Common use of Interference with Customers, Suppliers and Other Business Partners Clause in Contracts

Interference with Customers, Suppliers and Other Business Partners. Executive acknowledges that the Company’s tenant and customer base and its other business arrangements have been developed through substantial effort and expense, and its nonpublic business information is confidential and constitutes trade secrets. In addition, because of Executive’s position, Executive understands that the Company will be particularly vulnerable to significant harm from Executive’s use such information for purposes other than to further the Company’s business interests. Accordingly, Executive agrees that during the Term of this Agreement Executive’s employment with the Company, and for a period of 24 months after Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated for any reason. , Executive will not, either directly or indirectly, separately or in association with others, interfere with, impair, disrupt or damage the Company’s relationship with any of the customers, automobile dealers or other business partners of the Company with whom Executive has had contact, or conducted business, by contacting them for the purpose of inducing or encouraging any of them to divert or take away business from the Company.