Employee hereby represents to Extraction that Employee has read and understands, and agrees to be bound by, the terms of this Article VIII. Employee acknowledges that the geographic scope and duration of the covenants contained in this Article VIII are the result of arm’s-length bargaining and are fair and reasonable in light of %3) the nature and wide geographic scope of the operations of the Business, %3) Employee’s level of control over and contact with the Business in all jurisdictions in which it is conducted, %3) the fact that the Business is conducted throughout the Restricted Area and %3) the amount of Confidential Information that Employee is receiving in connection with the performance of Employee’s duties hereunder. It is the desire and intent of the parties that the provisions of this Article VIII be enforced to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Legal Requirements, whether now or hereafter in effect and therefore, to the extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements, Employee and Extraction hereby waive any provision of applicable Legal Requirements that would render any provision of this Article VIII invalid or unenforceable.