Protection of Confidential Information. The Company has taken reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of any confidential information, including Trade Secrets owned or used or held for use by the Company or of any third party that has provided any confidential information, including Trade Secrets to the Company. All Persons with access to such confidential information, including Trade Secrets have executed written confidentiality agreements with the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there has not been any breach of such confidentiality agreements.

Protection of Confidential Information. Executive acknowledges that the continued success of Acadia and the Subsidiaries depends upon the use and protection of a large body of confidential and proprietary information. All of such confidential and proprietary information now existing or to be developed in the future will be referred to in this Agreement as “Confidential Information.” Confidential Information will be interpreted broadly to include, without limitation, all information that is # related to Acadia’s or the Subsidiaries’ (including any of their predecessors’ prior to being acquired by the Company) current or potential business and # is not generally or publicly known (including, without specific limitation, the information, observations and data concerning # acquisition opportunities in or reasonably related to Acadia’s or the Subsidiaries’ business or industry, # identities and requirements of, contractual arrangements with and other information regarding Acadia’s or the Subsidiaries’ employees (including personnel files and other information), suppliers, distributors, customers, independent contractors, third-party payors, providers or other business relations and their confidential information, including, without limitation, patient records, medical histories and other information concerning patients (including, without limitation, all “Protected Health Information” within the meaning of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), and # internal business information and intellectual property of every kind and description of Acadia and the Subsidiaries). Executive agrees that during the Employment Period and at any time thereafter, he shall not disclose to any unauthorized person or use for his own account any of such Confidential Information, whether or not developed by Executive, without the Board’s prior written consent, unless and to the extent that any Confidential Information # was known to Executive prior to the negotiation of this Agreement or the Employment Period from a source (other than Acadia, the Subsidiaries or any of their respective agents) that, to the knowledge of Executive, was not prohibited from disclosing such information by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation to Acadia or any of the Subsidiaries, # becomes generally known to and available for use by the public other than as a result of Executive’s acts or omissions to act or # is required to be disclosed pursuant to any applicable law or court order.

Protection of Confidential Information. The Employee shall use Confidential Information solely for their duties with the Partnership and any Related Companies. The Employee will not disclose Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, at any time during or after employment by the Partnership except to persons authorized by the Partnership or Related Companies to receive this information or as required by law. The Employee will not use Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, at any time during or after employment by the Partnership, for any personal benefit, for the benefit of any other person or entity, or in any manner adverse to the Partnership or any Related Companies.

Protection of Confidential Information. Employee shall at all times during the term of Employee’s employment with the Company and thereafter, hold in strictest confidence, and not use, except for the benefit of the Company, or disclose to any person, firm or corporation without written authorization of the Board, any Confidential Information of the Company, unless otherwise compelled by law. Employee will not disclose Confidential Information in private communications or to the public on the Internet or in any other media or form of communication except: # for the benefit of the Company, and # not without advanced written authorization to engage in such disclosure by an authorized representative of the Company. Employee will not cause the copying, transmission, uploading, downloading, removal or transport of Confidential Information from the Company’s premises or electronic equipment except to the extent necessary in the proper performance of Employee’s duties. After the termination of Employee’s employment, Employee shall not directly or indirectly use Company Records (as defined herein) or Employee’s memory or notes to identify for the benefit of the Employee or for the benefit of another party, create, or attempt to reconstruct the Company’s Confidential Information. If Employee loses or makes an unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information, Employee shall immediately notify the Company of this event and use his/her best efforts to recover the Confidential Information (including, but not limited to complying with and cooperating in any lawful actions taken by the Company to recover the Confidential Information). These obligations shall apply during employment and for so long thereafter as the information qualifies as Confidential Information under this Agreement. In the event an Employee is served with a subpoena, court order, or similar legal mandate requiring the disclosure of Confidential Information, Employee will provide the Company reasonable notice and opportunity to intervene and protect its Confidential Information prior to disclosure unless such notice is prohibited by law. If Employee learns during Employee’s employment with the Company of any unauthorized use or disclosure of the Company’s Confidential Information, Employee will immediate notify the head of the People Operations Department.

Protection of Confidential Information. In the course of employment, Employee will be provided access to and/or develop valuable Confidential Information owned by CIT as well as Confidential Information owned by CIT’s Clients, vendors, franchisors, referral sources, strategic partners, licensors, and other third parties (collectively “Third Party” or “Third Parties”). Employee promises and agrees at all times during the term of Employee’s employment and thereafter to hold in strict confidence Confidential Information owned by CIT and/or any Third Party. Employee further agrees not to access, copy, disclose, distribute, misappropriate, remove, store, transmit or use, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any Confidential Information owned by CIT or any Third Party except as: # necessary in the ordinary course of the Employee's duties for CIT; # required by applicable law; or # authorized in writing by an employee who is an

Protection of Confidential Information. Employee will notify Company in writing of any circumstances which may constitute unauthorized disclosure, transfer, or use of Confidential Information. Employee will use Employee’s best efforts to protect Confidential Information from unauthorized disclosure, transfer, or use. Employee will implement and abide by all procedures adopted by Zimmer Biomet to prevent unauthorized disclosure, transfer, or use of Confidential Information.

Protection of Confidential Information. Employee shall at all times during the term of Employee’s employment with the Company and thereafter, hold in strictest confidence, and not use, except for the benefit of the Company, or disclose to any person, firm or corporation without written authorization of the Board, any Confidential Information of the Company, unless otherwise compelled by law. Employee will not disclose Confidential Information in private communications or to the public on the Internet or in any other media or form of communication except: # for the benefit of the Company, and # not without advanced written authorization to engage in such disclosure by an authorized representative of the Company. Employee will not cause the copying, transmission, uploading, downloading, removal or transport of Confidential Information from the Company’s premises or electronic equipment except to the extent necessary in the proper performance of Employee’s duties. After the termination of Employee’s employment, Employee shall not directly or indirectly use Company Records (as defined herein) or Employee’s memory or notes to identify for the benefit of the Employee or for the benefit of another party, create, or attempt to reconstruct the Company’s Confidential Information. If Employee loses or makes an unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information, Employee shall immediately notify the Company of this event and use his/her best efforts to recover the Confidential Information (including, but not limited to complying with and cooperating in any lawful actions taken by the Company to recover the Confidential Information). These obligations shall apply during employment and for so long thereafter as the information qualifies as Confidential Information under this Agreement. In the event an Employee is served with a subpoena, court order, or similar legal mandate requiring the disclosure of Confidential Information, Employee will provide the Company reasonable notice and opportunity to intervene and protect its Confidential Information prior to disclosure unless such notice is prohibited by law. If Employee learns during Employee’s employment with the Company of any unauthorized use or disclosure of the Company’s Confidential Information, Employee will immediate notify the head of the People Operations Department.

Protection of Confidential Information. The Executive agrees that all information, whether or not in writing, relating to the business, technical, or financial affairs of the Company and that is generally understood in the pet food industry (and any other related or relevant industry) as being confidential and/or proprietary information, is the exclusive property of the Company. The Executive agrees to hold in a fiduciary capacity for the sole benefit of the Company all secret, confidential or proprietary in formatio n, knowledge, data, or trade secret ("Confident ial Information ") relat ing to the Company or any of its affiliates or their respective clients, which Confidential Information shall have been obtained during Executive's employment with the Company. By way of illust ration, but not limitation, Confidential Information includes information regarding the Company's projects, methodologies, business or vendor relations hips, relationships with strategic or business partners, and all information and know-how (whether or not patentable , copyrightable or otherwise able to be registered or protected under laws governing intellectual property) owned, possessed , or used by the Company, including, without li mita tio n, any inve ntion , existing or future product, formula, method, manufacturing techniques and procedures, compos1tion, compound, project, development, plan, market research, vendor informatio n, supplier information, customer lists or info rmatio n, apparatus, equipment, trade secret, process, research, repo rts, clinical data, financial data, technical data, test data, know-how , computer program, software, software doc umentation , source code, hardware design, techno logy , marketing or business plan, forecast, unpublished financial statement, budget, lice nse, patent applications, contracts, joint ventures , price, cost and personnel data, any trade names, trademarks or slogans, but shall not include information that # is or becomes public knowledge through legal means without fault by the Executive, # is already public knowledge prior to the signing of this Agreement, # was availa ble to the Executive on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Company , # was disclosed by the Executive in the performance of the Executive ' s duties here under , or # must be disclosed pursuant to applicable law or court order.

Protection of Confidential Information. Executive will have access to certain confidential information of the Company and/or its affiliates and Executive may, during the course of Executive’s employment, develop certain information or inventions that will be the property of the Company and/or its affiliates. To protect the interests of the Company and its affiliates, Executive agrees to execute the Company’s “Employee Invention Assignment, Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation, and Non-Competition Agreement,” (attached hereto as Exhibit B) applying to the Company and its affiliates, as a condition of Executive’s employment. During the Term and at all times thereafter, Executive will not, except to the extent necessary to perform Executive’s duties hereunder or as required by law, directly or indirectly, use or disclose to any third person, without the prior written consent of the Company, any “Confidential Information” (defined in Exhibit B) of the Company. If it is necessary for Executive to use or disclose Confidential Information so as to comply with any law, rule, regulations, court order, subpoena or other governmental mandate or investigation, Executive shall give prompt written notice to the Company of such requirement (to the extent legally permissible), disclose no more information than is so required, and cooperate with any attempts by the Company to obtain a protective order or similar treatment. In the event that the Company is bound by a confidentiality agreement or understanding with a customer, vendor, supplier or other party regarding the confidential information of such customer, vendor, supplier or other party, which is more restrictive than specified above in this Section 9.1, and of which Executive has notice or is aware, Executive shall adhere to the provisions of such other confidentiality agreement, in addition to those of this Section 9.1. Executive shall exercise reasonable care to protect all Confidential Information. Executive will immediately give notice to the Company of any unauthorized use or disclosure of Confidential Information. Executive hereby represents and warrants that Executive shall assist the Company in remedying any such unauthorized use or disclosure of Confidential Information.

Executive agrees that at all times hereafter # Executive shall (and shall cause Executive’s Affiliates to) maintain all Confidential Information in strict confidence, # Executive shall not (and shall cause Executive’s Affiliates not to) disclose any Confidential Information to anyone outside of the Beacon Group, and # Executive shall not (and shall cause Executive’s Affiliates not to) use any Confidential Information for Executive’s own benefit or the benefit of any third party.