Common use of CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION Clause in Contracts

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Termination, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Termination. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearing, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, to the extent permitted, give the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed).

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special specialized knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use disclose or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions (i) unless the same constitutes a material detriment to the Company, or due to the nature of the information divulged and the manner in which it was divulged and the person to whom it was divulged it would likely cause material damage to the Company or constitute a material detriment to the Company or (ii) if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearing, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, to the extent permitted, give the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed).

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special specialized knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use disclose or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s 's duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s 's business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s 's business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the this Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearingunless the same constitutes a material detriment to the Company, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, due to the extent permitted, give nature of the information divulged and the manner in which it was divulged and the person to whom it was divulged it would likely cause damage to the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of constitute a material detriment to the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed)Company.

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special specialized knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use disclose or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the this Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearingunless the same constitutes a material detriment to the Company, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, due to the extent permitted, give nature of the information divulged and the manner in which it was divulged and the person to whom it was divulged it would likely cause damage to the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of constitute a material detriment to the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed)Company.

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special specialized knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use disclose or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s 's duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s 's business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s 's business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the this Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearingunless the same constitutes a material detriment to the Company, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, due to the extent permitted, give nature of the information divulged and the manner in which it was divulged and the person to whom it was divulged it would likely cause damage to the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of constitute a material detriment to the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed)Company.

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearing, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, to the extent permitted, give the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed).

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special specialized knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearing, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, to the extent permitted, give the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed).

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special specialized knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearing, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, to the extent permitted, give the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed).

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee Executive acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special specialized knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee Executive will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee Executive may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of EmployeeExecutive’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee Executive may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee Executive agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee Executive further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by EmployeeExecutive, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee Executive agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the Agreement shall prevent Employee Executive from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearing, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, to the extent permitted, give the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed).

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special specialized knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use disclose or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the this Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearingunless the same constitutes a material detriment to the Company, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, due to the extent permitted, give nature of the information divulged and the manner in which it was divulged and the person to whom it was divulged it would likely cause damage to the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests constitute a material detriment to the Company. COMPANY REMEDIES FOR VIOLATION OF NON-COMPETITION OR CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION PROVISIONS. Without limiting the right of the Company to obtain pursue all other legal and equitable rights available to it for violation of any of the obligations and covenants made by Employee herein, it is agreed that: the skills, experience and contacts of Employee are of a protective order regardingspecial, or to narrow unique, unusual and extraordinary character which give them a peculiar value; because of the scope ofbusiness of the Company, the restrictions agreed to by Employee as to time and area contained in the Agreement are reasonable; and the injury suffered by the Company by a violation of any obligation or covenant in the Agreement resulting from loss of profits created by (i) the competitive use of such skills, experience contacts and otherwise and/or (ii) the use or communication of any information required deemed confidential herein will be difficult to calculate in damages in an action at law and cannot fully compensate the Company for any violation of any obligation or covenant in the Agreement, accordingly: the Company shall be disclosed)entitled to injunctive relief to prevent violations thereof and prevent Employee from rendering any services to any person, firm or entity in breach of such obligation or covenant and to prevent Employee from divulging any confidential information; and compliance with the Agreement is a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation to make payments of any nature to Employee, subject to the other provisions hereof. TERMINATION OF BENEFITS FOR VIOLATION OF NON-COMPETITION AND CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION PROVISIONS. If Employee materially violates the confidentiality/protection of information and/or non-competition obligations and covenants herein or any other related agreement he may have signed as an employee of the Company, Employee agrees there shall be no obligation on the part of the Company to provide any payments or benefits (other than payments or benefits already earned or accrued) described in Section 3.05 of the Agreement, subject to the provision of Section 6.01 hereof. There will be no withholding of benefits or payments due to a violation of the non-competition obligations hereof if the termination occurred after a Change in Control, and Employee will not be bound by the non-competition provisions if terminated after a Change in Control.

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearing, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, to the extent permitted, give the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed).

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Termination, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Termination. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearing, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, to the extent permitted, give the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed).after

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special specialized knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use disclose or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the this Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearingunless the same constitutes a material detriment to the Company, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, due to the extent permitted, give nature of the information divulged and the manner in which it was divulged and the person to whom it was divulged it would likely cause damage to the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of constitute a material detriment to the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed)Company.

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearing, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, to the extent permitted, give the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed).

CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company has in the past and will, of necessity, continue to provide him with special specialized knowledge which, if used in competition with the Company, or divulged to others, could cause serious harm to the Company. Accordingly, Employee will not at any time during or after his employment by the Company, directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, use or communicate to any person, firm or corporation in any manner whatsoever any information concerning any matter specifically affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company. While engaged as an employee of the Company, Employee may only use information concerning any matters affecting or relating to the Company or the business of the Company for a purpose which is necessary to the carrying out of Employee’s duties as an employee of the Company, and Employee may not make any use of any information of the Company after he is no longer an employee of the Company. Employee agrees to the foregoing without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, it being stipulated by the Parties parties that all information, whether written or otherwise, regarding the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, information regarding Customers, Customer lists, costs, prices, earnings, products, services, formulae, compositions, machines, equipment, apparatus, systems, manufacturing procedures, operations, potential acquisitions, new location plans, prospective and executed contracts and other business plans and arrangements, and sources of supply, is prima facie presumed to be important, material and confidential information of the Company for the purposes of the Agreement, except to the extent that such information may be otherwise lawfully and readily available to or known by the general public, in any case other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant. Employee further agrees that he will, upon Terminationtermination of his employment with the Company, return to the Company all books, records, lists and other written, electronic, typed or printed materials, whether furnished by the Company or prepared by Employee, which contain any information relating to the Company’s business, and Employee agrees that he will neither make nor retain any copies of such materials after Terminationtermination of employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in the Agreement shall prevent Employee from complying with applicable federal and/or state laws. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Employee will not be liable for any breach of these confidentiality provisions if Employee discloses any such information as required by any subpoena or other legal process or notice or in any disposition, judicial or administrative hearing, or trial or arbitration (though Employee shall, to the extent permitted, give the Company notice of any such subpoena, process, or notice and will cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Company to obtain a protective order regarding, or to narrow the scope of, the information required to be disclosed).