Confidentiality. Each party shall hold and cause its advisors and consultants to hold in strict confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or, in the opinion of its counsel, by other requirements of law, all information (other than any such information relating solely to the business or affairs of such party) concerning the other parties hereto furnished it by such other party or its representatives pursuant to this Agreement (except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been # previously known by the party to which it was furnished, # in the public domain through no fault of such party, or # later lawfully acquired from other sources not under a duty of confidentiality by the party to which it was furnished), and each party shall not release or disclose such information to any other person, except its auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, bankers and other consultants who shall be advised of and agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 5.3. Each party shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to hold confidential information concerning or supplied by the other party if it exercises the same care as it takes to preserve confidentiality for its own

Section # Subject to Section 5.3, each party agrees to hold, and to cause its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives to hold, in strict confidence, with at least the same degree of care that applies to such Party’s confidential and proprietary information pursuant to policies in effect as of the date hereof, all information concerning the other Party that is either in its possession (including information in its possession prior to the date hereof) or furnished by the other Party or its directors, officers, managers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives at any time pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, and will not use any such information other than for such purposes as will be expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder, except, in each case, to the extent that such information has been i) in the public domain through no fault of such Party or its directors, officers, managers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives, ii) later lawfully acquired from other sources by such Party which sources are not themselves bound by a confidentiality obligation, or iii) independently generated without reference or prior access to any proprietary or confidential information of the other Party.