Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement Sample Clauses
Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement. Executive shall not for a period of one (1) year following Executive’s termination of employment for any reason, either on Executive’s own account or jointly with or as a manager, agent, officer, employee, consultant, partner, joint venturer, owner or shareholder or otherwise on behalf of any other person, firm or corporation, directly or indirectly solicit or attempt to solicit away from the Company any of its officers or employees or offer employment to any person who is an officer or employee of the Company; provided, however, that a general advertisement to which an employee of the Company responds shall in no event be deemed to result in a breach of this Section 11(b). Executive also agrees not to harass or disparage the Company or its employees, clients, directors or agents.
Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement. (a) Without limiting the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, Executive agrees that during his employment with the Company and for a period of 12 months thereafter, he shall not, on his own behalf or on behalf of or in connection with any other person, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever, alone or through or in connection with any person, solicit the employment or engagement of or otherwise entice away from the employment or engagement of the Company or any of its affiliates, any individual who is employed or engaged by the Company or any of its affiliates.
(b) Executive agrees that he shall not make negative statements or representations, or otherwise communicate negatively, directly or indirectly, in writing, orally, or otherwise, or take any action which may, directly or indirectly, disparage or be damaging to the Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors or their officers, directors, employees, business or reputation; provided that nothing herein shall prevent Executive from responding accurately and fully to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by law or legal process.
(c) Company shall direct its executives, and shall request in writing that the executives of the successor to the Company, not make negative statements or representations, or otherwise communicate negatively, directly or indirectly, in writing, orally, or otherwise, or take any action which may, directly or indirectly, disparage or be damaging to Executive or Executive’s reputation; provided that nothing herein shall prevent executives of the Company or the successor to the Company from responding accurately and fully to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by law or legal process.
Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement. Employee will not, during the term of the Agreement and for the two (2) year period following the termination of the Agreement for any reason, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit for employment, or employ any person who, at the time of such solicitation or employment, is employed by the Company or was employed by the Company during the twelve (12) month period prior to the solicitation or employment or induce or attempt to induce any person to terminate employment with the Company; (ii) do business with or solicit customers, except as necessary during the course of his employment, or engage in any activity intended to terminate, disrupt or interfere with the Company's relationships with its customers; and (iii) engage in any conduct or make any statement disparaging or criticizing the Company, or any products or services offered by the Company.
Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement. During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, whether for the Executive’s own account or for the account of any person or entity, solicit, attempt to solicit, endeavor to entice away from the Company, attempt to hire, hire, deal with, attempt to attract business from, accept business from, or otherwise interfere with (whether by reason of cancellation, withdrawal, modification of relationship or otherwise) any actual or prospective relationship of the Company with any person or entity: (i) who is, or was within one (1) year of the date upon which this Agreement is terminated, employed by or otherwise engaged to perform services for the Company, including, but not limited to, any independent contractor or representative, or (ii) who is, or was within one year of the date upon which this Agreement is terminated, an actual or bona fide prospective licensee, landlord, customer, client, vendor, supplier or manufacturer of the Company (or other person or entity with which the Company had an actual or prospective bona fide relationship). The Executive agrees that the Executive will never, directly or indirectly, make or publish any statement or communication which is false or disparaging with respect to the Company and/or its direct or indirect shareholders, officers, directors, members, managers, employees, contractors, consultants, or agents.
Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement. During the term of Employee’s employment with the Company and for the two (2) year period following the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company for any or no reason, Employee will not, and Employee will cause his Affiliates to not, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit for employment, or employ any person who, at the time of such solicitation or employment, is an employee or independent contractor of the Company or its Affiliates or was employed or engaged by the Company or its Affiliates during the twelve month period prior to the solicitation or employment or induce or attempt to induce any person to terminate his employment or engagement with the Company or its Affiliates; (ii) do business with or solicit Customers of the Company or its Affiliates, or engage in any activity intended to terminate, disrupt or interfere with the Company or its Affiliate’s relationships with their Customers; or (iii) engage in any conduct or make any statement disparaging or criticizing the Company or its Affiliates, or any products or services offered by the Company or its Affiliates.
Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement. (a) During the Term and for a period of 12 months thereafter, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Company engage in any Prohibited Solicitation. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Prohibited Solicitation” shall mean the Executive’s (a) directly or indirectly hiring, contacting, inducing or soliciting (or assisting any Person to hire, contact, induce or solicit) for employment any person who is, or within six (6) months prior to the date of such hiring, contacting, inducing or soliciting was, an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or (b) directly or indirectly inducing or soliciting (or assisting any Person to induce or solicit) any customer, client or vendor of, or other person having a business relationship with, the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate its relationship or otherwise cease doing business in whole or in part with the Company or any of its Affiliates, or directly or indirectly interfering with (or assist any Person to interfere with) any relationship between the Company or any of its Affiliates and any of their respective customers, clients, vendors or any other business contacts.
Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement. During the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the third (3rd) anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Non-Solicitation Period”), (a) the Seller and Equity Holders shall not, directly or indirectly, either individually or acting in concert with another Person or Persons, request, induce or attempt to influence any distributor, supplier or customer of goods or services of the Business to curtail, cancel or refrain from maintaining or increasing the amount or type of business such distributor, supplier or customer of goods or services is currently transacting, or may be transacting during the Non-Solicitation Period, with the Business or modify its pricing or other terms of sale with the Business; or (b) make any negative, derogatory or disparaging statements or communications regarding the Buyer, the Business, or the Affiliates or representatives of the Buyer.
Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement. Both
(i) during the term of his/her employment by Employer, and (ii) for a period of 12 months following the termination of his/her employment (whether voluntary or involuntary, and regardless of reason), Executive, except in the performance of his/her duties to Employer, shall not directly or indirectly (including as an officer, director, employee, consultant, advisor, agent or representative), for himself/herself or on behalf of any other person or entity:
(a) knowingly recruit or solicit, or participate in recruiting or soliciting, any of Employer’s employees, or communicate, except in the case of a reference described in the last sentence of this paragraph, to any other person or entity about the nature, quality or quantity of work, or any special knowledge or personal characteristics, of any person employed by Employer. If Executive should wish to discuss possible employment with any then-current employee of Employer during the period set forth above, Executive may request written permission to do so from the most senior human resources officer of Employer who may, in his/her discretion, grant a written exception to the no solicitation covenant set forth immediately above; provided, however, Executive shall not discuss any such employment possibility with any such employee prior to such permission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not be violated by (i) general advertising or solicitation not specifically targeted at employees of Employer, (ii) Executive serving as a reference, upon request, for any employee of Employer, or (iii) actions taken by any person or entity with which Executive is associated if Executive is not personally involved in any manner in the matter and has not identified such employee for recruiting or solicitation; or
(b) make any public statements that disparage Employer, its employees, officers, directors, products or services, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, truthful statements made in the course of sworn testimony in administrative, judicial or arbitral proceedings (including, without limitation, depositions in connection with such proceedings), normal competitive-type statements, and statements made in the good faith performance of the Executive’s duties to Employer shall not be subject to this clause.
Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement. The Employee hereby agrees that during his employment by the Company and for a period of one (1) year following the Employee’s separation from such employment for any reason, the Employee shall not, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, recruit or hire any person who either currently is or at the time of Employee’s separation is an employee of the Company or an Affiliate (provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall not prohibit solicitations made by the Employee to the general public or general solicitations to employees in the supermarket or retail grocery industry business (the “Business”)); or (ii) disparage the Company in any way that materially and adversely affects the goodwill, reputation or business relationships of the Company with the public generally, or with any of its customers, vendors or employees.
Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement. (a) For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Competitive Enterprise” shall mean any insurance company, insurance holding company or any such entities in the process of organization or application for state regulatory approval and shall also include other entities that offer services or products competitive with the services or products which the Employers or their respective subsidiaries or affiliates currently offer or may in the future offer.