Executive understands and agrees that Executive’s employment creates a relationship of confidence and trust between Executive and the Company with respect to all Confidential Information.  At all times, both during Executive’s employment with the Company or its affiliates and after its termination, Executive will keep in confidence and trust all such Confidential Information, and will not use or disclose any such Confidential Information without the written consent of the Company, except as may be necessary in the ordinary course of performing Executive’s duties to the Company or its affiliates. Notwithstanding the above, (i) pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, Executive’s disclosure of a “trade secret” (as defined herein) (A) 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 (B) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal, and (ii) Executive’s disclosure of Confidential Information to any governmental agency or entity to report possible violations of federal law or regulation or Executive’s making of other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation will not constitute a violation of this Section 7.  For purpose of the above sentence trade secret shall be defined as all forms and types of information that the Company has taken reasonable measures to keep secret and where such information derives actual or potential independent economic value from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable through proper means by another person who can obtain economic value from the disclosure or use of the information.