Further Obligations of the Employee During and After Employment. (a) The Employee agrees that during the term of his employment under this Agreement, he will engage in no other business activities which are or may be competitive with, or which might place him in a competing position to that of, the Company or any subsidiary of the Company. (b) The Employee realizes that during the course of his employment, the Employee will have produced and/or have access to confidential business plans, information, business opportunity records, notebooks, data, formula, specifications, trade secrets, customer lists, account lists and inventions of the Company and its affiliates. Therefore, during or subsequent to his employment by the Company, or by an affiliate, the Employee agrees to hold in confidence and not to directly or indirectly disclose or use or copy or make lists of any such information, except to the extent authorized by the Company in writing. All records, files, business plans, documents, equipment and the like, or copies thereof, relating to Company’s business, or the business of an affiliated company, which the Employee shall prepare, or use, or come into contact with, shall remain the sole property of the Company, or of an affiliated company, and shall not be removed from the Company’s or the affiliated company’s premises without its written consent, and shall be promptly returned to the Company upon termination or resignation of employment with the Company or its affiliated companies. (c) Because of his employment by the Company, the Employee will have access to trade secrets and confidential information about the Company, its business plans, its business accounts, its business opportunities, its expansion plans into other geographic areas and its methods of doing business. The Employee agrees that for a period of nine months after termination or resignation of his employment (except if the Employee terminates this Agreement for cause under Section 3.4 hereof or without cause under Section 3.5 hereof), he will not, directly or indirectly, compete with the Company or its affiliates in the business of designing, merchandising, marketing or contracting for the manufacture of men’s and women’s golf apparel and golf outerwear within the United States. This non-compete agreement shall be void and of no further force or effect in the event termination occurs under Section 3.3 or Section 3.7 hereof and the Company fails to pay the Employee amounts required under Section 3.3 or Section 3.7 hereof. (d) In the event a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this Section 4.1 to be so overly broad as to be unenforceable, then such provision shall be reduced in scope by the court, but only to the extent deemed necessary by the court to render the provision reasonable and enforceable, it being the Employee’s intention to provide the Company with the broadest protection possible against harmful competition.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Sport Haley Inc), Employment Agreement (Sport Haley Inc), Employment Agreement (Sport Haley Inc)
Further Obligations of the Employee During and After Employment. (a) The Employee agrees that during the term of his employment under this Agreement, he will engage in no other business activities which are or may be competitive with, or which might place him in a competing position to that of, the Company or any subsidiary of the Company.
(b) The Employee realizes that during the course of his employment, the Employee will have produced and/or have access to confidential business plans, information, business opportunity records, notebooks, data, formula, specifications, trade secrets, customer lists, account lists and inventions of the Company and its affiliates. Therefore, during or subsequent to his employment by the Company, or by an affiliate, the Employee agrees to hold in confidence and not to directly or indirectly disclose or use or copy or make lists of any such information, except to the extent authorized by the Company in writing. All records, files, business plans, documents, equipment and the like, or copies thereof, relating to Company’s 's business, or the business of an affiliated company, which the Employee shall prepare, or use, or come into contact with, shall remain the sole property of the Company, or of an affiliated company, and shall not be removed from the Company’s 's or the affiliated company’s 's premises without its written consent, and shall be promptly returned to the Company upon termination or resignation of employment with the Company or its affiliated companies.
(c) Because of his employment by the Company, the Employee will have access to trade secrets and confidential information about the Company, its business plans, its business accounts, its business opportunities, its expansion plans into other geographic areas and its methods of doing business. The Employee agrees that for a period of nine months after termination or resignation of his employment (except if the Employee terminates this Agreement for cause under Section 3.4 hereof or without cause under Section 3.5 hereof), he will not, directly or indirectly, compete with the Company or its affiliates in the business of designing, merchandising, marketing or contracting for the manufacture of men’s 's and women’s 's golf apparel and golf outerwear within the United States. This non-compete agreement shall be void and of no further force or effect in the event termination occurs under Section 3.3 or Section 3.7 hereof and the Company fails to pay the Employee amounts required under Section 3.3 or Section 3.7 hereof.
(d) In the event a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this Section 4.1 to be so overly broad as to be unenforceable, then such provision shall be reduced in scope by the court, but only to the extent deemed necessary by the court to render the provision reasonable and enforceable, it being the Employee’s 's intention to provide the Company with the broadest protection possible against harmful competition.
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Samples: Employment Agreement