Covenant Not to Complete Sample Clauses

Covenant Not to Complete. (a) In order to induce Buyer to enter into and consummate the transactions provided for in this Agreement, each Seller covenants ands agree that (i) during the period of three (3) years following the date of Closing he will not, without the prior written consent of Buyer in each instance, directly or indirectly, whether for himself or for any other person and whether as proprietor, principal, stockholder, partner, agent, director, officer, employee, consultant, independent contractor or in any other capacity, engage in, or have any interest in any business or other entity that provides products and support for wireless coverage extension of emergency service transmissions and of private and public wireless carriers anywhere in the continental United States or (ii) at any time after the Closing knowingly do any act which would impair the value of the business, operations or assets of, or injure the goodwill or reputation of, Buyer or the Company or divert any of its business or employees. Without limiting the generability of the foregoing, Seller agrees that during such five year period he will not solicit any business from any person, firm, corporation or entity which was a customer of the Company within the three year period prior to the Closing nor will he hire any person who was an employee of the Company at the date of Closing. (b) Each Seller agrees that each provision of subsection 7.01(a) is reasonable and necessary for the protection of Buyer; that each such provision, and the period or periods of time, geographical areas and types and scopes of restrictions on his activities specified therein, are and are intended to be divisible; that if any portion thereof (including any sentence, clause or part) shall be held contrary to law or invalid or unenforceable in any respect in any jurisdiction, or as to any one or more periods of time, areas or business activities, or any part thereof, the remaining provisions shall not be affected but shall remain in full force and effect as to the other and remaining parts; and that any such invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed, without further action on the part of the parties hereto, modified, amended and limited to the extent necessary to render the same valid and enforceable in such jurisdiction. Seller further recognizes and agrees that any violation of his agreement in subsection 7.01(a) would cause such damages to Buyer as would be irreparable and the exact amount of which would be impossible to...
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Covenant Not to Complete. Section 5(a)(1) of the Employment Agreement is amended so as to provide that the restrictions set forth in Subsection (a)(1) of Section 5 of the Employment Agreement shall apply only to the states in the eastern United States, as set forth in Schedule A to this Amendment.
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Covenant Not to Complete. From the Commencement Date through the Termination Date ( and thereafter for any additional period during which Executive is being paid any severance amount hereunder), Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, take part directly or indirectly (other than as a non-"Substantial Owner", as hereinafter defined) in any television infomercial venture or in any television infomercial production or in any "home shopping" style marketing venture which is competitive with the business of the Company or its affiliates and shall not be an officer, director, employee, independent contractor or Substantial Owner of any such restricted business. "Substantial
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Covenant Not to Complete. During the term of this Agreement, consultant shall not directly or indirectly, either for his own account, or as a partner, shareholder, officer, director, employee, agent of otherwise: own, manage, operate, control, be employed by, participate in, consult with, perform services for, or otherwise be connected with any business the as or similar to the business conducted by Company. In the event any of the provisions of this Section 6 are determined to be invalid by reason of their scope or duration, this Section 6 shall be deemed modified to the extent required to cure the invalidity. In the event of a breach, or a breach, or a threatened breach, of this Section 6, Company shall be entitled to obtain an injunction restraining the commitments or continuance of the breach, as well as any other legal or equitable remedies permitted by law.
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Covenant Not to Complete. During the term of this Agreement and for a period thereafter (as set forth in Section 11 below), EMPLOYEE will not, directly or indirectly, compete with COMPANY in the field of multimedia networks and/or in any field which is otherwise competitive with the COMPANY's services and/or activities as contemplated and/or implemented by COMPANY during the term of this Agreement, and shall strictly abide by the terms and conditions of the "Employee Proprietary Information and Assignment of Invent io ns Agreement" which is being executed concurrently herewith and which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT A and incorporated herein (the "Assignment Agreement " ) . In addition, EMPLOYEE, while employed, shall not take any action without COMPANY's prior written consent to establish, form, or become employed by a competing business on termination of employment by COMPANY. EMPLOYEE’s failure to comply with the provisions of this Section 5 shall give COMPANY the right (in addition to all other remedies COMPANY may have) to terminate any benefits, or compensation to which EMPLOYEE may be otherwise entitled following termination of this Agreement.
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Covenant Not to Complete. If the Employee voluntarily terminates employment for any reason within thirty (30) days of the date of a Change in Control or for Good Reason within twelve (12) months of the date of the Change in Control, or is terminated without Just Cause within twelve (12) months of the date of the Change in Control, the Company shall pay (if not paid by the Bank pursuant to the employment agreement between the Employee and the Bank) the Employee an amount equal to the Employee's annual base compensation in effect on the date of the Change in Control. Such sum shall be paid in one lump sum within ten (10) days of the Employee's last day of employment with the Bank or successor thereto. In consideration of the payment to be made to him under this Section 12(c), the Employee agrees as follows: (i) The parties recognize that the Employee's reputation and business and personal relationships are of significant benefit to the Company and the Bank. The parties further recognize that the Company and the Bank are in direct competition with certain banks and other similar institutions. Therefore, the Employee agrees that for a period of twelve (12) months following his termination of employment he will not accept employment or serve in any capacity with any bank, savings bank or savings and loan association the deposits or accounts or shares of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or credit union the deposits or accounts or shares of which are insured by the National Credit Union Administration or any holding company for such bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union or other entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with such financial institution at a principal place of employment within the following Arkansas counties: Ouachita, Union and Columbia. (ii) For a period of one (1) year following his termination of employment, the Employee will not solicit or induce any person who is an employee of the Company or the Bank, or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company or the Bank, or any successor to either, or any person who was such on the date of his termination of employment, to become employed by any other person or entity, or approach any such employee for such purpose or authorize or knowingly approve the taking of such actions by other persons. (iii) The Employee acknowledges that during the course of his employment with the Company and the Bank he has and will continue to...
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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 Xxx Each Party hereby covenants and agrees that none of it, the members of such Party’s Group or any Person claiming through it shall bring suit or otherwise assert any claim against any Indemnitee, or assert a defense against any claim asserted by any Indemnitee, before any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative agency anywhere in the world, alleging that: (a) the assumption of any Varex Liabilities by Varex or a member of the Varex Group on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements is void or unenforceable for any reason; (b) the retention of any Parent Liabilities by Parent or a member of the Parent Group on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements is void or unenforceable for any reason; or (c) the provisions of this Article IV are void or unenforceable for any reason.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Covenant Not to Sue The Discharger covenants not to sue or pursue any administrative or civil claim(s) against any State Agency or the State of California, their officers, Board Members, employees, representatives, agents, or attorneys arising out of or relating to any matter expressly addressed by this Stipulation and Order.

  • Covenant Not to Disclose a. The Executive covenants and agrees that he will not, during the period of his employment with the Corporation or at any time thereafter, except with the express prior written consent of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Harbour Group Ltd., any successor to Harbour Group Ltd. or their respective designees, directly or indirectly disclose, communicate or divulge to any Person, or use for the benefit of any Person, any Proprietary Information. The restriction contained in the preceding sentence shall not apply to any Proprietary Information that (i) is a matter of public knowledge (which shall include knowledge in the industries in which the Corporation or its Subsidiaries are engaged) on the date of this Agreement, (ii) becomes a matter of public knowledge (which shall include knowledge in the industries in which the Corporation or its Subsidiaries are engaged) after the date of this Agreement from another source which is under no obligation of confidentiality to the Corporation or its Affiliates or (iii) that is furnished in the Ordinary Course of Business to Persons which sell, provide or propose to sell or provide goods or services to the Corporation or its Subsidiaries or which purchase, obtain or propose to purchase or obtain goods or services from the Corporation or its Subsidiaries. b. All data, designs, drawings, blueprints, tracings, sketches, plans, layouts, specifications, models, programs, cards, tapes, disks, printouts, writings, manuals, guides, notes and any and all other memoranda, including without limitation any and all written information which may be or has been furnished to the Executive or which may be produced, prepared or designed by the Executive in connection with his employment with the Corporation shall be, become and remain the exclusive property of the Corporation. Upon the termination of the Executive's employment with the Corporation, all originals, copies and reprints in the Executive's possession, custody, or control shall be promptly surrendered and/or delivered to the Corporation, and the Executive shall thereafter make no further use, either directly or indirectly, of any such data, designs, drawings, blueprints, tracings, sketches, plans, layouts, specifications, models, programs, cards, tapes, disks, printouts, writings, manuals, guides, notes or other memoranda or written information.

  • Covenant Not to Solicit If the Executive is receiving payments and benefits under Section 2 above (or subsequently becomes entitled thereto because of a termination described in Section 2(a)(ii)), then, for a period of two (2) years following the Executive’s Termination Date, the Executive shall not: (i) solicit, encourage or take any other action which is intended to induce any other employee of the Company to terminate his employment with the Company; or (ii) interfere in any manner with the contractual or employment relationship between the Company and any such employee of the Company. The foregoing shall not prohibit the Executive or any entity with which the Executive may be affiliated from hiring a former employee of the Company; provided, that such hiring results exclusively from such former employee’s affirmative response to a general recruitment effort.

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