Non-Disparagement Contract Clauses (2,156)

Non-Disparagement. Ms. Burt agrees to refrain from performing any act, engaging in any conduct or course of action or making or publishing any statements, claims, allegations or assertions, which have or may reasonably have the effect of demeaning the name or business reputation of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or any of their respective employees, officers, directors, agents or advisors in their capacities as such or which adversely affects (or may reasonably be expected adversely to affe...ct) the best interests (economic or otherwise) of any of them. Nothing in this paragraph 8 shall preclude Ms. Burt from fulfilling any legal duty she may have, including responding to any subpoena or official inquiry from any court or government agency. View More

Non-Disparagement. Executive shall not, during the Employment Period or at any time thereafter, directly or indirectly, in any communications in any media, criticize, ridicule or make (or cause or permit others to criticize, ridicule or make) any statement which disparages or is derogatory of any of the Bank Group, the Bank Group's products or services, or any of the Bank Group's present, former or future shareholders, officers, directors, employees, affiliates and/or subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, E...xecutive is not barred or otherwise restricted from exercising any right of speech or expression protected by applicable law, rule or regulation. View More

Non-Disparagement. The Executive shall not disparage any of the Affiliated Entities, their current or former directors, officers, employees, agents, stockholders, successors and assigns (both individually and in their official capacities with Duke Energy) (the "Duke Energy Parties") or any Duke Energy Parties' goods, services, employees, customers, business relationships, reputation or financial condition. Duke Energy shall instruct its current officers and directors (as such terms are used for purposes of Section... 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) not to disparage the Executive and shall treat any such disparagement as a violation of Duke Energy's Code of Business Ethics. For purposes of this Agreement, to "disparage" means to make statements, whether oral or written, whether direct or indirect, whether true or false and whether acting alone or through any other person, that cast the subject of the statement in a critical or unfavorable light or that otherwise cause damage to, or intend to embarrass, the subject of the statement. Attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C is a press release regarding Executive's termination of employment. Neither the Executive nor Duke Energy shall make any public statement regarding Executive's termination of employment that is materially inconsistent with such press release. The Executive and Duke Energy each represent that the applicable party has not, since the "Effective Time" under the Merger Agreement and through the Resignation Date, directly made, or requested a third party to make, any statement to the press, elected or governmental officials, Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Services, Fitch Group or Duke Energy's regulators that would be a breach of this Paragraph 6 had such statement been made on or after the Resignation Date. Nothing in the foregoing will preclude either the Executive or Duke Energy from providing truthful disclosures as required by applicable law or legal process. View More

Non-Disparagement. Executive agrees that for a period of twelve (12) months immediately following the Termination Date, Executive will refrain from making any derogatory or disparaging statements about the Company, its board of directors, officers, management, practices, procedures, or business operations to any person or entity. For a period of twelve (12) months immediately following the Termination Date, the Company (in its formal public statements), and the Company's executive officers and directors will refra...in from making any derogatory or disparaging statements about Executive to any person or entity. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit Executive or the Company from providing truthful information in response to a subpoena or other legal or regulatory process. The foregoing requirement under this Section 10 will not apply to any statements (i) that Executive makes any derogatory or disparaging statements made by the Company (in its formal public statements), its executive officers and/or its directors regarding Executive or Executive's performance as an employee of the Company so long as Executive's statements are, in the reasonable, good faith judgment of Executive, true and extend no further than addressing such statements by the Company, and (ii) that the Company (in its formal public statements), its executive officers and/or its directors make any derogatory or disparaging statements made by Executive so long as the Company's, its executive officers' and/or its directors' statements are, in the reasonable, good faith judgment of the person making the statement, true and extend no further than addressing such statements by the Executive. View More