For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means all information obtained by or disclosed, created, revealed or known to you as a consequence of or through your employment or other service relationship with the Company Group that is secret, confidential or not generally known to the public (other than through your disclosure of such Confidential Information or disclosure by another person in violation of such person’s obligations to the Company Group or the owner of such Confidential Information) relating to (i) the Company Group, its businesses or operations or (ii) any client or other third party to which the Company Group provides services or which otherwise has business dealings with the Company Group. Confidential Information includes (A) information of a commercial nature (for example, information about customers, clients or vendors of the Company Group (or the third party or its affiliates), strategies, costs, prices and markets), (B) information of a technical nature (for example, methods, know-how, code, processes, technical specifications, drawings and design data), (C) information of a strategic nature (for example, future developments or strategies pertaining to research and development, marketing and sales, new or improved products or services or other matters concerning the Company Group’s or third party’s planning), information as to employees and consultants (for example, capabilities, competence, status with the Company Group and compensation levels), and (E) information conceived, originated, discovered or developed by you during the Engagement Term.

Confidential Information. You acknowledge that your services to be rendered hereunder will place you in a position of this Agreement,confidence and trust with the Company and will allow you access to “Confidential Information” (as defined below). You agree that at all times during and after the term of your employment hereunder, you will maintain the Confidential Information in strictest confidence and will not, unless required to do so in the ordinary course of the Company’s operations, disclose to any person, or use for your own personal use or financial gain, whether individually or on behalf of another person, any Confidential Information. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you acknowledge that the Company may have agreements and/or relationships with other persons that may impose obligations or restrictions regarding the confidential nature of work or information relating to such persons, and you agree to be bound by all such obligations and restrictions. As used herein, the term “Confidential Information” means allany non-public information obtained byrelating to the Company and its businesses including, but not limited to, information regarding any trade secrets, proprietary knowledge, business plans, operating procedures, finances, financial condition, customers, clients, suppliers, distributors, agents, business activities, budgets, strategic or disclosed, created, revealed orfinancial plans, objectives, marketing plans, products, services, price and price lists, operating and training materials, data bases and analyses; provided, however, that Confidential Information shall not include information: # already known to you as a consequence ofprior to its disclosure to you, or through your employment or other service relationship with the Company Group# that is secret, confidential or notbecomes generally known to the public (otherthrough no act or omission by you, or # becomes available to you from a source other than through your disclosurethe Company, provided that such source is not subject to or bound by any duty or obligation of confidentiality with respect to such Confidential Information or disclosure by another person in violation of such person’s obligations to the Company Group or the owner of such Confidential Information) relating to (i) the Company Group, its businesses or operations or (ii) any client or other third party to which the Company Group provides services or which otherwise has business dealings with the Company Group. Confidential Information includes (A) information of a commercial nature (for example, information about customers, clients or vendors of the Company Group (or the third party or its affiliates), strategies, costs, prices and markets), (B) information of a technical nature (for example, methods, know-how, code, processes, technical specifications, drawings and design data), (C) information of a strategic nature (for example, future developments or strategies pertaining to research and development, marketing and sales, new or improved products or services or other matters concerning the Company Group’s or third party’s planning), information as to employees and consultants (for example, capabilities, competence, status with the Company Group and compensation levels), and (E) information conceived, originated, discovered or developed by you during the Engagement Term.information.