premise: 1.1 “Confidential Information” means; all technical, commercial, procurement requirements, purchasing, manufacturing, customer lists, investors, employees, business and contractual relationships, business forecasts, sales and merchandising, and marketing plans business or personnel information disclosed or otherwise made available in any format and/or physical manner by Grindrod SA or becoming available, before, during and/or after the execution of an interaction, duty or obligation including all information that makes itself known to the Vendor or comes into being as a result of the rendering, production and/or delivery of an agreement/understanding/request for quotation/contract or Purchase Order, or any other interaction. 