Common use of Inventions and Confidential Information Clause in Contracts

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and thereafter, the Executive will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, or financial and business records, any of which contains proprietary information created or acquired by the Company and which information is held in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: (i) becomes generally available to the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its agents, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive Employee acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive Employee has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive Employee hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of ExecutiveEmployee’s employment with the Company and for an indefinite period thereafter, the Executive Employee will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, and other confidential information acquired by him in the course of his past or financial future services for the Company. Employee agrees to hold and business keep as confidential the Company’s books, papers, letters, formulas, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts, software and other documents, and all copies thereof and therefrom, in any way relating to the Company’s business and affairs, whether made by him or otherwise coming into his possession, and on termination of which contains proprietary information created his employment, or acquired by on demand of the Company, at any time, to deliver the same to the Company and which within twenty four (24) hours of such termination or demand. However, nothing in this Agreement prohibits the Employee from using such confidential information is held or disclosing such information to those with a need to know such information to perform his job duties for the Company; from disclosing such confidential information as required by law or subpoena; or from testifying truthfully in confidence by Companyany proceeding. Confidential Information does Additionally, confidential information shall not include information which: (ia) becomes that is or shall become generally available to the publicpublic other than as a result of the Employee’s unauthorized disclosure, unless said Confidential Information (b) that was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available to Executive Employee on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its agentsany subsidiaries of the Company, provided or (c) that was developed by or for Employee independently of, and without the use of, any confidential information. (ii) During the period of Employee’s employment with the Company and for the one (1) year thereafter (“Non-Solicitation Period”) (a) the Employee will not directly or indirectly through another entity induce or otherwise attempt to influence any employee of the Company to leave the Company’s employ and (b) the Employee will not directly or indirectly hire or cause to be hired or induce a third party to hire, any such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement employee (unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized such employment and the Company shall have consented thereto in writing) or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any employee thereof and (c) induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the Company to cease doing business, or reduce the amount of business done, with the Company or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee or business relation of the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company Company, its affiliates and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) : During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and thereafter, the Executive will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, or financial and business records, any of which contains proprietary information created or acquired by the Company and which information is held in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: (i) becomes generally available to the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its agents, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive Employee acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive Employee has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s 's operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive Employee hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s Employee's employment with the Company and for five (5) years thereafter, the Executive Employee will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s 's products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, and other confidential information acquired by him in the course of his past or financial and business future services for the Company. Employee agrees to hold as the Company's property all books, papers, letters, formulas, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts, software and other documents, and all copies thereof and therefrom, in any way relating to the Company's business and affairs, whether made by him or otherwise coming into his possession, and on termination of which contains proprietary information created his employment, or acquired by on demand of the Company, at any time, to deliver the same to the Company within twenty four (24) hours of such termination or demand. (ii) During the period of Employee's employment with the Company and which information is held for eighteen (18) months thereafter, (a) the Employee will not directly or indirectly through another entity induce or otherwise attempt to influence any employee of the Company to leave the Company's employ and (b) the Employee will not directly or indirectly hire or cause to be hired or induce a third party to hire, any such employee (unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized such employment and the Company shall have consented thereto in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: writing) or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any employee thereof and (ic) becomes generally available induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available Company to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than cease doing business with the Company or its agentsin any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with supplier, licensee or business relation of the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United StatesStates and in foreign jurisdictions. (For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. .) Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and thereafter, the The Executive will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, and other confidential information acquired by him in the course of his past or financial and business future services for the Company. Executive agrees to hold as the Company’s property all books, papers, letters, formulas, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts, software and other documents, and all copies thereof and therefrom, in any way relating to the Company’s business and affairs, whether made by him or otherwise coming into his possession, and on termination of which contains proprietary information created his employment, or acquired by on demand of the Company, at any time, to deliver the same to the Company within twenty four (24) hours of such termination or demand. (ii) During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and which information is held for eighteen (18) months thereafter, (a) the Executive will not directly or indirectly through another entity induce or otherwise attempt to influence any employee of the Company to leave the Company’s employ and (b) the Executive will not directly or indirectly hire or cause to be hired or induce a third party to hire, any such employee (unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized such employment and the Company shall have consented thereto in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: writing) or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any employee thereof and (ic) becomes generally available induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available Company to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than cease doing business with the Company or its agentsin any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with supplier, licensee or business relation of the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him her while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his her being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and thereafter, the The Executive will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, or financial and business records, any of which contains proprietary information created or acquired by the Company and which information is held in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: (i) becomes generally available to the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its agents, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s 's operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and thereafter, the The Executive will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s 's products. “"Confidential Information” " shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, or financial and business records, any of which contains proprietary information created or acquired by the Company and which information is held in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: (i) becomes generally available to the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its agents, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. [For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the to Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. .] Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and thereafter, the The Executive will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, and other confidential information acquired by him in the course of his past or financial and business future services for the Company. Executive agrees to hold as the Company’s property all books, papers, letters, formulas, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts, software and other documents, and all copies thereof and therefrom, in any way relating to the Company’s business and affairs, whether made by him or otherwise coming into his possession, and on termination of which contains proprietary information created his employment, or acquired by on demand of the Company, at any time, to deliver the same to the Company within twenty four (24) hours of such termination or demand. (iv) During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and which information is held for twenty-four (24) months thereafter, (a) the Executive will not directly or indirectly through another entity induce or otherwise attempt to influence any employee of the Company to leave the Company’s employ and (b) the Executive will not directly or indirectly hire or cause to be hired or induce a third party to hire, any such employee (unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized such employment and the Company shall have consented thereto in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: writing) or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any employee thereof and (ic) becomes generally available induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available Company to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than cease doing business with the Company or its agentsin any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with supplier, licensee or business relation of the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. [For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. .] Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and for ten (10) years thereafter, the Executive will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, and other confidential information acquired by him in the course of his past or financial and business future services for the Company. Executive agrees to hold as the Company’s property all books, papers, letters, formulas, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts, software and other documents, and all copies thereof and therefrom, in any way relating to the Company’s business and affairs, whether made by him or otherwise coming into his possession, and on termination of which contains proprietary information created his employment, or acquired by on demand of the Company, at any time, to deliver the same to the Company within twenty four (24) hours of such termination or demand. (ii) During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and which information is held for eighteen (18) months thereafter, (a) the Executive will not directly or indirectly through another entity induce or otherwise attempt to influence any employee of the Company to leave the Company’s employ and (b) the Executive will not directly or indirectly hire or cause to be hired or induce a third party to hire, any such employee (unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized such employment and the Company shall have consented thereto in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: writing) or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any employee thereof and (ic) becomes generally available induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available Company to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than cease doing business with the Company or its agentsin any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with supplier, licensee or business relation of the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive Employee acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive Employee has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive Employee hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of ExecutiveEmployee’s employment with the Company and for an indefinite period thereafter, the Executive Employee will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, and other confidential information acquired by him in the course of his past or financial and business future services for the Company. Employee agrees to hold as the Company’s property all books, papers, letters, formulas, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts, software and other documents, and all copies thereof and therefrom, in any way relating to the Company’s business and affairs, whether made by him or otherwise coming into his possession, and on termination of which contains proprietary information created his employment, or acquired by on demand of the Company, at any time, to deliver the same to the Company within twenty four (24) hours of such termination or demand. (iv) During the period of Employee’s employment with the Company and which information is held for one (1) year thereafter, (a) the Employee will not directly or indirectly through another entity induce or otherwise attempt to influence any employee of the Company to leave the Company’s employ and (b) the Employee will not directly or indirectly hire or cause to be hired or induce a third party to hire, any such employee (unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized such employment and the Company shall have consented thereto in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: writing) or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any employee thereof and (ic) becomes generally available induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available Company to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than cease doing business with the Company or its agentsin any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with supplier, licensee or business relation of the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this the information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive acknowledges that the inventions, development of technology, proprietary information, observations and data derived or obtained by him her while employed by the Company concerning the products, services, business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his her being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s 's operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this the Section 6, “"Company” " shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this the Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s 's employment with the Company and thereafter, the Executive will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s 's products. “"Confidential Information” " shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s 's products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, or financial and business records, any of which contains proprietary information created or acquired by the Company and which information is held in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: (i) becomes generally available to the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its agents, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company. (ii) During the period of Executive's employment with the Company and for twelve (12) months thereafter, (a) the Executive will not directly or indirectly through another entity induce any employee of the Company to leave the Company's employ (unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized such employment and the Company shall have consented thereto in writing) or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any employee thereof or (b) tortiously interfere with the Company's business relationship with any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s 's operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “"Company” " shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s 's employment with the Company and thereafter, the Executive will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s 's products. “"Confidential Information” " shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s 's products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, or financial and business records, any of which contains proprietary information created or acquired by the Company and which information is held in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: (i) becomes generally available to the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its agents, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive Employee acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive Employee has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s 's operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive Employee hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s Employee's employment with the Company and for three (3) years thereafter, the Executive Employee will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s 's products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, and other confidential information acquired by him in the course of his past or financial and business future services for the Company. Employee agrees to hold as the Company's property all books, papers, letters, formulas, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts, software and other documents, and all copies thereof and therefrom, in any way relating to the Company's business and affairs, whether made by him or otherwise coming into his possession, and on termination of which contains proprietary information created his employment, or acquired by on demand of the Company, at any time, to deliver the same to the Company within twenty four (24) hours of such termination or demand. (ii) During the period of Employee's employment with the Company and which information is held for one (1) year thereafter, (a) the Employee will not directly or indirectly through another entity induce or otherwise attempt to influence any employee of the Company to leave the Company's employ and (b) the Employee will not directly or indirectly hire or cause to be hired or induce a third party to hire, any such employee (unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized such employment and the Company shall have consented thereto in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: writing) or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any employee thereof and (ic) becomes generally available induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available Company to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than cease doing business with the Company or its agents, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee or business relation of the Company. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary, the terms of this Section 6 will be without force and effect if the Company terminates the Employee without cause.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. [For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the to Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. .] Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and thereafter, the The Executive will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, and other confidential information acquired by him in the course of his past or financial and business future services for the Company. Executive agrees to hold as the Company’s property all books, papers, letters, formulas, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts, software and other documents, and all copies thereof and therefrom, in any way relating to the Company’s business and affairs, whether made by him or otherwise coming into his possession, and on termination of which contains proprietary information created his employment, or acquired by on demand of the Company, at any time, to deliver the same to the Company within twenty four (24) hours of such termination or demand. (ii) During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and which information is held for twenty-four (24) months thereafter, (a) the Executive will not directly or indirectly through another entity induce or otherwise attempt to influence any employee of the Company to leave the Company’s employ and (b) the Executive will not directly or indirectly hire or cause to be hired or induce a third party to hire, any such employee (unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized such employment and the Company shall have consented thereto in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: writing) or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any employee thereof and (ic) becomes generally available induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available Company to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than cease doing business with the Company or its agentsin any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with supplier, licensee or business relation of the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this the information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive acknowledges that the inventions, development of technology, proprietary information, observations and data derived or obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the products, services, business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s 's operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this the Section 6, “"Company” " shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this the Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s 's employment with the Company and thereafter, the Executive will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s 's products. “"Confidential Information” " shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s 's products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, or financial and business records, any of which contains proprietary information created or acquired by the Company and which information is held in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: (i) becomes generally available to the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its agents, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him her while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his her being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and thereafter, the Executive will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, or financial and business records, any of which contains proprietary information created or acquired by the Company and which information is held in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: (i) becomes generally available to the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its agents, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive Employee acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive Employee has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s 's operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive Employee hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement:. (i) During the period of Executive’s Employee's employment with the Company and for three (3) years thereafter, the Executive Employee will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s 's products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, and other confidential information acquired by him in the course of his past or financial and business future services for the Company. Employee agrees to hold as the Company's property all books, papers, letters, formulas, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts, software and other documents, and all copies thereof and therefrom, in any way relating to the Company's business and affairs, whether made by him or otherwise coming into his possession, and on termination of which contains proprietary information created his employment, or acquired by on demand of the Company, at any time, to deliver the same to the Company within twenty-four (24) hours of such termination or demand. (ii) During the period of Employee's employment with the Company and which information is held for three (3) years thereafter, (a) the Employee will not directly or indirectly through another entity induce or otherwise attempt to influence any employee of the Company to leave the Company's employ and (b) the Employee will not directly or indirectly hire or cause to be hired or induce a third party to hire, any such employee (unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized such employment and the Company shall have consented thereto in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: writing) or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any employee thereof and (ic) becomes generally available induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available Company to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than cease doing business with the Company or its agentsin any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with supplier, licensee or business relation of the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive Employee acknowledges that the proprietary information, observations and data obtained by him while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive Employee has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive Employee hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of ExecutiveEmployee’s employment with the Company and for three (3) years thereafter, the Executive Employee will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, and other confidential information acquired by him in the course of his past or financial and business future services for the Company. Employee agrees to hold as the Company’s property all books, papers, letters, formulas, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts, software and other documents, and all copies thereof and therefrom, in any way relating to the Company’s business and affairs, whether made by him or otherwise coming into his possession, and on termination of which contains proprietary information created his employment, or acquired by on demand of the Company, at any time, to deliver the same to the Company within twenty four (24) hours of such termination or demand. (ii) During the period of Employee’s employment with the Company and which information is held for one (1) year thereafter, (a) the Employee will not directly or indirectly through another entity induce or otherwise attempt to influence any employee of the Company to leave the Company’s employ and (b) the Employee will not directly or indirectly hire or cause to be hired or induce a third party to hire, any such employee (unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized such employment and the Company shall have consented thereto in confidence by Company. Confidential Information does not include information which: writing) or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any employee thereof and (ic) becomes generally available induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the public, unless said Confidential Information was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available Company to Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than cease doing business with the Company or its agentsin any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with supplier, licensee or business relation of the Company.

Inventions and Confidential Information. The parties hereto recognize that a major material and important need of the Company is to preserve its specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information. The strength and good will goodwill of the Company is derived from the specialized knowledge, trade secrets, and confidential information generated from experience with the activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries. The disclosure of this information and knowledge to competitors would be beneficial to them and detrimental to the Company, as would the disclosure of information about the marketing practices, pricing practices, costs, profit margins, design specifications, analytical techniques, and similar items of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive Employee acknowledges that the proprietary confidential information, observations and data obtained by him her while employed by the Company concerning the business or affairs of the Company are the property of the Company. By reason of his her being a senior executive of the Company, the Executive Employee has or will have access to, and has obtained or will obtain, specialized knowledge, trade secrets and confidential information about the Company’s operations and the operations of its subsidiaries, which operations extend throughout the United States. For purposes of this Section 6, “Company” shall mean the Company and each of its controlled subsidiaries. Therefore, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the Executive Employee hereby agrees as follows, recognizing that the Company is relying on these agreements in entering into this Agreement: (i) During the period of ExecutiveEmployee’s employment with the Company and for an indefinite period thereafter, the Executive Employee will not use, disclose to others, or publish or otherwise make available to any other party any inventions or any confidential business information about the affairs of the Company, including but not limited to confidential information concerning the Company’s products. “Confidential Information” shall include commercial or trade secrets about Company’s products, methods, engineering designs and standards, analytical techniques, technical information, customer information, employee information, and other confidential information acquired by her in the course of her past or financial future services for the Company. Employee agrees to hold and business keep as confidential the Company’s books, papers, letters, formulas, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes, printouts, software and other documents, and all copies thereof and therefrom, in any way relating to the Company’s business and affairs, whether made by her or otherwise coming into her possession, and on termination of which contains proprietary information created her employment, or acquired by on demand of the Company, at any time, to deliver the same to the Company and which within twenty four (24) hours of such termination or demand. However, nothing in this Agreement prohibits the Employee from using such confidential information is held or disclosing such information to those with a need to know such information to perform her job duties for the Company; from disclosing such confidential information as required by law or subpoena; or from testifying truthfully in confidence by Companyany proceeding. Confidential Information does Additionally, confidential information shall not include information which: (ia) becomes that is or shall become generally available to the publicpublic other than as a result of the Employee’s unauthorized disclosure, unless said Confidential Information (b) that was disclosed in violation of a confidentiality agreement; or (ii) becomes available to Executive Employee on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its agentsany subsidiaries of the Company, provided or (c) that was developed by or for Employee independently of, and without the use of, any confidential information. (ii) During the period of Employee’s employment with the Company and for the one (1) year thereafter (“Non-Solicitation Period”) (a) the Employee will not directly or indirectly through another entity induce or otherwise attempt to influence any employee of the Company to leave the Company’s employ and (b) the Employee will not directly or indirectly hire or cause to be hired or induce a third party to hire, any such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement employee (unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized such employment and the Company shall have consented thereto in writing) or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company and any employee thereof and (c) induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the Company to cease doing business, or reduce the amount of business done, with the Company or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee or business relation of the Company.