Parent Acquisition Proposal. The Shareholder agrees that from and after the date hereof, the Shareholder will not, and will use the Shareholder’s reasonable best efforts to not permit any of the Shareholder’s Affiliates, representatives (including financial advisers, attorneys and accountants) or agents to, directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, encourage or facilitate, or furnish or disclose non-public information in furtherance of, or comment publicly in favor of, any inquiries or the making of any proposal with respect to any Parent Acquisition Proposal, or negotiate, explore or otherwise engage in discussions with any person (other than Parent or its directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives) with respect to any Parent Acquisition Proposal or enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to any Parent Acquisition Proposal or agree to or otherwise assist in the effectuation of any Parent Acquisition Proposal or comment publicly in favor of any Parent Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that the parties acknowledge that this Agreement is entered into by the Shareholder in respect of the Owned Shares and that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Shareholder from discharging his fiduciary duties as a member of the board of directors of the Parent. Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that any violation of the restrictions set forth in the preceding sentence by any of the Shareholder’s Affiliates, representatives (including financial advisers, attorneys and accountants) or agents shall be deemed to be a violation of this Section 2.3 by the Shareholder.
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Sources: Voting and Sell Down Agreement (ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.), Voting and Sell Down Agreement (Center Bancorp Inc)