Non-Solicit and Other Obligations. 3.1 The Participant acknowledges that by virtue of his or her management position and as an employee of Employer, the Participant has acquired and will acquire knowledge of Confidential Information of the Restricted Group and their Business. The Participant further acknowledges that the Confidential Information which the Restricted Group has provided and will provide to the Participant would give the Participant a significant advantage if the Participant were to directly or indirectly be engaged in any Business at a Competitor of the Restricted Group. 3.2 Without the Company’s prior written consent, the Participant shall not directly or indirectly, at any time during or after the Participant’s employment with any Employer, disclose any Confidential Information and shall use the Participant’s best efforts to prevent the taking or disclosure of any Confidential Information to a Competitor, or otherwise, except as reasonably may be required to be disclosed by the Participant in the ordinary performance of his or her duties for Employer or as required by law. 3.3 The Participant shall not, for the Relevant Period, directly or indirectly for a Competitor or otherwise: 3.3.1 within the Relevant Area, solicit any Relevant Client or Relevant Prospect for the purposes of any Business which competes or will compete or seeks to compete with the Restricted Group; 3.3.2 within the Relevant Area, accept, perform services for, or deal with any Relevant Client or Relevant Prospect for the purposes of any Business which competes or will compete or seeks to compete with the Restricted Group;
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Samples: Time Based Share Option Award Agreement, Time Based Share Option Award Agreement (Willis Towers Watson PLC), Performance Based Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement (Willis Towers Watson PLC)
Non-Solicit and Other Obligations. 3.1 3.1. The Participant acknowledges that by virtue of his or her management position and as an employee of Employer, the Participant has acquired and will acquire knowledge of Confidential Information of the Restricted Group and their Business. The Participant further acknowledges that the Confidential Information which the Restricted Group has provided and will provide to the Participant would give the Participant a significant advantage if the Participant were to directly or indirectly be engaged in any Business at a Competitor of the Restricted Group.
3.2 3.2. Without the Company’s prior written consent, the Participant shall not directly or indirectly, at any time during or after the Participant’s employment with any Employer, disclose any Confidential Information and shall use the Participant’s best efforts to prevent the taking or disclosure of any Confidential Information to a Competitor, or otherwise, except as reasonably may be required to be disclosed by the Participant in the ordinary performance of his or her duties for Employer or as required by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you understand that if you make a confidential disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or other Confidential Information to a government official or an attorney for the sole purpose of reporting a suspected violation of law, or in a court filing under seal, or otherwise engage in activities protected under whistleblower statutes, you shall not be held liable under this Agreement or under any federal or state trade secret law for such a disclosure or engaging of such activity and shall also not be required to notify the Company of any such disclosure or engaging of any such activity.
3.3 3.3. The Participant shall not, for the Relevant Period, directly or indirectly for a Competitor or otherwise:
3.3.1 3.3.1. within the Relevant Area, solicit any Relevant Client or Relevant Prospect for the purposes of any Business which competes or will compete or seeks to compete with the Restricted Group;
3.3.2 3.3.2. within the Relevant Area, accept, perform services for, or deal with any Relevant Client or Relevant Prospect for the purposes of any Business which competes or will compete or seeks to compete with the Restricted Group;
3.3.3. solicit for employment or entice away from the Restricted Group any Key Personnel; or
3.3.4. employ or engage or endeavour to employ or engage any Key Personnel.
3.4. To the extent the Participant is a party to an Employment Agreement or other agreement with the Employer, the Company or any Subsidiary that contains post-employment covenants and restrictions, those post-employment covenants and restrictions shall be separate and apart and independent from the covenants and restrictions set forth in Section 3.2 and Section 3.3 herein.
3.5. The Participant shall not directly or indirectly, at any time during or after the Participant’s employment with any Employer, take any action or make any statement, written or oral, that disparages or criticizes the business or management of the Employer, the Company or any Subsidiary or any of its or their respective directors, officers, agents, employees, products or services. Nothing contained herein limits or restricts any rights Participant may have to engage in protected concerted activity under the National Labor Relations Act.
3.6. The Participant recognizes and agrees that the payment of damages will not be an adequate remedy for any breach by Participant of any of the covenants set forth in Section 3 of this RCA. Participant recognizes that irreparable injury will result to Company and/or its Subsidiaries in the event of any such breach and therefore Participant agrees that Company may, in addition to recovering damages, proceed in equity to enjoin Participant from violating any such covenant.
3.7. The Participant acknowledges that the provisions of this Section 3 are fair, reasonable and necessary to protect the goodwill and interests of the Restricted Group.
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Samples: Time Based Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement (Willis Towers Watson PLC), Performance Based Restricted Share Unit Agreement (Willis Towers Watson PLC), Performance Based Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement (Willis Towers Watson PLC)
Non-Solicit and Other Obligations. 3.1 The Participant acknowledges that by virtue of his or her management position and as an employee of Employer, the Participant has acquired and will acquire knowledge of Confidential Information of the Restricted Group and their Business. The Participant further acknowledges that the Confidential Information which the Restricted Group has provided and will provide to the Participant would give the Participant a significant advantage if the Participant were to directly or indirectly be engaged in any Business at a Competitor of the Restricted Group.
3.2 Without the Company’s prior written consent, the Participant shall not directly or indirectly, at any time during or after the Participant’s employment with any Employer, disclose any Confidential Information and shall use the Participant’s best efforts to prevent the taking or disclosure of any Confidential Information to a Competitor, or otherwise, except as reasonably may be required to be disclosed by the Participant in the ordinary performance of his or her duties for Employer or as required by law.
3.3 The Participant shall not, for the Relevant Period, directly or indirectly for a Competitor or otherwise:
3.3.1 within the Relevant Area, solicit any Relevant Client or Relevant Prospect for the purposes of any Business which competes or will compete or seeks to compete with the Restricted Group;
3.3.2 within the Relevant Area, accept, perform services for, or deal with any Relevant Client or Relevant Prospect for the purposes of any Business which competes or will compete or seeks to compete with the Restricted Group;; 3.
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Samples: Time Based Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement, Performance Based Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement, Performance Based Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement
Non-Solicit and Other Obligations. 3.1 The Participant acknowledges that by virtue of his or her management position and as an employee of Employer, the Participant has acquired and will acquire knowledge of Confidential Information of the Restricted Group and their Business. The Participant further acknowledges that the Confidential Information which the Restricted Group has provided and will provide to the Participant would give the Participant a significant advantage if the Participant were to directly or indirectly be engaged in any Business at a Competitor of the Restricted Group.
3.2 Without the Company’s prior written consent, the Participant shall not directly or indirectly, at any time during or after the Participant’s employment with any Employer, disclose any Confidential Information and shall use the Participant’s best efforts to prevent the taking or disclosure of any Confidential Information to a Competitor, or otherwise, except as reasonably may be required to be disclosed by the Participant in the ordinary performance of his or her duties for Employer or as required by law.
3.3 The Participant shall not, for the Relevant Period, directly or indirectly for a Competitor or otherwise:
3.3.1 within the Relevant Area, solicit any Relevant Client or Relevant Prospect for the purposes of any Business which competes or will compete or seeks to compete with the Restricted Group;
3.3.2 within the Relevant Area, accept, perform services for, or deal with any Relevant Client or Relevant Prospect for the purposes of any Business which competes or will compete or seeks to compete with the Restricted Group;
3.3.3 solicit for employment or entice away from the Restricted Group any Key Personnel; or
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Samples: Performance Based Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement (Willis Group Holdings PLC)
Non-Solicit and Other Obligations. 3.1 The Participant Optionee acknowledges that by virtue of his or her senior management position and as an employee of Employer, the Participant Optionee has acquired and will acquire knowledge of Confidential Information of the Restricted Group and their Business. The Participant Optionee further acknowledges that the Confidential Information which the Restricted Group has provided and will provide to the Participant Optionee would give the Participant Optionee a significant advantage if the Participant Optionee were to directly or indirectly be engaged in any Business at a Competitor of the Restricted Group.
3.2 Without the Company’s prior written consent, the Participant Optionee shall not directly or indirectly, at any time during or after the ParticipantOptionee’s employment with any Employer, disclose any Confidential Information and shall use the ParticipantOptionee’s best efforts to prevent the taking or disclosure of any Confidential Information to a Competitor, or otherwiseInformation, except as reasonably may be required to be disclosed by the Participant Optionee in the ordinary performance of his or her duties for Employer or as required by law.
3.3 The Participant Optionee shall not, for the Relevant Period, directly or indirectly for a Competitor or otherwiseindirectly:
3.3.1 within the Relevant Area, solicit any Relevant Client or Relevant Prospect for the purposes of any Business which competes or will compete or seeks to compete with the Restricted Group;
3.3.2 within the Relevant Area, accept, perform services for, or deal with any Relevant Client or Relevant Prospect for the purposes of any Business which competes or will compete or seeks to compete with the Restricted Group;
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Samples: Restrictive Covenants Agreement (Willis Group Holdings PLC)