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 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.
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.
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.
Release and Covenant Not to Sue 7.1. As of the Settlement Effective Date, the Plan (subject to Independent Fiduciary approval as required by Section 2.1) and the Class Members (and their respective heirs, beneficiaries, executors, administrators, estates, past and present partners, officers, directors, agents, attorneys, predecessors, successors, and assigns), on their own behalf and on behalf of the Plan, shall fully, finally, and forever settle, release, relinquish, waive, and discharge all Released Parties from the Released Claims, whether or not such Class Members have received or will receive a monetary benefit from the Settlement, whether or not such Class Members have actually received the Settlement Notice, whether or not such Class Members have filed an objection to the Settlement or to any application by Class Counsel for an award of Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, and whether or not the objections or claims for distribution of such Class Members have been approved or allowed.
7.2. As of the Settlement Effective Date, the Class Representatives, the Class Members and the Plan (subject to Independent Fiduciary approval as required by Section 2.1), expressly agree that they, acting individually or together, or in combination with others, shall not sue or seek to institute, maintain, prosecute, argue, or assert in any action or proceeding (including but not limited to an IRS determination letter proceeding, a Department of Labor proceeding, an arbitration or a proceeding before any state insurance or other department or commission), any cause of action, demand, or claim on the basis of, connected with, or arising out of any of the Released Claims. Nothing herein shall preclude any action to enforce the terms of this Settlement Agreement in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Settlement Agreement.
7.3. Class Counsel, the Class Representatives, Class Members, or the Plan may hereafter discover facts in addition to or different from those that they know or believe to be true with respect to the Released Claims. Such facts, if known by them, might have affected the decision to settle with the Released Parties, or the decision to release, relinquish, waive, and discharge the Released Claims, or the decision of a Class Member not to object to the Settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Class Member and the Plan shall expressly, upon the entry of the Final Order, be deemed to have, and, by operation of the Final Order, shall have fully, finally, and forever settled, released, relinquished, waived, and discharged any and all Released Claims. The Class Representatives, Class Members and the Plan acknowledge and shall be deemed by operation of the Final Order to have acknowledged that the foregoing waiver was bargained for separately and is a key element of the Settlement embodied in this Settlement Agreement of which this release is a part.
7.4. Each Class Representative, each Class Member, and the Plan hereby stipulate and agree with respect to any and all Released Claims that, upon entry of the Final Order, the Class Members shall be conclusively deemed to, and by operation of the Final Order shall, settle, release, relinquish, waive, and discharge any and all rights or benefits they may now have, or in the future may have, under any law relating to the releases of unknown claims pertaining specifically to Section 1542 of the California Civil Code, which provides: A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party. Also, the Class Representatives, Class Members and the Plan shall, upon entry of the Final Order with respect to the Released Claims, waive any and all provisions, rights and benefits conferred by any law or of any State or territory within the United States or any foreign country, or any principle of common law, which is similar, comparable or equivalent in substance to Section 1542 of the California Civil Code.
Release and Covenant Not to Xxx Effective as of the Closing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each Seller, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and any Person that owns any share or other equity interest in or of such Seller (the “Releasing Persons”), hereby releases and discharges the Target Companies from and against any and all Actions, obligations, agreements, debts and Liabilities whatsoever, whether known or unknown, both at law and in equity, which such Releasing Person now has, has ever had or may hereafter have against the Target Companies arising on or prior to the Closing Date or on account of or arising out of any matter occurring on or prior to the Closing Date, including any rights to indemnification or reimbursement from a Target Company, whether pursuant to its Organizational Documents, Contract or otherwise, and whether or not relating to claims pending on, or asserted after, the Closing Date. From and after the Closing, each Releasing Person hereby irrevocably covenants to refrain from, directly or indirectly, asserting any Action, or commencing or causing to be commenced, any Action of any kind against the Target Companies or their respective Affiliates, based upon any matter purported to be released hereby. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the releases and restrictions set forth herein shall not apply to any claims a Releasing Person may have against any party other than the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document.
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.
Exceptions to Confidentiality The Receiving Party’s obligations set forth in this Agreement shall not extend to any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party:
(a) that is or hereafter becomes part of the public domain (other than as a result of a disclosure by the Receiving Party or its Recipients in violation of this Agreement);
(b) that is received from a Third Party without restriction on disclosure and without, to the knowledge of the Receiving Party, breach of any agreement between such Third Party and the Disclosing Party;
(c) that the Receiving Party can demonstrate by competent evidence was already in its possession without any limitation on disclosure prior to its receipt from the Disclosing Party;
(d) that is generally made available to Third Parties by the Disclosing Party without restriction on disclosure; or
(e) that the Receiving Party can demonstrate by competent evidence was independently developed by the Receiving Party without use of or reference to the Confidential Information.
Restriction on Competition (a) During the Term and for such period after the Term that Employee continues to be employed by the Company and/or any other entity owned by or affiliated with the Company on an "at will" basis and, thereafter, for a period equal to the longer of (x) one year, or (y) the period during which Employee is receiving any severance pay or other compensation from the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, for himself or on behalf of or in conjunction with any other person, company, partnership, corporation, business, group, or other entity (each, a "Person"):
(i) engage, in a competitive capacity, whether as an owner, officer, director, partner, shareholder, joint venturer, employee, independent contractor, consultant, advisor, or sales representative, in any business selling any products or services which were sold by the Company on the date of the termination of Employee's employment, within 50 miles of any location where the Company both has an office and conducts business on the date of the termination of Employee's employment;
(ii) call upon any person who is, at that time, a sales, supervisory, or management employee of the Company for the purpose or with the intent of enticing such employee away from or out of the employ of the Company;
(iii) call upon any person who or that is, at that time, or has been, within one year prior to that time, a customer of the Company for the purpose of soliciting or selling products or services in direct competition with the Company; or
(iv) on Employee's own behalf or on behalf of any competitor, call upon any person who or that, during Employee's employment by the Company was either called upon by the Company as a prospective acquisition candidate with respect to which Employee had actual knowledge or was the subject of an acquisition analysis conducted by the Company with respect to which Employee had actual knowledge.
(b) The foregoing covenants shall not be deemed to prohibit Employee from acquiring as an investment not more than two percent (2%) of the capital stock of a competing business, whose stock is traded on a national securities exchange or through the automated quotation system of a registered securities association.
(c) It is further agreed that, in the event that Employee shall cease to be employed by the Company and enters into a business or pursues other activities that, on the date of termination of Employee's employment, are not in competition with the Company, Employee shall not be chargeable with a violation of this Section 7 if the Company subsequently enters the same (or a similar) competitive business or activity or commences competitive operations within 50 miles of the Employee's new business or activities. In addition, if Employee has no actual knowledge that his actions violate the terms of this Section 7, Employee shall not be deemed to have breached the restrictive covenants contained herein if, promptly after being notified by the Company of such breach, Employee ceases the prohibited actions.
(d) For purposes of this Section 7, references to "Company" shall mean Workflow Management, Inc., together with its subsidiaries and affiliates. For the purposes of this Agreement, "affiliate" shall mean any entity twenty-five percent or more of the stock of which is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company.
Covenant Not to Sxx The parties covenant that under no conditions will any party or any affiliate file any action against the other (except only requests for injunctive or other equitable relief) in any forum other than before the American Arbitration Association, and the parties agree that any such action, if filed, shall be dismissed upon application and shall be referred for arbitration hereunder with costs and attorney's fees to the prevailing party.
