A.Definition of Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” means any information (including any and all combinations of individual items of information) that relates to the actual or anticipated business and/or products, research or development of the Company, its affiliates or subsidiaries, or to the Company’s, its affiliates’ or subsidiaries’ technical data, trade secrets, or know-how, including, but not limited to, research, product plans, or other information regarding the Company’s, its affiliates’ or subsidiaries’ products or services and markets therefor, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, customers of the Company on whom Advisor called or with whom Advisor became acquainted during the term of this Agreement), software, developments, inventions, discoveries, ideas, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration information, marketing, finances, and other business information disclosed by the Company, its affiliates or subsidiaries, either directly or indirectly, in writing, orally or by drawings or inspection of premises, parts, equipment, or other property of the Company, its affiliates or subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include any such information which Advisor can establish (i) was publicly known or made generally available prior to the time of disclosure to Advisor; (ii) becomes publicly known or made generally available after disclosure to Advisor through no wrongful action or inaction of Advisor; or (iii) is in the rightful possession of Advisor, without confidentiality obligations, at the time of disclosure as shown by Advisor’s then-contemporaneous written records; provided that any combination of individual items of information shall not be deemed to be within any of the foregoing exceptions merely because one or more of the individual items are within such exception, unless the combination as a whole is within such exception.
B.Nonuse and Nondisclosure. During and after the term of this Agreement, Advisor will hold in the strictest confidence, and take all reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized use or disclosure of Confidential Information, and Advisor will not (i) use the Confidential Information for any purpose whatsoever other than as necessary for the performance of the Services on behalf of the Company, or (ii) subject to Advisor’s right to engage in Protected Activity (as defined below) disclose the Confidential Information to any third party without the prior written consent of an authorized representative of the Company, except that Advisor may disclose Confidential Information to the extent compelled by applicable