Agreement Not to Compete In order to protect the business interests and good will of Company and its Affiliates with respect to Customers and accounts, and to protect Confidential Information, Executive covenants and agrees that for the entire period of time that this Agreement remains in effect, and for a period of one (1) year after termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive will not:
Covenant Not to Compete During the Initial Term or any Renewal Term of this Agreement and for the Restricted Period, Employee shall not directly or indirectly engage in any business or activity of any nature whatsoever, which is substantially competitive with the business of Employer or any MVB Financial subsidiaries or affiliates within fifty (50) miles of the places of business of Employer or any MVB Financial subsidiaries or affiliates (the “Restricted Territory”), nor shall Employee sell, or solicit the sale of, any services or products related thereto, directly or indirectly, to any of the customers of Employer or any MVB Financial subsidiaries or affiliates. Without limitation of the foregoing, Employee shall not be, or serve as, a proprietor, partner, officer, director, stockholder [except a stockholder of not more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of any company listed on a national securities exchange or traded over the counter], employee, sales representative or consultant for any organization, company or business entity of any type which engages in any business or activity of any nature whatsoever, which is competitive with the business of Employer or any MVB Financial subsidiaries or affiliates within the Restricted Territory. In the event this covenant not to compete shall be deemed by any court or body of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable in whole or in part by reason of its extending for too long a period of time, or too great a geographical area or over too great a range of activities, or overly broad in any other respect or for any other reason, then and in such event this Agreement shall be deemed modified and interpreted to extend over only such maximum period of time, geographical area or range of activities, or otherwise, so as to render these provisions valid and enforceable, and as so modified, these provisions shall be enforceable and enforced. BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, EMPLOYEE EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT (A) THE PARTIES HAVE SPECIFICALLY BARGAINED FOR, DISCUSSED, REVIEWED AND NEGOTIATED THE TERMS OF THIS COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AND PAYMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, (B) SPECIAL, SUBSTANTIAL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT, AND (C) THIS COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE SHALL SURVIVE ANY EARLY OR OTHER TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THIS AGREEMENT IS TERMINATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 5(B) OR 5(D) THEN THIS PROVISION SHALL ONLY SURVIVE SO LONG AS EMPLOYEE IS RECEIVING PAYMENTS FROM EMPLOYER.
Covenant Not to Compete or Solicit (a) The Executive recognizes that the services to be performed by him hereunder are special, unique and extraordinary. The parties confirm that it is reasonably necessary for the protection of the Corporation that the Executive agree, and accordingly, the Executive does hereby agree, that he shall not, directly or indirectly, at any time during the “Restricted Period” within the “Restricted Area” (as those terms are defined in Section 10(e) below):
Employment with the Company While Executive is employed by the Company during the Term, Executive shall be employed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and such other titles as the Company may designate, and shall perform such duties and responsibilities as the Company shall assign to him from time to time, including duties and responsibilities relating to the Company's wholly-owned and partially owned subsidiaries and other affiliates.
Agreement Not to Solicit Employees Executive agrees that during Executive’s employment with the Company hereunder and during the Non-Solicitation Period, Executive will not, either directly or indirectly, on Executive’s own behalf or in the service or on the behalf of others solicit, divert, or hire away, or attempt to solicit, divert, or hire away any person then employed by the Company, nor encourage anyone to leave the Company’s employ. The Non-Solicitation Period set forth in this Section 11.5 shall be tolled during any period in which the Executive is in breach of the restriction set forth herein.
Covenants Not to Compete No Initial Stockholder, employee, officer or director of the Company is subject to any noncompetition agreement or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or prior employer which could materially affect his ability to be an Initial Stockholder, employee, officer and/or director of the Company.
Limitation of Engagement to the Company The Company acknowledges that Xxxxxxxxxx has been retained only by the Company, that Xxxxxxxxxx is providing services hereunder as an independent contractor (and not in any fiduciary or agency capacity) and that the Company’s engagement of Xxxxxxxxxx is not deemed to be on behalf of, and is not intended to confer rights upon, any shareholder, owner or partner of the Company or any other person not a party hereto as against Xxxxxxxxxx or any of its affiliates, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, controlling persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), employees or agents. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by Xxxxxxxxxx, no one other than the Company is authorized to rely upon this Agreement or any other statements or conduct of Xxxxxxxxxx, and no one other than the Company is intended to be a beneficiary of this Agreement. The Company acknowledges that any recommendation or advice, written or oral, given by Xxxxxxxxxx to the Company in connection with Xxxxxxxxxx’x engagement is intended solely for the benefit and use of the Company’s management and directors in considering a possible Offering, and any such recommendation or advice is not on behalf of, and shall not confer any rights or remedies upon, any other person or be used or relied upon for any other purpose. Xxxxxxxxxx shall not have the authority to make any commitment binding on the Company. The Company, in its sole discretion, shall have the right to reject any investor introduced to it by Xxxxxxxxxx.
Agreement not to Participate in Company’s Competitors During Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive agrees not to acquire, assume or participate in, directly or indirectly, any position, investment or interest known by Executive to be adverse or antagonistic to the Company, its business, or prospects, financial or otherwise, or in any company, person, or entity that is, directly or indirectly, in competition with the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates (as defined below). Ownership by Executive, in professionally managed funds over which the Executive does not have control or discretion in investment decisions, or as a passive investment, of less than two percent (2%) of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any corporation with one or more classes of its capital stock listed on a national securities exchange or publicly traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market shall not constitute a breach of this Section. For purposes of this Agreement, “Affiliate,” means, with respect to any specific entity, any other entity that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified entity.
Covenant Not to Solicit Employees The Executive agrees not to solicit the services of any officer or employee of the Employer for one year after the Executive’s employment termination.
Agreement Not to Solicit Except as required in the performance of Executive’s duties as an employee of the Company, during Executive’s employment with the Company (whether before, during, or after the Term) and during the Restricted Period, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, request, advise, induce or attempt to induce any vendor, supplier or other business contact of the Company to cancel, curtail, cease doing business with, or otherwise adversely change its relationship with the Company.