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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or any other agreement between or among the Parties or their affiliates. Indebtedness or obligations include but are not limited to any debt, liability, or debit balance resulting from Issuer's reversal of compensation under this Agreement or any other agreement between or among the Parties or their affiliates. It also includes any amount paid by Issuer or Distributor, including reasonable attorney fees and costs, to settle a complaint or satisfy any judgment entered by any court, administrative agency or arbitrator related to any Annuity Contract sold by Broker Dealer, or its producers or breach of Broker Dealer's duties and responsibilities contained in this or any prior Agreement, whether or not the liability for settlement or satisfaction of judgment arose after the termination of this Agreement. Issuer or Distributor reserves the right to use any remedies under the law to collect any indebtedness Broker Dealer owes Issuer or Distributor and Broker Dealer agrees to pay any reasonable attorney's fees and actual costs of collection incurred as a result of such action. CONFIDENTIALITY 21. a. Confidentiality. Each Party acknowledges that, in the course of performing its duties under this Agreement or otherwise, it may receive or learn information about individuals who have applied for or purchased financial products or financial services from the other Party, including, but not limited to, personal, financial and/or health information ("Confidential Information"). Each Party agrees that it will not use or disclose to any affiliate or third party, orally or in writing, any Confidential Information of the other Party for any purpose other than the purpose for which the Confidential Information was provided to that Party. Without limiting any of the foregoing, each Party agrees to take all precautions that are reasonably necessary to protect the security of the other Party's Confidential Information. Each Party agrees to restrict access to the other Party's Confidential Information to those employees who need to know that information to perform their duties under this Agreement. Each Party further agrees that, upon request of the other Party, it will return to the Party making such request all tangible items containing any Confidential Information of the other Party, including all copies, abstractions and compilations thereof, without retaining any copies of the items required to be returned. The obligations of this paragraph extend to the employees, agents, affiliates and contractors of each Party and each Party shall inform such persons of their obligations hereunder. 21. b. Notification obligation. Each Party shall, upon learning of any unauthorized disclosure or use of any of the other Party's Confidential Information, notify the other Party promptly and cooperate fully with such Party to protect such Confidential Information. 21. c. Disclosure required by law. If Broker Dealer believes it is required by law or by a subpoena or court order to disclose any Confidential Information, Broker Dealer, prior to any disclosure, shall promptly notify Issuer in writing attaching a copy of the subpoena, court order or other demand and shall make all reasonable efforts to allow Issuer an opportunity to seek a protective order or other judicial relief. 21. d. Non-restricted information. Except as stated in the final sentence of this paragraph, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to restrict disclosure or use of information that: (a) was in the possession of or rightfully known by the recipient, without an obligation to maintain its confidentiality, prior to receipt from the other Party; (b) is or becomes generally known to the public without violation of this Agreement; (c) is obtained by the recipient in good faith from a third party having the right to disclose it without an obligation of confidentiality; (d) is independently developed by the receiving Party without the participation of individuals who have had access to the other Party's confidential or proprietary information. The Parties acknowledge that certain laws governing Confidential Information about individuals are more restrictive than the foregoing statements and they agree to comply in all respects with such laws. 21. e. Compliance with law. Each Party agrees, in connection with its performance under this Agreement, to comply with all applicable laws, including but not limited to laws protecting the privacy of non- public personal information about individuals. 21. f. Survival. The provisions of this Agreement relating to confidentiality shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement. INDEMNIFICATION 22. In connection with the offer, sale or servicing of Annuity Contracts, Broker Dealer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Distributor and Issuer from any damage or expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, as a result of
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Extract the exact clause related to "Parties" from the excerpt above.

assistant: Distributor