P. “Proprietary Information” means all information, whether or not in writing, concerning the Company’s business, technology, business relationships or financial affairs that the Company has not released to the general public. All tangible embodiments of Proprietary Information are and will be the exclusive property of the Company. By way of illustration, Proprietary Information may include information or material that has not been made generally available to the public, such as: (a) corporate information, including plans, strategies, methods, policies, resolutions, negotiations or litigation; (b) marketing information, including strategies, methods, customer or business partner identities or other information about customers, business partners, prospect identities or other information about prospects, or market analyses or projections; (c) financial information, including cost and performance data, debt arrangements, equity structure, investors and holdings, purchasing and sales data and price lists; (d) operational, technological, and scientific information, including plans, specifications, manuals, forms, templates, software, pre-clinical and clinical testing data and strategies, research and development strategies, designs, methods, procedures, formulae, data, reports, discoveries, inventions, improvements, concepts, ideas, and other developments, know-how and trade secrets; and (e) personnel information, including personnel lists, reporting or organizational structure, resumes, personnel data, performance evaluations and termination arrangements or documents. Proprietary Information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers, suppliers, business partners or other third parties.
Q. “Restrictive Covenants Agreement” shall mean, as applicable to each Covered Employee, the Employee Invention and Non-Disclosure Agreement and Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement, or the Employee Invention and Non-Disclosure Agreement and Non-Solicitation Agreement, between the Covered Employee and the Company, as either may be amended and/or renamed from time to time.
R. “Severance Benefits” shall mean (i) the benefits set forth in Section 7 if the Covered Termination occurs outside the Change in Control Period, or (ii) the benefits set forth in Section 8 if the Covered Termination occurs within the Change in Control Period. In no event shall a Covered Employee be eligible for the benefits set forth in both Section 7 and Section 8.
S. “Target Bonus” shall mean for any Covered Employee, such Covered Employee’s target annual incentive compensation as in effect immediately before a Covered Termination (or the target annual incentive compensation as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, if greater).
6. Eligibility Requirements. Receipt of any Severance Benefits under the Plan requires that the Covered Employee: (1) comply with the provisions of any applicable confidentiality, noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and other continuing obligations to the Company, including without limitation, the terms of the Restrictive Covenants Agreement; and (2) execute and deliver a waiver and release agreement in a form provided by the Company under which the Covered Employee releases and discharges the Company and related persons and entities from and on account of any and all claims including without limitation any claims
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