Nonsolicitation and Noncompete Sample Clauses

Nonsolicitation and Noncompete. Employee hereby agrees that Employee will not, during the Term and for a period of one (1) year following the Term, either directly or indirectly, alone or in conjunction with any other party, on the North American continent: (a) solicit, divert or appropriate or attempt to solicit, divert or appropriate, any Customer for the purpose of providing the Customer with services or products competitive with those offered by Employer during the Term; or (b) solicit or attempt to solicit any officer, director, employee, consultant, contractor, agent, lessor, lessee, licensor, licensee, supplier or any shareholder of Employer or other personnel of Employer or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to terminate, alter or lessen that party's affiliation with Employer or such affiliate or subsidiary or to violate the terms of any agreement or understanding between such employee, consultant, contractor or other person and Employer; or (c) engage in, as owner, stockholder, employee, partner, agent, representative or otherwise, or have an interest in (except for ownership of publicly trade securities representing not more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding voting shares), any business, firm, corporation or other entity in direct competition with the business of Employer. (i) Upon the conclusion of the Initial Term, if this Agreement is not renewed for a Successive Term, Employee may be engaged solely as an employee in any business, firm, corporation or other entity in direct competition with the business of Employer. Nothing contained in this Section 4 shall prohibit Employee from acquiring not more than five percent (5%) of any competitor of Employer whose common stock is publicly traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market or from acquiring any percentage of any company which is non-competitive with Employer.
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Nonsolicitation and Noncompete. Executive hereby agrees that Executive will not, during the Term and for a period of one (1) year following the Term, either directly or indirectly, alone or in conjunction with any other party, on the North American continent: (a) solicit, divert or appropriate or attempt to solicit, divert or appropriate, any Customer for the purpose of providing the Customer with services or products competitive with those offered by Employer during the Term; or (b) solicit or attempt to solicit any officer, director, Executive, consultant, contractor, agent, lessor, lessee, licensor, licensee, supplier or any shareholder of Employer or other personnel of Employer or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to terminate, alter or lessen that party's affiliation with Employer or such affiliate or subsidiary or to violate the terms of any agreement or understanding between such Executive, consultant, contractor or other person and Employer; or (c) engage in, as owner, stockholder, Executive, partner, agent, representative or otherwise, or have an interest in (except for ownership of publicly trade securities representing not more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding voting shares), any business, firm, corporation or other entity in direct competition with the business of Employer. Nothing contained in this Section 4 shall prohibit Executive from acquiring not more than five percent (5%) of any competitor of Employer whose common stock is publicly traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market or from acquiring any percentage of any company which is non-competitive with Employer.
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Nonsolicitation and Noncompete. For a period expiring eighteen (18) months after the termination of the Executive employment (the “Restrictive Period”), regardless of the reason, if any, for such termination, the Executive shall not, in the United States or Canada, directly or indirectly: i. solicit or entice away or in any other manner persuade or attempt to persuade any officer, employee, consultant or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates to alter or discontinue his or her relationship with the Company or its Affiliates; ii. solicit from any person or entity that was a customer of the Company or any of its Affiliates during the Executive’s employment with the Company, any business of a type or nature similar to the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates with such customer; iii. solicit, divert, or in any other manner persuade or attempt to persuade any supplier of the Company or any of its Affiliates to discontinue its relationship with the Company or its Affiliates; iv. solicit, divert, take away or attempt to solicit, divert or take away any customers of the Company or its Affiliates; or v. engage in or participate in the chemical distribution or logistics business. The Company and the Executive agree that the provisions of this Section 7 do not impose an undue hardship on the Executive and are not injurious to the public; that this provision is necessary to protect the business of the Company and its Affiliates; that this Section 7 is reasonable in terms of length of time and scope; and that adequate consideration supports this Section 7. In the event that a court determines that any provision of this Section 7 is unreasonably broad or extensive, the Employee agrees that such court should narrow such provision to the extent necessary to make it reasonable and enforce the provisions as narrowed.
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Nonsolicitation and Noncompete. 13.1 During the term this Agreement is in effect, On-Graph agrees not to solicit or to offer employment to any employees of Company or an Affiliate of Company without the prior written consent of Company.
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Nonsolicitation and Noncompete. (a) Employee hereby acknowledges that the Company possesses certain Confidential Information that is peculiar to the businesses in which the Company is or may be engaged. Employee hereby affirms that such Confidential Information is the exclusive property of the Company and that the Company has proprietary interests in such Confidential information. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall mean any and all information of any nature and in any form that at the time or times concerned is not generally known to Persons (defined below) (other than the Company) that are engaged in businesses similar to that conducted or contemplated by the Company (other than by the act or acts of an employee not authorized by the Company to disclose such information) which may include, without limitation, the Company’s existing and contemplated products and services; the Company’s purchasing, accounting, marketing and merchandising methods or practices; the Company’s development data, theories of application and/or methodologies; the Company’s customer/client contact and/or supplier information files; the Company’s existing and contemplated policies and/or business strategy; any and all samples and/or materials submitted to Employee by the Company; and any and all directly and indirectly related records, documents, specifications, data and other information with respect thereto. Employee further acknowledges by signing this Agreement that the Company has expended much time, cost and difficulty in developing and maintaining the Company’s customers.
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Nonsolicitation and Noncompete. In addition to confidentiality obligations which may otherwise be applicable to the identity of Company employees or actual or potential customers, during the term of this Agreement, including any extensions thereof, and for one (1) year thereafter, County shall not, in any manner, solicit or encourage any person (individual or entity) to cease or diminish doing business with Company or solicit or encourage any employee(s) of Company to cease being an employee of Company. During the term of this Agreement, including any extensions thereof, County will not compete with Company. This Section 6(d) shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
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Nonsolicitation and Noncompete. (a) Employee hereby acknowledges that the Company possesses certain Confidential Information that is peculiar to the businesses in which the Company is or may be engaged. Employee hereby affirms that such Confidential Information is the exclusive property of the Company and that the Company has proprietary interests in such Confidential information. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall mean any and all information of any nature and in any form that at the time or times concerned is not generally known to Persons (defined below) (other than the Company) that are engaged in businesses similar to that conducted or contemplated by the Company (other than by the act or acts of an employee not authorized by the Company to disclose such information) which may include, without limitation, the Company’s existing and contemplated products and services; the Company’s purchasing, accounting, marketing and merchandising methods or practices; the Company’s development data, theories of application and/or methodologies; the Company’s customer/client contact and/or supplier information files; the Company’s existing and contemplated policies and/or business strategy; any and all samples and/or materials submitted to Employee by the Company; and any and all directly and indirectly related records, documents, specifications, data and other information with respect thereto. Employee further acknowledges by signing this Agreement that the Company has expended much time, cost and difficulty in developing and maintaining the Company’s customers. (b) Employee shall (i) use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose of performing his duties on behalf of the Company and for no other purpose whatsoever, (ii) not, directly or indirectly, at any time during or after his employment by the Company, disclose Confidential Information to any other Person (except to the Company’s officers in connection with his duties on behalf of the Company) or use or otherwise exploit Confidential Information to the detriment of the Company, and (iii} not lecture on or publish articles with
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Nonsolicitation and Noncompete. (a) As used in this Section 5, the term "Restricted Period" means: (1) the number of months for which severance pay is paid to you in accordance with Section 8 of this Agreement in the event that you are terminated by the Company for a reason other than gross negligence or fraud; or (2) in all other cases, 12 months. As used in this Section 5, the Company___ 2 Employee___
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Related to Nonsolicitation and Noncompete

  • Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation During the Executive’s employment with the Bank and for the period that the Executive is entitled to receive severance under Section 4(b), the Executive (i) will not, directly or indirectly, whether as owner, partner, shareholder, consultant, agent, employee, co-venturer or otherwise, engage, participate, assist or invest in any Competing Business (as hereinafter defined); (ii) will refrain from directly or indirectly employing, attempting to employ, recruiting or otherwise soliciting, inducing or influencing any person to leave employment with the Corporations (other than terminations of employment of subordinate employees undertaken in the course of the Executive’s employment with the Bank); and (iii) will refrain from soliciting or encouraging any customer or supplier to terminate or otherwise modify adversely its business relationship with the Corporations. The Executive understands that the restrictions set forth in this Section 7(d) are intended to protect the Corporations’ interest in their Confidential Information and established employee, customer and supplier relationships and goodwill, and agrees that such restrictions are reasonable and appropriate for this purpose. If the Executive chooses not to be bound by the provision of this Section 7(d), then no severance shall be payable under Section 4(b). For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Competing Business” shall mean any financial institution with an office within a 50-mile radius of any office of the Corporations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) the Executive may own up to one percent (1%) of the outstanding stock of a publicly held corporation which constitutes or is affiliated with a Competing Business, and (2) the provision of this Section 7(d) shall not apply if the Executive’s employment is terminated within two (2) years after a Change in Control of either the Bank or the Corporation. A “Change in Control” of either the Bank or the Corporation shall be deemed to occur upon the consummation of (i) any consolidation or merger of the Bank or the Corporation or other transaction where the shareholders of the Bank or the Corporation, immediately prior to the consolidation, merger or other transaction, would not, immediately after the consolidation, merger or other transaction, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate more than 50 percent of the voting shares of the entity issuing cash or securities in the consolidation, merger or other transaction, or (ii) any sale or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions contemplated by or arranged by any party as a single plan) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Bank or Corporation.

  • Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation (a) The Executive acknowledges that in the course of his employment with the Company pursuant to this Agreement he will become familiar, and during the course of his employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or any predecessor thereof prior to the date of this Agreement he has become familiar, with trade secrets and customer lists of and other confidential information concerning the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates and predecessors thereof and that his services have been and will be of special, unique and extraordinary value to the Company. (b) The Executive agrees that during the Employment Period and for one year thereafter in the case of either Termination for Good Reason following a Change in Control or Termination without Cause, or for two years thereafter in the case of termination of employment for any other reason, the (“Noncompetition Period”) he shall not in any manner, directly or indirectly, through any person, firm or corporation, alone or as a member of a partnership or as an officer, director, stockholder, investor or employee of or in any other corporation or enterprise or otherwise, engage or be engaged, or assist any other person, firm corporation or enterprise in engaging or being engaged, in any business then actively being conducted by the Company in any geographic area in which the Company is conducting such business (whether through manufacturing or production, calling on customers or prospective customers, or otherwise). Notwithstanding the foregoing, subsequent to the Employment Period the Executive may engage or be engaged, or assist any other person, firm, corporation or enterprise in engaging or being engaged, in any business activity which is not competitive with a business activity being conducted by the Company at the time subsequent to the Employment Period that the Executive first engages or assists in such business activity. (c) The Executive further agrees that during the Noncompetition Period he shall not in any manner, directly or indirectly (i) induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate or abandon his employment, or any customer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate or abandon its relationship, for any purpose whatsoever, or (ii) in connection with any business to which Section 6(b) applies, call on, service, solicit or otherwise do business with any then current or prospective customer of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. (d) Nothing in this Section 6 shall prohibit the Executive from being (i) a stockholder in a mutual fund or a diversified investment company or (ii) a passive owner of not more than 2% of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation any securities of which are publicly traded, so long as the Executive has no active participation in the business of such corporation. (e) If, at the time of enforcement of this Section 6, a court holds that the restrictions stated herein are unreasonable under circumstances then existing, the parties hereto agree that the maximum period, scope or geographical area reasonable under such circumstances shall be substituted for the stated period, scope or area and that the court shall be allowed to revise the restrictions contained herein to cover the maximum period, scope and area permitted by law.

  • Nonsolicitation During Executive’s Company Employment and for eighteen (18) months following the termination of such employment for any reason, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, either by himself or by providing substantial assistance to others (i) solicit any employee of the Company to terminate employment with the Company, or (ii) employ or seek to employ, or cause or assist any other person, company, entity or business to employ or seek to employ, any individual who was an employee of Company as of Executive’s Date of Termination.

  • Noncompetition During the Term and for a period of 12 months following the termination of the Executive’s employment (the “Restricted Period”), the Executive shall not, anywhere in the United States, directly or indirectly, whether as a principal, partner, member, employee, independent contractor, consultant, shareholder or otherwise, provide services to (i) any entity (or any division, unit or other segment of any entity) whose principal business is to originate, or provide management services in connection with the origination of, mortgage loans to, or the purchase of real estate from, and the lease of such real estate back to, the owners and/or operators of, single-tenant retail, distribution, storage, industrial or service companies in the United States, including but not limited to automotive dealers, automotive parts and services stores, bank branches, convenience stores, car washes, department stores, discount stores, drug stores, universities/other education campuses, health clubs/gyms, travel plazas, movie theatres, restaurants, medical facilities and supermarkets, or (ii) any other business or in respect of any other endeavor that is competitive with or similar to any other business activity (x) engaged in by the Company or any of its subsidiaries prior to the date of the Executive’s termination of employment or (y) that has been submitted to the Board (or a committee thereof) for consideration and that is under active consideration by the Board (or a committee thereof) as of the date of the Executive’s termination of employment. Nothing in this Section 11 shall prohibit the Executive from making any passive investment in a public company, from owning 5% or less of the issued and outstanding voting securities of any entity, or from serving as a non-employee, independent director of a company that does not compete with the Company or any of its affiliates (as described in this Section 11(b)), provided that such activities do not create a conflict of interest with Executive’s employment by the Company or result in the Executive being obligated or required to devote any managerial efforts. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 11(b) to the contrary, if (i) the Executive’s employment is terminated under circumstances that the Company asserts do not obligate the Company to make the Severance Payment described in Section 8(a) (e.g., the Company asserts that the Executive’s employment is terminated for Cause), (ii) the Executive disagrees and timely invokes the arbitration process set forth in Section 13(a) to challenge such assertion, and (iii) the Company does not, within 10 business days after it receives the Executive’s written demand for arbitration either make the Severance Payment, confirm in writing that it will make the Severance Payment if the Severance Payment is not yet due, or deposit the full amount of the Severance Payment in escrow with a third party unaffiliated bank pending the outcome of the arbitration, then this Section 11(b) shall cease to apply to the Executive, and such cessation shall be retroactive to the date of termination of employment. To effectuate the purpose of this provision, the Company will, within 10 business days of the termination of Executive’s employment, regardless of who initiates such termination or the reason for it, provide the Executive with a written statement of the Company’s position regarding whether the Company is obligated to make the Severance Payment.

  • Nonsolicitation of Customers You shall not, while employed by Donnelley and for a period of 18 months from the date of Separation from Service with Donnelley for any reason, including your Separation from Service initiated by Donnelley with or without Cause, directly or indirectly, either on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm or entity, solicit or provide services which are the same as or similar to the services Donnelley provided or offered while you were employed by Donnelley to any customer or prospective customer of Donnelley (i) with whom you had direct contact in the course of your employment with Donnelley or about whom you learned confidential information as a result of your employment with Donnelley or (ii) with whom any person over whom you had supervisory authority at any time had direct contact during the course of his or her employment with Donnelley or about whom such person learned confidential information as a result of his or her employment with Donnelley.

  • Confidentiality and Noncompetition (a) Executive acknowledges that, prior to and during the Term of this Agreement, the Company has furnished and will furnish to Executive Confidential Information which could be used by Executive on behalf of a competitor of the Company to the Company's substantial detriment. Moreover, the parties recognize that Executive during the course of his employment with the Company may develop important relationships with customers and others having valuable business relationships with the Company. In view of the foregoing, Executive acknowledges and agrees that the restrictive covenants contained in this Section are reasonably necessary to protect the Company's legitimate business interests and good will. (b) Executive agrees that he shall protect the Company's Confidential Information and shall not disclose to any Person, or otherwise use, except in connection with his duties performed in accordance with this Agreement, any Confidential Information; provided, however, that Executive may make disclosures required by a valid order or subpoena issued by a court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, in which event Executive will promptly notify the Company of such order or subpoena to provide the Company an opportunity to protect its interests. Executive's obligations under this Section 4(b) shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement, provided that Executive may after such expiration or termination disclose Confidential Information with the prior written consent of the Chairman of the Board. (c) Upon the termination or expiration of his employment hereunder, Executive agrees to deliver promptly to the Company all Company files, customer lists, management reports, memoranda, research, Company forms, financial data and reports and other documents supplied to or created by him in connection with his employment hereunder (including all copies of the foregoing) in his possession or control, and all of the Company's equipment and other materials in his possession or control. Executive's obligations under this Section 4(c) shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement. (d) Upon the termination or expiration of his employment under this Agreement, Executive agrees that he shall not enter into or engage in the design, manufacture, marketing or sale of any products similar to those produced or offered by the Company or its affiliates in the area of North America, either as an individual, partner or joint venturer, or as an employee, agent or salesman, or as an officer, director, or shareholder of a corporation for a period of two (2) years from the date of his termination of employment. (e) Executive acknowledges that if he breaches or threatens to breach this Section 4, his actions may cause irreparable harm and damage to the Company which could not be compensated in damages. Accordingly, if Executive breaches or threatens to breach this Section 4, the Company shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief, in addition to any other rights or remedies of the Company. The existence of any claim or cause of action by Executive against the Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of Executive's agreement under this Section 4(d). 5.

  • Employment; Noncompetition; Nondisclosure The Manager has not been notified that any of its executive officers or key employees named in the General Disclosure Package (each, a “Company-Focused Professional”) plans to terminate his or her employment with the Manager or Colony, as the case may be. Neither the Manager nor, to the knowledge of the Manager, any Company-Focused Professional is subject to any noncompete, nondisclosure, confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreement that would be violated by the present or proposed business activities of the Company or the Manager as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

  • NON-COMPETITION AND NON-DISCLOSURE (a) Upon any termination of Executive's employment hereunder pursuant to Section 4 hereof, Executive agrees not to compete with the Holding Company or its Subsidiaries for a period of one (1) year following such termination in any city, town or county in which the Executive's normal business office is located and the Holding Company or any of its Subsidiaries has an office or has filed an application for regulatory approval to establish an office, determined as of the effective date of such termination, except as agreed to pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board. Executive agrees that during such period and within said cities, towns and counties, Executive shall not work for or advise, consult or otherwise serve with, directly or indirectly, any entity whose business materially competes with the depository, lending or other business activities of the Holding Company or its Subsidiaries. The parties hereto, recognizing that irreparable injury will result to the Holding Company or its Subsidiaries, its business and property in the event of Executive's breach of this Subsection 10(a) agree that in the event of any such breach by Executive, the Holding Company or its Subsidiaries, will be entitled, in addition to any other remedies and damages available, to an injunction to restrain the violation hereof by Executive, Executive's partners, agents, servants, employees and all persons acting for or under the direction of Executive. Executive represents and admits that in the event of the termination of his employment pursuant to Section 7 hereof, Executive's experience and capabilities are such that Executive can obtain employment in a business engaged in other lines and/or of a different nature than the Holding Company or its Subsidiaries, and that the enforcement of a remedy by way of injunction will not prevent Executive from earning a livelihood. Nothing herein will be construed as prohibiting the Holding Company or its Subsidiaries from pursuing any other remedies available to the Holding Company or its Subsidiaries for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from Executive. (b) Executive recognizes and acknowledges that the knowledge of the business activities and plans for business activities of the Holding Company and its Subsidiaries as it may exist from time to time, is a valuable, special and unique asset of the business of the Holding Company and its Subsidiaries. Executive will not, during or after the term of his employment, disclose any knowledge of the past, present, planned or considered business activities of the Holding Company and its Subsidiaries thereof to any person, firm, corporation, or other entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever unless expressly authorized by the Board of Directors or required by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive may disclose any knowledge of banking, financial and/or economic principles, concepts or ideas which are not solely and exclusively derived from the business plans and activities of the Holding Company. In the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Executive of the provisions of this Section, the Holding Company will be entitled to an injunction restraining Executive from disclosing, in whole or in part, the knowledge of the past, present, planned or considered business activities of the Holding Company or its Subsidiaries or from rendering any services to any person, firm, corporation, other entity to whom such knowledge, in whole or in part, has been disclosed or is threatened to be disclosed. Nothing herein will be construed as prohibiting the Holding Company from pursuing any other remedies available to the Holding Company for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from Executive.

  • NONSOLICITATION; NONINTERFERENCE (i) During Executive’s employment with Cue and for a period of 24 months thereafter, Executive shall not, except in the furtherance of Executive’s duties with Cue, directly or indirectly, individually or on behalf of any other person or entity, (i) solicit, aid or induce any customer of Cue or its Affiliates with whom Executive had meaningful business contact to purchase goods or services then sold by Cue or its Affiliates from another person or entity or assist or aid any other person or entity with whom Executive had meaningful business contact in identifying or soliciting any such customer, or (ii) interfere, or aid or induce any other person or entity with whom Executive had meaningful business contact in interfering, with the relationship between Cue or its Affiliates and any of their respective vendors, customers, joint venturers, licensees or licensors. (ii) During Executive’s employment with Cue and for a period of 24 months thereafter, Executive shall not, except in the furtherance of Executive’s duties with Cue, directly or indirectly, individually or on behalf of any other person or entity, solicit, aid or induce any employee, consultant, representative or agent of Cue or its Affiliates (or any employee, consultant, representative or agent who has left the employment or retention of Cue or its Affiliates less than one year prior to the date that Executive solicits, aids or induces such person or entity (a “Covered Person”)) to any other person or entity unaffiliated with Cue or hire or retain any such employee, consultant, representative or agent or any Covered Person, or take any action to materially assist or aid any other person or entity in identifying, hiring or soliciting any such employee, consultant, representative or agent or any Covered Person.

  • Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Employee agrees, as a condition to Employee’s employment with the Company, to execute the Company’s standard form of Employee Non-Disclosure, Invention Release and Non-Competition Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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