premise: (a) As used in this Agreement, the "Confidential Information" of the Disclosing Party shall mean all information concerning or related to the business, operations, financial condition or prospects of the Disclosing Party or any of their respective Affiliates, regardless of the form in which such information appears and whether or not such information has been reduced to a tangible form, and shall specifically include  (1) all information regarding the officers, directors, employees, equity holders, customers, suppliers, distributors, insurers, reinsurers, brokers, independent contractors, sales representatives and licensees of the Disclosing Party and their respective Affiliates, in each case whether present or prospective,  (2) all inventions, discoveries, trade secrets, processes, techniques, methods, formulae, ideas and know-how of the Disclosing Party and their respective Affiliates,  (3) all financial statements, audit reports, budgets and business plans or forecasts of the Disclosing Party and their respective Affiliates and 