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Confidential Information: As used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” means information in whatever form, pertaining to the business of the Company that is not generally known outside of the Company, or that is known outside of the Company through improper means. Without limiting the foregoing definition, Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to: # technical information, formulas, teaching and development techniques, methodologies, processes, trade secrets, computer programs, electronic codes, designs, product development information, inventions, improvements, and research projects; # information about finances, costs, profits, markets, proposals, sales, and lists of customers or clients; # business, marketing, and strategic plans; and # employee personnel files and compensation information.

Definition of Confidential Information.Confidential Information” means any information, technical data, or know-how, including, but not limited to, that which relates to research, acquisitions, product plans, products, services, customers, consultants, markets, processes, designs, drawings, marketing or finances of the Company. The term “Confidential Information” includes trade secrets and to any and all information of any nature or kind whatsoever which relates to all proprietary and financial information relating to the Company’s business; to any and all information concerning the Company’s customers; and to the content of any and all working papers, discussion papers, business plans, documents and products of any nature or kind which the Company has created, amended or enhanced. Confidential Information does not include information, technical data or know-how which # is in the possession of the Employee at the time of disclosure to him as shown by the Employee’s files and records immediately prior to the time of disclosure; # the Employee can prove, from contemporaneous written evidence, has been independently developed by him without access to, either directly or indirectly, the Company’s Confidential Information; # prior to or after the time of disclosure becomes part of the public knowledge or literature other than as a result of any improper inaction or action of the Employee; # is approved in writing by the Company for release; or # is required to be disclosed by applicable law or proper legal, governmental or other competent authority (provided that the Company shall be notified sufficiently in advance of such requirement so that it may seek a protective order (or equivalent) with respect to such disclosure, with which the Employee shall fully comply).

Confidential Information” means any information concerning the business and affairs of the Company that is not generally available to the public, including know-how, trade secrets, customer lists, details of customer or consultant contracts, pricing policies, operational methods and marketing plans or strategies, and any information disclosed to the Company by third parties to the extent that the Company has an obligation of confidentiality in connection therewith.

Confidential Information. The term “Confidential Information” means any documentation, data, or information which is valuable to and not generally known to the public, including but not limited to any and all knowledge, data or information related to Company’s business or its actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, including without limitation # trade secrets, mask works, ideas, processes, formulas, source and object codes, data, programs, other works of authorship, know-how, improvements, discoveries, developments, designs and techniques; # information regarding plans for research, development, new products and services, marketing and selling, business plans, budgets and unpublished financial statements, licenses, prices and costs, suppliers and customers; # information regarding the skills and compensation of other employees, contractors, and any other service providers of Company; and # the existence of any business discussions, negotiations, or agreements between Company and any third party.

Confidential Information” means confidential, secret or other non-public or proprietary information of or about the Company and its affiliates, their respective products, licensors, suppliers or customers and shall include, without limitation, information regarding: Inventions, methodologies, processes, tools, computer programs and documentation, manufacturing and application information, business strategies, financial information, forecasts, personnel information, customer lists or other customer information, trade secrets, new product developments, market information and advertising, business and marketing plans relating to the Company and its affiliates and any other non-public information, whether in writing or given to me orally, which I know or have reason to know the Company would like to treat as confidential for any purpose, such as maintaining a competitive advantage or avoiding undesirable publicity.

"Confidential Information" means any information that is confidential, proprietary or trade secret information of Company or any of its customer or clients or any other information the use of disclosure of which by Company is prohibited or restricted (e.g., by reason of any contract, court order, law or other obligation by which Company is bound). "Confidential Information" may include, but is not necessarily limited to, technology, computer programs, business plans, marketing plans, information as to existing or future products or services of Company, financial projections, unpublished works of original authorship, customer lists, financial information, and trade secrets.

Confidential Information. For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" means confidential information, to the extent it is not a trade secret, that is possessed by or developed for the Company and that relates to the Company's business or technology, including but not limited to computer program object and source codes, business plans and strategies, existing or proposed bids, technical developments, existing or proposed research projects, financial or business projections, investments, marketing plans and strategies, pricing and cost information, negotiations strategies, sales strategies, training information and materials, employee compensation and other employee information, customer or potential customer lists, customer purchasing history, and information generated for customer engagements. Confidential Information also includes information received by the Company from others which the Company has an obligation to treat as confidential, including information obtained in connection with customer engagements. Confidential Information shall not include information that is or becomes available to the public through no wrongful act or omission of Employee. The parties agree that the Company's Confidential Information was established at great expense and protected as confidential information and provides the Company with a substantial competitive advantage in conducting its business. The parties further agree that by virtue of the Employee's employment with the Company, Employee will have access to, and be entrusted with, Confidential Information and that the Company would suffer great loss and injury if the Employee would disclose this information or use it to compete with the Company. Therefore, the Employee agrees that during the term of Employee's employment, and until the first to occur of # such time as the Confidential Information becomes generally available to the public through no fault of Employee, # such time as the Confidential Information no longer provides a benefit to the Company or # the second anniversary of the termination of Employee's employment with the Company, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, in any capacity, use or disclose, or cause to be used or disclosed, in any geographic area in which such use or disclosure could harm the Company's business interests, any Confidential Information. This provision does not prohibit Employee's use of general skills acquired prior to or during employment by the Company, as long as such use does not involve the use or disclosure of Confidential Information or trade secrets. The restrictions contained in this paragraph apply to Confidential Information regardless of the fact that the Employee may have participated in the discovery and the development of that information. Employee also agrees and acknowledges that Employee will comply with all applicable laws regarding insider trading or the use of material nonpublic information in connection with the trading of securities. For purposes of this section 8, Company shall include any subsidiaries of the Company.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” shall mean any and all information pertaining to the Company and the Business, whether such information is in written form or communicated orally, visually or otherwise, that is proprietary, non-public or relates to any trade secret, including, but not limited to, # information, observations and data obtained by the Employee while employed by the Company concerning the Business, # products or services, # fees, costs and pricing structures, # designs, # analyses, # drawings, photographs and reports, # computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, # flow charts, manuals and documentation, # data bases, # accounting and business methods, # inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, # customers, suppliers, clients and customer, supplier and client lists, # other copyrightable works, # marketing plans and trade secrets, and # all similar and related information in whatever form. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Confidential Information” shall not include information that # is or becomes generally available to, or known by, the public through no fault of the Employee, or # is independently acquired or developed by the Employee without violating any of her obligations under this Agreement.

Confidential Information” means any information that is not generally known outside the Company, including but not limited to trade secrets, and that is proprietary to the Company, relating to any phase of the Company’s existing or reasonably foreseeable business, including information conceived, discovered or developed by Executive. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, business plans; strategic plans and initiatives; financial information, statements and projections; new store plans or locations; payroll and personnel records and information; marketing information, materials and plans; product designs; supplier information; customer information; customer lists; project lists; information relating to pricing and costs; or other information that is designated by the Company as “Confidential” or other similar designation or is treated by the Company as Confidential.

Confidential Information Defined. For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means any and all proprietary information of the Company that derives independent economic value by virtue of its not being known to the Company’s competitors or the general public including, but not limited to, customer lists, customer information, intellectual property, employee lists, employee information, prospect lists, prospect information, pricing information, inventions, research and development, financial statements, marketing plans, management systems and procedures, trade secrets, supplier lists, sales techniques, software specifications and information, results of research and development, whether complete or in process, and any other information which the Company identifies in writing and provided to the Company as Confidential Information.

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