The CEO recognizes and agrees that, whilst performing the CEO’s duties for the Companies the CEO will have access to and come into contact with trade secrets and confidential information belonging to the WidePoint Companies and will obtain personal knowledge of and influence over its or their customers and/or employees. The CEO therefore agrees that the restrictions contained in this Agreement are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of the WidePoint Companies and related entities both during and after the termination of the CEO’s employment.

The CEO will not, except as authorised or required by the CEO’s duties, reveal to any person, persons or company any information of a confidential or proprietary nature, including (without limitation) any trade secrets, computer programs, software designs, diagrams or methods, secret or confidential operations, processes or dealings or any information concerning the organisation, business, finances, transactions or affairs of the WidePoint Companies or related entities or their existing or potential customers which may come to the CEO’s knowledge during the period of the CEO’s employment with the Company, including any such information which came to the CEO’s knowledge during his employment as Chief Executive Officer of Soft-Ex Holdings Limited (“Confidential Information”). The CEO will keep all Confidential Information entrusted to the CEO completely secret and will not use or attempt to use any Confidential Information in any manner which may injure or cause loss either directly or indirectly to the WidePoint Companies or their existing or potential customers or its or their business or businesses, or may be likely so to do. This restriction will continue to apply after the termination of the CEO’s employment without limit in point of time but will cease to apply to information or knowledge which may reasonably be said to have come into the public domain other than by reason of breach of the provisions of this Agreement.