premise: The obligation to observe secrecy under this Agreement shall not apply to: 4.1.1 information, documents (including information and documents in machine-readable form), software, objects and other materials that is generally available to the public, or become generally available to the public other than as a breach of this Non-disclosure Agreement; 4.1.2 information that is already lawfully in the possession of one of the parties hereto prior to the effective date of this Non-disclosure Agreement, without having been obtained from the other party or one of its affiliated companies; 4.1.3 information that is received by one of the parties hereto from a third party after the effective date of this Non-disclosure Agreement, provided this third party has not violated any Non-disclosure Agreement; 4.1.4 information the publication of which is required by statute and/or common law; 4.1.5 information that the receiving party, as evidenced by written records, has independently acquired or developed;