Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Clause Samples

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the nature of the Company’s confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information to which the Executive has, and will continue to have, access to derives value from the fact that it is not generally known and used by others in the highly competitive industry in which the Company competes. The Executive further acknowledges and agrees that, even in complete good faith, it would be impossible for the Executive to work in a similar capacity for a competitor of the Company without drawing upon and utilizing information gained during employment with the Company. Accordingly, at all times during the Executive’s employment with the Company and for a period of one (1) year after termination, for any reason, of such employment, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly: (a) Engage in any business or enterprise (whether as owner, partner, officer, director, employee, consultant, investor, lender or otherwise, except as the holder of not more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding capital stock of a company) that directly or indirectly competes with the Company’s business or the business of any of its subsidiaries anywhere in the United States; or (b) Either alone or in association with others (i) solicit, or facilitate any organization with which the Executive is associated in soliciting, any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to leave the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) solicit for employment, hire or engage as an independent contractor, or facilitate any organization with which the Executive is associated in soliciting for employment, hire or engagement as an independent contractor, any person who was employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries at any time during the term of the Executive’s employment with the Seller or the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries (provided, that this clause (ii) shall not apply to any individual whose employment with the Seller, the Company or any of its subsidiaries has been terminated for a period of one year or longer); or (iii) solicit business from or perform services for any customer, supplier, licensee or business relation of the Seller or the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries, induce or attempt to induce, any such entity to cease doing business with the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such entity and the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation. Because of the nature of the Company’s Business, and because, as a result of his employment with the Company, the Executive has been and will continue to be exposed to Confidential Information, the Executive acknowledges that the Company would sustain grievous harm in the event that he were to disclose Confidential Information, engage in business activities that compete with the Business, appropriate or divert business or customers of the Company or its affiliates and/or induce employees or consultants of the Company or its affiliates to leave the employment of the Company or its affiliates. The Executive acknowledges that the Company has a legitimate business interest in protecting itself from the aforementioned harm and in the protection and maintenance of the Confidential Information and of the good will and customer relationships of the Company and its affiliates. Therefore, the Executive hereby agrees and covenants to be bound by the non-competition and non-solicitation restrictions set forth herein below, which restrictions the Executive agrees and acknowledges are reasonable and necessary and do not impose undue hardship or burdens on the Executive. a. The Executive agrees that, during his employment with the Company and for a period of three (3) years following the termination of his employment with the Company, he and his affiliates shall not directly or indirectly own, manage, operate, control, be employed by, consult for, be a shareholder of, be an officer of, participate in, contract with or be connected in any capacity or any manner with any person or entity whose business activities directly or indirectly (whether through related persons, entities or otherwise) compete with the Business anywhere in the United States, Canada and the People’s Republic of China, where the Company or its affiliates is engaged in the Business, PROVIDED HOWEVER, that the Executive shall not be prevented from owning an interest in a publicly traded company so long as the fair market value of such interest at the date of acquisition is less than US$100,000. b. The Executive agrees that during the period of his employment with the Company and for a period of three (3) years following the termination of his employment with the Company, for any reason, he will not, within the United States, Canada and the People’s Republic of China, where the Company or its affiliates is engaged in the Business, directly or indirectly recruit, induce, divert, supervise, employ, manage, ...

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation. (a) The Employee agrees and acknowledges that the Confidential Information that the Employee has already received and will receive is valuable to the Corporation and that its protection and maintenance constitutes a legitimate business interest of the Corporation, to be protected by the non-competition restrictions set forth herein. The Employee agrees and acknowledges that the non-competition restrictions set forth herein are reasonable and necessary and do not impose undue hardship or burdens on the Employee. The Employee also acknowledges that the Corporation’s business is conducted worldwide (the “Territory”), and that the Territory, scope of prohibited competition, and time duration set forth in the non-competition restrictions set forth below are reasonable and necessary to maintain the value of the Confidential Information of, and to protect the goodwill and other legitimate business interests of, the Corporation, its affiliates and/or its clients or customers. The provisions of this Section 9 shall survive the termination of the Employee’s employment hereunder for a period of one (1) year after the termination of Employee’s employment for whatever reason, and regardless whether the termination is voluntary or involuntary, within the Territory. (b) The Employee hereby agrees and covenants that he shall not without the prior written consent of the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever, including, without limitation, as an employee, employer, consultant, principal, partner, shareholder, officer, director or any other individual or representative capacity (other than (i) as a holder of less than two (2%) percent of the outstanding securities of a company whose shares are traded on any national securities exchange or (ii) as a limited partner, passive minority interest holder in a venture capital fund, private equity fund or similar investment entity which holds or may hold an equity or debt position in portfolio companies that are competitive with the Corporation; provided however, that the Employee shall be precluded from serving as an operating partner, general partner, manager or governing board designee with respect to such portfolio companies), whether on the Employee’s own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity or otherwise howsoever, during the Term and for a period of one (1) year after the termination of the Employee’s employment for whatever reason, and regardless whether the termination in voluntary or in...

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation. During the Term and for a period of one year following the date of termination of Employee’s employment with the Company and/or the termination of this Agreement, for any reason and whether voluntary or involuntary: (a) the Employee shall not in the United States or in any country in which the Company shall then be doing business, directly or indirectly, enter the employ of, or render any services to, any person, firm or corporation engaged in any business that is competitive with the business of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates of which the Employee may become an employee or officer during the Term; Employee shall not engage in such business on Employee’s own account; and Employee shall not become interested in any such business, directly or indirectly, as an individual, partner, shareholder, director, officer, principal, agent, employee, trustee, consultant, or any other relationship or capacity; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 10 shall be deemed to prohibit the Employee from acquiring, solely as an investment, shares of capital stock of any public corporation; (b) neither the Employee nor any Affiliate of the Employee shall solicit or utilize, or assist any person in any way to solicit or utilize, the services, directly or indirectly, of any of the Company's directors, key advisors, officers or employees (collectively, "Associates of the Company"). This non-solicitation and non-utilization provision shall not apply to Associates of the Company who have previously terminated their relationship with the Company. The above covenants will apply to the Employee, regardless of the circumstances under which the employment ends or this Agreement is terminated. 10.1 If the Employee commits a breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any of the provisions of this Section 10, the Company shall have the following rights and remedies: 10.1.1 The right and remedy to have the provisions of this Agreement specifically enforced by any court having equity jurisdiction, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach shall cause irreparable injury to the Company and that money damages shall not provide an adequate remedy to the Company; and 10.1.2 The right and remedy immediately to cease providing the salary continuation payments and other benefits under Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of this Agreement and to require the Employee to repay to the Company any such payments and benefits that already have be...

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation. (i) You agree and acknowledge that the business (the “Business”) of the Company is any business activity engaged in, or actively contemplated by the Company (or any Subsidiary) to be engaged in, by the Company (or any Subsidiary) and with which you are or were involved on or prior to your date of termination. (ii) You agree that, except as the Company expressly agrees in writing, during your employment with the Company and for the 12-month period following termination of your employment for any reason, you shall not within the Territory (defined below), directly or indirectly, as an owner, partner, affiliate, stockholder, joint venturer, director, employee, consultant, contractor, principal, trustee or licensor, or in any other similar capacity whatsoever, of or for any person or entity (other than for the Company): (A) engage in, own, manage, operate, sell, finance, control, advise or participate in the ownership, management, operation, sales, finance or control of, be employed or employed by, or be connected in any manner with, any business that competes with (1) the Business or (2) if you have provided services directly to any health maintenance organization, health insurance company or similar health insurance plan, owned or operated by a customer of the Company, during the twelve-month period preceding the termination of your employment with the Company, such customer (each, a “Competitor”). Notwithstanding this Section 14(b)(ii)(A), you may accept employment with a Competitor whose business is diversified, provided that (I) such employment is with a portion of the Competitor’s business that does not provide products or services that are the same as, are similar to, or compete with the Company’s products or services (“Competing Products or Services”) and (II) prior to your acceptance of such employment with Competitor, the Company receives separate written assurances satisfactory to the Company from such Competitor and from you that you will not provide any Competing Products or Services; (B) approach, solicit, divert, interfere with, or take away, the business or patronage of any of the actual or prospective members, customers, or clients of the Company, for a purpose that is competitive with the Business; or (C) contact, recruit, solicit, hire, retain, or employ (whether as an employee, consultant, agent, independent contractor, or otherwise) any person who is, or who at any time during the 6-month period prior to your date of termination had been, ...

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation a. During the Restricted Period Seller shall not, and shall ensure that its Subsidiaries will not: i. conduct or engage in any Restricted Business; ii. acquire in whole or in part any business that conducts or engages in any Restricted Business; or iii. solicit, hire or otherwise engage any employees of the Company or of one of the Company's Subsidiaries (collectively, the Restricted Employees; provided that the restrictions in this Section 5.4.9(a)(iii) shall not apply to the hiring or engagement of any Restricted Employee if such Restricted Employee (x) responds to a bona fide general recruitment advertisement that was not specifically targeting any Restricted Employee, or (y) is under notice of termination of its employment as of the date of this Agreement, or (z) has been given notice of termination by his or her employer. b. Nothing in this Section 5.4.9 shall prevent Seller and|or any of its Affiliates from (in each case, in good faith): i. acquiring, or owning an investment of less than 10% of the issued and outstanding securities or interests convertible into securities in a Business that is engaged in Restricted Business; ii. acquiring or owning an investment in a business that is engaged in Restricted Business, provided that the revenues of such Restricted Business do not exceed 10% of the overall revenues of such acquired or owned business; or iii. conducting any business as conducted by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the Business sold pursuant to this Agreement, on or prior to the Closing Date. c. This Section 5.4.9 shall not apply to any Person that directly or indirectly acquires Seller or any of its Affiliates. d. If any court determines that any of the provisions of this Section 5.4.9 is excessive in duration or scope or is unreasonable or unenforceable under applicable Law, it is the intention of the Parties that such restriction may be modified or amended by the court to render it enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by the Laws of that jurisdiction.

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation. In consideration of the salary paid to the Executive by the Company, the Executive undertakes that for a period of one (1) year after he/she ceases to be employed by the Company, he/she will not, without the prior written consent of the Company: (a) in the territory of the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, Singapore, and People’s Republic of China (the “Territory”), either on his/her own account or through any of his/her affiliates, or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other person, carry on or be engaged, concerned or interested directly or indirectly whether as shareholder, director, employee, partner, agent or otherwise carry on any business in direct competition with the business of the Group; (b) either on his/her own account or through any of his/her affiliates or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other person, solicit or entice away or attempt to solicit or entice away from the Group, any person, firm, company or organization who is or shall at any time within two (2) years prior to such cessation have been a customer, client, representative or agent of the Group or in the habit of dealing with the Group; (c) either on his/her own account or through any of his/her affiliates or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other person, employ, solicit or entice away or attempt to employ, solicit or entice away from the Group any person who is or shall have been at the date of or within twelve (12) months prior to such cessation of employment an officer, manager, consultant or employee of any such the Group whether or not such person would commit a breach of contract by reason of leaving such employment; or (d) either on his/her own account or through any of his/her affiliates or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other person, in relation to any trade, business or company use a name including the words used by the Group 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 to be capable of or likely to be confused with the name of the Group or the product or services or any other products or services of the Group, and shall use all reasonable endeavors to procure that no such name shall be used by any of his/her affiliates or otherwise by any person with which he/she is connected. (e) Each and every obligation under Section 12 shall be treated as a separate obligation and shall be severally enforceable as such a...

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation. (a) While the Executive is employed by the Company and for a period of twelve (12) months following the Executive’s termination or cessation of such employment for any reason, the Executive will not directly or indirectly: (i) Engage in any business or enterprise (whether as an owner, partner, officer, employee, director, investor, lender, consultant, independent contractor or otherwise, except as the holder of not more than 5% of the combined voting power of the outstanding stock of a publicly held company) that (A) is competitive with the Company’s business and (B) develops, designs, produces, markets, sells or renders any product or service competitive with any product developed, produced, marketed, sold or rendered by the Company while the Executive was employed by the Company; (ii) Either alone or in association with others, recruit or solicit, any person who was employed by the Company at any time during the period of the Executive’s employment with the Company, except for an individual whose employment with the Company has been terminated for a period of six months or longer; and (iii) Either alone or in association with others, solicit, divert or take away, or attempt to divert or to take away, the business or patronage of any of the clients, customers or accounts, or prospective clients, customers or accounts, of the Company which were contacted, solicited or served by the Executive while he was employed by the Company. (b) If any restriction set forth in this Section 6 is found by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it extends for too long a period of time or over too great a range of activities or in too broad a geographic area, it shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, range of activities or geographic area as to which it may be enforceable. (c) The Executive acknowledges that the restrictions contained in this Agreement are necessary for the protection of the business and goodwill of the Company and are considered by the Executive to be reasonable for such purpose. The Executive agrees that any breach of this Agreement will cause the Company substantial and irrevocable damage and therefore, in the event of any such breach, in addition to such other remedies which may be available, the Company shall have the right to seek specific performance and injunctive relief without posting a bond. (d) The geographic scope of this Section shall extend to anywhere the Company or any of its subsidiar...

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation. Executive recognizes that the Company is engaged in a competitive business and that the Company has a legitimate interest in protecting its trade secrets, confidential business information, and customer, business development partner, licensee, supplier, and credit and/or financial relationships. Accordingly, in exchange for valuable consideration, including without limitation Executive’s access to confidential business information and continued at-will employment, Executive agrees that, during the term hereof and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter, Executive shall not: (i) directly or indirectly, whether for himself or for any other person or entity, and whether as a proprietor, principal, shareholder, partner, agent, employee, consultant, independent contractor, or in any other capacity whatsoever, undertake or have any interest in (other than the passive ownership of publicly registered securities representing an ownership interest of less than 1%), engage in or assume any role involving directly or indirectly any business activity which is directly or indirectly in competition with the products or services being developed, marketed, sold or otherwise provided by the Company or any other business in which the Company is engaged and for which Executive has rendered services while employed by the Company, or enter into any agreement to do any of the foregoing; or (ii) initiate contact with (including without limitation phone calls, press releases and the sending or delivering of announcements), or in any manner solicit, directly or indirectly, any customers, business development partners, licensors, licensees, or creditors (including institutional lenders, bonding companies and trade creditors) of the Company in an attempt to induce or motivate them either to discontinue or modify their then prevailing or future relationship with the Company or to transfer any of their business with the Company to any person or entity other than the Company; or (iii) initiate contact with, or in any manner solicit, directly or indirectly, any supplier of goods, services or materials to the Company in an attempt to induce or motivate them either to discontinue or modify their then prevailing or future relationship with the Company or to supply the same or similar inventory, goods, services or materials (except generally available inventory, goods, services or materials) to any person or entity other than the Company; or (iv) directly or indirectly recruit, solici...