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4. Within ninety (90) days after the date of receipt of a written notice by the Discloser, Recipient must (i) destroy or return all of Discloser's Confidential Information then in its possession or control, (ii) return at the Discloser's reasonable expense, all Confidential Information disclosed by Discloser in the form of physical samples, and (iii) destroy all copies containing the Discloser's Confidential Information and any other items that may have been produced by Recipient that incorporate Discloser's Confidential Information, and upon the written request of Discloser, will famish the Discloser with written certification of such destruction under this Section. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Recipient (i) may retain one copy of the Confidential Information, for the purpose of certifying the scope and nature of the documents received under this Agreement, and (ii) will not be required to destroy any computer files stored securely by the Recipient that are created during automatic system back-up or retained for legal purposes by the Recipient's legal division. 5. All reproductions, copies, or embodiments, in whole or in part, of the Confidential Information created by Recipient shall carry a confidential orproprietary notice similar to that, if any, with which it was submitted to the Recipient. 6. Confidential Information disclosed to Recipient hereunder is and shall remain the exclusive property of Discloser. The confidentiality and use obligations set forth above apply to all or any part of any Confidential Information provided after the Cffeelive Dale of this Agreement except to the extent that such Confidential Information: (a) was publicly known prior to disclosure by Discloser of such Confidential Information to Recipient; (b) is or becomes publicly known, without fault on the part of Recipient, subsequent to disclosure by Discloser of such Confidential Information to Recipient; (c) was otherwise known by Recipient prior to communication by Discloser to Recipient of such Confidential Information as evidenced by written records; (d) becomes available to the Recipient on a non -confidential hnsis from a source other than the Discloser who is not, to the Recipient's knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, under any obligation of confidentiality to the Discloser, and (e) has been independently developed by Recipient without access to such Confidential Information, as evidenced by written records. 7. Ila the event that Recipient is requested or required pursuant to applicable law, regulation or order issued by any administrative, governmental, regulatory orjudicial authority, or in response to a request from or requirement or the Recipient's auditors, regulators or rating agencies, to disclose any Confidential Information, Recipient may disclose such Confidential Information, subject to this Section 7. Prior to responding to such request or requirement, the Recipient will provide the Discloser with prompt notice of any such requests or requirements (unless prohibited by applicable law from doing so), so that the Discloser may seek, at its own expense, an appropriate protective order or, if appropriate, waive Recipient's compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Recipient is legally required to disclose Confidential Information under the California Public Records Act to any third party, Recipient may disclose such portions of the Confidential Information that Recipient is legally required to disclose without consent by Discloser.