Crown. (i) Crown shall not, nor shall it authorize or permit any of the Crown Subsidiaries or its or their Representatives to, directly or indirectly, (A) solicit, initiate or encourage, or take any other action designed to, or which is reasonably expected to, facilitate, any Crown Takeover Proposal (as defined below), (B) enter into any agreement with respect to any Crown Takeover Proposal or (C) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any person any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate with, any proposal that constitutes, or is reasonably expected to lead to, any Crown Takeover Proposal. Crown shall, and shall cause the Crown Subsidiaries and its Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions or negotiations with any person conducted heretofore with respect to any proposal that constitutes, or is reasonably expected to lead to, any Crown Takeover Proposal and request the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information previously furnished. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to obtaining the Crown Stockholder Approval, in response to a bona fide written Crown Takeover Proposal that the Crown Board determines in good faith (after consultation with outside counsel and a financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation) constitutes, or is reasonably expected to lead to, a Crown Superior Proposal (as defined below), and which Crown Takeover Proposal was not solicited after the date hereof, was made after the date hereof and did not otherwise result from a breach of this Section 5.6(b)(i), Crown may, if a majority of the Crown Board determines in good faith (after receiving the advice of outside counsel) that it is necessary to take such actions in order to comply with its fiduciary duties to the stockholders of Crown under applicable Law, and subject to compliance with this Section 5.6(b)(i) and Section 5.6(b)(iii) and after giving Global written notice of such determination, (x) furnish information with respect to Crown and the Crown Subsidiaries to the person making such Crown Takeover Proposal (and its Representatives) pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement (which agreement shall contain a customary "standstill" or similar covenant) not less restrictive of such person than the Confidentiality Agreement (including with respect to the "standstill" or similar covenant); provided that (1) all such information has previously been provided to Global or is provided to Global prior to the time it is provided to such person and (2) such customary confidentiality agreement expressly provides the right for Crown to comply with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 5.6(b)(ii), and (y) participate in discussions or negotiations with the person making such
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Global Signal Inc)
Crown. (i) Crown shall not, nor shall it authorize or permit any of the Crown Subsidiaries or its or their Representatives to, directly or indirectly, (A) solicit, initiate or encourage, or take any other action designed to, or which is reasonably expected to, facilitate, any Crown Takeover Proposal (as defined below), (B) enter into any agreement with respect to any Crown Takeover Proposal or (C) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any person any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate with, any proposal that constitutes, or is reasonably expected to lead to, any Crown Takeover Proposal. Crown shall, and shall cause the Crown Subsidiaries and its Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions or negotiations with any person conducted heretofore with respect to any proposal that constitutes, or is reasonably expected to lead to, any Crown Takeover Proposal and request the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information previously furnished. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to obtaining the Crown Stockholder Approval, in response to a bona fide written Crown Takeover Proposal that the Crown Board determines in good faith (after consultation with outside counsel and a financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation) constitutes, or is reasonably expected to lead to, a Crown Superior Proposal (as defined below), and which Crown Takeover Proposal was not solicited after the date hereof, was made after the date hereof and did not otherwise result from a breach of this Section 5.6(b)(i), Crown may, if a majority of the Crown Board determines in good faith (after receiving the advice of outside counsel) that it is necessary to take such actions in order to comply with its fiduciary duties to the stockholders of Crown under applicable Law, and subject to compliance with this Section 5.6(b)(i) and Section 5.6(b)(iii) and after giving Global written notice of such determination, (x) furnish information with respect to Crown and the Crown Subsidiaries to the person making such Crown Takeover Proposal (and its Representatives) pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement (which agreement shall contain a customary "“standstill" ” or similar covenant) not less restrictive of such person than the Confidentiality Agreement (including with respect to the "“standstill" ” or similar covenant); provided that (1) all such information has previously been provided to Global or is provided to Global prior to the time it is provided to such person and (2) such customary confidentiality agreement expressly provides the right for Crown to comply with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 5.6(b)(ii), and (y) participate in discussions or negotiations with the person making such
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