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participating
in
an
agency
proceeding.
This
document
also
does
not
prevent
me
from
providing
an
agency
with
information, including this document,
unless such information is
legally
protected from disclosure to
third parties.
I
do not need prior company authorization to take these actions, nor must
I notify
the company I have done so.
Also, as
provided
in
18 U.S.C.
1833(b), I cannot
be
held
criminally or civilly
liable under any
federal or
state
trade
secret law
for
making a trade secret
disclosure: (A) in
confidence to
a
federal, state, or
local government official, either
directly
or
indirectly,
or to
an
attorney,
solely for
the purpose
of
reporting
or investigating
a suspected
violation of
law; or (B) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such
filing
is made under seal.
General
Mills
Confidential
Information
means
any
non-public
information
I
create,
receive,
use
or
observe
in
the
performance
of
my
job
at
General
Mills,
including
trade
secrets.
Examples
of
Confidential
Information
include
marketing,
merchandising,
business
plans,
business
methods,
pricing,
purchasing,
licensing,
contracts,
employee,
supplier
or
customer
information,
customer,
vendor
or
partner
client
or
contact
lists,
financial
data,
technological
developments, manufacturing processes
and specifications,
product
formulas, ingredient specifications,
software code,
and all other proprietary information which is not publicly available to others.
Prior to leaving the Company, I agree to return all materials in my possession containing Confidential Information, as
well
as
all
other
documents
and
other
tangible
items
provided
to
me
by
General
Mills,
or
developed
by
me
in
connection with my employment with the Company.
b.
I agree to promptly
tell General Mills about any ideas, concepts, improvements,
designs, inventions, discoveries, and
creative works (collectively,
“Work
Product”)
which I conceive or create during my
employment with General Mills
which relate to General Mills’ businesses.
I further agree to immediately,
automatically and irrevocably
assign,
and hereby do assign, to
General Mills any and
all intellectual property rights in and
to such Work Product, and all such
intellectual
property rights shall be solely
and
exclusively owned by
General
Mills.
“Intellectual property rights” means
patent
rights, copyrights, trade secret
rights,
trade dress rights, trademark rights and all comparable rights throughout
the
world.
During my employment
with General
Mills
and anytime
thereafter, I
will take
all
necessary steps, at
General Mills’
request and expense, but without further compensation to me, to execute any instruments necessary to enable General
Mills or General Mills’ nominee to register intellectual property rights
throughout
the world.
After I
leave
General Mills, I
agree to help
General
Mills
in every way
possible in any
government or
legal
proceedings
pertaining to any General Mills intellectual property rights.
c.
[
This
Section 7.c. does not apply to
California, Colorado, Minnesota, and Washington -based
employees.
] I agree that
for one year
after I
leave
the Company,
including retiring from
the
Company,
I will not work
on any product,
brand
category, process,
or service: (A) on which I worked,
or
about which I had access to Confidential
Information, in the
year immediately preceding my termination (including retirement) from General Mills, and (B) which
competes
with
General Mills products, brand categories, processes, or related
services.
d.
I agree that for
one year after I leave General Mills, including
retiring from the Company,
I will refrain from directly
or indirectly soliciting
Company employees
for
the purpose of
hiring them or
inducing them
to
leave their employment
with the Company.
e.
I
agree
that after
I leave
General
Mills,
including retiring
from
the
Company,
I will
indefinitely
refrain
from using
Company client or contact lists, and for two years I will
refrain from soliciting the Company’s
customers.
A breach of
the
obligations set forth in
this paragraph may result
in the rescission
of
the Award,
termination and forfeiture
of
any
unvested
Units,
and/or
required
payment
to
the
Company
of
all
or
a
portion
of
any
monetary
gains
acquired
by
the
Participant as a result of the Award, unless the
Award
vested and was settled more than four (4) years prior to the breach.
The
foregoing remedies are in addition to, and not in lieu of injunctive relief and/or any other legal or equitable remedies available
under applicable law.
8.
Nature of
Grant.
In accepting the Performance Stock Units, the Participant acknowledges
and agrees that: