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Great reading skills, anon. Quote clearly says "whereby it provided" (Internet Company-1)
Accordingly, it is a sensitive arrangement b/w EOP & that company.
Ergo, Tech Executive-1, as an employee of that company, abused the position and trust put into him by that sensitive agreement.
No signs that the agreement in and of itself was illegal, much less punichable by death.
The abuse of that contract/agreement might very well be, though.