premise: For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" shall include, without limitation, any information or other data relating to the Disclosing Party or any of its Affiliates, which is disclosed to the Receiving Party, whether prior to the conclusion of this Agreement, in terms of this Agreement or otherwise in connection with this Agreement or the Transaction (including but not limited to the Transaction itself and any negotiations in relation to the Transaction), including this Agreement, its contents and the negotiations leading up to the conclusion of this Agreement - 2.3.1 in whatever format whether written, oral or graphic, recorded or not (and if recorded, whether recorded in writing, on any electronic medium or otherwise howsoever) which is intended or by its nature could reasonably be expected to be confidential, which is disclosed or communicated to the Receiving Party by the Disclosing Party, its Affiliates or any of their respective employees, representatives, officers, directors and advisers, or which otherwise comes to the knowledge of the Receiving Party, by whatever means, before or after the date on which this Agreement is signed by the last Party signing it ("Signature Date"); and 2.3.2 which includes, without derogating from the aforegoing, all financial information, marketing information, products, product information, drawings, plans and specifications, operational and risk methodologies, production and operating procedures, computer data, programs and source codes, pricing, price lists and purchasing policies, information relating to costs, sources of materials, business relationships, services, customers and customer lists (whether actual or potential); technical information, techniques, know-how, trade secrets, operating methods and procedures, electronic and manual systems; all intellectual property; contractual arrangements; training schemes and programs; information relating to the Disclosing Party's strategic objectives and planning for both its existing and future business needs; the contractual business and financial arrangements between the Disclosing Party and other third Parties with whom they have business arrangements of whatever nature; all information specifically related to the business of the Disclosing Party which is not readily available to a competitor of the Disclosing Party in the ordinary course of business; the existence and contents of any process related documentation and all information or data relating thereto disclosed to the Receiving Party by the Disclosing Party, its Affiliates or any of their respective employees, representatives, officers, directors and advisers.