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CONFIDENTIAL
DATED THIS DAY OF 2016
NON DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA
AND
Company: __________________________________(Company No.: ________________)
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This Agreement (“Agreement”) is made on this day of 2016
BETWEEN
BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA, a body corporate which continues to exist under
the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 with its head office situated at Jalan Dato’
Onn, 50480 Kuala Lumpur (hereinafter referred to as “BNM”) of the first part;
AND
Company: _______________________________ (Company No.: ________), a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1965, with its registered address at _______________________________________________________ (hereinafter referred to as “THE COMPANY”) of the last part.
BNM and THE COMPANY shall be referred to collectively as the “Parties” or
individually as the “Party” throughout this Agreement.
WHEREASA. BNM is desirous of appointing a company to Supply, Deliver, Install, Test,
Commission and Maintenance of Electric Forklifts, Electric Power
Stackers and Hand Pallet Trucks for Business Operation Complex, Bank
Negara Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Selangor in accordance with the
requirements of BNM (hereinafter referred to as “the Project”). BNM is
currently in discussions with THE COMPANY on THE COMPANY’s
proposal for the Project.
B. BNM agrees to disclose and provide THE COMPANY with access to
sensitive Confidential Information for purposes of the Project. BNM wishes
to prevent the disclosure or unauthorised use of its Confidential
Information (as defined in clause 7.1) by THE COMPANY.
C. THE COMPANY is made aware that any leakage of the Confidential
Information may jeopardize the security of BNM and cause BNM to suffer
loss. THE COMPANY has agreed to protect BNM’s Confidential
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Information in accordance with the terms and conditions hereinafter
contained.
NOW IT IS AGREED BY THE PARTIES as follows:
1. INTERPRETATIONSIn this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires –
1.1 Any reference to “this Agreement” shall include the schedules and any
supplementary agreements or, in the case where this Agreement has
been amended or novated, such amended or novated agreement.
1.2 Except where otherwise stated, any reference to any statutory provision
includes a reference to any modification, extension or re-enactment
thereof (whether, made before or after the date hereof) for the time being
in force and also includes a reference to all regulations, orders, by-laws
and instrument for the time being made there-under or deriving there-from.
1.3 Except where otherwise stated, any reference to “law” includes the
Federal Constitution, decree, judgment, order, regulations, statute, treaty,
by-laws, directions, guidelines or other legislative measures in Malaysia.
1.4 Except to the extent that the context requires otherwise, references to the
singular number shall include references to the plural number and vice
versa.
1.5 Words denoting one gender include the other gender.
1.6 Words denoting persons include corporations and vice versa and also
include their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors in title
or permitted assigns, as the case may be.
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1.7 Where a word or phrase is given a defined meaning in this Agreement,
any other part of speech or other grammatical form in respect of such
word or phrase has a corresponding meaning.
1.8 Any reference to “writing”, or cognate expressions, includes any
communication effected by electronic mail or facsimile transmission.
2. HEADINGS2.1 The section headings and sub-headings have been inserted for
convenience and as a guide to the provisions of this Agreement and shall
be ignored in the interpretation and construction of any of the provisions
contained herein.
3. RECITALS3.1 The recitals of this Agreement shall have effect and be construed as an
integral part of this Agreement, but in the event of any conflict or
discrepancy between any of the provisions of this Agreement and the
recitals, such conflict or discrepancy shall, for the purposes of the
interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement, be resolved by giving
the provisions contained in the clauses of this Agreement priority and
precedence over the provisions contained in the recitals of this
Agreement.
4. LANGUAGE4.1 English is the governing language of this Agreement and shall prevail over
any translations that shall be made in this Agreement. All correspondence,
notices or other documents, drawings and diagrams required or permitted
hereunder shall be drawn up and annotated in English unless otherwise
agreed by the Parties.
5. TERM5.1 The term of this Agreement shall commence from the date of this
Agreement and shall continue thereafter without any limitation of time
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unless and until this Agreement is terminated in writing in accordance with
this Agreement.
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES6.1 THE COMPANY hereby represents and warrants to BNM that -
(a) it is a corporation validly established under the laws of Malaysia;
(b) it has the corporate power to enter into and perform its obligations
under this Agreement and to carry out the transactions as
contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) it has taken all necessary corporate actions to authorize its
signatory and witness stated herein to execute this Agreement on
its behalf to bind it to enter into and perform this Agreement and to
carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(d) as at the date of this Agreement, neither the execution nor
performance by THE COMPANY of this Agreement nor any
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall violate in any
respect any provision of-
(i) its Memorandum and Articles of Association or other
relevant constituent documents; or
(ii) any other document or agreement which is binding upon it or
its asset;
(e) at the time of signing the Agreement and to the best of THE
COMPANY’s knowledge, no litigation, arbitration, tax claim, dispute
or administrative proceeding is presently current or pending or, to
its knowledge, threatened, which is likely to have a material
adverse effect upon it or its ability to perform its obligations under
this Agreement;
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(f) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation on
THE COMPANY and is enforceable in accordance with its terms
and conditions,
and THE COMPANY acknowledges that BNM has entered into this
Agreement in reliance of its representations and warranties as aforesaid.
7. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION7.1 In this Agreement, Confidential Information means all information,
documents and materials in whatever form, whether commercial, financial,
technical or otherwise furnished by BNM to THE COMPANY under this
Agreement.
7.2 THE COMPANY’s obligation of confidentiality under this Agreement shall
not apply to information –
(a) which is or hereafter becomes generally available to the public
through no act or failure to act on the part of it;
(b) which is lawfully disclosed to it by a third party without restrictions
concerning the confidentiality of such information as demonstrated
by written records sufficient to establish such disclosure;
(c) which is already in the rightful possession of it as at the date of this
Agreement as demonstrated by written records, or is developed
independently by its employees, subcontractors, authorized agents
or other authorized or appointed person, with no use of the
Confidential Information; and
(d) which is required to be disclosed pursuant to or under compulsion
of a valid order of a court of law or under the requirement of law
provided that THE COMPANY shall give prompt notice to BNM
prior to making such disclosure.
8. USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
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8.1 Unless otherwise provided in writing, THE COMPANY shall only use the
Confidential Information, in whole or in part -
(a) for the purposes of the Project;
(b) without contravening any laws of Malaysia; and
(c) without copying, reproducing or reducing to writing any part of such
Confidential Information except as may be reasonably necessary
for the Project.
8.2 BNM shall not be liable and THE COMPANY shall not have any claim, in
the form of money or in kind, against BNM for any cost whatsoever or
howsoever incurred under this Agreement in the usage of the Confidential
Information in accordance with the Agreement terms.
8.3 THE COMPANY undertakes that any document in any form including but
not limited to records, notes and any other tangible information in the form
of copies, reprints, reproductions or translations thereof supplied by BNM
in relation to this Agreement shall be returned to BNM when requested in
writing whether during this Agreement or within seven (7) days of the
termination of this Agreement or other extended period as mutually agreed
by the Parties or to destroy the same when requested by BNM.
9. CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS9.1 THE COMPANY agrees to BNM to keep confidential all Confidential
Information that THE COMPANY shall have obtained or received from
BNM pursuant to this Agreement, in whatever form, concerning the
Confidential Information, including the existence of this Agreement.
9.2 THE COMPANY undertakes to BNM to take all precautions necessary to
carry out its obligation under clause 9.1 and shall have THE COMPANY in
place against any unauthorized disclosure to any person other than its
employees, subcontractors, authorized agents or other authorized or
appointed person who have a professional need to have access to the
Confidential Information.
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9.3 THE COMPANY shall take all such reasonable steps to ensure
compliance with the provisions of clause 9.1 and 9.2 by its employees,
subcontractors, authorized agents or any other persons whether
authorized or appointed by it.
9.4 THE COMPANY shall promptly notify BNM in writing of any unauthorised
misappropriation, disclosure or use by any person of such Confidential
Information and to take all reasonable steps requested by BNM at THE
COMPANY’s own expense and costs to limit, stop or otherwise remedy
such misappropriation, disclosure or use; and institute and/or maintain
such procedures as are reasonably required to maintain the confidentiality
of the Confidential Information, and shall apply at least the same level of
care as it employs to protect its own confidential information of like nature.
9.5 Unless authorised in writing by BNM, THE COMPANY shall not disclose
the whole or any part of the Confidential Information to any third party.
9.6 However, BNM authorizes THE COMPANY to disclose Confidential
Information to THE COMPANY’s subcontractors in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the same
confidentiality obligations and level of care applicable to THE COMPANY
in relation to the Confidential Information will apply to its employees,
subcontractors, authorized agents or any other persons whether
authorized or appointed.
9.7 The foregoing obligations as to confidentiality shall survive any termination
of this Agreement.
10. LIABILITY10.1 THE COMPANY shall not be liable to BNM for any loss or damage
whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in
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connection with this Agreement other than as imposed by this Agreement
and by law.
10.2 Subject to clause 10.1, THE COMPANY accepts full liability in accordance
with the law for any wrongful disclosure, misuse or other misappropriation
of BNM’s Confidential Information by any of its employees,
subcontractors, authorized agents or other authorized or appointed person
who have a professional need to have access to the Confidential
Information in breach of THE COMPANY’s confidentiality obligations. THE
COMPANY and any of its employees, subcontractors, authorized agents
or other authorized or appointed person understand and agree that BNM
may suffer irreparable harm in the event that THE COMPANY fails to
comply with any of its obligations hereunder and that monetary damages
may be inadequate to compensate BNM for such breach. Accordingly,
THE COMPANY agrees that BNM, in addition to any remedies available to
it under the law, shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief to enforce the
terms of this Agreement.
11. CONFLICT OF INTEREST 11.1 THE COMPANY shall inform BNM immediately of any matter connected
with the use of the Confidential Information which could give rise to an
actual or potential conflict of interest.
11.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing by BNM, THE COMPANY and its
employees, subcontractors, authorized agents or any other authorized or
appointed person shall have no interest in nor receive any remuneration in
connection with the use of the Confidential Information except as provided
for in this Agreement.
12. THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION12.1 WHISTLE BLOWING
(a) THE COMPANY shall as soon as reasonably possible, in writing or
orally, inform any of the designated officers of BNM listed in clause
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12.1(e)(i), upon having knowledge of any director, officer or
employee of BNM, directly or indirectly, asking for or receiving from
THE COMPANY or its Affiliates, any Gratification in relation to this
Agreement whether for his own personal benefit or advantage or for
the benefit or advantage of any other person, in relation to this
Agreement, whether before, during or after the term of this
Agreement, and THE COMPANY or its Affiliates knows that such
Gratification is not for the benefit of BNM.
(b) THE COMPANY undertakes that neither it nor its Affiliate nor
anyone acting on its direction or authority shall, whether before,
during or after the term of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, give
or offer, or agree to give or offer, any Gratification in relation to this
Agreement as an inducement or reward to any director, officer or
employee of BNM or any other person, for doing or forbearing from
doing or for having done or forborne from doing any act, or for
showing or forbearing from showing favour or disfavour to any
person, in relation to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above,
THE COMPANY shall verify with any of the designated officers of
BNM listed in clause 12.1(e)(i) whether such Gratification is or is
not for the benefit of BNM.
(c) In the event there is evidence that THE COMPANY, its Affiliate or
anyone acting under its direction or authority is in breach of clause
12.1(a) or 12.1(b), BNM may terminate this Agreement (without
prejudice to BNM’s other rights and remedies under the law) by
giving written notice to THE COMPANY. Upon such termination,
BNM shall be entitled to claim all losses, costs, damages and
expenses including any incidental costs and expenses incurred by
BNM arising from such termination. THE COMPANY shall not be
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entitled to recover from BNM any loss or damages sustained or
incurred by THE COMPANY as a consequence of such termination.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement but subject
to any written law and with the exception of written requests from
THE COMPANY’s internal auditors or lawyers for information
required by any laws, BNM shall keep confidential any information
disclosed or received under clause 12.1 including the identity of the
person giving the information and all the circumstances relating to
the information.
(e) For purposes of clause 12.1:
(i) The designated officers of BNM are as follows:
(A) Chairman, Board Audit Committee;
(B) Secretary to the Board of Directors;
(C) Director, Governor’s Office;
(D) Director, Strategic Communications Department;
(E) Director, Strategic Human Capital Department;
(F) Director, Internal Audit Department;
(G) Director, Legal Department; and
(H) President, Bank Negara Malaysia’s Staff Association.
(ii) ‘Affiliate’ means in relation to THE COMPANY, any person or
entity owned and controlled directly or indirectly by THE
COMPANY, or any person or entity that controls directly or
indirectly THE COMPANY in any way whatsoever.
(iii) ‘Gratification’ includes any gift, money, property or thing of
value, or any service, favour or other intangible benefit or
consideration of any kind, or any other similar advantage.
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12.2 PUBLICITY
(a) The Parties agree that they shall not use or refer to the name or
logo of the other Party, or refer to the same in any manner
whatsoever including–
(i) in the press;
(ii) for advertising or promotional purposes; or
(iii) the purpose of informing or influencing any third party,
without the prior written consent of that Party, except as
expressly contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) The Parties agrees not to refer to the fact that it has entered into
this Agreement with the other Party to third parties unless the
information is otherwise publicly available.
13. INDEPENDENCE OF PARTIES13.1 The Parties hereto do not intend that any agency, partnership or joint
venture be established by this Agreement.
14. MUTUAL OBLIGATION 14.1 In the event of BNM receiving or being given access to THE COMPANY’s
Confidential Information then BNM shall have the same obligations with
respect to such information as does THE COMPANY with respect to
BNM’s Confidential Information under this Agreement and THE
COMPANY shall have the same rights as are available to BNM under this
Agreement.
15. TERMINATION15.1 Either Party may by thirty (30) days prior written notice to the other Party,
terminate this Agreement if –
(a) the other Party is in material breach or threatened breach of any
terms, conditions, warranties or any provisions of this Agreement
and has failed to remedy that breach having been given thirty (30)
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days written notice to remedy the breach by the aggrieved Party
except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;
(b) the other Party merged with or taken over or acquired by another
person or company except for a genuine scheme of amalgamation
or reconstruction which is notified in writing to the aggrieved Party;
(c) the other Party commits an act of bankruptcy, or a receiving order
is made against it, or it makes or negotiates for any composition or
arrangement for the benefit of its creditors or if a petition for its
winding-up has been presented against it in a court of competent
jurisdiction, or it becomes insolvent or ceases to carry on its
business; or
(d) any events which any provisions in this Agreement entitle the Party
to terminate this Agreement occur.
15.2 The Parties may mutually agree to terminate this Agreement at any time.
16. SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES16.1 The Parties shall, in good faith, attempt to settle amicably and by mutual
agreement, any disputes or conflicts arising in connection with this
Agreement.
16.2 All and any disputes, conflicts or differences arising between the Parties in
respect of this Agreement, or breach, termination or invalidity thereof,
which cannot be resolved by the Parties within a period of thirty (30) days
under clause 16.1, shall be finally settled by arbitration in accordance with
the manner and rules stipulated in clause 17.
16.3 Neither Party shall be released from any of its obligations hereunder by
reason of arbitration proceedings having been instituted and in particular,
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performance of this Agreement shall not stop during any arbitration
proceedings.
17. ARBITRATION17.1 Any unresolved dispute between the Parties shall be referred to and finally
resolved by arbitration in Malaysia by an arbitrator to be agreed upon
between the Parties or failing agreement within fourteen (14) days after
either Party has given to the other a written request to agree to the
appointment of an arbitrator, a person to be nominated by the Director of
the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration at the request of either
Party. The arbitration shall be in accordance with the Arbitration Act 2005
and the Rules for Arbitration of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for
Arbitration for the time being in force which rules are deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this clause.
17.2 The arbitration award, which may include an award for specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable relief shall be final and
binding on the Parties and judgment upon the award entered in arbitration
may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
18. NOTICE18.1 All notices which are to be required to be given hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be sent to the address of the Parties as set out in this
clause or such other address as each Party may designate by notice given
in accordance with the provision of this clause.
To BNM : BOC Project Management OfficeTheatrette, Level M, Block DBank Negara Malaysia (HQ)Jalan Dato' Onn, 50480 Kuala LumpurTelephone No.: 03 26988044 ext. 8213Facsimile No.: 03 2691 3410
To THE COMPANY: _____________________________
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(ADDRESS) _____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
Telephone No.:________________
Facsimile No.: ________________
18.2 Any notice given in conformity with the foregoing sub-clause shall be
deemed to have been given at any of the following times as may be
appropriate -
(a) when it is delivered by hand at the time when it is so delivered on a
working day;
(b) when it is sent by A.R. registered post on the third working day
following that on which the notice was put into the post; and
(c) when the notice is sent by electronic mail or facsimile on the first
working day after it was sent.
19. ASSIGNMENT 19.1 Neither Party shall assign nor otherwise transfer this Agreement or any
right or obligation hereunder whether in whole or in part without the prior
written consent of the other.
20. VARIATION20.1 It is hereby expressly agreed and declared by the Parties hereto that
notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement to the contrary,
the provisions and terms of this Agreement may at any time and from time
to time be varied or amended by mutual consent of the Parties hereto by
means of a mutual exchange of letters signed by a person authorised to
do so by each Party. Such amendments and variations shall be deemed to
become effective and the relevant provisions of this Agreement shall be
deemed to have been amended or varied accordingly and shall be read
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and construed as if such amendments and variations have been
incorporated therein as from the date specified in the exchange of letter.
21. SURVIVAL AND SUCCESSION21.1 The Agreement, in its entirety, shall inure to the benefit and be binding on
the successors, heirs and assigns of the Parties.
22. SEVERABILITY22.1 If any of the conditions set forth herein are held to be not enforceable in
full, the remaining provisions in this Agreement shall be enforceable in full
notwithstanding such invalidity.
23. WAIVER23.1 No failure or delay in the exercise of any right, power or privilege available
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise preclude any other or further exercise thereof.
24. LEGAL FEES AND STAMP DUTY24.1 Each Party shall bear its own legal fees and the stamp duty incurred
herein shall be borne by THE COMPANY.
25. GOVERNING LAW25.1 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of Malaysia.
26. ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND COUNTERPART26.1 Save as is specifically provided, this Agreement shall supersede all other
prior proposals oral and written, all previous negotiations and all other
communications or understandings between the Parties and shall
constitute the entire agreement between the Parties.
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26.2 This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts or
duplicates each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts or
duplicates shall together constitute one and the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date first written above.
Signed by )for and on behalf of )BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA )in the presence of:- )
…………………………………………
(Authorised signatory) Name: NRIC No.: Designation: Director, Currency Management and Operations Department
………………………………………(Witness signatory)Name: NRIC No.: IC: Designation:
Signed by )for and on behalf of )THE COMPANY )
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in the presence of:- )…………………………………………(Authorised signatory)Name: NRIC No.: Designation:
………………………………………(Witness signatory)Name: NRIC No.:Designation:
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