premise: 1. For purposes of this Agreement, company confidential and/or proprietary information, hereinafter called Proprietary Information, shall be construed to mean any information, whether disclosed in writing, orally or otherwise, that the disclosing party considers to be material to its business operations (and for CAE, as applicable, the business operations of its direct and indirect subsidiaries and affiliated companies/entities (the “CAE Group”), including, without limitation, any commercial, financial, technical, and/or marketing information, business and/or strategic plans, wage and salary information, trade secrets, data, concepts, computer programs, software, designs, product specifications, drawings, processes, know-how, inventions and ideas, and any information relating to its customers, suppliers, employees or contractors. 