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negotiations; (iv) any financial information other than the financial information relating to the U.S. income tax treatment and the U.S. income tax structure
of the transactions as set out in this Agreement or in the agreements related herewith; or (v) any other condition or detail which is of no importance with
respect to the U.S. income tax treatment or the U.S. income tax structure of the transactions as set out in this Agreement or in the agreements related
herewith. The partners acknowledge that this confirmed right shall not be deemed to be a waiver by any Party of any of their particular rights under the
attorney-client privilege or the non-disclosure privilege under Section 7525(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code 1986, as amended.
20.2 This obligation shall extend beyond the ending of this Agreement, provided that the obligations of confidentiality as agreed in any Appendix remain
unaffected.
20.3 This obligation does not apply to information which is generally known, or information demonstrably independently worked out by the receiving Party, or
information demonstrably obtained legally from third parties without any breach of the confidentiality obligation.
20.4 This obligation shall also not apply insofar as the Parties are obliged to disclose the received information under statutory provisions or official orders. In
such event the affected Party is obligated immediately to inform the other Parties of the official order or the application of a statutory provision, as
applicable, if possible in advance.
20.5 The Parties note that Saxony must present the draft agreements in Saxon ministries, the cabinet of Saxony and the parliament of Saxony, in the course of
the political decision-making process. Technical data and technical details are to be comprehensively protected.
§ 21 Responsibility for costs and expenses
AMD shall bear its costs and the reasonable cost of the involvement of external advisors of Saxony and the Saxony Holding Company. These include, in
particular, the costs and expenses associated with the report of ADL and the legal advice of Saxony and the Saxony Holding Company by Rechtsanwälte
Clifford Chance Pünder, in connection with this Cooperation Agreement for the period from June 4, 2003 until signing of this Cooperation Agreement. In
addition, from the date of signing of this Cooperation Agreement until December 31,
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Source: ADVANCED MICRO DEVIC, 10-K, March 09, 2004