premise: During the Restricted Period, Seller Parties agree that they will not in any way, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of conducting or engaging in any business that competes with The Company Business, call upon, solicit, advise or otherwise do, or attempt to do, business with any customers of the Company engaged prior to the Closing Date (provided that Simtek shall have the right to do business with any of its current or former customers), or interfere with or attempt to interfere with any officers, employees or consultants of the Buyer Parties, induce or attempt to induce any of them to leave the employ of the Buyer Parties or violate the terms of their Contracts, or any employment arrangements, with Buyer Parties, or, without the prior written consent of Buyer Parties, directly or indirectly, solicit to hire, hire or employ, whether as an employee, director, contractor, consultant or otherwise any officers, employees or consultants of the Buyer Parties, unless such Person's employment is terminated by the Seller Parties or its Affiliate; provided, however, that this Section 3 shall not prohibit general solicitations of or advertisements for employment by the Seller Parties that are not generally directed at any officers, employees, representatives or agents of the Buyer Parties, so long as the Seller Parties do not hire any such Person who responds to any such general solicitation or advertisement.