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or a claim alleging a breach of a covenant of good faith and fair dealing; or any claim for back pay, front pay, severance
pay, bonus, salary, sick leave, stocks, attorneys’ fees, holiday pay, vacation pay, life insurance, workers’ compensation
benefits, health, disability or medical insurance, or any other employee or fringe benefit. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Paragraph 7 expressly does not include a release of any claims that cannot be released hereunder by
law.
8. Confidential Information and Trade Secrets.
(a) Executive acknowledges that through the Executive’s employment with Company the Executive was
a key employee who acquired and had access to Confidential Information of Company, its parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates or related entities. Executive agrees that the Company may prevent the use or
disclosure of its Confidential Information through use of an injunction or other means and
acknowledges that the Company (including its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and related entities)
has taken all reasonable steps necessary to protect the secrecy of the Confidential Information.
Executive further acknowledges that the Executive has not published, disclosed or used any of this
Confidential Information except in accordance with the Executive’s duties for Company. Executive
agrees that, for a period of three years after the Effective Date, the Executive will hold in confidence
all Confidential Information of Company, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates or related entities and
will not disclose, publish or make use of such Confidential Information. Executive further agrees to
return all documents, disks, or any other item or source containing Confidential Information, or any
other property of Company, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates or related entities, to Company on or
before the Effective Date. If Executive has any question regarding what data or information would
be considered by Company to be Confidential Information, Executive agrees to contact the Executive
Vice President, Human Resources for written clarification. "Confidential Information" shall include
any data or information, other than trade secrets, that is valuable to Company, its parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates or related entities and not generally known to competitors or outsiders, regardless of whether
the confidential information is in printed, written, or electronic form, retained in Executive’s memory,
or has been compiled or created by Executive. This includes, but is not limited to: operations, services,
information technology, computer systems, marketing, advertising, technical, financial, personnel,
staffing, payroll, information about employee compensation and performance, merchandising,
strategic planning, product, vendor, supplier, customer or store planning data, construction, data
security information or other information similar to the foregoing.