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Type/Clase : Source/Procedencia :

Contrat-type /Model contract /Modelo de contrato Centre du Commerce International CNUCED/OMC International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO Centro de Comercio Internacional UNCTAD/OMC Palais des Nations 1211 Genève 10 Suisse

Date de publication : Date of publication : Fecha de publicación : Tél/Tel : Fax : Web :

01/02/2001

(41-22)730 01 11 (41-22)733 44 39www.intracen.org itcreg@intracen.org

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CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT (Example)
THIS CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT ____________, 2000 is by and between (this "Agreement"), dated this

CHEMICALFORMULATIONS Inc., at address at North Shore Drive 3600, Sarrasota, Florida 01234, USA and Africo Company Pty Ltd. _________________________________. with an address at

For the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: 1) Background. Each party hereto (the "ReceivingParty") has requested certain confidential and proprietary information of the other party (the "Disclosing Party") for the purposes of evaluating a transaction between the parties (the "Transaction"). As a condition precedent to providing any such confidential or proprietary information and continuing to negotiate the terms of the Transaction, Disclosing Party requires Receiving Party to executethis Agreement and abide by the terms hereof. 2) Confidential Information. As used in this Agreement, "Confidential Information" shall mean all tangible and intangible non-public information in any form (including written information, oral statements, visual observations of Disclosing Party's operations at its business premises, and electronically stored data) regarding the Disclosing Party or itsbusiness operations, including (i) information concerning Disclosing Party's (a) trade secrets, systems, know-how, products, processes (including manufacturing processes), inventions, computer software programs, or marketing or sales techniques, (b) financial condition, costs, business interests, initiatives, objectives, plans, or strategies, (c) customers, clients, suppliers, lenders,underwriters, vendors, consultants, independent contractors, attorneys, accountants or employees, and (ii) all other information (a) identified by the Disclosing Party as confidential or proprietary, or (b) deemed confidential, protected, a trade secret, or proprietary under applicable law. 3) Confidentiality and Use (a) Receiving Party agrees that it: (i) shall not directly or indirectly disclose or makeavailable any Confidential Information to any person, firm, corporation, agency, or other entity (collectively, a "Person"), other than to Receiving Party's attorneys and accountants or as otherwise required by law, (ii) shall protect and keep the Confidential Information in the strictest confidence and disclose it only to its employees who need to know such Confidential Information to evaluate theTransaction or to perform the

obligations of the Receiving Party under any transaction or transactions between the parties, (iii) shall use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose of evaluating the Transaction and performing the obligations of the Receiving Party under any transaction or transactions between the parties, and not in any fashion that is detrimental to Disclosing...