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The Employee agrees that all Confidential Information that comes or has come into his possession by reason of his employment hereunder is the property of the Employer and shall not be used except in the course of employment by Employer and for Employer’s exclusive benefit. Further, the Employee shall not, during his employment or thereafter, disclose or acknowledge the content of any Confidential Information to any Person who is not an employee of Employer authorized to possess such Confidential Information. Upon termination of employment, the Employee shall deliver to Employer all documents, writings, electronic storage devices, and other tangible things containing any Confidential Information and the Employee shall not make or retain copies, excerpts, or notes of such information.

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.

Confidential Information. The terms of this Agreement and any information or items marked confidential or identified as confidential by written notice to the receiving Party under or relating to this Agreement, including but not limited to information concerning the information related to either party such the business, formulas, pricing, financial information, research data, sales and marketing information, customer lists, supplier lists, Buyer's Specifications, the Purchase Orders, the Forecast, the reports and any financial or manufacturing and technical information provided by the Supplier to the Buyer shall be treated as confidential information ("Confidential Information"). The receiving Party hereby undertakes # to hold and keep in confidence any and all such Confidential Information and not to disclose the Confidential Information or any part thereof to any third party except to only such of their directors, officers, employees and advisers (collectively, "Representatives" and each a "Representative") whose duties require them to possess or consider the Confidential Information and strictly on a "need to know" basis; and who shall prior to such disclosure agree to keep such information confidential and be bound by this Agreement; # to use the same degree of precaution as it would use to protect its own confidential information of like importance but in no event less than reasonable care; # not to use the Confidential Information, in whole or in part, for any purpose other than to complete the obligations under this Agreement; and # not to use the Confidential Information in a manner directly or indirectly causing damages to the other party or use the Confidential Information to gain commercial benefit to itself. Provided, however, that Confidential Information shall not include information that # is already in, or subsequently comes into, the public domain other than through a violation of this Agreement, # is received by the non-disclosing Party on a non-confidential basis from a source which is not prohibited from disclosing such information pursuant to any legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation to the disclosing Party, # was already known by the receiving Party, as established by written documentation only, at the time of receipt from the disclosing Party, or # is independently developed or # ordered to be disclosed by a competent court or a regulatory or public body. In such event, the receiving Party shall, where permitted under the relevant jurisdiction, immediately inform the disclosing Party so that the disclosing Party is given the opportunity to object to such disclosure in due time. Should any such objection by the disclosing Party be unsuccessful or should the disclosing Party decide not to object to any such disclosure, the receiving Party or its Representative so obligated or requested to disclose the Confidential Information may disclose only such Confidential Information to the extent required by the relevant court order or governmental or regulatory authority. Upon the expiration or early termination of this Agreement, each party shall return or destroy, and certify to such destruction of, all confidential information of the other Party. The covenants contained in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement regardless of the cause of the termination.

Confidential Information. (i) The Executive 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 Executive during the Executive's employment by the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts of the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive's employment with the Company, the Executive 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.

Assignor will not use or disclose anything assigned to the Assignee hereunder or any other technical or business information or plans of the Assignee.

The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that the Bank's trade secrets and proprietary information and processes, as they may exist from time to time, are valuable, special and unique assets of the Bank, and the access to and knowledge of which are essential to the performance of the Executive's duties hereunder. The Executive will not, during or after the Term of this

Confidential Information. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall mean all proprietary information or knowledge belonging to the Company including, but not limited to business plans, strategies, pricing, sales methods, client lists, trade secrets, or technology, inventions, developments, know-how or confidences of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the preceding sentence, Confidential Information shall not include information that is or becomes generally available to the public or other than as a result of a disclosure by the Executive or a representative of the Executive. The Executive acknowledges that all of the Confidential Information is and shall continue to be the exclusive proprietary property of the Company, whether or not prepared in whole or in part by the Executive and whether or not disclosed to or entrusted to the custody of the Executive. The Executive agrees that upon the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive will promptly at the Company’s discretion, destroy or return to the Company all memoranda, notes, records, reports, manuals, pricing lists, prints and other documents (and all copies existing in hard copy or soft form) relating to the Company’s or an Affiliated Company’s business, which he may then possess or have within the Executive’s control, regardless of whether any such documents constitute Confidential Information.

During Employee’s employment with Campbell or its subsidiaries or affiliates, or their successors or assigns, whether existing now or in the future (collectively “Campbell Companies”), Employee will receive and have access to confidential proprietary information about Campbell Companies (“Information”) and its business, including but not limited to information about costs, profits, sales, marketing or business plans, existing or prospective customers, suppliers, possible acquisitions or divestitures, potential new products or markets, personnel, know-how, formulae, recipes, processes, equipment, discoveries, inventions, research, technical or scientific information, and other data not available to the public, none of which is part of the general knowledge of the industry.

Each Party shall receive the prior consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, of the other Party prior to issuing or permitting any director, officer, employee or agent to issue, any press release or other written statement with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Party is required by Applicable Laws to make any disclosure relating to the transactions contemplated herein, such disclosure may be made, but that Party shall use reasonable commercial efforts to consult with the other Party as to the wording of such disclosure prior to its being made.

Confidential Information. The Participant acknowledges that the Company has developed and will continue to develop unique concepts, lending practices, sales presentations, marketing programs, marketing strategies, business practices, methods of operation, pricing information, cost information, trademarks, licenses, technical information, proprietary information, computer software programs, computer tapes and disks concerning its operations systems, customer lists, customer leads, customer loan and financial information, documents identifying past, present and future customers, customer profiles and preference data, hiring and training methods, investment policies, financial and other confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information concerning the Company’s operations and expansion plans (“Confidential Information”). The Confidential Information includes, without limitation, information about the Company’s business, proprietary, and technical information that is not known to others and could have economic value to others if improperly disclosed. Confidential Information also means any information the Company discloses to the Participant, either directly or indirectly, in writing, orally or by inspection of tangible objects, including, without limitation, information and technical data contained in the Company’s manuals, booklets, publications and materials, equipment of every kind and character, as well as documents, prototypes, samples, prospects, inventions, product ideas, know how, processes, plans (including, without limitation, marketing plans and strategies), specifications, designs, techniques, technology, formulas, software, improvements, forecasts, and research. Confidential Information does not include any information that is available to the public or, upon reasonable investigation, is ascertainable in the public domain or information generally known outside of the Company. The Participant’s obligations under this Section 5 regarding specific Confidential Information shall cease when that specific portion of the Confidential Information becomes publicly known, in its entirety and without combining portions of such information obtained separately.

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