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5. Official Request. If Receiving Party is requested to provide Confidential Information to any court, governmental/regulatory agency, or other third party pursuant to a court order, subpoena, or other process of law, Receiving Party must, to the extent permissible under applicable law, first provide Disclosing Party with prompt written notice of such request and cooperate with Disclosing Party to appropriately protect against, or limit, the scope of the requested disclosure. To the extent practicable, Receiving Party will otherwise continue to treat the requested information as Confidential Information.

all information provided in connection with the foregoing Purpose(s) except as provided in ¶ 1.1(c) below. Confidential Information includes the fact that it has been provided by Disclosing Party, the fact that the parties are discussing the Purpose(s), and may in particular include, without limitation, pricing, technical and business data, product specifications, illustrations or other visuals, financial data and plans, marketing and product development plans, growth strategies and plans, cost information, customer information, processes and procedures, trade secrets, proprietary "know-how", and like information concerning, or provided by, Disclosing Party, its affiliates, or their third party consultants, contractors, or suppliers (collectively, Disclosing Party's "Confidential Information"). Confidential Information also includes all documents and information derived from or including Confidential Information, including but not limited to annotations, commentary, or other aides memoire (collectively "Notes").

4. Disclosure of Confidential Information. Receiving Party may provide Confidential Information only to Receiving Party's employees and third party professional legal, financial, and technical advisors (and Receiving Party's corporate affiliates' employees and third party professional legal, financial, and technical advisors) who: (a) have a need to know such Confidential Information in connection with the Purpose(s); and (b) have agreed to protect from unauthorized disclosure all such Confidential Information as to which they have access. Provision of Disclosing Party's Confidential Information to Receiving Party's third party professional legal, financial, and technical advisors is subject to the additional requirement that (i) Receiving Party must obtain prior approval before such disclosure, and (ii) such third parties may, at Disclosing Party's request, be required to separately execute nondisclosure agreements specific to the Purpose(s).

6. Ownership. Confidential Information provided by Disclosing Party remains Disclosing Party's property at all times. No license to, or ownership interest in, any trademark, copyright, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property right of Disclosing Party is granted to Receiving Party by virtue of the disclosure of Confidential Information hereunder. All information, including Confidential Information, provided hereunder is provided strictly "as-is" and without representation or warranty of any kind as to its accuracy, completeness, freedom from error, or value.

3. Use of Confidential Information. Receiving Party agrees to use Confidential Information solely in furtherance of the Purpose(s) and for no other purpose(s). Neither party will use the other party's Confidential Information provided hereunder to solicit, for any purpose, the other party's or its affiliates' competitors, customers, suppliers, or other business associates. Neither party will identify the other party or its employees, corporate affiliates, or other owners of Confidential Information in any press release or publicity statement, advertising, sales/marketing material, or other communication to the public without the prior written authorization of Disclosing Party. Receiving Party shall not at any time use any of the Confidential Information to provoke an interference with any patent application which the Disclosing Party has filed or may file in the

2. Protection of Confidential Information. Receiving Party will protect Confidential Information provided to it by or on behalf of Disclosing Party from any use, distribution, or disclosure except as expressly permitted under this Agreement. Receiving Party will use the same standard of care to protect Confidential Information as Receiving Party uses to protect its own confidential and proprietary information, but in any event not less than a reasonable standard of care.

c) Confidential Information does not include: (a) information Disclosing Party expressly authorizes Receiving Party to disclose without restriction; (b) information already lawfully known to Receiving Party at the time of disclosure, absent a then-existing duty to keep it confidential; (c) information Receiving Party lawfully obtains from any source other than Disclosing Party, provided that such source, to the best of Receiving Party's knowledge, rightfully obtained such information and is not itself prohibited from disclosing to Receiving Party by a legal, contractual, or fiduciary duty to Disclosing Party; or (d) information Receiving Party independently develops without benefit of, use of, or reference to, Disclosing Party's Confidential Information.

10. Termination. This Agreement shall continue for a period of two (2) years beyond the Effective Date. Any Party may terminate this Agreement at any time upon thirty days written notice to the other Party; provided that, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, all the obligations of Recipient under this Agreement with respect to any Confidential Information received prior to termination shall survive termination and continue for three (3) years from Effective Date.

2. Consideration of Use. In consideration of the furnishing of Confidential Information by the Discloser, Recipient agrees that it will hold the Confidential Information in strict confidence and will use the Confidential Information only in connection with the negotiation and consummation of the Transaction. Recipient will protect the confidentiality of the Discloser’s Confidential Information with at least the same level of care that it protects the confidentiality of its own similar confidential and proprietary information, and using no less than reasonable care.

1. Confidentiality. As used herein, (i) “Discloser” means any Confidential Information disclosed by either Party to the other Party; (ii) “Recipient” means any Confidential Information received by either Party from the other Party; and (iii) “Confidential Information” means any and all proprietary and non-public information regarding the Transaction or concerning the Discloser (whether prepared by the Discloser, its advisors or otherwise and irrespective of the form of communication) furnished to Recipient or to its officers, directors, members, partners, employees, affiliates, attorneys, agents, consultants, assigns, joint ventures, developers, vendors, investors, researchers, representatives or other similarly situated persons (collectively, “Representatives”) now or in the future by or on behalf of the Discloser, including but not limited to documents and information, oral or written, tangible or intangible, electronic or otherwise, generated or collected by Recipient which contain, reflect or are derived from any other Confidential Information furnished by or on behalf of the Discloser. Confidential Information shall include, without limitation, feature and technical specifications, transportation service proposals, draft transportation agreements, drawings, data, designs, computer programs, patent applications, documentation, marketing forecasts, research and development, financial data, consumer data, product data, study data, test results, or other technical or business information. The fact that the Parties have entered into this Agreement and are engaged in discussions with respect to the Transaction shall be considered Confidential Information. Confidential Information does not include (i) information which is or becomes generally known other than as a result of disclosure hereunder, (ii) information which was within Recipient’s knowledge prior to its being furnished to Recipient or its Representatives by or on behalf of the Discloser, provided that Recipient is not aware of the source of such information being bound by a confidentiality or nondisclosure agreement with the Discloser with respect to such information, (iii) information which lawfully becomes available to a Recipient or its Representatives on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Discloser, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Discloser known to the Recipient or otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information to the Recipient by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation known to the Recipient; or (iv) information which is independently developed by a Recipient or its Representatives without use of the Confidential Information or breach of this Agreement.

5. Property. All information furnished by Discloser shall remain Discloser’s property. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, or upon written request of Discloser or in the event the Parties decide not to proceed with the Transaction, Recipient shall promptly destroy or, at Discloser’s election, redeliver to Discloser, all copies of the Confidential Information, destroy any reports, analyses, notes or other information (“Notes”) and deliver to the Discloser a certificate executed by one of Recipient’s duly authorized officers indicating that the requirements of this sentence have been satisfied in full. Notwithstanding the return or destruction of Confidential Information and Notes. Recipient and their representatives will continue to be bound by Recipient’s obligations of confidentiality and other obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary Recipient shall be entitled to retain one archival copy of the Confidential Information and Notes related thereto for archival legal and compliance purposes. For any retained Confidential Information and Notes the Recipient will take appropriate measures to preserve the continuing confidentiality of such as if they were the Recipient’s own confidential information. The Recipient shall not be obligated to search for and destroy, delete or erase Confidential Information or Notes or any analyses, compilations, studies or other documents which have been prepared by the Recipient and which reflect or are based upon any Confidential Information if such are maintained as part of a back-up or archival system of records and electronic information systems (“EIS”) as part of the routine maintenance and operation of such EIS. EIS shall include but not be limited to computer systems, e-mail, instant messaging, PDAs and smartphones, or voicemail systems. The Recipient will take appropriate measures to preserve the continuing confidentiality of such information that is maintained in the EIS as if it was the Recipient’s own confidential information. No positions set forth in this paragraph shall abrogate any of Recipient’s duties or obligations under this Agreement with respect to Confidential Information.

4. Disclosure. If Recipient or any of its Representatives receive a request to disclose any part of the Confidential Information under the terms of a subpoena or order issued by a court or other governmental body with the power to compel compliance with its requests. Recipient shall (i) notify Discloser immediately of the existence, terms and circumstances surrounding the request (unless prohibited by law to do so), and (ii) consult with Discloser on legally available steps to resist or narrow such requests. If disclosure of such Confidential Information is required to prevent Recipient from being held in contempt or subject to other penalty, Recipient shall (a) furnish only such portion of the Confidential Information as, in the written opinion of counsel satisfactory to Discloser. Recipient is legally compelled to disclose, and (b) use its best efforts to obtain an order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to the disclosed Confidential Information. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, either Party may disclose the Confidential Information in filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as may be required by SEC rules and regulations. In addition, subject to the written authorization of KMCC or STWA, as the case may be, any data acquired by KMCC or STWA, in furtherance or as a result of that certain Equipment Lease/Option to Purchase Agreement between KMCC and STWA of even date herewith, may be shared and discussed with, in summary form only, the customers, potential customers, vendors, potential vendors, contractual relationships or potential contractual relationships (collectively, “Third Parties”) of KMCC or STWA, provided such Third Parties are informed of this Agreement and such Third Parties agree, in writing, to hold the data in strict confidence and to use the data only to evaluate a transaction with KMCC or STWA, as the case may be.

6. Warranties. The Parties recognize and agree that nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting any property rights, by license or otherwise, to any Confidential Information disclosed pursuant to this Agreement, or to any invention or any patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right that has issued or that may issue, based on such Confidential Information. Recipient shall not make, have made, use or sell for any purpose any product or other item using, incorporating or derived from any Confidential Information. THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND THERE ARE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A WARRANTY AGAINST INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, OR COMPLETENESS.

3. Transmission of Confidential Information. Recipient shall transmit Confidential Information only to such of its Representatives as need to know the Confidential Information in order to negotiate and consummate the Transaction, if any, between the parties, and only then after such Representatives have been informed of this Agreement. Recipient shall be liable for the breach of the Agreement by any of their Representatives and agree, at their sole expense, to take all reasonable measures to restrain their Representatives from prohibited or unauthorized disclosure or use of any Confidential Information. Recipient shall immediately notify the Discloser in the event of any loss or unauthorized disclosure of any Confidential Information.

13. Entirety and Amendment. This Agreement embodies the entire understanding between the Parties respecting the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any and all prior negotiations, correspondence, understandings and agreements between the Parties respecting the use and disclosure of Confidential Information. This Agreement may not be modified except by writing signed by both Parties hereto. Either the original or copies, including facsimile or e-mail transmissions, of this Agreement, may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original as against any Party whose signature appears on such counterpart and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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