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MUTUAL NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT THIS MUTUAL NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is entered into between ("Hola Media Sdn Bhd"

Reg No.: 904889-U), with offices at S2.33 Second Floor Selayang Capitol Complex, Selayang Kepong Expressway, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, and _________________________________________________________________________________ ("Company"), with offices at the address noted at the end of this document as of __________, 2011 ("Effective Date"). Hola Media Sdn Bhd and Company may be referred to herein individually as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties." 1. The Parties intend to hold discussions concerning a potential business transaction (the "Purpose"). In connection with such discussions, it may be necessary for one Party to disclose to the other Party, certain information that the disclosing Party wishes to be held in confidence. This Agreement sets forth how such information is to be treated and may be used. 2. As used herein, "Confidential Information" of a Party means, any and all information disclosed orally, visually, or in tangible form by such Party ("Disclosing Party") to the other Party ("Receiving Party"), whether prior to or after the Effective Date hereof, and which has been identified either in writing or verbally as being proprietary or confidential. Confidential Information may include without limitation: ideas, techniques, drawings, works of authorship, inventions, know-how, processes, equipment, algorithms, software programs, software source documents, information related to current, future, and/or proposed products and services of each of the Parties, financial information, procurement requirements, customer lists, business and contractual relationships, business forecasts, and marketing plans. 3. Subject to Section 4, Receiving Party agrees that it will hold the Confidential Information received from Disclosing Party in confidence and not disclose it to any third party, except as approved in writing by Disclosing Party, or as permitted by this Agreement. Receiving Party will not use the Confidential Information of Disclosing Party except in connection with the Purpose. Receiving Party will limit access to the Confidential Information of Disclosing Party to only those of Receiving Party's employees, agents, consultants, or third party advisors having a need to know such Confidential Information and who have signed confidentiality agreements containing, or are otherwise bound by, confidentiality obligations at least as restrictive as those contained herein. Receiving Party shall protect the Confidential Information from misuse and unauthorized disclosure using the same degree of care it uses to protect its own Confidential Information, but in no event will it use less than a reasonable degree of care. 4. Receiving Party will not have any obligations under this Agreement with respect to a specific portion of the Confidential Information of Disclosing Party, if such Receiving Party can demonstrate that such portion of the Confidential Information: (i) was in the public domain at the time it was disclosed to Receiving Party, or subsequently entered the public domain, through no fault of Receiving Party; (ii) was rightfully communicated to Receiving Party by a third party without any obligation of confidence; or (iii) was independently developed by employees or agents of Receiving Party without reference to any information communicated to

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Receiving Party. 5. Notwithstanding the above, Receiving Party may disclose certain Confidential Information of Disclosing Party, to the extent such disclosure is required to comply with applicable law or an order of a court or other governmental body having jurisdiction, provided that Receiving Party provides Disclosing Party with reasonable prior written notice of the requirement to disclose under the applicable law or order. 6. Receiving Party will immediately notify Disclosing Party upon discovery of any loss or unauthorized disclosure by Receiving Party of Confidential Information of Disclosing Party. 7. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, or upon written request of either Party, each Party will promptly return to Disclosing Party or destroy all documents and other tangible materials representing Disclosing Party's Confidential Information and all copies thereof. In the event that the Confidential Information is destroyed, Receiving Party will certify in writing to Disclosing Party that it has destroyed such Confidential Information. 8. Receiving Party recognizes and agrees that nothing contained in this Agreement will be construed as granting any property rights, by license or otherwise, to any Confidential Information of Disclosing Party, or to any invention or any patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right that has issued or that may issue, based on such Confidential Information. Neither Receiving Party will make, have made, use or sell for any purpose any product or other item using, incorporating or derived from any Confidential Information of Disclosing Party. 9. ALL CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS." TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BOTH PARTIES DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL PROMISES, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, DATA ACCURACY, SYSTEM INTEGRATION, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND/OR NONINTERFERENCE. 10. Receiving Party will not reproduce the Confidential Information of Disclosing Party in any form except as required to accomplish the intent of this Agreement. Any reproduction by a Receiving Party of any Confidential Information of Disclosing Party will remain the property of Disclosing Party and will contain any and all confidential or proprietary notices or legends that appear on the original, unless otherwise authorized in writing by Disclosing Party. 11. This Agreement will terminate two(2) years after the Effective Date, or may be terminated by either Party at any time upon thirty (30) days written notice to the other Party. Each Party's obligations under this Agreement will survive termination of this Agreement, continue indefinitely and will be binding upon such Party's heirs, successors, and permitted assigns.

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12. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of Malaysia without reference to the conflict of laws principles thereof. Any dispute, controversy, claim, question, or disagreement arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach hereof, shall be finally settled by binding arbitration in the Malaysia, in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules or, if Company is a non-Malaysia company, the International Arbitration Rules of the Malaysia International Arbitration Association, and judgment on any award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the Parties, and the Parties hereby undertake and agree to carry it out without delay. Each Party shall share equally in the costs and expenses of the arbitration and each Party will bear own legal fees and expenses. The Parties hereto consent to the jurisdiction of the courts located in the Malaysia for the purposes of enforcing this arbitration provision. 13. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a proper authority to be unenforceable or invalid, such unenforceability or invalidity will not render this Agreement unenforceable or invalid as a whole and, in such event, such provision will be changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of such unenforceable or invalid provision within the limits of applicable law or applicable court decisions. 14. Neither Party will assign or transfer any rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party, except that Parties may assign this Agreement without such consent to its successor in interest by way of merger, acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of its assets. Except as permitted herein, any attempted or purported assignment will be null and void. 15. Receiving Party will not export, directly or indirectly, any technical data acquired from Disclosing Party under this Agreement or any product utilizing any such data to any country for which the Malaysia Government or any agency thereof at the time of export requires an export license or other governmental approval without first obtaining such license or approval. 16. Either Party will not solicit directly or indirectly, to employ any of the current officers of the other Party or its Affiliates with whom it or any of its Representatives have contact or who are identified to the Party or any of its Representatives during the period of this Agreement, so long as they are employed by the other Party or its Affiliates, without the prior written consent by the other Party. The term "solicit to employ" shell not be deemed to include general solicitations of employment not specifically directed towards employees of the other Party or its Affiliates. 17. Each Party agrees that it will not modify, reverse engineer, decompile, create other works from, or disassemble any software programs, prototypes, schematics, hardware or other tangible objects contained in the Confidential Information of the other Party without the prior written consent of the other Party. 18. Any notice will be written in English and will be either delivered in person, or sent to the other Party by a) postal mail, b) facsimile ( electronically confirmed and followed up immediately by

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postal mail), or c) electronic mail (followed up immediately by postal mail). For the purpose of this clause the address of each Party shell be the address as entered on the signature page below. 19. This Agreement may not be amended except by a writing signed by authorized representatives of both Parties. The transmittal of signatures by facsimile or other electronic format shall be a valid execution of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement to be executed as of the Effective Date. For: Hola Media Sdn Bhd, Malaysia For: By: By:

Name: C.F LEE Title: Executive Director Date:

Name: Title: Date:

Registered Address: S2.33 Second Floor Selayang Registered Address: Capitol Complex, Selayang Kepong Expressway City: Batu Caves State/Province: Selangor Darul Ehsan Zip/Postal Code: 68100 Country: Malaysia Telephone: +603-6137 1235 Fax: +603-6137 1235 City: State/Province: Zip/Postal Code: Country: Telephone: Fax:

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