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EXHIBIT 10.10
MLX CORP. / X.X. XXXXXXX GROUP
POST-EMPLOYMENT NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT
(EXECUTIVE & SENIOR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL)
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into on and as of the date last set forth
below by THE UNDERSIGNED INDIVIDUAL (herein referred to as "Employee") for the
benefit and in favor of MLX CORP. ("MLX") AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES (MLX and its
subsidiaries herein referred to as the "MLX Companies").
WHEREAS, Employee has accepted or presently holds an executive or senior
management position with one of the MLX Companies (X.X. Xxxxxxx Group); and
WHEREAS, by reason of the nature of Employee's position with X.X. Xxxxxxx
Group, he/she is eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan
sponsored by the MLX Companies, and agrees to certain restrictions upon
Employee's ability to engage in activities in competition with and/or otherwise
disadvantageous to the MLX Companies subsequent to termination of Employee's
employment (through resignation, retirement, dismissal, layoff or otherwise)
with the MLX Companies, or any of them;
NOW, THEREFORE, as an inducement to the X.X. Xxxxxxx Group to hire and employ
Employee and/or to continue Employee in their employ and in consideration of
other good and valuable consideration (including without limitation the
eligibility of Employee to participate in an incentive compensation plan and
arrangements sponsored by the MLX Companies), Employee, intending to be
legally bound, hereby confirms, acknowledges and agrees as follows:
A. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms and phrases shall have the
following meanings:
1. "Restricted Post-Employment Period." "Restricted Post-Employment Period"
shall mean the period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months from and after
the date of termination of Employee's employment (through resignation,
retirement, dismissal, layoff or otherwise) with the X.X. Xxxxxxx Group.
2. "Restricted Geographic Territory." "Restricted Geographic Territory" shall
mean the area within fifty miles of the location where the employee is based at
the time of termination and any other base of operation within the two years
immediately prior to termination. In addition, employee shall not be employed
by any company (or company's division as the case may be) which manufactures or
sells products which directly compete with products of MLX's X.X. Xxxxxxx
subsidiaries on the continent of North America or Europe.
B. POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTION ON COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES
Employee agrees that, in the event that Employee's employment with the X.X.
Xxxxxxx Group shall terminate for any reason (through resignation, dismissal,
retirement or otherwise), Employee shall not at any time during and throughout
the Restricted Post-Employment Period engage, directly or indirectly, in any of
the following restricted activities:
(a) The employment of Employee by, or the serving by Employee as an
officer, employee, consultant, advisor, agent or director of or to, any
company or other enterprise (including sole proprietorship) engaged in any
commercial activity within the Restricted Geographic Territory in
competition with the commercial activities then engaged in by the X.X.
Xxxxxxx Group, where Employee's activity involves any financial,
accounting, purchasing, engineering, research, design, development,
manufacturing, marketing, sales, customer support, service, credit,
collections, order processing, warehousing, shipping, distribution,
personnel, management or other activities or functions of a like-
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MLX CORP./SPECIALTY FRICTION MATERIALS GROUP
POST-EMPLOYMENT NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT
DISTRICT SALES MANAGER/SALES REPRESENTATIVE
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kind or similar nature to (or otherwise substantially related to)
activities or functions conducted, managed or supervised (directly or
indirectly) by Employee at any time during Employee's employment with
the X.X. Xxxxxxx Group; or
(b) The management, administration or supervision, whether direct or
indirect, of any individual or group of individuals engaged in any of
the prohibited competitive activities or functions described in
subparagraph (a) or subparagraph (b) above; or
(c) The ownership (as shareholder, partner, fiduciary or otherwise) of
any interest in any company or other enterprise engaged in any
commercial activity within the Restricted Geographic Territory in
competition with the commercial activities then engaged in by the X.X.
Xxxxxxx Group (or any subsidiary, division or other operation thereof);
provided, however, that the provisions of the subparagraph (c) shall
not be deemed to prohibit, limit or restrict the ownership by Employee
of five percent (5%) or less of the outstanding securities, of
any class, of any company or other enterprise, whether or not in
competition with the X.X. Xxxxxxx Group, where such securities are
publicly traded on a national securities exchange, listed on the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System
(NASDAQ) or quoted in the daily listing of over-the-counter market
securities.
C. POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTION ON SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES
Employee agrees that, in the event that Employee's employment with the MLX
Companies shall terminate for any reason (through resignation, dismissal,
retirement or otherwise), Employee shall not at anytime during and throughout
the Restricted Post-Employment Period solicit or induce, or sid or assist any
other person, party or entity to solicit or induce, any other employee of the
MLX Companies, or any of them, to leave the employ of the MLX Companies.
D. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
Employee acknowledges and agrees that, in the event of any breach or violation
of the provisions of this Agreement, (i) the MLX Companies will suffer
irreparable harm, (ii) monetary damages alone will be inadequate to compensate
the MLX Companies, and (iii) the MLX Companies, or any of them, shall be
authorized and entitled to obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction
temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief without the need to
prove actual damages as well as an equitable accounting (at Employee's expense)
of all profits or benefits arising out of such violation by Employee, which
rights and remedies shall be cumulative and in addition to any other rights or
remedies to which the MLX Companies, or any of them, may otherwise be entitled
in law or in equity.
E. MISCELLANEOUS
1. Employment-At-Will; No Contract of Employment. This Agreement does not
constitute a contract of employment or obligate the MLX Companies, or any of
them, to employ Employee for any stated period or an indefinite period of time;
it being expressly understood and agreed by Employee that Employee's
employment with the X.X. Xxxxxxx Group is and shall be on an employment-at-will
basis.
2. No Impairment of Separate Agreements Relating to Confidentiality,
Nondisclosure or Personal Use of Proprietary Information of the MLX Companies.
This Agreement shall not be deemed to limit, restrict or impair the validity or
enforceability of the provisions of any separate agreement executed by Employee
in favor of the MLX Companies, or any of them, relating to the confidentiality,
nondisclosure, prohibition on
Form SKW-HPP-103-F1
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MLX CORP./SPECIALTY FRICTION MATERIALS GROUP
POST-EMPLOYMENT NON-COMPLETE AGREEMENT
DISTRICT SALES MANAGER/SALES REPRESENTATIVE
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personal use or acknowledgement of ownership of confidential, secret, trade
secret or other proprietary information of the MLX Companies, or any of them,
which agreements are independent of, and separate and apart from, the
provisions of this Agreement.
3. INVALIDITY OR UNENFORCEABILITY. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
term or condition of this Agreement shall not affect or impair the validity or
enforceability of the remaining terms and conditions hereof, each of which
shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent any term or condition of
this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or
unenforceable by reason of the duration geographic scope, nature of activity
restricted or otherwise, said court shall, in lieu of striking or rendering
unenforceable the offending term or condition hereof, interpret and reform said
terms or conditions in a manner designed to permit the fullest enforcement
thereof by the MLX Companies in accordance with then applicable law.
4 AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION OR WAIVER. No amendment, modification or claimed
waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be valid and
enforceable against the MLX Companies, or any of them, unless approved in
advance in writing by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MLX.
5. SURVIVAL. The provisions of this Agreement shall survive termination of
Employee's employment (through resignation, retirement, dismissal, layoff or
otherwise) with the X.X. Xxxxxxx Group.
6. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Employee, intending to be legally bound, has executed this
Post-Employment Non-Compete Agreement in favor of MLX Companies on and as of
this 5 day of April , 1994.
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx (Seal)
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Signature of Employee
Print Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Address: 000-00 Xxxxxxxx Xx.
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Xxxxxx, XX
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Social Security No.: ###-##-####
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