Background Information 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.
CONFIDENTIALITY of RECORDS and INFORMATION 20.1. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to maintain confidentiality of information and records as required by applicable Federal, State and local laws, regulations and rules. CONTRACTOR shall not use or disclose confidential information other than as permitted or required by this Agreement and will notify COUNTY of any discovered instances of breaches of confidentiality. CONTRACTOR shall ensure that any subcontractors’ agents receiving confidential information related to this Agreement agree to the same restrictions and conditions that apply to CONTRACTOR with respect to such information. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to hold COUNTY harmless from any breach of confidentiality, as set forth in the hold harmless provisions contained herein.
20.1.1. HIPAA/ Protected Health Information. If CONTRACTOR is a covered entity under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) or the HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) Addendum is included as part of this Agreement, it is obliged to comply with applicable requirements of law and subsequent amendments relating to any protected health information, as well as any task or activity CONTRACTOR performs on behalf of COUNTY, to the extent COUNTY would be required to comply with such requirements. If this Agreement has been determined to constitute a business associate relationship under HIPAA and the HIPAA regulations, CONTRACTOR is the Business Associate of COUNTY and agrees to the HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) Addendum exhibit attached to this Agreement. 20.1.2. 42 C.F.R. Part 2/ Drug and Alcohol Abuse Records. If CONTRACTOR is a covered program under the Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records Act, 42 C.F.R. Part 2 or signs the Qualified Service Organization Agreement (QSOA), it is obliged to comply with applicable requirements of law and subsequent amendments relating to any protected health information and patient identifying information, as well as any task or activity CONTRACTOR performs on behalf of COUNTY, to the extent COUNTY would be required to comply with such requirements. If this Agreement has been determined to constitute a qualified service organization relationship under 42 C.F.R. Part 2 and the 42 C.F.R. Part 2 regulations, CONTRACTOR is the Qualified Service Organization of COUNTY and agrees to enter into the Qualified Service Organization Agreement (QSOA) Addendum contained as an exhibit to this Agreement.
Documentation and Information Such Stockholder shall not make any public announcement regarding this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except as may be required by applicable Law (provided that reasonable notice of any such disclosure will be provided to Parent, and such Stockholder will consider in good faith the reasonable comments of Parent with respect to such disclosure and otherwise cooperate with Parent in obtaining confidential treatment with respect to such disclosure). Such Stockholder consents to and hereby authorizes Parent to publish and disclose in all documents and schedules filed with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity or applicable securities exchange, and any press release or other disclosure document that Parent reasonably determines to be necessary or advisable in connection with the Offer, the Merger or any other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or this Agreement, such Stockholder’s identity, the aggregate number of Subject Shares owned by Stockholders subject to this Agreement, the existence of this Agreement and the nature of such Stockholder’s commitments and obligations under this Agreement, and such Stockholder acknowledges that Parent may, in Parent’s sole discretion, file this Agreement or a form hereof with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity or securities exchange. Such Stockholder agrees to promptly give Parent any information necessary for the preparation of any such disclosure documents, and such Stockholder agrees to promptly notify Parent of any changes with respect to information supplied by such Stockholder specifically for use in any such disclosure document, if and to the extent that any such information shall have become false or misleading in any material respect.
Fund Information Each Fund will provide documentary evidence of its tax domicile, organizational specifics and other documentation and information as may be required by the Custodian from time to time for tax purposes, including, without limitation, information relating to any special ruling or treatment to which the Fund may be entitled that is not applicable to the general nationality and category of person to which the Fund belongs under general laws and treaty obligations and documentation and information required in relation to countries where the Fund engages or proposes to engage in investment activity or where Portfolio assets are or will be held. The provision of such documentation and information shall be deemed to be a Proper Instruction, upon which the Custodian shall be entitled to rely and act. In giving such documentation and information, the Fund represents and warrants that it is true and correct in all material respects and that it will promptly provide the Custodian with all necessary corrections or updates upon becoming aware of any changes or inaccuracies in the documentation or information supplied.
Data and Information 14.1 The Contractor shall have the right to use, and shall have access to, all geological, geophysical, drilling, well production, well location maps and other information held by the Republic related to the Contract Area in consideration of the payment of the required fees.
14.2 The Contractor shall promptly provide the Minister, free of cost, with all data obtained as a result of Hydrocarbons Operations under this Contract, including seismic data, geological, geophysical, geochemical, petro-physical, engineering, well logs, maps, magnetic tapes, cores, cuttings and production data, as well as all interpretative and derivative data, including reports, analyses, interpretations and evaluations prepared in respect of Hydrocarbons Operations.
14.3 The Republic shall have title to all original data and information resulting from Hydrocarbons Operations under this Contract, including but not limited to geological, geophysical, petro-physical and engineering data, well logs and completion status reports, and any other data that the Contractor or anyone acting on its behalf may compile or obtain during the term of this Contract. The Contractor is entitled to retain and use a copy of all such data, subject to the provisions of this Article 14.
14.4 The Contractor acknowledges the proprietary rights of the Republic in all data and information referred to in this Article 14 and agrees to treat all such data and information as confidential and to comply with applicable laws and regulations with respect to the storage and any transport or export out of the Republic of any such data and information.
14.5 The Contractor may disclose such information to its employees to the extent required for efficient conduct of Hydrocarbons Operations, provided such individuals have signed or otherwise be subject to an undertaking relating to the confidentiality of the same information as part of their employment contract, or to Affiliates and consultants, or to bona fide prospective assignees of rights under this Contract or to banks or financial institutions from which finance is sought, provided that the Contractor obtains from such entities, prior to disclosure, a written confidentiality undertaking. In the case of disclosure to prospective assignees, any disclosure of such information shall require the prior written consent of the Minister, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
14.6 The Contractor may disclose information as and to the extent required by a regulatory or judicial authority having proper jurisdiction over the Contractor, provided that the Minister is first notified of such disclosure and of the information so disclosed.
14.7 The Contractor’s obligation of confidentiality under this Article shall be of a continuing nature and shall not be cancelled by the expiration, suspension or termination of this Contract, or by any transfer or assignment of interest under this Contract.