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(a) all Confidential Information shall remain and be the sole and exclusive property of Bergdorf;
(b) he will protect and safeguard all Confidential Information;
(c) he will hold all Confidential Information in strictest confidence and not, directly or indirectly, disclose or divulge any
Confidential Information to any person other than an officer, director, or employee of Bergdorf or NMG to the extent necessary for the
proper performance of his responsibilities unless authorized to do so by Bergdorf or compelled to do so by law or valid legal process;
(d) if he believes he is compelled by law or valid legal process to disclose or divulge any Confidential Information, he will
notify Bergdorf in writing sufficiently in advance of any such disclosure to allow Bergdorf. the opportunity to defend, limit, or
otherwise protect its interests against such disclosure;
(e) at the end of his employment with Bergdorf for any reason or at the request of Bergdorf at any time, he will return to
Bergdorf all Confidential Information and all copies thereof, in whatever tangible form or medium including electronic; and
(f) absent the promises and representations of Executive in this paragraph and paragraph 3 below, Bergdorf would require
him immediately to return any tangible Confidential Information in his possession, would not provide Executive with new and
additional Confidential Information, would not authorize Executive to engage in activities that will create new and additional
Confidential Information and would not enter into this Agreement, and NMG would not have entered into the Incentive Agreements.
3. In consideration of Bergdorf's promises to provide Executive with new and additional Confidential Information and to authorize
him to engage in activities that will create new and additional Confidential Information upon execution and delivery of this
Agreement, and the other promises and undertakings of Bergdorf in this Agreement and NMG in the Incentive Agreements, Executive
agrees that, while he is employed by Bergdorf and for a period of eighteen months following the end of that employment for any
reason, he shall not engage in any of the following activities (the "Restricted Activities"):