Company’s Confidential Information. During the course of performing Executive’s duties as a Company employee, Executive was exposed to and acquired Company’s Confidential Information. As used herein, “Confidential Information” refers to any and all information of a confidential, proprietary, or trade secret nature that is maintained in confidence by Company for the protection of its business. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, Company’s information about or related to # any current or planned products, # research and development or investigations related to prospective products, # proprietary software and systems, # suppliers or customers, # cost information, profits, sales information, and accounting and unpublished financial information, # business and marketing plans and methods, and # any other information not generally known to the public that, if misused or disclosed to a competitor, could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Company.