premise: (f) “Representatives” means all Persons acting on behalf of a specified Party or its Affiliates, including without limitation, its directors, officers, lenders, employees, agents, representatives, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, reserve and valuation and other experts. 2. Use of Confidential Information; Confidentiality. (a) Each Receiving Party shall keep all Confidential Information it receives or obtains from a Disclosing Party confidential and shall not, without the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party, disclose such Confidential Information, in whole or in part, and shall not use such Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, for any purpose other than in connection with evaluating the Transaction.  The exposure of the Receiving Party to the Confidential Information or its disclosure shall not be construed in any way to grant to the Receiving Party any right or license with respect to the Information other than the right to use such Confidential Information strictly in accordance with this Agreement.  Moreover, each Receiving Party shall have the right to disclose that it is evaluating the Transaction and transmit Confidential Information to its Representatives only if and to the extent that such Representatives need to know the Confidential Information for the purpose of evaluating the Transaction and are informed by such Receiving Party of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information and agree (in writing) to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. 