[{"id":"79f3d618-8c33-42d0-a891-429329621f3d","order":1,"text":"MUTUAL NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT","fontSize":"22","textAlign":"center","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"30","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"164e317d-1dfc-41f5-9e7d-4b13d8958530","value":"mutual","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"e36c1b7f-9f68-469e-9e7a-dc2b25ff4f6f","order":2,"text":"NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT","fontSize":"22","textAlign":"center","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"30","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"164e317d-1dfc-41f5-9e7d-4b13d8958530","value":"oneway","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"78d58e6f-c901-478c-8758-14c749e9b486","order":3,"text":"THIS AGREEMENT is made on [Date of the Agreement] (the \"Effective Date\").","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"598bc204-d43d-45f0-bdfd-832aa5a38869","order":4,"text":"BETWEEN:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f61a6492-d57c-4981-849e-f6ec7ffb557b","order":5,"text":"(1) [Full legal name of Party A], a company incorporated in [Place of incorporation] with company registration number [Company number], whose registered office is at [Registered office address] (\"Party A\"); and","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"9b18aab3-412a-4f56-a3e2-b0756331540c","value":"company","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"0cf9dfc0-58bb-4d3a-af15-f3ad05356ed3","order":6,"text":"(1) [Full name of Party A], holder of Hong Kong Identity Card or passport number [Identity document number], of [Residential address] (\"Party A\"); and","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"9b18aab3-412a-4f56-a3e2-b0756331540c","value":"individual","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"f15a061d-d90e-4f88-b428-e42d0ddfe0c5","order":7,"text":"(2) [Full legal name of Party B], a company incorporated in [Place of incorporation] with company registration number [Company number], whose registered office is at [Registered office address] (\"Party B\").","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e0529879-115c-4230-9930-a370262d5465","value":"company","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"65b6e573-5dbb-42a5-b5c7-7e17434dbb30","order":8,"text":"(2) [Full name of Party B], holder of Hong Kong Identity Card or passport number [Identity document number], of [Residential address] (\"Party B\").","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e0529879-115c-4230-9930-a370262d5465","value":"individual","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"28eafa1d-0453-4e76-9df4-f71285b970c9","order":9,"text":"Party A and Party B are each referred to as a \"Party\" and together as the \"Parties\".","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a97e06ce-013e-4b56-ac7a-2b8560a21023","order":10,"text":"WHEREAS:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"545f8636-38da-4225-ae4d-a5d999e8e3d6","order":11,"text":"(A) The Parties wish to explore and evaluate the Purpose (as defined below) and, in that connection, each Party may disclose to the other Party information which is confidential and proprietary and which relates to the business, operations, assets, technology, customers and affairs of the Party making the disclosure.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"164e317d-1dfc-41f5-9e7d-4b13d8958530","value":"mutual","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"a016398d-1f28-4a53-9a67-bc11f7f060a1","order":12,"text":"(A) Party A wishes to disclose to Party B, for the Purpose (as defined below), information which is confidential and proprietary and which relates to the business, operations, assets, technology, customers and affairs of Party A, and Party B is willing to receive that information on the terms of this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"164e317d-1dfc-41f5-9e7d-4b13d8958530","value":"oneway","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"74af2edf-daba-4463-8a5e-a606d96277b1","order":13,"text":"(B) The Parties wish to record the terms on which Confidential Information is disclosed, received, used, protected and, at the end of the relationship, returned or destroyed.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f127de1e-fe09-40ec-ad8f-7630d37a677c","order":14,"text":"(C) Nothing in this Agreement obliges either Party to disclose any particular information, to continue any discussion, or to enter into any further agreement or transaction.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a6ac84a0-4334-4265-b696-1e99705efff5","order":15,"text":"NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"21927d87-cd5e-4f07-ac24-dbaa799b2367","order":16,"text":"1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S01"},{"id":"db79ac63-7750-47ad-b6a8-fd438d62cd62","order":17,"text":"In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f2971901-1a00-4d50-bf3e-d3df07849ad3","order":18,"text":"\"Affiliate\" means, in relation to a Party, any person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, that Party, where \"control\" means the beneficial ownership of more than fifty per cent of the issued voting share capital, or the power to direct the management or policies of that person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"94ca9a30-a29c-4697-8afb-9fe2448f809d","order":19,"text":"\"Business Day\" means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in Hong Kong, on which licensed banks are generally open for business in Hong Kong, and on which no black rainstorm warning signal and no tropical cyclone warning signal number eight or above is hoisted at any time between nine in the morning and five in the afternoon.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a6de75f4-1ff6-4b1e-ae61-fdd9ec65627f","order":20,"text":"\"Confidential Information\" means all information of whatever nature and in whatever form, whether oral, visual, written, electronic, machine-readable or otherwise, and whether or not marked or identified as confidential, relating to the Discloser or to any of its Affiliates, which is disclosed or made available to the Recipient or to any of its Representatives by or on behalf of the Discloser before, on or after the Effective Date in connection with the Purpose, together with all copies, extracts, notes, analyses, compilations, studies and other materials prepared by or for the Recipient which contain, reflect or are derived from that information.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"7f5d6009-07b2-4f2a-b466-735689949866","order":21,"text":"Confidential Information includes, without limitation, business plans, strategies, forecasts, budgets and financial information; customer, client, supplier, distributor and prospect lists and dealings; pricing, margins, discounts, terms of trade and commercial arrangements; know-how, trade secrets, inventions, discoveries, designs, drawings, specifications, formulae, processes, source code, object code, algorithms, databases and technical data; research and development; marketing and product information; personnel, remuneration and organisational information; personal data within the meaning of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486); and the existence, subject matter, status and terms of this Agreement and of any discussions or negotiations between the Parties.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"5f588fd0-4bd9-49cd-9ffe-5435f372a077","order":22,"text":"\"Discloser\" means, in relation to any Confidential Information, the Party by or on behalf of which that Confidential Information is disclosed or made available, and \"Recipient\" means the Party to which, or to whose Representatives, it is disclosed or made available. Each Party may act in both capacities under this Agreement, and the obligations of the Recipient apply to each Party separately in respect of the Confidential Information of the other Party.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"164e317d-1dfc-41f5-9e7d-4b13d8958530","value":"mutual","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"94de9975-18aa-4ab2-970f-2b6059bc5297","order":23,"text":"\"Discloser\" means Party A, being the Party by or on behalf of which Confidential Information is disclosed under this Agreement, and \"Recipient\" means Party B, being the Party to which, or to whose Representatives, that Confidential Information is disclosed or made available. Party B discloses no Confidential Information under this Agreement, and the obligations of the Recipient bind Party B alone.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"164e317d-1dfc-41f5-9e7d-4b13d8958530","value":"oneway","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"03a385ad-d1b4-4c32-a823-96f87a94ff31","order":24,"text":"\"Effective Date\" has the meaning given to it at the beginning of this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9054e7dc-050d-4066-aad4-b39215201c8e","order":25,"text":"\"Purpose\" means [Purpose for which the information is shared], together with all discussions, negotiations, evaluations and due diligence carried out by the Parties in connection with it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"668082e9-8f65-4d8d-af10-8a08c104bf25","order":26,"text":"\"Representatives\" means, in relation to a Party, its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, professional advisers (including legal, financial, tax and accounting advisers), auditors, bankers, financiers, insurers and sub-contractors.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"8705b97e-6423-4895-843c-acd8d56f8dae","order":27,"text":"In this Agreement, unless otherwise stated, the singular includes the plural and vice versa; a reference to a person includes a body corporate, an unincorporated body and a partnership; a reference to an Ordinance or to a statutory provision is a reference to it as amended, extended, consolidated or re-enacted from time to time; a reference to writing includes electronic mail; headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement; and the words \"including\", \"in particular\" and similar expressions are illustrative and do not limit the words preceding them.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"020400f5-852e-420d-b6e4-0c92479f1217","order":28,"text":"The recitals to this Agreement form part of it. A reference to a Party includes a reference to its successors and permitted assigns. An obligation of a Party to procure or ensure the performance of an act by another person is a primary obligation of that Party.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"81276488-8d89-4541-9f6e-8ce54ae97251","order":29,"text":"2. PURPOSE AND PERMITTED USE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S02"},{"id":"0f87b7c3-6753-4054-9e90-c09ac9cebdf3","order":30,"text":"Confidential Information is disclosed solely for the Purpose, being [Purpose for which the information is shared], and for no other purpose whatsoever.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9089bde0-6995-4e76-8422-ee42a229425d","order":31,"text":"The Recipient shall not use, and shall procure that its Representatives do not use, any Confidential Information for any purpose other than the Purpose. In particular, the Recipient shall not use Confidential Information to compete with the Discloser, to solicit or divert any customer, client or supplier of the Discloser, to obtain any commercial, negotiating or tactical advantage over the Discloser, or for the benefit of any third party.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c11dd7da-d2de-4549-af12-6ebb43366671","order":32,"text":"Where each Party discloses Confidential Information, this Agreement applies to each Party separately in its capacity as Recipient, and no breach by one Party relieves the other Party of its own obligations.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"164e317d-1dfc-41f5-9e7d-4b13d8958530","value":"mutual","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"5808937a-460c-4ed2-950f-5a8566b8a243","order":33,"text":"Party A assumes no obligation of confidentiality in respect of any information disclosed to Party A by Party B, save as separately agreed between the Parties in writing.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"164e317d-1dfc-41f5-9e7d-4b13d8958530","value":"oneway","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"3e7ab707-aba7-4673-b8e7-b80030c1aaac","order":34,"text":"3. CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKINGS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S03"},{"id":"a33f9a8e-d551-445f-8007-d4185f2a507c","order":35,"text":"The Recipient undertakes to keep all Confidential Information strictly confidential and secret and, save as expressly permitted by this Agreement, not to disclose, publish, release, transfer or otherwise make available any Confidential Information to any person.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c8a50b41-e4ba-4b6a-baa0-76615ebbedd8","order":36,"text":"The Recipient shall apply to the Confidential Information security and protection measures no less rigorous than those which it applies to its own confidential information of a similar nature and, in any event, no less than a reasonable degree of care, including appropriate physical, technical and organisational measures against unauthorised or accidental access, processing, erasure, loss or use.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"dc5659da-ee43-49fa-8059-cf5cce87b059","order":37,"text":"The Recipient shall not copy, reproduce, reduce to writing or otherwise record any Confidential Information except to the extent strictly necessary for the Purpose. Every such copy or record is the property of the Discloser and constitutes Confidential Information.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4c87b2ca-0176-4b97-9b71-393887112c00","order":38,"text":"The Recipient shall not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise seek to derive the composition, structure, source code or underlying ideas of any prototype, sample, software or other material forming part of or containing Confidential Information.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"56bc711e-c4af-4045-98ac-b7d8aed6884d","order":39,"text":"The Recipient shall notify the Discloser in writing immediately upon becoming aware of any unauthorised access to, use or disclosure of, or any loss, theft or other breach of security affecting, any Confidential Information, and shall provide all reasonable assistance and cooperation to the Discloser in investigating and mitigating the consequences of that event and in enforcing the rights of the Discloser.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"808594d8-e3b6-42f4-9790-900d4672b735","order":40,"text":"The Recipient shall not use any Confidential Information retained in the unaided memory of any of its Representatives, and no provision of this Agreement is to be construed as permitting the use of residual knowledge derived from the Confidential Information.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"837d8a09-7cfc-45ae-aff3-db255fd67380","order":41,"text":"The Recipient acknowledges that Confidential Information may include information belonging to third parties which the Discloser holds subject to a duty of confidence, and undertakes to treat that information in the same manner as Confidential Information belonging to the Discloser.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f86bfe66-c56c-45dd-934e-36ddb1a00d87","order":42,"text":"The Recipient is responsible for any act or omission of any of its Representatives which, if done or omitted by the Recipient, would constitute a breach of this Agreement, as if it were the act or omission of the Recipient itself.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"aa7cf6d3-c3e4-4a51-98dc-9c8b05ff9b73","order":43,"text":"4. PERMITTED DISCLOSURES","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S04"},{"id":"0044259f-5d0d-4a0d-ae5a-b6c0db1df9c5","order":44,"text":"The Recipient may disclose Confidential Information to those of its Representatives who need to know it for the Purpose, provided that the Recipient first informs each such Representative of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information and of the terms of this Agreement, and procures that each such Representative is bound by, and observes, obligations of confidentiality and restricted use no less onerous than those set out in this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"7f52eae0-4da9-48ff-bf9c-ae48cc461dd4","order":45,"text":"The Recipient shall maintain, and shall provide to the Discloser on written request, a record of the Representatives to whom Confidential Information has been disclosed and of the Confidential Information disclosed to each of them.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"53c2b51d-cf2c-4103-9480-d7dbe0d24a3b","order":46,"text":"The Recipient may also disclose Confidential Information with the prior written consent of the Discloser, which may be given or withheld at the absolute discretion of the Discloser and may be given subject to conditions.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"19b0ec7c-a2c0-4bf2-b53c-ef7c668a3608","order":47,"text":"5. CONDUCT OF DISCUSSIONS AND NOMINATED CONTACTS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S05"},{"id":"f0694fdc-8128-4521-bf4c-3689f377cadc","order":48,"text":"All communications and requests for information in connection with the Purpose shall be directed to the nominated contact of the other Party. The nominated contact of Party A is [Nominated contact of Party A] and the nominated contact of Party B is [Nominated contact of Party B], or in each case such other person as that Party notifies to the other in writing. This paragraph does not apply to notices given under this Agreement, which are governed by the section entitled \"Notices\".","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"61cc22a7-109f-4024-829e-4c91ec16946d","order":49,"text":"Save for communications with the nominated contact of the Discloser, and except with the prior written consent of the Discloser, the Recipient shall not, and shall procure that its Representatives do not, approach or communicate with any director, officer, employee, customer, client, supplier, distributor, banker, financier or other business contact of the Discloser in connection with the Purpose or in connection with any Confidential Information.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e7e2c9a5-1b60-4419-a4de-30a8c6cac9d6","order":50,"text":"The Recipient shall not use Confidential Information to circumvent the Discloser in any dealing with any third party which has been introduced to the Recipient, directly or indirectly, by the Discloser in connection with the Purpose.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f7e683c1-9ad2-4a12-ab38-4354de8dc316","order":51,"text":"Neither Party is obliged to make any particular person available for discussions, and the conduct of discussions is without prejudice to the right of either Party to terminate them at any time.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4d77d1f0-605d-4199-87f1-437b0cd5042d","order":52,"text":"6. EXCLUSIONS FROM CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S06"},{"id":"ceaf4f1a-b094-4fcc-ab4c-af255f5589ec","order":53,"text":"The obligations in this Agreement do not apply to information which the Recipient can demonstrate, by contemporaneous written records, was already lawfully in its possession free of any obligation of confidence before it was disclosed by or on behalf of the Discloser; is or becomes generally available to the public otherwise than as a result of a breach of this Agreement or of any other duty of confidence owed to the Discloser; is lawfully obtained by the Recipient from a third party who is free to disclose it and who is not, to the knowledge of the Recipient, under any obligation of confidence in respect of it; or is independently developed by or for the Recipient by persons who have had no access to the Confidential Information.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e5277b5b-c3d5-4f7e-96c7-90080889eb95","order":54,"text":"A combination of features does not fall within those exclusions merely because individual features are within them; the combination itself must be within them. Information does not cease to be Confidential Information merely because it is embraced by more general information that is excluded.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1a3af08b-2988-4f23-86b5-3e69ac62b436","order":55,"text":"The Recipient bears the burden of proving that any information falls within an exclusion.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1ce5bea7-a69a-4646-b90a-92da4811311a","order":56,"text":"7. DISCLOSURE REQUIRED BY LAW OR REGULATION","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S07"},{"id":"27d109d2-992b-4c6e-bc58-3465fc6ba74e","order":57,"text":"The Recipient may disclose Confidential Information to the extent required by law, by the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or by any competent regulatory, governmental, taxation or supervisory authority (including The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the Securities and Futures Commission and the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data), or by the rules of any recognised stock exchange to which the Recipient is subject.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"8ceb1a34-4bf8-42be-ba3b-12495f9b3aba","order":58,"text":"Before making any such disclosure the Recipient shall, to the extent lawful and reasonably practicable, give the Discloser prompt written notice so that the Discloser may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy, shall consult with the Discloser as to the timing, content and manner of the disclosure, shall disclose only that part of the Confidential Information which it is legally required to disclose, and shall use reasonable endeavours to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be given to the information disclosed.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"95984215-7d6a-4f4b-9c49-c8d083a4702c","order":59,"text":"Nothing in this Agreement prevents a Party, or any of its Representatives, from making a report or disclosure to a law enforcement agency, to a regulatory or supervisory authority, or to a professional body, where that report or disclosure is required or protected by law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"670a7bd2-02d0-4cb1-aaec-2241122efe0b","order":60,"text":"No disclosure of Confidential Information which is subject to legal professional privilege is intended to waive or otherwise prejudice that privilege, and each Party shall take all reasonable steps to preserve it, including asserting privilege on behalf of the Discloser where appropriate.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6c0e7cf6-e697-415f-b8f0-b70621ecc09f","order":61,"text":"Confidential Information disclosed under this section remains Confidential Information for all other purposes of this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b9cb11ae-2065-495c-9535-bdf6b1a23de6","order":62,"text":"8. PERSONAL DATA AND THE PERSONAL DATA (PRIVACY) ORDINANCE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S08"},{"id":"2c40c5b0-d097-4259-8beb-f08cf00b7aa4","order":63,"text":"Where Confidential Information includes personal data within the meaning of section 2 of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) (the \"PDPO\"), each Party shall comply with the PDPO, including the data protection principles set out in Schedule 1 to the PDPO, in respect of the collection, holding, processing, use, transfer and erasure of that personal data.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"30e96c51-ca5e-44bb-b8c7-eb8f59fd39ed","order":64,"text":"The Recipient shall use personal data comprised in the Confidential Information only for the Purpose, which the Parties acknowledge to be a purpose directly related to the purpose for which that personal data was collected, and shall not use or transfer that personal data for any new purpose, nor use it in direct marketing, without the prescribed consent of the data subject.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"285e967e-a2e3-4892-8b0d-a6915166f9bc","order":65,"text":"The Recipient shall take all practicable steps to ensure that personal data comprised in the Confidential Information is protected against unauthorised or accidental access, processing, erasure, loss or use, having regard to the kind of data and the harm that could result, and to ensure that the data is not kept longer than is necessary for the fulfilment of the Purpose.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9b664e1c-b7c3-432c-8982-4430e921ca24","order":66,"text":"Where the Recipient engages a data processor, whether within or outside Hong Kong, to process on its behalf personal data comprised in the Confidential Information, the Recipient shall adopt contractual or other means to prevent that personal data from being kept longer than is necessary and to prevent unauthorised or accidental access, processing, erasure, loss or use of it, and shall remain responsible to the Discloser for the acts and omissions of that data processor.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1020ed8c-c3ee-4aba-8d0c-ecff0e31e5c4","order":67,"text":"Where the Recipient transfers personal data comprised in the Confidential Information to a place outside Hong Kong, it shall first satisfy itself that the transfer is permitted by the PDPO and by the law of the place of destination, shall put in place contractual measures affording a level of protection comparable to that required by the PDPO, and shall on request inform the Discloser in writing of the place of destination and of the measures adopted.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1254cd2f-7fd8-460c-9af9-ba223de310eb","order":68,"text":"The Recipient shall notify the Discloser promptly of any breach of security affecting personal data comprised in the Confidential Information, of any data access request or data correction request relating to that personal data, and of any complaint, enquiry, investigation or enforcement notice of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data concerning it, and shall provide the Discloser with all reasonable assistance in responding.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"698c506c-6aa4-48e5-b763-f92fe06f76fb","order":69,"text":"Neither Party shall disclose any personal data comprised in the Confidential Information without the consent of the data subject in a manner which would constitute an offence under section 64(3A) or section 64(3C) of the PDPO, or which would be likely to cause specified harm, within the meaning of section 64(6) of the PDPO, to the data subject or to any family member of the data subject.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9d6dac3f-543f-44c4-a401-00e344275d73","order":70,"text":"The obligations in this section survive the expiry or termination of this Agreement for so long as the Recipient or any of its Representatives retains personal data comprised in the Confidential Information.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"3af62bb4-90ee-4a4a-8057-4685103e8941","order":71,"text":"9. NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S09"},{"id":"0f11163d-5f20-4715-a21a-d1b890679886","order":72,"text":"All Confidential Information is provided on an \"as is\" basis. Except as may be expressly provided in a definitive written agreement subsequently entered into between the Parties, the Discloser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, sufficiency, currency or fitness for any purpose of any Confidential Information.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"427d9c20-366a-4fee-8590-fc6bdb0362d2","order":73,"text":"Neither the Discloser, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any of their respective Representatives, accepts any liability to the Recipient or to any of its Representatives resulting from the use of, or reliance upon, any Confidential Information. The Recipient is responsible for making its own evaluation and for satisfying itself as to the accuracy and completeness of any Confidential Information upon which it chooses to rely.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a7299163-3a2b-4797-937f-71fed5dcdf4b","order":74,"text":"The Discloser is under no obligation to update, supplement or correct any Confidential Information previously disclosed, or to notify the Recipient that any Confidential Information has ceased to be accurate, complete or current.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6c414ad9-146f-4e71-836e-740e9a433e2a","order":75,"text":"Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits the liability of any person for fraud or for fraudulent misrepresentation.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a961e906-ff5a-4afa-83fa-6b8ad18911f0","order":76,"text":"10. OWNERSHIP AND ABSENCE OF LICENCE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S10"},{"id":"6d477cb9-cc47-48aa-bb74-ebef3081e1ae","order":77,"text":"All Confidential Information remains the property of the Discloser or of the third party to whom it belongs. Nothing in this Agreement, and no disclosure of Confidential Information, transfers or grants to the Recipient any right, title, interest or licence in or to any Confidential Information, or in or to any patent, copyright, trade mark, registered or unregistered design, database right, trade secret, know-how or other intellectual property right, whether by implication, estoppel or otherwise.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6c9774db-4f0a-4a9c-8ea5-80ef6634051e","order":78,"text":"The Recipient shall not apply for, and shall not assist any person to apply for, the registration of any intellectual property right which is based on, derived from or incorporates any Confidential Information.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"33c90b56-84f8-4295-93fc-7983d6080e77","order":79,"text":"The Discloser is under no obligation to disclose any particular information and may at any time cease to disclose Confidential Information, and may require the Recipient to cease using it, without liability.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"0b47ce14-1a5a-439e-9275-705b389febc9","order":80,"text":"11. RETURN OR DESTRUCTION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S11"},{"id":"854ba153-ba91-49d5-873c-3d2865143d6a","order":81,"text":"Within [Number of days] days of a written request from the Discloser made at any time, and in any event within the same period following the expiry or termination of this Agreement or the Parties ceasing to pursue the Purpose, the Recipient shall return to the Discloser all documents and other materials containing or recording Confidential Information, together with all copies, extracts, notes, analyses and derivative materials, and shall permanently delete all Confidential Information held in electronic or machine-readable form from its computer systems and storage media, to the extent technically practicable.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"f83a683f-0e2d-4cc8-b488-78b4ada6a0ae","value":"return","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"5f8cdf5d-8b0f-4970-8944-4b5186d01974","order":82,"text":"Within [Number of days] days of a written request from the Discloser made at any time, and in any event within the same period following the expiry or termination of this Agreement or the Parties ceasing to pursue the Purpose, the Recipient shall destroy all documents and other materials containing or recording Confidential Information, together with all copies, extracts, notes, analyses and derivative materials, and shall permanently and irretrievably delete all Confidential Information held in electronic or machine-readable form from its computer systems, storage media and back-up systems, to the extent technically practicable.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"f83a683f-0e2d-4cc8-b488-78b4ada6a0ae","value":"destroy","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"98c8f36d-5ab6-4b19-8ef2-3ac5780ec0cb","order":83,"text":"Within [Number of days] days of a written request from the Discloser made at any time, and in any event within the same period following the expiry or termination of this Agreement or the Parties ceasing to pursue the Purpose, the Recipient shall, at the election of the Discloser as stated in that request, either return to the Discloser or destroy all documents and other materials containing or recording Confidential Information, together with all copies, extracts, notes, analyses and derivative materials, and shall in either case permanently delete all Confidential Information held in electronic or machine-readable form from its computer systems, storage media and back-up systems, to the extent technically practicable.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"f83a683f-0e2d-4cc8-b488-78b4ada6a0ae","value":"either","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"e133516c-a851-4fe5-ac62-12d237db64eb","order":84,"text":"The Recipient may retain one copy of the Confidential Information to the extent required by any applicable law, regulation or rule of a professional or regulatory body to which it is subject, or by its bona fide internal document retention or back-up policies, and may retain copies held in automatic electronic back-up systems which are not readily accessible, provided that any Confidential Information so retained remains subject to the obligations of confidentiality and restricted use in this Agreement for so long as it is retained.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"28fe03ed-4bd5-4f7e-9609-bbc26e967f7b","order":85,"text":"If the Discloser so requires, the Recipient shall certify to the Discloser in writing that it has complied with its obligations under this section, such certificate to be signed by the Recipient or, where the Recipient is a body corporate, by a director or other duly authorised officer.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d2aa71e3-36a5-4d4b-9d85-3eed86720f8f","order":86,"text":"The return, destruction or deletion of Confidential Information does not release the Recipient from any of its obligations under this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2f143bd6-c8f4-4e36-b60c-09865f0f3b13","order":87,"text":"12. TERM, TERMINATION AND SURVIVAL","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S12"},{"id":"90d3fb3d-a50e-4e44-b338-4d4a415f210f","order":88,"text":"This Agreement takes effect on the Effective Date and, unless terminated earlier in accordance with this section, continues in force for [Number of years] years from the Effective Date, after which no further Confidential Information falls to be disclosed under it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"992391fa-bb2b-4f64-aca9-e9c0f9c9a4c5","order":89,"text":"Either Party may terminate this Agreement by giving not less than thirty days' written notice to the other Party. Termination does not affect any right or liability which has accrued before the date of termination.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6e3a544e-922a-42f6-8c46-18f62ca21db9","order":90,"text":"The obligations of confidentiality and restricted use in this Agreement apply to all Confidential Information disclosed before or during the term of this Agreement, and continue in force for [Number of years] years from the date of expiry or earlier termination of this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"7e897342-2a72-4f8c-847c-411eefddcfd9","order":91,"text":"Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the obligations in this Agreement continue without limit in time in respect of any Confidential Information which constitutes a trade secret for so long as it remains a trade secret, and in respect of personal data for so long as that personal data is retained by the Recipient or by any of its Representatives.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"662f5b14-57a6-40a9-947e-0da00727625c","order":92,"text":"13. NON-SOLICITATION OF PERSONNEL","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","displayConditions":[{"field":"4a5ca66f-9629-4eba-b468-7cd209149270","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S13"},{"id":"fb5dc122-d9f3-494c-a1ad-d61fbeca4ff6","order":93,"text":"During the term of this Agreement and for a period of [Number of months] months after its expiry or termination, the Recipient shall not, without the prior written consent of the Discloser, directly or indirectly solicit or entice away, or endeavour to solicit or entice away, from the employment or engagement of the Discloser any director, officer, employee or consultant of the Discloser with whom the Recipient has had material dealings, or in relation to whom it has received Confidential Information, in connection with the Purpose.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"4a5ca66f-9629-4eba-b468-7cd209149270","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"bf3857df-f60d-4e0f-97d9-6a13d49d5c60","order":94,"text":"This restriction does not prevent the Recipient from employing or engaging any person who responds to a bona fide recruitment advertisement which is not specifically targeted at the personnel of the Discloser, or who approaches the Recipient on his or her own initiative without any direct or indirect solicitation by the Recipient.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"4a5ca66f-9629-4eba-b468-7cd209149270","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"8b0498b0-e544-4988-99bc-b4f9f66f7326","order":95,"text":"The Parties consider the restriction in this section to be reasonable and necessary for the protection of the legitimate business interests of the Discloser. If any part of it is held to be unenforceable but would be enforceable were some part of it deleted, or its duration or scope reduced, it applies with such modification as is necessary to make it enforceable.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"4a5ca66f-9629-4eba-b468-7cd209149270","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"28f38d68-0dc7-4982-92b2-e3f40a0f89e1","order":96,"text":"14. INSIDE INFORMATION AND SECURITIES LAWS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","displayConditions":[{"field":"d71a240e-0f8f-4adc-8575-b2f018a39a2f","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S14"},{"id":"40dbe92e-9ad7-4c25-b7a9-297c32d72d48","order":97,"text":"The Recipient acknowledges that Confidential Information may constitute inside information within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) in relation to a corporation whose securities are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or on another recognised exchange.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"d71a240e-0f8f-4adc-8575-b2f018a39a2f","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"2abd3428-f93b-4d71-9059-eca2f49d6e1a","order":98,"text":"While in possession of inside information relating to any such corporation, the Recipient shall not, and shall procure that its Representatives do not, deal in the securities of that corporation, counsel or procure any other person to deal in those securities, or disclose Confidential Information to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the person will deal in, or counsel or procure another person to deal in, those securities.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"d71a240e-0f8f-4adc-8575-b2f018a39a2f","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"288ba38c-462a-4f81-a44f-be7f5291b8ef","order":99,"text":"The Recipient acknowledges that insider dealing and other market misconduct may give rise to civil liability before the Market Misconduct Tribunal under Part XIII of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) and to criminal liability under Part XIV of that Ordinance, and that nothing in this Agreement authorises any conduct which would contravene that Ordinance or the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"d71a240e-0f8f-4adc-8575-b2f018a39a2f","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"3e6c0681-8789-469d-bc22-19286c4c1d50","order":100,"text":"Nothing in this Agreement restricts the ability of a listed corporation to comply with its obligations to disclose inside information under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) or under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, and any disclosure so required is treated as a disclosure required by law for the purposes of this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"d71a240e-0f8f-4adc-8575-b2f018a39a2f","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"cacc7b63-2b3d-4b9b-8d0b-5d1b4877ce57","order":101,"text":"15. COMPETITION LAW COMPLIANCE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","displayConditions":[{"field":"48977ef2-c52f-49df-b3f0-32005de2cf1e","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S15"},{"id":"072ee069-3b8a-4e75-9612-ad336c7af349","order":102,"text":"The Parties acknowledge that they may be actual or potential competitors and that the exchange of Confidential Information must not contravene the Competition Ordinance (Cap. 619).","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"48977ef2-c52f-49df-b3f0-32005de2cf1e","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"bc6b0b52-6f30-479d-8ddd-d736b7397e38","order":103,"text":"Neither Party shall disclose to the other, and neither Party shall solicit from the other, any competitively sensitive information, including current or future prices, pricing policy, margins, costs, output, capacity, bidding intentions, business plans in respect of a common market, or the allocation of customers or territories, except to the extent strictly necessary for the Purpose and, where appropriate, through independent professional advisers or by means of aggregated, historical or otherwise anonymised data.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"48977ef2-c52f-49df-b3f0-32005de2cf1e","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"1ab71e36-13a7-4b97-96dd-a469abf093bf","order":104,"text":"Nothing in this Agreement is intended to give rise to, or is to be construed as, any agreement, concerted practice or decision which has the object or effect of preventing, restricting or distorting competition in Hong Kong contrary to the first conduct rule of the Competition Ordinance (Cap. 619). Each Party shall continue to determine its own commercial policy independently.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"48977ef2-c52f-49df-b3f0-32005de2cf1e","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"98965cd4-5a14-4285-8903-af2188a343cd","order":105,"text":"16. NO ANNOUNCEMENT OR PUBLICITY","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S16"},{"id":"bac15001-4a20-438f-8825-ab63aab4729d","order":106,"text":"Neither Party shall make, and each Party shall procure that its Representatives do not make, any announcement, press release, statement to the media or other public disclosure concerning the existence, subject matter or terms of this Agreement, the Purpose, or any discussions or negotiations between the Parties, without the prior written consent of the other Party, except to the extent permitted by the section of this Agreement entitled \"Disclosure required by law or regulation\".","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4261e072-1990-4856-826c-e737b9af2b20","order":107,"text":"Neither Party shall use the name, trade mark, logo or corporate identity of the other Party, or of any of its Affiliates, in any advertising, marketing or promotional material without the prior written consent of that other Party.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a9956304-7bf1-43ef-84a4-7576f895081d","order":108,"text":"17. NO OBLIGATION TO PROCEED AND NO PARTNERSHIP","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S17"},{"id":"dfb8dacb-32ac-49e9-a949-44dd922258c6","order":109,"text":"This Agreement does not oblige either Party to enter into, continue or complete any transaction, negotiation or further agreement, and either Party may terminate discussions at any time without liability and without being required to give reasons.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d9329601-8e89-4582-8af9-6dcf0a8724f8","order":110,"text":"Nothing in this Agreement creates a partnership, joint venture, agency, employment or fiduciary relationship between the Parties, nor authorises either Party to bind the other or to hold itself out as having authority to do so.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9b9d4210-6ada-477d-b52b-8247f9637162","order":111,"text":"This Agreement does not create any exclusivity between the Parties, and each Party remains free to pursue similar opportunities with third parties, subject always to the obligations of confidentiality and restricted use in this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2e5bec64-1998-4ec6-8637-a9c053bd3d69","order":112,"text":"Each Party bears its own costs and expenses in connection with the negotiation, preparation and performance of this Agreement and the evaluation of the Purpose.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2f0ebe9a-7611-4212-8af7-75f1819a4b5f","order":113,"text":"18. WARRANTIES AND CAPACITY OF THE PARTIES","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S18"},{"id":"416424f4-bb4e-4b93-9198-ea8709bc151c","order":114,"text":"Each Party warrants to the other that it has full power, capacity and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, that it has taken all action necessary to authorise its execution and performance, and that this Agreement constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"3c0b9c6c-e1fe-4bc7-b92d-ccaf5d58a943","order":115,"text":"Each Party warrants that its entry into and performance of this Agreement does not and will not conflict with any obligation owed by it to any third party, and that it is not subject to any restriction which would prevent it from complying with this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"bc058a2e-c10f-47cf-b11a-778a5317f7a0","order":116,"text":"Each person signing this Agreement on behalf of a Party warrants that he or she is duly authorised to do so and to bind that Party.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"245a27b5-c5ee-4077-8eb6-5888d2d58a0e","order":117,"text":"Save as expressly set out in this Agreement, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, no warranty, condition or other term is given or implied by either Party.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"53b5cbe8-9a56-4a13-9606-cc082435765c","order":118,"text":"19. REMEDIES","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S19"},{"id":"4671f5f0-ecf4-436b-afa0-913c8224cb86","order":119,"text":"The Recipient acknowledges that damages alone may not be an adequate remedy for any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, and that the Discloser is entitled to seek the remedies of injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief, including relief under section 21L of the High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4), in respect of any actual or threatened breach, without proof of special damage.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6e778534-9cba-4617-bfc6-ae54b3cfe27b","order":120,"text":"The rights and remedies provided by this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any right or remedy provided by law or in equity, including the equitable duty of confidence.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"7f06759e-ca87-4d7c-bfb8-fd12144c4e3a","order":121,"text":"The Recipient shall indemnify the Discloser against all losses, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal costs assessed on a full indemnity basis, incurred by the Discloser as a result of any breach of this Agreement by the Recipient or by any of its Representatives.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"764bf4f0-2054-4d2f-876b-354d34446043","order":122,"text":"No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right or remedy operates as a waiver of it, and no single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevents any further or other exercise of it or the exercise of any other right or remedy.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6c701bf0-3036-4653-aa25-70b02a2e104f","order":123,"text":"20. NOTICES","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S20"},{"id":"ae72f895-d35c-45d1-b56e-fdd4baf7c6ac","order":124,"text":"Any notice given under this Agreement must be in writing in the English language and must be delivered by hand, sent by prepaid registered post, or sent by electronic mail to the address of the relevant Party set out in this Agreement, or to such other address as that Party notifies to the other in writing.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fa5a4585-10df-4d30-8dd3-5137da94b6f8","order":125,"text":"For the purposes of this Agreement the electronic mail address of Party A is [Email address of Party A] and that of Party B is [Email address of Party B], and each Party shall notify the other in writing of any change to its address.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"ae0b4a1d-e1f7-4931-9d94-7f7873a4ebd7","order":126,"text":"A notice is deemed to have been received, if delivered by hand, at the time of delivery; if sent by prepaid registered post to an address in Hong Kong, on the second Business Day after posting; if sent by prepaid registered airmail to an address outside Hong Kong, on the fifth Business Day after posting; and if sent by electronic mail, at the time of transmission, provided that if transmission occurs on a day which is not a Business Day, or after five in the afternoon on a Business Day, the notice is deemed to have been received at nine in the morning on the next Business Day.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9478d8f2-28df-4897-aa0c-1962918f9d28","order":127,"text":"This section does not apply to the service of any document in any legal proceedings or, where applicable, any arbitral proceedings.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"bd6e63a8-dacc-4d0f-8354-a6e6eaf51a5a","order":128,"text":"21. GENERAL PROVISIONS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S21"},{"id":"20aadc18-e46a-4d03-96ea-d2331eba5381","order":129,"text":"This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties in relation to its subject matter and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, representations and arrangements, whether written or oral, relating to that subject matter. Each Party acknowledges that it has not relied upon any statement, representation, assurance or warranty which is not set out in this Agreement, but nothing in this paragraph limits the liability of any person for fraud.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f65f29a8-5a93-4517-b0a7-96410a712365","order":130,"text":"No variation of this Agreement is effective unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each Party.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"0398903b-579f-412f-8c78-971f19bb5ed5","order":131,"text":"Neither Party may assign, transfer, charge or otherwise deal with any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party, except that either Party may assign the benefit of this Agreement to an Affiliate, or to a successor to all or substantially all of its business or assets, upon written notice to the other Party.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"0625de4a-2c98-4cb4-bab2-1824c8af9c49","order":132,"text":"If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision applies with the minimum modification necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable or, if such modification is not possible, is deemed to be deleted, and the remaining provisions continue in full force and effect.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"86fd95b4-0492-4013-8244-4477773321a2","order":133,"text":"A person who is not a Party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance (Cap. 623) to enforce any term of this Agreement, except that an Affiliate of a Discloser may enforce the terms of this Agreement in respect of Confidential Information belonging to that Affiliate, and except that any Affiliate or Representative of a Discloser may rely on and enforce any provision of this Agreement which excludes or limits its liability. The consent of any such third party is not required for any variation, rescission or termination of this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"7f9b07d8-97b4-44c9-8846-af6e51619025","order":134,"text":"This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed is an original and all of which together constitute one and the same instrument. A signature transmitted by electronic means, and an electronic signature within the meaning of the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap. 553), is as effective as an original manuscript signature.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"317fea72-38f4-489c-b4f3-4658efefcaad","order":135,"text":"Each Party shall, at the request and cost of the other Party, do all such acts and execute all such documents as may reasonably be required to give full effect to this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"512a7e33-9782-4d36-a9ac-b62a3d5e2d09","order":136,"text":"This Agreement is made in the English language. If it is translated into any other language, the English text prevails.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"60029be6-d4cc-4848-9b3a-e2296bc0b180","order":137,"text":"The obligations in this Agreement are in addition to, and do not replace or limit, any duty of confidence or other obligation owed by either Party at law or in equity.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4bbb6d1c-4ead-438f-951d-5d2c55f0bd38","order":138,"text":"22. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S22"},{"id":"1a6f1031-8584-48d9-9377-ccd5c3d27058","order":139,"text":"This Agreement, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e1e2fb2f-96c8-4e51-a169-f1b1e3fab68a","order":140,"text":"The Parties irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in respect of any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, its subject matter, formation, validity, performance, breach or termination, including any dispute regarding non-contractual obligations arising out of or relating to it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"5bf4cb36-4edf-4aaa-befb-80d2c416d6aa","value":"courts","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"ba793f16-aad3-45b1-8c96-f0d72289c508","order":141,"text":"Each Party irrevocably waives any objection which it may have to the laying of the venue of any proceedings in those courts, and any claim that those proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"5bf4cb36-4edf-4aaa-befb-80d2c416d6aa","value":"courts","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"4bf9dda9-a072-4f8c-a4b5-2bee6449751b","order":142,"text":"Any dispute, controversy, difference or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, including its existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination, and any dispute regarding non-contractual obligations arising out of or relating to it, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre under the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules in force when the Notice of Arbitration is submitted.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"5bf4cb36-4edf-4aaa-befb-80d2c416d6aa","value":"arbitration","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"5e3d382e-44e8-4250-b22a-23a0a9376513","order":143,"text":"The law of this arbitration agreement is the law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The seat of the arbitration is Hong Kong, the tribunal consists of one arbitrator, and the language of the arbitration is English.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"5bf4cb36-4edf-4aaa-befb-80d2c416d6aa","value":"arbitration","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"6119c953-fc7b-4b25-816f-8541c8cd9779","order":144,"text":"The Parties acknowledge that no party may publish, disclose or communicate information relating to the arbitral proceedings or to any award made in them, save as permitted by section 18 of the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), and that the Court of First Instance may grant interim measures in aid of those proceedings under section 45 of that Ordinance.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"5bf4cb36-4edf-4aaa-befb-80d2c416d6aa","value":"arbitration","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"2f08ccbc-3b00-488d-aebe-ac83a8c1ba48","order":145,"text":"Nothing in this Agreement prevents either Party from applying to any court of competent jurisdiction for urgent interim or conservatory relief, including an injunction, in order to protect Confidential Information.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"49bfb7e0-c6cf-4d82-a94d-5214dde126e3","order":146,"text":"IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been entered into on the Effective Date.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"30","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20"},{"id":"66f2f74a-2e5a-47fe-86df-d445c1fb6fef","order":147,"text":"SIGNED for and on behalf of [Full legal name of Party A] by [Name of the authorised signatory], its [Position of the signatory], being duly authorised:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"30","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"9b18aab3-412a-4f56-a3e2-b0756331540c","value":"company","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"227116b2-429a-405e-9d0c-7a5f2a9eaebe","order":148,"text":"SIGNED by [Full name of Party A] as an individual:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"30","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"9b18aab3-412a-4f56-a3e2-b0756331540c","value":"individual","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"a602d3e2-39d7-4493-91cb-9e8df92a3eb5","order":149,"text":"______________________________________","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"12c1deae-c94b-4b40-bbd5-b9fe5af7ee05","order":150,"text":"Signature for and on behalf of Party A","fontSize":"12","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"9b18aab3-412a-4f56-a3e2-b0756331540c","value":"company","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"6fa824c9-0ef8-45fc-9a5e-2282108b5f16","order":151,"text":"Signature of Party A","fontSize":"12","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"9b18aab3-412a-4f56-a3e2-b0756331540c","value":"individual","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"94591a41-be83-40ec-b1a5-8c2d3302cad0","order":152,"text":"Date: ______________________","fontSize":"12","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"40","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4cc4474b-5a95-433a-9811-f8c24ed54e7b","order":153,"text":"SIGNED for and on behalf of [Full legal name of Party B] by [Name of the authorised signatory], its [Position of the signatory], being duly authorised:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"30","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e0529879-115c-4230-9930-a370262d5465","value":"company","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"461fe1ee-7c6c-4ebf-880e-363139858a39","order":154,"text":"SIGNED by [Full name of Party B] as an individual:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"30","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e0529879-115c-4230-9930-a370262d5465","value":"individual","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"51d8b597-236f-4c05-a9bd-ec9b0ad6b858","order":155,"text":"______________________________________","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c9b71e65-2582-408c-afae-42cf6e0f1b2a","order":156,"text":"Signature for and on behalf of Party B","fontSize":"12","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e0529879-115c-4230-9930-a370262d5465","value":"company","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"eed530f3-a478-4114-a513-3f117dce97c3","order":157,"text":"Signature of Party B","fontSize":"12","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e0529879-115c-4230-9930-a370262d5465","value":"individual","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"d2c3cbac-2f5a-476f-ba91-78cc889d6a7f","order":158,"text":"Date: ______________________","fontSize":"12","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"0","cflou":false,"active":true}]