Sales Material and Information 4.1. The Company shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to the Fund or its designee, each piece of sales literature or other promotional material in which the Fund or its investment adviser or the Underwriter is named, at least fifteen Business Days prior to its use. No such material shall be used if the Fund or its designee reasonably objects to such use within fifteen Business Days after receipt of such material.
Maintenance of Confidential Information The Contractor acknowledges that in the course of its appointment hereunder the Contractor will, either directly or indirectly, have access to and be entrusted with information (whether oral, written or by inspection) relating to the Company or its respective affiliates, associates or customers (the “Confidential Information”). For the purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” includes, without limitation, any and all Developments (as defined herein), trade secrets, inventions, innovations, techniques, processes, formulas, drawings, designs, products, systems, creations, improvements, documentation, data, specifications, technical reports, customer lists, supplier lists, distributor lists, distribution channels and methods, retailer lists, reseller lists, employee information, financial information, sales or marketing plans, competitive analysis reports and any other thing or information whatsoever, whether copyrightable or uncopyrightable or patentable or unpatentable. The Contractor acknowledges that the Confidential Information constitutes a proprietary right, which the Company is entitled to protect. Accordingly the Contractor covenants and agrees that during the Term and thereafter until such time as all the Confidential Information becomes publicly known and made generally available through no action or inaction of the Contractor, the Contractor will keep in strict confidence the Confidential Information and shall not, without prior written consent of the Company in each instance, disclose, use or otherwise disseminate the Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, to any third party.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION (A) The Adviser has entered into an Investment Adviser's Agreement with the Fund ("Investment Adviser's Agreement"). Pursuant to the Investment Adviser's Agreement, the Adviser has agreed to render investment advisory and certain other management services to all of the funds of the Fund, and the Fund has agreed to employ the Adviser to render such services and to pay to the Adviser certain fees therefore. The Investment Adviser's Agreement recognizes that the Adviser may enter into agreements with other investment advisers who will serve as fund managers to the funds.
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.
Access and Information (a) From the date hereof until the Closing (and, with respect to any Disputed MCE System, until the expiration of the MCE Period), subject to applicable Laws, Seller shall (i) afford Buyer and its authorized representatives reasonable access, during regular business hours, upon reasonable advance notice, to the Employees, each Specified Business, the Friendco Business, Assets that will be Transferred Assets as of the Closing and the Friendco Transferred Assets, (ii) furnish, or cause to be furnished, to Buyer any financial and operating data and other information with respect to each Specified Business or in furtherance of the Transaction or the Exchange as Buyer from time to time reasonably requests, including, subject to Section 5.11, by providing to Buyer or its accountants sufficient information (A) for the preparation of the pro-forma balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the Parent Business (in each case, if requested, assuming the Friendco Transaction and/or the Exchange have occurred) and (B) regarding compliance by Seller and its Affiliates with the requirements of the SOA with respect to the Business, and (iii) instruct the Employees, and its counsel and financial advisors to cooperate with Buyer in its investigation of each Specified Business and the Friendco Business, including instructing its accountants to give Buyer access to their work papers; provided, however, that in no event shall Buyer have access to any information that, based on advice of Seller’s counsel, would (A) reasonably be expected to create Liability under applicable Laws, including U.S. Antitrust Laws, or waive any material legal privilege (provided, that in such latter event Buyer and Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate to permit disclosure of such information in a manner consistent with the preservation of such legal privilege), (B) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties or (C) violate any obligation of Seller with respect to confidentiality so long as, with respect to confidentiality, to the extent specifically requested by Buyer, Seller has made commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a waiver regarding the possible disclosure from the third party to whom it owes an obligation of confidentiality; it being understood that Buyer shall not conduct any environmental sampling without the prior written consent of Seller, which consent may be withheld in Seller’s reasonable discretion. All requests made pursuant to this Section 5.1(a) shall be directed to an executive officer of Seller or such Person or Persons as may be designated by Seller. All information received pursuant to this Section 5.1(a) shall, prior to the Closing, be governed by the terms of the Seller Confidentiality Agreement. No information or knowledge obtained in any investigation by Buyer pursuant to this Section 5.1(a) shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by Seller hereunder.
Reports and Information Computershare shall provide the Funds with the reports specified in Schedule 6 of the Side Agreement within the periods of time prescribed in Schedule 6 of the Side Agreement and at no additional cost to the Funds.
Third-Party Agreements and Information Executive represents and warrants that Executive’s employment by the Company does not conflict with any prior employment or consulting agreement or other agreement with any third party, and that Executive will perform Executive’s duties to the Company without violating any such agreement. Executive represents and warrants that Executive does not possess confidential information arising out of prior employment, consulting, or other third party relationships, that would be used in connection with Executive’s employment by the Company, except as expressly authorized by that third party. During Executive’s employment by the Company, Executive will use in the performance of Executive’s duties only information which is generally known and used by persons with training and experience comparable to Executive’s own, common knowledge in the industry, otherwise legally in the public domain, or obtained or developed by the Company or by Executive in the course of Executive’s work for the Company.
Records and Information The LLC shall keep at its principal office the following records, and such other records (if any) as may be required under applicable state law:
Scope of Confidential Information Executive acknowledges that the Company has developed, and will during the term of Executive’s employment continue to develop, substantial, confidential, competitively valuable information and other intangible or “intellectual property” in connection with its business, some or all of which is proprietary to the Company, (collectively, the “Confidential Information”). Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, Executive expressly recognizes and agrees that, subject to the remainder of this Section 5.2, the following items, and all copies, summaries, extracts or derivative works thereof, are entitled to trade secret protection and constitute Confidential Information under this Agreement, whether developed prior to the date hereof or thereafter, and whether with the assistance of Executive or otherwise: (i) the Company’s proprietary computer software, databases and lists of customers, prospects, candidates, and employees; employee applications; skills inventory sheets and similar summaries of employee qualifications, as well as employee compensation; customer ordering habits, billing rates, buying preferences, and short term needs; sales reports and analysis; (ii) employee reports and analysis; customer job orders and profit margin data; businesses processes, methods of operation and sales techniques; (iii) statistical information regarding the Company; (iv) financial information of the Company and its customers that is not publicly available; (v) specially negotiated terms and pricing with vendors and customers; (vi) research and development, business projects, strategic business plans, and strategies; products and solution services offered to customers; and (vii) any other non-public information of the Company that gives the Company a competitive advantage by virtue of it not being generally known. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Confidential Information shall not include (a) any information which is or becomes publicly available, other than as a result of the wrongful action of Executive or his agents; (b) any information independently developed by Executive subsequent to the Date of Termination; (c) any information made available to Executive following the termination of Executive’s employment from a third party not known by Executive to be under binder of confidentiality to the Company with regard thereto or (d) any information as to which the Company specifically waives its rights hereunder pursuant to an instrument in writing.
Intellectual Property and Information Technology (a) Section 5.20(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list, as of the date of this Agreement, of all Company Products.