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Return or Destruction of Confidential Information
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Return or Destruction of Confidential Information. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, Recipient shall, subject to any rights of Recipient therein that may survive such termination or expiration or Party’s need to retain such Confidential Information to exercise its surviving rights hereunder, return to Discloser or, at Recipient’s option and cost, destroy all Confidential Information (including copies thereof and extracts therefrom) of the Discloser; provided, however, that Recipient may retain one copy of such Confidential Information solely for archival purposes and subject to any copies remaining on Recipient’s standard computer back-up devices (which copies Recipient agrees not to access after termination).

Destruction of Confidential Information. The Receiving Party agrees that upon the Disclosing Party’s request, the Receiving Party will destroy all parts of Confidential Information and any copies, summaries of documents, materials, and other tangible manifestations thereof in the possession or control of the Receiving Party, except that the Receiving Party, subject to the obligations under this Agreement, may retain one copy of such Confidential Information in a secure location for the sole purpose of monitoring its ongoing obligations in respect of such information and # will not be required to destroy any copies of such Confidential Information that are securely stored in automated electronic backups.

Return of Confidential Information. Upon the effective date of the termination of this Agreement for any reason, either Party may request in writing, and the other Party shall either, with respect to Confidential Information (in the event of termination of this Agreement with respect to one (1) or more Terminated Territories but not in its entirety, solely to the extent relating specifically and exclusively to such Terminated Territories) to which such first Party does not retain rights under the surviving provisions of this Agreement # as soon as reasonably practicable, destroy all copies of such Confidential Information in the possession of the other Party and confirm such destruction in writing to the requesting Party, or # as soon as reasonably practicable, deliver to the requesting Party, at the other Party’s expense, all copies of such Confidential Information in the possession of the other Party; provided, that the other Party shall be permitted to retain one (1) copy of such Confidential Information for the sole purpose of performing any continuing obligations hereunder, as required by Applicable Law, or for archival purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such other Party also shall be permitted to retain such additional copies of or any computer records or files containing such Confidential Information that have been created solely by such Party’s automatic archiving and back-up procedures, to the extent created and retained in a manner consistent with such other Party’s standard archiving and back-up procedures, but not for any other use or purpose.

The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that the continued success of and its Affiliates depends upon the use and protection of a large body of confidential and proprietary information and that the Executive will have access to the entire universe of ’s Confidential Information (as defined below in Section 10(b)), as well as certain confidential information of other Persons with which and its Affiliates do business, and that such information constitutes valuable, special and unique property of , its Affiliates and such other Persons.

Confidential Information. For purposes of this Agreement, ’s “Confidential Information” shall include and its Affiliates’ trade secrets as defined under Delaware law, as well as any other information or material which is not generally known to the public, and which: # is generated, collected by or utilized in the operations of or its Affiliates’ business and relates to the actual or anticipated business, research or development of , its Affiliates or and its Affiliates’ actual or prospective Customers; or # is suggested by or results from any task assigned to the Executive by or its Affiliates, or work performed by the Executive for or on behalf of or its Affiliates. Confidential Information shall not be considered generally known to the public if the Executive or others improperly reveal such information to the public without or its Affiliates’ express written consent and/or in violation of an obligation of confidentiality owed to or its Affiliates. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, the information, observations and data obtained by the Executive while employed by concerning the business or affairs of or its Affiliates, including information concerning acquisition opportunities in or reasonably related to or its Affiliates’ business or industry, the identities of and other information (such as databases) relating to the current, former or prospective employees, suppliers and Customers of or its Affiliates, development, transition and transformation plans, methodologies and methods of doing business, strategic, marketing and expansion plans, financial and business plans, financial data, pricing information, employee lists and telephone numbers, locations of sales representatives, new and existing customer or supplier programs and services, customer terms, customer service and integration processes, requirements and costs of providing service, support and equipment.

Confidential Information. Except as permitted by the Company, Executive will not at any time divulge, furnish or make accessible to anyone or use in any way other than in the ordinary course of the business of the Company or its Affiliates, any confidential, proprietary or secret knowledge or information of the Company or its Affiliates that Executive has acquired or will acquire about the Company or its Affiliates, whether developed by Executive or by others, concerning # any trade secrets, # any confidential, proprietary or secret designs, programs, processes, formulae, plans, devices or material (whether or not patented or patentable) directly or indirectly useful in any aspect of the business of the Company or of its Affiliates, # any customer or supplier lists, # any confidential, proprietary or secret development or research work, # any strategic or other business, marketing or sales plans, # any financial data or plans, or # any other confidential or proprietary information or secret aspects of the business of the Company or of its Affiliates. Executive acknowledges that the above-described knowledge and information constitutes a unique and valuable asset of the Company and represents a substantial investment of

For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” includes, but is not limited to, all information not generally known to the public, in spoken, printed, electronic or any other form or medium, relating directly or indirectly to: business processes, products, patents, sources of supply, customer dealings, data, source code, business plans, practices, methods, policies, publications, research, operations, strategies, techniques, agreements, transactions, potential transactions, negotiations, know-how, trade secrets, computer programs, computer software, applications, operating systems, software design, work-in-process, databases, records, systems, supplier information, vendor information, financial information, results, legal information, marketing and advertising information, pricing information, design information, personnel information, developments, reports, internal controls, graphics, drawings, market studies, sales information, revenue, costs, notes, communications, algorithms, product plans, designs, models, ideas, inventions, unpublished patent applications, original works of authorship, discoveries, experimental processes, experimental results, specifications, customer information, customer lists, distributor lists, and buyer lists of the Company or its subsidiaries, affiliates or any existing or prospective customer, supplier, investor or other associated third party, or of any other Person that has entrusted information to the Company in confidence. Employee understands that the above list is not exhaustive, and that Confidential Information also includes other information that is marked or otherwise identified as confidential or proprietary, or that would otherwise appear to a reasonable person to be confidential or proprietary in the context and circumstances in which the information is known or used. For purposes of this Agreement, “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, governmental authority, unincorporated organization, trust, association, or other entity.

Confidential Information. CEO recognizes the interests of USPB and its Affiliates in maintaining the confidential nature of its respective proprietary information. CEO shall not, during the Term or at any time after the termination of employment with the USPB, in any manner that does not promote the interests of USPB and its Affiliates, directly or indirectly, publish, disclose or use, or authorize anyone else to publish, disclose or use, any secret, confidential or proprietary information of USPB, or its Affiliates which USPB and its Affiliates intend to be maintained as confidential information that is in the public domain through no fault of CEO, which is information acquired by CEO in connection with CEO's employment with USPB or work with the USPB prior to the date of this agreement and relates to any aspect of the operations, activities, research, investigations or obligations of USPB, or its Affiliates, including confidential material or information relating to the business, customers, suppliers, trade or industrial practices, trade secrets, technology, know-how or intellectual property of USPB and its Affiliates (collectively, the "Confidential Information"). Confidential Information does not include all records, files, data, documents and the like relating to suppliers, customers, costs, prices, systems, methods, personnel, equipment and other materials relating to USPB, or the its Affiliates (including, but not limited to, the Confidential Information), shall be and remain the sole property of USPB or its Affiliates. Any disclosure of Confidential Information by the CEO shall include appropriate protection for the type of information to protect USPB's interests in the Confidential Information. Upon termination of CEO's employment with USPB, CEO shall not remove from USPB's premises, or retain, any of the Confidential Information materials described in this Section.

Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” shall mean all information relating to Company’s or Provider’s business or business plans, including but not limited to suppliers, customers, prospective customers, contractors, clinical data, the content and format of various clinical and medical databases, utilization data, cost and pricing data, disease management data, software products, programming techniques, data warehouse and methodologies, all proprietary information, know-how, trade secrets, technical and non-technical materials, products, specifications, processes, sales and marketing plans and strategies, designs, and any discussions and proceedings relating to any of the foregoing, whether disclosed in oral, electronic, visual, written or any other form, disclosed to the other Party. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any SOW. Company shall own any Confidential Information generated by Company or Provider in the course of the Services, only to the extent such Confidential Information is entirely unique to Company or Company products, including but not limited to data regarding and use of Company products. Confidential Information shall not include information which is: # known to a Party or its Personnel which have been reduced to writing prior to disclosure by the Party and that are not subject to another obligation of secrecy; # hereafter lawfully obtained from other sources on a non-confidential basis; or # otherwise generally available to the public, absent any breach of this Section 11 by the Party.

Executive agrees and acknowledges that all non-public or proprietary information regarding the Company Group, whether or not maintained in written form and whether in digital, hardcopy, or other format, including all personal information, personnel information, financial data, investment data, commercial data, trade secrets, business plans, business models, cost and pricing information, organizational structures and models, blueprints, business strategies, strategies, internal controls, risk management, security procedures, internal industry studies, research and development efforts, marketing plans, information and materials, processes, inventions, devices, training manuals, computer programs, analytical models, templates and agreements, and all other non-public, proprietary or confidential information, concerning or provided by or on behalf of the Company Group, including information regarding any actual or prospective business opportunities, employment opportunities, finances, investments, other proprietary information and trade secrets, including, in each case, such information, observations and data obtained prior to the date of this Agreement concerning the business or affairs of any member of the Company Group or their predecessors (collectively, “Confidential Information”) are the property of such entity and Executive agrees that such entity has a protectable interest in such Confidential Information. Therefore, Executive agrees that Executive shall not (during the Employment Period or at any time thereafter) disclose to any Person or use any such Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Board unless and to the extent that the aforementioned matters: # become or are generally known to and available for use other than as a result of Executive’s acts or omissions in breach of this Agreement, # are required to be disclosed by judicial process or law (provided that Executive, if possible under the circumstances, shall give prompt advance written notice of such requirement to the Company to enable the Company to seek an appropriate protective order or confidential treatment), or ((c) are in furtherance of Executive’s good faith performance of duties in respect of Executive’s employment with or service to any member of the Company Group in accordance with Company Group policy or applicable directive. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever, or at any time requested by the Company, Executive shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company any and all Company property, including keys and keycards, computers, personal data assistants, cell phones, software, documents, manuals, records, notebooks and similar materials, including any copies thereof, regardless of whether such items constitute or contain Confidential Information (and not retain or otherwise have access to, including via any removable storage or file hosting service). Executive shall provide all passwords and locations of Confidential Information that are not located on the Company’s computers or servers. Executive shall not retain any Confidential Information on Executive’s personal computer, portable memory devices, phone or tablets following Executive’s Termination Date and shall make all personal devices readily available upon request by any member of the Company Group for the removal of Confidential Information. If Executive becomes aware of Confidential Information on any of Executive’s personal devices, including the devices listed in the prior sentence, the Executive shall promptly notify the Board of such Confidential Information and shall follow the instructions of the Board. Executive shall only destroy Confidential Information (or copies thereof) at the direction of the Board and in the manner provided by the Board.

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