premise: 2. The Receiving Party agrees, except as required by law, to:  (i) protect the confidentiality of the other party’s Confidential Information in whatever form maintained, including any notes, summaries, reports, analyses or other material derived by the Receiving Party, its Affiliates, or its or their Authorized Parties (defined below), in whole or in part, from the Confidential Information (collectively, “Notes”);  (ii) use the Confidential Information and Notes only for the purposes of evaluating a possible Transaction and the terms thereof;  (iii) use the same degree of care as with its own confidential information, which shall be at least a reasonable standard of care, to prevent disclosure of the Confidential Information and Notes, except to its Affiliates, and its or their officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, service providers, consultants and/or subcontractors (collectively, “Authorized Parties”), solely to the extent necessary to permit them to assist the Receiving Party in evaluating the Transaction; and 