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Notwithstanding any of the above or below provisions in this Agreement or in any other written or oral agreement made between the Parties or by
which the Parties are bound, each Party shall be entitled to disclose the U.S. income tax treatment and the U.S. income tax structure of this Agreement
and of the agreements related herewith. This right to disclose includes the right of each Party to involve without any limitation tax consultants
regarding the U.S. income tax treatment and the U.S. income tax structure of this transaction and of the agreements related therewith. This right does
not include the disclosure of any other information, including but not limited to, (i) any part of documents not 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 the agreements related herewith; (ii) the identity of
participants or potential participants in the transaction, except to the extent that such information relates to the U.S. income tax treatment and the U.S.
income tax structure of the transaction as set out in this Agreement or in the agreements related herewith; (iii) the existence or status of 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.
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Source: ADVANCED MICRO DEVIC, 10-K, March 01, 2005