premise: Promptly upon the written request of the Company, the Receiving Party will return all copies of the Confidential Information to the Company, and all notes, studies, reports, memoranda and other documents or materials prepared by the Receiving Party or its Representatives that contain or reflect any Confidential Information shall be destroyed.  Notwithstanding the return to the Company or destruction of Confidential Information pursuant to this Section 7, the Receiving Party and its Representatives will continue to be bound by their confidentiality obligations and other obligations under this Agreement for the term hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  (a) the Receiving Party’s legal department and/or outside counsel may keep one copy of the Confidential Information (in electronic or paper form) and, with respect to the Receiving Party’s Representatives who are accounting firms, such firms may keep one copy of the Confidential Information, in each case, if required to comply with applicable law or regulation and  (b) the Receiving Party and its Representatives may retain Confidential Information to the extent it is “backed-up” on its or their (as the case may be) electronic information management and communications systems or servers, is not available to an end user and cannot be expunged without considerable effort; provided, that any such information so retained pursuant to clauses  (a) and  (b) of this Section 7 shall be held in compliance with the terms of this Agreement for a period of eighteen months from the date hereof.