the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any applicable self-regulatory organization, or making any other disclosure that is protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal, state or local law or regulation, in each case without notice to the Company, or (B) limit the right of the Grantee to receive an award for information provided to any such governmental agency or entity or self-regulatory organization and (2) the Company hereby confirms its consent to any such disclosure that is protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal, state or local law or regulation by the Grantee, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, except for information that is protected from disclosure by any applicable law or privilege.
(b) Solicitation of Employees. The Grantee covenants and agrees that during the Grantee’s employment and for a period of two (2) years after the termination of the Grantee’s employment, whether such termination occurs at the insistence of the Company or the Grantee (for whatever reason), the Grantee shall not, individually or jointly with others, directly or indirectly:
(i) recruit, hire, encourage, or attempt to recruit or hire, alone or by assisting others, any employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or former employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries with whom the Grantee worked, had business contact, or about whom the Grantee gainednon-public or Confidential Information (hereinafter, “Company’s employees or former employees”);
(ii) contact or communicate with Company’s employees or former employees for the purpose of inducing, assisting, encouraging and/or facilitating Company’s employees or former employees to terminate their employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or find employment or work with another person or entity;
(iii) provide or pass along to any person or entity the name, contact and/or background information about any of Company’s employees or former employees or provide references or any other information about them;
(iv) provide or pass along to Company’s employees or former employees any information regarding potential jobs or entities or persons to work for, including but not limited to, job openings, job postings, or the names or contact information of individuals or companies hiring people or accepting job applications; or
(v) offer employment or work to Company’s employees or former employees.
For purposes of this covenant, “former employees” shall refer to employees who are not employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries at the time of the attempted recruiting or hiring, but were employed by, or working for the Company or any of its subsidiaries at any time in the six (6) months prior to the time of the attempted recruiting or hiring and/or interference.
(c) Competition. The Grantee covenants and agrees that during the Grantee’s employment and for a period of one (1) year after the termination of the Grantee’s employment, whether such termination occurs at the insistence of the Company or the Grantee (for whatever reason), the Grantee shall not, individually or jointly with others, directly or indirectly, perform services for, prepare or take steps to prepare to perform services for, or otherwise have any
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