| person outside the Company; or (b) solicit, interfere with, dismpt or attempt to dismpt any past, present or prospective relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Company and any of its actual or prospective customers, suppliers, employees or stockholders, within the Geographic Area (as defined below), other than on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Company. (ii) Non-Competition. In addition, during the Non-Compete Period, Executive shall not (except as set forth in Section 4(a)(viii) below), directly or indirectly, (a) engage in (whether as an employee, agent, consultant, advisor, independent contractor, proprietor, partner, officer, director or otherwise), (b) have any ownership interest in (except for passive ownership of one percent (1%) or less of any entity whose securities have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), or (c) pruticipate in the financing, operation, management or control of, any firm, pattnership, corporation, entity or business, that engages or participates in a "competing business purpose." The term "competing business purpose" shall mean the Company's business, including without limitation telephone and internet based physician consultation, as conducted or planned to be conducted by the Company at any time during the course of Executive's employment with the Company (including without limitation products and services under development as ofthe date of termination). (iii) "Geographic Area" means any city, county or state, or any similar subdivision thereof, in each of the United States of America. (iv) Separate Covenants. The covenants contained in Section 4(a)(i) and 4(a)(ii) shall be constmed as a series of separate covenants, one for each city, county, state, or any similar subdivision in any Geographic Area and are in addition to (and not in lieu of) and may be enforced separately from, any prior non-compete, non-solicitation or other similar restrictive covenant or agreement between the Company, it affiliates or subsidiaries and Executive. These covenants shall also be constmed as a series of separate and successive covenants, one for each month of the Non-Compete Period. Except for geographic coverage, each such separate covenant shall be deemed identical in terms to the covenants contained in Section 4(a)(i) and 4(a)(ii) above. If, in any judicial or arbitral proceeding, a court or arbitrator refuses to enforce any of such separate covenants (or any part thereof), then such unenforceable covenant (or such part) shall be eliminated from this Agreement to the extent necessary to permit the remaining separate covenants (or portions thereof) to be enforced. In the event that the provisions of Section 4(a)(i) and 4(a)(ii) above are deemed to exceed the time, geographic or scope limitations petmitted by applicable law, then such provisions shall be reformed to the maximum time, geographic or scope limitations, as the case may be, then permitted by such law. In the event that the applicable court or arbitrator does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, Executive and the Company agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term. The existence or assettion of any claim by Executive against the Compru1y, whether based on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not operate as a defense to the Company's enforcement of the promises and covenants in the Confidentiality Agreement and this Section 4. An alleged or actual breach of the Agreement by the Company will not be a defense to enforcement of any such promise or covenant in this Section 4 or the Confidentiality Agreement. 7 NY\7059667.4 |