COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE

This COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE (this “Covenant”), dated as of __________, 20___, is made and entered into by and between _____ (“Shareholder”) and ___________, a __________ corporation (“Purchaser”), with reference to the following facts:

A ___________, __________corporation (“Seller”), and Purchaser are parties to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of __________, 20___ (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Purchaser agreed to purchase from Seller, and Seller agreed to sell to Purchaser, certain assets of the ___________ business owned and operated by Seller located at __________ (“the Business”). Unless otherwise noted, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

B Shareholder owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Seller.

C Shareholder, during the course of ownership and operation of the Business, has acquired numerous business contacts among the public, financial institutions and __________ industry employees.

D Purchaser shall expend a considerable amount of time, money, and credit with respect to the purchase and operation of the Business.

E Purchaser does not desire to expend such time, money, and credit and then subsequently compete with Shareholder in the business of __________.

F It is a condition precedent to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (“the Closing”), that Shareholder execute and deliver this Covenant and that Purchaser pay Shareholder certain amounts at Closing, all as more fully described below.

THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1 For a period of _________ years from the date hereof, Shareholder shall not have any controlling ownership interest (of record or beneficial) in, or have any interest as a director, principal executive officer, key employee, agent or consultant in, any firm, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, or other business that engages in any of the following activities within a __________ mile radius of the Business's current location [describe].

2 Additionally, Shareholder shall:

a not refer prospective purchasers or lessees of ___________ in ___________, other than the Business; and

b subject to any obligation to comply with any law, rule, or regulation of any governmental authority or other legal process to make information available to the person entitled thereto, keep confidential and shall not use or permit his attorneys, accountants, or representatives to use, in any manner other than for the purpose of evaluating the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, any confidential information of Purchaser which Shareholder acquired in the course of the negotiation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.

3 As consideration for the agreements of Shareholder set forth in Sections 1 and 2 above Purchaser shall, at the Closing, deliver to Shareholder $ __________ by wire transfer of immediately available funds in such amount to a bank account designated by Shareholder.

4 The term of this Agreement shall be __________ months, commencing on the date hereof.

5 In the event that any provision or any part of any provision of this Agreement shall be void or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, then such provision shall be stricken and of no force or effect. However, unless such stricken provision goes to the essence of the consideration bargained for by a party, the remaining provisions of this agreement shall continue in full force and effect, and to the extent required, shall be modified to preserve their validity.

6 In the event of any litigation or legal proceedings between the parties hereto, the non-prevailing party shall pay the expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs, of the prevailing party in connection therewith.

Agreed to as of this - _________, day of _________, 20 ______.

_________________

Shareholder

“PURCHASER”

_________________

By ______________

Its ______________

Exercise 31. Find the verbs, italicised in the text, which match these definitions (1 – 7).

a) to follow

b) will be taken out

c) given to

d) beginning

e) has bought

f) envisaged in

g) will spend

Date: 2015-12-24; view: 1074