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For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” includes, but is not limited to, all information not generally known to the public, in spoken, printed, electronic or any other form or medium, relating directly or indirectly to: business processes, products, patents, sources of supply, customer dealings, data, source code, business plans, practices, methods, policies, publications, research, operations, strategies, techniques, agreements, transactions, potential transactions, negotiations, know-how, trade secrets, computer programs, computer software, applications, operating systems, software design, work-in-process, databases, records, systems, supplier information, vendor information, financial information, results, legal information, marketing and advertising information, pricing information, design information, personnel information, developments, reports, internal controls, graphics, drawings, market studies, sales information, revenue, costs, notes, communications, algorithms, product plans, designs, models, ideas, inventions, unpublished patent applications, original works of authorship, discoveries, experimental processes, experimental results, specifications, customer information, customer lists, distributor lists, and buyer lists of the Company or its subsidiaries, affiliates or any existing or prospective customer, supplier, investor or other associated third party, or of any other Person that has entrusted information to the Company in confidence. Employee understands that the above list is not exhaustive, and that Confidential Information also includes other information that is marked or otherwise identified as confidential or proprietary, or that would otherwise appear to a reasonable person to be confidential or proprietary in the context and circumstances in which the information is known or used. For purposes of this Agreement, “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, governmental authority, unincorporated organization, trust, association, or other entity.

Confidential Information: As used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” means information in whatever form, pertaining to the business of the Company that is not generally known outside of the Company, or that is known outside of the Company through improper means. Without limiting the foregoing definition, Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to: # technical information, formulas, teaching and development techniques, methodologies, processes, trade secrets, computer programs, electronic codes, designs, product development information, inventions, improvements, and research projects; # information about finances, costs, profits, markets, proposals, sales, and lists of customers or clients; # business, marketing, and strategic plans; and # employee personnel files and compensation information.

Confidential Information Defined. For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means any and all proprietary information of the Company that derives independent economic value by virtue of its not being known to the Company’s competitors or the general public including, but not limited to, customer lists, customer information, intellectual property, employee lists, employee information, prospect lists, prospect information, pricing information, inventions, research and development, financial statements, marketing plans, management systems and procedures, trade secrets, supplier lists, sales techniques, software specifications and information, results of research and development, whether complete or in process, and any other information which the Company identifies in writing and provided to the Company as Confidential Information.

Confidential Information: For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, business plans and strategies, marketing plans and strategies, customer lists, customer purchasing information, customer contact information, product design and development information, methods of operation, technical services, non-public financial information, business development plans and strategies, system analyses, quality control programs and information, computer programs, software and hardware configurations, information regarding the terms of the Company Group’s relationships with suppliers, pricing information, processes and techniques, creations, innovations, and any other information which the Company Group members may reasonably treat or designate as confidential from time to time. The Company believes that all Confidential Information constitutes trade secret information under applicable law. Employee shall, however, maintain the confidentiality of all Confidential Information whether or not ultimately determined to be a trade secret.

Confidential Information. For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" means confidential information, to the extent it is not a trade secret, that is possessed by or developed for the Company and that relates to the Company's business or technology, including but not limited to computer program object and source 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 also includes information received by the Company from others which the Company has an obligation to treat as confidential, including information obtained in connection with customer engagements. Confidential Information shall not include information that is or becomes available to the public through no wrongful act or omission of Employee. 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 Employee's employment with the Company, Employee will have access to, and be entrusted with, Confidential Information and that the Company would suffer great loss and injury if the Employee would disclose this information or use it to compete with the Company. Therefore, the Employee agrees that during the term of Employee'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 Employee, # such time as the Confidential Information no longer provides a benefit to the Company or # the second anniversary of the termination of Employee's employment with the Company, Employee 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 Employee'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 Employee may have participated in the discovery and the development of that information. Employee also agrees and acknowledges that Employee 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 8, Company shall include any subsidiaries of the Company.

Confidential Information” means confidential, secret or other non-public or proprietary information of or about the Company and its affiliates, their respective products, licensors, suppliers or customers and shall include, without limitation, information regarding: Inventions, methodologies, processes, tools, computer programs and documentation, manufacturing and application information, business strategies, financial information, forecasts, personnel information, customer lists or other customer information, trade secrets, new product developments, market information and advertising, business and marketing plans relating to the Company and its affiliates and any other non-public information, whether in writing or given to me orally, which I know or have reason to know the Company would like to treat as confidential for any purpose, such as maintaining a competitive advantage or avoiding undesirable publicity.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” shall mean any and all information pertaining to the Company and the Business, whether such information is in written form or communicated orally, visually or otherwise, that is proprietary, non-public or relates to any trade secret, including, but not limited to, # information, observations and data obtained by the Employee while employed by the Company concerning the Business, # products or services, # fees, costs and pricing structures, # designs, # analyses, # drawings, photographs and reports, # computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, # flow charts, manuals and documentation, # data bases, # accounting and business methods, # inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, # customers, suppliers, clients and customer, supplier and client lists, # other copyrightable works, # marketing plans and trade secrets, and # all similar and related information in whatever form. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Confidential Information” shall not include information that # is or becomes generally available to, or known by, the public through no fault of the Employee, or # is independently acquired or developed by the Employee without violating any of her obligations under this Agreement.

As used in this Agreement, Confidential Information means any information relating to the business or affairs of the Company, including but not limited to information relating to financial statements, customer identities, potential customers, employees, suppliers, servicing methods, equipment, product or service programs, cycle plans, strategies and information, databases and information systems, analyses, profit margins, comparative or futuring studies or other proprietary information used by the Company, whether or not generated by the Company or purchased by the Company through business consultants. Confidential Information shall not include any information in the public domain or becomes known in the industry through no wrongful act on my part. I acknowledge that the Confidential Information is vital, sensitive, confidential and proprietary to the Company.

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