The Company hereby makes a binding promise not conditioned upon continued employment to provide the Executive with Confidential Information and Trade Secrets above and beyond any Confidential Information and Trade Secrets the Executive may have previously received. In order in part to protect the Confidential Information and Trade Secrets, and as part of the consideration for the payments described in Section 4 of this Agreement, the Company and the Executive agree to the provisions of this Section 5(b). As a part of the employment relationship, the Executive learned of and the Company disclosed to the Executive Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. Accordingly, the Executive hereby agrees that, for one year after the Executive ceases to provide services to the Company, the Executive will not:

Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the businesses of the Company and its affiliates and accordingly agrees as follows:

The Employee undertakes that during the period of his employment with the Company and for a period of twelve (12) months following the termination of his employment therewith, for any reason, he shall not, anywhere in the world,

Employee shall not, for as long as he remains an employee of the [[Employer:Organization]] Biomet Group and during a period of 18 months from the taking effect of the termination of his employment with the [[Employer:Organization]] Biomet Group ("Non-Competition Period"), alone, or jointly with, or as manager, agent for, or employee of any person or as a shareholder, directly or indirectly carry on or be engaged, concerned or interested in any business competitive to the business of [[Employer:Organization]] Biomet Group with an effect in Switzerland, the European Community and the EFTA States or any other country for which Employee possesses and will possess knowledge of Confidential Information. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the non-compete undertaking set forth in this [Section 2.1] shall apply to any product competing with the [[Employer:Organization]] Biomet Group's product lines and in particular but not limited to products of Johnson & Johnson (DePuy, Synthes), Stryker, Smith & Nephew, Mathys, Lima, Wright Medical, Tornier and Exactech, including their respective affiliates and subsidiaries, assignees, and successors (also as a consequence of de-mergers or spin-offs). The Employee acknowledges and agrees that the making available of Confidential Information to competitors of [[Employer:Organization]] Biomet Group will considerably harm [[Employer:Organization]] Biomet Group's business.

Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the businesses of the Company and its affiliates and accordingly agrees as follows:

Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation. During the Employment Term and during the Restrictive Period (as defined below), the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever, either on his/her own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity whom he may manage, control, participate in, consult with, render services for, or be employed by or associated with, compete with the Business (as defined below) in any of the following described manners:

The Executive agrees that, in consideration of Executive's employment with the Company pursuant to this Agreement , and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, during Executive's employment with the Company and for twelve (12) months after termination thereof, the Executive will not either on the Executive ' s own behalf or on behalf of any third party, except on behalf of the Company, directly or indirectly (other than through Executive's ownership of equity interest in the Co mpany) , as an individual proprietor, partner, stockholder, officer, employee, director, joint vent ure r, investo r, lender, or in any other capacity whatsoever (other than as the holder of not more than five percent (5%) of the total outstanding stock of a publicly-held company) ,

The Company shall provide Executive access to Confidential Information for use only during the Employment Period, and Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company will be entrusting Executive, in Executive’s unique and special capacity, with developing the goodwill of the Company, and as an express incentive for the Company to enter into this Agreement and employ Executive hereunder, Executive has voluntarily agreed to the covenants set forth in this Section 10. Executive agrees and acknowledges that the limitations and restrictions set forth herein, including geographical and temporal restrictions on certain competitive activities, are reasonable in all respects, do not interfere with public interests, will not cause Executive undue hardship, and are material and substantial parts of this Agreement intended and necessary to prevent unfair competition and to protect the Company’s Confidential Information, goodwill, customer relationships, and legitimate business interests.

The Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the Businesses of the Company and accordingly agrees as follows:

Non-Competition/Non-Solicitation. Without the prior written consent of the Company, signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Grantee will not, during the term of Grantee’s employment by the Company or for a period of two (2) years thereafter # accept employment with, serve as a consultant to, or accept compensation from any person, firm or corporation (including any new business started by Grantee, either alone or with others) whose products and/or services compete with those offered by the Company, in any geographic market in which the Company is then doing business or to Grantee’s knowledge plans to do business, # contact or solicit any customers of the Company for the purposes of diverting any existing or future business of such customers to a competing source, # contact or solicit any vendors to the Company (directly or indirectly) for the purpose of causing, inviting or encouraging any such vendor to alter or terminate his, her or its business relationship with the Company, or # contact or solicit any employees of the Company (directly or indirectly) for the purpose of causing, inviting or encouraging any such employee to alter or terminate his, her or its employment relationship with the Company.