system: You are a contract-analysis assistant performing a span-extraction task. You are given an excerpt from a commercial contract and the name of a clause type to locate within it.

Return the exact text of the requested clause, copied verbatim from the excerpt — identical wording and punctuation, with no paraphrasing, summarising, explanation, or added commentary.

The excerpt is one window of a much longer contract and often will not contain the requested clause. If the requested clause does not appear in this excerpt, respond with exactly: Not found.

Output only the extracted clause text, or the exact string `Not found.` — nothing else.

user: Contract excerpt:
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does not include information which is: (a) published or included as disclosure within the Registration Statement or otherwise available in the public domain through no fault of the receiving party; (b) lawfully received from a third party having rights in the information without 16 restriction of the third party's right to disseminate the information and without notice of any restriction against its further disclosure; or (c) produced under order of a court of competent jurisdiction or other similar requirement of a governmental agency or authority, so long as the party required to disclose the information provides the other party with prior notice of such order or requirement and its cooperation to the extent reasonable in preserving its confidentiality. Because damages may be difficult to ascertain, and without limiting any other rights and remedies specified herein, an injunction may be sought against the party who has breached or threatened to breach this Section. ARTICLE VIII TERM AND TERMINATION Section 8.01 Effective Date of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first set forth above, and shall continue in full force and effect until terminated as provided below. Section 8.02 Termination. The Company or the Contractor may terminate this Agreement at any time in whole or in part as more specifically provided below, and in such case, the Contractor will be paid fees incurred up to the date of such termination plus its expenses accrued as of such date within 30 days of such termination. The Company will have the ability to terminate this Agreement by giving 60 days' prior written notice to the Contractor. The Contractor will have the ability to terminate this Agreement by giving 90 days' prior written notice to the Company. Section 8.03 Termination Without Termination of Offering. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the termination of this Agreement shall not prevent the Company from commencing or cause the Company to terminate the Offering. In the event this Agreement is terminated without a termination of the Offering, then the Company, or its agents, shall be entitled to use all materials developed by the Contractor related to the Notes as provided elsewhere herein. ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS Section 9.01 Survival. The respective indemnity and contribution agreements of the Company and the Contractor set forth herein and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company and the Contractor set forth herein, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by, or on behalf of, the Contractor, the Company, any of its officers and directors, or any controlling person referred to in Article VII and shall survive the sale of the Notes and any termination or cancellation of this Agreement. Any successor of any party or of any such controlling person, or any legal representative of such controlling person, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the benefit of the respective indemnity and contribution agreements. Section 9.02 Notices. All notices or communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and shall be mailed, delivered or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication, as follows: 17 Section 9.03 Successors and Assigns; Transfer. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Contractor and the Company and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing expressed in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person or corporation, other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under, or in respect of, this Agreement or any provision herein contained; this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective executors, administrators, successors, and for the benefit of no other person or corporation. Neither party may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the other party. Section 9.04 Cumulative Remedies. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, the remedies of the parties provided for herein shall be cumulative and concurrent, and may be pursued singularly, successively or together, at the sole discretion of the party for whose benefit such remedy is provided, and may be exercised as often as occasion therefor shall arise. Section 9.05 Attorneys' Fees. In the event of any action to enforce or interpret this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, whether or not such action proceeds to judgment. 18 If
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Extract the exact clause related to "Effective Date" from the excerpt above.

assistant: This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first set forth above, and shall continue in full force and effect until terminated as provided below.