Trade Secrets. During the course of Executive's employment, Executive will have access to various trade secrets, confidential information, and inventions of the Company and its affiliates as defined below.

Trade Secrets. For purposes of this Agreement, “Trade Secrets” shall mean the chemical composition, formulations, ratios of chemical components and their constituent ingredients (as well as know-how related to how to manufacture and produce same), which comprise any party of the Subject Product, along with all non-public information that would enable a third party to manufacture and produce the Subject Product, or any of its ingredients.

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.

The Employee specifically agrees that he will not at any time, whether during or subsequent to the term of the Employee’s employment by the Employer, in any fashion, form, or manner, unless specifically consented to in writing by the Employer, either directly or indirectly use or divulge, disclose, or communicate to any person, firm, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever, any confidential information of any kind, nature, or description concerning any matters affecting or relating to the business of the Employer, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the names or addresses of any of the shareholders or other employees of the Employer, the prices it obtains or has obtained or in which it will sell or has sold its inventory or services, the names, buying habits or practices of any of its customers, lists or other written records used in the Employer’s business, compensation paid to employees and other terms of employment, business systems, computer programs, or any other confidential information of, about, or concerning the business of the Employer, its manner of operation, or other confidential data of any kind, nature, or description whatsoever. The Parties to this Agreement stipulate that, as between them, the foregoing items are important, material, and confidential trade secrets and affect the successful conduct of the Employer’s business and its goodwill. Any breach of any

Trade Secrets. During Employee’s employment by the Company, Employee shall do what is reasonably necessary to prevent unauthorized misappropriation or disclosure and threatened misappropriation or disclosure of the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ Trade Secrets and, after termination of employment, Employee shall not use or disclose the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ Trade Secrets as long as they remain, without misappropriation, Trade Secrets.

“Trade Secrets” means any information or data meeting the definition for such term under either the North Carolina Trade Secrets Protection Act or the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.

Defense of Trade Secrets Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, or otherwise, Employee understands and acknowledges that the Company has informed Employee that an individual 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 or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or # the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding if such filing is made under seal. Additionally, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or otherwise, Employee understands and acknowledges that the Company has informed Employee that an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to a court order.

Trade Secrets and Confidential Information. During the course of your employment, you will acquire knowledge of the Company’s and/or any Affiliate’s (collectively “WFC”) Trade Secrets and other proprietary information relating to its business, business methods, personnel, and customers (collectively, “Confidential Information”). “Trade Secrets” means WFC’s confidential information, which has an economic value in being secret and which WFC has taken steps to keep secret and you understand and agree that Trade Secrets include, but are not limited to, confidentially maintained client and customer lists and information, and confidentially maintained prospective client and customer lists and information. You agree that Confidential Information of WFC is to be used solely and exclusively for the purpose of conducting business on behalf of WFC. You agree to keep such Confidential Information confidential and will not divulge, use or disclose this information except for that purpose. In addition, you agree that, both during and after your employment, you will not remove, share, disseminate or otherwise use WFC’s Trade Secrets to directly or indirectly solicit, participate in or induce the solicitation of any of WFC’s clients, customers, or prospective customers for the purpose of providing products or services that are in competition with WFC’s products or services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Award Agreement prohibits or restricts you (or your attorney) from initiating communications directly with, or responding to any inquiry from, or providing testimony before, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or any self-regulatory organization or governmental authority charged with the enforcement of any laws.

Whistleblower Protections and Trade Secrets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this Agreement prohibits Executive from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any United States governmental agency or entity in accordance with the provisions of and rules promulgated under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or any other whistleblower protection provisions of state or federal law or regulation (including the right to receive an award for information provided to any such government agencies). Furthermore, in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 1833, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement: # Executive shall not be in breach of this Agreement, and 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 or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or # for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal; and # if Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose the trade secret to Executive’s attorney, and may use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if Executive files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

You acknowledge that the Company regards certain information relating to its business and operations as confidential. This includes all confidential and proprietary information concerning the assets, business or affairs of the Company or any customers thereof (“Confidential Information”). You further acknowledge that the Company has certain information that derives economic value from not being known to the public or to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, which the Company takes reasonable efforts to protect the secrecy of (“Trade Secrets”).