Whistleblower Statutes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Award Agreement, nothing in Sections 16 or 17 of this Award Agreement is intended to or shall limit, prevent, impede or interfere with the Participant's non-waivable right, without prior notice to the Corporation, to provide information to the government, participate in investigations, testify in proceedings regarding the Corporation, Employer or any Affiliate's past or future conduct, engage in any activities protected under whistleblower statutes, or to receive and fully retain a monetary award from a government-administered whistleblower award program for providing information directly to a government agency. The Participant does not need prior authorization from the Corporation to make any such reports or disclosures and is not required to notify the Corporation that the Participant has made such reports or disclosures.

Whistleblower Provision. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent Employee from reporting any act or failure to act to the Securities and Exchange Commission or other governmental body or prevent Employee from obtaining a fee as a “whistleblower” under Rule 21F-17(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or other rules or regulations implemented under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act and Consumer Protection Act.

Whistleblower Protections. Nothing in this Agreement or any other arrangement with the Company Group shall prohibit Executive from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity, or making other disclosures, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation (or similar state laws) or receipt of awards thereunder. Executive will not need the prior authorization of the Board to make any such reports or disclosures, and Executive will not be required to notify the Company that Executive has made such reports or disclosures; provided that no such reports or disclosures shall waive any attorney-client or similar privilege of the Company or its affiliates. Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for any disclosure of Confidential Information (including trade secrets) that is made: # in confidence to a federal, state or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or # in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose Confidential Information (including trade secrets) to Executive’s attorney and use the Confidential Information (including trade secrets) in the court proceeding if Executive # files any document containing the Confidential Information under seal and # does not disclose the Confidential Information, except pursuant to court order.

Under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, Participants 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, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and # solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; # is made to ​’s attorney in relation to a lawsuit for retaliation against such Participant for reporting a suspected violation of law; or # is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Nothing in this Plan shall # prevent any Participant from testifying truthfully as required by law, # prohibit or prevent any Participant from filing a charge with or participating, testifying, or assisting in any investigation, hearing, whistleblower proceeding, or other proceeding before any federal, state, or local government agency (e.g., EEOC, NLRB, SEC, etc.), or # prevent any Participant from disclosing confidential information in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law.

Employee agrees to refrain from making statements that are, directly or indirectly maliciously disparaging or defamatory about Employer Releasees, or Employer Releasees’ customers, suppliers, or vendors, including but not limited to communications on social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Glassdoor on blogs, by text or email or other electronic means. This provision does not prohibit Employee from making truthful statements about the terms or conditions of Employee’s employment, or from exercising Employee’s rights under the National Labor Relations Act, government whistleblower programs, or whistleblowing statutes or regulations.

Waiver of Rights Under Other Statutes. EMPLOYEE understands that this Agreement and General Release waives all claims and rights EMPLOYEE may have under certain federal, state and local statutory and regulatory laws, as each may be amended from time to time, including but not limited to, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (including the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act) (“ADEA”), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; the Equal Pay Act; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Americans with Disabilities Act; the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act; the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act; and all other statutes, regulations, common law, and other laws in any and all jurisdictions (including, but not limited to, Connecticut) that in any way relate to EMPLOYEE’s employment or the termination of her employment.

even if you have participated in possible violations of the federal securities laws, you are eligible to participate in the confidentiality and retaliation protections afforded under the terms of the SEC’s Whistleblower Program, and you may also be eligible to receive an award under the SEC’s Whistleblower Program.

Nothing in this Agreement prohibits you from reporting possible violations of law to a governmental agency or self-regulatory organization, cooperating with such agency, or taking other actions protected under federal or state whistleblower law (including receiving a whistleblower award), in each case without prior notice to or authorization from the Company Group.

Seller agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer and its Affiliates from and against any and all losses which Buyer and its Affiliates may incur in connection with any action or claim of violation brought against Buyer or its Affiliates under the WARN Act relating to events that occurred prior to or on the Closing Date in relation to the Prospective Employees.

references to agreements or instruments, or to statutes or regulations, are to such agreements or instruments, or statutes or regulations, as amended from time to time (or to successor statutes and regulations); and