Confidential Information. The term “Confidential Information” means any documentation, data, or information which is valuable to ​ and not generally known to the public, including but not limited to any and all knowledge, data or information related to Company’s business or its actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, including without limitation # trade secrets, mask works, ideas, processes, formulas, source and object codes, data, programs, other works of authorship, know-how, improvements, discoveries, developments, designs and techniques; # information regarding plans for research, development, new products and services, marketing and selling, business plans, budgets and unpublished financial statements, licenses, prices and costs, suppliers and customers; # information regarding the skills and compensation of other employees, contractors, and any other service providers of Company; and # the existence of any business discussions, negotiations, or agreements between Company and any third party.

The term “Confidential Information” means any and all confidential and/or proprietary knowledge, data or information of the Company. By way of illustration, but not limitation, “ Confidential Information” includes # trade secrets, inventions, mask works, ideas, processes, formulas, source and object codes, data, programs, marketing innovations (including brand names, taglines and logos), other works of authorship, know-how, improvements, discoveries, developments, designs and techniques (collectively referred to as “Inventions”); # client lists and information, including the terms of contracts and arrangements with and proposals to Company’s clients and prospective clients (collectively “Clients”); # terms of agreements with franchisees and developmental licensees; # customer lists, personal data, financial data and other information obtained from customers of the Company and Company’s affiliates, franchisees and developmental licensees (“​ System Parties”); # non-public pricing information, vendor prices and lists, buying and pricing strategies and merchandise plans, including the terms of contracts and arrangements with vendors, service providers or suppliers to the ​ System Parties; # promotional, marketing and advertising strategies and plans, including information about projects in development and the terms of contracts and arrangements relating to promotions, marketing and advertising (including arrangements with athletes and other third parties); # non-public financial and statistical information relating to the Company, its business, the businesses of its Clients and the businesses of the ​ System Parties, including budgets, financial and business forecasts, expansion plans and business strategies; # information regarding the skills, performance and compensation of other employees, contractors and consultants of the Company; and # any information received from third parties for which the Company may owe a duty to maintain confidential or use solely for limited purposes.

“Confidential Information” means confidential, proprietary or trade secret information, whether or not marked or otherwise designated as confidential, whether in document, electronic or other form, and includes, but is not limited to, information that is not publicly known regarding finances, business and marketing plans, proposals, projections, forecasts, existing and prospective customers, vendor identities, employees and compensation, drawings, manuals, inventions, patent applications, process and fabrication information, research plans and results, computer programs, databases, software flow charts, specifications, technical data, scientific and technical information, test results and market studies.

Confidential Information: As used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” means information in whatever form, pertaining to the business of the Company that is not generally known outside of the Company, or that is known outside of the Company through improper means. Without limiting the foregoing definition, Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to: # technical information, formulas, teaching and development techniques, methodologies, processes, trade secrets, computer programs, electronic codes, designs, product development information, inventions, improvements, and research projects; # information about finances, costs, profits, markets, proposals, sales, and lists of customers or clients; # business, marketing, and strategic plans; and # employee personnel files and compensation information.

“Confidential Information” means any information concerning the business and affairs of the Company that is not generally available to the public, including know-how, trade secrets, customer lists, details of customer or consultant contracts, pricing policies, operational methods and marketing plans or strategies, and any information disclosed to the Company by third parties to the extent that the Company has an obligation of confidentiality in connection therewith.

Definition of Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” means any information, technical data, or know-how, including, but not limited to, that which relates to research, acquisitions, product plans, products, services, customers, consultants, markets, processes, designs, drawings, marketing or finances of the Company. The term “Confidential Information” includes trade secrets and to any and all information of any nature or kind whatsoever which relates to all proprietary and financial information relating to the Company’s business; to any and all information concerning the Company’s customers; and to the content of any and all working papers, discussion papers, business plans, documents and products of any nature or kind which the Company has created, amended or enhanced. Confidential Information does not include information, technical data or know-how which # is in the possession of the Employee at the time of disclosure to him as shown by the Employee’s files and records immediately prior to the time of disclosure; # the Employee can prove, from contemporaneous written evidence, has been independently developed by him without access to, either directly or indirectly, the Company’s Confidential Information; # prior to or after the time of disclosure becomes part of the public knowledge or literature other than as a result of any improper inaction or action of the Employee; # is approved in writing by the Company for release; or # is required to be disclosed by applicable law or proper legal, governmental or other competent authority (provided that the Company shall be notified sufficiently in advance of such requirement so that it may seek a protective order (or equivalent) with respect to such disclosure, with which the Employee shall fully comply).

“Confidential Information” means confidential, secret or other non-public or proprietary information of or about the Company and its affiliates, their respective products, licensors, suppliers or customers and shall include, without limitation, information regarding: Inventions, methodologies, processes, tools, computer programs and documentation, manufacturing and application information, business strategies, financial information, forecasts, personnel information, customer lists or other customer information, trade secrets, new product developments, market information and advertising, business and marketing plans relating to the Company and its affiliates and any other non-public information, whether in writing or given to me orally, which I know or have reason to know the Company would like to treat as confidential for any purpose, such as maintaining a competitive advantage or avoiding undesirable publicity.

"Confidential Information" means the trade secrets and other information of Company, including but not limited to # the customer lists, customer contact information, customer purchase information, pricing information, strategic and marketing plans, compilations of customer information, names of employees, contracts with third parties, training, financial and marketing books, sales projections, internal employer databases, reports, manuals and information including information related to Company, its Affiliates or its customers, including those documents and items which any employee may develop or help develop while in the employ of the Company or any of its Affiliates, whether or not developed during regular working hours or on the premises of the Company or such Affiliate; # the identity, skills, personnel file information, performance appraisals and compensation of job applicants, employees, contractors, and consultants; # specialized training; # source code, scripts, user screens, reports or any other information pertaining to the internal information technology or network of the Company and/or its Affiliates, including the proprietary database system commonly referred to as the Office System; and # information related to inventions owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates or licensed from third parties; and unless the context requires otherwise, the term "Confidential Information" includes the original of such materials, any copies thereof, any notes derived from such materials, and any derivative work of such materials. The term "Confidential Information" does not include # information that was or becomes generally available publicly other than through disclosure by Executive, or # is required to be disclosed to any governmental agency or self-regulatory body or is otherwise required to be disclosed by law. Unless the context requires otherwise, the term "Confidential Information" shall include the original of such materials, any copies thereof, any notes derived from such materials, and any derivative work of such materials.

The term “Confidential Information” means any proprietary or business-sensitive information which is not generally known to the public and which, if released to unauthorized persons, would be detrimental to the reputation or business interests of the Company, its affiliates or parties with which it does business, or would permit such unauthorized persons to improperly benefit. Confidential Information includes but is not limited to: (i) financial information; (ii) customer information, including but not limited to customer/client names, telephone numbers, addresses, any compilations of past, existing or prospective customers, customer proposals or agreements, status of customer accounts or credit, customer needs or related information about actual or prospective customers; (iii) supply and service information; (iv) marketing information; (v) personnel information; (vi) business operations information; (vii) any formula, pattern, device or compilation of information which is used in the company’s business and which gives the Company an advantage over its competitors; and (viii) Trade Secrets as described above.

“Confidential Information” means all information regarding the Company, its activities, business or clients that is the subject of reasonable efforts by the Company to maintain its confidentiality and that is not generally disclosed by practice or authority to persons not employed by the Company, but that does not rise to the level of a Trade Secret. “Confidential Information” shall include, but is not limited to, financial plans and data concerning the Company; management planning information; business plans; operational methods; market studies; marketing plans or strategies; product development techniques or plans; lists of current or prospective customers; details of customer contracts; current and anticipated customer requirements; past, current and planned research and development; business acquisition plans; and new personnel acquisition plans. “Confidential Information” shall not include information that has become generally available to the public by the act of one who has the right to disclose such information without violating any right or privilege of the Company. This definition shall not limit any definition of “confidential information” or any equivalent term under state or federal law.