(iii) other than pursuant to the good faith execution of Executive’s duties to the Company, soliciting, inducing, or influencing, or attempting to solicit, induce, or influence any person to terminate his or her employment or other contractual relationship with the Company;
(iv) diverting, enticing or otherwise taking away any customers, business, patronage or orders of the Company or attempting to do so; or
(v) promoting or assisting, financially or otherwise, any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or other entity
engaged in any business which competes with the Company’s Business.
(c) Following Termination. For a period of twelve (12) months following Executive’s termination of employment with the Company, Executive will not:
(i) enter into or engage in any business which competes with the Company’s
Business within the Restricted Territory (as hereinafter defined);
(ii) divert, entice or otherwise take away any customers, business, patronage or orders of the Company within the Restricted Territory, or attempt to do so ;
(iii) promote or assist, financially or otherwise, any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or other entity engaged in any business which competes with the Company’s Business within the Restricted Territory;
(iv) solicit or induce or attempt to solicit or induce any employee(s), sales representative(s), agent(s) or consultant(s) of the Company and/or of its parents, or its other subsidiaries or affiliated or related companies to terminate their employment, representation or other association with the Company and/or its parent or its other subsidiary or affiliated or related companies; or
(v) use the Company’s Confidential Information to solicit customers, business, patronage or orders for, or sell, any products or services in competition with, or for any business, wherever located, that competes with, the Company’s Business within the Restricted Territory.
For the purposes of Sections 8(b) and 8(c) above, inclusive, but without limitation thereof, Executive will be in violation thereof if Executive engages in any or all of the activities set forth therein directly as an individual on Executive’s own account, or indirectly as a partner, joint venturer, employee, agent, salesperson, consultant, officer and/or director of any firm, association, partnership, corporation or other entity, or as a stockholder of any corporation in which Executive or Executive’s spouse, child or parent owns, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, more than 5% of the outstanding stock.
(d) The “Company.” For the purposes of this Section 8, the “Company” shall include any and all direct and indirect subsidiaries, parents, and affiliated, or related companies of the Company for which Executive worked or had responsibility at the time of termination of Executive’s employment and at any time during the two year period prior to such termination.
(e) The Company’s “Business.” For the purposes of this Section 8, the Company’s Business is defined to be any business anywhere in the world relating to (i) the research, development, manufacture, sales, distribution, marketing of photovoltaic products, systems, or any of their components; (ii) energy management products, systems, or any of their components as described in any and all manufacturing, marketing and sales manuals and materials of the Company as the same may be altered, amended, supplemented or otherwise changed from time to time; (iii)energy storage products, systems or any of their components and related hardware & software as described in any and all manufacturing, marketing and sales manuals and materials of the Company as the same may be altered, amended, supplemented or otherwise changed from time to time, and (iv) any other photovoltaic products or services substantially similar to or readily substitutable for any such described products and services; provided, that, any alterations, amendments, supplements or other changes to any manufacturing, marketing and sales manuals and materials that occur after the date of Executive’s termination shall not operate to modify this definition of the Company’s Business.
(f) “Restricted Territory.” For the purposes of Section 8, the Restricted Territory shall be defined as and limited to:
(i) the geographic area(s) within a 100-mile radius of any and all of the Company’s location(s) in, to, or for which Executive worked, to which Executive was assigned or had any responsibility (either direct or supervisory) at the time of termination of Executive’s employment and at any time during the two-year period prior to such termination;
(ii) the geographic areas of the United States and United States Territories; and
(iii) all of the specific customers or channels, whether within or outside of the geographic area described in (i) or (ii) above, with which Executive had any contact or for which Executive had any responsibility (either direct or supervisory) at the time of termination of Executive’s employment and at any time during the two-year period prior to such termination.
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