No Current Claims; Covenant Not to Sue. Employee represents and warrants that Employee has not filed any complaint(s) or charge(s) against the Company or the other Released Parties with the EEOC or the state commission empowered to investigate claims of employment discrimination, the United States Department of Labor, or with any other local, state, or federal agency or court. Employee further covenants and agrees that Employee shall forever refrain and forbear from initiating or participating as a party in a lawsuit attempting to enforce any of the claims that are released and discharged herein. Moreover, Employee agrees that he will not persuade or instruct any person to file a suit, claim, or complaint with any state or federal court or administrative agency against the Released Parties. Employee acknowledges that, in accordance with 29 C.F.R. § 1625.23(b) and other applicable law, this covenant not to sue does not prevent Employee from filing a charge of discrimination with the EEOC or otherwise participating in an EEOC or SEC investigation of the Company. This covenant not to sue also does not preclude Employee from bringing a lawsuit to challenge the validity of the release language contained in this Agreement. Should Employee violate this covenant, Employee shall be responsible for all of the Released Parties’ costs incurred as a result of Employee’s breach, including without limitation the Released Parties’ attorneys’ fees.

Covenant Not to Sue. A “covenant not to sue” is a promise not to sue in court. This covenant differs from a general release of claims in that, besides waiving and releasing the claims covered by this Release, You represent and warrant that You have not filed, and agree that You will not file, or cause to be filed or maintained, any judicial, administrative agency, arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution complaint, claim, or lawsuit, or any complaint or claim with ​’s internal complaint process, involving any claims You have released in this Release, and You agree to withdraw any such complaints, claims or lawsuits You have filed, or were filed on your behalf, prior to the Release Signature Date. You agree if You breach this covenant, then You must pay the legal expenses incurred by any Releasee in defending against your claim, complaint or lawsuit, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, or, at ​’s option, return everything paid to You under this Release. In that event, ​ shall be excused from making any further payments or continuing any other benefits otherwise owed to You under Section 2 of this Release. Furthermore, You give up all rights to individual damages in connection with any administrative or court proceeding with respect to Your employment with or termination of employment from, ​. You also agree that if You are awarded money damages, You will assign Your right and interest to such money damages # in connection with an administrative charge, to the relevant administrative agency; and # in connection with a lawsuit or demand for arbitration, to ​.

Covenant Not to Sue. Each Releasing Party hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably covenants and agrees with and in favor of each Releasee that it will not sue (at law, in equity, in any regulatory proceeding or otherwise) any Releasee on the basis of any Claim released, remised and discharged by any Releasing Party pursuant to [Section 8.6] above. If any Releasing Party violates the foregoing covenant, each Loan Party, for itself and its successors and assigns, and its present and former members, managers, shareholders, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, directors, officers, attorneys, employees, agents, legal representatives and other representatives, agrees to pay, in addition to such other damages as any Releasee may sustain as a result of such violation, all attorneys' fees and costs incurred by any Releasee as a result of such violation.

Covenant Not to Sue. Seller hereby irrevocably covenants to refrain from, and to cause all Seller Releasing Parties controlled by it to refrain from, asserting any Potential Claim, or commencing, instituting or causing to be commenced, any action of any kind against any of the Buyer Released Parties, in any forum whatsoever (including any administrative agency), that arises out of, relates in any way to, or is based upon, any of the Buyer Released Matters.

The Parties agree that they shall not encourage, solicit, initiate, institute, commence, continue, file, or otherwise prosecute, whether directly or indirectly, or through a third party, any action, lawsuit, cause of action, claim, demand, or legal proceedings for or arising out of or relating to any claim, etc. released hereby. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a Party is allowed to commence an action to enforce the terms of the Agreement.

Covenant Not to Sue. At no time in the future will either party file or maintain any charge, claim or action of any kind, nature and character whatsoever against any of the Releases, (except to enforce the Agreement) or cause or knowingly permit any such charge, claim or action to be filed or maintained, in any federal, state or municipal court, administrative agency, arbitral forum or other tribunal, arising out of any of the matters covered by paragraph 5 above. Executive further agrees that he will not initiate, join, participate, encourage, or actively assist in the pursuit of any employment-related legal claims against Company or its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, and their respective shareholders, officers, directors, representatives, employees, former employees, agents, attorneys, successors and assigns, whether the claims are brought on Executive's own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity. Nothing in the paragraph shall preclude Executive from testifying truthfully in any legal proceeding pursuant to subpoena or other legal process.

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Covenant Not to Compete. During the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, within the geographic areas composed of the circles surrounding the Bank’s then existing banking offices, with each circle having the applicable banking office as its center point and a radius of 25 miles (the “Territory”), directly or indirectly, in any capacity, render services, or engage or have a financial interest in, any business that shall be competitive with any of those business activities in which Bancorp or any of Bancorp’s subsidiaries or affiliates (the “Bank Group”) is engaged as of the date of this Agreement, which business activities include, but are not limited to, the provision of banking services (collectively, the “Business”); provided, however, that Employee’s ownership of less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding securities of any entity engaged in the Business that has a class of securities listed on a securities exchange or qualified for quotation on any over-the-counter market shall not be a violation of the foregoing. For purposes of this Agreement, “Restricted Period” shall mean the period of one (1) year after Employee’s Date of Termination.

Executive hereby acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the business of Penns Woods, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and accordingly agrees that, during and for the applicable period set forth in [Section 7(c)], Executive shall not: