Restrictive Covenant. (a) The Employee hereby acknowledges and recognizes that, during the Employment Period, the Employee will be privy to trade secrets and confidential proprietary information critical to the Company's business and the Employee further acknowledges and recognizes that the Company would find it extremely difficult or impossible to replace the Employee and, accordingly, the Employee agrees that, in consideration of the benefits to be received by the Employee hereunder, the Employee will not, from and after the date hereof until the first anniversary of the termination of the Employment Period (or six months after the termination of the Employment Period if such termination is as a result of a termination for Good Reason following a Change in Control), (i) directly or indirectly engage in the development, production, marketing or sale of products that compete (or, upon commercialization, would compete) with products of the Company being developed (so long as such development has not been abandoned), marketed or sold at the time of the Employee's termination (such business or activity being hereinafter called a "Competing Business") whether such engagement shall be as an officer, director, owner, employee, partner, affiliate or other participant in any Competing Business, (ii) assist others in engaging in any Competing Business in the manner described in the foregoing clause (i), or (iii) induce other employees of the Company or any subsidiary thereof to terminate their employment with the Company or any subsidiary thereof or engage in any Competing Business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Competing Business" shall not include any business or activity that was not conducted by the Company prior to the effective date of a Change in Control.
(b) The Employee understands that the foregoing restrictions may limit the ability of the Employee to earn a livelihood in a business similar to the business of the Company, but nevertheless believes that the Employee has received and will receive sufficient consideration and other benefits, as an employee of the Company and as otherwise provided hereunder, to justify such restrictions which, in any event (given the education, skills and ability of the Employee), the Employee believes would not prevent the Employee from earning a living.
Restrictive Covenant. The Employee and the Employer have jointly reviewed the operations of the Employer and have agreed that the covenants contained in this Section 5 are an essential ingredient of this Agreement and are made in consideration for the payment of the amounts described in Sections 2 and 3 hereof. The Employee hereby agrees that, except with the express prior written consent of the Employer, for a period of one (1) year after the termination of the Employee's employment with the Employer, with respect to clause (i) below, for any reason and, with respect to clause (ii) below, for any reason other than a termination pursuant to Section 3(c) (the "Restrictive Period"), the Employee (i) will not (a) solicit employees of the Employer or of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Employer or (b) solicit clients or customers of the Employer or of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Employer in respect of any transaction, matter or business that directly or indirectly competes with any of the businesses then conducted by the Employer or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, and (ii) will not directly or indirectly compete with the business of the Employer, by directly or indirectly being a shareholder or partner of or serving as an employee, officer or director of or consultant to, or in any other capacity with, any person, firm, partnership, corporation, subsidiary, division, joint venture, trust or other entity, or any division, subsidiary or separate enterprise of any such entity, which (x) was created during the term of the Employee's employment with the Employer or is expected to be created within a period of one (1) year after the Employee's termination of employment with the Employer, and (y) which owns or operates a business which is either: (A) an insurer or reinsurer of asset backed securities, mortgage backed securities or commercial mortgage backed securities; or (B) an investment company that is directly or indirectly owned by, affiliated with, attached to or otherwise related to an insurer or reinsurer of asset backed securities, mortgage backed securities or commercial mortgage backed securities; or (C) an investment advisory firm that is directly or indirectly owned by, affiliated with, attached to or otherwise related to an insurer or reinsurer of asset backed securities, mortgage backed securities or commercial mortgage backed securities (the "Restrictive Covenant"). If the Employee violates the Restrictive Covenant and the Employer brings legal action for i...
Restrictive Covenant. During the term of, and for a period of one (1) year (the “Restrictive Period”) after the termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder for any reason (other than a termination of the Executive hereunder pursuant to Section 5(a), 5(b) or 5(e), hereof), the Executive shall not render, directly, or indirectly, services to any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity which conducts the same or similar business as the Company or its subsidiaries at the date of the Executive’s termination of employment hereunder within the states in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is then licensed and doing business at the date of the Executive’s termination of employment hereunder without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors, which may be withheld in its discretion. In the event the Executive violates any of the provisions contained in this Section 9(b) hereof, the Restrictive Period shall be increased by the period of time from the commencement by the Executive of any violation until such violation has been cured to the satisfaction of the Company. The Executive further agrees that at no time during the Restrictive Period will the Executive attempt to directly or indirectly solicit or hire employees of Company or its subsidiaries or induce any of them to terminate their employment with the Company or any of the subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the performance by the Executive of rights and duties under an agency agreement with the Company shall not constitute a breach of this Section 9(b).
Restrictive Covenant. During the term of Employee’s employment, the Employee shall not retain in or have any interest, directly or indirectly, in any business competing with the business being conducted by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, without the Corporation’s prior written consent. For the six month period immediately following the termination of Employee’s employment, the Employee shall not engage in or have any interest, directly or indirectly, in any fast food restaurant business that has a menu similar to that of a Sonic drive-in restaurant (such as hamburgers, hot dogs, onion rings and similar items customarily sold by Sonic drive-in restaurants), or which has an appearance similar to that of a Sonic drive-in restaurant (such as color pattern, use of canopies, use of speakers and menu housings for ordering food, or other items that are customarily used by a Sonic drive-in restaurant), and which operates such restaurants within a three mile radius of any Sonic drive-in restaurant.
Restrictive Covenant. If at any time prior to the Award Shares’ release from the restrictions hereunder, the Grantee, without the Company’s express written consent, directly or indirectly, alone or as a member of a partnership, group, or joint venture or as an employee, officer, director, or greater than 1% stockholder of any corporation, or in any capacity engages in any activity which is competitive with any of the businesses conducted by the Company or its affiliated companies at any time during the Grantee’s membership on the Company’s Board of Directors, the Grantee shall forfeit to the Company all Award Shares not previously released from the restrictions of paragraph 2 hereof.
Restrictive Covenant. In consideration of his employment hereunder, Executive agrees that during the period of his employment hereunder and for two years (unless Executive is terminated without Cause in which case this covenant will not apply) thereafter, he will not (a) directly or indirectly own, manage, operate, join, control, participate in, invest in, or otherwise be connected with, in any manner, whether as an officer, director, employee, partner, investor or otherwise, any business entity that is engaged in the technology industry or in any other business in which the Corporation is engaged as of termination, (1) in all locations in which the Corporation is doing business, and (2) in all locations in respect of which the Corporation is actively planning for and/or pursuing a business opportunity; (b) for himself or on behalf of any other person, partnership, corporation or entity, call on any customer of the Corporation for the purpose of soliciting, diverting or taking away any customer from the Corporation (1) in all locations in which the Corporation is doing business, and (2) in all locations in respect of which the Corporation is actively planning for and/or pursuing a business opportunity, or (c) induce, influence or seek to induce or influence any person engaged as an employee, representative, agent, independent contractor or otherwise by the Corporation, to terminate his or her relationship with the Corporation. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit Executive from (x) investing his funds in securities of an issuer if the securities of such issuer are listed for trading on a national securities exchange or are traded in the over-the-counter market and Executive’s holdings therein represent less than 2% of the total number of shares or principal amount of the securities of such issuer outstanding, or (y) owning securities, regardless of amount, of the Corporation. Executive acknowledges that the provisions of this Paragraph 9 are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the Corporation, and that each provision, and the period or periods of time, geographic areas and types and scope of restrictions on the activities specified herein are, and are intended to be, divisible. In the event that any provision of this Paragraph 9, including any sentence, clause or part hereof, shall be deemed contrary to law or invalid or unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall not be affected, but shall, subjec...
Restrictive Covenant. It is mutually recognized and agreed that the -------------------- services to be rendered pursuant to this Agreement by Employee are special, unique and of extraordinary character. Therefore, as a condition to Company's obligations hereunder, Employee agrees that without Company's prior written consent, during the term of this Agreement and for a period ending on the first anniversary of the date of termination of Employee's employment hereunder, regardless of cause, Employee will not engage in any manner, directly or indirectly, to solicit or induce any employee or agent of Company or any of its subsidiaries to terminate employment with Company or any of its subsidiaries, as the case may be, or solicit or induce any customer of Company or any of its subsidiaries to become a customer of any person, firm, partnership, corporation, trust or other entity that owns, controls or is a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or similar financial institution. Furthermore, Employee will at no time during or subsequent to the term of Employee's employment by Company make any statements or take any actions which could reasonably be expected to damage the reputation or business of Company. It is further recognized and agreed that irreparable injury will result to Company, its businesses and property in the event of a breach of this covenant by Employee, that such injury would be difficult if not impossible to ascertain, and therefore, any remedy at law for any breach by Employee of this covenant will be inadequate and Company shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief without the necessity of proving actual damage to Company by reason of any such breach. In addition, in the event of a breach of this covenant by Employee, Company shall also be entitled to recover reasonable costs and attorneys' fees incurred in connection with the enforcement of its rights hereunder. Whenever used herein, Company shall be deemed to include any successors or any other person or entity which may hereafter acquire the business of Company or any of its subsidiaries. The foregoing notwithstanding, should the assets of Company be disposed of in such a manner that no purchaser thereof has acquired a going business, then Employee shall not be bound by the covenants expressed in this paragraph.
Restrictive Covenant. Subject to the exceptions set out in Schedule E attached hereto, you agree that you will not, either alone or in partnership or in conjunction with any person, firm, company, corporation, syndicate, association or any other entity or group, whether as principal, agent, employee, director, officer, shareholder, consultant or in any capacity or manner whatsoever, whether directly or indirectly, for the Term of Employment and continuing for a period of 6 months from the lawful termination of your employment, regardless of the reason for such termination:
(a) carry on or be engaged in, concerned with or interested in, or advise, invest in or give financial assistance to, any business, enterprise or undertaking that:
(i) is involved in the Business or in the sale, distribution, development or supply of any product or service that is competitive with the Business or any product or service of the Business; or
(ii) competes with the Corporation with respect to any aspect of the Business; provided, however, that the foregoing will not prohibit you from acquiring, solely as an investment and through market purchases, securities of any such enterprise or undertaking which are publicly traded, so long as you are not part of any control group of such entity and such securities, which if converted, do not constitute more than 5% of the outstanding voting power of that entity;
(b) solicit, agree to be employed by, or agree to provide services to any person, firm, corporation or other entity that was a client, customer, supplier, principal, shareholder, investor, collaborator, strategic partner, licensee, contact or prospect of the Corporation during the time of your employment with the Corporation, whether before or after the Effective Date, for any business purpose that is competitive with the Business or any product or service of the Business; or
(c) divert, entice or take away from the Corporation or attempt to do so or solicit for the purpose of doing so, any business of the Corporation, or any person, firm, corporation or other entity that was an employee, client, customer, supplier, principal, shareholder, investor, collaborator, strategic partner, licensee, contact or prospect of the Corporation during the time of your employment with the Corporation, whether before or after the Effective Date.
Restrictive Covenant. (a) The Company is in the business of developing, marketing, licensing and supporting network software security products and also provides consulting in network security, network design, troubleshooting and engineering (the "Business"). Executive acknowledges and recognizes that the Business has been conducted, and sales of its products have been made, throughout the United States, and Executive further acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the industry in which the Business is involved. Accordingly, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the consideration to be received hereunder, stock options to be granted Executive, Executive shall not, during the Non-Competition Period (as defined below): (i) directly or indirectly engage, whether or not such engagement shall be as a partner, stockholder, affiliate or other participant, in any Competitive Business (as defined below), or represent in any way any Competitive Business, whether or not such engagement or representation shall be for profit, (ii) interfere with, disrupt or attempt to disrupt the relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Company and any other person or entity, including, without limitation, any customer, supplier, employee or consultant of the Company, (iii) induce any employee of the Company to terminate his employment with the Company or to engage in any Competitive Business in any manner described in the foregoing clause (i) (as well as an officer or director of any Competitive Business), or (iv) affirmatively assist or induce any other person or entity to engage in any Competitive Business in any manner described in the foregoing clause (i) (as well as an officer or director of any Competitive Business). Anything contained in this Section 13 to the contrary notwithstanding, an investment by Executive in any publicly traded company in which Executive and his affiliates exercise no operational or strategic control and which constitutes less than 5% of the capital of such entity shall not constitute a breach of this Section 13.
(b) As used herein, "Non-Competition Period" shall mean the period commencing on the date hereof and terminating on the Termination Date; provided, however, that if the Term of Employment shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 8 (a), then "Non-Competition Period" shall mean the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the second anniversary of the Termination Date. "Competitive Business" shall mean any bus...
Restrictive Covenant. (a) Executive agrees and covenants that, without the Board's prior written consent and except on behalf of Employer, he will not in any manner, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, control, be employed by, participate in, assist or be associated in any manner with any person, firm or corporation anywhere in the world whose business competes with Employer or any subsidiary of Employer. This covenant shall remain in effect until a date one (1) year after the date Executive's employment is terminated or, if his employment is terminated pursuant to Paragraph 16(a), until the termination date. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Executive may own up to three percent (3 %) of the outstanding stock of a competing publicly traded corporation so long as he takes no other action furthering the business of such corporation.
(b) Until a date one (1) year after the termination date, Executive shall not (i) solicit any other employee of Employer to leave the employ of Employer, or in any way interfere with the relationship between Employer and any other employee of Employer, or (ii) induce any customer, supplier, licensee, or other business relation of Employer to cease doing business with Employer, or in any way interfere with the relationship between any customer or business relation and Employer.
