Common use of Confidentiality; No Solicitation Clause in Contracts

Confidentiality; No Solicitation. (a) The Employee recognizes and acknowledges that the Employers’ and their affiliates’ trade secrets and confidential or proprietary information, are valuable, special and unique assets of their respective businesses. For purposes of this Agreement, a trade secret or confidential or proprietary information shall mean and include information treated as confidential or as a trade secret by the Employers or their affiliates, including but not limited to information regarding contemplated products, business and financial methods or practices, marketing techniques, customers, vendors, suppliers, trade secrets, training programs, manuals or materials, technical information, contracts, systems, procedures, mailing lists, know-how, trade names, improvements, pricing, price lists, or other data, business plans, litigation, regulatory investigations, strategy, code books, invoices and other financial statements, computer programs, software systems, databases, discs and printouts, other plans (technical or otherwise), customer and industry lists, supplier lists, correspondence, internal reports, personnel files, employee compensation, sales and advertising material which is or was used in the business of the Employers or their affiliates.