definiens: means any information which the receiving Party can demonstrate ( i ) waslawfully in its possession and reduced in writing prior to the time of disclosure by or on behalf of thedisclosing Party and which is not subject to another obligation of confidentiality ; ( ii ) is or becomesgenerally available to the public through no breach of this Agreement by the receiving Party or itspersonnel ; ( iii ) is obtained from a Third Party lawfully entitled to possession of such ConfidentialInformation and under no obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing Party or its Affiliates ; or ( iv ) wasindependently developed by or for the recipient without reference to, aid from or reliance upon theConfidential Information of the disclosing Party . In clarification of the foregoing, a general disclosure in thepublic domain will not cause more specific ( but related ) information to be deemed Exempt Informationunder one of the above exceptions ; similarly, a combination of several pieces of information, where eachpiece of information individually is deemed Exempt Information, will not operate to exempt thecombination as Exempt Information unless the combination itself is in the public domain, independentlydeveloped by the receiving Party, or otherwise lawfully in the receiving Party ’s possession