During your employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, you will have access to Confidential Information of the Company and its subsidiaries. For this purpose, “Confidential Information” shall include, without limitation, the identity of customers, personal customer data, strategic plans, sales data and sales strategy, methods, products, procedures, processes, techniques, financial information, vendor and supplier lists, pricing policies, and other confidential, business, competitive, and proprietary information concerning or related to the Company and/or its subsidiaries and their respective businesses, operations, financial conditions, results of operations, competitive positions and prospects (collectively “Confidential Information”). By your acceptance of this grant, you acknowledge your understanding that (i) such Confidential Information and the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to reserve such Confidential Information for their respective and exclusive knowledge and use is of great competitive importance and commercial value to the Company and its subsidiaries; (ii) the Company has taken and will continue to take actions to protect the Confidential Information; and (iii) the provisions of this Section are reasonable and necessary to prevent the improper use or disclosure of such Confidential Information. Accordingly, you agree that during the term of your employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries and, following the termination of such employment, until such time as the Confidential Information becomes generally available to the public through no fault of your own or other person under a duty of confidentiality to the Company thereof, you will not, except as required by law or legal process, in any capacity, use or disclose, or cause to be used or disclosed, any Confidential Information you acquired while employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Nothing in this Award Agreement, however, shall be construed to limit or negate the law of torts or trade secrets where it provides the Company with broader protection than that provided herein.