Covenant Not to Compete Clause Example with 5 Variations from Business Contracts

This page contains Covenant Not to Compete clauses in business contracts and legal agreements. An example clause is provided at the top of the page, followed by clauses with minor variations. You can view the text differences by selecting the "Show Differences" option.
Covenant Not to Compete. During the Executive's employment with the Company and during the Restricted Period (as defined below), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into the employment of, render services to, or acquire any interest whatsoever in (whether for her own account as an individual proprietor, or as a partner, associate, stockholder, officer, director, consultant, trustee or otherwise), or otherwise assist, any person or entity engaged in the distribution, transmission, production or streami...ng of radio programming or any activity that directly competes with the business of the Company, including but not limited to podcasting, telematics and audio advertising sales and technology (each, a "Competitive Activity"); provided that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the purchase or ownership by the Executive by way of investment of less than five (5) percent of the shares or equity interest of any corporation or other entity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not call on or otherwise solicit business or assist others to solicit business as to any product or service that directly competes with any product or service provided or marketed by the Company or its affiliates on the date of the Executive's termination of employment with the Company during the Term or upon expiration of the Term; (the "Milestone Date"); provided, that general solicitations that are not specifically targeted to current, former or prospective customers of the Company with respect to such products or services, and which products or services have not been identified by the Executive using Confidential Information, shall not be deemed to be a breach of the 10 immediately preceding sentence. The Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period she will not solicit or assist others to solicit the employment of or hire any employee of Holdings, the Company, or their subsidiaries or Liberty Media Corporation without the prior written consent of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the "Restricted Period" shall mean a period of one (1) year following the Milestone Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "radio" shall be defined broadly and shall include any and all forms and mediums of audio distribution now existing or hereafter developed, including terrestrial radio, streaming audio services, podcasting and on-demand audio services. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8, it shall not be a violation of this Section 8 for the Executive to join a division or business line of a commercial enterprise with multiple divisions or business lines if such division or business line is not engaged in a Competitive Activity; provided that the Executive performs services solely for such non-competitive division or business line. The Executive's obligations under this Section 8 during the Restricted Period are expressly conditioned upon, and subject to, the Company's compliance with its applicable payment obligations, if any, under Section 6. View More

Variations of a "Covenant Not to Compete" Clause from Business Contracts

Covenant Not to Compete. During the Executive's employment with the Company and during the Restricted Period (as defined below), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into the employment of, render services to, or acquire any interest whatsoever in (whether for her his own account as an individual proprietor, or as a partner, associate, stockholder, officer, director, consultant, trustee or otherwise), or otherwise assist, any person or entity engaged in any operations in North America involving the dis...tribution, creation, transmission, production syndication, scheduling or streaming of radio entertainment programming (which, for purposes of this Agreement, shall be deemed to include, without limitation, all sports, talk, news, and entertainment radio programming), the production of radio entertainment programming, the syndication of radio entertainment programming, the promotion of radio entertainment programming, the marketing of radio entertainment programming, or any activity that directly competes with the business of telematics, in each case, in competition with the Company, including but not limited to podcasting, telematics and audio advertising sales and technology Company (each, a "Competitive Activity"); provided that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the purchase or ownership by the Executive by way of investment of less than five (5) percent of the shares or equity interest of any corporation or other entity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not call on or otherwise solicit business or assist others to solicit business from any of the customers of the Company or its affiliates as to any product or service described above that directly competes with any product or service provided or marketed by the Company or its affiliates on the date of the Executive's termination of employment with the Company during the Term or upon expiration of the Term; (as such Term may be extended in accordance with Section 6(e)(v)) (the "Milestone Date"); provided, that general solicitations that are not specifically targeted to current, former or prospective customers of the Company with respect to such products or services, and which products or services have not been identified by the Executive using Confidential Information, shall not be deemed to be a breach of the 10 immediately preceding sentence. Date"). The Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period she he will not solicit or assist others to solicit the employment of or hire any employee of Holdings, the Company, or their subsidiaries or Liberty Media Corporation without the prior written consent of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the "Restricted Period" shall mean a period of one (1) year following the Milestone Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "radio" shall be defined broadly and shall include any and all forms and mediums of audio distribution now existing or hereafter developed, including mean terrestrial radio, streaming satellite radio, HD radio, internet radio and other audio services, podcasting and on-demand delivered 10 terrestrially, by satellite, HD or the internet (which audio services. is not coupled with moving visual elements, such as television, movies, or other moving visual images delivered via the internet or otherwise). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8, it shall not be a violation of this Section 8 for the Executive to join a division or business line of a commercial enterprise with multiple divisions or business lines if such division or business line is not engaged in a Competitive Activity; provided that the Executive performs services solely for such non-competitive division or business line. The Executive's obligations under this Section 8 during the Restricted Period are expressly conditioned upon, and subject to, the Company's compliance with its applicable payment obligations, if any, under Section 6. View More
Covenant Not to Compete. During the Executive's employment with the Company and during the Restricted Period (as defined below), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into the employment of, render services to, or acquire any interest whatsoever in (whether for her his own account as an individual proprietor, or as a partner, associate, stockholder, officer, director, consultant, trustee or otherwise), or otherwise assist, any person or entity engaged in any operations in North America involving the dis...tribution, creation, transmission, production syndication, scheduling or streaming of radio entertainment programming (which, for purposes of this Agreement, shall be deemed to include, without limitation, all sports, talk, news, and entertainment radio programming), the production of radio entertainment programming, the syndication of radio entertainment programming, the promotion of radio entertainment programming, the marketing of radio entertainment programming, or any activity that directly competes with the business of telematics, in each case, in competition with the Company, including but not limited to podcasting, telematics and audio advertising sales and technology Company (each, a "Competitive Activity"); provided that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the purchase or ownership by the Executive by way of investment of less than five (5) percent of the shares or equity interest of any corporation or other entity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not call on or otherwise solicit business or assist others to solicit business from any of the customers of the Company as to any product or service described above that directly competes with any product or service provided or marketed by the Company or its affiliates on the date of the Executive's termination of employment with the Company during the Term or upon expiration (as such Term may be extended in accordance with Section 6(f)(v) of the Term; this Agreement) (the "Milestone Date"); provided, that general solicitations that are not specifically targeted to current, former or prospective customers of the Company with respect to such products or services, and which products or services have not been identified by the Executive using Confidential Information, shall not be deemed to be a breach of the 10 immediately preceding sentence. Date"). The Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period she he will not solicit or assist others to solicit the employment of or hire any employee of Holdings, the Company, or any of their respective subsidiaries or Liberty Media Corporation without the prior written consent of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the "Restricted Period" shall mean a the period of one (1) year following the Milestone Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "radio" shall be defined broadly and shall include any and all forms and mediums of audio distribution now existing or hereafter developed, including mean 9 terrestrial radio, streaming satellite radio, HD radio, internet radio and other audio services, podcasting and on-demand delivered terrestrially, by satellite, HD or the internet (which audio services. is not coupled with moving visual elements, such as television, movies, or other moving visual images delivered via the internet or otherwise). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8, it shall not be a violation of this Section 8 for the Executive to join a division or business line of a commercial enterprise with multiple divisions or business lines if such division or business line is not engaged in a Competitive Activity; provided that the Executive performs services solely for such non-competitive division or business line. The Executive's obligations under this Section 8 during the Restricted Period are expressly conditioned upon, and subject to, the Company's compliance with its applicable payment obligations, if any, under Section 6. View More
Covenant Not to Compete. During the Executive's employment with the Company and during the Restricted Period (as defined below), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into the employment of, render services to, or acquire any interest whatsoever in (whether for her own account as an individual proprietor, or as a partner, associate, stockholder, officer, director, consultant, trustee or otherwise), or otherwise assist, any person or entity engaged in the distribution, transmission, production or streami...ng of radio programming or any activity that directly competes with the business of the Company, including but not limited to podcasting, telematics and audio advertising sales and technology (each, a "Competitive Activity"); provided that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the purchase or ownership by the Executive by way of investment of less than five (5) percent of the shares or equity interest of any corporation or other entity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not call on or otherwise solicit business or assist others to solicit business from any of the customers of the Company or its affiliates as to any product or service that directly competes with any product or service provided or marketed by the Company or its affiliates on the date of the Executive's termination of employment with the Company during the Term or upon expiration of the Term; (as such Term may be extended in accordance with Section 6(e)(v)) (the "Milestone Date"); provided, that general solicitations that are not specifically targeted to current, former or prospective customers of the Company with respect to such products or services, and which products or services have not been identified by the Executive using Confidential Information, shall not be deemed to be a breach of the 10 immediately preceding sentence. Date"). The Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period she will not solicit or assist others to solicit the employment of or hire any employee of Holdings, the Company, or their subsidiaries or Liberty Media Corporation without the prior written consent of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the "Restricted Period" shall mean a period of one (1) year following the Milestone Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "radio" shall be defined broadly and shall include any and all forms and mediums of audio distribution now existing or hereafter developed, including terrestrial radio, streaming audio services, podcasting services and on-demand audio services. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8, it shall not be a violation of this Section 8 for the Executive to join a division or business line of a commercial enterprise with multiple divisions or business lines if such division or business line is not engaged in a Competitive Activity; provided that the Executive performs services solely for such non-competitive division or business line. The Executive's obligations under this Section 8 during the Restricted Period are expressly conditioned upon, and subject to, the Company's compliance with its applicable payment obligations, if any, under Section 6. View More
Covenant Not to Compete. During the Executive's employment with the Company and during the Restricted Period (as defined below), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into the employment of, render services to, or acquire any interest whatsoever in (whether for her own account as an individual proprietor, or as a partner, associate, stockholder, officer, director, consultant, trustee or otherwise), or otherwise assist, any person or entity engaged in the distribution, transmission, production or streami...ng of radio programming or any activity that directly competes with the business of the Company, including but not limited to podcasting, telematics and audio advertising sales and technology (each, a "Competitive Activity"); provided that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the purchase or ownership by the Executive by way of investment of less than five (5) percent of the shares or equity interest of any corporation or other entity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not call on or otherwise solicit business or assist others to solicit business from any of the customers of the Company or its affiliates as to any product or service that directly competes with any product or service provided or marketed by the Company or its affiliates on the date of the Executive's termination of employment with the Company during the Term or upon expiration of the Term; (as such Term may be extended in accordance with Section 6(e)(vi)) (the "Milestone Date"); provided, that general solicitations that are not specifically targeted to current, former or prospective customers of the Company with respect to such products or services, and which products or services have not been identified by the Executive using Confidential Information, shall not be deemed to be a breach of the 10 immediately preceding sentence. The Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period she will not solicit or assist others to solicit the employment of or hire any employee of Holdings, the Company, or their subsidiaries or Liberty Media Corporation without the prior written consent of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the "Restricted Period" shall mean a period of one (1) year following the Milestone Date. Date; provided, however, that if (i) the Company has made an offer to renew this Agreement in accordance with Section 6(e)(vi), (ii) the Executive does not accept such offer, and (iii) the Executive's employment terminates at the end of the Term, then there shall be no Restricted Period and the provisions of this Section 8 shall be of no further force and effect. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "radio" shall be defined broadly and shall include any and all forms and mediums of audio distribution now existing or hereafter developed, including terrestrial radio, streaming audio services, podcasting and on-demand audio services. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8, it shall not be a violation of this Section 8 for the Executive to join a division or business line of a commercial enterprise with multiple divisions or business lines if such division or business line is not engaged in a Competitive Activity; provided that the Executive performs services solely for such non-competitive division or business line. The Executive's obligations under this Section 8 during the Restricted Period are expressly conditioned upon, and subject to, the Company's compliance with its applicable payment obligations, if any, under Section 6. View More
Covenant Not to Compete. During the Executive's employment with the Company and during the Restricted Period (as defined below), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into the employment of, render services to, or acquire any interest whatsoever in (whether for her his own account as an individual proprietor, or as a partner, associate, stockholder, officer, director, consultant, trustee or otherwise), or otherwise assist, any person or entity engaged in the distribution, transmission, production produc...tion, transmission or streaming of radio programming or any activity that directly competes with the business of the Company, including but not limited to podcasting, telematics and audio advertising sales and technology (each, a "Competitive Activity"); provided that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the purchase or ownership by the Executive by way of investment of less than five 9 (5) percent of the shares or equity interest of any corporation or other entity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not call on or otherwise solicit business or assist others to solicit business from any of the customers of the Company or its affiliates as to any product or service that directly competes with any product or service provided or marketed by the Company or its affiliates on the date of the Executive's termination of employment with the Company during the Term or upon expiration of the Term; (as such Term may be extended in accordance with Section 6(e)(v)) (the "Milestone Date"); provided, that general solicitations that are not specifically targeted to current, former or prospective customers of the Company with respect to such products or services, and which products or services have not been identified by the Executive using Confidential Information, shall not be deemed to be a breach of the 10 immediately preceding sentence. Date"). The Executive agrees that during the Restricted Period she he will not solicit or assist others to solicit the employment of or hire any employee of Holdings, the Company, or their subsidiaries or Liberty Media Corporation without the prior written consent of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the "Restricted Period" shall mean a period of one (1) year following the Milestone Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "radio" shall be defined broadly and shall include any and all forms and mediums of audio distribution now existing or hereafter developed, including terrestrial radio, streaming audio services, podcasting and on-demand audio services. Further, the inclusion of video in audio distribution services shall not be considered inconsistent with the definition of "radio". Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8, it shall not be a violation of this Section 8 for the Executive to join a division or business line of a commercial enterprise with multiple divisions or business lines if such division or business line is not engaged in a Competitive Activity; provided that the Executive performs services solely for such non-competitive division or business line. The Executive's obligations under this Section 8 during the Restricted Period are expressly conditioned upon, and subject to, the Company's compliance with its applicable payment obligations, if any, under Section 6. View More