Common use of Covenant Not To Compete and Confidentiality Clause in Contracts

Covenant Not To Compete and Confidentiality. (a) The Executive acknowledges the Company's reliance on and expectation of the Executive's continued commitment to performance of his duties and responsibilities during the term of this Agreement. In light of such reliance and expectation on the part of the Company, the Executive agrees that: (i) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months following the termination of the Executive's employment under this Agreement for any reason, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, engage in, or have an interest in or be associated with (whether as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, associate, employee, consultant, owner or otherwise) any corporation, firm or enterprise which is engaged in (A) the real estate business (the "Real Estate Business"), including, without limitation, the development, ownership, leasing, sales, management or financing of single family or multi-family housing, condominiums, townhome communities or other form of housing, or (B) any business which is competitive with the business then or at any time during the term of this Agreement conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company, or any entity owned or controlled by the Company or under common control with the Company (an "Affiliate"), anywhere within the continental United States or Canada; provided, however, that the Executive may invest in any publicly held entity engaged in the Real Estate Business if his investment in such entity does not exceed one percent (1%) in value of the issued and outstanding equity securities of such entity; (ii) the Executive will not at any time, for so long as any Confidential Information (as defined below) shall remain confidential or otherwise remain wholly or partially protectable, either during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, use or disclose, directly or indirectly, to any person outside of the Company or any Affiliate any Confidential Information; (iii) promptly upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive (or in the event of the Executive's death, his personal representative) shall return to the Company any and all copies (whether prepared by or at the direction of the Company or Executive) of all records, drawings, materials, memoranda and other data constituting or pertaining to Confidential Information; (iv) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, divert, or by aid to others, do anything which would tend to divert, from the Company or any Affiliate any trade or business with any customer or supplier with whom the Executive had any contact or association during the term of the Executive's employment with the Company or with any party whose identity or potential as a customer or supplier was confidential or learned by the Executive during his employment by the Company; and (v) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, call upon, compete for or solicit for employment any person with whom the Executive was acquainted while in the Company's employ.

Covenant Not To Compete and Confidentiality. (a) The Executive acknowledges the Company's reliance on and expectation of the Executive's continued commitment to performance of his duties and responsibilities during the term of under this Agreement. In light of such reliance and expectation on the part of the Company, the Executive agrees that: (i) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months following the termination of the Executive's employment under this Agreement for any reason, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, engage in, or have an interest in or be associated with (whether as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, associate, employee, consultant, owner or otherwise) any corporation, firm or enterprise which is engaged in (A) the real estate business (the "Real Estate Business"), including, without limitation, the development, ownership, leasing, sales, management or financing of single family or multi-family housing, condominiums, townhome communities or other form of housing, or (B) any business which is competitive with the business then or at any time during the term of this Agreement conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company, or any entity corporation owned or controlled by the Company or under common control with the Company (an "Affiliate"), anywhere within the continental United States or Canada; provided, however, that the Executive may invest in any publicly held entity engaged in the Real Estate Business if his investment in such entity does not exceed one percent (1%) in value of the issued and outstanding equity securities of such entity; (ii) the Executive will not at any time, for so long as any Confidential Information (as defined below) shall remain confidential or otherwise remain wholly or partially protectable, either during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, use or disclose, directly or indirectly, to any person outside of the Company or any Affiliate any Confidential Information; (iii) promptly upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive (or in the event of the Executive's death, his personal representative) shall return to the Company any and all copies (whether prepared by or at the direction of the Company or the Executive) of all records, drawings, materials, memoranda and other data constituting or pertaining to Confidential Information; (iv) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive shall not, either not directly or indirectly, indirectly divert, or by aid to others, do anything which would tend to divert, from the Company or any Affiliate any trade or business with any customer or supplier with whom the Executive had any contact or association during the term of the Executive's employment with the Company or with any party whose identity or potential as a customer or supplier was confidential or learned by the Executive during his employment by the Company; and (v) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, call upon, compete for induce or solicit for employment attempt to induce any person with whom the Executive was acquainted while in the Company's employemploy to leave the employment of the Company or any of the Affiliates.

Covenant Not To Compete and Confidentiality. (a) The Executive acknowledges the Company's ’s reliance on and expectation of the Executive's ’s continued commitment to performance of his her duties and responsibilities during the term of this Agreement. In light of such reliance and expectation on the part of the Company, the Executive agrees that: (i) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen twenty-four (1824) months following the termination of the Executive's ’s employment under this Agreement for any reason, including, without limitation, the expiration of the term of this Agreement (the “Non-competition Period”), the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, engage in, or have an interest in or be associated with (whether as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, associate, employee, consultant, owner or otherwise) any corporation, firm or enterprise which is engaged in (A) the real estate business (the "Real Estate Business"), including, without limitation, the development, ownership, leasing, salesmanagement, management financing or financing sales of single family or multi-family housing, condominiums, townhome manufactured housing communities or other form of housing, or (B) any business which is competitive with the business then or at any time during the term of this Agreement conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company, or any entity owned or controlled by the Company or under common control with the Company (an "Affiliate")and/or manufactured homes, anywhere within the continental United States or Canada; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (1) in the event that the Executive voluntarily terminates her employment with the Company, the Non-competition Period shall extend until the later of the remainder of the initial 3-year term of this Agreement or the expiration of twenty-four (24) months following the termination of Executive’s employment under this Agreement, (2) in the event that the Company terminates the Executive’s employment hereunder without “cause”, the Non-competition Period shall be reduced to twelve (12) months, and (3) the Executive may invest in any publicly held entity engaged in the Real Estate Business corporation engaged, if his such investment in such entity does not exceed one percent (1%) in value of the issued and outstanding equity securities capital stock of such entitycorporation; (ii) the Executive will not at any time, for so long as any Confidential Information (as defined below) shall remain confidential or otherwise remain wholly or partially protectable, either during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, use or disclose, directly or indirectly, to any person outside of the Company, or any corporation owned or controlled by the Company or any Affiliate under common control with the Company (the “Affiliates”), any Confidential Information; (iii) promptly upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive (or in the event of the Executive's ’s death, his her personal representative) shall return to the Company any and all copies (whether prepared by or at the direction of the Company or Executive) of all records, drawings, materials, memoranda and other data constituting or pertaining to Confidential Information; (iv) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, divert, or by aid to others, do anything which would tend to divert, from the Company or any Affiliate any trade or business with any customer or supplier with whom the Executive had any contact or association during the term of the Executive's ’s employment with the Company or with any party whose identity or potential as a customer or supplier was confidential or learned by the Executive during his her employment by the Company; and (v) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, call upon, compete for or solicit for employment any person with whom the Executive was acquainted while in employed by the Company's employ.

Covenant Not To Compete and Confidentiality. (a) The Executive acknowledges the Company's reliance on and expectation of the Executive's continued commitment to performance of his duties and responsibilities during the term of under this Agreement. In light of such reliance and expectation on the part of the CompanyCompany and as an inducement for the Company to enter into this Agreement, the Executive agrees that: (i) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen twelve (1812) months following the termination of the Executive's employment under this Agreement for any reason, including, without limitation, the expiration of the term (the "Noncompetition Period"), the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, engage in, or have an interest in or be associated with (whether as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, associate, employee, consultant, owner or otherwise) any corporation, firm or enterprise which is engaged in (A) the real estate business (the "Real Estate Business"), including, without limitation, the development, ownership, leasing, sales, management or financing of single family or multi-family housingmanufactured housing communities, condominiums, townhome communities or other form (B) the sales of housingmanufactured homes, or (BC) any other business which is competitive with the business then or at any time during the term of this Agreement conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company, or any entity corporation owned or controlled by the Company or under common control with the Company (an the "AffiliateAffiliates"), anywhere within the continental United States or Canada; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event that the Executive may invest in any publicly held entity engaged in voluntarily terminates his employment with the Real Estate Business if his investment in such entity does not exceed one percent (1%) in value Company, the Noncompetition Period shall extend until the later of the issued and outstanding equity securities remainder of such entitythe initial 3-year term of this Agreement or the expiration of twelve (12) months following the termination of Executive's employment under this Agreement; (ii) the Executive will shall not at any time, for so long as any Confidential Information (as defined below) shall remain confidential or otherwise remain wholly or partially protectable, either during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, use or disclose, directly or indirectly, to any person outside of the Company or any Affiliate any Confidential Information; (iii) promptly upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive (or in the event of the Executive's death, his personal representative) shall return to the Company any and all copies (whether prepared by or at the direction of the Company or the Executive) of all records, drawings, materials, memoranda and other data constituting or pertaining to Confidential Information; (iv) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNoncompetition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, divert, or by aid to others, do anything which would tend to divert, from the Company or any Affiliate any trade or business with any customer or supplier with whom the Executive had any contact or association during the term of the Executive's employment with the Company or with any party whose identity or potential as a customer or supplier was confidential or learned by the Executive during his employment by the Company; and (v) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNoncompetition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, call upon, compete for induce or solicit for employment attempt to induce any person with whom the Executive was acquainted while in the Company's employemploy to leave the employment of the Company or any of the Affiliates.

Covenant Not To Compete and Confidentiality. (a) The Executive acknowledges the Company's reliance on and expectation of the Executive's continued commitment to performance of his duties and responsibilities during the term of this Agreement. In light of such reliance and expectation on the part of the Company, the Executive agrees that: (i) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen twenty-four (1824) months following the termination of the Executive's employment under this Agreement for any reason, including, without limitation, the expiration of the term of this Agreement (the “Non-competition Period”), the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, engage in, or have an interest in or be associated with (whether as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, associate, employee, consultant, owner or otherwise) any corporation, firm or enterprise which is engaged in (A) the real estate business (the "Real Estate Business"), including, without limitation, the development, ownership, leasing, salesmanagement, management financing or financing sales of single family or multi-family housingmanufactured housing communities, condominiums, townhome recreational vehicle communities or other form of housing, or (B) any business which is competitive with the business then or at any time during the term of this Agreement conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company, or any entity owned or controlled by the Company or under common control with the Company (an "Affiliate")and/or manufactured homes, anywhere within the continental United States or Canada; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) in the event that the Company terminates the Executive’s employment hereunder without “cause”, the Non-competition Period shall be reduced to twelve (12) months, and (B) the Executive may invest in any publicly held entity engaged in the Real Estate Business corporation engaged, if his such investment in such entity does not exceed one percent (1%) in value of the issued and outstanding equity securities capital stock of such entitycorporation, and Executive does not directly or indirectly provide any services to such corporation; (ii) the Executive will shall not at any time, for so long as any Confidential Information (as defined below) shall remain confidential or otherwise remain wholly or partially protectable, either during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, use or disclose, directly or indirectly, to any person outside of the Company, or any corporation owned or controlled by the Company or any Affiliate under common control with the Company (the “Affiliates”), any Confidential Information; (iii) promptly upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive (or in the event of the Executive's death, his personal representative) shall return to the Company any and all copies (whether prepared by or at the direction of the Company or Executive) of all records, drawings, materials, memoranda and other data constituting or pertaining to Confidential Information; (iv) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, divert, or by aid to others, do anything which would tend to divert, from the Company or any Affiliate any trade or business with any customer or supplier with whom the Executive had any contact or association during the term of the Executive's employment with the Company or with any party whose identity or potential as a customer or supplier was confidential or learned by the Executive during his employment by the Company; and (v) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, call upon, compete for or solicit for employment any person with whom the Executive was acquainted while in employed by the Company's employ.

Covenant Not To Compete and Confidentiality. (a) The Executive acknowledges the Company's reliance on and expectation of the Executive's continued commitment to performance of his her duties and responsibilities during the term of this Agreement. In light of such reliance and expectation on the part of the Company, the Executive agrees that: (i) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen twenty-four (1824) months following the termination of the Executive's employment under this Agreement for any reason, including, without limitation, the expiration of the term of this Agreement (the “Non-competition Period”), the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, engage in, or have an interest in or be associated with (whether as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, associate, employee, consultant, owner or otherwise) any corporation, firm or enterprise which is engaged in (A) the real estate business (the "Real Estate Business"), including, without limitation, the development, ownership, leasing, salesmanagement, management financing or financing sales of single family or multi-family housingmanufactured housing communities, condominiums, townhome recreational vehicle communities or other form of housing, or (B) any business which is competitive with the business then or at any time during the term of this Agreement conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company, or any entity owned or controlled by the Company or under common control with the Company (an "Affiliate")and/or manufactured homes, anywhere within the continental United States or Canada; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) in the event that the Company terminates the Executive’s employment hereunder without “cause”, the Non-competition Period shall be reduced to twelve (12) months, and (B) the Executive may invest in any publicly held entity engaged in the Real Estate Business corporation engaged, if his such investment in such entity does not exceed one percent (1%) in value of the issued and outstanding equity securities capital stock of such entitycorporation, and Executive does not directly or indirectly provide any services to such corporation; (ii) the Executive will shall not at any time, for so long as any Confidential Information (as defined below) shall remain confidential or otherwise remain wholly or partially protectable, either during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, use or disclose, directly or indirectly, to any person outside of the Company, or any corporation owned or controlled by the Company or any Affiliate under common control with the Company (the “Affiliates”), any Confidential Information; (iii) promptly upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive (or in the event of the Executive's death, his her personal representative) shall return to the Company any and all copies (whether prepared by or at the direction of the Company or Executive) of all records, drawings, materials, memoranda and other data constituting or pertaining to Confidential Information; (iv) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, divert, or by aid to others, do anything which would tend to divert, from the Company or any Affiliate any trade or business with any customer or supplier with whom the Executive had any contact or association during the term of the Executive's employment with the Company or with any party whose identity or potential as a customer or supplier was confidential or learned by the Executive during his her employment by the Company; and (v) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, call upon, compete for or solicit for employment any person with whom the Executive was acquainted while in employed by the Company's employ.

Covenant Not To Compete and Confidentiality. (a) The Executive acknowledges the Company's reliance on and expectation of the Executive's continued commitment to performance of his duties and responsibilities during the term of this Agreement. In light of such reliance and expectation on the part of the Company, the Executive agrees that: (i) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen twenty-four (1824) months following the termination of the Executive's employment under this Agreement for any reason, including, without limitation, the expiration of the term of this Agreement (the "Non-competition Period"), the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, engage in, or have an interest in or be associated with (whether as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, associate, employee, consultant, owner or otherwise) any corporation, firm or enterprise which is engaged in (A) the real estate business (the "Real Estate Business"), including, without limitation, the development, ownership, leasing, sales, management or financing of single family or multi-family housingmanufactured housing communities, condominiums, townhome communities or other form (B) the sales of housingmanufactured homes, or (BC) any other business which is competitive with the business then or at any time during the term of this Agreement conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company, or any entity corporation owned or controlled by the Company or under common control with the Company (an the "AffiliateAffiliates"), anywhere within the continental United States or Canada; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (1) in the event that the Executive voluntarily terminates his employment with the Company, the Non-competition Period shall extend until the later of the remainder of the initial 5-year term of this Agreement or the expiration of twenty-four (24) months following the termination of Executive's employment under this Agreement, (2) in the event that the Company terminates the Executive's employment hereunder without "cause", the Non-competition Period shall be reduced to twelve (12) months, and (3) the Executive may invest in any publicly held entity engaged in the Real Estate Business corporation engaged, if his such investment in such entity does not exceed one percent (1%) in value of the issued and outstanding equity securities capital stock of such entitycorporation; (ii) the Executive will not at any time, for so long as any Confidential Information (as defined below) shall remain confidential or otherwise remain wholly or partially protectable, either during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, use or disclose, directly or indirectly, to any person outside of the Company or any Affiliate any Confidential Information; (iii) promptly upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive (or in the event of the Executive's death, his personal representative) shall return to the Company any and all copies (whether prepared by or at the direction of the Company or Executive) of all records, drawings, materials, memoranda and other data constituting or pertaining to Confidential Information; (iv) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, divert, or by aid to others, do anything which would tend to divert, from the Company or any Affiliate any trade or business with any customer or supplier with whom the Executive had any contact or association during the term of the Executive's employment with the Company or with any party whose identity or potential as a customer or supplier was confidential or learned by the Executive during his employment by the Company; and (v) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, call upon, compete for or solicit for employment any person with whom the Executive was acquainted while in the Company's employ.

Covenant Not To Compete and Confidentiality. (a) The Executive acknowledges the Company's ’s reliance on and expectation of the Executive's ’s continued commitment to performance of his duties and responsibilities during the term of this Agreement. In light of such reliance and expectation on the part of the Company, the Executive agrees that: (i) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen twenty-four (1824) months following the termination of the Executive's ’s employment under this Agreement for any reason, including, without limitation, the expiration of the term of this Agreement (the “Non-competition Period”), the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, engage in, or have an interest in or be associated with (whether as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, associate, employee, consultant, owner or otherwise) any corporation, firm or enterprise which is engaged in (A) the real estate business (the "Real Estate Business"), including, without limitation, the development, ownership, leasing, salesmanagement, management financing or financing sales of single family or multi-family housing, condominiums, townhome manufactured housing communities or other form of housing, or (B) any business which is competitive with the business then or at any time during the term of this Agreement conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company, or any entity owned or controlled by the Company or under common control with the Company (an "Affiliate")and/or manufactured homes, anywhere within the continental United States or Canada; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (1) in the event that the Executive voluntarily terminates his employment with the Company, the Non-competition Period shall extend until the later of the remainder of the initial 3-year term of this Agreement or the expiration of twenty-four (24) months following the termination of Executive’s employment under this Agreement, (2) in the event that the Company terminates the Executive’s employment hereunder without “cause”, the Non-competition Period shall be reduced to twelve (12) months, and (3) the Executive may invest in any publicly held entity engaged in the Real Estate Business corporation engaged, if his such investment in such entity does not exceed one percent (1%) in value of the issued and outstanding equity securities capital stock of such entitycorporation; (ii) the Executive will not at any time, for so long as any Confidential Information (as defined below) shall remain confidential or otherwise remain wholly or partially protectable, either during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, use or disclose, directly or indirectly, to any person outside of the Company, or any corporation owned or controlled by the Company or any Affiliate under common control with the Company (the “Affiliates”), any Confidential Information; (iii) promptly upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive (or in the event of the Executive's ’s death, his personal representative) shall return to the Company any and all copies (whether prepared by or at the direction of the Company or Executive) of all records, drawings, materials, memoranda and other data constituting or pertaining to Confidential Information; (iv) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, divert, or by aid to others, do anything which would tend to divert, from the Company or any Affiliate any trade or business with any customer or supplier with whom the Executive had any contact or association during the term of the Executive's ’s employment with the Company or with any party whose identity or potential as a customer or supplier was confidential or learned by the Executive during his employment by the Company; and (v) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, call upon, compete for or solicit for employment any person with whom the Executive was acquainted while in employed by the Company's employ.

Covenant Not To Compete and Confidentiality. (a) The Executive acknowledges the Company's reliance on and expectation of the Executive's continued commitment to performance of his duties and responsibilities during the term of this Agreement. In light of such reliance and expectation on the part of the Company, the Executive agrees that: (i) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen twenty-four (1824) months following the termination of the Executive's employment under this Agreement for any reason, including, without limitation, the expiration of the term of this Agreement (the “Non-competition Period”), the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, engage in, or have an interest in or be associated with (whether as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, associate, employee, consultant, owner or otherwise) any corporation, firm or enterprise which is engaged in (A) the real estate business (the "Real Estate Business"), including, without limitation, the development, ownership, leasing, salesmanagement, management financing or financing sales of single family or multi-family housing, condominiums, townhome manufactured housing communities or other form of housing, or (B) any business which is competitive with the business then or at any time during the term of this Agreement conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company, or any entity owned or controlled by the Company or under common control with the Company (an "Affiliate")and/or manufactured homes, anywhere within the continental United States or Canada; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) in the event that the Company terminates the Executive’s employment hereunder without “cause”, the Non-competition Period shall be reduced to twelve (12) months, and (B) the Executive may invest in any publicly held entity engaged in the Real Estate Business corporation engaged, if his such investment in such entity does not exceed one percent (1%) in value of the issued and outstanding equity securities capital stock of such entitycorporation; (ii) the Executive will not at any time, for so long as any Confidential Information (as defined below) shall remain confidential or otherwise remain wholly or partially protectable, either during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, use or disclose, directly or indirectly, to any person outside of the Company, or any corporation owned or controlled by the Company or any Affiliate under common control with the Company (the “Affiliates”), any Confidential Information; (iii) promptly upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive (or in the event of the Executive's death, his personal representative) shall return to the Company any and all copies (whether prepared by or at the direction of the Company or Executive) of all records, drawings, materials, memoranda and other data constituting or pertaining to Confidential Information; (iv) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, divert, or by aid to others, do anything which would tend to divert, from the Company or any Affiliate any trade or business with any customer or supplier with whom the Executive had any contact or association during the term of the Executive's employment with the Company or with any party whose identity or potential as a customer or supplier was confidential or learned by the Executive during his employment by the Company; and (v) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, call upon, compete for or solicit for employment any person with whom the Executive was acquainted while in employed by the Company's employ.

Covenant Not To Compete and Confidentiality. (a) The Executive acknowledges the Company's reliance on and expectation of the Executive's continued commitment to performance of his her duties and responsibilities during the term of this Agreement. In light of such reliance and expectation on the part of the Company, the Executive agrees that: (i) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen twenty-four (1824) months following the termination of the Executive's employment under this Agreement for any reason, including, without limitation, the expiration of the term of this Agreement (the “Non-competition Period”), the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, engage in, or have an interest in or be associated with (whether as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, associate, employee, consultant, owner or otherwise) any corporation, firm or enterprise which is engaged in (A) the real estate business (the "Real Estate Business"), including, without limitation, the development, ownership, leasing, salesmanagement, management financing or financing sales of single family or multi-family housing, condominiums, townhome manufactured housing communities or other form of housing, or (B) any business which is competitive with the business then or at any time during the term of this Agreement conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company, or any entity owned or controlled by the Company or under common control with the Company (an "Affiliate")and/or manufactured homes, anywhere within the continental United States or Canada; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) in the event that the Company terminates the Executive’s employment hereunder without “cause”, the Non-competition Period shall be reduced to twelve (12) months, and (B) the Executive may invest in any publicly held entity engaged in the Real Estate Business corporation engaged, if his such investment in such entity does not exceed one percent (1%) in value of the issued and outstanding equity securities capital stock of such entitycorporation; (ii) the Executive will not at any time, for so long as any Confidential Information (as defined below) shall remain confidential or otherwise remain wholly or partially protectable, either during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, use or disclose, directly or indirectly, to any person outside of the Company, or any corporation owned or controlled by the Company or any Affiliate under common control with the Company (the “Affiliates”), any Confidential Information; (iii) promptly upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Executive (or in the event of the Executive's death, his her personal representative) shall return to the Company any and all copies (whether prepared by or at the direction of the Company or Executive) of all records, drawings, materials, memoranda and other data constituting or pertaining to Confidential Information; (iv) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, divert, or by aid to others, do anything which would tend to divert, from the Company or any Affiliate any trade or business with any customer or supplier with whom the Executive had any contact or association during the term of the Executive's employment with the Company or with any party whose identity or potential as a customer or supplier was confidential or learned by the Executive during his her employment by the Company; and (v) for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending upon the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the termination of this Agreement for any reasonNon-competition Period, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, call upon, compete for or solicit for employment any person with whom the Executive was acquainted while in employed by the Company's employ.