The Company has provided Ricketts with access to, and has confided in him, information, business methods and systems, techniques and methods of operation developed at great expense by the Company and which are assets of the Company. Ricketts recognizes and acknowledges that: (i) all Confidential Information (defined below) is the property of the Company and is unique, extremely valuable and developed and acquired by great expenditures of time, effort and cost; (ii) the misuse, misappropriation or unauthorized disclosure by Ricketts of the Confidential Information would constitute a breach of trust and would cause serious irreparable injury to the Company; and (iii) it is essential to the protection of the Company’s goodwill and to the maintenance of the Company’s competitive position that the Confidential Information be kept secret and that Ricketts not disclose the Confidential Information to others or use same to his own advantage or to the advantage of others. Accordingly, Ricketts shall not, directly or indirectly, in any manner, utilize or disclose to any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity, or use on his own behalf, any confidential and proprietary information of the Company, including, but not limited to, information relating to its business methods, strategies, policies, procedures, techniques, research, historical or projected financial information, budgets, trade secrets, sales, costs, client lists, client preferences, client identities, marketing materials, investment strategies, systems, computer programs, or the business affairs and financial condition of the Company, or any of its clients, (collectively “Confidential Information”), except for (i) such disclosures where required by law, but only after written notice to the Company detailing the circumstances and legal requirement for the disclosure; or (ii) such disclosures where such information was at the time of disclosure to Ricketts or thereafter became public acknowledge through no fault or omission of Ricketts.