Non-Disclosure Agreement
MUTUAL NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made and entered into as of the last date signed below (the “Effective Date”)
by and between Carlex Glass America, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation having its principal
place of business at 7200 Centennial Blvd., Nashville, TN 37209 ("Carlex") and___________________,
a _______________corporation whose principal mailing address is _________________ (the "Supplier").
WHEREAS Carlex and Supplier (the “Parties”) have an interest in participating in discussions
for potential supply of goods between them (“Purpose”) wherein either Party might share information
with the other that the disclosing Party considers to be proprietary and confidential to itself (“Confidential
Information”); and
WHEREAS the Parties agree that Confidential Information of a Party might include, but not be
limited to that Party’s: (1) business plans, methods, and practices; (2) personnel, customers, and suppliers;
(3) inventions, processes, methods, products, patent applications, and other proprietary rights; or (4)
specifications, drawings, sketches, models, samples, tools, computer programs, technical information, or
other related information;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
1.
Either Party may disclose Confidential Information to the other Party in confidence provided that
the disclosing Party identifies such information as proprietary and confidential either by marking it, in the
case of written materials, or, in the case of information that is disclosed orally or written materials that are
not marked, by notifying the other Party of the proprietary and confidential nature of the information,
such notification to be done by e-mail or written correspondence, or via other recordable means of
communication as might be appropriate within thirty (30) days of the disclosure.
2.
The following “Data Control Persons” are hereby appointed to receive Confidential Information
exchanged under this Agreement:
For Supplier:_____________________ (email: ______________________)
For Carlex: _______________________(email: ______________________)
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3.
When informed of the proprietary and confidential nature of Confidential Information that has
been disclosed by the other Party, the receiving Party (“Recipient”) shall, for the term of this Agreement
and three (3) years thereafter, refrain from disclosing such Confidential Information to any contractor or
other third party (except for those employees, officers, directors, and agents having a need to know for the
Purpose (“Authorized Employees”) and from using such Confidential Information for purposes other than
for the Purpose without prior, written approval from the disclosing Party and shall protect such
Confidential Information from inadvertent disclosure to a third party using the same care and diligence
that the Recipient uses to protect its own proprietary and confidential information, but in no case less than
reasonable care. The Recipient shall ensure that each of its Authorized Employees who have access to
Confidential Information of the other party disclosed under this Agreement is informed of its proprietary
and confidential nature and are under similar confidentiality restrictions as contained this Agreement.
The Recipient may reproduce the Confidential Information of the other Party only to the extent necessary
for the Purpose and shall not reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile any samples, prototypes,
software or other tangible objects provided by the other Party hereunder except with the express written
authorization from the other Party.
4.
The Parties shall be liable for any breach of this Agreement by their respective directors, officers,
employees and agents. The Recipient of Confidential Information disclosed under this Agreement shall
promptly notify the disclosing Party of any unauthorized disclosure or use of such Confidential
Information or of any subpoena or other legal process requiring production or disclosure of said
Confidential Information.
5.
All Confidential Information disclosed under this Agreement shall be and remain the property of
the disclosing Party and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring
any rights to such Confidential Information on the other Party. The Recipient shall honor any request
from the disclosing Party to promptly return or destroy all copies of Confidential Information disclosed
under this Agreement and all notes related to such Confidential Information.
(Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Recipient may retain one (1) copy of the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information in secure
files, for legal and archival purposes only. In addition, Recipient is not required to delete the disclosing
Party’s Confidential Information on Recipient’s back-up storage media. None of the retained copies may
be used other than for legal and archival purposes at any time after the termination of this Agreement.)
The Parties agree that the disclosing Party will suffer irreparable injury if its Confidential Information is
made public, released to a third party, or otherwise disclosed in breach of this Agreement and that the
disclosing Party shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against a threatened breach or continuation of
any such breach and, in the event of such breach, an award of actual and exemplary damages from any
court of competent jurisdiction as such court deems just.
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6.
The terms of this Agreement shall not be construed to limit either Party’s right to develop
independently or acquire products without use of the other Party’s Confidential Information. The
disclosing party acknowledges that the Recipient may currently or in the future be developing information
internally, or receiving information from other parties, that is similar to the Confidential Information.
Nothing in this Agreement will prohibit the Recipient from developing or having developed for it
products, concepts, systems or techniques that are similar to or compete with the products, concepts,
systems or techniques contemplated by or embodied in the Confidential Information provided that the
Recipient does not violate any of its obligations under this Agreement in connection with such
development.
7.
Notwithstanding the above, the Parties agree that information shall not be deemed Confidential
Information and the Recipient shall have no obligation to hold in confidence such information, where
such information:
(a)
Is already known to the Recipient prior to disclosure hereunder, as evidenced by its
business records,
(b)
Has been disclosed to the Recipient by a third party without such third party having an
obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing Party; or
(c)
Is or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of the Recipient, its employees,
officers, directors, or agents; or
(d)
Is independently developed by the Recipient without reference to or use of any
Confidential Information disclosed hereunder; or
(e)
Is approved for release (and only to the extent so approved) by the disclosing Party; or
(f)
Is disclosed pursuant to the lawful requirement of a court or governmental agency or
where required by operation of law (and only to the extent so required) .
8.
All Confidential Information is provided on a without prejudice basis, ‘as is’ and shall remain
the sole property of the Discloser. Discloser shall have no liability whatsoever from the use of its
Confidential Information by Recipient. None of the Confidential Information which may be disclosed by
Discloser shall constitute any representation, warranty, assurance, guarantee or inducement by Discloser
of any kind, and, in particular, with respect to the non-infringement of any intellectual property rights, or
other rights of third parties or the Discloser. No license is either granted or implied by the conveying of
Confidential Information to the Recipient.
9.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to constitute an agency, partnership, joint venture,
or other similar relationship between the Parties. Neither this Agreement nor the disclosure or receipt of
Confidential Information shall constitute or imply any promise or intention to make any purchase of
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products or services, partnership or any commitment or representation with respect to the present or
future development or marketing of any product or service by either party.
10.
Neither Party will, without prior approval of the other Party, make any public announcement of
or otherwise disclose the fact that the parties are in contact with each other and the existence or the terms
of this Agreement.
11.
This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Parties and in no way creates an
obligation for either Party to disclose information to the other Party or to enter into any other agreement.
A copy or facsimile of an original signed Agreement shall have the same force and effect as the original
document. No amendment or modification of this Agreement shall be valid or binding on the parties
unless made in writing and signed by the parties’ respective duly authorized representatives.
12.
This Agreement shall remain in effect for a period of two (2) years from the Effective Date
unless otherwise terminated by either Party giving ten (10) business day prior notice to the other of its
desire to terminate this Agreement. The requirement to protect Confidential Information disclosed under
this Agreement shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be
governed by the applicable laws of the State of Ohio, excluding its conflict of law provisions.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF:
CARLEX GLASS AMERICA, LLC
SUPPLIER:
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