Common use of Confidential Information; Personal Relationships Clause in Contracts

Confidential Information; Personal Relationships. During the Restricted Period and thereafter, the Executive shall keep secret and retain in strict confidence, and shall not use for the benefit of himself or others, all confidential matters of the Company, including, without limitation, "know-how," trade secrets, customer lists, details of client or consultant contracts, pricing policies, bidding practices and procedures, operational methods, marketing plans or strategies, project development techniques or plans, business acquisition plans, new personnel acquisition plans, methods of production, manufacture and installation, technical processes, designs and design projects, inventions and research projects of the Company learned by the Executive heretofore or during the Restricted Period; nor shall the Executive exploit for his own benefit, or the benefit of others, personal relationships with customers, suppliers or agents of the Company in connection with or adversely affecting the Business formed previously during the course of his association with the Acquired Company or formed during the Restricted Period.