Covenant Not to Compete and Confidentiality Covenant
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Non Competition and Confidentiality The Executive agrees that:
Noncompetition and Confidentiality (a) The parties recognize that the employment of Executive with the Company has been and will continue to be special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and in connection with such employment Executive has and will continue to acquire special skill and training. The parties also recognize that the covenants of Executive contained in this Section 9 are an essential part of Executive’s engagement by the Company and that, but for the agreement of the Executive to comply with such covenants, the Company would not have entered into this Agreement. Executive accordingly agrees that, during the Term, (i) Executive shall not act or serve, directly or indirectly, as a principal, agent, independent contractor, consultant, director, officer, executive, employee or advisor or in any other position or capacity with or for, or acquire a direct or indirect ownership interest in or otherwise conduct (whether as stockholder, partner, investor, joint venturer, or as owner of any other type of interest), any Competing Business (defined below); provided, however, that this clause shall not prohibit the Executive from being the owner of (A) up to 5% of any class of outstanding securities of any entity if such class of securities is publicly traded or (B) any other securities owned by Executive on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) Executive shall not, in connection with or for the benefit of any person or entity engaged in the non-hazardous solid waste business, solicit, induce, divert or take away, any officer, employee or consultant of the Company.
Non Competition Confidentiality 4.1 During the term of this Agreement, the Executive may make passive investments in companies involved in industries in which the Company operates, provided any such investment does not exceed a 5% equity interest, unless Executive obtains consent to acquire an equity interest exceeding 5% by a vote of a majority of the directors.
Noncompetition Nonsolicitation and Confidentiality As a material inducement to continue to employ him, Employee agrees to execute the Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation and Confidentiality Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Covenant Not to Compete Intel shall not be required to agree to any covenants including without limitation any covenant not to compete or any covenant not to solicit any of the customers, employees or suppliers of any party to the Transaction. Furthermore, notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligation of Orbotech to sell its shares (the “OrbotechTransaction”) pursuant to this Article 29B shall be subject to the condition that the only representations, warranties or indemnities that Orbotech shall be required to make in connection with the Orbotech Transaction are representations, warranties and indemnities concerning (i) legal ownership of the Company’s securities to be sold by Orbotech (the “Orbotech Securities”), and (ii) the corporate authority of Orbotech to convey title to the Orbotech Securities, and the ability to do so free and clear of liens, encumbrances or adverse claims (the “Orbotech Required Obligations”). The Orbotech Required Obligations shall be in the same form as those to be given by each of the other shareholders of the Company and shall be given by Orbotech on a several (but not joint) basis only. 29C. STAND STILL Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Articles, any issuance of securities by the Company, and any sale, transfer, pledge, encumbrance or other disposal of any of the securities of the Company (by the Company or any shareholder), or any other action (including repurchase of any shares of the Company by the Company or by any subsidiary thereof), other than any action in which the provisions of Article 29B (Bring Along) shall apply, which results in a Strategic Investor (as defined below) whether or not a shareholder of the Company, holding (together with affiliates, Permitted Transferees, or other parties acting in concert with it) more than 20% of the voting rights in the Company, is prohibited unless approved in writing in advance by the Majority Preferred Shareholders (excluding, for the purposes of such majority, any Strategic Investors and their affiliates and Permitted Transferees or other parties acting in concert with them) and on terms and conditions approved by them. Any of the transactions set forth in the forgoing sentence not so approved shall be null and void and shall not be registered in the Company’s Shareholders Register. For purpose hereof a “Strategic Investor” shall mean a corporation or other business entity whose business is related to the Company’s business and who is likely to have a business or technologic interest in the Company’s business, as distinguished from an interest for the sole purpose of a financial investment. CALLS
Restrictive Covenants and Confidentiality As a condition to the effectiveness of this Agreement, Executive will execute and deliver to the Company contemporaneously herewith Exhibit B, the Loyalty Agreement. Executive agrees to abide by the terms of the Loyalty Agreement, which are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement. Executive acknowledges that the provisions of the Loyalty Agreement will survive the termination of Executive’s employment and the termination of the Term for the periods set forth in the Loyalty Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no payment shall be made or benefit provided pursuant to Section 4(c) following the date Executive first violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Loyalty Agreement, and as of the first date on which Executive violates any such restrictive covenants, Executive shall pay the Company an amount equal to the sum of all payments theretofore paid to Executive pursuant to Section 4(c).
Confidentiality; Non-Competition (a) Executive agrees that he will not, at any time during or after the Term, other than in the ordinary course of performing his duties for the Company, make use of or divulge to any other person, firm or corporation any trade or business secret, process, method or means, or any other confidential information concerning the business or policies of the Company, which he may have learned in connection with his employment. For purposes of this Agreement, a “trade or business secret, process, method or means, or any other confidential information” shall mean and include written information reasonably treated as confidential or as a trade secret by the Company. Executive’s obligation under this Section 4.3(a) shall not apply to any information which (i) is known publicly (including information known publicly within the relevant trade or industry); (ii) is in the public domain or hereafter enters the public domain without the fault of Executive; (iii) is known to Executive prior to his receipt of such information from the Company, as evidenced by written records of Executive; or (iv) is hereafter disclosed to Executive by a third party not under an obligation of confidence to the Company. Executive agrees not to remove from the premises of the Company, except as a director or an employee of the Company in the performance of his duties for the Company and its affiliates or except as specifically permitted in writing by the Company, any document or other object containing or reflecting any such confidential information. Executive recognizes that all such documents and objects, whether developed by him or by someone else, will be the sole exclusive property of the Company. Upon termination of his employment hereunder, Executive shall forthwith deliver to the Company all such confidential information, including without limitation all lists of customers, correspondence, accounts, records and any other documents or property made or held by him or under his control in relation to the business or affairs of the Company, and no copy of any such confidential information shall be retained by him; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent Executive from retaining (i) his papers and other materials of a personal nature, including, without limitation, photographs, correspondence, personal diaries, calendars, personal files and phone books, (ii) information showing his compensation or relating to reimbursement of his business expenses, (iii) information that is necessary for tax purposes, and (iv) copies of plans, programs, policies and agreements relating to his employment, or termination thereof, with the Company and its affiliates. Anything herein or elsewhere to the contrary notwithstanding, the provision of this Section 4.3(a) shall not apply (i) when disclosure is required by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with jurisdiction to order Executive to disclose or make accessible any information or (ii) with respect to any other litigation, arbitration or mediation involving this Agreement or any other agreement between the parties, including, without limitation, the enforcement of such agreements.
Prior Confidentiality Agreement As of the Effective Date, the terms of this Article 13 shall supersede any prior non-disclosure, secrecy or confidentiality agreement between the Parties (or their Affiliates) relating to the subject of this Agreement, including the Confidentiality Agreement. Any information disclosed pursuant to any such prior agreement shall be deemed Confidential Information for purposes of this Agreement.
Non Competition Non Solicitation and Confidentiality The Company and Executive acknowledge and agree that while Executive is employed pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will give Executive access to Confidential Information of the Company and its Affiliates to which Executive did not have access prior to signing this Agreement and which Executive may need and use during such employment, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by Executive; Executive will be provided under this Agreement (i) specialized training on how to perform his duties and (ii) contact with the Company’s and its Affiliates’ customers and potential customers. In consideration of all of the foregoing, the Company and Executive agree as follows:
Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement All employees of the Group Companies with access to Groups Companies’ confidential information have entered into a standard confidentiality and non-competition agreements. To the best of knowledge of the Group Companies, none of these employees are in breach of such agreements in any material respect. To the best knowledge of the Group Companies and except as disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule, none of the Key Employees (as defined below) is obligated under any contract, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any Governmental Authority, that would interfere with the use of his or her best efforts to promote the interests of the Group Companies or that would conflict with the Group Companies’ businesses as proposed to be conducted. To the best knowledge of the Group Companies, neither the execution or delivery of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, nor the carrying on of the any Group Company’s businesses by its employees, nor the conduct of the any Group Company’s businesses as proposed, will conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any contract, covenant or instrument under which any of such employees is now obligated in any material respect.
