premise: 2.1. Either party agrees that it shall ensure that it and its associated companies and their respective officers and employees shall keep confidential, both during and after the duration of the agreement, all information which: 2.2. Consists of any of the commercial secrets of the other party; or 2.3 Consists of any other information of a confidential nature belonging to, or connected with, the other party and its activities and clients, and designated by such party as confidential; 2.4  And undertakes not to disclose any of such information to any third party without the prior written permission of the other party except as required by any applicable law or government regulation, and provided that each party may disclose the agreement on a confidential basis to its public accountants, attorneys and financial advisors and/or funders. 