than a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday on which federal offices are closed. As a condition to receipt of the severance benefits, if applicable, Employee agrees to provide written confirmation of such resignations to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as Executive shall have the right to designate a nominee to the Board of Directors under the terms of the Merger Agreement (defined below), in the event Executive is required to resign from the Board of Directors in accordance with this clause (vi) Executive shall continue to have the right to designate an independent third party (who may not be Executive or a member of his family) as a nominee to the Board of Directors subject to the approval of the Board of Directors not to be unreasonably withheld.
9.Non-Disclosure of the Company's Confidential Information.
The Company, in the course of performing its business activities, (a) acquires and develops trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information which is not generally known in the industry, and (b) acquires trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information of or about the Company's affiliates, customers, vendors, business partners, licensors, suppliers and other companies, persons or entities with which the Company maintains or has maintained a business relationship, (hereinafter collectively, "Company Business Relationships").
Executive recognizes that the knowledge and information received by him or to which he may have access concerning the following information of the Company and of the Company Business Relationships: corporate information, including, but not limited to, business plans and methods, trade secrets, products, services, financial affairs, formulae, technology, know-how, contracts, pricing lists, costs, policies, sales methods, financial information, profits, expenses, operations, operating methods and procedures, blueprints, drawings, processes, statistics, suppliers, marketing data, strategic information, sales and plans for future developments, methods, reports, plans, strategies and efforts, customers, customer lists, customer requirements and information, prospective customers, customer files, proposals and communications with customers and prospective customers, fees, information regarding meeting attendees, employee lists and information, financial and other record systems, records, applications, computers, computer programs, system documentation, hardware, software and information contained therein, marketing and expansion plans, technologies, development, projects, forms and other trade secrets, inventions designs, any facts concerning the systems, methods, procedures or plans developed or used by the Company or Company Business Relationships or other private, confidential or proprietary information of or about the Company or Company Business Relationships which is not already available to the public (collectively, "Confidential Information") are valuable, special and unique aspects of the business of the Company and the Company Business Relationships.
Executive agrees that he will not, during or after Executive’s relationship with the Company, (i) disclose, in whole or in part, any Confidential Information to any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever unless authorized in writing to do so by the Company, or (ii) use any Confidential Information for his own purpose or for the benefit of any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity other than the Company, in either case except in the proper performance of his duties as instructed by the Company. The restrictions set forth in this paragraph will not apply to Confidential Information which is then in the public domain (unless Executive is responsible, directly or indirectly, for such Confidential Information entering the public domain without the Company's consent)
10.Intellectual Property
All patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, trade secrets and other