Agreement Not To Compete and Not To Solicit Sample Clauses

Agreement Not To Compete and Not To Solicit. (a) In exchange for the consideration provided by the Company in this Agreement, the Holder agrees that, during the Covenant Period, the Holder shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company: (i) become directly or indirectly engaged or involved, as an owner, principal, employee, officer, director, manager, independent contractor, consultant, representative, seller, distributor, agent, advisor, lender or in any other capacity, with or for any Competitor of the Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) participate in the research or development, manufacture, and/or any business, fabrication, marketing, sale or distribution of any products or services that are competitive with or similar to any products or services then being developed, manufactured, fabricated, marketed, sold or distributed by the Company or any Subsidiary; (iii) directly or indirectly, on behalf of the Holder or any other person or entity, offer, market, sell or distribute, or participate in offering, marketing, selling or distributing any products or services that are competitive with or similar to any products or services then offered , marketed, sold or distributed by the Company or any Subsidiary to any customer of the Company or any Subsidiary, or to the Holder’s knowledge, potential customer of the Company or any Subsidiary; (iv) directly or indirectly, on behalf of the Holder or any other person or entity, solicit, induce, recruit, hire, or encourage any employee, independent contractor, consultant, or sales representative of the Company or any Subsidiary to leave their employment; or (v) directly or indirectly, engage, or attempt to engage, on behalf of any Competitor of the Company or any Subsidiary, any customer, vendor, supplier, distributor, independent contractor, agent, or other business relationship of the Company or any Subsidiary, or engage in any other action that would reasonably be expected to terminate or negatively impact any such business relationship of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Holder’s direct or indirect ownership of less than 1% of the outstanding capital stock of a company whose capital stock is listed on a national securities exchange or regularly traded in an over-the-counter market, shall not be deemed to be a violation of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or of this Agreement to the contrary, any violation of this section by the Holder shall result in the immediate forfeiture and cancellation of the...
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Agreement Not To Compete and Not To Solicit a) In further consideration of the compensation to be paid to Employee hereunder, Executive acknowledges that during the course of his employment with the Company he has become familiar with the Company’s trade secrets and with other Confidential Information (as defined herein) concerning the Company and that his services have been and shall be of special, unique and extraordinary value to the Company, and therefore, Employee agrees that, during the period of his employment with the Company and for a period of eighteen (18) months thereafter (the “Noncompete Period”), he shall not, without the Company’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, join, control or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or be connected as a director, officer, employee, partner, consultant or otherwise with, any business or organization in the United States, Canada or Mexico that sells or markets golf equipment, apparel, accessories or services directly to consumers, whether through retail or direct marketing channels, including, but not limited to catalogs and the internet (a “Competitive Business”); provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit Employee from (i) being a passive owner of not more than 2% of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation which is publicly traded, so long as Executive has no active participation in the business of such corporation; or (ii) becoming involved with a business or organization for which activities comprising a Competitive Business do not represent more than $10 million in revenues or more than 10% of such business or organization’s total revenues. If, at the time of enforcement of this paragraph 5, a court shall hold that the duration, scope or area restrictions stated herein are unreasonable under circumstances then existing, the parties agree that the maximum duration, scope or area reasonable under such circumstances shall be substituted for the stated duration, scope or area and that the court shall be allowed to revise the restrictions contained herein to cover the maximum period, scope and area permitted by law. Employee acknowledges that the restrictions contained in this paragraph 5 are reasonable and that he has reviewed the provisions of this Agreement with his legal counsel b) During the period of Employee’s employment with the Company and for a period of two (2) years thereafter (the “Non-Solicit Period”), Employee shall not directly or indirectly through...
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Agreement Not To Compete and Not To Solicit. (a) Seller understands that Purchaser shall be entitled to protect and preserve the going concern value of the Business to the extent permitted by Applicable Law and that Purchaser would not have entered into this Agreement absent the provisions of this Section 6.10. (b) For a period of two (2) years after the Closing Date (the “Restricted Period”, Seller shall not, and shall cause each of its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly (i) solicit or recruit for employment, or employ any Transferred Employee or any other employee of Purchaser, (ii) cause, induce or encourage any current or prospective client, customer, supplier, or licensor of the Business (including any existing or former customer of the Business and any Person that becomes a client, customer supplier or licensor of the Business after the Closing) or any other Person who has a material business relationship with the Business, to terminate or modify any such actual or prospective relationship, or (iii) solicit or encourage any Transferred Employee or any other employee of Purchaser to leave the employ of the Employer, except (A) in the case of this clause (iii) for general solicitations of employment (including solicitations through employee search firms or similar agents) not specifically directed towards Transferred Employees and (B) in the case of clause (i) and this clause (iii), solicitations of such employees whose employment was terminated by Employer more than twelve (12) months prior to such solicitation. (c) Seller agrees that, except as provided below, during the Restricted Period, Seller shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in activities or businesses, or establish any new businesses that are in competition with the operation of the Business as presently conducted (a “Competing Business”), including, but not limited to, soliciting any customer or prospective customer of the Business if it could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the Business or Purchaser, or assisting any other person to do the same. (d) If any provision contained in this Section 6.10 shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Section 6.10, but this Section 6.10 shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. It is the intention of the parties that if any of the restrictions or covenants contained herein ...
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Agreement Not To Compete and Not To Solicit a. During the time of Promisor’s employment relationship with Company and for a period of two (2) years after the termination or expiration thereof (the “Non-Compete Period”), Promisor shall not, directly or indirectly (whether as a principal, agent, independent contractor, employee, partner, member, owner or in any other similar capacity), own, manage, operate, control, participate in, perform services for, or otherwise carry on, a business similar to or competitive with the Company Business anywhere in or outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Promisor shall not be prohibited from owning not more than 1% of the voting stock of any publicly traded entity. b. During the Non-Compete Period, Promisor shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, induce or influence (or seek to induce or influence) any person who is employed by, or acts as a consultant for, Company to terminate or alter his or her employment or consultant relationship with Company. c. Except as permitted by Company or as is otherwise necessary to carry out Promisor’s duties, during the Non-Compete Period, Promisor shall not, directly or indirectly, call on or solicit any person, firm, corporation, business or other entity who or which is, or had been within the prior two (2) years, a customer or potential customer, or supplier or potential supplier, of Company with respect to the Company Business or any business similar to or competitive with the Company Business as of the termination or expiration of Promisor’s employment relationship with Company, as the case may be.
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Agreement Not To Compete and Not To Solicit. In consideration of the Severance, the Lump Sum and of your receipt of Humana’s significant Confidential Information, as defined in Section D(2) below, you agree that up to and including December 31, 2018 (the “Restricted Period”) you, directly or indirectly, personally, or as an employee, officer, director, partner, member, owner, shareholder, investor or principal of, or consultant or independent contractor with, another person, shall not engage in any Prohibited Activity with or for a Competing Business (defined below) in the Restricted Territory. This restriction includes engaging in any preparatory activities respecting the commencement of any Competing Business, including the discussion, either publicly or privately of Humana’s development, invention, or creation of, product or service concepts, product or service designs, underwriting techniques, policy and application forms, marketing intelligence, inventions, technology, or other related information. In addition, during the Restricted Period, you must obtain the advance written approval of Humana prior to engaging in employment or other compensatory services (including services as an agent or independent contractor) for any Competing Business that does not involve Prohibited Activity. The provisions of this Section C(3) are in addition to any other non-competition obligations that you may have. Humana agrees that your current service on the Board of Directors of LifeCare Holdings, LLC does not breach this provision or the provisions of the Stock Agreements entitled Agreement Not to Compete. Should you become employed with LifeCare Holdings, LLC in the future, Humana also agrees that such employment does not breach this provision or the provisions of the Stock Agreements entitled Agreement Not to Compete. The Non-Solicitation provisions of this Agreement and the Stock Agreements shall remain in full force and effect. Your passive ownership of less than five percent (5%) of the securities of a publicly traded company shall not be treated as an action in violation of the restrictions set forth herein above.
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Agreement Not To Compete and Not To Solicit. Significant Shareholder understands and acknowledges that Parent is entitled to protect and preserve the going concern value of the Company’s Business to the extent permitted by Law and that Parent would not have entered into the Merger Agreement absent the provisions of this Agreement. Accordingly, Significant Shareholder agrees that: (i) during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the 24-month anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Restricted Period”), Significant Shareholder (A) shall not engage in any activity or business, establish any new business or invest in any existing business that is in competition with the Company’s Business, within any geographic location in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary conducted business or sold products or services on or before the Closing Date, and (B) shall not Cause any of its controlled Affiliates to engage in any activity or business, establish any new business or invest in any existing business that is in competition with the Company’s Business, within any geographic location in which the
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  • Agreement Not to Compete (a) None of Trident and Athens NA or any member of their respective Groups, on the one hand, and Fountain or any member of the Fountain Group, on the other hand, shall, for a period of three (3) years following the Closing Date, establish or acquire any new businesses that involve the sale of products or the provision of services that (i) with respect to Trident or Athens NA or any member of their respective Groups, compete with the Fountain Business or (ii) with respect to Fountain or any member of the Fountain Group compete with the Trident Business or the Athens North American R/SB Business (“Competitive Activities”). (b) Notwithstanding Section 5.2(a), Trident, Athens NA and Fountain and any member of their respective Groups shall be permitted to continue to conduct their current Businesses and extensions thereof (including any sale of any product or service that otherwise incorporates or uses as a component any of the products that would otherwise constitute Competitive Activities); provided that, for purposes of this Section 5.2, the Trident Retained Business shall be deemed to exclude the Athens North American R/SB Business. (c) Notwithstanding Section 5.2(a), Trident, Athens NA and Fountain and any member of their respective Groups shall also be permitted to (I) acquire and own any interests in any publicly-traded Persons that engage in Competitive Activities so long as such interests constitute less than 5% of such Person’s voting securities, (II) acquire and own any interests in any Persons not publicly-traded that engage in Competitive Activities so long as such interests constitute less than 10% of such Person’s voting securities, (III) sell or divest any or all of its assets or businesses to any Person that is not an Affiliate, and such Person shall in no way be bound by the restrictions set forth in Section 5.2(a) and (IV) acquire and own any interests in any Persons that engage in Competitive Activities so long as the Competitive Activities of such Person constitute less than 25% of such Person’s consolidated annual net revenues for its most recently completed fiscal year (a “Permitted Acquiree”), and, in the case of clause (IV), each of Trident, Athens NA and Fountain and any member of their respective Groups, as applicable, uses its reasonable best efforts to dispose of the businesses of such Permitted Acquiree in Competitive Activities within twelve (12) months from the closing of such acquisition; provided that such twelve (12) month period shall be extended in the event that a definitive agreement to dispose of such business within such twelve (12) month period has been entered into (x) for three (3) months, to permit the closing of such transaction or (y) for a reasonable period of time, in the event such definitive agreement is terminated as a result of the failure of a closing condition, the failure to obtain antitrust or other regulatory clearance or a breach by the other party to the agreement, to permit Trident, Athens NA or Fountain or such member of their respective Groups, as applicable to seek an alternative disposition transaction.

  • Agreement Not to Solicit Except as required in the performance of Executive’s duties as an employee of the Company, during Executive’s employment with the Company (whether before, during, or after the Term) and during the Restricted Period, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, request, advise, induce or attempt to induce any vendor, supplier or other business contact of the Company to cancel, curtail, cease doing business with, or otherwise adversely change its relationship with the Company.

  • Covenant Not to Solicit If the Executive is receiving payments and benefits under Section 2 above (or subsequently becomes entitled thereto because of a termination described in Section 2(a)(ii)), then, for a period of two (2) years following the Executive’s Termination Date, the Executive shall not: (i) solicit, encourage or take any other action which is intended to induce any other employee of the Company to terminate his employment with the Company; or (ii) interfere in any manner with the contractual or employment relationship between the Company and any such employee of the Company. The foregoing shall not prohibit the Executive or any entity with which the Executive may be affiliated from hiring a former employee of the Company; provided, that such hiring results exclusively from such former employee’s affirmative response to a general recruitment effort.

  • Covenant Not to Compete or Solicit (a) The Executive recognizes that the services to be performed by him hereunder are special, unique and extraordinary. The parties confirm that it is reasonably necessary for the protection of the Corporation that the Executive agree, and accordingly, the Executive does hereby agree, that he shall not, directly or indirectly, at any time during the "Restricted Period" within the "Restricted Area" (as those terms are defined in Section 9(e) below): (i) except as provided in Subsection (c) below, engage in any line of business in which the Corporation was engaged or had a formal plan to enter during the period of Executive's employment with the Corporation, including but not limited to the business of operating an online insurance marketplace, either on his own behalf or as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, consultant, associate, employee, owner, agent, creditor, independent contractor, or co-venturer of any third party; or (ii) solicit to employ or engage, for or on behalf of himself or any third party, any employee or agent of the Corporation. (b) The Executive hereby agrees that he will not, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of himself or any third party, at any time during the Term and during the Restricted Period solicit any customers of the Corporation with respect to products competitive with products then being sold by the Corporation. (c) If any of the restrictions contained in this Section 9 shall be deemed to be unenforceable by reason of the extent, duration or geographical scope thereof, or otherwise, then the court making such determination shall have the right to reduce such extent, duration, geographical scope, or other provisions hereof, and in its reduced form this Section shall then be enforceable in the manner contemplated hereby. (d) This Section 9 shall not be construed to prevent the Executive from owning, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, an amount not exceeding five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding voting securities of any class of any corporation whose voting capital stock is traded or listed on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market. (e) The term "RESTRICTED PERIOD," as used in this Section 9, shall mean the period of the Executive's actual employment hereunder, plus twelve (12) months after the date the Executive is actually no longer employed by the Corporation. The term "RESTRICTED AREA" as used in this Section 9 shall mean the continental United States.

  • Agreement Not to Solicit Employees Executive agrees that during Executive’s employment with the Company hereunder and during the Non-Solicitation Period, Executive will not, either directly or indirectly, on Executive’s own behalf or in the service or on the behalf of others solicit, divert, or hire away, or attempt to solicit, divert, or hire away any person then employed by the Company, nor encourage anyone to leave the Company’s employ. The Non-Solicitation Period set forth in this Section 11.5 shall be tolled during any period in which the Executive is in breach of the restriction set forth herein.

  • Covenant Not to Compete (a) Each of Parent and Seller agrees that for a period of 3 years after the Closing Date neither of them nor any of their respective Affiliates shall, directly or indirectly, for himself, herself or itself, or on behalf of any other person, firm, entity or other enterprise, be employed by, be an officer, director or manager of, act as a consultant for, be a partner in, have a proprietary interest in, or loan money to any person, enterprise, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity which is directly or indirectly in the business of owning, operating or managing any mobile radiological, EKG, or any other business currently conducted by Seller (the "Applicable Businesses"), now or hereafter competitive with any such Applicable Business of Buyer (including, without limitation, the Business), IHS or any of their respective Affiliates, located in any state in which Buyer, IHS or Seller is currently conducting such business; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall restrict Seller from performing its obligations under any Temporary Excluded Contracts as provided in Section 1.4(c) or restrict Parent or any of its Affiliates from operating or owning any of their existing businesses or investments or renting or leasing any equipment, provided that they do not expand into the foregoing prohibited activities. The restrictions contained in this Section 5.5 (other than the confidentiality provisions) shall not be binding upon any third party purchaser of Parent, or of any assets, stock, division or business unit of Parent or of any Affiliate of Parent. (b) Seller and Parent represent and warrant that there are no employees, consultants or agents of Parent having expertise in the operation of the Applicable Business or having a relationship with any customers of the Applicable Business. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the foregoing representation and warranty and all indemnification rights with respect thereto shall not expire until the date that is three (3) years after the date hereof. (c) Seller and the Parent hereby agree that, for a period of three (3) years following the date hereof, without the express written consent of IHS, none of Seller, the Parent and their respective Affiliates will directly or indirectly, for themselves or on behalf of any other person, firm, entity or other enterprise: (i) solicit any client, facility or patient who, prior to the date hereof, was a client, facility or patient of Seller with respect to the Applicable Business; or (ii) hire, entice away or in any other manner persuade any employee, consultant, representative or agent who was an employee, consultant, representative or agent of Seller prior to the date hereof, to alter, modify or terminate their relationship with Buyer or IHS. (d) The Parent and Seller each acknowledges that the restrictions contained in this Section 5.5 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of Buyer and IHS and that any violation thereof by either of them would result in irreparable harm to Buyer and IHS, and that damages in the event of such a breach will be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain. Accordingly, the Parent and Seller each agrees that upon the violation by it of any of the restrictions contained in this Section 5.5, Buyer and IHS shall be entitled to obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction a preliminary and permanent injunction as well as any other relief provided at law, equity, under this Agreement or otherwise, without the necessity of posting any bond or other security whatsoever. In the event any of the foregoing restrictions are adjudged unreasonable in any proceeding, then the parties agree that the period of time or the scope of such restrictions (or both) shall be adjusted to such a manner or for such a time (or both) as is adjudged to be reasonable. (e) The Parent and Seller each acknowledges that the covenants contained in this Section 5.5 are independent covenants and that any failure by the Buyer or IHS to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall not be a defense to enforcement of the covenants contained in this Agreement, including but not limited to a temporary or permanent injunction. (f) Seller and Parent agree to take any and all actions necessary, including, without limitation, commencement of legal proceedings, to enforce each of the non-competition agreements set forth on Schedule 1.4 (a) hereto upon the request of and in accordance with the instructions of Buyer. Seller and Parent shall not be required to advance or expend any funds in connection with their respective obligations under this subsection (f). Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller and Parent from any loss, liability, damage, cost and expense, including without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses, arising out of taking any such actions at Buyer's request. Buyer acknowledges that Seller intends to terminate all Excluded Contracts (not otherwise terminated); provided that Seller shall not shorten the non-competition provisions of such agreements in effect immediately prior to their termination.

  • Agreement Not to Solicit Customers Executive agrees that during Executive’s employment with the Company hereunder and during the Non-Solicitation Period, Executive will not, either directly or indirectly, on Executive’s own behalf or in the service or on behalf of others, solicit, divert, or appropriate, or attempt to solicit, divert, or appropriate, to any business that engages in Restricted Field activities in the Business Territory (i) any person or entity whose account with the Company was sold or serviced by or under the supervision of Executive during the twelve (12) months preceding the termination of such employment, or (ii) any person or entity whose account with the Company has been directly solicited at least twice by the Company within the year preceding the termination of employment (the “Customers”). The Non-Solicitation Period set forth in this Section 11.4 shall be tolled during any period in which the Executive is in breach of the restriction set forth herein.

  • Covenant Not to Solicit Customers During the Restricted Period, within the Territory Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, individually or on behalf of any other person or entity (other than a member of the Bank Group), offer to provide banking services to any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity who is or was (i) a customer of any member of the Bank Group during any part of the twelve (12) month period immediately prior to the Date of Termination, or (ii) a potential customer to whom any member of the Bank Group offered to provide banking services during any part of the twelve (12) month period immediately prior to the Date of Termination.

  • Covenant Not to Solicit Employees The Executive agrees not to, directly or indirectly, solicit or employ the services of any officer or employee of the Bank (including an individual who was an officer or employee of the Bank during the one year period following the Executive’s termination) for one year after the Executive’s employment termination.

  • Covenants Not to Compete No Initial Stockholder, employee, officer or director of the Company is subject to any noncompetition agreement or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or prior employer which could materially affect his ability to be an Initial Stockholder, employee, officer and/or director of the Company.

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