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You
agree to keep secret all confidential matters of
the AT&T
Group and shall not disclose such matters
to anyone outside of the AT&T
Group, or to anyone inside the
AT&T
Group who does not have a need
to know or use such
information, and shall not use such
information for personal benefit or the benefit of
a third party except
with the written consent
of the Chief Operating
Officer or Chief Executive Officer of
AT&T,
provided that
(i) you
shall have
no such
obligation to
the extent
such matters
are or
become
publicly known other than
as a result of
your breach of your
obligations hereunder and (ii)
you may, after
giving prior notice to the
AT&T
Group to the extent practicable under
the circumstances, disclose such
matters to the
extent required by
applicable laws or
governmental regulations or
judicial or regulatory
process. For the
avoidance of doubt,
such confidential matters
include any oral
or written information
relating to AT&T
Group or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents and
joint venture partners.
In
addition, you
agree that
the terms
of this
Agreement shall
be deemed
confidential and
shall not
be
discussed or
disclosed by
you with
any person
other than
your spouse
(if applicable),
attorney, or
accountant, provided that such discussions or disclosures shall be conditioned
upon the agreement of the
person to whom the
terms are disclosed
to maintain the confidentiality of
such terms, or as provided
in
clauses (i) or
(ii) above. This
confidentiality covenant
is not
intended to,
and shall
be interpreted
in a
manner that
does not,
limit or
restrict you from
exercising any
legally protected
whistleblower rights
under any applicable law and receiving compensation therefore if provided by applicable law or rule.
Moreover, you
acknowledge and
agree that
you shall
not at
any time
denigrate, ridicule,
criticize or
disparage the AT&T
Group or any
of its respective
current or former
officers, directors, employees
or
joint venture partners
to any third
party (whether through
non-public communication with
any person,
social media or in any public communication to the media).
Non-compete Covenant. You
further acknowledge that the
business of WarnerMedia
and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries (collectively,
the “Warner
Media Group”) is
global in scope,
that its products
and
services are marketed throughout
the world, that the
Warner Media
Group competes in nearly
all of its
business activities with other entities that are or could be located in nearly any part
of the world and that
the nature of
your services, position
and expertise are such
that you are
capable of competing
with the
Warner Media Group from nearly any location in the world.
During your employment,
you agree that
you will not,
directly or indirectly,
without the prior
written
consent of the Chief Operating Officer or Chief
Executive Officer of AT&T:
(x) render any services to,
manage, operate, control
or act in
any capacity (whether
as a principal, partner, director, officer, member,
agent, employee, consultant, owner,
independent contractor or otherwise and
whether or not for
compensation) for,
any person
or entity
that is
a Competitive
Entity, or
(y) acquire,
on a
prospective
basis, any interest
of any type
in any Competitive
Entity, including without limitation as
an owner, holder
or beneficiary of any stock, stock options or other equity interest.
“Competitive Entity” means a
business (whether conducted through an
entity or by individuals including
employee in
self-employment) that
is engaged
in any
business that
competes, directly
or indirectly
through any
parent, subsidiary,
affiliate, joint
venture, partnership
or otherwise,
with (x)
any of
the
business activities carried on by the Warner
Media Group in any geographic location where the
Warner
Media Group conducts business (including without limitation a Competitive Activity as defined below),
(y) any business
activities being planned by
the Warner Media Group or in
the process of development at
the time of your termination
of employment (as evidenced by written
proposals, market research, RFPs
and similar
materials) or
(z) any
business activity
that the Warner
Media Group
has covenanted,
in
writing, not to compete with in connection with the disposition of such a business.