definiens: shall mean the two ( 2 ) year period beginning on January 1, 2015 and ending on December 31, 2016with an option to extend for an additional year ( solely at [COMPANY] 's discretion ) shall include, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, any information of thedisclosing party or its Affiliates, without regard to form, including, but not limited to, technical or non - technical data, formulae, patterns, compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques, drawings, processes, financial data, financial plans, product plans, or lists of actual or potential customers or supplierswhich is generally not known by or available to the public and which information : ( i ) derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper meansby, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and ( ii ) is the subject of effortsby the disclosing party that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy