premise: The Receiving Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that all of the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party is the exclusive proprietary property of the Disclosing Party, is being disclosed solely for the purpose of enabling the parties to conduct the discussions relating to the Transaction is to be used by the Receiving Party only in such limited manner as is permitted by the provisions of this Agreement. SECTION  3. NON-DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.  The Confidential Information shall  (a) be kept confidential by the Receiving Party and not disclosed to any third party (except as provided in this Section 3) and  (b) not be used by the Receiving Party for any commercial or competitive purpose whatsoever and may only be used in connection with the discussions relating to the Transaction. 