No Shopping. None of Seller, its partners or any agent or ----------- representative of any of them will, during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending with the earlier to occur of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement, directly or indirectly (a) solicit or initiate the submission of proposals or offers from any Person for, (b) participate in any discussions pertaining to or (c) furnish any information to any Person other than Buyer relating to, any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase of all or any portion of the Assets.
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No Shopping. From and after the date hereof through the Closing or the termination of this Agreement, whichever is the first to occur, neither the Company nor the Shareholders shall (and the Company and the Shareholders shall cause their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents not to) directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate or participate in discussions or negotiations with, or provide any information to, any corporation, partnership, person or other entity or group (other than Parent or an affiliate or an associate of Parent) concerning, or enter into any agreement providing for, any merger, sale of material assets, sale of stock or similar transactions involving the Company or the Assets.
No Shopping. The Shareholder shall not directly or indirectly (i) solicit, initiate or encourage (or authorize any person to solicit, initiate or encourage) any inquiry, proposal or offer from any person to acquire the business, property or capital stock of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof, or any acquisition of a substantial equity interest in, or a substantial amount of the assets of, the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof, whether by merger, purchase of assets, tender offer or other transaction or (ii) subject to the fiduciary duty under applicable law of the Shareholder as an officer or director of the Company, participate in any discussion or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any other person any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, or participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any other person to do or seek any of the foregoing. The Shareholder shall promptly advise Parent of the terms of any communications it may receive relating to any of the foregoing.
No Shopping. Stockholder, in the capacity as a stockholder, shall not ----------- directly or indirectly, subject to the fiduciary duty under applicable law of Stockholder as a director of the Company (if Stockholder is such a director), take any action prohibited by Section 3.5 of the Merger Agreement.
No Shopping. (a) From the date hereof until the Effective Time, the Company and its Subsidiaries will not, and will not permit any officer, director, financial adviser, or other agent or representative of the Company and its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to:
No Shopping. (a) The Company will not, and will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that its officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other agents do not, directly or indirectly: (i) initiate, solicit or encourage, or take any action to facilitate the making of, any offer or proposal which constitutes or is reasonably likely to lead to any Takeover Proposal, (ii) enter into any agreement with respect to any Takeover Proposal, or (iii) in the event of an unsolicited written Takeover Proposal for the Company engage in negotiations or discussions with, or provide any information or data to, any Person (other than Parent, any of its affiliates or representatives and except for information which has been previously publicly disseminated by the Company) relating to any Takeover Proposal; PROVIDED HOWEVER, that nothing contained in this Section 5.3 or any other provision hereof shall prohibit the Company or the Company's Board from (i) taking and disclosing to the Company's stockholders or position with respect to tender or exchange offer by a third party pursuant to Rules 14D-9 and 14e2 promulgated under the Exchange Act or (ii) making such disclosure to the Company's stockholders as, in the good faith judgment of the Board after receiving advice from outside counsel, is required under applicable law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the acceptance of Shares pursuant to the Offer, the Company may furnish information concerning its business, properties or assets to any Person pursuant to appropriate confidentiality agreements, and may negotiate and participate in discussions and negotiations with such Person concerning a Takeover Proposal if (x) such entity or group has on an unsolicited basis submitted a bona fide written proposal to the Company relating to any such transaction which the Board determines in good faith, after receiving advice from a nationally recognized investment banking firm, represents a superior transaction to the Offer and the Merger and which is not conditioned upon obtaining additional financing and (y) in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, only after receipt of advice from outside legal counsel to the Company, the failure to provide such information or access or to engage in such discussions or negotiations would create a reasonable possibility of a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors to the Company's shareholders under applicable law (a Takeover Proposal w...
No Shopping. Stockholder, personally or in the capacity as a stockholder, shall not directly or indirectly (a) subject to the fiduciary duty under applicable law of Stockholder as a director of the Company (if Stockholder is such a director) as further provided in the Merger Agreement, solicit, initiate or encourage (or authorize any person to solicit, initiate or encourage) any inquiry, proposal or offer from any person to acquire the business, property or capital stock of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof, or any acquisition of a substantial equity interest in, or a substantial amount of the assets of, the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof, whether by merger, purchase of assets, tender offer or other transaction or (b) subject to the fiduciary duty under applicable law of Stockholder as a director of the Company (if Stockholder is such a director) as further provided in the Merger Agreement, participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any other person any information with respect to, or take any other action knowingly to facilitate, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, or participate in, or encourage any effort or attempt by any other person to do or seek any of the foregoing. Stockholder shall promptly advise Parent of the terms of any communications Stockholder may receive in Stockholder's personal capacity or Stockholder's capacity as a stockholder relating to any of the foregoing. Stockholder is signing this Agreement in Stockholder's capacity as a stockholder of the Company. Nothing herein shall restrict Stockholder (or, in the case that Stockholder is not an individual, a representative of Stockholder) from discharging Stockholder's fiduciary duties under applicable law as an officer or director of the Company (if Stockholder is such an officer or director) as further provided in the Merger Agreement.
No Shopping. Prior to the earlier of (i) the Effective Time or (ii) the termination of this Agreement, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, employee, representative, agent, financial advisor or otherwise (x) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing information) inquiries or submission of proposals or offers from any person relating to any sale of all or any portion of the assets, business, properties of (other than immaterial or insubstantial assets), or any equity interest in, the Company or any business combination with the Company, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets, tender offer, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or otherwise or any other transaction, the consummation of which would or could impede, interfere with, prevent or materially delay the Merger or (y) participate in any negotiation regarding, or furnish to any other person any information with respect to, or otherwise knowingly cooperate in any way with, or knowingly assist in, facilitate or encourage, any effort or attempt by any other person to do or seek to do any of the foregoing.
No Shopping. Seller shall not solicit, initiate or participate, directly or indirectly, or cause any other person to solicit, initiate or participate, directly or indirectly, in discussions or negotiations with, or provide any information to, any other person (other than the Buyer) concerning, or enter into any agreement providing for (other than in the ordinary course of business) the acquisition of the Assets or part thereof (whether by merger, purchase of stock or assets or other similar transaction), other than the acquisition contemplated by this Agreement.
