Permitted Conduct. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict you from lawfully # initiating communications directly with, cooperating with, providing information to, causing information to be provided to, or otherwise assisting in an investigation by any governmental or regulatory agency, entity, or official(s) (collectively, "Governmental Authorities") regarding a possible violation of any law; # responding to any inquiry or legal process directed to you individually (and not directed to the Company Group) from any such Governmental Authorities; # testifying, participating or otherwise assisting in an action or proceeding by any such Governmental Authorities relating to a possible violation of law; or # making any other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any applicable law.

Permitted Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict Executive from lawfully # initiating communications directly with, cooperating with, providing information to, causing information to be provided to, or otherwise assisting in an investigation by any governmental or regulatory agency, entity, or official(s) (collectively, “Governmental Authorities”) regarding a possible violation of any law; # responding to any inquiry or legal process directed to Executive individually from any such Governmental Authorities; # testifying, participating or otherwise assisting in an action or proceeding by any such Governmental Authorities relating to a possible violation of law; or # making any other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any applicable law. Additionally, pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, 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 an attorney; and # solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or # is made to Executive’s attorney in relation to a lawsuit for retaliation against Executive for reporting 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. Nothing in this Agreement requires Executive to obtain prior authorization from Company before engaging in any conduct described in this paragraph, or to notify Company that Executive has engaged in any such conduct.