Common use of Noncompete Covenant Clause in Contracts

Noncompete Covenant. The Recitals set forth in Section 11 are incorporated herein by this reference with the same force and effect as if set forth herein in their entirety. As a material inducement to and in consideration for the execution of this Agreement by the Employer; the employment of the Executive hereunder; the Employer’s willingness to establish and maintain relationships with its customers, clients, accounts and prospects, and to provide the Executive with access thereto and to its Confidential Information; and as an inducement to, and in consideration for the Executive’s anticipated working relationship with the customers, clients, accounts and prospects of the Employer and its subsidiaries or affiliates all of which are of substantial benefit to the Executive and, by their terms, require assurances regarding competition and disclosure, the receipt and sufficiency of which consideration is hereby expressly acknowledged, the Executive covenants and agrees that during the term of this Agreement and thereafter during the Noncompete Period (as defined below) the Executive will not accept, directly or indirectly, whether as an officer, director, agent, employee, independent contractor, consultant, joint venture, partner, trustee, beneficiary, or otherwise of any person, firm, corporation, trust or other entity (other than the Employer, its subsidiaries and any other entity in which the Employer holds an equity investment approved by the Employer’s Board of Directors) or as an individual, enter into, undertake, engage, or otherwise participate in any of the following, except to the extent the same are expressly authorized in advance and in writing by the Employer’s Board of Directors, in its sole discretion: