11.1 | | “Confidential Information” means any information that belongs to any GLG Entity, or any of their clients or suppliers, including, without limitation, Intellectual Property (as defined in clause 12), technical data, market data, trade secrets, research, business plans, product information, projects, services, client lists, client preferences, client transactions, supplier lists, supplier rates, hardware, technology, inventions, developments, processes, formulas, designs, marketing methods and strategies, pricing strategies, sales methods, financial information, transactional information, corporate and tax structures, revenue figures, account information, credit information, financing arrangements, information disclosed to the Employee by any GLG Entity in confidence directly or indirectly, information that the Employee ought reasonably to understand is confidential, and information in respect of which any GLG Entity is bound by an obligation of confidence to a third party, and whether in writing (including via email), orally, or by electronic records, drawings, pictures, or inspection of tangible property. |
11.2 | | The Employee acknowledges that, during the course of his employment with GLG and any other GLG Entity, the Employee has had and will continue to have access to Confidential Information. The Employee agrees, both during the Term and following its termination, that he will hold the Confidential Information in the strictest confidence, and that he will not use or attempt to use, or disclose or attempt to disclose, other than in the proper performance of the Employee’s duties, the Confidential Information except for the benefit of the GLG Entities. |
11.4 | | The preceding restrictions do not apply to any Confidential Information that (a) has entered into the public domain other than by a breach of this Agreement or other obligation of confidentiality of which the Employee is aware, or (b) solely to the extent and for the duration required, is required to be disclosed under a validly-issued court order and which disclosures the GLG Entities, following the Employee’s immediate notification to GLG and to GLG Partners, Inc.’s General Counsel of such requirement, are unable legally to prevent. |