premise: 4. With respect to information disclosed under this Agreement, the party to whom the information is disclosed and its Representatives shall: a. hold the information in confidence, exercising a degree of care not less than the care used by such party to protect its own proprietary or confidential information that it does not wish to disclose, and in no event less than a reasonable degree of care; b. restrict disclosure of the information solely to those Representatives with a need to know and not disclose it to any other person; c. advise those  Representatives of their obligations with respect to the information; and d. use the information only in connection with continuing discussions by the parties concerning the Transactions, except as may otherwise be mutually agreed upon in writing, and shall reproduce such information only to the extent necessary for such purpose.