Proprietary Information and Confidentiality Both before and during the term of Executive’s employment, Executive will have access to and become acquainted with Company confidential and proprietary information (together “Proprietary Information”), including but not limited to information or plans concerning the Company’s products and technologies; customer relationships; personnel; sales, marketing and financial operations and methods; trade secrets; formulae and secret developments and inventions; processes; and other compilations of information, records, and specifications. Executive will not disclose any of the Proprietary Information directly or indirectly, or use it in any way, either during his/her employment pursuant to this Agreement or at any time thereafter, except as reasonably required or specifically requested in the course of his/her employment with the Company or as authorized in writing by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Proprietary Information does not include information that is otherwise publicly known or available, provided it has not become public as a result of a breach of this Agreement or any other agreement Executive has to keep information confidential. It is not a breach of this Agreement for Executive to disclose Proprietary Information (i) pursuant to an order of a court or other governmental or legal body or (ii) in connection with Protected Activity (as defined below). Executive understands that nothing in this Agreement shall in any way limit or prohibit Executive from engaging in any Protected Activity. For purposes of this Agreement, “Protected Activity” means filing a charge or complaint with, or otherwise communicating or cooperating with or participating in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted by any federal, state or local government agency or commission, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the National Labor Relations Board (“Government Agencies”). Executive understands that in connection with such Protected Activity, Executive is permitted to disclose documents or other information as permitted by law, and without giving notice to, or receiving authorization from, the Company. Notwithstanding, in making any such disclosures or communications, Executive agrees to take all reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized use or disclosure of any information that may constitute Proprietary Information to any parties other than the Government Agencies. Executive further understands that “Protected Activity” does not include the disclosure of any Company attorney-client privileged communications. In addition, Executive hereby acknowledges that the Company has provided Executive with notice in compliance with the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 regarding immunity from liability for limited disclosures of trade secrets. The full text of the notice is attached in Exhibit B.
Proprietary Information; Confidentiality 24.01 During the course of performance under this Agreement, a Party (the “Owner”) or its Representative may make available to the other Party (the “Recipient”) or its Representative certain materials such as manuals, contract owner lists, data files and the data contained therein, systems, forms, methods, processes, and procedures and other information or data (collectively “Proprietary Information”) which are proprietary or trade secret in nature. Information known in the public domain, or which is or was publicly disclosed to Recipient by any Party not under a duty to retain such information as confidential, shall not constitute Proprietary Information.
General Confidentiality Each of the Parties will treat and hold as such all of the Confidential Information of the other Parties, refrain from using any of the Confidential Information except in connection with this Agreement, and unless there is a closing on the Exchange, deliver promptly to the owner of such Confidential Information or destroy, at the request and option of the owner of the Confidential Information, all tangible embodiments (and all copies) of the Confidential Information which are in its possession. In the event that any of the Parties is requested or required (by oral question or request for information or documents in any legal proceeding, interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigative demand, or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information, that Party will notify the affected Party promptly of the request or requirement so that the affected Party may seek an appropriate protective order or waive compliance with the provisions of this Section 7.1. If, in the absence of a protective order or the receipt of a waiver hereunder, any of the Parties is, on the advice of counsel, compelled to disclose any Confidential Information to any tribunal or else stand liable for contempt, that Party may disclose the Confidential Information to the tribunal; provided, however, that the disclosing Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, at the request of the affected Party, an order or other assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to such portion of the Confidential Information required to be disclosed as the affected Party shall designate. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to any Confidential Information which is generally available to the public immediately prior to the time of disclosure.
Publicity; Confidentiality Except as may be required by applicable Requirements of Law, none of the parties hereto shall issue a publicity release or public announcement or otherwise make any public disclosure concerning this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or the Purchaser, without prior approval by the other parties hereto; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the Purchaser from disclosing information (a) that is already publicly available, (b) that was known to the Purchaser on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Company, (c) that may be required or appropriate in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation, provided that, the Purchaser will use reasonable efforts to notify the Company in advance of such disclosure so as to permit the Company to seek a protective order or otherwise contest such disclosure, and the Purchaser will use reasonable efforts to cooperate, at the expense of the Company, with the Company in pursuing any such protective order, (d) to the extent that the Purchaser reasonably believes it appropriate in order to protect its investment in the Purchased Stock in order to comply with any Requirement of Law, (e) to the Purchaser's or the Company's officers, directors, stockholders, advisors, employees, members, partners, controlling Persons, auditors or counsel or (f) to Persons from whom releases, consents or approvals are required, or to whom notice is required to be provided, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents; provided, further, that nothing in this Agreement shall restrict any party from disclosing information (i) that is already publicly available, (ii) that was known to the Company on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Company, (iii) that may be required or appropriate in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation (provided that, the Company will use reasonable efforts to notify the Purchaser in advance of such disclosure so as to permit the Purchaser to seek a protective order or otherwise contest such disclosure, and the Company will use reasonable efforts to cooperate, at the expense of the Purchaser, with the Purchaser in pursuing any such protective order), (iv) to the Company's officers, directors, stockholders, advisors, employees, controlling Persons, auditors or counsel or (v) to Persons from whom releases, consents or approvals are required, or to whom notice is required to be provided, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents.
Access; Confidentiality (a) At all times during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII and the Merger Effective Time, the Company shall afford Parent, and Parent shall afford the Company, and each of their respective financial advisors, business consultants, legal counsel, accountants and other agents and representatives reasonable access during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice, to its properties, books and records and personnel; provided, however, that the disclosing party may restrict or otherwise prohibit access to any documents or information to the extent that (i) any applicable Law requires such party to restrict or otherwise prohibit access to such documents or information or (ii) access to such documents or information would give rise to a waiver of any attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable privilege applicable to such documents or information, and provided further, that no information or knowledge obtained by the receiving party in any investigation conducted pursuant to the access contemplated by this Section 6.05 shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty of the disclosing party set forth in this Agreement or otherwise impair the rights and remedies available to receiving party hereunder. If the Company or Parent does not provide access or information in reliance on the preceding sentence, it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to communicate the applicable information to the other party in a way that would not violate the applicable Law or obligation or to waive such a privilege including by providing such information in redacted form as necessary to preserve such a privilege or comply with such Law or otherwise make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements, to the extent possible. Any investigation conducted pursuant to the access contemplated by this Section 6.05 shall be conducted in a manner that does not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries or Parent and its Subsidiaries. Nothing in this Section 6.05 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be construed to require the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, Parent, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective Representatives of any of the foregoing to prepare any reports, analyses, appraisals, opinions or other information or to allow sampling of any environmental media or building component.
Privacy Notice/Confidentiality The Adviser and Sub-Adviser acknowledge prior receipt of the other’s Privacy Notice and Policy. Adviser and Sub-Adviser agree to safeguard all information pertaining to the Fund consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal privacy statutes pertaining to registered investment advisers.
Post-Closing Confidentiality From and after the Closing, the Sellers and Wind Down Co. will, and will cause their respective Affiliates to, hold in strict confidence, and will not use to the detriment of Buyer or any of its Affiliates, all non-public information with respect to the Business, the Acquired Assets or the Assumed Liabilities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Seller or Wind Down Co. may disclose such information (a) if such Seller or Wind Down Co. is compelled to disclose the same by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of law (but subject to the following provisions of this Section 5.18), (b) if the same currently is in the public domain or hereafter is in the public domain through no fault of such Seller or Wind Down Co. or any of its Affiliates or (c) if the same is later acquired by such Seller or Wind Down Co. or any of its Affiliates from another source that is not under an obligation to another Person to keep such information confidential, or (d) if necessary in connection with the administration of the Bankruptcy Cases and the wind-down of the Sellers’ estates. If any Seller, Wind Down Co. or any of its Affiliates (the “Disclosing Party”) becomes legally required (by interrogatories, requests for information or documents in legal proceedings, subpoena, civil investigative demand, rule of civil procedure or other similar process) to disclose any such non-public confidential information, the Disclosing Party shall provide Buyer with prompt written notice of any such requirement so that Buyer may seek, at Buyer’s sole cost and expense, a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.18. If, in the absence of a protective order or other remedy or the receipt of a waiver by Buyer, the Disclosing Party nonetheless, based on the written advice of outside counsel, is required to disclose such non-public confidential information to any tribunal or else stand liable for contempt or suffer other censure or penalty, the Disclosing Party, without liability hereunder, may disclose that portion of such information which such counsel advises the Disclosing Party it is legally required to disclose. Each of the Sellers and or Wind Down Co. acknowledges and agrees that money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of its agreements contained in this Section 5.18 and that in addition to any other remedies available to Buyer, Buyer shall be entitled to the remedies of injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of this Section 5.18.
Publicity and Confidentiality The Echo Parties, the Connect Parties and each Echo Shareholder shall keep confidential this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby and any non-public information relating to the Connect Parties, Echo, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries and shall not disclose, issue any press release or otherwise make any public statement in connection therewith (other than as may be necessary to monitor, increase or decrease its investment in the Company) without the prior written consent of the Sponsors (not to be unreasonably withheld); provided, that such Echo Parties, the Connect Parties and each Echo Shareholder may disclose any such information (i) as has become generally available to the public, (ii) to its employees and attorneys, accountants, consultants and other professional advisers who need to know such information, including to the extent necessary to obtain their services in connection with monitoring its investment in the Connect Parties, Echo, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and agree to keep it confidential, (iii) to the extent required in order to comply with reporting obligations to its direct or indirect partners, members, or other equity holders (including the employees and professional advisors of such equity holders) who have agreed (subject to customary exceptions) to keep such information confidential, (iv) to persons who have expressed a bona fide interest in becoming limited partners, members or other equity holders of a party hereto or its related investment funds, in each case who have agreed to keep such information confidential, (v) to the extent necessary in order to comply with any law, order, regulation, ruling or stock exchange rules applicable to such party, (vi) as may be required in connection with a registered offering, including any disclosure contemplated under the Registration Rights Agreement, (vii) to any proposed Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Echo Connect Stockholders Agreement) of such party or any proposed transferee in any transfer in compliance with this Agreement, in each case, to the extent that that such transferee agrees to be bound by customary confidentiality provisions with respect to any confidential information of the Connect Parties, Echo, the Company and any of their respective Subsidiaries and/or (viii) in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation, it being agreed that, unless such information has been generally available to the public, if such information is being requested pursuant to a summons or subpoena or a discovery request in connection with a litigation, (x) the Echo Parties, the Connect Parties and each Echo Shareholder shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, give the other party(ies) notice of such request and shall cooperate with the other party(ies) at their request so that such party may, at its cost and in its discretion, seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy, if available, and (y) in the event that such protective order is not obtained (or sought by the other party after notice), such disclosing party (a) shall furnish only that portion of the information which, in accordance with the advice of counsel, is legally required to be furnished and (b) will exercise its reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded such information. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the use (subject, to the extent practicable, to a protective order) of any such confidential information in connection with the assertion or defense of any claim; provided, further that nothing in this Section 9 shall be deemed to restrict any party’s ability to monetize its equity investment in of in compliance with applicable securities laws. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9 to the contrary, each of the Echo Parties, the Connect Parties and each Echo Shareholder acknowledges and agrees (a) to be bound by the confidentiality provisions of the LLC Agreement (as defined in the Echo Connect Stockholders Agreement) with respect to any confidential information of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and if any provision herein is in conflict with the confidentiality provisions of the LLC Agreement (as defined in the Echo Connect Stockholders Agreement), than the more restrictive provision on such Echo Parties, the Connect Parties and each Echo Shareholder shall govern with respect to confidential information about the Company and its Subsidiaries and (b) that each other party may develop or receive from third parties information that is the same as or similar to the confidential information of Connect Parties, Echo, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and that nothing in this Agreement restricts or prohibits any party (by itself or through a third party) from developing, receiving or disclosing such information, or any products, services, concepts, ideas, systems or techniques that are similar to or compete with the products, services, concepts, ideas, systems or techniques contemplated by or embodied in the confidential information of Connect Parties, Echo, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
Cooperation; Confidentiality Each party to this Agreement agrees to cooperate with the other party and with all appropriate governmental authorities having the requisite jurisdiction (including, but not limited to, the SEC) in connection with any investigation or inquiry relating to this Agreement or the Fund. Subject to the foregoing, the Sub-Adviser shall treat as confidential all information pertaining to the Fund and actions of the Fund, the Manager and the Sub-Adviser, and the Manager shall treat as confidential and use only in connection with the Series all information furnished to the Fund or the Manager by the Sub-Adviser, in connection with its duties under the Agreement except that the aforesaid information need not be treated as confidential if required to be disclosed under applicable law, if generally available to the public through means other than by disclosure by the Sub-Adviser or the Manager, or if available from a source other than the Manager, Sub-Adviser or the Fund.
Noncompetition and Confidentiality (a) The parties recognize that the employment of Executive with the Company has been and will continue to be special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and in connection with such employment Executive has and will continue to acquire special skill and training. The parties also recognize that the covenants of Executive contained in this Section 9 are an essential part of Executive’s engagement by the Company and that, but for the agreement of the Executive to comply with such covenants, the Company would not have entered into this Agreement. Executive accordingly agrees that, during the Term, (i) Executive shall not act or serve, directly or indirectly, as a principal, agent, independent contractor, consultant, director, officer, executive, employee or advisor or in any other position or capacity with or for, or acquire a direct or indirect ownership interest in or otherwise conduct (whether as stockholder, partner, investor, joint venturer, or as owner of any other type of interest), any Competing Business (defined below); provided, however, that this clause shall not prohibit the Executive from being the owner of (A) up to 5% of any class of outstanding securities of any entity if such class of securities is publicly traded or (B) any other securities owned by Executive on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) Executive shall not, in connection with or for the benefit of any person or entity engaged in the non-hazardous solid waste business, solicit, induce, divert or take away, any officer, employee or consultant of the Company.
