CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT In order to enable the undersigned, Jeffrey E. Epstein, individually and as President of Southern Trust Company, Inc., with an address at 6100 Red Hook Quarter, B3, St. Thomas, USVI 00802 (the "Recipient") to provide certain advice and services to Boris Nikolic, with an address at 1107 1st Avenue, Apartment 1502, Seattle, WA 98101 ("Nikolic"), to assist Nikolic with the negotiation of the terms of certain financial relationships between Nikolic and William H. Gates and affiliates thereof (the "Permitted Purposes"), it will be necessary for Nikolic to disclose certain confidential information designated as such by Nikolic regarding William H. Gates and affiliates thereof ("Confidential Information") to the Recipient, and in order to assure Nikolic that such Confidential Information will remain confidential, to induce Nikolic to disclose such Confidential Information to the Recipient and as an express condition of such disclosure by Nikolic to the Recipient, the Recipient acknowledges that the Recipient has been informed of the Recipient's obligations hereunder regarding the Confidential Information and that such obligations are a condition to the disclosure of the Confidential Information by Nikolic to the Recipient, and the Recipient hereby agrees as follows: Section 1. 1.1 Confidential Information Shall Not Be Discussed. At all times hereafter, the Recipient will hold in the strictest confidence and will not, directly or indirectly, use, communicate, publicize, lecture upon, publish or in any manner disclose any Confidential Information, unless Nikolic has given his prior authorization in writing such use, communication, publicizing, lecturing, publication, or disclosure. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding hereunder, the Recipient shall be entitled to use, communicate or otherwise disclose Confidential Information without the authorization of Nikolic (a) as may be required by applicable law, rule or regulati