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EXHIBIT C
to the Executive Employment Agreement of Gregory Lang
PMC-SIERRA, INC.
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, INVENTION ASSIGNMENT
AND ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
As a condition of my employment with PMC-Sierra, Inc., its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors or assigns (together the "Company"), and in consideration of
my employment with the Company and my receipt of the compensation now and hereafter paid to me by Company, I agree to the following:
1. Confidential Information.
A. Company Information. I agree at all times during the term of my employment and thereafter, to hold in strictest confidence, and not to use, except for the
benefit of the Company, or to disclose to any person, firm or corporation without written authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, any
Confidential Information of the Company, except under a non-disclosure agreement duly authorized and executed by the Company. I understand that
"Confidential Information" means any non-public information that relates to the actual or anticipated business or research and development of the Company,
technical data, trade secrets or know-how, including, but not limited to, research, product plans or other information regarding Company's products or services
and markets therefor, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, customers of the Company on whom I called or with whom I became
acquainted during the term of my employment), software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering,
hardware configuration information, marketing, finances or other business information. I further understand that Confidential Information does not include
any of the foregoing items which have become publicly known and made generally available through no wrongful act of mine or of others who were under
confidentiality obligations as to the item or items involved or improvements or new versions thereof.
B. Former Employer Information. I agree that I will not, during my employment with the Company, improperly use or disclose any proprietary information or
trade secrets of any former or concurrent employer or other person or entity and that I will not bring onto the premises of the Company any unpublished
document or proprietary information belonging to any such employer, person or entity unless consented to in writing by such employer, person or entity.
C. Third Party Information. I recognize that the Company has received and in the future will receive from third parties their confidential or proprietary
information subject to a duty on the Company's part to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. I agree
to hold all such confidential or proprietary information in the strictest confidence and not to disclose it to any person, firm or corporation or to use it except as
necessary in carrying out my work for the Company consistent with the Company's agreement with such third party.
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