Trade Secrets and Confidential Information/Company Property. Employee agrees that Employee will not disclose the Company Group’s trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information; however nothing in the foregoing is meant to limit employees’ rights to discuss the terms, wages, and working conditions of their employment, nor to deny employees the right to disclose information pertaining to sexual harassment or any unlawful or potentially unlawful conduct, as protected by applicable law. Employee’s signature below constitutes Employee’s certification under penalty of perjury that Employee has returned all documents and other items provided to Employee by the Company Group (with the exception of a copy of the Employee Handbook and personnel documents specifically relating to Employee), developed or obtained by Employee in connection with Employee’s employment with the Company, or otherwise belonging to the Company Group.

You acknowledge that you developed and/or obtained, or have had and will in the future continue to have access to, one or more of the following types of Confidential Information or Trade Secrets: information about rates or costs; customer or supplier agreements and negotiations; business opportunities; scheduling and delivery methods; business and marketing plans; financial information or plans; communications within the attorney-client privilege or other privileges; operating procedures and methods; construction methods and plans; proprietary computer systems design, programming or software; strategic plans; succession plans; proprietary company training programs; employee performance, compensation or benefits; negotiations or strategies relating to collective bargaining agreements and/or labor disputes; and policies and internal or external claims or complaints regarding personal injuries, employment laws or policies, environmental protection, or hazardous materials. You agree that any unauthorized disclosures by you to any third party of such Confidential Information or Trade Secrets would constitute gross misconduct.

For purposes of this Agreement, the term “A.M. Castle’s Business” shall mean any business in which Employer or any of its subsidiaries is engaged, including, without limitation, the business of distributing specialty metals to customers within the producer durable equipment, aerospace, heavy industrial equipment, industrial goods, construction equipment, oil

Trade Secrets/Defend Trade Secrets Act. Nothing in this Agreement (or any prior agreement on confidentiality to which Pennypacker may be subject) diminishes or limits any protection granted by law to trade secrets or relieves Pennypacker of any duty not to disclose, use, or misappropriate any information that is a trade secret, for as long as such information remains a trade secret. Additionally, nothing in this Agreement (or any prior agreement on confidentiality to which Pennypacker may be subject) is intended to discourage him from reporting any theft of trade secrets to the appropriate government official pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”) or other applicable state or federal law. Additionally, under the DTSA, a trade secret may be disclosed to report a suspected violation of law and/or in an anti-retaliation lawsuit, as follows:

#[[Mr. Geisse:Person]] acknowledges that, as a result of his employment with Company and/or any AT&T subsidiaries, he has and had access to certain Trade Secrets and Confidential Information (as these terms are defined below) and the Company will continue to provide [[Mr. Geisse:Person]] access to such Trade Secrets and Confidential Information through his retirement date so that he may continue performing his job responsibilities. [[Mr. Geisse:Person]] acknowledges that AT&T and its subsidiaries must protect its Trade Secrets and Confidential Information from disclosure or misappropriation, and [[Mr. Geisse:Person]] further acknowledges that the Trade Secrets and Confidential Information are unique and confidential and are the proprietary property of AT&T and its subsidiaries. [[Mr. Geisse:Person]] acknowledges that the Trade Secrets and Confidential Information derive independent, actual and potential commercial value from not being generally known, or readily ascertainable through independent development. [[Mr. Geisse:Person]] agrees to hold Trade Secrets or Confidential Information in trust and confidence and to not directly or indirectly disclose or transmit Trade Secrets or Confidential Information to any third party without prior written consent of AT&T. [[Mr. Geisse:Person]] further agrees not to use any such Trade Secrets or Confidential Information for his personal benefit or for the benefit of any third party. This restriction shall apply indefinitely as long as the document or information exists as a Trade Secret or Confidential Information.

Trade Secrets. Company considers much of its Confidential Information to constitute trade secrets of Company (“Trade Secrets”) which have independent value, provide Company with a competitive advantage over its competitors who do not know the Trade Secrets, and are protected from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. However, whether or not the Confidential Information constitutes Trade Secrets, Employee acknowledges and agrees that the Confidential Information is protected from unauthorized disclosure or use due to Employee’s covenants under this Agreement and Employee’s fiduciary duties as an employee of Company.

Confidential Information: “Confidential Information” includes (comprises) Trade Secrets, Proprietary Information, Company Records and Personnel Records.

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENTS- The Consultant will not at any time, whether during or after the termination of this Agreement for any reason, reveal to any person or entity any of the trade secrets or confidential information concerning the organization, business or finances of the Company or of any third party which the Company is under an obligation to keep confidential, except as may be required in the ordinary course of performing the Consultant Services to the Company, and the Consultant shall keep secret such trade secrets and confidential information and shall not use or attempt to use any such secrets or information in any manner which is designed to injure or cause loss to the Company. Trade secrets or confidential information shall include, but not be limited to, the Company's financial statements and projections, expansion proposals, sales, technical and legal data, property acquisition opportunities and business relationships with banks, lenders and other parties not otherwise publicly available (the “Confidential Information”)

In consideration of Employer’s agreement to provide Employee with access to and use of its Confidential Information and Trade Secrets, including new, additional and continuing Confidential Information and Trade Secrets, and to provide training, Employee agrees to refrain from competing with Employer, or otherwise engaging in Restricted Activities, within the Restricted Area, each as defined herein, during the Restricted Period.

any material adverse change in the treatment and protection of trade secrets or other confidential information of BUTTE; and