Common use of Agreement Not to Solicit Customers and Suppliers Clause in Contracts

Agreement Not to Solicit Customers and Suppliers. (a) During the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, cause or attempt to cause any customer, prospective customer, vendor, supplier, or other business contact of the Company (i) to terminate, limit, or in any manner adversely modify or fail to enter into any actual or potential business relationship with the Company or (ii) to enter into or expand any actual or potential business relationship with any competitor of the Company. (b) If during the last twelve (12) months of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee had no management duties or responsibilities and was engaged principally in sales activities, including selling, soliciting the sale of or supporting the sale of the Company’s products through direct contact with the Company’s customers, then for a period of two (2) years from and after the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, whether such termination is with or without cause, or whether such termination is at the instance of Employee or the Company, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, solicit any person or entity (i) whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates (as defined below), if any, called on or serviced on behalf of the Company at any time during the three (3) years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company or (ii) from whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, directly or indirectly solicited business or to whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, submitted proposals to perform services on behalf of the Company at any time during the three years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment, with respect to any product or service competitive with or similar to any products or services of the Company. For purposes of this Section 3.3(b), “Subordinates” shall include any of the Company’s employees reporting to Employee at any time during the three years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment.

Agreement Not to Solicit Customers and Suppliers. (a) During the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, cause or attempt to cause any customer, prospective customer, vendor, supplier, or other business contact of the Company (i) to terminate, limit, or in any manner adversely modify or fail to enter into any actual or potential business relationship with the Company or (ii) to enter into or expand any actual or potential business relationship with any competitor of the Company. (b) If during the last twelve (12) months of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee had no management duties or responsibilities and was engaged principally in sales activities, including selling, soliciting the sale of or supporting the sale of the Company’s products through direct contact with the Company’s customers, then for a period of two (2) years from and after the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, whether such termination is with or without cause, or whether such termination is at the instance of Employee or the Company, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, solicit any person or entity (i) whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates (as defined below), if any, called on or serviced on behalf of the Company at any time during the three (3) years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company or (ii) from whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, directly or indirectly solicited business or to whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, submitted proposals to perform services on behalf of the Company at any time during the three years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment, with respect to any product or service competitive with or similar to any products or services of the Company. For purposes of this Section 3.3(b), “Subordinates” shall include any of the Company’s employees reporting to Employee at any time during the three years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment.’s

Agreement Not to Solicit Customers and Suppliers. (a) During the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, cause or attempt to cause any customer, prospective customer, vendor, supplier, or other business contact of the Company (i) to terminate, limit, or in any manner adversely modify or fail to enter into any actual or potential business relationship with the Company or (ii) to enter into or expand any actual or potential business relationship with any competitor of the Company. (b) If during the last twelve (12) months of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee had no management duties or responsibilities and was engaged principally in sales activities, including selling, soliciting the sale of or supporting the sale of the Company’s products through direct contact with the Company’s customers, then for a period of two (2) years from and after the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, whether such termination is with or without cause, or whether such termination is at the instance of Employee or the Company, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, solicit any person or entity (i) whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates (as defined below), if any, called on or serviced on behalf of the Company at any time during the three (3) years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company or (ii) from whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, directly or indirectly solicited business or to whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, submitted proposals to perform services on behalf of the Company at any time during the three years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment, with respect to any product or service competitive with or similar to any products or services of the Company. For purposes of this Section 3.3(b), “Subordinates” shall include any of the Company’s employees reporting to Employee at any time during the three years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment.the

Agreement Not to Solicit Customers and Suppliers. (a) During the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, cause or attempt to cause any customer, prospective customer, vendor, supplier, or other business contact contractor of the Company Company, known by Employee to be such (or which Employee should have known to be such), (i) to terminate, limit, or in any manner adversely modify or fail to enter into any actual or potential business relationship with the Company or (ii) to enter into or expand any actual or potential business relationship with any competitor of the Companyperson or entity engaged in a Competing Business. (b) If during the last twelve (12) months of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee had no management duties or responsibilities and was engaged principally in sales activities, including selling, soliciting the sale of or supporting the sale of the Company’s products through direct contact with the Company’s customers, then for For a period of two (2) years from and after the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, whether such termination is with or without cause, or whether such termination is at the instance of Employee or the Company, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, solicit any person or entity (i) whom Employee entity, with respect to any product or service competitive with any of Employee’s Subordinates (as defined below), if any, called on products or serviced on behalf services of the Company at any the time during the three (3) years preceding of the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company or (ii) Company, from whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, to the knowledge of Employee (or of which Employee should reasonably have had knowledge), directly or indirectly solicited business or to whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, submitted proposals to perform services on behalf of the Company at any time during the three (3) years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment, with respect to any product or service competitive with or similar to any products or services of the Company. For purposes of this Section 3.3(b2.3(b), “Subordinates” shall include any of the Company’s employees reporting directly or indirectly to Employee at any time during the three (3) years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment.

Agreement Not to Solicit Customers and Suppliers. (a) During the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, cause or attempt to cause any customer, prospective customer, vendor, supplier, or other business contact of the Company (i) to terminate, limit, or in any manner adversely modify or fail to enter into any actual or potential business relationship with the Company or (ii) to enter into or expand any actual or potential business relationship with any competitor of the Company. (b) If during the last twelve (12) months of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee had no management duties or responsibilities and was engaged principally in sales activities, including selling, soliciting the sale of or supporting the sale of the Company’s products through direct contact with the Company’s customers, then for a period of two (2) years from and after the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, whether such termination is with or without cause, or whether such termination is at the instance of Employee or the Company, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, solicit any person or entity (i) whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates (as defined below), if any, called on or serviced on behalf of the Company at any time during the three (3) years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company or (ii) from whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, directly or indirectly solicited business or to whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, submitted proposals to perform services on behalf of the Company at any time during the three years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment, with respect to any product or service competitive with or similar to any products or services of the Company. For purposes of this Section 3.3(b), “Subordinates” shall include any of the Company’s employees reporting to Employee at any time during the three years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment.to

Agreement Not to Solicit Customers and Suppliers. (a) During the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, cause or attempt to cause any customer, prospective customer, vendor, supplier, or other business contact of the Company (i) to terminate, limit, or in any manner adversely modify or fail to enter into any actual or potential business relationship with the Company or (ii) to enter into or expand any actual or potential business relationship with any competitor of the Company. (b) If during the last twelve (12) months of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee had no management duties or responsibilities and was engaged principally in sales activities, including selling, soliciting the sale of or supporting the sale of the Company’s products through direct contact with the Company’s customers, then for a period of two (2) years from and after the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, whether such termination is with or without cause, or whether such termination is at the instance of Employee or the Company, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, alone or on behalf of any person or business entity, solicit any person or entity (i) whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates (as defined below), if any, called on or serviced on behalf of the Company at any time during the three (3) years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company or (ii) from whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, directly or indirectly solicited business or to whom Employee or any of Employee’s Subordinates, if any, submitted proposals to perform services on behalf of the Company at any time during the three years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment, with respect to any product or service competitive with or similar to any products or services of the Company. For purposes of this Section 3.3(b), “Subordinates” shall include any of the Company’s employees reporting to Employee at any time during the three years preceding the termination of Employee’s employment.this