Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
Please review the terms below carefully. Your agreement is required to proceed with access to confidential investment materials.
Section 1. Comprehensive Scope of Confidentiality
Confidential Data encompasses all proprietary knowledge, including but not limited to intellectual property, strategic plans, financial datasets, operational methodologies, and trade secrets shared by the Disclosing Party, whether relayed in tangible, electronic, or verbal formats during the term of our professional interaction.
Section 2. Duty of Care and Secrecy
The Recipient agrees to hold all disclosed material in the strictest confidence, applying the same degree of protection used for their own proprietary assets. No information shall be shared with subordinates, contractors, or external entities unless such parties are legally bound by identical non-disclosure standards.
Section 3. Permitted Use and Prohibitions
The Recipient shall utilize the provided information exclusively for the objective of assessing a viable commercial partnership. Any unauthorized duplication, reverse engineering, or commercial exploitation of the disclosed technical or business assets is strictly prohibited under this legal covenant.
Section 4. Duration and Formal Execution
This binding commitment remains enforceable for exactly five years following the last date of disclosure. By executing the digital signature block provided below, you certify that you have read all sections and possess the legal capacity to bind yourself or your represented corporation to these specific terms.
POMBAG® INVESTMENT PRESENTATION
NON-DISCLOSURE AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
This Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into as of _____________, 20___, by
and between Goldenseal Products, a business affiliated with The Goldenseal Company ("Disclosing Party"), and
______________________________ ("Receiving Party").
1. Purpose
The Receiving Party wishes to review confidential information concerning POMBAG®, including the POMBAG
Investment Presentation Video, for the limited purpose of evaluating a potential investment in, business relationship
with, or other opportunity involving Goldenseal Products.
2. Confidential Information
For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" includes all non-public information disclosed through or in
connection with the POMBAG Investment Presentation Video or related discussions, including, but not limited to:
• POMBAG product concepts, designs, features, prototypes, drawings, specifications, and product variations;
• Manufacturing methods, materials, suppliers, production costs, tooling information, pricing, logistics, and
supply-chain information;
• Wholesale pricing, suggested retail pricing, margins, sales strategies, sales projections, financial projections, and
business models;
• Investment structures, proposed investment terms, use-of-funds information, valuations, and growth strategies;
• Information concerning the GSQC platform, QR-code integration, fan reward programs, Goldenseal Waste, and
other components of the Goldenseal business ecosystem;
• Marketing strategies, customer targets, prospective partnerships, sponsorship concepts, and distribution plans;
• Intellectual property, inventions, patent-pending concepts, trademarks, trade secrets, know-how, and other
proprietary information; and
• The POMBAG Investment Presentation Video itself, including its narration, graphics, images, slides, concepts,
data, and other contents.
Confidential Information may be communicated visually, verbally, electronically, or in written form.
3. Receiving Party Obligations
The Receiving Party agrees to:
a. Keep all Confidential Information strictly confidential;
b. Use the Confidential Information solely for evaluating the potential investment, partnership, or business opportunity
presented by Goldenseal Products;
c. Not copy, reproduce, record, photograph, screen-record, download, distribute, publish, upload, transmit, forward,
or otherwise share the POMBAG Investment Presentation Video or its contents without prior written authorization
from Goldenseal Products;
d. Not disclose Confidential Information to any third party without prior written authorization from Goldenseal
Products, except to the Receiving Party's attorneys, accountants, or professional advisors who reasonably need the
information for evaluation of the opportunity and who are subject to confidentiality obligations;
e. Not use the Confidential Information to develop, manufacture, market, finance, assist with, or commercialize a
competing or substantially similar product based upon Goldenseal Products' Confidential Information; and
f. Take reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized access to or disclosure of the Confidential Information.
4. Intellectual Property
POMBAG Investment Presentation - Confidential Page 1All Confidential Information and associated intellectual property remain the exclusive property of Goldenseal
Products and/or their respective owners. Nothing in this Agreement grants the Receiving Party any license,
ownership interest, intellectual-property rights, or other rights in POMBAG®, GSQC, Goldenseal Products, or any
related invention, design, trademark, patent application, technology, or business concept.
5. Exclusions
Confidential Information does not include information that the Receiving Party can demonstrate: (a) was publicly
available at the time of disclosure; (b) becomes publicly available through no breach of this Agreement; (c) was
lawfully known to the Receiving Party before disclosure; (d) is lawfully received from another party without a
confidentiality obligation; or (e) is independently developed without use of or reference to the Confidential
Information.
6. No Investment Obligation
Nothing contained in the POMBAG Investment Presentation Video or this Agreement requires either party to enter
into an investment, partnership, purchase, or other business transaction. Any investment will be subject to separate
definitive written agreements and applicable legal requirements.
7. Return or Destruction of Confidential Information
Upon written request from Goldenseal Products, the Receiving Party shall promptly delete, destroy, or return copies
of confidential materials provided by Goldenseal Products, to the extent reasonably practicable and subject to
applicable legal or professional record-retention requirements.
8. Term
The confidentiality and non-use obligations under this Agreement shall remain in effect for five (5) years from the
date of disclosure; provided, however, that any information qualifying as a trade secret under applicable law shall
remain protected for as long as it continues to qualify as a trade secret.
9. Remedies
The Receiving Party acknowledges that unauthorized disclosure or use of Confidential Information could cause harm
for which monetary damages may not provide an adequate remedy. Accordingly, Goldenseal Products may seek
appropriate injunctive or equitable relief, in addition to any other remedies available under applicable law, for an
actual or threatened breach of this Agreement.
10. Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee,
without regard to its conflict-of-law principles.
11. Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties concerning the confidentiality of the information
described herein and supersedes prior discussions or understandings concerning such confidentiality. Any
amendment to this Agreement must be made in writing and signed by both parties.
12. Electronic Signatures
Electronic signatures and electronically transmitted copies of this Agreement shall have the same effect as original
signatures.
