During and following the Executive’s employment by the Company, the Executive shall hold in confidence and not directly or indirectly disclose or use or copy or make lists of any confidential information or proprietary data of the Company (including that of the Employer), except (i) to the extent authorized in writing by the Board of Directors of the Company, (ii) as required by law or any court or administrative agency, (iii) to an employee or director of the Company or a person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance by the Executive of duties as an executive of the Company, or (iv) as requested by any administrative or law enforcement agency. Confidential information shall not include any information known generally to the public or any information of a type not otherwise considered confidential by persons engaged in the same business or a business similar to that of the Company. All records, files, documents and materials, or copies thereof, relating to the business of the Company which the Executive shall prepare, or use, or come into contact with, shall be and remain the sole property of the Company and shall be promptly returned to the Company upon termination of employment with the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement or elsewhere shall prohibit the Executive from retaining, and using appropriately, copies of documents relevant to his personal rights and obligations.