(a) The parties shall treat as confidential this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereunder and any and all business and trade secrets and other information received in connection with this Agreement or the performance thereof and information about a party’s business or financial matters, technical information or any other proprietary information relating to a party or its Affiliates and their respective operations, businesses, technical know-how and financial affairs, that is obtained by the other party as a result of the working relationship between the parties, whether obtained prior to or after the date hereof (the “ Confidential Information ”) during the term of this Agreement and a further period of two (2) years following its termination or expiration. Confidential Information shall include, without limitation, trade secrets, discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, maps, blueprints, diagrams, flow charts and any other technical, financial, business or proprietary information of any kind or nature whatsoever. The parties shall not disclose any Confidential Information to anyone, except (a) any assignees, potential assignees, the Administrative Agent, potential Participants, including without limitation any successor Owner, Conduit Purchasers or any provider of liquidity, credit or equity support facilities or any financial advisor to, or for the account of, a Conduit Purchaser (including, if applicable, the respective collateral agent or conduit trustee for its commercial paper program), (b) any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in, or by reference to, Rule 17g-5 under the Exchange Act (“ Rule 17g-5 ”)) (each an “ NRSRO ”) by posting such confidential information to a password-protected internet website accessible to each NRSRO in connection with, and subject to the terms of, Rule 17g-5 and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to each Rating Agency, (c) the placement agents for any Conduit Purchaser’s Commercial Paper, subject to the confidentiality agreements entered into between such Conduit Purchaser and such placement agents, (d) in the case of the parties hereto or the persons referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above, any of their respective directors, managers, executives, employees, affiliates, auditors, lawyers, advisors, authorized agents and/or duly appointed representatives who have a specific and reasonable interest in knowing, viewing and using such Confidential Information and agree to be bound by the confidentiality provisions of this Section 9.8 , (e) as required by applicable law, rule, regulation or official direction, (f) as required or requested by a regulatory authority with jurisdiction over such party, or (g) to the extent such Confidential Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9.8, or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Owner or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Transferor, the Servicer, or the Guarantor.