Common use of Use and Maintenance of Confidential Information Clause in Contracts

Use and Maintenance of Confidential Information. At all time, both during and after the period of employment hereunder, Employee shall keep and retain in confidence and shall not disclose, except as required in the course of Employee’s employment with the Company and the Bank, to any person or entity, or use for his own purposes, any of this proprietary or confidential information. For purposes of this Section 8, such information shall include, but shall not be limited to: (i) the Company’s or Bank’s standard operating procedures, processes, know-how and technical and product information, any of which is of value to the Company or the Bank and not generally known by the Company’s or Bank’s competitors or the public; (ii) all confidential information obtained by the Company or the Bank from third parties and customers concerning the business of the Company, including any customer lists or data; and (iii) confidential business information of the Company or its affiliates, including marketing and business plans, strategies, projections, business opportunities, client lists, customer list, confidential information by customers or clients, sales and cost information and financial results and performance. Employee acknowledges that the obligations pertaining to the confidentiality and non-disclosure of information shall remain in effect indefinitely, or until the Company has released any such information into the public domain, in which case Employee’s obligation hereunder shall cease with respect only to such information so released.