Findings Confidential All of the reports, information, data, et cetera, prepared or assembled by the Contractor under this Agreement are confidential and the Contractor agrees that they shall not be made available to any individual or organization without the prior written approval of the City. Contractor shall not be required under the provisions of this paragraph to keep confidential any data or information which is or becomes publicly available, is required by applicable law or by proper legal or governmental authority, is already rightfully in the Contractor’s possession without obligation of confidentiality, is independently developed by Contractor outside the scope of this Agreement or is rightfully obtained from third parties. Contractor shall give City prompt notice of any such legal or governmental demand and reasonably cooperate with City in any effort to seek a protective order or otherwise to contest such required disclosure.
Information Confidential As partial consideration for the granting of the Award hereunder, you hereby agree to keep confidential all information and knowledge, except that which has been disclosed in any public filings required by law, that you have relating to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided, however, that such information may be disclosed as required by law and may be given in confidence to your spouse and tax and financial advisors. In the event any breach of this promise comes to the attention of the Company, it shall take into consideration that breach in determining whether to recommend the grant of any future similar award to you, as a factor weighing against the advisability of granting any such future award to you.
Strictly Confidential The proceeds from exercise of the Pledge by Pledgee shall be used to pay for tax and expenses incurred as result of disposing the Equity Interest and to perform Contract Obligations and pay the Secured Indebtedness to the Pledgee prior and in preference to any other payment. After the payment of the aforementioned amounts, the remaining balance shall be returned to Pledgor or any other person who have rights to such balance under applicable laws or be deposited to the local notary public office where Pledgor resides, with all expense incurred being borne by Pledgor. To the extent permitted under applicable PRC laws, Pledgor shall unconditionally donate the aforementioned proceeds to Pledgee or any other person designated by Pledgee.
Certain Transactions and Confidentiality Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.
Publicity; Confidentiality Except as may be required by applicable Requirements of Law, none of the parties hereto shall issue a publicity release or public announcement or otherwise make any public disclosure concerning this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or the Purchaser, without prior approval by the other parties hereto; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the Purchaser from disclosing information (a) that is already publicly available, (b) that was known to the Purchaser on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Company, (c) that may be required or appropriate in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation, provided that, the Purchaser will use reasonable efforts to notify the Company in advance of such disclosure so as to permit the Company to seek a protective order or otherwise contest such disclosure, and the Purchaser will use reasonable efforts to cooperate, at the expense of the Company, with the Company in pursuing any such protective order, (d) to the extent that the Purchaser reasonably believes it appropriate in order to protect its investment in the Purchased Stock in order to comply with any Requirement of Law, (e) to the Purchaser's or the Company's officers, directors, stockholders, advisors, employees, members, partners, controlling Persons, auditors or counsel or (f) to Persons from whom releases, consents or approvals are required, or to whom notice is required to be provided, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents; provided, further, that nothing in this Agreement shall restrict any party from disclosing information (i) that is already publicly available, (ii) that was known to the Company on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Company, (iii) that may be required or appropriate in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation (provided that, the Company will use reasonable efforts to notify the Purchaser in advance of such disclosure so as to permit the Purchaser to seek a protective order or otherwise contest such disclosure, and the Company will use reasonable efforts to cooperate, at the expense of the Purchaser, with the Purchaser in pursuing any such protective order), (iv) to the Company's officers, directors, stockholders, advisors, employees, controlling Persons, auditors or counsel or (v) to Persons from whom releases, consents or approvals are required, or to whom notice is required to be provided, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents.
Treatment of Confidential Information (A) Each party agrees that at all times during and after the terms of this Agreement, it shall use, handle, collect, maintain, and safeguard Confidential Information in accordance with (1) the confidentiality and non-disclosure requirements of this Agreement; (2) the GLB Act, as applicable and as it may be amended; and (3) such other Applicable Law, whether in effect now or in the future.
(B) Without limiting the foregoing, the Receiving Party shall apply to any Confidential Information at least the same degree of reasonable care used for its own confidential and proprietary information to avoid unauthorized disclosure or use of Confidential Information under this Agreement.
(C) Each party further agrees that:
(1) The Receiving Party will hold all Confidential Information it obtains in strictest confidence and will use and permit use of Confidential Information solely for the purposes of this Agreement or as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, and consistent therewith, may disclose or provide access to its responsible employees or agents who have a need to know and are under adequate confidentiality agreements or arrangements and make copies of Confidential Information to the extent reasonably necessary to carry out its obligations under this Agreement;
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Receiving Party may release Confidential Information as permitted or required by law or approved in writing by the Disclosing party, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld and may not be withheld where the Receiving Party may be exposed to civil or criminal liability or proceedings for failure to release such information;
(3) Additionally, Ultimus may provide Confidential Information typically supplied in the investment company industry to companies that track or report price, performance or other information regarding investment companies; and
(4) The Receiving Party will immediately notify the Disclosing Party of any unauthorized disclosure or use, and will cooperate with the Disclosing Party to protect all proprietary rights in any Confidential Information.
Public Announcements; Confidentiality (a) Unless otherwise required by applicable Law or by the rules of the Stock Exchange, each Party and Hall shall not, and each Party and Hall shall cause its Affiliates, agents, representatives, and professionals not to, make any disclosure or public announcements or otherwise communicate with any news media without the prior written consent of Seller and Purchaser in respect of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including price and terms); provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to any disclosures that Purchaser or its Affiliates or their agents or representatives reasonably determine are required to be included in the Filings or in any offering memorandum or similar document for any equity or debt financing of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates. If such disclosure is required by applicable Law, such Party or Hall (as applicable) shall promptly notify Seller and Purchaser in writing and shall disclose only that portion of such information which such Party or Hall is legally required to be disclosed; provided, however, that such Party or Hall shall promptly notify Seller and Purchaser in writing so that Seller or Purchaser shall be able to seek to obtain, an appropriate protective Order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such information. The Confidentiality Agreement, to which an Affiliate of Purchaser and Seller are parties, dated February 15, 2017 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), shall terminate as of Closing.
(b) From and after the Closing, each of Seller and Hall shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates, agents, representatives, and professionals to, hold in confidence (and not disclose or provide access to any other Person) and not use, any and all confidential or proprietary information, whether written or oral, concerning the Business, except to the extent that Seller or Hall can show that such information: (i) is generally available to and known by the public through no fault of Seller or any of their respective Affiliates or representatives; or (ii) was lawfully acquired by Seller and Hall or any of their respective Affiliates or representatives from and after the Closing from sources unrelated to Purchaser or Seller which are not prohibited from disclosing such information by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation. If Seller or any of its respective Affiliates or representatives is compelled to disclose any information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law, Seller or Hall shall promptly notify Purchaser in writing and shall disclose only that portion of such information which Seller or Hall is advised by its counsel in writing is legally required to be disclosed; provided, however, that Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, and immediately notify Purchaser in writing so that Purchaser shall be able to seek to obtain, an appropriate protective Order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such information.
Mutual Confidentiality Company and LIMR realize that certain information received by one party from the other pursuant to this Agreement shall be confidential. It is therefore agreed that any information received by one party from the other should be clearly designated in writing as “CONFIDENTIAL” at the time of transfer, shall not be disclosed by either party to any third party and shall not be used by either party for purposes other than those contemplated by this Agreement. Any information exchanged by the parties under this Agreement shall remain confidential for a period of three (3) years from the termination of the Agreement, unless or until —
a. Said information shall become known to third parties not under any obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing party, or shall become publicly known through no fault of the receiving party, or
b. Said information was already in the receiving party’s possession prior to the disclosure of said information to the receiving party, except in cases when the information has been covered by a preexisting Confidentiality Agreement, or
c. Said information shall be subsequently disclosed to the receiving party, by a third party not under any obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing party, or
d. Said information is approved for disclosure by prior written consent of the disclosing party, or
e. Said information is required to be disclosed by court order or governmental law or regulation, provided that the receiving party gives the disclosing party prompt notice of any such requirement and cooperates with the disclosing party in attempting to limit such disclosure.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CONFIDENTIALITY 7.1 No party shall make (or in the case of the Company, permit any other Member of the Company’s Group or in the case of a Shareholder, permit any of its Associates to make) any announcement or press release concerning the subject matter of this agreement, save as required under the AIM Rules and in accordance with the AIM Nomad Rules or under the Listing Rules of the London Stock Exchange.
7.2 Save as required in connection with Admission, each party undertakes to the others that it shall use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that any information of a secret or confidential nature received by it from any other party (“Confidential Information”) shall be treated as confidential by it and its officers, employees, advisers, representatives and agents and shall not be disclosed to any third party.
7.3 Nothing in this clause prevents any announcement being made or any Confidential Information being disclosed:
(a) with the written approval of the other parties, which in the case of any announcement shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or
(b) to the extent required by law or by the London Stock Exchange or any other competent regulatory body, but a party required to disclose any Confidential Information or make any announcement shall promptly notify the other parties where practicable and lawful to do so, before disclosure occurs and co-operate with the other parties regarding the timing and content of such disclosure or announcement or other action which the other parties may reasonably elect to take to challenge the validity of such requirement.
7.4 Nothing in this clause prevents disclosure of Confidential Information by any party:
(a) to the extent that the information is in or comes into the public domain (which includes the summary of the terms of this agreement in the admission document to be published by the Company in connection with Admission) other than as a result of a breach of any undertaking or duty of confidentiality by that party;
(b) to that party’s professional advisers, auditors or bankers, but before any disclosure to any such person, the relevant party shall procure that he is made aware of the terms of this clause and shall use its reasonable endeavours to procure that such person adheres to those terms as if he were bound by the provisions of this clause; or
(c) received in good faith by the recipient from a third party that is not knowingly used or disclosed to others by the recipient party in breach of this clause.
7.5 The Shareholder shall, and shall procure that each of its Associates shall, provide all reasonable cooperation and information which the Company may reasonably require and comply with all other requests which the Company may reasonably make in connection with any announcement which the Company is required to make pursuant to the AIM Rules as a result of any transaction or other relationship entered into between the Company’s Group and any Member of the Shareholder’s Group.
7.6 The Shareholder acknowledges that all directors of the Company owe fiduciary duties to the Company and shall be obliged to act and vote on all matters pertaining to the Board in what they perceive to promote the success of the Company.
Client Confidentiality Any information about clients of the Employer which is learned by an employee during the course of employment must, as a condition of continued employment, be treated as strictly confidential and each employee is expected to respect this confidentiality and to take all reasonable precautions to safeguard it.
