premise: “Representatives” means, with respect to a Party, such Party’s wholly owned subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, consultants, accountants, financial and legal advisors and, with and subject to the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party, any actual or potential sources of debt financing (including any affiliate of any financial advisor acting in such capacity and their counsel) and other representatives which are identified to the Disclosing Party and who shall be subject to confidentiality obligations at least as stringent as a Receiving Party hereto.  The term “Representatives” does not include any potential equity investors or co-bidders and nothing in this Agreement shall permit the Receiving Party or its Representatives, directly or indirectly, to enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangements or understandings with, or to share any Confidential Information with, any person with respect to participation as an equity investor or as a co-bidder in connection with any possible Transaction, or to propose to any other person to participate as an equity investor or as a co-bidder in connection with any possible Transaction or to advise, assist, encourage, act as an equity financing source for or otherwise invest in any other person in connection with any of the foregoing activities. 2. Obligations of Confidentiality Each Party recognizes and acknowledges the competitive value and confidential nature of the Confidential Information and the damage that could result to the Disclosing Party if Confidential Information contained therein is disclosed to any person.  As a condition to and in consideration of Confidential Information being provided to the Receiving Party and its Representatives, each Receiving Party undertakes and agrees as follows: (a) to hold and cause its Representatives to hold Confidential Information provided hereunder now or in the future in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and not to disclose or permit it to be disclosed to any person, firm or company other than the Receiving Party’s Representatives who need to know such information for the Permitted Purpose;