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 Company to prevent unauthorized disclosure, transfer, or use of Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the above requirements, nothing in this Agreement shall restrict Employee's right to make disclosures specifically allowed or required under applicable law.

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 of the Company. I understand that my work as an employee of the Company creates a relationship of trust and confidence between myself and the Company. During and after the period of my employment with the Company and its affiliates, I will not use or disclose or allow anyone else to use or disclose any Confidential Information except as may be necessary in the performance of my work for the Company and its affiliates or as may be authorized in advance by appropriate officers of the Company. Except as set forth herein, I will keep all Confidential Information secret and will not allow any unauthorized use of the same, whether or not any document containing it is marked as confidential. In addition, if I am requested or required (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information, subpoena, civil investigative demand, or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information, it is agreed that I will provide the Company with prompt written notice of such request(s) so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order. If, failing the entry of a protective order, I am, in the opinion of my counsel, compelled to disclose any Confidential Information under pain of liability for contempt or other censure or penalty, I may disclose only that portion of such Confidential Information as is legally required without liability hereunder; provided, that I agree to exercise my reasonable efforts to obtain assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such Confidential Information. Upon termination of my employment with the Company and its affiliates, I will promptly deliver to the Company all documents and materials of any nature pertaining to my employment with the Company and I will not take with me any documents or materials or copies thereof containing any Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, I am hereby notified that federal law provides for immunity from liability for the confidential disclosure of a trade secret as defined by federal law that is made # in confidence to a federal, state or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney if that disclosure is made solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or # in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.

Protection of Confidential Information of the Company. I understand that my work as an employee of the Company creates a relationship of trust and confidence between myself and the Company. During and after the period of my employment with the Company and its affiliates, I will not use or disclose or allow anyone else to use or disclose any Confidential Information except as may be necessary in the performance of my work for the Company and its affiliates or as may be authorized in advance by appropriate officers of the Company. Except as set forth herein, I will keep all Confidential Information secret and will not allow any unauthorized use of the same, whether or not any document containing it is marked as confidential. In addition, if I am requested or required (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information, subpoena, civil investigative demand, or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information, it is agreed that I will provide the Company with prompt written notice of such request(s) so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order. If, failing the entry of a protective order, I am, in the opinion of my counsel, compelled to disclose any Confidential Information under pain of liability for contempt or other censure or penalty, I may disclose only that portion of such Confidential Information as is legally required without liability hereunder; provided, that I agree to exercise my reasonable efforts to obtain assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such Confidential Information. Upon termination of my employment with the Company and its affiliates, I will promptly deliver to the Company all documents and materials of any nature pertaining to my employment with the Company and I will not take with me any documents or materials or copies thereof containing any Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, I am hereby notified that federal law provides for immunity from liability for the confidential disclosure of a trade secret as defined by federal law that is made # in confidence to a federal, state or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney if that disclosure is made solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or # in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.

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.

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. 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 of the Company. I understand that my work as an employee of the Company creates a relationship of trust and confidence between myself and the Company. During and after the period of my employment with the Company and its affiliates, I will not use or disclose or allow anyone else to use or disclose any Confidential Information except as may be necessary in the performance of my work for the Company and its affiliates or as may be authorized in advance by appropriate officers of the Company. Except as set forth herein, I will keep all Confidential Information secret and will not allow any unauthorized use of the same, whether or not any document containing it is marked as confidential. In addition, if I am requested or required (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information, subpoena, civil investigative demand, or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information, it is agreed that I will provide the Company with prompt written notice of such request(s) so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order. If, failing the entry of a protective order, I am, in the opinion of my counsel, compelled to disclose any Confidential Information under pain of liability for contempt or other censure or penalty, I may disclose only that portion of such Confidential Information as is legally required without liability hereunder; provided, that I agree to exercise my reasonable efforts to obtain assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such Confidential Information. Upon termination of my employment with the Company and its affiliates, I will promptly deliver to the Company all documents and materials of any nature pertaining to my employment with the Company and I will not take with me any documents or materials or copies thereof containing any Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, I am hereby notified that federal law provides for immunity from liability for the confidential disclosure of a trade secret as defined by federal law that is made # in confidence to a federal, state or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney if that disclosure is made solely for t d e purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or # in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.

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