Covenants Fair and Reasonable Clause Samples

The "Covenants Fair and Reasonable" clause establishes that any promises or obligations (covenants) made within the agreement must be fair and reasonable in scope, duration, and effect. In practice, this means that restrictions such as non-compete or non-solicitation clauses should not be overly broad or harsh, and should be limited to what is necessary to protect legitimate business interests. The core function of this clause is to ensure that contractual obligations are balanced and enforceable, preventing one party from imposing unduly burdensome terms on the other.
Covenants Fair and Reasonable. Employee understands and acknowledges that the covenants contained in this Agreement, including without limitation Article VI , are given in addition to similar covenants of Employee under the Purchase Agreement. Employee further represents that the said covenants are fair and reasonable as to time, area and scope of restricted activity and are required for the fair and reasonable protection of the business of Employer in light of Employee's prior and continuing relationship with Employer. Employee further acknowledges that without the restrictions imposed by his covenants provided herein including but not limited to his future activities imposed by the said covenants, the business of Employer would suffer irreparable and immeasurable harm. Each covenant of Employee set forth herein shall be construed as an agreement independent of any other provision of this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action whether predicated on this Agreement, or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by Employer of the said covenants, and any court having jurisdiction shall have the power to reduce the duration and/or area of any such restriction, such that and in its reduced form, such covenant(s) may and shall be enforceable. The Parties hereto intend to and hereby confer jurisdiction to enforce the covenants contained herein upon the courts of any state or other jurisdiction in which any alleged breach of any such covenant occurs. If the courts of any of one or more of such states or other jurisdictions shall hold such covenants not wholly enforceable by reason of the scope thereof or otherwise, it is the intent of the Parties hereto that such determination not bar or in any way affect the Employer's right to the relief provided above in the courts of any other states or jurisdictions as to breaches of such covenants in such other respective states or jurisdictions, and the above covenants as they relate to each state or jurisdiction being, for this purpose, severable into diverse and independent covenants.
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  • Covenants of Executive The Company and the Executive recognize that the Executive's services are special and unique and that the provisions herein for compensation under Section 4 and Section 5 are partly in consideration of and conditioned upon the Executive's compliance with the covenants contained in this Section 9. Accordingly, during the Term of the Agreement and until the end of the Compensation Period (as defined in Section 4(a)(ii) herein), the Executive shall be subject to the covenants contained in Sections 9(b), 9(c) and 9(d) herein.

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  • Covenants of Employee (A) During the term of Employee's employment with the Corporation and for all time thereafter Employee covenants and agrees that Employee will not in any manner directly or indirectly, except as required in Employee's duties to the Corporation, disclose or divulge to any person, entity, firm or company whatsoever, or use for Employee's own benefit or the benefit of any other person, entity, firm or company, directly or indirectly, any knowledge, devices, information, techniques, customer lists, business plans or other data belonging to the Corporation or developed by Employee on behalf of the Corporation during his employment with the Corporation, without regard to whether all of the foregoing matters will be deemed confidential, material or important, the parties hereto stipulating, as between them, that the same are important, material, confidential and the property of the Corporation, that disclosure of the same to or use of the same by third parties would greatly affect the effective and successful conduct of the business of the Corporation and the goodwill of the Corporation, and that any breach of the terms of this subparagraph (A) shall be a material breach of this Agreement. (B) During the term of Employee's employment with the Corporation and for a period of two (2) years (the "Covenant Term") after cessation for whatever reason of such employment (except as hereinafter provided in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph 7), Employee covenants and agrees that Employee will not in any manner directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, divert, take away or interfere with any of the customers (or their respective affiliates or successors) of the Corporation; (ii) engage directly or indirectly, either personally or as an employee, partner, associate partner, officer, manager, agent, advisor, consultant or otherwise, or by means of any corporate or other entity or device, in any business which is competitive with the business of the Corporation. For purposes of this covenant a business will be deemed competitive if it is conducted in whole or in part within any geographic area wherein the Corporation is engaged in marketing its products, and if it involves the manufacture of component parts for the aerospace industry or any other business which is in any manner competitive, as of the date of cessation of Employee's employment, with any business then being conducted by the Corporation or as to which the Corporation has then formulated definitive plans to enter; (iii) induce any salesman, distributor, supplier, manufacturer, representative, agent, jobber or other person transacting business with the Corporation to terminate their relationship with the Corporation, or to represent, distribute or sell products in competition with products of the Corporation; or (iv) induce or cause any employee of the Corporation to leave the employ of the Corporation. (C) The parties agree that the Covenant Term provided for in the preceding subparagraph (B) shall be: (i) reduced to six (6) months in the event all of the operating assets or all of the common stock of the Corporation is sold to any entity or individuals unaffiliated with the Corporation, its successors or assigns; or (ii) eliminated if the business currently operated by the Corporation is terminated and the assets of the Corporation are liquidated. (D) All the covenants of Employee contained in this paragraph 7 shall be construed as agreements independent of any other provision of this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action against the Corporation, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Corporation of these covenants. (E) It is the intention of the parties to restrict the activities of Employee under this paragraph 7 only to the extent necessary for the protection of legitimate business interests of the Corporation, and the parties specifically covenant and agree that should any of the provisions set forth therein, under any set of circumstances not now foreseen by the parties, be deemed too broad for such purpose, said provisions will nevertheless be valid and enforceable to the extent necessary for such protection.

  • Covenants of the Executive In consideration of the acknowledgments by the Executive, and in consideration of the compensation and benefits to be paid or provided to the Executive by the Employer, the Executive covenants that he will not, directly or indirectly: (a) during the Employment Period, except in the course of his employment hereunder, and during the Post-Employment Period, engage or invest in, own, manage, operate, finance, control, or participate in the ownership, management, operation, financing, or control of, be employed by, associated with, or in any manner connected with, lend the Executive's name or any similar name to, lend Executive's credit to or render services or advice to, any business whose products or activities compete in whole or in part with the products or activities of the Employer anywhere within the United States; provided, however, that the Executive may purchase or otherwise acquire up to (but not more than) one percent of any class of securities of any enterprise (but without otherwise participating in the activities of such enterprise) if such securities are listed on any national or regional securities exchange or have been registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (b) whether for the Executive's own account or for the account of any other person, at any time during the Employment Period and the Post-Employment Period, solicit business of the same or similar type being carried on by the Employer, from any person known by the Executive to be a customer of the Employer, whether or not the Executive had personal contact with such person during and by reason of the Executive's employment with the Employer; (c) whether for the Executive's own account or the account of any other person (i) at any time during the Employment Period and the Post-Employment Period, solicit, employ, or otherwise engage as an employee, independent contractor, or otherwise, any person who is or was an employee of the Employer at any time during the Employment Period or in any manner induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Employer to terminate his employment with the Employer; or (ii) at any time during the Employment Period and for three years thereafter, interfere with the Employer's relationship with any person, including any person who at any time during the Employment Period was an employee, contractor, supplier, or customer of the Employer; or (d) at any time during or after the Employment Period, disparage the Employer or any of its shareholders, directors, officers, employees, or agents.