definiens: means any information th at is not generally known to the public and that is or has been used, developed or obtained by the Seller and its Affiliates to the extent it relates to the Business, the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities, includ ing : ( i ) products or services ; ( ii ) fees, costs and pricing structures ; ( iii ) designs and specifications ; ( iv ) analyses ; ( v ) drawings, photographs and reports ; ( v i ) computer software, including electronic mail, operating syst ems, applications and program listings ; ( vii ) flow charts, transaction summaries and models, manuals and docum entation ; ( viii ) databases ; ( ix ) financial reports, investment summaries, and accounting and business m ethods ; ( x ) ideas, formulas, compositions, inventio ns, devices, new developments, methods and processes, w hether patentable or unpatentable and whether or no t reduced to practice ; ( xi ) supplier, customers and c lients and supplier, customer, contact or client li sts and other marketing data or plans ; ( xii ) know - how ; ( xiii ) man ufacturing and production processes and techniques ; ( xiv ) research and development information ; ( xv ) fi les and records ; and ( xvi ) all similar and related information in whatever form, except that Confidential Informat ion will not include any information that has been published in a form generally available to the public, other than as a result of a disclosure by the parties her eto or their respective representatives