Trade Secrets and Confidential Information/Company Property. Employee agrees that Employee will not disclose the Company Group’s trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information; however nothing in the foregoing is meant to limit employees’ rights to discuss the terms, wages, and working conditions of their employment, nor to deny employees the right to disclose information pertaining to sexual harassment or any unlawful or potentially unlawful conduct, as protected by applicable law. Employee’s signature below constitutes Employee’s certification under penalty of perjury that Employee has returned all documents and other items provided to Employee by the Company Group (with the exception of a copy of the Employee Handbook and personnel documents specifically relating to Employee), developed or obtained by Employee in connection with Employee’s employment with the Company, or otherwise belonging to the Company Group.

The Participant acknowledges that he or she developed or have had and will in the future continue to have access to one or more of the following types of Confidential Information or Trade Secrets: information about rates or costs; customer or supplier agreements and negotiations; business opportunities; scheduling and delivery methods; business and marketing plans; financial information or plans; communications within the attorney-client privilege or other privileges; operating procedures and methods; construction methods and plans; proprietary computer systems design, programming or software; strategic plans; succession plans; proprietary company training programs; employee performance, compensation or benefits; negotiations or strategies relating to collective bargaining agreements and/or labor disputes; and internal or external claims or complaints regarding personal injuries, employment laws or policies, environmental protection, or hazardous materials. By electronically accepting the Grant Notice and these Standard terms and Conditions, the Participant agrees that any unauthorized disclosures by him or her to any third party of such Confidential Information or Trade Secrets would constitute gross misconduct.

For purposes of this Agreement, the term “A.M. Castle’s Business” shall mean any business in which Employer or any of its subsidiaries is engaged, including, without limitation, the business of distributing specialty metals to customers within the producer durable equipment, aerospace, heavy industrial equipment, industrial goods, construction equipment, oil

In consideration of Employer’s agreement to provide Employee with access to and use of its Confidential Information and Trade Secrets, including new, additional and continuing Confidential Information and Trade Secrets, and to provide training, Employee agrees to refrain from competing with Employer, or otherwise engaging in Restricted Activities, within the Restricted Area, each as defined herein, during the Restricted Period.

During the term of Employee’s employment, Employer agrees to provide, and to continue to provide Employee, on a daily, weekly, monthly and continual basis, access to, and the use of, its “Confidential Information and Trade Secrets” concerning A.M. Castle’s Business, and Employer’s employees, Customers and Customer Representatives, Suppliers and Supplier Representatives and Employer’s transactional histories with all of them, as well as information about the logistics, details, revenues and expenses of A.M. Castle’s Business, in order to allow Employee to perform Employee’s duties under this Agreement, and to develop or continue to solidify relationships with Customers, Customer Representatives, Suppliers and Supplier Representatives. Employee acknowledges that new and additional Confidential Information and Trade Secrets regarding each of these matters is developed by Employer as a part of its continuing operations, and Employer hereby agrees to provide Employee access to and use of all such new, additional and continuing Confidential Information and Trade Secrets, and Employee acknowledges that access to such new, additional and continuing Confidential Information and Trade Secrets is essential for Employee to be able to perform, and to continue to perform, Employee’s duties under this Agreement.

In performing the Work, it is contemplated that [[United Rentals:Organization]] will give Consultant and [[Person A:Person]] access to certain of [[United Rentals:Organization]]’ Trade Secrets (as defined below) and/or Confidential Information (as defined below). “Trade Secrets” shall mean all information not generally known about the business of [[United Rentals:Organization]] which is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy or confidentiality and from which [[United Rentals:Organization]] derives economic value from the fact that the information is not generally known to other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and shall include any and all Confidential Information (as defined below) which may be protected as a trade secret under any applicable law, even if not specifically designated as such. Unless told otherwise, Consultant shall treat all Confidential Information (as defined below) as Trade Secrets, and Consultant shall ensure that its Representatives do the same. During and at all times after the term of this Agreement:

During the Participant’s employment with the Corporation or any Affiliate, it is recognised that the Participant may have access to trade secrets and information of a highly confidential nature, including Confidential Information, disclosure of which after termination of employment could seriously harm the interests of the Corporation or any Affiliate. The Participant shall not at any time after termination of employment (otherwise than as required by law) divulge to any person any trade secret or Confidential Information which is the property of the Corporation or any Affiliate.

“Confidential Information and Trade Secrets” includes, but is not limited to, the following information and materials:

patents, copyrights, designs, trademarks, trade secrets, Know-how and the right to have Confidential Information kept confidential; and

As a result of your position and your service on the Company's Senior Management Committee, you have been instrumental in developing the strategic direction of the Company's business and have participated in the development of the Company's overall strategic direction. You also have developed, obtained or learned specific confidential information and trade secrets which are the property of the Company. You hereby covenant and agree to use your best efforts and utmost diligence to guard and protect such confidential information and trade secrets and to not disclose or permit to be disclosed to any third party by any method whatsoever any such confidential information or trade secrets. Confidential information or trade secrets shall include, but not be limited to, any and all records, notes, memoranda, data, ideas, processes, methods, devices, programs, computer software, writings, research, personnel information of whatever nature, in the possession or control of the Company which has not or have not been published or disclosed to the general public or which gives the Company an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors who do not know or have access to it.