Further Covenant. During the Term and through the second anniversary of the Termination Date, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions, and, to the extent the Executive owns, manages, operates, controls, is employed by or participates in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or is connected in any manner with, any business, the Executive will use his best efforts to ensure that such business does not take any of the following actions: (i) Use the Company’s Confidential Information to persuade or attempt to persuade any customer of the Company to cease doing business with the Company, or to reduce the amount of business any customer does with the Company; (ii) in a manner that competes with the Company’s business, use the Company’s Confidential Information to solicit for himself or any entity the business of a customer of the Company or the business of a former customer of the Company within twelve (12) months prior to the termination of the Executive’s employment; or (iii) persuade or attempt to persuade any employee or independent contractor of the Company to leave the service of the Company, or hire or engage, directly or indirectly, any individual who was an employee or independent contractor of the Company within one (1) year prior to the Executive’s Termination Date.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Mabvax Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.), Employment Agreement (Mabvax Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.), Employment Agreement (Telik Inc)