By participating in the Plan (or by receiving or accepting any benefit under the Plan), each Covered Executive agrees that, during his or her employment with the Company or any of its affiliated companies or at any time thereafter, (i) the Covered Executive shall not use for any purpose other than the duly authorized business of the Company, or disclose to any third party, any information relating to the Company or any of its affiliated companies which is proprietary to the Company or any of its affiliated companies (“Confidential Information”), including any trade secret or any written (including in any electronic form) or oral communication incorporating Confidential Information in any way (except as may be required by law or in the performance of the Covered Executive's duties for the Company or any of its affiliated companies consistent with the Company’s policies); and (ii) the Covered Executive will comply with any and all confidentiality obligations of the Company to a third party, whether arising under a written agreement or otherwise. Information shall not be deemed Confidential Information which (x) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Covered Executive or at his or her direction or by any other person who directly or indirectly receives such information from the Covered Executive, or (y) is or becomes available to the Covered Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source which is entitled to disclose it to the Covered Executive. A Covered Executive's obligations under this Section 6.1 are in addition to, and not in limitation of or preemption of, all other obligations of confidentiality which the Covered Executive may have to the Company or its affiliated companies under general legal or equitable principles, and federal, state or local law.