Obligation to Keep Information Confidential. Each party agrees to hold, and to cause its respective officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents to hold, in confidence the terms of the Agreements, and all documents and information concerning the other party, whether oral or written, furnished or made known to such party in connection with either of the Agreements or any project or discussion under, or related to, either of the Agreements; provided that no party shall be required to keep any information confidential (i) if such party is compelled to disclose such information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of law (including without limitation the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and such party has provided prior written notice to the other party and given such other party reasonable opportunity to contest disclosure or (ii) to the extent such information can be shown to have been (A) previously known to such party on a nonconfidential basis, (B) in the public domain through no fault of such party, (C) later lawfully acquired from a third party source or (D) independently developed by such party without reference to confidential information. The foregoing notwithstanding, any party may disclose information concerning the other party or the Agreements to its and its affiliates’ officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents in connection with its performance of this Agreement so long as such persons are informed by such party of the confidential nature of such information and are directed by such party to treat such information confidentially, it being understood and agreed that such party shall be responsible for any failure to treat such information confidentially by such persons. The obligation of each party to hold any information in confidence shall be satisfied if it exercises the same care with respect to such information as it would to preserve the confidentiality of its own similar information. The confidentiality provisions of this Schedule 2 shall remain in effect for so long as this Agreement is in effect and for a period of three (3) years thereafter.
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Obligation to Keep Information Confidential. Each party agrees to hold, and will use its best efforts to cause its respective officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents to hold, in confidence the terms of the Agreements, and all documents and information concerning the other party, whether oral or written, furnished or made known to such party in connection with either the performance of the Agreements or any project or discussion under, or related to, either of the AgreementsAgreement; provided PROVIDED that no party shall be required to keep any information confidential (i) if such party is compelled to disclose such information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of law (including without limitation the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and such party has provided prior written notice to the other party and given such other party reasonable opportunity to contest disclosure or (ii) to the extent such information can be shown to have been (A) previously known to such party on a nonconfidential basis, (B) in the public domain through no fault of such party, (C) later lawfully acquired from a third party source or (D) independently indepedently developed by such party without reference to confidential information. The foregoing notwithstanding, any party may disclose information concerning the other party or the Agreements to its and its affiliates’ officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents in connection with its performance of this the Agreement so long as such persons are informed by such party of the confidential nature of such information and are directed by such party to treat such information confidentially, it being understood and agreed that such party shall be responsible for any failure to treat such information confidentially by such persons. The obligation of each party to hold any information in confidence shall be satisfied if it exercises the same care with respect to such information as it would to preserve the confidentiality of its own similar information. The confidentiality provisions of this Schedule 2 shall remain in effect for so long as this Agreement is in effect and for a period of three (3) years thereafterSection 2.
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Obligation to Keep Information Confidential. Each party agrees to hold, and will use its best efforts to cause its respective officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents to hold, in confidence the terms of the Agreements, and all documents and information concerning the other party, whether oral or written, furnished or made known to such party in connection with either the performance of the Agreements or any project or discussion under, or related to, either of the AgreementsSupply Agreement; provided PROVIDED that no party shall be required to keep any information confidential (i) if such party is compelled to disclose such information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of law (including without limitation the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and such party has provided prior written notice to the other party and given such other party reasonable opportunity to contest disclosure or (ii) to the extent such information can be shown to have been (A) previously known to such party on a nonconfidential basis, (B) in the public domain through no fault of such party, (C) later lawfully acquired from a third party source or (D) independently developed by such party without reference to confidential information. The foregoing notwithstanding, any party may disclose information concerning the other party or the Agreements to its and its affiliates’ officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents in connection with its performance of this the Supply Agreement so long as such persons are informed by such party of the confidential nature of such information and are directed by such party to treat such information confidentially, it being understood and agreed that such party shall be responsible for any failure to treat such information confidentially by such persons. The obligation of each party to hold any information in confidence shall be satisfied if it exercises the same care with respect to such information as it would to preserve the confidentiality of its own similar information. The confidentiality provisions of this Schedule 2 shall remain in effect for so long as this Agreement is in effect and for a period of three (3) years thereafter.
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