premise: The obligations of the Receiving Party pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall not apply to any Confidential Information that – 8.1 is or was known to, or in the possession of the Receiving Party prior to disclosure thereof by the Disclosing Party; 8.2 is or becomes publicly known, otherwise than as a result of a breach of this Agreement by the Receiving Party; 8.3 is developed independently of the Disclosing Party by the Receiving Party in circumstances that do not amount to a breach of the provisions of this Agreement; 8.4 is disclosed by the Receiving Party to satisfy an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or to comply with the provisions of any law or regulation in force from time to time; provided that in these circumstances, the Receiving Party shall advise the Disclosing Party to take whatever steps it deems necessary to protect its interests in this regard and provided further that the Receiving Party will disclose only that portion of the information which it is legally required to disclose and the Receiving Party will use its reasonable endeavours to protect the confidentiality of such information to the greatest extent possible in the circumstances;