Confidential Information. Except as required in the performance of his duties to the Company under this Agreement, the Executive shall not, during or after the Term of this Agreement, use for himself or others, or disclose to others, any confidential information including without limitation, trade secrets, data, know-how, design, developmental or experimental work, Company relationships, computer programs, proprietary information bases and systems, data bases, customer lists, business plans, financial information of or about the Company or any of its affiliates, customers or clients, unless authorized in writing to do so by the Board or Crown’s [[Organization A:Organization]], but excluding any information generally available to the public or information (except information related to the Company) which Executive possessed prior to his employment with the Company. The Executive understands that this undertaking applies to the information of either a technical or commercial or other nature and that any information not made available to the general public is to be considered confidential. The Executive acknowledges that such confidential information as is acquired and used by the Company or its affiliates is a special, valuable and unique asset. All records, files, materials and confidential information obtained by Executive in the course of his employment with the Company are confidential and proprietary and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company or its affiliates, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, # nothing in this Section or Agreement shall prohibit the Executive from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity or self-regulatory organization or making disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable law or regulation (and the Executive shall not be required to obtain the written consent of the Company prior to making any such reports or disclosures); and # in accordance with the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, # the Executive shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: # is made # in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and # solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or # is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal, and # if the Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Executive may disclose a trade secret to his attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the Executive files any document containing the trade secret under seal and does not disclose the trade secret except pursuant to court order.

Confidential Information. Provider shall immediately discontinue the use of and shall promptly return all Confidential Information associated with or respecting Manager in Provider’s possession, to Manager. Manager shall immediately discontinue the use of and shall promptly return all Confidential Information associated with or respecting Provider in Manager’s possession to Provider.

Confidential Information. Employee covenants and agrees not to reveal to any person, firm, or corporation any confidential information of any nature concerning the Employer or its business, or anything connected therewith. As used in this Section 10, the term “Confidential Information” means all of the Employer’s and its Affiliates’ confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets in existence on the date hereof or existing at any time during the term of this Agreement, including but not limited to –

Confidential Information. Employee acknowledges that he will occupy a position of trust and confidence and will have access to and learn substantial information about the Company and its respective affiliates and their operations that is confidential or not generally known in the industry including, without limitation, information that relates to purchasing, sales, customers, marketing, and the financial positions and financing arrangements of the Company and its respective affiliates. Employee agrees that all such information is proprietary or confidential, or constitutes trade secrets and is the sole property of the Company and/or its respective affiliates, as the case may be. Employee will keep confidential and will not reproduce, copy or disclose to any other person or firm, any such information or any documents or information relating [[Organization A:Organization]]'s or its respective affiliates' methods, processes, customers, accounts, analyses, systems, charts, programs, procedures, correspondence or records, or any other documents used or owned by the Company or any of its respective affiliates, nor will Employee advise, discuss with or in any way assist any other person, firm or entity in obtaining or learning about any of the items described in this section. Accordingly, Employee agrees that during the Employment Term and at all times thereafter Employee will not disclose, or permit or encourage anyone else to disclose, any such information, nor will Employee utilize any such information, either alone or with others, outside the scope of Employee's duties and responsibilities with the Company and its respective affiliates.

Confidential Information. Each Participant shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Participant during the Participant’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Participant or representatives of the Participant in violation of this Plan). After termination of a Participant’s employment with the Company, the Participant shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this [Section 7.3] constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable under this Plan.

Executive agrees and acknowledges that all non-public or proprietary information regarding the Company Group, whether or not maintained in written form and whether in digital, hardcopy, or other format, including all personal information, personnel information, financial data, investment data, commercial data, trade secrets, business plans, business models, cost and pricing information, organizational structures and models, blueprints, business strategies, strategies, internal controls, risk management, security procedures, internal industry studies, research and development efforts, marketing plans, information and materials, processes, inventions, devices, training manuals, computer programs, analytical models, templates and agreements, and all other non-public, proprietary or confidential information, concerning or provided by or on behalf of the Company Group, including information regarding any actual or prospective business opportunities, employment opportunities, finances, investments, other proprietary information and trade secrets, including, in each case, such information, observations and data obtained prior to the date of this Agreement concerning the business or affairs of any member of the Company Group or their predecessors (collectively, “Confidential Information”) are the property of such entity and Executive agrees that such entity has a protectable interest in such Confidential Information. Therefore, Executive agrees that Executive shall not (during the Employment Period or at any time thereafter) disclose to any Person or use any such Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Board unless and to the extent that the aforementioned matters: # become or are generally known to and available for use other than as a result of Executive’s acts or omissions in breach of this Agreement, # are required to be disclosed by judicial process or law (provided that Executive, if possible under the circumstances, shall give prompt advance written notice of such requirement to the Company to enable the Company to seek an appropriate protective order or confidential treatment), or ((c) are in furtherance of Executive’s good faith performance of duties in respect of Executive’s employment with or service to any member of the Company Group in accordance with Company Group policy or applicable directive. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever, or at any time requested by the Company, Executive shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company any and all Company property, including keys and keycards, computers, personal data assistants, cell phones, software, documents, manuals, records, notebooks and similar materials, including any copies thereof, regardless of whether such items constitute or contain Confidential Information (and not retain or otherwise have access to, including via any removable storage or file hosting service). Executive shall provide all passwords and locations of Confidential Information that are not located on the Company’s computers or servers. Executive shall not retain any Confidential Information on Executive’s personal computer, portable memory devices, phone or tablets following Executive’s Termination Date and shall make all personal devices readily available upon request by any member of the Company Group for the removal of Confidential Information. If Executive becomes aware of Confidential Information on any of Executive’s personal devices, including the devices listed in the prior sentence, the Executive shall promptly notify the Board of such Confidential Information and shall follow the instructions of the Board. Executive shall only destroy Confidential Information (or copies thereof) at the direction of the Board and in the manner provided by the Board.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” includes, but is not limited to, all information not generally known to the public, in spoken, printed, electronic or any other form or medium, relating directly or indirectly to: business processes, products, patents, sources of supply, customer dealings, data, source code, business plans, practices, methods, policies, publications, research, operations, strategies, techniques, agreements, transactions, potential transactions, negotiations, know-how, trade secrets, computer programs, computer software, applications, operating systems, software design, work-in-process, databases, records, systems, supplier information, vendor information, financial information, results, legal information, marketing and advertising information, pricing information, design information, personnel information, developments, reports, internal controls, graphics, drawings, market studies, sales information, revenue, costs, notes, communications, algorithms, product plans, designs, models, ideas, inventions, unpublished patent applications, original works of authorship, discoveries, experimental processes, experimental results, specifications, customer information, customer lists, distributor lists, and buyer lists of the Company or its subsidiaries, affiliates or any existing or prospective customer, supplier, investor or other associated third party, or of any other Person that has entrusted information to the Company in confidence. Employee understands that the above list is not exhaustive, and that Confidential Information also includes other information that is marked or otherwise identified as confidential or proprietary, or that would otherwise appear to a reasonable person to be confidential or proprietary in the context and circumstances in which the information is known or used. For purposes of this Agreement, “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, governmental authority, unincorporated organization, trust, association, or other entity.

Confidential Information. For purposes of this Agreement, ​’s “Confidential Information” shall include ​ and its Affiliates’ trade secrets as defined under Delaware law, as well as any other information or material which is not generally known to the public, and which: # is generated, collected by or utilized in the operations of ​ or its Affiliates’ business and relates to the actual or anticipated business, research or development of ​, its Affiliates or ​ and its Affiliates’ actual or prospective Customers; or # is suggested by or results from any task assigned to the Executive by ​ or its Affiliates, or work performed by the Executive for or on behalf of ​ or its Affiliates. Confidential Information shall not be considered generally known to the public if the Executive or others improperly reveal such information to the public without ​ or its Affiliates’ express written consent and/or in violation of an obligation of confidentiality owed to ​ or its Affiliates. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, the information, observations and data obtained by the Executive while employed by ​ concerning the business or affairs of ​ or its Affiliates, including information concerning acquisition opportunities in or reasonably related to ​ or its Affiliates’ business or industry, the identities of and other information (such as databases) relating to the current, former or prospective employees, suppliers and Customers of ​ or its Affiliates, development, transition and transformation plans, methodologies and methods of doing business, strategic, marketing and expansion plans, financial and business plans, financial data, pricing information, employee lists and telephone numbers, locations of sales representatives, new and existing customer or supplier programs and services, customer terms, customer service and integration processes, requirements and costs of providing service, support and equipment.

Confidential Information. Except to the extent expressly authorized by this Agreement or otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, each Party agrees that, during the Term and for ​ thereafter, it will, and will cause its Affiliates, to keep confidential and not publish or otherwise disclose to any Third Party, and not use for any purpose other than as provided for in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, any Confidential Information of the other Party or any of its Affiliates, provided that each Party and its Affiliates may disclose the Confidential Information of the other Party or its Affiliates to the receiving Party’s and its Affiliates’ officers, directors, employees and agents who in each case are bound by commercially reasonable obligations of confidentiality with respect to the use and disclosure of such Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information of a Party or its Affiliate will exclude that portion of such information or materials that the receiving Party (or the receiving Party’s Affiliate) can demonstrate by competent written proof:

Confidential Information. Except as expressly provided herein, each of the Parties agrees that, for itself and its Affiliates, and for as long as this Agreement is in effect and for a period of ​ years thereafter, a Party and its Affiliates (the “Receiving Party”) receiving Confidential Information of the other Party or its Affiliates (the “Disclosing Party”) shall # not disclose such Confidential Information to any Third Party without the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party, except for disclosures expressly permitted below, and # not use such Confidential Information for any purpose except those licensed or otherwise authorized or permitted by this Agreement. For clarity, all Confidential Information of Spero received by or disclosed to Northern hereunder shall be used by Northern only for ensuring that Spero complies with its obligations hereunder and for no other purposes.