The Manager shall keep confidential any and all non-public information, written or oral, obtained by it in connection with the services rendered hereunder and shall not disclose Confidential Information, in whole or in part, to any person other than to its representatives who need to know such Confidential Information for the purpose of rendering services hereunder, except that the Manager may disclose Confidential Information: (i) to the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates; (ii) in accordance with the Servicing Agreement; (iii) with the prior written consent of the Ajax Board of Directors; (iv) to legal counsel, accountants and other professional advisors; (v) to appraisers, creditors, financing sources, trading counterparties, other counterparties, third-party service providers to the Company, and others (in each case, both those actually doing business with the Company and those with whom the Company seeks to do business) in the ordinary course of the Company’s business; (vi) to governmental officials having jurisdiction over the Company; (vii) in connection with any governmental or regulatory filings of the Company or disclosure or presentations to Company investors; or (viii) as required by law or legal process to which the Manager or any person to whom disclosure is permitted hereunder is a party. If, failing the entry of a protective order or the receipt of a waiver hereunder, the Manager is, in the opinion of counsel, required to disclose Confidential Information, the Manager may disclose without liability hereunder only that portion of such information that its counsel advises is legally required; provided , that the Manager agrees to exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such information. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the following shall be deemed to be excluded from provisions hereof any Confidential Information that (i) is available to the public from a source other than the Manager not resulting from the Manager’s violation of this Section 15 , (ii) is released in writing by the Company to the public or to persons who are not under similar obligation of confidentiality to the Company or (iii) is obtained by the Manager from a third-party without breach by such third-party of an obligation of confidence with respect to the Confidential Information disclosed. The Manager agrees to inform each of its officers, employees and agents of the nonpublic nature of the Confidential Information and to direct such persons to treat such Confidential Information in accordance with the terms hereof. The provisions of this Section 15 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement for a period of one year.