The Executive acknowledges that the Executive has received access to Confidential Information (as defined below) about the Company or its affiliates, that this Confidential Information was obtained or developed by the Company or its affiliates at great expense and is zealously guarded by the Company and its affiliates from unauthorized disclosure, and that the Executive’s possession of this special knowledge is due solely to the Executive’s employment with the Company. In recognition of the foregoing, the Executive will not, at any time during or following Termination of employment for any reason, disclose, use, or otherwise make available to any third party, any information relating to the Company’s or affiliates’ business, products, services, customers, vendors, or suppliers; trade secrets, data, specifications, developments, inventions and research activity; marketing and sales strategies, information and techniques; long and short term plans; existing and prospective client, vendor, supplier, and employee lists, contacts, and information; financial, personnel, and information system information and applications; and any other information concerning the business of the Company or its affiliates which is not disclosed to the general public or known in the industry (the “Confidential Information”), except with the express written consent of the Company. All Confidential Information, including all copies, notes regarding, and replications of such Confidential Information will remain the sole property of the Company, as applicable, and must be returned to the Company immediately upon the ending of the Executive’s employment. This provision is in addition to, and not in lieu of, similar provisions in any other agreement(s) between the Executive and the Company.