Common use of Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement Clause in Contracts

Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement. If the employment of the Executive with Arrow and/or the Bank is terminated by any party under Paragraph 6 or is terminated by the Executive other than pursuant to one of the provisions of this Agreement specifically authorizing the Executive to so terminate: (i) For a period of two (2) years following the effective date of such termination of employment, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, manage, operate, or control, or accept or hold a position as a director, officer, employee, agent or partner of or adviser or consultant to, or otherwise perform substantial services for, any bank or insured financial institution or other corporation or entity engaged in the financial services business or a corporation or entity controlling any of the foregoing, excluding Arrow and its affiliates (any such other bank, institution, corporation or entity, a “Financial Institution”), if, as of the effective date of such termination of employment, such Financial Institution is in competition with Arrow or any of its affiliates in the Designated Area (as defined below) by virtue of such Financial Institution’s having any office or branch located within the Designated Area or having immediate plans to establish any office or branch within the Designated Area. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Designated Area as of any particular time will consist of all counties in the State of New York in which Arrow or any of its subsidiary banks or other affiliates engaged in providing financial services then maintains an office or a branch or has acted to establish an office or a branch. (ii) For a period of two (2) years following such termination of employment, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, (a) acting on behalf of any Financial Institution, regardless of where such Financial Institution is located or doing business, solicit business for such Financial Institution from, or otherwise seek to obtain as a customer or client of such Financial Institution, any person or entity that, to the knowledge of the Executive, was a customer or client of Arrow or any of its subsidiary banks or other affiliates engaged in providing financial services at any point during the one-year period immediately preceding the effective date of such termination of employment; or (b) acting on behalf of any other corporation or entity, including any Financial Institution, regardless of where such other corporation or entity is located or doing business, employ or solicit as an employee of such corporation or entity or retain or seek to retain as an agent or consultant of such corporation or entity any individual employed by Arrow or any of its subsidiary banks or other affiliates engaged in providing financial services at any point during the one-year period immediately preceding the effective date of such termination of employment. (iii) For a period of ten (10) years following the effective date of such termination of employment, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, make any one or more statements, declarations, announcements, assertions, remarks, comments or suggestions, orally or in writing, that individually or collectively are, or may be construed as being, defamatory, derogatory, negative, or disparaging to Arrow or its affiliates (including any successor to Arrow by merger or acquisition or any of such successor’s affiliates), or to any director, officer, controlling shareholder, employee or agent of any of the foregoing. It is the intention of the parties to restrict the activities of the Executive under this Paragraph 8 only to the extent necessary for the protection of the legitimate business interests of Arrow, and the parties specifically covenant and agree that should any of the clauses or provisions of the restrictions set forth herein, under any set of circumstances, be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, then and in that event, the court so holding may reduce the extent or duration of such restrictions or effect any other change to such restrictions to the extent necessary to render such restrictions enforceable by said court.

Appears in 8 contracts

Samples: Employment Agreement (Arrow Financial Corp), Employment Agreement (Arrow Financial Corp), Employment Agreement (Arrow Financial Corp)

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Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement. If the employment of the Executive with Arrow and/or the Bank is terminated by any party under Paragraph 6 or is terminated by the Executive other than pursuant to one of the provisions of this Agreement specifically authorizing the Executive to so terminate: (i) For a period of two (2) years following the effective date of such termination of employment, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, manage, operate, or control, or accept or hold a position as a director, officer, employee, agent or partner of or adviser or consultant to, or otherwise perform substantial services for, any bank or insured financial institution or other corporation or entity engaged in the financial services business or a corporation or entity controlling any of the foregoing, excluding Arrow and its affiliates (any such other bank, institution, corporation or entity, a "Financial Institution"), if, as of the effective date of such termination of employment, such Financial Institution is in competition with Arrow or any of its affiliates in the Designated Area (as defined below) by virtue of such Financial Institution’s 's having any office or branch located within the Designated Area or having immediate plans to establish any office or branch within the Designated Area. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Designated Area as of any particular time will consist of all counties in the State of New York in which Arrow or any of its subsidiary banks or other affiliates engaged in providing financial services then maintains an office or a branch or has acted to establish an office or a branch. (ii) For a period of two (2) years following such termination of employment, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, (a) acting on behalf of any Financial Institution, regardless of where such Financial Institution is located or doing business, solicit business for such Financial Institution from, or otherwise seek to obtain as a customer or client of such Financial Institution, any person or entity that, to the knowledge of the Executive, was a customer or client of Arrow or any of its subsidiary banks or other affiliates engaged in providing financial services at any point during the one-year period immediately preceding the effective date of such termination of employment; or (b) acting on behalf of any other corporation or entity, including any Financial Institution, regardless of where such other corporation or entity is located or doing business, employ or solicit as an employee of such corporation or entity or retain or seek to retain as an agent or consultant of such corporation or entity any individual employed by Arrow or any of its subsidiary banks or other affiliates engaged in providing financial services at any point during the one-year period immediately preceding the effective date of such termination of employment. (iii) For a period of ten (10) years following the effective date of such termination of employment, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, make any one or more statements, declarations, announcements, assertions, remarks, comments or suggestions, orally or in writing, that individually or collectively are, or may be construed as being, defamatory, derogatory, negative, or disparaging to Arrow or its affiliates (including any successor to Arrow by merger or acquisition or any of such successor’s 's affiliates), or to any director, officer, controlling shareholder, employee or agent of any of the foregoing. It is the intention of the parties to restrict the activities of the Executive under this Paragraph 8 only to the extent necessary for the protection of the legitimate business interests of Arrow, and the parties specifically covenant and agree that should any of the clauses or provisions of the restrictions set forth herein, under any set of circumstances, be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, then and in that event, the court so holding may reduce the extent or duration of such restrictions or effect any other change to such restrictions to the extent necessary to render such restrictions enforceable by said court.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Employment Agreement (Arrow Financial Corp), Employment Agreement (Arrow Financial Corp), Employment Agreement (Arrow Financial Corp)

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