Whistleblower Protections; Defend Trade Secrets Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including under Sections 2 and 3, above, the COBE, or any other agreement with or policy of the Company, nothing in any of the Company's policies or in any applicable employment agreement limits your ability to communicate directly with and provide information , including documents, not otherwise protected from disclosure by any applicable law or privilege to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") or any other federal, provincial, state, local or other applicable governmental agency or commission ("Government Agency") regarding possible legal violations, without disclosure to the Company. The Company may not retaliate against you for such communications and nothing herein requires you to waive any monetary award or other payment that you might become entitled to from the SEC or any other Government Agency. In addition, pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, you will not have criminal or civil liability 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. In addition and without limiting the preceding sentence, if you file a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, you may disclose the trade secret to their attorney and may use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if you # file any document containing the trade secret under seal and # do not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

Whistleblower Protections and Trade Secrets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this Agreement prohibits Executive from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any United States governmental agency or entity in accordance with the provisions of and rules promulgated under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or any other whistleblower protection provisions of state or federal law or regulation (including the right to receive an award for information provided to any such government agencies). Furthermore, in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 1833, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement: # Executive shall not be in breach of this Agreement, and 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 or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or # for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal; and # if Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose the trade secret to Executive’s attorney, and may use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if Executive files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

Defend Trade Secrets Act Notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5, any other provision of this Agreement or any policy of the Company, You may 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 if such disclosure is made solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or for pursuing an anti-retaliation lawsuit; or # in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal and You do not disclose the trade secret except pursuant to a court order. In the event a disclosure is made, and You file a lawsuit against the Company alleging that the Company retaliated against You because of Your disclosure, You may disclose the relevant trade secret or Confidential Information to Your attorney and may use the same in the court proceeding only if # You ensure that any court filing that includes the trade secret or Confidential Information at issue is made under seal; and # You do not otherwise disclose the trade secret or Confidential Information except as required by court order

Whistleblower Protections. Nothing in this Agreement or any other arrangement with the Company Group shall prohibit Executive from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity, or making other disclosures, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation (or similar state laws) or receipt of awards thereunder. Executive will not need the prior authorization of the Board to make any such reports or disclosures, and Executive will not be required to notify the Company that Executive has made such reports or disclosures; provided that no such reports or disclosures shall waive any attorney-client or similar privilege of the Company or its affiliates. Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for any disclosure of Confidential Information (including trade secrets) 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 # in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose Confidential Information (including trade secrets) to Executive’s attorney and use the Confidential Information (including trade secrets) in the court proceeding if Executive # files any document containing the Confidential Information under seal and # does not disclose the Confidential Information, except pursuant to court order.