, details, and data pertaining to each Creation. Every copyrightable Creation, regardless of whether copyright protection is sought or preserved by the Company, shall be a “work made for hire” as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101, and the Company shall own all rights in and to such matter throughout the world, without the payment of any royalty or other consideration to Executive or anyone claiming through Executive.
Disclosure and Assignment of Inventions The Executive understands that the Company engages in research and development and other activities in connection with its business and that, as an essential part of the Employment, the Executive is expected to make new contributions to and create inventions of value for the Company. From and after the Effective Date, the Executive shall disclose in confidence to the Company all inventions, improvements, designs, original works of authorship, formulas, processes, compositions of matter, computer software programs, databases, mask works and trade secrets (collectively, the “Inventions”), which the Executive may solely or jointly conceive or develop or reduce to practice, or cause to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, during the period of the Executive’s Employment at the Company. The Executive acknowledges that copyrightable works prepared by the Executive within the scope of and during the period of the Executive’s Employment with the Company are “works for hire” and that the Company will be considered the author thereof. The Executive agrees that all the Inventions shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and the Executive hereby assign all his/her right, title and interest in and to any and all of the Inventions to the Company or its successor in interest without further consideration.
