(2) encourage, induce, attempt to induce, solicit or attempt to solicit any employee to leave his or her employment with the Company Group, or hire or attempt to hire any employee; or
(3) encourage, induce, attempt to induce, solicit or attempt to solicit, any customer, distributor, vendor, marketer or sponsor of the Company Group to cease its customer, distributor, vendor, marketer or sponsor relationship with the Company Group, as the case may be, with respect to the Business. Nothing in this Award prohibits Participant from hiring an individual who responds to a job posting made available to the general public so long as Participant does not solicit or otherwise initiate such contact during the one year following termination of Participant’s employment or service.
(c) The restrictions contained in this Section are necessary for the protection of the business and goodwill of the Company Group and are considered by Participant to be reasonable for such purpose. Participant acknowledges that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Award may cause irreparable damage to the Company, the exact amount of which would be difficult to ascertain, and that the remedies at law for any such breach or threatened breach would be inadequate. Accordingly, Participant agrees that if Participant breaches or threatens to breach any of the covenants contained in this Award, in addition to any other remedy which may be available to the Company at law or in equity, the Company shall be entitled to (i) cease or withhold any payment of Shares to Participant pursuant to this Award, including the return of any previously delivered Shares or proceeds recognized upon any sale or other disposition of those Shares; and/or (ii) institute and prosecute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and injunctive relief to prevent the breach or any threatened breach thereof without bond or other security or a showing that monetary damages will not provide an adequate remedy. Participant agrees to disclose in advance the existence and terms of the restrictions and covenants contained in this Award to any employer or service recipient by whom Participant might be employed or retained during the Restriction Period.
(d) For purposes of this Section:
(1) “Compete” means the manufacture, distribution or sale of automotive replacement parts or general merchandise hardware, in each case of the kind or type sold by the Company at the time of Participant’s termination or scheduled to be released by the Company within one year following Participant’s termination of employment or service.
(2) “Territory” means any state, jurisdiction or territory in the world in which the Company is engaged in business during the Restrictions Period.]
9.Incorporation of Plan Terms. This Award is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to (a) change in capitalization of the Company, (b) clawback and recoupment, and (c) the Committee’s authority to amend, interpret, and administer the Award and the Plan. Such terms and conditions of the Plan are incorporated into and made a part of this Award by reference. In the event of any conflicts between the provisions of this Award and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan will control. In the event, however, of any conflict between the provisions of this Award or the Plan and the provisions of an employment, service, orchange-in-control agreement between the Company and Participant, the provisions of the latter shall prevail, to the extent consistent with the Plan. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Award shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan unless the context clearly requires an alternative meaning.
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