Non Competition Non Interference. Seller agrees (i) that for the two-year period commencing on the Closing Date, Seller shall not, and shall each cause its Subsidiaries not to (A) engage in or in any way, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, control, consult with, provide products and/or services to or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of, provide financing to or otherwise advise or assist or be actively connected with, directly or indirectly, any enterprise or business which is of the type or character that engages in, or otherwise carries on, any business activity which in any other manner is in competition with the Brand Business, except that Seller may own, in the aggregate, 5% or less of the stock of any corporation which is listed on a national stock exchange or actively traded in the over-the-counter market; (B) solicit or attempt to solicit (other than on behalf of any Brand Company) any Person that is, or within two (2) years before the Closing Date was, a client, customer, supplier, licensee or business relation of the Brand Business, or who Seller, any Brand Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries solicited to be a client, customer, supplier or licensee of the Brand Business during such two (2)-year period, or induce or attempt to induce any such Person to cease, reduce or not commence doing business with any of the Brand Companies (or assist any other Person in engaging in any such activities); or (C) knowingly and intentionally interfere in any way with the relationship between any Brand Company and any Person that is or was a client, lender, investor, customer, supplier, licensee or other business relation of the Brand Business (or assist any other Person in engaging in any such activities); provided, however, that in no event shall Seller or any of their respective Affiliates be in violation of this Section 7.16(a) as a result of Seller or any of its respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries engaging in and operating the Gaia Business.
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Sources: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Gaiam, Inc), Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Sequential Brands Group, Inc.)