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Covenants regarding Party C Party B (as a shareholder of Party C) and Party C hereby covenant as follows:
Non-Competition Covenants a. The provisions of this subparagraph a. shall apply both during normal working hours and at all other times including, but not limited to, nights, weekends and vacation time, while Optionee is employed by the Company or any Subsidiary. Optionee shall not directly or indirectly (i) engage in any employment, business, or activity that is competitive with the business of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) assist any other person or organization in competing with, or in preparing to engage in competition with, the business of the Company or any Subsidiary. Direct competition shall include, but not be limited to, the design, development, production, promotion or sale of products, software, or services competitive with those of the Company or any Subsidiary. In addition, Optionee shall not directly or indirectly (i) engage in any employment, business, or activity that is competitive with either (A) the proposed business of the Subsidiary that employs Optionee (“Employing Subsidiary”) or (B) any proposed business of any of the Company’s other Subsidiaries (the “Non-Employing Subsidiaries”) of which Optionee has actual knowledge, or (ii) assist any other person or organization in competing with, or in preparing to engage in competition with, either (A) the proposed business of the Employing Subsidiary or (B) any proposed business of any Non-Employing Subsidiary of which Optionee has actual knowledge.
Covenants Relating to Patents and Trademarks (i) (A) Continue to use each Material Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, unless such Material Trademark is abandoned or no longer used in the ordinary course of business, (B) maintain as in the past the quality of products and services offered under such Material Trademark, (C) employ such Material Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration, (D) not adopt or use any xxxx which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Material Trademark unless the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, shall obtain a perfected security interest in such xxxx pursuant to this Security Agreement, and (E) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any such Material Trademark may become invalidated.
Covenants Relating to Copyrights (i) Employ the Copyright for each material Work with such notice of copyright as may be required by law to secure copyright protection.
Noncompetition Covenants (a) Employee agrees that the noncompetition covenants contained in this Paragraph 4 are a material and substantial part of this Agreement.
Nonpetition Covenants (a) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer and the Seller shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of this Agreement with respect to the Issuer, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
Non-Competition Provisions Employee agrees that he will not, during the Restricted Period, compete directly or indirectly with the business of the Company. The phrase "compete directly or indirectly with the business of the Company" shall be deemed to include, without limiting the generality thereof, (1) engaging or having a material interest, directly or indirectly, as owner, employee, officer, director, partner, sales representative, stockholder, capital investor, lessor, renderer of consultation services or advise, either alone or in association with another or others, in the operation of any aspect of any type of business or enterprise competitive with the business or operation of the Company- (2) soliciting any of the employees of the Company to leave the employ of the Company, or so soliciting any employee of any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company; (3) soliciting any of the employees of the Company to become employees of any other Person, or so soliciting any employee of any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company, or (4) soliciting any customer or supplier of the Company or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of either of them, with respect to their business. Similarly, Employee shall not raid, entice or induce any Person who on the Termination Date is, or within one (1) year immediately preceding the Termination Date was, a customer or supplier of the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, to become a customer of any other Person for products or services the same as, or similar to, those products and services as from time to time shall be provided by the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and Employee shall not approach any Person for such purpose; nor shall Employee raid, entice or induce any Person who on the Termination Date is, or within one year immediately preceding the Termination Date was, an employee of the Coi-npany or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, to become employed by any other Person; similarly, Employee shall not approach any such employee for such purpose or authorize or knowingly approve the taking of such actions by any other Person or assist any such other Person in taking any such action. The phrase "compete directly or indirectly with the business of the Company" shall not be deemed to include all ownership interest as an inactive investor, which, for purposes of this Agreement, shall mean only the beneficial ownership of less than five (5%) percent of the outstanding shares of any series or class of securities of any competitor of the Company, which securities of such series or class are publicly traded in the securities market.
Covenants Regarding Information (a) From the date hereof through the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9, Seller shall afford Purchaser and its Representatives reasonable access (subject to any applicable privileges (including attorney-client privilege), trade secrets, contractual confidentiality obligations and applicable Law) during reasonable business hours to the Purchased Assets and Seller’s Representatives, and books and records relating to the Specified Business and the Purchased Assets (excluding any information regarding Seller or its Affiliates’ employees), and shall furnish Purchaser with such operating and other data and information in connection with the Specified Business and the Purchased Assets as Purchaser may reasonably request; provided, however, that the auditors and independent accountants of Seller shall not be obligated to make any work papers available to any Person unless and until such Person has signed a customary confidentiality and hold harmless agreement relating to such access to work papers in form and substance reasonable acceptable to such auditors or independent accountants; provided, further, that Purchaser and Seller shall cooperate in good faith to develop substitute arrangements, to the extent reasonably possible, that do not result in the loss of such privilege or violation of such applicable Law; provided, further, that except as provided in Section 5.14, Purchaser will not (without Seller’s express written approval) contact or otherwise communicate with any of the Specified Business Employees; and provided further that any such access shall be conducted at Purchaser’s expense, under the supervision of appropriate personnel of Seller and its Affiliates and in such a manner as to maintain the confidentiality of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms hereof and not to interfere with the normal operation of the business of Seller and its Affiliates. For so long as any applicable COVID-19 Measures are in effect, Seller and its Affiliates shall be permitted to provide access through virtual or other remote means.
Non-Competition Covenant Employee acknowledges that the covenants set forth in this Section 4.3 are reasonable in scope and essential to the preservation of the Business of the Company (as defined herein). Employee also acknowledges that the enforcement of the covenant set forth in this Section 4.3 will not preclude Employee from being gainfully employed in such manner and to the extent as to provide a standard of living for himself or herself, the members of his or her family and the others dependent upon Employee of at least the level to which Employee and they have become accustomed and may expect. In addition, Employee acknowledges that the Company has obtained an advantage over its competitors as a result of its name, location and reputation that is characterized by near permanent relationships with vendors, customers, principals and other contacts which it has developed at great expense. Furthermore, Employee acknowledges that competition by him or her following the termination or expiration of his or her employment would impair the operation of the Company beyond that which would arise from the competition of an unrelated third party with similar skills. Employee hereby agrees that he or she shall not, during his or her employment and for a period of one (1) year after the end of his or her employment, directly or indirectly, engage in or become directly or indirectly interested in any proprietorship, partnership, firm, trust, company, limited liability company or other entity, other than the Company (whether as owner, partner, trustee, beneficiary, stockholder, member, officer, director, employee, independent contractor, agent, servant, consultant, lessor, lessee or otherwise) that competes with the Company in the Business of the Company in the Restricted Territory (as defined herein), other than owning an interest in a company listed on a recognized stock exchange in an amount which does not exceed five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of such corporation. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the term "Business of the Company" shall include all business activities and ventures related to providing telecommunications services or products in which the Company is engaged, plans to engage in the next twelve (12) months following termination of Employee's employment or has engaged in during the prior twelve (12) months, as determined at any time during the employment of the Employee; and (ii) the term "Restricted Territory" means the geographical area consisting of a seventy mile radius surrounding each city (and including such city) in which the Company maintains either an office or a telecommunications facility.
Restrictive Covenants and Confidentiality As a condition to the effectiveness of this Agreement, Executive will execute and deliver to the Company contemporaneously herewith Exhibit B, the Loyalty Agreement. Executive agrees to abide by the terms of the Loyalty Agreement, which are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement. Executive acknowledges that the provisions of the Loyalty Agreement will survive the termination of Executive’s employment and the termination of the Term for the periods set forth in the Loyalty Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no payment shall be made or benefit provided pursuant to Section 4(c) following the date Executive first violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Loyalty Agreement, and as of the first date on which Executive violates any such restrictive covenants, Executive shall pay the Company an amount equal to the sum of all payments theretofore paid to Executive pursuant to Section 4(c).
