No Release; Return or Destruction. Each Party agrees not to release or disclose, or permit to be released or disclosed, any information addressed in Section 6.10(a) to any other Person, except (i) to their respective Representatives who need to know such information (who shall be advised of the obligations hereunder with respect to such information), (ii) to any nationally recognized statistical rating organization as it reasonably deems necessary, solely for the purpose of obtaining a rating of securities or other debt instruments upon normal terms and conditions, (iii) if such Party or its respective Group is required or compelled to disclose any such information pursuant to applicable Law (stock exchange rule) or receives any request or demand under lawful process or from any Governmental Authority, in each case, to the extent that such Party is advised by counsel that it is advisable to do so, (iv) as necessary in order to permit a Party to prepare and disclose its financial statements or other required disclosures under applicable Law or in connection with the Distribution or any Disposition, (v) as necessary for a Party to enforce its rights or perform its obligations under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, and (vi) to Governmental Authorities in accordance with applicable procurement regulations and contract requirements; provided, however, that, with respect to clause (i) hereof: (A) such Representatives shall keep such information confidential and will not disclose such information to any other Person, and (B) each Party agrees that it is responsible to the other Party for any action or failure to act that would constitute a breach or violation of this Section 6.10(b) by any such Representative; with respect to clause (ii) hereof, the Party whose information is being disclosed or released to such rating organization is promptly notified thereof in writing in advance of such disclosure or release; with respect to public disclosures pursuant to clause (iii) hereof, that the Party required to disclose such information gives the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the portion of such disclosure containing or reflecting such confidential information prior to the disclosure thereof; and, in the case of disclosure pursuant to clause (iii) hereof, such disclosure must be in compliance with Section 6.11. Without limiting the foregoing, when any such information is no longer needed for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, and is no longer subject to any Legal Hold or other document preservation obligation, each Party will promptly after request of the other Party either return to the other Party all such information in a tangible form (including all copies thereof and all notes, extracts or summaries based thereon) or notify the other Party in writing that it has destroyed such information (and such copies thereof and such notes, extracts or summaries based thereon); provided that the Parties may retain electronic back-up versions of such information maintained on routine computer system backup media; provided, further, that any such information so retained shall remain subject to the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
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Samples: Separation and Distribution Agreement (3m Co), Separation and Distribution Agreement (Solventum Corp), Separation and Distribution Agreement (Solventum Corp)