The Company and you agree that neither party will disparage the other in any manner and will in all respects avoid any negative criticism of the other and, in your case, of Cott. The foregoing non-disparagement provision does not apply on occasions when you or the Company provide truthful information in good faith to any federal, state, or local agency investigating an alleged violation of any employment-related or other law or otherwise gathering information pursuant to any official investigation, hearing, trial or proceeding. You and the Company shall also (i) be permitted to defend your/itself against any statement made by the other party that is intended or reasonably likely to disparage the other’s reputation if you or the Company, as applicable, have a reasonable good faith belief that your or its statements in such defense are not false statements, (ii) be permitted, while you are employed by the Company, to make any statement not otherwise false or misleading that you or the Company, as applicable, determine in good faith is reasonably necessary or appropriate to the discharge of your or its duties and responsibilities, and (iii) provide truthful testimony in any legal proceeding. The foregoing provision also does not prevent the Company and Cott from making internal statements or statements to outside attorneys, auditors, or other advisors, in each case for legitimate business reasons to individuals who the Company or Cott reasonably believes has a need to know the information contained in the statements. Lastly, this section shall not prevent you, during your employment, from discussing terms and conditions of your employment for mutual aid and protection and engaging in such other speech as may be protected by applicable law.