3.3 Employee’s Obligations. During the period of employment by NIKE and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, except as otherwise provided in paragraph 3.4, below, Employee shall hold in confidence and protect all Protected Information and shall not, at any time, directly or indirectly, use any
Protected Information for any purpose outside the scope of Employee’s employment with NIKE or disclose any Protected Information to any third person or organization without the prior written consent of NIKE. Specifically, but not by way of limitation, Employee shall not ever copy, transmit, reproduce, summarize, quote, publish or make any commercial or other use whatsoever of any Protected Information without the prior written consent of NIKE, except as otherwise provided in paragraph 3.4, below. Employee shall also take reasonable security precautions and such other actions as may be necessary to ensure that there is no use or disclosure, intentional or inadvertent, of Protected Information in violation of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Employee shall be permitted to disclosed Protected Information to the extent Employee is compelled pursuant to an order of a court or other body having jurisdiction over such matter to do so (in which case, to the extent legally permitted and subject to paragraph 3.4 below, NIKE shall be given prompt written notice of such intention to divulge not less than five days prior to such disclosure or such shorter period as the circumstances may reasonably require), or such information, knowledge or data is or becomes public knowledge or is or becomes generally known within the NIKE’s industry other than through improper disclosure by Employee.
3.4 Whistleblower Protections. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement is intended to, and paragraph 3.3 of this Agreement will not, (i) preclude Employee from disclosing or discussing information lawfully acquired about wages, hours or other terms and conditions of employment if used for purposes protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act such as joining or forming a union, engaging in collective bargaining or engaging in other concerted activity for the mutual aid or protection of employees or (ii) limit Employee’s rights under applicable law to initiate communications directly with, provide information to, respond to any inquiries from, or report possible violations of law or regulation to any governmental entity or self-regulatory authority, or to file a charge with or participate in an investigation conducted by any governmental entity or self-regulatory authority, and Employee does not need the Company’s permission to do so. In addition, it is understood that nothing in this Agreement shall require Employee to notify the Company of a request for information from any governmental entity or self-regulatory authority or of Employee’s decision to file a charge with or participate in an investigation conducted by any governmental entity or self-regulatory authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee recognizes that, in connection with the provision of information to any governmental entity or self-regulatory authority, Employee must inform such governmental entity or self-regulatory authority that the information Employee is providing is confidential. Despite the foregoing, Employee is not permitted to reveal to any third party, including any governmental entity or self-regulatory authority, information Employee came to learn during Employee’s service to the Company that is protected from disclosure by any applicable privilege, including but not limited to the attorney-client privilege or attorney work product doctrine. The Company does not waive any applicable privileges or the right to continue to protect its privileged attorney-client information, attorney work product, and other privileged information.