Non-Compete Covenant. For a period of 2 years after the effective date of this Agreement, NC will not directly or indirectly engage in any business that competes with ARS. This covenant shall apply to the geographical area that includes North America.
Non-Compete Covenant. 9.2.1 During the term of employment and for the twelve-month period after (i) the effective date of your retirement or other termination by you of your employment or (ii) the Effective Termination Date of a termination of employment pursuant to Section 4, you shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company: (x) render any services to, manage, operate, control, or act in any capacity (whether as a principal, partner, director, officer, member, agent, employee, consultant, owner, independent contractor or otherwise and whether or not for compensation) for, any person or entity that is a Competitive Entity, or (y) acquire any interest of any type in any Competitive Entity, including without limitation as an owner, holder or beneficiary of any stock, stock options or other equity interest (except as permitted by the next sentence). Nothing herein shall prohibit you from acquiring solely as an investment and through market purchases (i) securities of any Competitive Entity that are registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and that are publicly traded, so long as you or any entity under your control are not part of any control group of such Competitive Entity and such securities, including converted or convertible securities, do not constitute more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding voting power of that entity and (ii) securities of any Competitive Entity that are not registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and are not publicly traded, so long as you or any entity under your control is not part of any control group of such Competitive Entity and such securities, including converted securities, do not constitute more than three percent (3%) of the outstanding voting power of that entity, provided that in each case you have no active participation in the business of such entity.
Non-Compete Covenant. The Executive hereby agrees that he shall not, during the Employment Term and for a period of twelve (12) months after the Termination Date (as long as he is entitled to and duly receives any payments due to him pursuant to Section 5.6.3 hereof), directly or indirectly engage in any business (whether as owner, manager, operator, lender, partner, stockholder, licensor, licensee, joint venturer, employee, consultant or otherwise) in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as of the Termination Date, is engaged as a significant portion of its business (it is hereby agreed that (i) any business that constitutes at least twenty (20%) percent of the Company’s prior fiscal year’s revenues and (ii) the Company’s Power Conversion and Communications Products business areas shall automatically be deemed “significant” hereunder) in any geographic area in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries then is so engaged. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall be permitted to own (as a passive investment) not more than two (2%) percent of the economic interests of a person or entity; provided, however, that said two (2%) percent limitation shall apply to the aggregate holdings of the Executive and those of all other persons and entities with whom the Executive has agreed to act for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of such securities, except pursuant to a bona fide operating agreement in respect of such person or entity, such as a stockholders’ agreement or partnership agreement. In the event of a termination of the Employment Term as a result of a change in a “Change of Control”, the non-compete covenant contained in this paragraph shall not apply to the Executive.
Non-Compete Covenant. Employee agrees that for a period of one (1) year after termination of employment, Employee will not compete, directly or indirectly, with the Company in the Field of Cartilage Regeneration and Repair. Competition includes, but is not limited to, the design, development, production, promotion, offering for sale or sale of product or services competitive with those of the Company in the Field of Cartilage Regeneration and Repair.
Non-Compete Covenant. In consideration of the Company’s obligations to Executive delineated herein, during the three (3) years following the Date of Termination of the Executive by the Company or a successor, the Executive will not, directly compete with U.S. Energy in acquiring any oil and gas properties that the Company is participating in and or the Board is considering participating in at the time of the Executive termination. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this paragraph, the Executive shall not be in any way restricted in seeking employment with an oil and gas company
Non-Compete Covenant. SECTION 1. EMPLOYEE agrees that for a period of two (2) years after his employment with SEEC is terminated, he will not, directly or indirectly, work in the United States, India, Mexico or Canada, for any third party, or for himself, in marketing and selling software products in direct competition with the software products marketed or sold by SEEC while EMPLOYEE was employed by SEEC.
Non-Compete Covenant. The Employee hereby agrees that he shall not, during the term of this Agreement and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter, directly or indirectly engage in any business (whether as owner, manager, operator, lender, partner, stockholder, licensor, licensee, joint venturer, employee, consultant or otherwise) in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as of the termination date is engaged as a significant portion of its business (it is hereby agreed that (i) any business that constitutes at least twenty (20%) percent of the Company’s prior fiscal year’s revenues and (ii) the Company’s Power Conversion and Communications Products business areas shall automatically be deemed “significant” hereunder) in any geographical area in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries then is so engaged. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee shall be permitted to own (as a passive investment) not more than two (2%) percent of the economic interests of a person or entity; provided, however, that said two (2%) percent limitation shall apply to the aggregate holdings of the Employee and those of all other persons and entities with whom the Employee has agreed to act for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of such securities, except pursuant to a bona fide operating agreement in respect of such person or entity, such as a stockholders’ agreement or partnership agreement. In the event of a termination of the Employee’s employment within twelve (12) months after a “Change of Control,” the non-compete covenant contained in this paragraph shall not apply to the Employee following such termination.
Non-Compete Covenant. The Company and the Employee agree that the Company's successful operation depends, in significant part, on the Employee's special knowledge and expertise in Finance. Consequently, during the Employment Term and for a period of six (6) months after the date of termination of the Employee's employment with the Company (for any reason whatsoever) or the expiration of this Agreement at the expiration of the Employment Term, the Employee, in further consideration of the Company's agreement to employ the Employee as provided herein, agrees not (a) to engage, directly or indirectly, personally or as an employee, agent, consultant, partner (whether general or limited), member, manager, officer, director, shareholder or otherwise, in any business activities that are the same as those in which the Company engages or proposes to engage (as indicated by the Company's business plan on the date of the expiration of the Employment Term) for or on behalf of himself or any other person, firm, company, corporation or business organization or entity that competes with the Company in the consumer products industry, (b) to engage in such activities with any other person, firm, company, partnership, corporation or business organization or entity engaged in or about to become engaged in such activities for or on behalf of such other person, firm, company, partnership, corporation or business organization or entity, or (c) to entice, induce or encourage any of the Company's other employees or any of its officers, directors or consultants to engage in any activity that, were it done by the Employee, would violate any provision of this Section 5.1; provided, however, that notwithstanding the immediately preceding restrictions set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 5.1, the Employee shall be allowed to own up to five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding voting stock or interests of any company or mutual fund that competes directly or indirectly with the Company if such stock or interests are traded on a national securities market or on the NASDAQ Stock Market. The restrictions set forth in this Section 5.1 shall only apply in the State of Utah. The Employee expressly agrees and acknowledges that (i) this covenant not to compete is reasonable as to time and geographic scope and area and does not place any unreasonable burden on the Employee, (ii) the general public will not be harmed as a result of the enforcement of this covenant not to compete, (iii) the Emplo...
Non-Compete Covenant. Executive shall not, during the period of his employment by the Company and, unless Executive has terminated this Agreement for Good Reason, for a period of 12 months thereafter, directly or indirectly (a) engage in any business (whether as owner, manager, operator, lender, partner, shareholder, licensor, licensee, joint venturer, employee, consultant or otherwise) in which the Company or any of its then subsidiaries is or has been engaged (or is actively considering engaging) during the term of Executive's employment by the Company in any geographic area in which the Company or any of its respective subsidiaries is so engaged or is actively considering engaging, or (b) take any other action which constitutes an interference with or a disruption of the activities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall be permitted to own (as a passive investment) not more than 1% of any class of securities which is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended: provided, however, that said 1% limitation shall apply to the aggregate holdings of Executive and all other persons and entities with whom Executive has agreed to act for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of such securities.
