Covenant of Confidentiality All documents, records, files, manuals, forms, materials, supplies, computer programs, trade secrets and other information which comes into EXECUTIVE's possession from time to time during EXECUTIVE's employment by COMPANY and/or any of COMPANY's subsidiaries or affiliates, shall be deemed to be confidential and proprietary to COMPANY and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of COMPANY. EXECUTIVE acknowledges that all such confidential and proprietary information is confidential and proprietary and not readily available to COMPANY's business competitors. On the effective date of the termination of the employment relationship or at such other date as specified by COMPANY, EXECUTIVE agrees that he will return to COMPANY all such confidential and proprietary items (including, but not limited to, Company marketing material, business cards, keys, etc.) in his control or possession, and all copies thereof, and that he will not remove any such items from the offices of COMPANY.
ENTIRETY OF CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT The COUNTY and the CONTRACTOR agree that this Contract sets forth the entire agreement between the parties, and that there are no promises or understandings other than those stated herein. None of the provisions, terms and conditions contained in this Contract may be added to, deleted, modified, superseded or otherwise altered, except by written instrument executed by the parties hereto.
Obligation of Confidentiality 14.1 During the Term, and for [***] thereafter, each of the Parties will keep confidential and not disclose or use any of the Information of the other Party except in the performance of its obligations and exercise of its rights under this Agreement. Each Party will treat the other Party’s Information with the same degree of confidentiality as it keeps its own confidential information (but in no event will it use less than reasonable care with such Information). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Article 14 shall not apply to any information that can be shown by the Receiving Party:
(a) To have been known to or in the possession of the Receiving Party prior to the date of its actual receipt from the Disclosing Party without breaching any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or of any agreement between the Disclosing Party and a Third Party, by such Third Party;
(b) To be or to have become available to the public other than through any act or omission of the Receiving Party in breach of this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties;
(c) To have been disclosed to the Receiving Party, other than under an obligation of confidentiality, by a Third Party that had no obligation to the Disclosing Party not to disclose such information to others; or
(d) To have been subsequently independently developed by the Receiving Party without use of the Disclosing Party Information as demonstrated by competent contemporaneous tangible records.
14.2 Receiving Party shall ensure that its Affiliates, directors or employees, who have access to Information, shall consider and hold any of the Information as herein contemplated.
14.3 Each Party may disclose the other Party’s Information hereunder solely to the extent such disclosure is reasonably necessary in connection with complying with applicable laws; provided that in the event of any such disclosure of the Disclosing Party’s Information by the Receiving Party, the Receiving Party will, except where impracticable, give reasonable advance notice to the Disclosing Party of such disclosure requirement (so that the Disclosing Party may seek a protective order and/or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance with the confidentiality provisions of this Article 14 and will use its Commercially Reasonable Efforts to secure confidential treatment of such confidential Information required to be disclosed).
14.4 Each Receiving Party shall keep Information belonging to the Disclosing Party in appropriately secure locations. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, any and all Information possessed in tangible form by a Receiving Party, or its Affiliates, or its or any of their directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, and clinical investigators and belonging to the Disclosing Party, shall, upon written request, be destroyed to the extent practicable and not used or disclosed by the Receiving Party, its Affiliates, or any of their directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, and clinical investigators; provided, however, that a Party may retain one (1) copy of any Information in an appropriately secure location solely for use by its legal department to ensure compliance with the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement.
14.5 DAEWOONG and AEON each acknowledge the other Party’s interest in publishing the results of its scientific research in order to obtain recognition within the scientific community and to advance the state of scientific knowledge. Authorship of any publication shall be determined based on the accepted standards used in peer-reviewed, academic journals at the time of the proposed publication. Each Party also recognizes the mutual interest in obtaining valid patent protection and in protecting business interests and trade secret information. Consequently, except for disclosures permitted pursuant to Article 14.1, if either Party, its employees or consultants wishes to publish or present to any third party, during the Term, results of the scientific, preclinical and clinical studies or any information about Product, or the results of any program to discover or develop any of the above, it shall deliver to the other Party a copy of the proposed written publication or an outline of an oral disclosure at least fifteen (15) days prior to submission for publication or presentation. The reviewing Party shall notify the other Party within fifteen (15) days of receipt of such proposed publication whether such draft publication contains (i) Information of the reviewing Party, or (ii) information that if published would have an adverse effect on a patent application covering the subject matter of this Agreement, the reviewing Party shall have the right to (a) propose modifications to the publication or presentation for patent reasons, trade secret reasons, confidentiality reasons or business reasons or (b) request a reasonable delay in publication or presentation in order to protect patentable information. If the reviewing Party requests a delay to protect patentable information, the publishing Party shall delay submission or presentation for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days to enable patent applications protecting each Party’s rights in such information to be filed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon expiration of such thirty (30) days, the publishing Party shall be free to proceed with the publication or presentation. If the reviewing Party reasonably requests modifications to the publication or presentation to prevent disclosure of material trade secret or proprietary business information, the publishing Party shall edit such publication to prevent the disclosure of such information prior to submission of the publication or presentation. After the termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Parties shall continue to be obligated to adhere to the guidelines set out in Article 14.4 and this Article 14.5, but solely with respect to publications or presentations to any third party containing information about Product.
14.6 Once approval for a publication or presentation has been granted, the relevant Party shall be entitled to use the specific information contained in such publication or presentation after the date of its publication or presentation without seeking further approval. General comments made by a Party relating to the relationship between DAEWOONG and AEON established by this Agreement, including, for example, general comments made in response to inquiries at professional meetings and other similar circumstances, are not intended to be restricted by the provisions of this Article 14 provided such information has been disclosed to the public previously or cleared for such disclosure by the other Party. For the avoidance of doubt, neither Party shall be entitled to publish Information of the other in violation of Article 14.
14.7 DAEWOONG and AEON shall agree upon the timing and content of an initial press release relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein. Except to the extent already disclosed in that initial press release, no disclosure of the subject matter of this Agreement or its terms may be made by either Party, and no Party shall use the name, trademark, trade name or logo of the other Party or its employees in any publicity, news release or disclosure relating to this Agreement or its subject matter, without the prior express written permission of the other Party, except as may be required by applicable laws, regulations, or judicial order. The Party desiring to make any such public announcement shall provide the other Party with a written copy of the proposed announcement in sufficient time prior to public release to allow such other Party to comment upon such announcement, prior to public release.
Estoppel Certificate or Subordination Agreement Tenant fails to execute any document required from Tenant under Sections 23 or 27 within 5 days after a second notice requesting such document.
SUBORDINATION AND NON-DISTURBANCE At the request from time to time by one or more holders of a mortgage or deed of trust that may hereafter be placed by Lessor upon the Leased Property or any part thereof, and any and all renewals, replacements, modifications, consolidations, spreaders and extensions thereof, within thirty (30) days from the date of request, Lessee shall execute and deliver and shall have all subtenants or sublessees of the Leased Property execute and deliver, to such holders a written agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to such holder whereby Lessee and such subtenants and sublessees subordinate this Lease and all of their rights and estate hereunder to each such mortgage or deed of trust that encumbers the Leased Property or any part thereof and agree with each such holder that Lessee and such subtenants and sublessees will attorn to and recognize such holder or the purchaser at any foreclosure sale or any sale under a power of sale contained in any such mortgage or deed of trust, as the case may be, as Lessor under this Lease for the balance of the Term then remaining, subject to all of the terms and provisions of this Lease; provided, however, that each such holder simultaneously executes and delivers a written agreement (a) consenting to this Lease and agreeing that, notwithstanding any such other mortgage, deed of trust, right, title or interest, or any default, expiration, termination, foreclosure, sale, entry or other act or omission under, pursuant to or affecting any of the foregoing, Lessee and such subtenants and sublessees shall not be disturbed in peaceful enjoyment of the Leased Property or the subleased property (as applicable) nor shall this Lease (nor the applicable subleases) be terminated or canceled at any time, except in the event Lessee or such applicable subtenant or sublessee is in default under this Lease or any of the Other Leases, Lessor shall have the right to terminate this Lease or the applicable subleases under the terms and provisions expressly set forth herein; (b) agreeing that for any period while it is Lessor hereunder, it will perform, fulfill and observe all of Lessor's representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein or therein; and (c) agreeing, unless otherwise expressly provided in the mortgage or deed of trust, that all proceeds of the casualty insurance described in Article XIV of this Lease and all Awards described in Article XV will be made available for restoration of the Leased Property as and to the extent required by this Lease, subject only to reasonable regulation regarding the disbursement and application thereof.
Confidentiality and Noncompetition (a) Executive acknowledges that, prior to and during the Term of this Agreement, the Company has furnished and will furnish to Executive Confidential Information which could be used by Executive on behalf of a competitor of the Company to the Company's substantial detriment. Moreover, the parties recognize that Executive during the course of his employment with the Company may develop important relationships with customers and others having valuable business relationships with the Company. In view of the foregoing, Executive acknowledges and agrees that the restrictive covenants contained in this Section are reasonably necessary to protect the Company's legitimate business interests and good will.
(b) Executive agrees that he shall protect the Company's Confidential Information and shall not disclose to any Person, or otherwise use, except in connection with his duties performed in accordance with this Agreement, any Confidential Information at any time, including following the termination of his employment with the Company for any reason; provided, however, that Executive may make disclosures required by a valid order or subpoena issued by a court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, in which event Executive will promptly notify the Company of such order or subpoena to provide the Company an opportunity to protect its interests. Executive's obligations under this Section 4(b) shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason, provided that Executive may after such expiration or termination disclose Confidential Information with the prior written consent of the Board.
(c) Upon the termination or expiration of his employment hereunder, Executive agrees to deliver promptly to the Company all Company files, customer lists, management reports, memoranda, research, Company forms, financial data and reports and other documents supplied to or created by him in connection with his employment hereunder (including all copies of the foregoing) in his possession or control, and all of the Company's equipment and other materials in his possession or control. Executive's obligations under this Section 4(c) shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.
(d) Upon the termination or expiration of his employment under this Agreement, Executive agrees that for a period of one (1) year from his date of termination or until the end of the period for which he is entitled to receive compensation under Section 5.1(a) below, whichever is longer, he shall not (i) enter into or engage in the design, manufacture, marketing or sale of any products similar to those produced or offered by the Company or its affiliates in the area of North America, either as an individual, partner or joint venturer, or as an employee, agent or salesman, or as an officer, director, or shareholder of a corporation, (ii) divert or attempt to divert any person, concern or entity which is furnished products or services by the Company from doing business with the Company or otherwise change its relationship with the Company, or (iii) solicit, lure or attempt to hire away any of the employees of the Company with whom the Executive interacted directly or indirectly while employed with the Company.
(e) Executive acknowledges that if he breaches or threatens to breach this Section 4, his actions may cause irreparable harm and damage to the Company which could not be compensated in damages. Accordingly, if Executive breaches or threatens to breach this Section 4, the Company shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief, in addition to any other rights or remedies of the Company. The existence of any claim or cause of action by Executive against the Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of Executive's agreement under this Section 4(e).
Noncompetition Agreement (a) Employee shall not, during the term of his employment hereunder, be engaged in any other business activity pursued for gain, profit or other pecuniary advantage if such activity interferes with Employee's duties and responsibilities hereunder. The foregoing limitations shall not be construed as prohibiting Employee from making personal investments in such form or manner as will neither require his services in the operation or affairs of the companies or enterprises in which such investments are made nor violate the terms of this paragraph 3. Employee will not, during the period of his employment by or with Employer, and for a period of two (2) years immediately following the termination of his employment under this Agreement, except as provided below, directly or indirectly, for himself or on behalf of or in conjunction with any other person, persons, company, partnership, corporation or business of whatever nature:
(i) engage, as an officer, director, shareholder, owner, partner, joint venturer, or in a managerial capacity, whether as an employee, independent contractor, consultant or advisor, or as a sales representative, in any business in direct competition with Employer or the Company within 100 miles of where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conduct business, including any territory serviced by the Company or any of such subsidiaries (the "TERRITORY");
(ii) call upon any person who is, at that time, an employee of Employer or the Company (including the respective subsidiaries thereof) in a sales or managerial capacity for the purpose or with the intent of enticing such employee away from or out of the employ of Employer or the Company (including the respective subsidiaries thereof);
(iii) call upon any person or entity which is, at that time, or which has been, within one (1) year prior to that time, a customer of the Company (including the respective subsidiaries thereof) for the purpose of soliciting or selling products or services in direct competition with the Company; or
(iv) call upon any prospective acquisition candidate, on Employee's own behalf or on behalf of any competitor, which candidate was, to Employee's actual knowledge after due inquiry, either called upon by Employer or the Company (including the respective subsidiaries thereof) or for which Employer or the Company made an acquisition analysis for the purpose of acquiring such entity or all or substantially all of such entity's assets. Notwithstanding the above, the foregoing covenant shall not be deemed to prohibit Employee from acquiring as a passive investment not more than two percent (2%) of the capital stock of a competing business the stock of which is traded on a national securities exchange or on an over-the -counter or similar market.
(b) Because of the difficulty of measuring economic losses to Employer or the Company as a result of a breach of the foregoing covenant, and because of the immediate and irreparable damage that could be caused to Employer or the Company for which they would have no other adequate remedy, Employee agrees that the foregoing covenant may be enforced by Employer or the Company in the event of breach or threatened breach by Employee, by injunctions, restraining orders and other appropriate equitable relief.
(c) It is agreed by the parties that the foregoing covenants in this paragraph 3 impose a reasonable restraint on Employee in light of the activities and business of the Company (including the Company's subsidiaries) on the date of the execution of this Agreement and the current plans of the Company (including the Company's subsidiaries); but it is also the intent of the Company and Employee that such covenants be construed and enforced in accordance with the changing activities, business and locations of the Company (including the Company's subsidiaries) throughout the term of this covenant, whether before or after the date of termination of the employment of Employee. For example, if, during the term of this Agreement, the Company (including the Company's subsidiaries) engages in new and different activities, enters a new business or establishes new locations for its current activities or business in addition to or other than the activities or business enumerated under the Recitals above or the locations currently established therefor, then Employee will be precluded from soliciting the customers or Employees of such new activities or business or from such new location and from directly competing with such new business within 100 miles of its then-established operating location(s) through the term of this covenant. It is further agreed by the parties hereto that, in the event that Employee shall cease to be employed hereunder, and shall enter into a business or pursue other activities not in competition with the Company (including the Company's subsidiaries), or similar activities or business in locations the operation of which, under such circumstances, does not violate clause (i) of paragraph 3(a), Employee shall not be chargeable with a violation of this paragraph 3 if the Company (including the Company's subsidiaries) shall thereafter enter the same, similar or a competitive (i) business, (ii) course of activities or (iii) location, as applicable.
(d) The covenants in this paragraph 3 are severable and separate, and the unenforceability of any specific covenant shall not affect the provisions of any other covenant. Moreover, in the event any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the scope, time or territorial restrictions set forth herein are unreasonable, then it is the intention of the parties that such restrictions be enforced to the fullest extent which the court deems reasonable, and this Agreement shall thereby be reformed.
(e) All of the covenants in this paragraph 3 shall be construed as an agreement independent of any other provision in this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action of Employee against Employer or the Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by Employer or the Company of such covenants. It is specifically agreed that the period of two (2) years following termination of employment stated at the beginning of this paragraph 3, during which the agreements and covenants of Employee made in this paragraph 3 shall be effective, shall be computed by excluding from such computation any time during which Employee is in violation of any provision of this paragraph 3.
Non Competition and Non Interference During the period of his employment with the Company or its affiliates and for the one-year period after the termination of his employment with the Company and its affiliates, Employee will not, directly or indirectly:
1. without the express prior written consent of the Board of Directors, own an interest in, manage, operate, join, control, lend money or render financial or other assistance to or participate in or be connected with, as an officer, employee, partner, stockholder, consultant or otherwise, any person that competes with the Company in the field of neurostimulation in a matter covered by a patent assigned to or held by the Company; provided, however, that following Employee’s termination of employment with the Company the foregoing restriction shall apply only to those areas where the Company is actually doing business on the date of such termination of employment; provided, further, that Employee may purchase or otherwise acquire for passive investment up to 3% of any class of securities of any such enterprise if such securities are listed on any national or regional securities exchange or have been registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
2. whether for Employee’s own account or for the account of any other person, (except for the account of the Company and its affiliates), solicit Business from any person known by Employee to be a customer of the Company or its affiliates, whether or not Employee had personal contact with such person during Employee’s employment with the Company and its affiliates;
3. whether for Employee’s own account or the account of any other person, (i) solicit, employ, or otherwise engage as an employee, independent contractor, or otherwise, any person who is an employee of the Company or an affiliate, or in any manner induce, or attempt to induce, any employee of the Company or its affiliate to terminate his employment with the Company or its affiliate; or (ii) interfere with the Company’s or its affiliate’s relationship with any person who at any time during the Term, was an employee, contractor, supplier, or customer of the Company or its affiliate; or
4. at any time after the termination of his employment, disparage the Company or its affiliates or any shareholders, directors, officers, employees, or agents of the Company or any of its affiliates, so long as the Company does not disparage Employee.
Covenant Against Competition During the period of Participant’s employment and for two (2) years after his or her Last Day of Employment, Participant acknowledges and agrees he or she will not, directly or indirectly, establish or engage in any business or organization, or own or control any interest in, be employed by, or act as an officer, director, consultant, advisor, or lender to, any of the following located in those geographic markets where Participant has had direct and substantial involvement in Company’s operations in such geographic markets: (a) any entity that engages in any business competitive with the business activities of Company including, without limitation, its assisted and digital (including software) tax services businesses (“Prohibited Companies”); (b) any financial institution or business where any of Participant’s duties or activities would relate to or assist in providing services or products to one or more of the Prohibited Companies for use in connection with products, services or assistance being provided to customers; or (c) any financial institution or business whose primary purpose is to provide services or products to one or more of the Prohibited Companies for use in connection with products, services or assistance being provided to customers. Without limiting clause (c), any financial institution or business whose profits or revenues from the provision of services or products to the Prohibited Companies exceeds 25% of total profits or revenues, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be covered by clause (c). For Participants whose primary place of employment as of the Last Day of Employment is in Puerto Rico or Arizona, the restrictions in this Section 2.2 shall be limited to one (1) year following Participant’s Last Day of Employment. The restrictions in this Section 2.2 shall not apply if Participant’s primary place of employment as of the Last Day of Employment is in California or North Dakota; provided, however, to the extent permitted under such states’ laws, Company nevertheless retains all rights and remedies set forth in Sections 2.8 and 2.9 in lieu of enforcing the restrictive covenant set forth in this Section 2.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Participant has a standalone employment agreement with Company and such employment agreement includes covenants against competition or non-solicitation of customers, the scope, but not the duration, of such covenants shall apply solely for purposes of Sections 2.2 and 2.4, but shall have no other effect on this Award Agreement. All other covenants contained in this Section 2 shall apply to Participant notwithstanding any covenants or other terms contained in any other agreement.
Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement In consideration of Employee’s (as defined below) entering into at-will employment with Employer (as defined below) or one of its subsidiary companies, the compensation and benefits provided to me including those set forth in a separate Employment Agreement, Change in Control Agreement and Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Agreement (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) and Employer’s agreement to provide Employee with access to Employer’s confidential information, intellectual property and trade secrets, access to its customers and other promises made below, Employee enters into the following non-competition and non-solicitation agreement: This Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement (“Agreement”) is effective by and between Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx (“Employee”) and First Solar, Inc. (“Employer”) as of October 6, 2008.
