Non-Solicitation Clause Samples
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Non-Solicitation. The Shareholder hereby covenants and irrevocably agrees that it shall, from the date hereof until the earlier of (i) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 4 and (ii) the Effective Time:
(a) not, directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, employee, representative (including any financial or other advisor) or agent or otherwise, and shall not permit any such person to:
(i) solicit, assist, initiate, knowingly encourage or otherwise facilitate (including by way of furnishing or providing copies of, access to, or disclosure of, any confidential information, properties, facilities, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or entering into any form of agreement, arrangement or understanding) any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes an Acquisition Proposal;
(ii) enter into or otherwise engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person (other than any Purchaser Party or Purchaser Party Representative) regarding any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute an Acquisition Proposal;
(iii) accept, approve, endorse or recommend, or publicly propose to accept, approve, endorse or recommend any Acquisition Proposal, or take no position or remain neutral with respect to, any public Acquisition Proposal; or
(iv) accept, approve, endorse, recommend or execute or enter into or publicly propose to accept, approve, endorse, recommend or execute or enter into any agreement, letter of intent, understanding or arrangement relating to an Acquisition Proposal.
(b) immediately cease and terminate, and cause to be terminated, any solicitation, encouragement, discussion, negotiation, or other activities commenced prior to the date of this Agreement with any Person (other than any Purchaser Party or Purchaser Party Representative) with respect to any Acquisition Proposal; and
(c) immediately notify the Purchaser and the Company, at first orally, and then promptly and in any event within 24 hours in writing, of any Acquisition Proposal, and shall provide the Purchaser and the Company with copies of all written documents, correspondence or other material received by the Shareholder, its affiliates or its, his, or her Representatives in respect of, from or on behalf of any such Person in connection therewith and if not in writing or electronic form, a description of the material terms of such correspondence sent or communicated to the Shareholder, its affiliates or ...
Non-Solicitation. Grantee agrees that, while ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ is employed by any System Company and for 24 months following termination of employment (or, if later, the last day Grantee is scheduled to receive cash severance payments from Grantee’s System Company Employer pursuant to any severance plan or other agreement), except in the good faith performance of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s duties to the System Companies, Grantee shall not, other than as authorized in writing by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company: (i) directly or indirectly, solicit or seek to hire or identify for potential hiring (whether on Grantee’s own behalf or on behalf of any other person, entity or organization) any person who is at that time (or was during the prior six (6) months) an employee or consultant of any System Company, or (ii) within the Restricted Territory, directly or indirectly solicit the trade, business or patronage of any clients, customers or vendors or prospective clients, customers or vendors of any System Company to provide competing products or services or advise, or assist such clients, customers or vendors or prospective clients, customers or vendors to in any way modify their relationship with any System Company. This Section 15(c) shall not be violated by general advertising not targeted at the forgoing persons or entities. The non-solicitation for hire described in subsection 15(c)(i) shall not apply to solicitation of persons involuntarily terminated from System Company employment and shall only apply to persons or entities (1) who reported directly or indirectly to Grantee; (2) with whom ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ had material contact while at a System Company; or (3) about whom or which Grantee possessed (A) information regarding quality of performance while they were employed by or performing services for a System Company, which information Grantee would not otherwise have except for the position Grantee held with a System Company, or (B) Confidential Information. Grantee further agrees that while ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ is employed by any System Company and thereafter until the later of the end of the Non-Compete Period or the last day Grantee is scheduled to receive cash severance payments from any System Company, Grantee will not, directly or indirectly, induce or encourage any third party, including any provider of goods or services to any System Company, to terminate or diminish its business relationship with any System Company; nor will Grantee take any other action that could, directly or indirectly, be detrimenta...
Non-Solicitation. Executive agrees that during the period of employment with the Company and for twelve (12) months after the date Executive’s employment is terminated for any reason, Executive will not, either directly or through others, solicit or encourage or attempt to solicit or encourage any employee, independent contractor, or consultant of the Company to terminate his or her relationship with the Company in order to become an employee, consultant or independent contractor to or for any other person or entity.
Non-Solicitation. During the Directorship Term and for a period of three (3) years thereafter, the Director shall not interfere with the Company’s relationship with, or endeavor to entice away from the Company, any person who, on the date of the termination of the Directorship Term and/or at any time during the one year period prior to the termination of the Directorship Term, was an employee or customer of the Company or otherwise had a material business relationship with the Company.
Non-Solicitation. (a) On and after the date hereof, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Company shall not, and shall cause each Company Subsidiary not to, directly or indirectly through any Representative:
(i) make, solicit, assist, initiate, encourage or otherwise facilitate (including by way of furnishing non-public information, permitting any visit to any facility or property of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or entering into any form of written or oral agreement, arrangement or understanding) any inquiry, proposal or offer regarding, or that could reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal (other than the Offer);
(ii) engage in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or provide any information with respect to, or otherwise co-operate in any way with, or assist or participate in, facilitate or encourage, any effort or attempt by any person (other than the Offeror, the Offeror Affiliates and their Representatives) to make or complete any Acquisition Proposal;
(iii) withdraw, modify or qualify, or propose publicly to withdraw, modify or qualify, in any manner adverse to the Offeror, the Board Approval;
(iv) approve, recommend or remain neutral with respect to, or propose publicly to approve, recommend or remain neutral with respect to, any Acquisition Proposal (it being understood that, if the Company takes no public position with respect to an Acquisition Proposal within five Business Days following the public announcement of such Acquisition Proposal, the Company shall be deemed to have remained neutral with respect to such Acquisition Proposal for the purposes of this Section 6.1(a)(iv)); or
(v) accept or enter into, or publicly propose to accept or enter into, any letter of intent, agreement in principle, agreement, arrangement or undertaking related to any Acquisition Proposal.
(b) The Company shall (i) immediately cease, and will instruct its Representatives to immediately cease, and cause to be terminated any existing solicitation, discussion or negotiation with any person (other than the Offeror, the Offeror Affiliates or their Representatives) by the Company or any of its Representatives with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or potential Acquisition Proposal, whether or not initiated by the Company or its Representatives, and (ii) immediately cease to provide any person (other than the Offeror, the Offeror Affiliates or their Representatives) with access to information concerning the Company, or any Company Subsidiary...
Non-Solicitation. (a) Without the prior consent of WMB, during the term of the Transition Services Agreement and for a period of one year thereafter, WPX will not (and will cause each other WPX Entity not to) solicit for employment, directly or indirectly, any employee or contractor (including any contractor employed by a third party) of the WMB Entities that (i) is providing services to any WMB Entity or WPX Entity in connection with this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, or (ii) with whom any WPX Entity has, or will have, more than incidental contact pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
(b) Without the prior consent of WPX, during the term of the Transition Services Agreement and for a period of one year thereafter, WMB will not (and will cause each other WMB Entity not to) solicit for employment, directly or indirectly, any employee of WPX involved in the performance of WPX obligations under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
(c) With respect to each of Sections 6.3(a) and 6.3(b) above, the prohibition on solicitation shall extend 90 days after the termination of any employee’s employment or, in the case of WMB employees, 90 days after the cessation of such employee’s involvement in the performance of all “Services” (as defined under the Transition Services Agreement). This provision shall not operate or be construed to prevent or limit any employee’s right to practice his or her profession or to utilize his or her skills for another employer or to restrict any employee’s freedom of movement or association.
(d) Neither the publication of classified advertisements in newspapers, periodicals, Internet bulletin boards, or other publications of general availability or circulation, nor the consideration and hiring of persons responding to such advertisements, shall be deemed a breach of this Section 6.3, unless the advertisement and solicitation is undertaken as a means to circumvent or conceal a violation of this provision and/or the hiring party acts with knowledge of this hiring prohibition.
(e) Each of the parties (i) acknowledges and agrees that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Section 6.3 by such party (or any other member of such party’s Group), (ii) consents to a court of competent jurisdiction entering an order finding that the non-breaching party has been irreparably harmed as a result of any such breach and (iii) consents to the granting of injunctive relief without proof of actual damages as a reme...
Non-Solicitation. During the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending one year following the Termination Date, the Company shall not, without the Advisor’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly; (i) solicit or encourage any person to leave the employment or other service of the Advisor or its Affiliates; or (ii) hire, on behalf of the Company or any other person or entity, any person who has left the employment within the one year period following the termination of that person’s employment with the Advisor or its Affiliates. During the period commencing on the date hereof through and ending one year following the Termination Date, the Company will not, whether for its own account or for the account of any other Person, intentionally interfere with the relationship of the Advisor or its Affiliates with, or endeavor to entice away from the Advisor or its Affiliates, any person who during the term of the Agreement is, or during the preceding one-year period, was a tenant, co-investor, co-developer, joint venturer or other customer of the Advisor or its Affiliates.
Non-Solicitation. During Participant’s Service and for two years after the termination of Participant’s Service for any reason whatsoever, Participant shall not:
(i) solicit, induce or attempt to solicit or induce any employee, consultant, or independent contractor of the Company (each, a “Service Provider”) to leave or otherwise terminate such Service Provider’s relationship with the Company, or in any way interfere adversely with the relationship between any such Service Provider and the Company;
(ii) solicit, induce or attempt to solicit or induce any Service Provider to work for, render services to, provide advice to, or supply Confidential Information or trade secrets of the Company to any third person, firm, or entity;
(iii) employ, or otherwise pay for services rendered by, any Service Provider in any business enterprise with which Participant may be associated, connected or affiliated;
(iv) call upon, induce or attempt to induce any current or potential customer, vendor, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of the Company for the purpose of soliciting or selling products or services in direct competition with the Company or to induce any such person to cease or refrain from doing business with the Company, or in any way interfere with the then-existing or potential business relationship between any such current or potential customer, vendor, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation and the Company;
(v) call upon any entity that is a prospective acquisition candidate that Participant knows or has reason to know was called upon by the Company or for which the Company made an acquisition analysis for the purpose of acquiring such entity; or
(vi) assist, solicit, or encourage any other person, directly or indirectly, in carrying out any activity set forth above that would be prohibited by any of the provisions of this Agreement if such activity were carried out by Participant. In particular, Participant will not, directly or indirectly, induce any Service Provider of the Company to carry out any such activity.
Non-Solicitation. From and after the Closing Date, the Seller and any of its affiliates hereby agrees that it will not take any action or permit or cause any action to be taken by any of its agents or affiliates, or by any independent contractors on its behalf, to personally, by telephone or mail, solicit a Mortgagor under any Mortgage Loan for the purpose of refinancing a Mortgage Loan, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser. It is understood and agreed that all rights and benefits relating to the solicitation of any Mortgagors and the attendant rights, title and interest in and to the list of such Mortgagors and data relating to their Mortgages (including insurance renewal dates) shall be transferred to the Purchaser pursuant hereto on the Closing Date and neither the Seller nor any of its respective affiliates shall take any action to undermine these rights and benefits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the Seller or any of its respective affiliates may advertise its availability for handling refinancings of mortgages in its portfolio, including the promotion of terms it has available for such refinancings, through the sending of letters or promotional material, so long as it does not specifically target Mortgagors and so long as such promotional material either is sent to the mortgagors for all of the mortgages in the A-quality servicing portfolio of the Seller and any of its affiliates (those it owns as well as those serviced for others) or sent to all of the mortgagors who have specific types of mortgages (such as FHA, VA, conventional fixed-rate or conventional adjustable-rate), or sent to those mortgagors whose mortgages fall within specific interest rate ranges. Promotions undertaken by the Seller or by any affiliate of the Seller which are directed to the general public at large (including, without limitation, mass mailing based on commercially acquired mailing lists, newspaper, radio and television advertisements), shall not constitute solicitation under this Section 30.
Non-Solicitation. (i) Employee specifically acknowledges that the Confidential Information described in this Section 8 includes confidential data pertaining to current and prospective customers and dealers of the Company, that such data is a valuable and unique asset of the Company’s business and that the success or failure of the Company’s specialized business is dependent in large part upon the Company’s ability to establish and maintain close and continuing personal contacts and working relationships with such customers and dealers and to develop proposals which are specifically designed to meet the requirements of such customers and dealers. Therefore, during Employee’s employment with the Company and for the twelve (12) months following termination of employment for any reason, Employee agrees that Employee will not, except on behalf of the Company or with the Company’s express written consent, solicit, either directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity with respect to any similar or competitive products or services, any such customers and dealers with whom Employee had contact or supervisor responsibility during the twenty-four (24) months preceding Employee’s termination of employment or about which Employee received or had access to Confidential Information.
(ii) Employee specifically acknowledges that the Confidential Information described in this Section 8 also includes confidential data pertaining to current and prospective employees and agents of the Company, and Employee further agrees that during Employee’s employment with the Company and for the twelve (12) months following termination of employment for any reason, Employee will not directly or indirectly solicit, on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity, the services of any person who is an employee or agent of the Company or solicit any of the Company’s employees or agents to terminate their employment or agency with the Company, except with the Company’s express written consent.
(iii) Employee specifically acknowledges that the Confidential Information described in this Section 8 also includes confidential data pertaining to current and prospective vendors and suppliers of the Company, and Employee agrees that during Employee’s employment with the Company and for the twelve (12) months following termination of employment for any reason, Employee will not directly or indirectly solicit, on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity,...