Data Confidentiality All data, regardless of form, including originals, images and reproductions, prepared by, obtained by or transmitted to the Professional in connection with this Agreement is confidential, proprietary information owned by NBU. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the Professional shall not intentionally disclose data generated in the performance of the Services to any third party without the prior, written consent of NBU.
Cooperation; Confidentiality Each party to this Agreement agrees to cooperate with the other party and with all appropriate governmental authorities having the requisite jurisdiction (including, but not limited to, the SEC) in connection with any investigation or inquiry relating to this Agreement or the Fund. Subject to the foregoing, the Sub-Adviser shall treat as confidential all information pertaining to the Fund and actions of the Fund, the Manager and the Sub-Adviser, and the Manager shall treat as confidential and use only in connection with the Series all information furnished to the Fund or the Manager by the Sub-Adviser, in connection with its duties under the Agreement except that the aforesaid information need not be treated as confidential if required to be disclosed under applicable law, if generally available to the public through means other than by disclosure by the Sub-Adviser or the Manager, or if available from a source other than the Manager, Sub-Adviser or the Fund.
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.
Non-Confidentiality The parties hereby agree that (i) effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transactions, Counterparty and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transactions and all materials of any kind, including opinions or other tax analyses, provided by Dealer and its affiliates to Counterparty relating to such tax treatment and tax structure; provided that the foregoing does not constitute an authorization to disclose the identity of Dealer or its affiliates, agents or advisers, or, except to the extent relating to such tax structure or tax treatment, any specific pricing terms or commercial or financial information, and (ii) Dealer does not assert any claim of proprietary ownership in respect of any description contained herein or therein relating to the use of any entities, plans or arrangements to give rise to a particular United States federal income tax treatment for Counterparty.
Information and Confidentiality 18.1 Each party recognises that under this Agreement it may receive Confidential Information belonging to the other. 18.2 Each party agrees to treat all Confidential Information belonging to the other as confidential and not to disclose such Confidential Information or any other confidential information relating to the GLA arising or coming to its attention during the currency of this Agreement to any third party without the prior written consent of the other party and agrees not to use such Confidential Information for any purpose other than that for which it is supplied under this Agreement. 18.3 The obligations of confidence referred to in this Condition 18 shall not apply to any Confidential Information which: 18.3.1 is in, or which comes into, the public domain otherwise than by reason of a breach of this Agreement or of any other duty of confidentiality relating to that information; 18.3.2 is obtained from a third party without that third party being under an obligation (express or implied) to keep the information confidential; 18.3.3 is lawfully in the possession of the other party before the date of this Agreement and in respect of which that party is not under an existing obligation of confidentiality; or 18.3.4 is independently developed without access to the Confidential Information of the other party. 18.4 Each party will be permitted to disclose Confidential Information to the extent that it is required to do so: 18.4.1 to enable the disclosing party to perform its obligations under this Agreement; or 18.4.2 by any applicable Law or by a court, arbitral or administrative tribunal in the course of proceedings before it including without limitation any requirement for disclosure under FOIA, EIR or the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information and the Grant Recipient acknowledges that any lists or schedules provided by it outlining Confidential Information are of indicative value only and the GLA may nevertheless be obliged to disclose such Confidential Information; or 18.4.3 by any Regulatory Body (including any investment exchange and the Regulator) acting in the course of proceedings before it or acting in the course of its duties; or 18.4.4 in order to give proper instructions to any professional adviser of that party who also has an obligation to keep any such Confidential Information confidential. 18.5 Each party shall ensure that all Confidential Information obtained by it under or in connection with this Agreement: 18.5.1 is given only to such of its employees, professional advisors or consultants engaged to advise it in connection with this Agreement as is strictly necessary for the performance of this Agreement and only to the extent necessary for the performance of this Agreement; 18.5.2 is treated as confidential and not disclosed (without the other party's prior written approval) or used by any such staff or professional advisors or consultants otherwise than for the purposes of this Agreement; 18.5.3 where it is considered necessary in the opinion of the other party, the relevant party shall ensure that such staff, professional advisors or consultants sign a confidentiality undertaking before commencing work in connection with this Agreement. 18.6 Nothing in this Condition 18 shall prevent the either party from: (a) the examination and certification of its accounts; or (b) any examination pursuant to Section 6(1) of the National Audit Xxx 0000 of the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the GLA has used its resources; or
Access; Confidentiality (a) Upon reasonable advance written notice, and subject to applicable logistical restrictions or limitations as a result of COVID-19 or any COVID-19 Measures, the Company shall afford Parent and Parent’s representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of the Acceptance Time and the date of termination of this Agreement, to the Acquired Companies’ (i) officers, employees, and other personnel, (ii) assets and (iii) all books and records, and, during such period, the Company shall furnish promptly to Parent all information, including financial and operating data, concerning its business as Parent may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Acquired Companies shall not be required to permit any inspection or other access, or to disclose any information to the extent such disclosure in the reasonable judgment of the Company could: (i) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of Third Parties; (ii) jeopardize protections afforded to any of the Acquired Companies under the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine; (iii) violate any Law; or (iv) materially and adversely interfere with the conduct of the Acquired Companies’ business; and provided further that any such access shall be afforded and any such information shall be furnished solely at Parent’s expense. All requests for access pursuant to this Section 6.5(a) must be directed to the Chief Legal Officer of the Company or another person designated in writing by the Company. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Parent and Merger Sub shall not, and shall cause their respective representatives not to, contact any partner, licensor, licensee, customer or supplier of the Company in connection with the Offer, the Merger or any of the other Transactions without the Company’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). (b) Parent and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree to continue to be bound by the Confidentiality Agreement. All information provided by or on behalf of the Acquired Companies pursuant to this Agreement or obtained by Parent and its representatives pursuant to Section 6.5(a) shall be treated as confidential information of the Acquired Companies for purposes of the Confidentiality Agreement.
Term of Confidentiality The obligations of this Article 5 shall continue for a period of **** following the expiration or termination of 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.
Proprietary Information; Confidentiality All drawings, models, documents, confidential records, software and other information supplied by Seller are supplied on the express understanding that all copyright and design rights are reserved to Seller and that Buyer will not, without the written consent of Seller, either give away, loan, exhibit, or sell such drawings, models, documents, confidential records, computer software or other information or extracts therefrom or copies thereof or use them in any way except in connection with the Goods in respect of which they are issued. Buyer shall consider all information furnished by Seller, which was not previously publicly disclosed by Seller, to be confidential and shall not copy nor disclose any such information to any other person, nor use any such information for commercial purposes, nor make copies of such information without written permission from Seller. Buyer shall not disclose any information relating to any order without Seller’s written permission. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, no commercial, financial or technical information disclosed in any manner or at any time by Buyer to Seller shall be deemed secret or confidential and Buyer shall have no rights against Seller with respect thereto.
Non Competition Confidentiality (a) Executive agrees and acknowledges that reasonable limits on his ability to engage in activities which are competitive with the Company are warranted in order to protect the Company's trade secrets and proprietary information and are warranted in order to protect the Company in developing and maintaining its reputation, good will and status in the marketplace. In that regard, during the 60 months following the Termination Date (the "Continuation Period"), the Executive will not directly or indirectly, on Executive's own behalf or in the service of or on behalf of any other individual or entity, either as a proprietor, employee, agent, independent contractor, consultant, director, officer, partner or stockholder (other than a stockholder of a corporation listed on a national securities exchange or whose stock is regularly traded in the over-the-counter market, provided that the Executive at no time owns, directly or indirectly, in excess of 5% of the outstanding stock of any class of any such corporation): (i) participate or engage in any activities or business developing, manufacturing, marketing or distributing any products or services offered by the Company as of the Effective Time (as defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 14, 2000, by and among the Parent, Silversmith Acquisition Corp. and the Company), or any products or services offered by the Company subsequent to the Effective Time and in which the Executive actively participated, recognizing that the Company offers products and services globally ("Competitive Activities"), including, without limitation, (A) selling goods or rendering services of the type (or similar to the type) sold or rendered by the Company, whether by means of electronic, traditional or other form of commerce; (B) soliciting any person or entity that is a current or prospective customer or has been a customer, in each case, of the Company, while the Executive has been employed by the Company (provided that it shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement if the Executive solicits such customers for goods or services unrelated to the Competitive Activities) and (C) assisting any person in any way to do, or attempt to do, anything prohibited by clauses (A) or (B) above; or (ii) solicit (other than pursuant to general, non-targeted advertisements) any employee of the Company, who was an employee at or prior to the Effective Time, to leave the employment of the Company. (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Executive may remain a director at those companies for which Executive is a director as of the Effective Time, and may engage in any activities or businesses for which the Company has given permission in writing, which shall not be unreasonably withheld (or delayed) following the expiration of three years from the date the Offer is consummated, provided Executive's engaging in such activities or business would not have a material adverse impact on any of the Company's lines of businesses. (i) The Executive shall not, without the written consent of the Company, disclose to any other person or use, whether directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information (as hereinafter defined) relating to or used by the Company, whether in written, oral or other form. "Confidential Information" shall mean information about the Company, and its clients and customers that is not disclosed by the Company for financial reporting purposes and that was learned by the Executive in the course of employment with the Company, including (without limitation) any proprietary knowledge, product and service designs, trade secrets, manuals, technical information and plans, contracts, systems, procedures, databases, electronic files, disks and printouts, correspondence, internal reports, personnel files, information about Company employees relating to their education, experience, skills, abilities, compensation and benefits, and inter-personal relationships with suppliers to and customers of Company, sales and advertising material, business plans, marketing plans, financial data (including without limitation the revenues, costs or profits associated with services), customer and industry lists, customer information, customer lists coupled with product or service pricing, customer contracts, supplier contacts and other contact information, pricing policies, supplies, agents, risk analyses, engineering information and computer screen designs and computer input and output specifications, inclusive of any pertinent documentation, techniques, processes, technical information and know how. The Executive acknowledges that such Confidential Information is specialized, unique in nature and of great value to the Company, and that such information gives the Company a competitive advantage. The Executive's obligations under this Section 10(c) shall survive the termination of the Continuation Period.
