premise: A. “Confidential Information” as used herein any and all confidential and/or proprietary information concerning the Originating Party’s business and such party’s trade secrets, proprietary data and business data, whether oral or written, tangible or intangible, which is disclosed to or learned by the Receiving Party in the course of the Discussions or otherwise while working with the Originating Party, and/or discovered, developed, conceived, originated, appreciably modified, or prepared in scope of Receiving Party’s relationship with the Originating Party, including but not limited to the following: 1. Business plans, acquisition plans, expansion plans, business development plans; 2. Financial information, personnel information, training information, management systems and recruitment strategies; 3. All commercial data relating to the business and products of Originating Party; 4. Identity and contact information regarding vendors and suppliers; 5. Specifications regarding  Originating Party’s products (including inventions, formulas, machinery and equipment, use of raw materials); 6. Pricing and marketing/business strategies; 7. Details regarding manufacturing processes and techniques; 8. Customer identities and customer contact information; 9. Customer credit information; 10. Information regarding customer preferences and particularized needs; 11. Product development strategies, expansion plans, and internal business plans, procedures, or methods of operation; and