Company: FLDDW
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001193125-25-227152
Chunk: 27

Company: Fold Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form: 424B3
Chunk 27
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 basis from a source other than the other Party or its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, contractors, attorneys, accountants, bankers or consultants (the “Representatives”), or (iv) independently developed by the receiving Party without reference to or use of such Confidential Information.

(b) Each Party shall (i) keep such Confidential Information confidential and shall not, without the prior written consent of the other Party, disclose or allow the disclosure of such Confidential Information to any third party, except as otherwise herein provided, and (ii) restrict internal access to and reproduction of the Confidential Information to a Party’s Representatives only on a need to know basis; provided, however, that such Representatives shall be under an obligation of confidentiality at least as strict as set forth in this clause 17.

(c) Each Party also agrees not to use Confidential Information for any purpose other than in connection with transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(d) The provisions of this clause 17 will not restrict a Party from disclosing the other Party’s Confidential Information to the extent required by any law, regulation, or direction by a court of competent jurisdiction or government agency or regulatory authority with jurisdiction over said Party; provided that the Party required to make such a disclosure uses reasonable efforts to give the other Party reasonable advance notice of such required disclosure in order to enable the other Party to prevent or limit such disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall be permitted to disclose Confidential Information in connection with any filings, reports, or other public disclosures required under applicable securities laws or regulations, as determined reasonably necessary by Borrower’s counsel, without the requirement to provide advance notice to Lender.

(e) The obligations with respect to Confidential Information shall survive for a period of five (5) years from the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this agreement to the contrary, a Party may retain copies of Confidential Information (the “Retained Confidential Information”) to the extent necessary (i) to comply with its recordkeeping obligations, (ii) in the routine backup of data storage systems, and (iii) in order to determine the scope of, and compliance with, its obligations under this clause 17; provided, however, that such Party agrees that any Retained Confidential Information shall be accessible only by legal, compliance or administrative/managerial personnel of such Party and the confidentiality obligations of this clause 17 shall survive with respect to the Retained Confidential Information for so long as such information is retained.

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18. Notices

(a) Unless otherwise provided in