The Executive's Covenants. 4.1 The Executive agrees that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a Potential Change in Control during the Term, the Executive will remain in the employ of the Company until the earliest of (i) a date which is six months from the date of such Potential Change of Control, (ii) the date of a Change in Control, (iii) the date of termination by the Executive of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason or by reason of death, Disability or Retirement, or (iv) the termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment for any reason. 4.2 The Executive agrees that, during the Term and for a period ending on the date 18 months after a termination of the Executive’s employment following a Change in Control under circumstances entitling the Executive to payments and benefits under Section 6 hereof, the Executive will not, without the prior written consent of the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, engage in or perform any services of a similar nature to those performed by the Executive at the Company for any other corporation or business which is primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, development, promotion or sale of climate, instrument and door panels or electronic components for the automotive industry within North America, Latin America, Asia, Australia or Europe in competition with the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any joint ventures to which the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries or Affiliates are a party. 4.3 During the Term and thereafter, the Executive will not (other than in the regular course and in furtherance of the Company’s business) divulge, furnish or make available to any person any confidential knowledge, information or materials, whether tangible or intangible, regarding proprietary matters relating to the Company, including, without limitation, trade secrets, customer and supplier lists, pricing policies, operational methods, marketing plans or strategies, product development techniques or plans, business acquisition or disposition plans, new personnel employment plans, methods of manufacture, technical processes, designs and design projects, inventions and research projects and financial budgets and forecasts of the Company except (1) information which at the time is available to others in the business or generally known to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the Executive not permitted hereunder, and (2) when required to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, by any governmental agency or by any administrative body or legislative body (including a committee thereof) with purported or apparent jurisdiction to order the Executive to divulge, disclose or make accessible such information.
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Samples: Change in Control Agreement (Visteon Corp), Change in Control Agreement (Visteon Corp), Change in Control Agreement (Visteon Corp)
The Executive's Covenants. 4.1 The Executive agrees that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a Potential Change in Control during the Term, the Executive will remain in the employ of the Company until the earliest of (i) a date which is six months from the date of such Potential Change of Control, (ii) the date of a Change in Control, (iii) the date of termination by the Executive of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason or by reason of death, Disability or Retirement, or (iv) the termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment for any reason.
4.2 The Executive agrees that, during the Term and for a period ending on the date 18 months after second anniversary of a termination of the Executive’s employment following a Change in Control under circumstances entitling the Executive to payments and benefits under Section 6 hereof, the Executive will not, without the prior written consent of the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, engage in or perform any services of a similar nature to those performed by the Executive at the Company for any other corporation or business which is primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, development, promotion or sale of climate, instrument and door panels or electronic components for the automotive industry within North America, Latin America, Asia, Australia or Europe in competition with the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any joint ventures to which the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries or Affiliates are a party.
4.3 During the Term and thereafter, the Executive will not (other than in the regular course and in furtherance of the Company’s business) divulge, furnish or make available to any person any confidential knowledge, information or materials, whether tangible or intangible, regarding proprietary matters relating to the Company, including, without limitation, trade secrets, customer and supplier lists, pricing policies, operational methods, marketing plans or strategies, product development techniques or plans, business acquisition or disposition plans, new personnel employment plans, methods of manufacture, technical processes, designs and design projects, inventions and research projects and financial budgets and forecasts of the Company except (1) information which at the time is available to others in the business or generally known to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the Executive not permitted hereunder, and (2) when required to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, by any governmental agency or by any administrative body or legislative body (including a committee thereof) with purported or apparent jurisdiction to order the Executive to divulge, disclose or make accessible such information.
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Samples: Change in Control Agreement (Visteon Corp), Change in Control Agreement (Visteon Corp), Change in Control Agreement (Visteon Corp)
The Executive's Covenants. 4.1 The Executive agrees that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a Potential Change in Control during the Term, the Executive will remain in the employ of the Company until the earliest of (i) a date which is six months from the date of such Potential Change of Control, (ii) the date of a Change in Control, (iii) the date of termination by the Executive of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason or by reason of death, Disability or Retirement, or (iv) the termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment for any reason.
4.2 The Executive agrees that, during the Term and for a period ending on the date 18 of twelve months after a termination of the Executive’s employment following a Change in Control under circumstances entitling the Executive to payments and benefits under Section 6 hereof, the Executive will not, without the prior written consent of the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, (i) engage in or perform any services of a similar nature to those performed by the Executive at the Company for any other corporation or business which is primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, development, promotion or sale of climate, instrument and door panels or electronic components for the automotive industry within North America, Latin America, Asia, Australia or Europe in competition with the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any joint ventures to which the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries or Affiliates are a partyparty (“Competing Business”), (ii) otherwise engage in any Competing Business, including, without limitation, by diverting or attempting to divert from the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any business whatsoever, by influencing or attempting to influence, or soliciting or attempting to solicit any of the customers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (or any potential customers with whom the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates had business contact in the preceding year) with whom Executive may have dealt at any time during his employment by Company, or concerning whom Executive obtained information described in Section 4.3 through his employment with the Company; (iv) recruit, solicit, hire, attempt to hire or assist any other person to hire any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or any person who was an employee of any of the foregoing in the six months preceding Executive’s Date of Termination, or solicit or encourage any employee of any of the foregoing to terminate employment; or (v) otherwise assist any person in any way to do, or attempt to do, anything prohibited by the foregoing.
4.3 During the Term and thereafter, the Executive will not (other than in the regular course and in furtherance of the Company’s business) divulge, furnish or make available to any person any confidential knowledge, information or materials, whether tangible or intangible, regarding proprietary matters relating to the Company, including, without limitation, trade secrets, customer and supplier lists, pricing policies, operational methods, marketing plans or strategies, product development techniques or plans, business acquisition or disposition plans, new personnel employment plans, methods of manufacture, technical processes, designs and design projects, inventions and research projects and financial budgets and forecasts of the Company except (1a) information which at the time is available to others in the business or generally known to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the Executive not permitted hereunder, and (2b) when required to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, by any governmental agency or by any administrative body or legislative body (including a committee thereof) with purported or apparent jurisdiction to order the Executive to divulge, disclose or make accessible such information.
4.4 The Executive agrees that the Executive will not at any time make, publish or communicate to any person or entity or in any public forum any defamatory or disparaging remarks, comments or statements concerning the Company or its businesses, or any of its employees, officers, members of its Board and existing and prospective customers, suppliers, investors and other associated third parties. The Company agrees that neither the Company through any public statement nor any of its members of the Board or officers will at any time make, publish or communicate to any person or entity or in any public forum any defamatory or disparaging remarks, comments or statements concerning the Executive or his businesses. The obligation set forth in this Section 4.4 does not, in any way, restrict or impede the Executive or the Company (including its members of the Board and officers) from exercising protected rights to the extent that such rights cannot be waived by agreement or from complying with any applicable law or regulation or a valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or an authorized government agency, provided that such compliance does not exceed that required by the law, regulation or order. The Executive shall promptly provide written notice of any such order, applicable to him, to the Board and to the Company’s General Counsel.
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The Executive's Covenants. 4.1 The Executive agrees that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a Potential Change in Control during the Term, the Executive will remain in the employ of the Company until the earliest of (i) a date which is six months from the date of such Potential Change of Control, (ii) the date of a Change in Control, (iii) the date of termination by the Executive of the Executive’s 's employment for Good Reason or by reason of death, Disability or Retirement, or (iv) the termination by the Company of the Executive’s 's employment for any reason.
4.2 The Executive agrees that, during the Term and for a period ending on the [second anniversary of] [date 18 months after after] a termination of the Executive’s 's employment following a Change in Control under circumstances entitling the Executive to payments and benefits under Section 6 hereof, the Executive will not, without the prior written consent of the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, engage in or perform any services of a similar nature to those performed by the Executive at the Company for any other corporation or business which is primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, development, promotion promotion, sale or sale financing of climate, instrument and door panels automobile or electronic truck components for the automotive industry within North America, Latin America, Asia, Australia or Europe in competition with the Company or any of the Company’s 's subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any joint ventures to which the Company or any of the Company’s 's subsidiaries or Affiliates are a party.
4.3 During the Term and thereafter, the Executive will not (other than in the regular course and in furtherance of the Company’s 's business) divulge, furnish or make available to any person any confidential knowledge, information or materials, whether tangible or intangible, regarding proprietary matters relating to the Company, including, without limitation, trade secrets, customer and supplier lists, pricing policies, operational methods, marketing plans or strategies, product development techniques or plans, business acquisition or disposition plans, new personnel employment plans, methods of manufacture, technical processes, designs and design projects, inventions and research projects and financial budgets and forecasts of the Company except (1) information which at the time is available to others in the business or generally known to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the Executive not permitted hereunder, and (2) when required to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, by any governmental agency or by any administrative body or legislative body (including a committee thereof) with purported or apparent jurisdiction to order the Executive to divulge, disclose or make accessible such information.
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The Executive's Covenants. 4.1 The Executive agrees that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a Potential Change in Control during the Term, the Executive will remain in the employ of the Company until the earliest of (i) a date which is six months from the date of such Potential Change of Control, (ii) the date of a Change in Control, (iii) the date of termination by the Executive of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason or by reason of death, Disability or Retirement, or (iv) the termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment for any reason.
4.2 The Executive agrees that, during the Term and for a period ending on the date 18 of twelve months after a termination of the Executive’s employment following a Change in Control under circumstances entitling the Executive to payments and benefits under Section 6 hereof, the Executive will not, without the prior written consent of the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, (i) engage in or perform any services of a similar nature to those performed by the Executive at the Company for any other corporation or business which is primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, development, promotion or sale of climate, instrument and door panels or electronic components for the automotive industry within North America, Latin America, Asia, Australia or Europe in competition with the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any joint ventures to which the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries or Affiliates are a partyparty (“Competing Business”), (ii) otherwise engage in any Competing Business, including, without limitation, by diverting or attempting to divert from the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any business whatsoever, by influencing or attempting to influence, or soliciting or attempting to solicit any of the customers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (or any potential customers with whom the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates had business contact in the preceding year) with whom Executive may have dealt at any time during his employment by Company, or concerning whom Executive obtained information described in Section 4.3 through his employment with the Company; (iv) recruit, solicit, hire, attempt to hire or assist any other person to hire any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or any person who was an employee of any of the foregoing in the six months preceding Executive’s Date of Termination, or solicit or encourage any employee of any of the foregoing to terminate employment; or (v) otherwise assist any person in any way to do, or attempt to do, anything prohibited by the foregoing.
4.3 During the Term and thereafter, the Executive will not (other than in the regular course and in furtherance of the Company’s business) divulge, furnish or make available to any person any confidential knowledge, information or materials, whether tangible or intangible, regarding proprietary matters relating to the Company, including, without limitation, trade secrets, customer and supplier lists, pricing policies, operational methods, marketing plans or strategies, product development techniques or plans, business acquisition or disposition plans, new personnel employment plans, methods of manufacture, technical processes, designs and design projects, inventions and research projects and financial budgets and forecasts of the Company except (1a) information which at the time is available to others in the business or generally known to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the Executive not permitted hereunder, and (2b) when required to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, by any governmental agency or by any administrative body or legislative body (including a committee thereof) with purported or apparent jurisdiction to order the Executive to divulge, disclose or make accessible such information.
4.4 The Executive agrees that the Executive will not at any time make, publish or communicate to any person or entity or in any public forum any defamatory or disparaging remarks, comments or statements concerning the Company or its businesses, or any of its employees, officers, members of its Board and existing and prospective customers, suppliers, investors and other associated third parties. The obligation set forth in this Section 4.4 does not, in any way, restrict or impede the Executive from exercising protected rights to the extent that such rights cannot be waived by agreement or from complying with any applicable law or regulation or a valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or an authorized government agency, provided that such compliance does not exceed that required by the law, regulation or order. The Executive shall promptly provide written notice of any such order to the Board and to the Company’s General Counsel.
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