Common use of Confidentiality, Intellectual Property Assignment, and Company Property Obligations Clause in Contracts

Confidentiality, Intellectual Property Assignment, and Company Property Obligations. 3.1 For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means information and compilations of information, in any form (tangible or intangible), related to the Company or an Affiliate that Executive acquires or gains access to as a result of Executive’s employment, if: (a) the Company has not authorized public disclosure of the item, and (b) it is not readily available through proper means to the public or others who are not obligated to keep it confidential and may lawfully use it to the Company’s disadvantage; provided, however, that items of information acquired by Executive prior to and separate from Executive’s association with the Company are not included. The Company’s Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, non-public records and information maintained internally by the Company or its Affiliates of the following nature: customer lists and private agreements; customer service information; names of customer contacts and the identities of decision-makers; lists, names, analysis and other identifying information regarding specific customer prospects and opportunities; marketing plans and techniques; market planning; development plans; formulas; price data; cost data; price and fee amounts; pricing and billing policies; quoting procedures; forecasts, forecast assumptions and volumes; information regarding the Company’s actual or potential customers, suppliers or other vendors; information about the Company’s routes, territories or target markets; the Company’s internal financial information, including purchasing, internal cost information, information regarding revenue and growth, and information about the profitability of particular operations; internal sales, service and operational manuals, policies and procedures; information regarding the manner and methods of conducting the Company’s business; information about the Company’s future plans, potential acquisition, divestiture and other strategies; information about the Company’s landfill development plans, landfill capacities, special projects and the status of any permitting process or investigation; information the Company is obligated to keep as confidential; and information that would qualify as a trade secret. Private disclosure of Confidential Information to another party by the Company or its Affiliates for business purposes will not cause it to lose its protected status under this Agreement, and Confidential Information in the form of a confidential compilation created or customized by the Company or its Affiliates will remain protected because of the compilation’s unique and special value as a compilation even though individual items of information in it may not otherwise qualify as confidential.

Confidentiality, Intellectual Property Assignment, and Company Property Obligations. 3.1 1.1 For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means information and compilations of information, in any form (tangible or intangible), related to the Company or an Affiliate that Executive acquires or gains access to as a result of Executive’s employment, if: (a) the Company has not authorized public disclosure of the item, and (b) it is not readily available through proper means to the public or others who are not obligated to keep it confidential and may lawfully use it to the Company’s disadvantage; provided, however, that items of information acquired by Executive prior to and separate from Executive’s association with the Company are not included. The Company’s Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, non-public records and information maintained internally by the Company or its Affiliates of the following nature: customer lists and private agreements; customer service information; names of customer contacts and the identities of decision-makers; lists, names, analysis and other identifying information regarding specific customer prospects and opportunities; marketing plans and techniques; market planning; development plans; formulas; price data; cost data; price and fee amounts; pricing and billing policies; quoting procedures; forecasts, forecast assumptions and volumes; information regarding the Company’s actual or potential customers, suppliers or other vendors; information about the Company’s routes, territories or target markets; the Company’s internal financial information, including purchasing, internal cost information, information regarding revenue and growth, and information about the profitability of particular operations; internal sales, service and operational manuals, policies and procedures; information regarding the manner and methods of conducting the Company’s business; information about the Company’s future plans, potential acquisition, divestiture and other strategies; information about the Company’s landfill development plans, landfill capacities, special projects and the status of any permitting process or investigation; information the Company is obligated to keep as confidential; and information that would qualify as a trade secret. Private disclosure of Confidential Information to another party by the Company or its Affiliates for business purposes will not cause it to lose its protected status under this Agreement, and Confidential Information in the form of a confidential compilation created or customized by the Company or its Affiliates will remain protected because of the compilation’s unique and special value as a compilation even though individual items of information in it may not otherwise qualify as confidential.

Confidentiality, Intellectual Property Assignment, and Company Property Obligations. 3.1 For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means information and compilations of information, in any form (tangible or intangible), related to the Company or an Affiliate that Executive acquires or gains access to as a result of Executive’s employment, if: (a) the Company has not authorized public disclosure of the item, and (b) it is not readily available through proper means to the public or others who are not obligated to keep it confidential and may lawfully use it to the Company’s disadvantage; provided, however, that items of information acquired by Executive prior to and separate from Executive’s association with the Company are not included. The Company’s Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, non-public records and information maintained internally by the Company or its Affiliates of the following nature: customer lists and private agreements; customer service information; names of customer contacts and the identities of decision-makers; lists, names, analysis and other identifying information regarding specific customer prospects and opportunities; marketing plans and techniques; market planning; development plans; formulas; price data; cost data; price and fee amounts; pricing and billing policies; quoting procedures; forecasts, forecast assumptions and volumes; information regarding the Company’s actual or potential customers, suppliers or other vendors; information about the Company’s routes, territories or target markets; the Company’s internal financial information, including purchasing, internal cost information, information regarding revenue and growth, and information about the profitability of particular operations; internal sales, service and 1A(1) 2024 operational manuals, policies and procedures; information regarding the manner and methods of conducting the Company’s business; information about the Company’s future plans, potential acquisition, divestiture and other strategies; information about the Company’s landfill development plans, landfill capacities, special projects and the status of any permitting process or investigation; information the Company is obligated to keep as confidential; and information that would qualify as a trade secret. Private disclosure of Confidential Information to another party by the Company or its Affiliates for business purposes will not cause it to lose its protected status under this Agreement, and Confidential Information in the form of a confidential compilation created or customized by the Company or its Affiliates will remain protected because of the compilation’s unique and special value as a compilation even though individual items of information in it may not otherwise qualify as confidential.

Confidentiality, Intellectual Property Assignment, and Company Property Obligations. 3.1 a. For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means information and compilations of information, in any form (tangible or intangible), related to the Company or an Affiliate that Executive acquires or gains access to as a result of Executive’s employment, if: (a) the Company has not authorized public disclosure of the item, and (b) it is not readily available through proper means to the public or others who are not obligated to keep it confidential and may lawfully use it to the Company’s disadvantage; provided, however, that items of information acquired by Executive prior to and separate from Executive’s association with the Company are not included. The Company’s Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, non-public records and information maintained internally by the Company or its Affiliates of the following nature: customer lists and private agreements; customer service information; names of customer contacts and the identities of decision-makers; lists, names, analysis and other identifying information regarding specific customer prospects and opportunities; marketing plans and techniques; market planning; development plans; formulas; price data; cost data; price and fee amounts; pricing and billing policies; quoting procedures; forecasts, forecast assumptions and volumes; information regarding the Company’s actual or potential customers, suppliers or other vendors; information about the Company’s routes, territories or target markets; the Company’s internal financial information, including purchasing, internal cost information, information regarding revenue and growth, and information about the profitability of particular operations; internal sales, service and operational manuals, policies and procedures; information regarding the manner and methods of conducting the Company’s business; information about the Company’s future plans, potential acquisition, divestiture and other strategies; information about the Company’s landfill development plans, landfill capacities, special projects and the status of any permitting process or investigation; information the Company is obligated to keep as confidential; and information that would qualify as a trade secret. Private disclosure of Confidential Information to another party by the Company or its Affiliates for business purposes will not cause it to lose its protected status under this Agreement, and Confidential Information in the form of a confidential compilation created or customized by the Company or its Affiliates will remain protected because of the compilation’s unique and special value as a compilation even though individual items of information in it may not otherwise qualify as confidential.