Competing Enterprises. While employed by the Company, except on behalf of the Company, Executive will not directly or indirectly, whether as an employee, officer, director, stockholder, partner, proprietor, associate, representative, consultant, or in any capacity whatsoever engage in, become financially interested in, be employed by or have any business connection with any other person, corporation, firm, partnership or other entity whatsoever which compete directly with the Company, throughout the world, in any line of business engaged in (or planned to be engaged in) by the Company; provided, however, that anything above to the contrary notwithstanding, he may own, as a passive investor, securities of any public competitor corporation, so long as his direct holdings in any one such corporation shall not in the aggregate constitute more than 1% of the voting stock of such corporation.
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Samples: Key Employee Agreement (Pokertek, Inc.), Key Employee Agreement (Pokertek, Inc.), Key Employee Agreement (Pokertek Inc)
Competing Enterprises. While employed by the Company, except on behalf of the Company, Executive will not directly or indirectly, whether as an employee, officer, director, stockholder, partner, proprietor, associate, representative, consultant, or in any capacity whatsoever engage in, become financially interested in, be employed by or have any business connection with any other person, corporation, firm, partnership or other entity whatsoever which compete directly with the Company, throughout the world, in any line of business engaged in (or planned to be engaged in) by the Company; provided, however, that anything above to the contrary notwithstanding, he may own, as a passive investor, securities of any public competitor corporation, so long as his direct holdings in any one such corporation entity shall not in the aggregate constitute more than 1% of the voting stock of such corporation.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Icoria, Inc.), Employment Agreement (Paradigm Genetics Inc), Employment Agreement (Icoria, Inc.)
Competing Enterprises. While employed by the Company, except on behalf of the Company, Executive will not directly or indirectly, whether as an employee, officer, director, stockholder, partner, proprietor, associate, representative, consultant, or in any capacity whatsoever engage in, become financially interested in, be employed by or have any business connection with any other person, corporation, firm, partnership or other entity whatsoever which are known by him to compete directly with the Company, throughout the world, in any line of business engaged in (or planned to be engaged in) by the Company; provided, however, that anything above to the contrary notwithstanding, he may own, as a passive investor, securities of any public competitor corporation, so long as his direct holdings in any one such corporation shall not in the aggregate constitute more than 1% of the voting stock of such corporation.
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Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals Inc), Executive Employment Agreement (Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals Inc), Executive Employment Agreement (Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals Inc)
Competing Enterprises. While employed by the Company, except on behalf of the Company, Executive will not directly or indirectly, whether as an employee, officer, director, stockholder, partner, proprietor, associate, representative, consultant, or in any capacity whatsoever engage in, become financially interested in, be employed by or have any business connection with any other person, corporation, firm, partnership or other entity whatsoever which were known by him to compete directly with the Company, throughout the world, in any line of business engaged in (or planned to be engaged in) by the Company; provided, however, that anything above to the contrary notwithstanding, he may own, as a passive investor, securities of any public competitor corporation, so long as his direct holdings in any one such corporation shall not in the aggregate constitute more than 1% of the voting stock of such corporation.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals Inc), Employment Agreement (Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals Inc), Employment Agreement (Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals Inc)