Non-Compete Sample Clauses
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Non-Compete. During the term of this Agreement and for a period of twelve (12) months following the Director’s removal or resignation from the Board of Directors of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (the “Restricted Period”), the Director shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) in any manner whatsoever engage in any capacity with any business competitive with the Company’s current lines of business or any business then engaged in by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of its affiliates (the “Company’s Business”) for the Director’s own benefit or for the benefit of any person or entity other than the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate; or (ii) have any interest as owner, sole proprietor, stockholder, partner, lender, director, officer, manager, employee, consultant, agent or otherwise in any business competitive with the Company’s Business; provided, however, that the Director may hold, directly or indirectly, solely as an investment, not more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding securities of any person or entity which is listed on any national securities exchange or regularly traded in the over-the-counter market notwithstanding the fact that such person or entity is engaged in a business competitive with the Company’s Business. In addition, during the Restricted Period, the Director shall not develop any property for use in the Company’s Business on behalf of any person or entity other than the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates.
Non-Compete. 7.1 The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that by virtue of signing this Agreement and accepting employment hereunder, Executive will receive training materials, Trade Secrets and other Confidential Information and will acquire additional valuable training and knowledge, enhance the Executive’s professional skills and experience, and learn additional proprietary Trade Secrets and Confidential Information of the Company and its affiliates. In consideration of the foregoing and this contract of employment, the Executive agrees that the Executive will not, during the Executive’s term of employment and for a period of eighteen (18) months after the Termination Date, directly or indirectly (i) engage, whether as principal, agent, investor, representative, stockholder (other than as the holder of not more than five percent (5%) of the stock or equity of any corporation the capital stock of which is publicly traded), employee, consultant, volunteer or otherwise, with or without pay, in any activity or business venture anywhere within the contiguous United States that is competitive with the Business, (ii) solicit or entice or endeavor to solicit or entice away from the Company and/or its affiliates any director, officer, employee, agent or consultant of the Company and/or its affiliates with whom the Executive had contact during the Executive’s employment with the Company, either on the Executive’s own account or for any Person, firm, corporation or other organization, regardless of whether the Person solicited would commit any breach of such Person’s contract of employment by reason of leaving the Company’s or any of its affiliates’ service; (iii) solicit or entice or endeavor to solicit or entice away any of the referral sources, clients or customers of the Company and/or any of its affiliates with whom the Executive had contact during the Executive’s employment with the Company for the purpose of competing in the Business, either on the Executive’s own account or for any other Person, firm, corporation or organization; (iv) employ or otherwise utilize (whether as a consultant, advisor or otherwise) any Person who was a director, officer, or employee of the Company and/or its affiliates at any time during the two (2) years preceding the Termination Date and with whom the Executive had contact during the Executive’s employment with the Company, unless such Person’s employment was terminated by the Company and/or its affiliates; or (v) employ or otherwise uti...
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. 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. The Recipient is prohibited from engaging in the following behavior and activities:
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. 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. For a period of two (2) years following the effective date of Termination of Employment of the Executive by any party for any reason (excluding death), including any Termination of Employment following a Change in Control under Paragraph 6 of this Agreement, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly: (1) engage in the business of banking, lending, trust operations or providing financial, property, casualty, or health insurance or investment adviser services or products anywhere in the Designated Area or (2) manage, operate, or control, or accept or hold a position as a director, officer, employee, agent or partner of or adviser or consultant to, or otherwise perform substantial services for or provide advice to, any bank or insured financial institution or other corporation or entity engaged in the business of banking, lending, trust operations or providing financial, property, casualty, or health insurance or investment adviser services and products (directly or through a subsidiary), excluding Arrow and its Affiliates (any such other bank, institution, corporation or entity, a “Financial Institution”), if, as of the effective date of such Termination of Employment, such Financial Institution has any office or branch located within the Designated Area or has immediate plans to establish any office or branch within the Designated Area. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the “Designated Area” as of any particular time will consist of all counties in the State of New York and any other state in which Arrow or any of its Affiliates maintains an office or branch through which it engages in Business or has acted to establish an office or a branch through which it will engage in Business. The provisions of this paragraph shall not prohibit Executive during such two-year period from working for a company whose principal business is providing property, casualty or health insurance, private equity investments, or serving as a securities broker if Executive is engaged solely in that business and not in the business of providing banking, lending or trust services. The term financial services means financial products associated with the business of banking, including in particular but not limited to credit cards, debit cards, checking and savings accounts, and money market funds.
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.