Client Confidentiality Any information about clients of the Employer which is learned by an employee during the course of employment must, as a condition of continued employment, be treated as strictly confidential and each employee is expected to respect this confidentiality and to take all reasonable precautions to safeguard it.
Covenant Not to Compete (a) In furtherance of the ----------------------- sale of the Shares, the HEA Membership Interests and the SMMSLP LP Interests to Buyer hereunder, Parent covenants and agrees that, for a period ending on the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates (which term for purposes of this Section 8.5 shall not include any Person who ----------- may acquire control of Parent after the Closing Date and any Affiliates of such Person immediately prior to such acquisition) will engage, directly or indirectly, anywhere in the world where the Business is conducted by the Companies as of the Closing Date in business activities that are competitive with the Business as conducted by the Companies on the Closing Date (the interest or business that includes such conflicting competitive activities is hereinafter referred to as a "Competitive Business"); provided, however, that -------------------- -------- ------- nothing set forth in this Section 8.5 shall prohibit Parent or its Affiliates ----------- from (i) engaging in the businesses conducted by Parent or its Affiliates (excluding the Companies) on the Closing Date and described in Schedule 8.5, ------------ (ii) owning not in excess of 5% in the aggregate of any class of capital stock or other equity interest of any corporation if such stock is publicly traded and listed on any national or regional stock exchange or on the Nasdaq Stock Market, (iii) owning an interest acquired as a creditor in bankruptcy or otherwise than by a voluntary investment decision, subject to compliance with Section 8.5(b), -------------- or (iv) acquiring the assets or capital stock or other equity interests of any other Person engaged in such business subject to compliance with Section 8.5(b); -------------- and provided, further, that nothing set forth in this Section 8.5 shall prohibit -------- ------- ----------- American Home Shield's investment portfolio managed by an independent investment advisor from including not in excess of 5% in the aggregate of any class or equity interest of any Person engaged in such Competitive Business.