premise: (i) The Company assets being merged into PFG Acquisition pursuant to the Merger Agreement include confidential and proprietary information of Company and, in the course of his employment for PFT Acquisition, Principal may develop and obtain access to confidential and proprietary information of Phoenix Footwear and PFG Acquisition (collectively, the "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION"), which Confidential Information shall include, without limitation, all of the following materials and information of Company, Phoenix Footwear or PFG Acquisition (whether or not reduced to writing and whether or not patentable or protected by copyright): trade secrets, product specifications, proprietary software systems, sources of data, databases, know-how, formulae, inventions and ideas, designs, sketches, photographs, graphs, drawings, samples, selling and pricing information, procedures, research methodologies, customer lists, business and marketing plans, current and anticipated customer requirements, market studies, supplier lists, operational methods, product development plans and personnel plans. 