Information which, on the advice of Executives legal counsel, such applicable law specifically requires Executive to disclose and, upon the Companys request, and at the Companys
expense, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances from the applicable court or agency that such Confidential Information will be afforded confidential treatment.
(iii) Upon termination of Executives employment with the Company, Executive shall promptly return to the Company any and
all documents or other tangible property of the Company Group, including, without limitation, such property containing, referring to or relating to Confidential Information, whether prepared by Executive or others.
(b) Certain Exclusions. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit
either party (or either partys attorney(s)) from (i) filing a charge with, reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to, participating in any investigation by, or cooperating with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S.
Department of Justice or any other securities regulatory agency, self-regulatory authority or federal, state or local regulatory authority (collectively, Government Agencies), or making other disclosures that are protected under
the whistleblower provisions of applicable law or regulation; (ii) exercising any rights Executive may have under Section 7 of the U.S. National Labor Relations Act, such as the right to engage in concerted activity, including collective
action or discussion concerning wages or working conditions; (iii) communicating directly with, cooperating with, or providing information (including trade secrets) in confidence to any Government Agencies for the purpose of reporting or
investigating a suspected violation of law, or from providing such information to such partys attorney(s) or in a sealed complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other governmental proceeding; and/or (iv) receiving an award for
information provided to any Government Agency. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, pursuant to 18 USC Section 1833(b), Executive shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for
the disclosure of a trade secret that: (i) is made (A) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney and (B) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a
suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Further, if Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a
suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of Executive and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if Executive (x) files any document containing the trade secret under seal and
(y) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Further, nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall preclude either party hereto from providing truthful testimony in response to a valid subpoena, court order,
regulatory request or other judicial, administrative or legal process or otherwise as required by law. If Executive is required to provide testimony, then unless otherwise directed or requested by a Government Agency or law enforcement, Executive
shall notify the Company as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving any such request of the anticipated testimony.
(c)
Disclosure of Works and Inventions/Assignment of Patents.
(i) Executive shall maintain such records of
Executives work as the Company or any other Company Group member may direct from time to time. Executive shall promptly disclose to the Company or other applicable Company Group member, in writing, any and all copyrightable works, including
software, and any and all discoveries, inventions, technological innovations and improvements, whether patentable or not (whether it be a machine, process, apparatus, article, composition, design, software, writing or other thing) conceived or made
by Executive, solely or jointly, during the period of Executives employment with or service to the Company (including prior to the Effective Date), whether or not authorized, conceived or
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