Competition/Investments. During the term of Executive’s employment by the Company, except on behalf of the Company, Executive shall not directly or indirectly, whether as an 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 Executive to compete directly with the Company’s products or product candidates, throughout the world. This provision shall not apply to passive stockholdings that the Executive may have at any particular time so long as such stockholdings in any one company do not exceed 5% of the total number of shares outstanding of such company.
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Employment Agreement (Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.), Employment Agreement (Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.), Employment Agreement (Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.)
Competition/Investments. During the term of Executive’s employment by the Company, except on behalf of the Company, Executive shall not directly or indirectly, whether as an officer, 658451 v2/SD 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 Executive to compete directly with the Company’s products or product candidates, throughout the world. This provision shall not apply to passive stockholdings that the Executive may have at any particular time so long as such stockholdings in any one company do not exceed 5% of the total number of shares outstanding of such company.
Appears in 1 contract