Common use of Confidentiality and Use of Information Clause in Contracts

Confidentiality and Use of Information. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) or (d), each Partner shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates and its and their respective partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, “Related Persons”) to, keep secret, retain in strictest confidence, and not distribute, disseminate or disclose any and all Confidential Information except to (i) the Partnership and its officers and employees, (ii) any lender to the Partnership or (iii) any Partner or any of their respective Affiliates or other Related Persons on a “need to know” basis in connection with the transactions leading up to and contemplated by this Agreement and the operation of the Partnership, and such Partner disclosing Confidential Information pursuant to this Section 13.1(a) shall use, and shall cause its Affiliates and other Related Persons to use, such Confidential Information only for the benefit of the Partnership in conducting the Partnership’s business or for any other specific purposes for which it was disclosed to such party; provided that the disclosure of financial statements of, or other information relating to the Partnership shall not be deemed to be the disclosure of Confidential Information (x) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary to disclose such information in connection with a proposed strategic transaction, (y) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary, appropriate or customary pursuant to law, regulation or stock exchange rule (in the reasonable good faith judgment of such parent entity) to disclose such information in or in connection with (i) filings with the SEC or a stock exchange, (ii) press releases disseminated to the financial community, (iii) presentations to lenders, (iv) discussions with underwriters for the Partnership’s public debt offerings, (v) presentations to ratings agencies or (vi) information disclosed to similar audiences or (z) to the extent that in order to sustain a position taken for tax purposes, any Partner (or former partner in the Partnership if such disclosure is with respect to periods in which such Person was a partner in the Partnership) deems it necessary and appropriate to disclose such financial statements or other information. All Confidential Information disclosed in connection with the Partnership or pursuant to this Agreement shall remain the property of the Person whose property it was prior to such disclosure unless such property has been transferred to the Partnership pursuant to a Contribution Agreement.

Confidentiality and Use of Information. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) or (d), each Partner shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates and its and their respective partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, “"Related Persons”") to, keep secret, retain in strictest confidence, and not distribute, disseminate or disclose any and all Confidential Information except to (i) the Partnership and its officers and employees, (ii) any lender to the Partnership or (iii) any Partner or any of their respective Affiliates or other Related Persons on a “"need to know” " basis in connection with the transactions leading up to and contemplated by this Agreement and the operation of the Partnership, and such Partner disclosing Confidential Information pursuant to this Section 13.1(a) shall use, and shall cause its Affiliates and other Related Persons to use, such Confidential Information only for the benefit of the Partnership in conducting the Partnership’s 's business or for any other specific purposes for which it was disclosed to such party; provided that the disclosure of financial statements of, or other information relating to the Partnership shall not be deemed to be the disclosure of Confidential Information (x) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary to disclose such information in connection with a proposed strategic transaction, (y) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary, appropriate or customary pursuant to law, regulation or stock exchange rule (in the reasonable good faith judgment of such parent entity) to disclose such information in or in connection with (i) filings with the SEC or a stock exchange, (ii) press releases disseminated to the financial community, (iii) presentations to lenders, (iv) discussions with underwriters for the Partnership’s 's public debt offerings, (v) presentations to ratings agencies or (vi) information disclosed to similar audiences or (z) to the extent that in order to sustain a position taken for tax purposes, any Partner (or former partner in the Partnership if such disclosure is with respect to periods in which such Person was a partner in the Partnership) deems it necessary and appropriate to disclose such financial statements or other information. All Confidential Information disclosed in connection with the Partnership or pursuant to this Agreement shall remain the property of the Person whose property it was prior to such disclosure unless such property has been transferred to the Partnership pursuant to a Contribution Agreement.

Confidentiality and Use of Information. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) or (d)) hereof, each Partner -------------- --- shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates and its and their respective partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, “"Related Persons”") to, keep secret, retain in strictest confidence, and not distribute, disseminate or disclose any and all Confidential Information except to (i) the Partnership and its officers and employees, (ii) any lender to the Partnership or (iii) any Partner or any of their respective Affiliates or other Related Persons on a “"need to know” " basis in connection with the transactions leading up to and contemplated by this Agreement and the operation of the Partnership, and such Partner disclosing Confidential Information pursuant to this Section 13.1(a) shall use, and shall cause its Affiliates and other Related --------------- Persons to use, such Confidential Information only for the benefit of the Partnership in conducting the Partnership’s 's business or for any other specific purposes for which it was disclosed to such party; provided that the disclosure of financial ------------- statements of, or other information relating to the Partnership shall not be deemed to be the disclosure of Confidential Information (x) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary to disclose such information in connection with a proposed strategic transaction, (y) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary, appropriate or customary pursuant to law, regulation or stock exchange rule (in the reasonable good faith judgment of such parent entity) to disclose such information in or in connection with (i) filings with the SEC or a stock exchangeSEC, (ii) press releases disseminated to the financial community, (iii) presentations to lenders, (iv) discussions with underwriters for the Partnership’s public debt offerings, (v) presentations to ratings agencies or (vi) information disclosed to similar audiences or (z) to the extent that in order to sustain a position taken for tax purposes, any Partner (or former partner in the Partnership if such disclosure is with respect to periods in which such Person was a partner in the Partnership) deems it necessary and appropriate to disclose such financial statements or other information. All Confidential Information disclosed in connection with the Partnership or pursuant to this Agreement shall remain the property of the Person whose property it was prior to such disclosure unless such property has been transferred to the Partnership pursuant to a Contribution Agreement.

Confidentiality and Use of Information. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) or (d)) hereof, each Partner shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates and its and their respective partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, “"Related Persons”") to, keep secret, retain in strictest confidence, and not distribute, disseminate or disclose any and all Confidential Information except to (i) the Partnership and its officers and employees, (ii) any lender to the Partnership or (iii) any Partner or any of their respective Affiliates or other Related Persons on a “"need to know” " basis in connection with the transactions leading up to and contemplated by this Agreement and the operation of the Partnership, and such Partner disclosing Confidential Information pursuant to this Section 13.1(a) shall use, and shall cause its Affiliates and other Related Persons to use, such Confidential Information only for the benefit of the Partnership in conducting the Partnership’s 's business or for any other specific purposes for which it was disclosed to such party; provided that the disclosure of financial statements of, or other information relating to the Partnership shall not be deemed to be the disclosure of Confidential Information (x) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary to disclose such information in connection with a proposed strategic transaction, (y) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary, appropriate or customary pursuant to law, regulation or stock exchange rule (in the reasonable good faith judgment of such parent entity) to disclose such information in or in connection with (i) filings with the SEC or a stock exchangeSEC, (ii) press releases disseminated to the financial community, (iii) presentations to lenders, (iv) discussions with underwriters for the Partnership’s public debt offerings, (v) presentations to ratings agencies or (vi) information disclosed to similar audiences or (z) to the extent that in order to sustain a position taken for tax purposes, any Partner (or former partner in the Partnership if such disclosure is with respect to periods in which such Person was a partner in the Partnership) deems it necessary and appropriate to disclose such financial statements or other information. All Confidential Information disclosed in connection with the Partnership or pursuant to this Agreement shall remain the property of the Person whose property it was prior to such disclosure unless such property has been transferred to the Partnership pursuant to a Contribution Agreement.

Confidentiality and Use of Information. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) or (d)) hereof, each Partner -------------- shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates and its and their respective partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, “"Related Persons”") to, keep secret, retain in strictest confidence, and not distribute, disseminate or disclose any and all Confidential Information except to (i) the Partnership and its officers and employees, (ii) any lender to the Partnership or (iii) any Partner or any of their respective Affiliates or other Related Persons on a “"need to know” " basis in connection with the transactions leading up to and contemplated by this Agreement and the operation of the Partnership, and such Partner disclosing Confidential Information pursuant to this Section 13.1(a) shall use, and shall cause its Affiliates and other Related -------------- Persons to use, such Confidential Information only for the benefit of the Partnership in conducting the Partnership’s 's business or for any other specific purposes for which it was disclosed to such party; provided that the disclosure ------------- of financial statements of, or other information relating to the Partnership shall not be deemed to be the disclosure of Confidential Information (x) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary to disclose such information in connection with a proposed strategic transaction, (y) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary, appropriate or customary pursuant to law, regulation or stock exchange rule (in the reasonable good faith judgment of such parent entity) to disclose such information in or in connection with (i) filings with the SEC or a stock exchangeSEC, (ii) press releases disseminated to the financial community, (iii) presentations to lenders, (iv) discussions with underwriters for the Partnership’s public debt offerings, (v) presentations to ratings agencies or (vi) information disclosed to similar audiences or (z) to the extent that in order to sustain a position taken for tax purposes, any Partner (or former partner in the Partnership if such disclosure is with respect to periods in which such Person was a partner in the Partnership) deems it necessary and appropriate to disclose such financial statements or other information. All Confidential Information disclosed in connection with the Partnership or pursuant to this Agreement shall remain the property of the Person whose property it was prior to such disclosure unless such property has been transferred to the Partnership pursuant to a Contribution Agreement.

Confidentiality and Use of Information. (a) Except as provided in subsection (cSection 13.1(c) or (d), each Partner shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates and its and their respective partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, “"Related Persons”") to, keep secret, retain in strictest confidence, and not distribute, disseminate or disclose any and all Confidential Information except to (i) the Partnership and its officers and employees, (ii) any lender to the Partnership or (iii) any Partner or any of their respective Affiliates or other Related Persons on a “"need to know” " basis in connection with the transactions leading up to and contemplated by this Agreement and the operation of the Partnership, and such Partner disclosing Confidential Information pursuant to this Section 13.1(a) shall use, and shall cause its Affiliates and other Related Persons to use, such Confidential Information only for the benefit of the Partnership in conducting the Partnership’s 's business or for any other specific purposes for which it was disclosed to such partyPerson; provided that PROVIDED THAT the disclosure of financial statements of, or other information relating to the Partnership shall not be deemed to be the disclosure of Confidential Information (x) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary to disclose such information in connection with a proposed strategic transaction, (y) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary, appropriate or customary pursuant to law, regulation or stock exchange rule (in the reasonable good faith judgment of such parent entity) to disclose such information in or in connection with (i) filings with the SEC or a stock exchangeSEC, (ii) press releases disseminated to the financial community, (iii) presentations to lenders, (iv) discussions with underwriters for the Partnership’s public debt offerings, (v) presentations to ratings agencies or (vi) information disclosed to similar audiences or (z) to the extent that in order to sustain a position taken for tax purposes, any Partner (or former partner in the Partnership if such disclosure is with respect to periods in which such Person was a partner in the Partnership) deems it necessary and appropriate to disclose such financial statements or other information. All Confidential Information disclosed in connection with the Partnership or pursuant to this Agreement shall remain the property of the Person whose property it was prior to such disclosure unless such property has been transferred to the Partnership pursuant to a an Asset Contribution Agreement.

Confidentiality and Use of Information. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) or (d)) hereof, each Partner shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates and its and their respective partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, “"Related Persons”") to, keep secret, retain in strictest confidence, and not distribute, disseminate or disclose any and all Confidential Information except to (i) the Partnership and its officers and employees, (ii) any lender to the Partnership or (iii) any Partner or any of their respective Affiliates or other Related Persons on a “"need to know” " basis in connection with the transactions leading up to and contemplated by this Agreement and the operation of the Partnership, and such Partner disclosing Confidential Information pursuant to this Section 13.1(a) shall use, and shall cause its Affiliates and other Related Persons to use, such Confidential Information only for the benefit of the Partnership in conducting the Partnership’s 's business or for any other specific purposes for which it was disclosed to such party; provided that the disclosure of financial statements of, or other information relating to the Partnership shall not be deemed to be the disclosure of Confidential Information (x) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary to disclose such information in connection with a proposed strategic transaction, (y) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary, appropriate or customary pursuant to law, regulation or stock exchange rule (in the reasonable good faith judgment of such parent entity) to disclose such information in or in connection with (i) filings with the SEC or a stock exchangeSEC, (ii) press releases disseminated to the financial community, (iii) presentations to lenders, (iv) discussions with underwriters for the Partnership’s public debt offerings, (v) presentations to ratings agencies or (vi) information disclosed to similar audiences or (z) to the extent that in order to sustain a position taken for tax purposes, any Partner (or former partner in the Partnership if such disclosure is with respect to periods in which such Person was a partner in the Partnership) deems it necessary and appropriate to disclose such financial statements or other information. All Confidential Information disclosed in connection with the Partnership or pursuant to this Agreement shall remain the property of the Person whose property it was prior to such disclosure unless such property has been transferred to the Partnership pursuant to a an Asset Contribution Agreement.

Confidentiality and Use of Information. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) or (d), each Partner shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates and its and their respective partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, “Related Persons”) to, keep secret, retain in strictest confidence, and not distribute, disseminate or disclose any and all Confidential Information except to (i) the Partnership and its officers and employees, (ii) any lender to the Partnership or (iii) any Partner or any of their respective Affiliates or other Related Persons on a “need to know” basis in connection with the transactions leading up to and contemplated by this Agreement and the operation of the Partnership, and such Partner disclosing Confidential Information pursuant to this Section 13.1(a) shall use, and shall cause its Affiliates and other Related Persons to use, such Confidential Information only for the benefit of the Partnership in conducting the Partnership’s business or for any other specific purposes for which it was disclosed to such party; provided that the disclosure of financial statements of, or other information relating to the Partnership shall not be deemed to be the disclosure of Confidential Information (x) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary to disclose such information in connection with a proposed strategic transaction, (y) to the extent that any Partner (or its ultimate parent entity) deems it necessary, appropriate or customary pursuant to law, regulation or stock exchange rule (in the reasonable good faith judgment of such parent entity) to disclose such information in or in connection with (i) filings with the SEC or a stock exchange, (ii) press releases disseminated to the financial community, (iii) presentations to HOU03:1138115.4 42 lenders, (iv) discussions with underwriters for the fee Partnership’s public debt offerings, (v) presentations to ratings agencies or (vi) information disclosed to similar audiences or (z) to the extent that in order to sustain a position taken for tax purposes, any Partner (or former partner in the Partnership if such disclosure is with respect to periods in which such Person was a partner in the Partnership) deems it necessary and appropriate to disclose such financial statements or other information. All Confidential Information disclosed in connection with the Partnership or pursuant to this Agreement shall remain the property of the Person whose property it was prior to such disclosure unless such property has been transferred to the Partnership pursuant to a Contribution Agreement.