Confidential and Proprietary Information means any information that is classified as confidential in the Firm’s Global Policy on Confidential Information or that may have intrinsic value to the Firm, the Firm’s clients or other parties with which the Firm has a relationship, or that may provide the Firm with a competitive advantage, including, without limitation, any trade secrets; inventions (whether or not patentable); formulas; flow charts; computer programs; access codes or other systems information; algorithms; technology and business processes; business, product or marketing plans; sales and other forecasts; financial information; client lists or other intellectual property; information relating to compensation and benefits; and public information that becomes proprietary as a result of the Firm’s compilation of that information for use in its business, provided that such Confidential and Proprietary Information does not include any information which is available for use by the general public or is generally available for use within the relevant business or industry other than as a result of your action. Confidential and Proprietary Information may be in any medium or form, including, without limitation, physical documents, computer files or discs, electronic communications, videotapes, audiotapes, and oral communications.

Confidential and Proprietary Information shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(d).

Confidential and Proprietary Information means any and all information not in the public domain, in any form, emanating from or relating to the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including, but not limited to, trade secrets, technical information, costs, designs, drawings, processes, systems, methods of operation and procedures, formulae, test data, know-how, improvements, price lists, financial data, code books, invoices and other financial statements, computer programs, discs and printouts, sketches, and plans (engineering, architectural or otherwise), customer list, telephone numbers, names, addresses, information about equipment and processes (including specifications and operating manuals), or any other complication of information written or unwritten that is used in the business of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate that gives the Company or any subsidiary of affiliate any opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors of the Company who do not know or use such information. Employee agrees and acknowledges that all Confidential and Proprietary Information, in any form, and all copies and extracts thereof, is and are shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company and, upon termination of his employment with the Company, Employee hereby agrees to return to the Company the originals and all copies of any Confidential and Proprietary Information provided to or acquired by Employee during the period of his employment. Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, Employee expressly agrees never to disclose to any person (except to other Company employees, and then only on a "need to know" bases) or entity any Confidential an Proprietary Information either during the term of this Agreement or at any time after termination of his employment, except with the express written authorization and consent of the Company.

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Such Confidential and Proprietary Information may or may not be designated as confidential or proprietary and may be oral, written or electronic media.
The Grantee agrees to keep confidential and not: (i) use or (ii) disclose to anyone any Confidential and Proprietary Information, except in the proper course of the Grantee’s duties to the Company Group, as required by law or as authorized by the Board of Directors.
The Grantee understands that such information is owned and shall continue to be owned solely by the Company, and hereby represents that the Grantee has not and will not disclose, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any Confidential and Proprietary Information.
The Grantee agrees to keep confidential and not: (i) use or (ii) disclose to anyone any Confidential and Proprietary Information, except in the proper course of the Grantee’s duties to the Company, as required by law or as authorized by the Board of Directors.
Confidential and Proprietary Information: The following provisions replace Section 5 of the Agreement in its entirety: 5.

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Confidential and Proprietary Information means all trade secrets and other confidential and/or proprietary information of the Administrator, Parent or their Affiliates, including information derived from reports, investigations, research, work in progress, codes, marketing and sales programs, financial projections, cost summaries, pricing formula, contract analyses, financial information, projections, confidential filings with any state or federal agency, and all other confidential concepts, methods of doing business, ideas, materials or information (other than the Group's patient records) prepared or performed for, by or on behalf of the parties hereto by its employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, or consultants. Confidential and Proprietary Information shall not include any information which: (i) was known to the parties hereto prior to its disclosure by the Administrator, Parent or their Affiliates; (ii) is or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of the Group or any of its employees; (iii) is disclosed pursuant to a statute, regulation or the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that the Group provides prior notice to Administrator, Parent or their Affiliates.

Confidential and Proprietary Information means information not generally known to the public and which is proprietary to Employer and relates to Employer’s existing or reasonably foreseeable business or operations, including but not limited to trade secrets, business plans, advertising or public relations strategies, financial information, budgets, personnel information, customer information and lists, and information pertaining to research, development, manufacturing, engineering, processing, product designs (whether or not patented or patentable), purchasing and licensing, and which may be embodied in reports or other writings or in blue prints or in other tangible forms such as equipment and models. Employee will refrain from any acts or omissions that would jeopardize the confidentiality or reduce the value of any Employer Confidential and Proprietary Information.

Confidential and Proprietary Information includes but is not limited to all Company and/or its subsidiaries’ trade secrets, business and strategic plans, financial details, computer programs, manuals, contracts, current and prospective client and supplier lists, and all other documentation, business knowledge, data, material, property and supplier lists, and developments owned, possessed or controlled by the Company and/or its subsidiaries, regardless of whether possessed or developed by the Grantee in the course of his/her employment. Such Confidential and Proprietary Information may or may not be designated as confidential or proprietary and may be oral, written or electronic media. The Grantee understands that such information is owned and shall continue to be owned solely by the Company, and hereby represents that he/she has not and will not disclose, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any Confidential and Proprietary Information. The Grantee acknowledges that he/she has complied and will continue to comply with this commitment, both as an employee and after the termination of his/her employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential and Proprietary Information does not include any information that: (1) is already in the public domain or becomes available to the public through no breach by the Grantee of this Agreement; (2) was lawfully in the Grantee’s possession prior to disclosure to the Grantee by the Company and/or its subsidiaries; (3) is lawfully disclosed to the Grantee by a third party (other than the Company, or any of its representatives, agents or employees) without any obligations of confidentiality attaching to such disclosure; or (4) is developed by the Grantee entirely on his/her own time without the Company’s (and/or its subsidiaries’) equipment, supplies or facilities and does not relate at the time of conception to the Company’s (and/or its subsidiaries’) business or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development. Information shall not be deemed to be in the public domain merely because any part of said information is embodied in general disclosures or because individual features, components, or combinations thereof are now or become known to the public or are in the public domain. Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation: The following provisions replace Paragraph 5 of the Agreement in its entirety: 5.

Confidential and Proprietary Information means all proprietary trade secrets and/or proprietary information and any idea in whatever form, tangible or intangible, pertaining in any manner to the Business of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, or to the Company’s clients, consultants, or business associates, unless the information is or becomes publicly known through lawful means (other than disclosure by Executive, unless such disclosure by Executive is made in good faith in the course of performing Executive’s duties under this Agreement, or with the express written consent of the Board of Directors).

Confidential and Proprietary Information shall include, but shall not be limited to, confidential or proprietary scientific or technical information, data, formulas and related concepts, business plans (both current and under development), client lists, promotion and marketing programs, trade secrets, or any other confidential or proprietary business information relating to development programs, costs, revenues, marketing, investments, sales activities, promotions, credit and financial data, manufacturing processes, financing methods, plans or the business and affairs of the Company or of any affiliate or client of the Company. The Executive expressly acknowledges the trade secret status of the Confidential and Proprietary Information and that the Confidential and Proprietary Information constitutes a protectable business interest of the Company. The Executive agrees: (i) not to use any such Confidential and Proprietary Information for himself or others; and (ii) not to take any Company material or reproductions (including but not limited to writings, correspondence, notes, drafts, records, invoices, technical and business policies, computer programs or disks) thereof from the Company’s offices at any time during his employment by the Company, except as required in the execution of the Executive’s duties to the Company. The Executive agrees to return immediately all Company material and reproductions (including but not limited, to writings, correspondence, notes, drafts, records, invoices, technical and business policies, computer programs or disks) thereof in his possession to the Company upon request and in any event immediately upon termination of employment.

Confidential and Proprietary Information shall include, but shall not be limited to, confidential or proprietary scientific or technical information, data, formulas and related concepts, business plans (both current and under development), client lists, promotion and marketing programs, trade secrets, or any other confidential or proprietary business information relating to development programs, costs, revenues, marketing, investments, sales activities, promotions, credit and financial data, manufacturing processes, financing methods, and any and all information relating to the operation of the Company’s business which the Company may from time to time designate as confidential or proprietary or that Executive reasonably knows should be, or has been, treated by the Company as confidential or proprietary. Executive expressly acknowledges that the Confidential and Proprietary Information constitutes a protectable business interest of the Company. Confidential and Proprietary Information encompasses all formats in which information is preserved, whether electronic, print, or any other form, including all originals, copies, notes, or other reproductions or replicas thereof. Executive agrees: (i) not to use any such Confidential and Proprietary Information for himself or others; and (ii) not to take any Company material or reproductions (including but not limited to writings, correspondence, notes, drafts, records, invoices, technical and business policies, computer programs or disks) thereof from the Company’s offices at any time during his employment by the Company, except in connection with the execution of Executive’s duties to the Company.

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