premise: In it's business, COMPANY has certain valuable technical and non-technical information, processes, samples, sources and supplies, including but not limited to certain training, literature, information, promotional plans and direction used in connection with COMPANY'S products which are VITAL to its business and success ("CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL") and, to guard the legitimate interests of the COMPANY, it is necessary for the COMPANY to protect the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL by holding it confidential as TRADE SECRETS. After execution thereof, the COMPANY will disclose to RECIPIENT certain of the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL and RECIPIENT, through his/her activities and by virtue of this relationship with the COMPANY, will become acquainted with certain CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL. RECIPIENT agrees as follows: 1. RECIPIENT may view, have access to, and through verbal explanations learn of CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, samples, and other information, financial information, marketing information, data, special testing and training procedures and processes, specifications either owned by the COMPANY or used in the course of its business (collectively called "CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL"). 