Common use of Non-competition with the Company Clause in Contracts

Non-competition with the Company. Executive agrees that, during the Non-Competition Period, Executive shall not directly or indirectly, as a director, manager, member, stockholder, partner, owner, employee, consultant, or agent of any business, or in any other capacity, other than on behalf of the Company, organize, establish, own, operate, manage, control, engage in, participate in, invest in, permit Executive’s name to be used by, act as a consultant or advisor to, render services for (alone or in association with any person, firm, corporation, or other entity), or otherwise assist any person or entity that engages in or owns, invests in, operates, manages, or controls any venture or enterprise in all or a part of the Restricted Area, that engages in (A) the manufacture, sale, lease, service or other manner of offering of products or services that provide natural gas or hydrogen fueled distributed power generation with a single unit nameplate capacity of up to 5MW (which excludes, for the avoidance of doubt, the manufacture, sale, lease, service or other manner of offering of batteries, solar or wind powered energy generation equipment, or electrochemical (non-combustion) powered fuel cells), (B) the manufacture, sale, lease, service or other manner of offering of heat exchanger/transfer products that can operate with gases at a temperature above 1000° Xxxxxxxxxx or (C) any other new line of business, products or services offered or in development by FGS or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof during the prior six months of the Employment Term and in which Executive has had material involvement (the “Restricted Business”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Executive from owning, directly or indirectly, for passive investment purposes not intended to circumvent this Agreement, less than 2% of the publicly traded common equity securities of any company engaged in the Business (so long as Executive has no power to manage, operate, advise, consult with, or control the competing enterprise and no power, alone or in conjunction with other affiliated parties, to select a director, manager, general partner, or similar governing official of the competing enterprise other than in connection with the normal and customary voting powers afforded Executive in connection with any permissible equity ownership).

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (FlexEnergy Green Solutions, Inc.), Executive Employment Agreement (FlexEnergy Green Solutions, Inc.), Executive Employment Agreement (FlexEnergy Green Solutions, Inc.)

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Non-competition with the Company. Executive agrees that, during the Non-Competition Period, Executive shall not directly or indirectly, as a director, manager, member, stockholder, partner, owner, employee, consultant, or agent of any business, or in any other capacity, other than on behalf of the Company, organize, establish, own, operate, manage, control, engage in, participate in, invest in, permit Executive’s name to be used by, act as a consultant or advisor to, render services for (alone or in association with any person, firm, corporation, or other entity), or otherwise assist any person or entity that engages in or owns, invests in, operates, manages, or controls any venture or enterprise in all or a part of the Restricted Area, that engages in (A) the manufacture, sale, lease, service or other manner of offering of products or services that provide natural gas or hydrogen fueled distributed power generation with a single unit nameplate capacity of up to 5MW (which excludes, for the avoidance of doubt, the manufacture, sale, lease, service or other manner of offering of batteries, solar or wind powered energy generation equipment, or electrochemical (non-combustion) powered fuel cells), (B) the manufacture, sale, lease, service or other manner of offering of heat exchanger/transfer products that can operate with gases at a temperature above 1000° Xxxxxxxxxx or (C) any other new line of business, products or services offered or in development by FGS or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof during the prior six months of the Employment Term and in which Executive has had material involvement (the “Restricted Business”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Executive from owning, directly or indirectly, for passive investment purposes not intended to circumvent this Agreement, less than 2% of the publicly traded common equity securities of any company engaged in the Business (so long as Executive has no power to manage, operate, advise, consult with, or control the competing enterprise and no power, alone or in conjunction with other affiliated parties, to select a director, manager, general partner, or similar governing official of the competing enterprise other than in connection with the normal and customary voting powers afforded Executive in connection with any permissible equity ownership). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6(e) shall be deemed to restrict Executive from employment (and potentially associated ownership therein) with a private equity firm, venture capital firm, family office investment firm, structured debt financing or infrastructure investment firm (including such a firm focused on the energy industry), so long as (i) Executive shall not have responsibility for, nor provide any work or services directly for or the direct benefit of, any person or entity (whether an actual portfolio, prospective portfolio or otherwise) engaged in the Restricted Business, and (ii) Executive complies with Executive’s other continuing confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-interference, non-disparagement and other associated obligations under this Agreement in connection with Executive’s employment with such private equity firm.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (FlexEnergy Green Solutions, Inc.), Executive Employment Agreement (FlexEnergy Green Solutions, Inc.)

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Non-competition with the Company. Executive agrees that, during the Non-Competition Period, Executive shall not directly or indirectly, as a director, manager, member, stockholder, partner, owner, employee, consultant, or agent of any business, or in any other capacity, other than on behalf of the Company, organize, establish, own, operate, manage, control, engage in, participate in, invest in, permit Executive’s name to be used by, act as a consultant or advisor to, render services for (alone or in association with any person, firm, corporation, or other entity), or otherwise assist any person or entity that engages in or owns, invests in, operates, manages, or controls any venture or enterprise in all or a part of the Restricted Area, that engages in (A) the manufacture, sale, lease, service or other manner of offering of products or services that provide natural gas or hydrogen fueled distributed power generation with a single unit nameplate capacity of up to 5MW (which excludes, for the avoidance of doubt, the manufacture, sale, lease, service or other manner of offering of batteries, solar or wind powered energy generation equipment, or electrochemical (non-combustion) powered fuel cells), (B) the manufacture, sale, lease, service or other manner of offering of heat exchanger/transfer products that can operate with gases at a temperature above 10000000° Xxxxxxxxxx or (C) any other new line of business, products or services offered or in development by FGS or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof during the prior six months of the Employment Term and in which Executive has had material involvement (the “Restricted Business”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Executive from owning, directly or indirectly, for passive investment purposes not intended to circumvent this Agreement, less than 2% of the publicly traded common equity securities of any company engaged in the Business (so long as Executive has no power to manage, operate, advise, consult with, or control the competing enterprise and no power, alone or in conjunction with other affiliated parties, to select a director, manager, general partner, or similar governing official of the competing enterprise other than in connection with the normal and customary voting powers afforded Executive in connection with any permissible equity ownership). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6(e) shall be deemed to restrict Executive from employment (and potentially associated ownership therein) with a private equity firm, venture capital firm, family office investment firm, structured debt financing or infrastructure investment firm (including such a firm focused on the energy industry), so long as (i) Executive shall not have responsibility for, nor provide any work or services directly for or the direct benefit of, any person or entity (whether an actual portfolio, prospective portfolio or otherwise) engaged in the Restricted Business, and (ii) Executive complies with Executive’s other continuing confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-interference, non-disparagement and other associated obligations under this Agreement in connection with Executive’s employment with such private equity firm.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (FlexEnergy Green Solutions, Inc.)

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