Company Information. Except as otherwise provided in [Subsection 18(a)(iii)] of this Agreement, the Executive agrees at all times during the term of the Executive’s employment and thereafter, to hold any Confidential Information of the Company or its Related Entities in strictest confidence, and not to use (except for the benefit of the Company to fulfill the Executive’s employment obligations) or to disclose to any person, firm or corporation other than the Company or those designated by it said Confidential Information without the prior authorization of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by law or legal process. The Executive agrees that “Confidential Information” means any proprietary information prepared or maintained in any format, including technical data, trade secrets or know-how in which the Company or Related Entities have an interest, including, but not limited to, business records, contracts, research, product or service plans, products, services, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, vendors to the Company or Related Entities on whom the Executive called, with whom the Executive dealt or with whom the Executive became acquainted during the term of the Executive’s employment), pricing data, costs, markets, expansion plans, summaries, marketing and other business strategies, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration or marketing, financial or other business information obtained by the Executive or disclosed to the Executive by the Company or Related Entities or any other person or entity during the term of the Executive’s employment with the Company either directly or indirectly electronically, in writing, orally, by drawings, by observation of services, systems or other aspects of the business of the Company or Related Entities or otherwise. Confidential Information does not include information that: # was available to the public prior to the time of disclosure, whether through press releases, SEC filings or otherwise; or # otherwise becomes available to the public through no act or omission of the Executive or through the wrongful act of a third party.

CompanyConfidential Information. Except as otherwise provided in [Subsection 18(a)(iii)]For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" means confidential information, to the Executive agrees at all times duringextent it is not a trade secret, that is possessed by or developed for the term ofCompany and that relates to the Executive’Company's employmentbusiness or technology, including but not limited to computer program object and thereafter, to hold anysource codes, business plans and strategies, existing or proposed bids, technical developments, existing or proposed research projects, financial or business projections, investments, marketing plans and strategies, pricing and cost information, negotiations strategies, sales strategies, training information and materials, employee compensation and other employee information, customer or potential customer lists, customer purchasing history, and information generated for customer engagements. Confidential Information ofalso includes information received by the Company or its Related Entities in strictest confidence, and not to use (except for the benefit of the Company to fulfill the Executive’s employment obligations) or to disclose to any person, firm or corporation other than the Company or those designated by it said Confidential Information without the prior authorization of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by law or legal process. The Executive agrees that “Confidential Information” means any proprietary information prepared or maintained in any format, including technical data, trade secrets or know-how infrom others which the Company or Related Entities havehas an interest, including, but not limited to, business records, contracts, research, product or service plans, products, services, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, vendorsobligation to the Company or Related Entities on whom the Executive called, with whom the Executive dealt or with whom the Executive became acquainted during the term of the Executive’s employment), pricing data, costs, markets, expansion plans, summaries, marketing and other business strategies, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration or marketing, financial or other businesstreat as confidential, including information obtained by the Executive or disclosed to the Executive by the Company or Related Entities or any other person or entity during the term of the Executive’s employmentin connection with the Company either directly or indirectly electronically, in writing, orally, by drawings, by observation of services, systems or other aspects of the business of the Company or Related Entities or otherwise.customer engagements. Confidential Information doesshall not include information that: # was available to the public prior to the time of disclosure, whether through press releases, SEC filingsthat is or otherwise; or # otherwise becomes available to the public through no wrongful act or omission of Executive. The parties agree that the Company's Confidential Information was established at great expense and protected as confidential information and provides the Company with a substantial competitive advantage in conducting its business. The parties further agree that by virtue of the Executive's employment with the Company, Executive will have access to, and be entrusted with, Confidential Information and that the Company would suffer great loss and injury if the Executive would disclose this information or use it to compete with the Company. Therefore, the Executive agrees that during the term of Executive's employment, and until the first to occur of # such time as the Confidential Information becomes generally available to the public through no fault of Executive, # such time as the wrongful actConfidential Information no longer provides a benefit to the Company or # the second anniversary of the termination of Executive's employment with the Company, Executive will not, directly or indirectly, in any capacity, use or disclose, or cause to be used or disclosed, in any geographic area in which such use or disclosure could harm the Company's business interests, any Confidential Information. This provision does not prohibit Executive's use of general skills acquired prior to or during employment by the Company, as long as such use does not involve the use or disclosure of Confidential Information or trade secrets. The restrictions contained in this paragraph apply to Confidential Information regardless of the fact that the Executive may have participated in the discovery and the development of that information. Executive also agrees and acknowledges that Executive will comply with all applicable laws regarding insider trading or the use of material nonpublic information in connection with the trading of securities. For purposes of this Section 10, Company shall include any subsidiaries of the Company. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 10 constitute a third party.basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement.

Company Information. Except as otherwise provided in [Subsection 18(a)(iii)] of this Agreement, theConfidentiality. Executive agrees that at all times during the term of the Executive’Executive's employment and thereafter,following the conclusion of Executive's employment, whether voluntary or involuntary, Executive will hold in strictest confidence and not disclose Confidential Information (as defined below) to hold any Confidential Informationanyone who is not also an Executive of the Company or its Related Entities in strictest confidence, and not to use (except for the benefitany Executive of the Company who does not also have access to fulfill the Executive’s employment obligations) or to disclose to any person, firm or corporation other than the Company or those designated by it saidsuch Confidential InformationInformation, without the priorexpress written authorization of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by law or legal process. The Executive agrees that “Confidential Information” meansPresident of the Company. "Confidential Information" shall mean any proprietary information prepared or maintained in any format, including technical data, trade secrets or know-how in which the Company or Related Entities have an interest, including,proprietary information, including but not limited to,to manufacturing techniques, processes, formulas, customer lists, inventions, experimental developments, research projects, operating methods, cost, pricing, financial data, business records, contracts, research, product or service plans, products, services, customer listsplans and customers (including, but not limited to, vendors toproposals, data and information the Company or Related Entities on whom the Executive called, with whom the Executive dealt or with whom the Executive became acquainted during the term of the Executive’s employment), pricing data, costs, markets, expansion plans, summaries, marketing andreceives in confidence from any other business strategies, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration or marketing, financial or other business information obtained by the Executive or disclosed to the Executive by the Company or Related Entitiesparty, or any other personsecret or entity during the termconfidential matters of the Executive’Company. Additionally, Executive will not use any Confidential Information for Executive's own benefit or to the detriment of the Company during Executive's employment or thereafter. Executive also certifies that employment with the Company either directly or indirectly electronically, in writing, orally, by drawings, by observation of services, systems or other aspects of the business of the Company or Related Entities or otherwise. Confidential Information does not includeand will not breach any agreement or duty that Executive has to anyone concerning confidential information that: # was availablebelonging to the public prior to the time of disclosure, whether through press releases, SEC filings or otherwise; or # otherwise becomes available to the public through no act or omission of the Executive or through the wrongful act of a third party.others.

Company Information. Except as otherwise provided in [Subsection 18(a)(iii)] of this Agreement, the Executive agrees at all times during the term of the Executive’s employment and thereafter,Agreement not to hold anyuse or to disclose Confidential Information of the Company orso long as it shall not be publicly available. Executive's obligations under this Section with respect to any specific Confidential Information and proprietary information shall cease when that specific portion of the Confidential Information and proprietary information becomes publicly known, in its Related Entities in strictest confidence,entirety and not to use (except for the benefitwithout combining portions of such information obtained separately. It is understood that such Confidential Information and proprietary information of the Company include matters that Executive conceives or develops, as well as matters Executive learns from other employees of Company. Confidential Information is defined to fulfillinclude information: # disclosed to or known by Executive as a consequence of or through her employment with the Executive’s employment obligations) or to discloseCompany; # not generally known outside the Company; and # which relates to any person, firm or corporation other thanaspect of the Company or those designatedits business, finances, operation plans, budgets, research, or strategic development. “Confidential Information” includes, but is not limited to the Company’s trade secrets, proprietary information, financial documents, long range plans, customer lists, employer compensation, marketing strategy, data bases, costing data, computer software developed by it said Confidential Information without the prior authorization of the Company, except as may otherwise be requiredinvestments made by law or legal process. The Executive agrees that “Confidential Information” meansthe Company, and any proprietary information prepared or maintained in any format, including technical data, trade secrets or know-how in which the Company or Related Entities have an interest, including, but not limited to, business records, contracts, research, product or service plans, products, services, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, vendorsprovided to the Company by a third party under restrictions against disclosure or Related Entities on whom the Executive called, with whom the Executive dealt or with whom the Executive became acquainted during the term of the Executive’s employment), pricing data, costs, markets, expansion plans, summaries, marketing and other business strategies, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration or marketing, financial or other business information obtained by the Executive or disclosed to the Executiveuse by the Company or Related Entities or any other person or entity during the term of the Executive’s employment with the Company either directly or indirectly electronically, in writing, orally, by drawings, by observation of services, systems or other aspects of the business of the Company or Related Entities or otherwise. Confidential Information does not include information that: # was available to the public prior to the time of disclosure, whether through press releases, SEC filings or otherwise; or # otherwise becomes available to the public through no act or omission of the Executive or through the wrongful act of a third party.others.

Company Information. Except as otherwise provided in [Subsection 18(a)(iii)]For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive agrees at"Confidential Information" shall mean all times during the term of the Executive’s employment and thereafter, to hold any Confidential Information of the Company or its Related Entities in strictest confidence, and not to use (except for the benefit of the Company to fulfill the Executive’s employment obligations) or to disclose to any person, firm or corporation other than the Company or those designated by it said Confidential Information without the prior authorization of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by law or legal process. The Executive agrees that “Confidential Information” means any proprietary information prepared or maintained in any format, including technical data, trade secrets or know-how in which the Company or Related Entities have an interest, including, but not limited to, business records, contracts, research, product or service plans, products, services, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, vendors to the Company or Related Entities on whom the Executive called, with whom the Executive dealt or with whom the Executive became acquainted during the term of the Executive’s employment), pricing data, costs, markets, expansion plans, summaries, marketing and other business strategies, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration or marketing, financial or other business information obtained by the Executive orinformation: # disclosed to theor known by Executive by the Companyas a consequence of or Related Entities or any other person or entity during the term of the Executive’sthrough his employment with the Company either directly​ or indirectly electronically, in writing, orally, by drawings, by observationany of services, systemsits Subsidiaries; # not generally known outside the ​; or # which relates to any aspect of ​'s or any Subsidiary's business, research, or development. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to proprietary, sensitive or other aspectsinformation concerning ​'s or Subsidiary's products, product development, trade secrets, customers, suppliers, finances, compensation information, business plans and strategies, and information provided to the ​ by a third party under restrictions against disclosure or use by the ​. Excluded from the definition of Confidential Information is information that is or becomes part of the business of the Company or Related Entities or otherwise. Confidential Information does not include information that: # was available to the public prior to the time of disclosure, whether through press releases, SEC filings or otherwise; or # otherwise becomes available to the public through no act or omission of the Executive ordomain, other than through the wrongful actbreach of a third party.this Agreement by Executive.

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The Company Information. Except as otherwise providedagrees that during the course of and in [Subsection 18(a)(iii)] of this Agreement,connection with the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Company will provide and the Executive agrees at all times duringto accept access to and knowledge of Confidential Information (as hereafter defined). Confidential Information may include but is not limited to business decisions, plans, procedures, strategies and policies, legal matters affecting the termCompany and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses, personnel, customer records information, trade secrets, bid prices, evaluations of bids, contractual terms and arrangements (prospective purchases and sales), pricing strategies, financial and business forecasts and plans and other information affecting the Executive’s employment and thereafter, to hold any Confidential Informationvalue or sales of products, goods, services or securities of the Company or its Related Entities in strictest confidence,Subsidiaries, and not to use (except forpersonal information regarding employees (collectively, the benefit“Confidential Information”). The Executive acknowledges and agrees the Confidential Information is and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company or such subsidiary. The Executive shall not disclose to fulfillany unauthorized person, or use for the Executive’s employment obligations) or to disclose toown purposes, any person, firm or corporation other than the Company or those designated by it said Confidential Information without the prior authorizationwritten consent of the Company, exceptBoard, which consent may be withheld by the Board at its sole discretion, unless and to the extent that the aforementioned matters become generally known to and available for use by the public other than as may otherwise be required by lawa result of the Executive’s acts or legal process.omissions. The Executive agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information after the termination of the Executive’s employment; provided, further, that “Confidential Information” meansif at any proprietary information preparedtime the Executive or maintained in any format, including technical data, trade secretsperson or know-how inentity to which the Executive has disclosed any Confidential Information becomes legally compelled (by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any of the Confidential Information, the Executive shall provide the Company with prompt, prior written notice of such requirement so the Company, in its sole discretion, may seek a protective order or Related Entities have an interest,other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the terms hereof. In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained or the Company waives compliance with the provisions hereof, the Executive shall ensure that only the portion of the Confidential Information which the Executive or such person is advised by written opinion of the Company’s counsel that the Executive is legally required to disclose is disclosed, and the Executive further covenants and agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to obtain assurance that the recipient of such Confidential Information shall not further disclose such Confidential Information to others, except as required by law, following such disclosure. In addition the Executive covenants and agrees to deliver to the Company upon termination of this Agreement, and at any other time as the Company may request, any and all property of the Company including, but not limited to, businesskeys, computers, credit cards, company car, memoranda, notes, plans, records, contracts, research, product or service plans, products, services, customer listsreports, computer tapes, printouts and customers (including, but not limited to, vendorssoftware, Confidential Information in any form whatsoever, and other documents and data (and copies thereof) and relating to the Company or Related Entities on whomany subsidiary which he may then possess or have under his control or to which the Executive called, with whomhad access to or possession of in the Executive dealt or with whom the Executive became acquainted during the termcourse of the Executive’s employment), pricing data, costs, markets, expansion plans, summaries, marketing and other business strategies, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration or marketing, financial or other business information obtained by the Executive or disclosed to the Executive by the Company or Related Entities or any other person or entity during the term of the Executive’s employment with the Company either directly or indirectly electronically, in writing, orally, by drawings, by observation of services, systems or other aspects of the business of the Company or Related Entities or otherwise. Confidential Information does not include information that: # was available to the public prior to the time of disclosure, whether through press releases, SEC filings or otherwise; or # otherwise becomes available to the public through no act or omission of the Executive or through the wrongful act of a third party.such employment.

CompanyConfidential Information. Except as otherwise providedrequired in [Subsection 18(a)(iii)]the performance of his duties to the Company under this Agreement, the Executive agrees at all timesshall not, during or after the termTerm of this Agreement, use for himself or others, or disclose to others, any confidential information including without limitation, trade secrets, data, know-how, design, developmental or experimental work, Company relationships, computer programs, proprietary information bases and systems, data bases, customer lists, business plans, financial information of or about the Executive’Company or any of its affiliates, customers or clients, unless authorized in writing to do so by the Board or Crown’s [[Organization A:Organization]], but excluding any information generally available to the public or information (except information related to the Company) which Executive possessed prior to his employment with the Company. The Executive understands that this undertaking applies to the information of either a technical or commercial or other nature and thereafter,that any information not made available to hold any Confidential Informationthe general public is to be considered confidential. The Executive acknowledges that such confidential information as is acquired and used by the Company or its affiliates is a special, valuable and unique asset. All records, files, materials and confidential information obtained by Executive in the course of his employment with the Company are confidential and proprietary and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company or its Related Entitiesaffiliates, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, # nothing in strictest confidence, andthis Section or Agreement shall prohibit the Executive from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity or self-regulatory organization or making disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable law or regulation (and the Executive shall not be required to use (except forobtain the benefitwritten consent of the Company prior to fulfillmaking any such reports or disclosures); and # in accordance with the Executive’s employment obligations)Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, # the Executive 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, either directly or indirectly, or to disclose to any person, firman attorney; and # solely for the purpose of reporting or corporationinvestigating a suspected violation of law; or # is made in a complaint or other than the Companydocument filed in a lawsuit or those designated by it said Confidential Information without the prior authorization of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by law or legal process. The Executive agrees that “Confidential Information” means any proprietary information prepared or maintained in any format, including technical data, trade secrets or know-how in which the Company or Related Entities have an interest, including, but not limited to, business records, contracts, research, product or service plans, products, services, customer listsother proceeding, if such filing is made under seal, and customers (including, but not limited to, vendors to the Company or Related Entities on whom# if the Executive called, with whom the Executive dealt or with whom the Executive became acquainted during the term of the Executive’s employment), pricing data, costs, markets, expansion plans, summaries, marketing and other business strategies, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration or marketing, financial or other business information obtained by the Executive or disclosed to the Executivefiles a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company or Related Entities orfor reporting a suspected violation of law, the Executive may disclose a trade secret to his attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the Executive files any other person or entity duringdocument containing the term of the Executive’s employment with the Company either directly or indirectly electronically, in writing, orally, by drawings, by observation of services, systems or other aspects of the business of the Company or Related Entities or otherwise. Confidential Informationtrade secret under seal and does not include information that: # was availabledisclose the trade secret except pursuant to the public prior to the time of disclosure, whether through press releases, SEC filings or otherwise; or # otherwise becomes available to the public through no act or omission of the Executive or through the wrongful act of a third party.court order.

Company Information. Except as otherwise provided in [Subsection 18(a)(iii)] of this Agreement, theConfidential Information; Unauthorized Disclosure. Executive agrees at all timesshall not, whether during the termperiod of his employment hereunder or thereafter, without the written consent of the Executive’s employment and thereafter, to hold any Confidential Information of the CompanyBoard or its Related Entities in strictest confidence, and not to use (except for the benefit of the Company to fulfill the Executive’s employment obligations) or toa person authorized thereby, disclose to any person, firm or corporation other than an executive of Company or a person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance by Executive of his duties as an executive of Company, any Confidential Information obtained by him while in the employ of Company with respect to Company’s business. Subject to the exclusions below, as used in this Agreement “Confidential Information” means data or information in any form, regardless of whether or not marked “confidential” or “proprietary” # which concerns, relates to, or comes from the business activities, business methods, products, services, relationships, research, or business development of Company or another member of the Company Group; # which Executive received, designed, compiled, produced, used, generated or those designated by it said Confidential Information without the prior authorizationotherwise became aware of as a result of his employment or engagement with Company or any other member of the Company, exceptCompany Group; and # which is not generally known to the public. The parties agree that “Confidential Information” specifically includes, but is not limited to, trade secrets (as defined by Texas and federal law) of Company or another member of the Company Group and the following kinds of information and data (to the extent not generally known to the public): # information about the customers and prospective customers (such as customer and prospective customer identities, contact information, preferences, needs, requirements, specifications, proposals, contracts, financial information, and historic purchasing patterns, and information about Company’s or its Affiliates’ provision of products and services to each customer) of Company or another member of the Company Group; # non-public information about the products and service techniques of Company or any other member of the Company Group; # the computer systems and software developed by Company or another member of the Company Group or their respective agents for use by of Company or another member of the Company Group; # non-public information about the business methods (such as sales methods, business processes, training manuals and methods, research and development work, purchasing information and contracts, and new ideas made or conceived by employees or agents) of Company or another member of the Company Group; # financial information (such as pricing and bidding formulas, financial projections, budgets, analyses, accounting data, and financing information) of Company or another member of the Company Group; # information about the business plans and strategies (such as marketing plans, opportunities for new or developing business, products, services, or markets, and information about new business partnerships or distributorship arrangements) of Company or another member of the Company Group; # private personnel information (including employee social security numbers and medical records); # communications between Company or other members of the Company Group and their respective attorneys; # information provided to Company or another member of the Company Group with an expectation of confidentiality or which is subject to non-disclosure obligations (such as information shared in confidence by a customer or supplier); and # information marked “confidential” or “proprietary” by Company or another member of the Company Group. “Confidential Information” does not include general knowledge and skills used throughout the energy industry or any information which Executive may otherwise be required to disclose by lawany applicable law, order, or legal process. Thejudicial or administrative proceeding. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts payable to Executive under this Agreement. Within fourteen (14) days after the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive shall return to Company all documents and other tangible items containing Company or other Company Group information which are in Executive’s possession, custody or control. Executive agrees that “Confidential Information” means any proprietary information prepared or maintained in any format, including technical data, trade secrets or know-how in whichall Confidential Information exclusively belongs to Company, the Company or Related Entities have an interest, including, but not limited to, business records, contracts, research, product or service plans, products, services, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, vendors to the Company or Related Entities on whom the Executive called, with whom the Executive dealt or with whom the Executive became acquainted during the term of the Executive’s employment), pricing data, costs, markets, expansion plans, summaries, marketing and other business strategies, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration or marketing, financial or other business information obtained by the Executive or disclosed to the Executive by the Company or Related Entities or any other person or entity during the term of the Executive’s employment with the Company either directly or indirectly electronically, in writing, orally, by drawings, by observation of services, systems or other aspects of the businessmembers of the Company Group or Related Entitiestheir designated affiliate, and that any work of authorship relating to Company’s business, products or otherwise.services, whether such work is created solely by Executive or jointly with others, and whether or not such work is Confidential Information does not include information that: # was availableInformation, shall be deemed exclusively belonging to Company, the public prior to the time of disclosure, whether through press releases, SEC filings or otherwise; or # otherwise becomes available to the public through no act or omissionother members of the ExecutiveCompany Group or through the wrongful act of a third party.their designated affiliate.

Third Party Information. The Executive recognizes that the Company Information.and Related Entities have received and in the future will receive from third parties their confidential or proprietary information subject to a duty on the part of the Company or Related Entities to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. Except as otherwise provided in [Subsection 18(a)(iii)] of this Agreement, the Executive agrees at all times during the term of the Executive’s employment and thereafter,thereafter to hold any Confidential Information ofall such confidential or proprietary information in the Company or its Related Entities in strictest confidence,confidence and not to use (except for the benefit of the Company to fulfill the Executive’s employment obligations) or to disclose it to any person, firm or corporation other thanor to use it except as necessary in carrying out the Executive’s work for the Company or those designated by it said Confidential Information without the prior authorization of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by law or legal process. The Executive agrees that “Confidential Information” means any proprietary information prepared or maintained in any format, including technical data, trade secrets or know-how in which the Company or Related Entities have an interest, including, but not limited to, business records, contracts, research, product or service plans, products, services, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, vendors to the Company or Related Entities on whom the Executive called, with whom the Executive dealt or with whom the Executive became acquainted during the term of the Executive’s employment), pricing data, costs, markets, expansion plans, summaries, marketing and other business strategies, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration or marketing, financial or other business information obtained by the Executive or disclosed to the Executive by the Company or Related Entities or any other person or entity during the term of the Executive’s employmentconsistent with the Company either directly or indirectly electronically, in writing, orally, by drawings, by observation of services, systems or other aspects of the businessobligations of the Company or Related Entities or otherwise. Confidential Information does not include information that: # was available to the public prior to the time of disclosure, whether through press releases, SEC filings or otherwise; or # otherwise becomes available to the public through no act or omission of the Executive or through the wrongful act of awith such third party.

Disclosure of Confidential Information. The Executive recognizes, acknowledges and agrees that he has had and will continue to have access to secret and confidential information regarding the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective businesses (“Confidential Information”), including but not limited to, its products, methods, formulas, software code, patents, sources of supply, customer dealings, data, know-how, trade secrets and business plans, provided such information is not in or does not hereafter become part of the public domain, or become known to others through no fault of the Executive. The Executive acknowledges that such information is of great value to the Company, is the sole property of the Company, and has been and will be acquired by him in confidence. In consideration of the obligations undertaken by the Company Information. Exceptherein, the Executive will not, at any time, during or after his employment hereunder, reveal, divulge or make known to any person, any information acquired by the Executive during the course of his employment, which is treated as confidential by the Company, and not otherwise provided in [Subsection 18(a)(iii)]the public domain. The provisions of this Agreement,Section 12 shall survive the Executive agrees at all times during the termtermination of the Executive’s employment hereunder. The Executive affirms that he does not possess and thereafter,will not rely upon the protected trade secrets or confidential or proprietary information of any prior employer(s) in providing services to hold any Confidential Information of the Company or its Related Entities in strictest confidence, and not to use (except for the benefit of the Company to fulfill the Executive’s employment obligations) or to disclose to any person, firm or corporation other than the Company or those designated by it said Confidential Information without the prior authorization of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by law or legal process. The Executive agrees that “Confidential Information” means any proprietary information prepared or maintained in any format, including technical data, trade secrets or know-how in which the Company or Related Entities have an interest, including, but not limited to, business records, contracts, research, product or service plans, products, services, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, vendors to the Company or Related Entities on whom the Executive called, with whom the Executive dealt or with whom the Executive became acquainted during the term of the Executive’s employment), pricing data, costs, markets, expansion plans, summaries, marketing and other business strategies, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration or marketing, financial or other business information obtained by the Executive or disclosed to the Executive by the Company or Related Entities or any other person or entity during the term of the Executive’s employment with the Company either directly or indirectly electronically, in writing, orally, by drawings, by observation of services, systems or other aspects of the business of the Company or Related Entities or otherwise. Confidential Information does not include information that: # was available to the public prior to the time of disclosure, whether through press releases, SEC filings or otherwise; or # otherwise becomes available to the public through no act or omission of the Executive or through the wrongful act of a third party.subsidiaries.