Non-Compete Sample Clauses

Non-Compete. Executive acknowledges that during his employment relationship with, or through his involvement as a member or stockholder of, any Related Company, Executive has and will become familiar with trade secrets and other Confidential Information concerning such Related Companies, and with investment opportunities relating to their respective businesses, and that Executive’s services have been and will be of special, unique and extraordinary value to the foregoing entities. Therefore, Executive agrees that, during the Employment Period and for a period of two years thereafter (the “Noncompete Period”), he will not directly or indirectly own, manage, control, participate in, consult with, render services for, or in any other manner engage in any business, or invest in or lend money to any business (in each case, including on his own behalf or on behalf of another Person) which constitutes or is competitive with (including, without limitation, by competing for the same subscriber or customer base) any business conducted by any System owned or managed by any Related Company (as and where such Systems are operated or managed or are proposed to be operated or managed by the Related Companies during the Employment Period, or as of the end of the Employment Period if the Employment Period has then ended) (any such business, a “Competitive Business”). Nothing in this Section 8 will prohibit Executive from (i) being a passive owner of less than 5% of the outstanding stock of a corporation of any class which is publicly traded, so long as Executive has no direct or indirect participation in the business of such corporation or (ii) at any time during the portion of the Noncompete Period following the Termination Date, being employed by a Person that is engaged in any Competitive Business or investing in or lending money to any Competitive Business, provided that Executive (A) complies with Section 7 above and (B) has no direct involvement in any aspect of such Competitive Business. By initialing in the space provided below, Executive acknowledges that he has read carefully and had the opportunity to consult with legal counsel regarding the provisions of this Section 8(a). [initial].

Non-Compete. (check one) a.) Communicating with related business owners, partners, members, officers, or agents; b.) Being employed by or consulting any related business; c.) Being self-employed in a related business; or d.) Soliciting any customer, client, affiliate, vendor, or any other relationship of the Employer.

Non-Compete. The Director agrees that during the Directorship Term and for a period of three (3) years thereafter, 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 consultant to any other corporation or enterprise; engage in the business of developing, marketing, selling or supporting technology to or for businesses in which the Company engages in or in which the Company has an actual intention, as evidenced by the Company’s written business plans, to engage in, within any geographic area in which the Company is then conducting such business. Nothing in this Section 6 shall prohibit the Director from being (i) a stockholder in a mutual fund or a diversified investment company or (ii) a passive owner of not more than three percent of the outstanding stock of any class of securities of a corporation, which are publicly traded, so long as the Director has no active participation in the business of such corporation.

Non-Compete. The Recipient is prohibited from engaging in the following behavior and activities:

Non-Compete. You acknowledge that due to your executive position in the Company and your knowledge of the Company’s confidential and proprietary information, your employment or affiliation with certain entities would be detrimental to the Company. You agree that, without the prior written consent of the Company, you will not represent, become employed by, consult to, advise in any manner or have any material interest in any business directly or indirectly in any Competitive Entity (as defined below). A “

Non-Compete. Employee hereby agrees that for a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Termination Date, and thereafter, through the later of (a) the period ending on the first anniversary of the Termination Date or (b) the period ending at the conclusion of the Severance Period (collectively, the “Restrictive Period”), he shall not, directly or indirectly, as employee, agent, consultant, stockholder, director, co-partner or in any other individual or representative capacity, own, operate, manage, control, engage in, invest in or participate in any manner in, act as a consultant or advisor to, render services for (alone or in association with any person, firm, corporation or entity), or otherwise assist any person or entity (other than the Company) that engages in or owns, invests in, operates, manages or controls any venture or enterprise that directly or indirectly engages or proposes to engage in any element of the Business anywhere within a 100-mile radius of the Chicago metropolitan area or within a 100-mile radius of any area (or in the event such area is a major city, the metropolitan area relating to such city) in which the Company on the Termination Date engages in any element of the Business (the “Territory”); provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent Employee from investing in the stock of any competing corporation listed on a national securities exchange or traded in the over-the-counter market, but only if Employee is not involved in the business of said corporation and if Employee and his associates (as such term is defined in Regulation 14(A) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on the date hereof), collectively, do not own more than an aggregate of 3% of the stock of such corporation. With respect to the Territory, Employee specifically acknowledges that the Company intends to expand the Business into and throughout the United States.

Non-Compete. (i) Each of the Management Shareholders hereby undertakes, and the Covenantors shall cause each of the Key Employees to undertake, to the Company and the Preferred Shareholders that for as long as he is employed by any Group Company and a period of two (2) years thereafter (“Non-competition Period”), he will not, without the prior written consent of the Preferred Shareholder Majority, either on his own account or through any of his Affiliates or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other Person: (a) Carry on or be engaged, concerned or interested directly or indirectly whether as shareholder (other than as a holder of less than 1% of the outstanding capital stock of a public traded company), director, employee, partner, agent or otherwise carry on any business in direct competition with the primary business then operated by the Company in the PRC and any other geographic territory in which the Company then actively operates; (b) Solicit or entice away or attempt to solicit or entice away from any Group Company, the custom of any person, firm, company or organization who is or shall at any time within twelve (12) months prior to such cessation have been a customer, client, representative, agent or correspondent of such Group Company or in the habit of dealing with such Group Company; or (c) Employ, solicit or entice away or attempt to employ, solicit or entice away from any Group Company any person who is or shall have been at the date of or within twelve (12) months prior to such cessation an officer, manager, consultant or employee of any such Group Company whether or not such person would commit a breach of contract by reason of leaving such employment (other than pursuant to advertisements of general circulation). (ii) Each of the Management Shareholders hereby undertakes, and the Covenantors shall cause each of the Key Employees to undertake, to the Company and the Preferred Shareholders that neither he nor any of his Affiliates will at any time hereafter, in relation to any trade, business or company, use in contravention of Law any business or trade name or any permutation, combination, derivation or part thereof now or hereafter used by any Group Company in its name or in the name of any of its products, services or their derivative terms, or the Chinese or English equivalent or any similar word in such a way as is likely to be confused with the name of any Group Company or the product or services or any other products or services of any Group Co...

Non-Compete. (check one) ☐ - There shall be no Non-Compete established in this Agreement. ☐ - During the term of employment, the Employee understands that he or she will be subject to learning proprietary information, including trade secrets, which could be applied to competitors of the employer. Therefore, in order to protect the fiduciary interests of the Employer, the Employee agrees to: (check all that apply) ☐ - Withhold from working in the following industry(ies): _________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ☐ - Withhold from working for the following employer(s): _________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ☐ - Withhold from working in the same industry(ies) as the Employer in the following area(s): ______________________________________________________________________ ☐ - Other: _____________________________________________________________ This Non-Compete shall be in effect for ____ ☐ Months ☐ Years following the date of Employee’s termination. This Section shall be applied to the Employee engaging, directly or indirectly, any competitive industry. This includes, but is not limited to: Communicating with related business owners, partners, members, officers, or agents; Being employed by or consulting any related business; Being self-employed in a related business; or Soliciting any customer, client, affiliate, vendor, or any other relationship of the Employer.

Non-Compete. Non-Solicitation ----------------------------- (a) In further consideration of the sale of Executive Units to Executive pursuant to the Executive Purchase Agreement, and in connection with the Employment Agreement, Executive acknowledges that in the course of his employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries he has and shall become familiar with the Company's trade secrets and with other Confidential Information concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries and that his services have been and shall be of special, unique and extraordinary value to the Company and its Subsidiaries. Therefore, Executive agrees that, during the Employment Period and for one year thereafter (the "Noncompete Period"), he shall not ----------------- directly or indirectly own any interest in, manage, control, participate in, consult with, render services for, or in any manner engage in any business involved in the business of crane and other lifting equipment sales or rentals or competing with the businesses of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as such businesses exist or are in process on the date of the termination or expiration of the Employment Period, within any geographical area in which the Company or its Subsidiaries engage or plan to engage in such businesses. Nothing herein shall prohibit Executive from being a passive owner of not more than 2% of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation which is publicly traded, so long as Executive has no active participation in the business of such corporation. At the Company's option, upon written notice to the Executive, the Noncompete Period may be changed to during the Employment Period and for not less than six months nor more than one year after the Employment Period. (b) During the Noncompete Period, Executive shall not directly or indirectly through another entity (i) induce any employee of the Company or any Subsidiary to leave the employ of the Company or such Subsidiary, or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or any Subsidiary and any employee thereof, (ii) hire any person who was an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary at any time during the Employment Period or (iii) induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, franchisee or other business relation of the Company or any Subsidiary to cease doing business with the Company or such Subsidiary, or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee or business relation ...