At all times, both during my employment and after its termination, I will keep and hold all such Proprietary Information in strict confidence and trust. I will not use or disclose any Proprietary Information without the prior written consent of the Company, except as may be necessary to perform my duties as an employee of the Company for the benefit of the Company. Upon termination of my employment with the Company, I will promptly deliver to the Company all documents and materials of any nature pertaining to my work with the Company. I will not take with me or retain any documents or materials or copies thereof containing any Proprietary Information. Notwithstanding this provision, I acknowledge that nothing in this Agreement prohibits or restricts me from initiating communications directly with, responding to any inquiry from, or providing information to or testimony before, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ"), or other governmental agency or self-regulatory organization in accordance with applicable law, about actual or potential violations of laws or regulations. I further acknowledge that the Company has advised me that I will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for: (a) the disclosure of a trade secret in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, (b) the disclosure of a trade secret in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, provided that the trade secret is filed under seal, or (c) the disclosure of a trade secret to an attorney or the use of a trade secret in a court proceeding in connection with a lawsuit alleging retaliation for reporting a suspected violation of law, provided that the trade secret is filed under seal and not disclosed except pursuant to court order.