An Example of a
One-way Non-Disclosure Agreement
Date: 201[ ]
Parties:
[NAME OF INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING INFORMATION] of [address of individual]
OR
[NAME OF COMPANY RECEIVING INFORMATION], a company registered in [England] under
company number [number on Register of Companies] whose registered office is at [address of
office on the Register of Companies]
(the Recipient)
and
[NAME OF INDIVIDUAL DISCLOSING INFORMATION] of [address of individual]
OR
[NAME OF COMPANY DISCLOSING INFORMATION], a company registered in [England] under
company number [number on Register of Companies] whose registered office is at [address of
office on the Register of Companies]
(the Discloser)
1. The Discloser intends to disclose information (the Confidential Information) to the Recipient for
the purpose of [insert details e.g. discussing the possibility of the Recipient and the
Discloser entering into a joint venture] (the Purpose).
2. The Recipient undertakes not to use the Confidential Information for any purpose except the
Purpose, without first obtaining the written agreement of the Discloser.
3. The Recipient undertakes to keep the Confidential Information secure and not to disclose it to
any third party [except to its employees [and professional advisers] who need to know the
same for the Purpose, who know they owe a duty of confidence to the Discloser and who are
bound by obligations equivalent to those in clause 2 above and this clause 3.
4. The undertakings in clauses 2 and 3 above apply to all of the information disclosed by the
Discloser to the Recipient, regardless of the way or form in which it is disclosed or recorded but
they do not apply to:
a) any information which is or in future comes into the public domain (unless as a result of the
breach of this Agreement); or
b) any information which is already known to the Recipient and which was not subject to any
obligation of confidence before it was disclosed to the Recipient by the Discloser.
5. Nothing in this Agreement will prevent the Recipient from making any disclosure of the
Confidential Information required by law or by any competent authority.
6. The Recipient will, on request from the Discloser, return all copies and records of the
Confidential Information to the Discloser and will not retain any copies or records of the
Confidential Information.
7. Neither this Agreement nor the supply of any information grants the Recipient any licence,
interest or right in respect of any intellectual property rights of the Discloser except the right to
copy the Confidential Information solely for the Purpose.