During Executive’s employment with ​ and at all times after the termination of Executive’s employment with ​, # Executive covenants and agrees to treat as confidential all Confidential Information submitted to Executive or received, compiled, developed, designed, produced, accessed, or otherwise discovered by the Executive from time to time while employed by ​, and # Executive will not disclose or divulge the Confidential Information to any person, entity, firm or company whatsoever or use the Confidential Information for Executive’s own benefit or for the benefit of any person, entity, firm or company other than ​. This restriction will apply throughout the world; provided, however, that if the restrictions of this Section 11(a) when applied to any specific piece of Confidential Information would prevent Executive from using Executive’s general knowledge or skills in competition with ​ or would otherwise substantially restrict the Executive’s ability to fairly compete with ​, then as to that piece of Confidential Information only, the scope of this restriction will apply only for the Restrictive Period (as defined below).

. Agreement to Maintain Confidentiality; Non-Disparagement.

The Service Provider agrees that all information relating to the business and affairs of the Company shall at all times and for all purposes be confidential and held by the Service Provider in confidence and solely for the benefit of the Company.

[[Person A:Person]] agrees that he shall at all times keep confidential all confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets of Whirlpool and will not use or disclose such information or trade secrets without the specific written permission of Whirlpool, except as may be required in connection with any administrative or legal proceedings. In the event that disclosure is required under such circumstances, [[Person A:Person]] agrees to notify Whirlpool in advance, if possible, and use his best efforts to maintain the confidentiality of the information. [[Person A:Person]] agrees that he shall not disparage Whirlpool, its products and processes, or any of their employees or vendors or customers now or in the future.

As used in this Agreement, “Confidential Information” shall include all confidential and proprietary information of ​, including, without limitation, any of the following information to the extent not generally known to third persons: financial and budgetary information and strategies; plant design, specifications, and layouts; equipment design, specifications, and layouts; product design and specifications; manufacturing processes, procedures, and specifications; data processing or other computer programs; research and development projects; marketing information and strategies; customer lists; vendor lists; supplier lists; information about customer preferences and buying patterns; information about supplier and vendor preferences and patterns; information about prospective customers, vendors, suppliers or business opportunities; proprietary information with respect to any ​ employees; proprietary information of any customers, suppliers or vendors of ​; information about ​’s costs and the pricing structure used in sales to customers or purchases from suppliers or vendors; information about ​’s overall corporate business strategy; and technological innovations used in ​’s business, to the extent that such information does not fall within the definition of Secret Information.

Non-Disparagement. The Executive shall not, during the Period of Employment or at any time thereafter, publish or communicate (other than statements made while employed by the Company or one of its affiliates in connection with carrying out the Executive's duties and responsibilities for the Company or any of its affiliates), in a manner intended to be public or that should reasonably be expected to become public (including, without limitation, through social media), disparaging or derogatory statements or opinions about the Company or any of its affiliates, stockholders, officers, employees, directors, or customers; provided that it shall not be a breach of this Section 4.6 for the Executive to testify truthfully in any judicial or administrative proceeding, to make statements or allegations in legal filings that are based on the Executive's reasonable belief and are not made in bad faith, or to make statements to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law.

At all times during the employment with the Company and for the Confidentiality Period under [Section 5.4] of this Agreement, neither party shall make (or cause to be made) to any Person any defamatory, disparaging or false statement about the other.

Non-Disparagement. The Parties agree not to defame, disparage or criticize each other at any time.

Non-Disparagement. Employee agrees and covenants that Employee will not, directly or indirectly, at any time during or after Employee’s employment with the Company, make, publish or communicate to any Person or in any public forum any defamatory or disparaging remarks, comments, or statements concerning the Company or its businesses, or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, officers, directors, investors, managers, members, beneficial owners and other associated third parties.

Non-Disparagement. You agree that you will not make any disparaging, remarks about LSI, its products, services, business affairs or employees. However, you understand that nothing in this Agreement is intended to prevent you from providing accurate information to any court, administrative agency or government entity, or in response to legal process or as otherwise required by law.