Upon written request by the Company ar any time and in any event upon termination of this Agreement the Consultant and the Executive shall and the Consultant shall procure that the Executive shall (subject to any applicable legal requirements) # immediately deliver to the Company all Confidential Information which is capable of delivery or # destroy or permanently erase all Confidential Information, # immediately deliver up all materials, documents, papers, records and other property of the Company or any Associate or any of their resective customers, clients, investors or suppliers in its or his possession or under its or his control and shall not retain any copies thereof.

Nondisclosure and Nonuse of Confidential Information.

Exclusions from Indemnification. The right to indemnification in [Section 7(a)] does not include any liability or expense relating to a matter in which the CEO is finally adjudged to have breached or failed to perform a duty that CEO owes to the USPB Entities and the breach or failure to perform constitutes any of the following: # a willful failure to deal fairly with the USPB Entities, or USPB or its members in connection with a matter in which the CEO has a material conflict of interest; # a violation of the criminal law, unless the CEO had reasonable cause to believe that CEO's conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe that CEO's conduct was unlawful; # a transaction from which the CEO derived an improper personal profit; or # willful misconduct. Determination of whether the CEO is entitled to the indemnification provided for above shall be made as provided in the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

Exclusions from Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to:

Exclusions from Clawback. This Section does not apply to restatements that the Audit Committee determines # are required or permitted under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in connection with the adoption or implementation of a new accounting standard or # are caused due to the Company's decision to change its accounting practice as permitted under GAAP.

Nonuse/Nondisclosure of Confidential Information. Carter shall use his best efforts and diligence both during and after termination of this Agreement to protect the confidential, trade secret, or proprietary character of all Confidential Information and shall not, directly or indirectly, disclose or use for his own purposes or those of any other person, company, business entity, or other organization whatsoever, and agrees to hold in strictest confidence any Confidential Information relating to or belonging to Trecora or any information which has been given to Carter in confidence, except when given express permission to do so by Trecora. Carter will not disclose Trecora’s Confidential Information to any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, other entity, organization, or other third party (other than in conjunction with the performance of his duties as a contractor of Trecora) without the prior written consent of Trecora and shall not use or attempt to use any such information in any manner other than in connection with his performance of Consulting Services for Trecora under this Agreement, unless required by law to disclose such information, in which case Carter shall provide Trecora with written notice of such requirement as far in advance of such anticipated disclosure as possible. Further, Carter agrees that any disclosure of Confidential Information is to persons who are aware of and agree that the Confidential Information must be kept confidential and who agree in writing to abide by the provisions set forth in Section 10 of this Agreement.

Exclusions from General Release. Excluded from the General Release above are any claims or rights which cannot be waived by law, including my rights to accrued vacation, if any. Nothing in this Waiver and Release Agreement shall be construed to prohibit me from filing a charge with an administrative agency, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or participating in an agency investigation. I am, however, waiving all rights to recover money or other individual relief in connection with any administrative charge, whether filed by me or another individual or entity.

Exclusions. The provisions of this Section 8.14 shall not apply to assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall reasonably determine that the costs and burdens of obtaining a security interest therein or perfection thereof outweigh the value of the security afforded thereby.

Exclusions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Confidential Information shall not include:

Nondisclosure. The Executive shall not (other than in the good faith performance of his services to NWL before termination of employment) disclose or make known to anyone other than employees of NWL, or use for the benefit of himself or herself or any other person, firm, operation, or entity unrelated to NWL, any knowledge, information, or materials, whether tangible or intangible, belonging to NWL, about the products, services, know-how, customers, business plans, or financial, marketing, pricing, compensation, and other proprietary matter relating to NWL. On or before the Executive’s termination of employment with NWL, the Executive shall deliver to NWL any and all confidential information in his possession.