With regard to the benefits described in Paragraph 6.3.5(b)(iii), following the end of the COBRA continuation period, if such benefits are provided under a health plan that is subject to Section 105(h) of the Code, benefits payable under such health plan shall comply with the requirements of Treasury regulation section1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) and, if necessary, the Company shall amend such health plan to comply therewith.
7. | Acknowledgements; Confidential Information; Competitive Activities;Non-Solicitation. |
7.1 The Executive acknowledges and agrees as follows:
7.1.1 The Company is in the business of providing information management solutions to the financial industry-servicing clients in the United States, and throughout the world.
7.1.2 Since the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively and individually referred to in this Section 7 as the “Fiserv Group Companies”) would suffer irreparable harm if the Executive left the Company’s employ and solicited the business and/or employees of the Fiserv Group Companies, or otherwise interfered with business relationships of the Fiserv Group Companies, it is reasonable to protect the Fiserv Group Companies against such activities by the Executive for a limited period of time after the Executive leaves the Company.
7.1.3 The covenants contained in Paragraphs 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 below are reasonably necessary for the protection of the Fiserv Group Companies and are reasonably limited with respect to the activities they prohibit, their duration, their geographical scope, and their effect on the Executive and the public. The purpose and effect of the covenants simply are to protect the Fiserv Group Companies for a limited period of time from unfair competition by the Executive.
7.2 For the purposes of this Agreement, all confidential or proprietary information concerning the business and affairs of the Fiserv Group Companies, including, without limitation, all trade secrets,know-how and other information generally retained on a confidential basis by the Fiserv Group Companies concerning their designs, products, methods,know-how, techniques, systems, engineering data, software codes and specifications, formulae, processes, inventions and discoveries, business strategies, sales, marketing and business plans, acquisition prospects and targets, capital expenditure forecasts or plans, investor initiatives, incentive plans, targets or MBOs, business assessments or evaluations, HR assessments or plans, litigation strategies, approaches or theories and settlement plans with regard thereto, organization plans, tax strategies, financial models, public financial disclosure discussions, concerns, approaches or related issues, international market assessments and strategies, pricing, product plans and the identities of, and the nature of the Fiserv Group Companies’ dealings with, their suppliers and customers, whether or not such information shall, in whole or in part, be subject to or capable of being protected by patent, copyright or trademark laws, shall constitute “Confidential Information.” The Executive acknowledges that he has had and will from time to time have access to and has obtained and will in the future obtain knowledge of certain Confidential Information, and that improper use or revelation thereof by the Executive, during or after the termination of his employment by the Company, could cause serious injury to the business of the Fiserv Group Companies. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that, unless otherwise required by law, he will
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