No Solicitation by Parent Sample Clauses
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) From and after the date of this Agreement, Parent and its officers and directors will, will cause Parent’s Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors to, and will use their reasonable best efforts to cause the other Representatives of Parent and its Subsidiaries to, immediately cease, and cause to be terminated, any discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Representatives with respect to any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Parent Competing Proposal. Within one (1) Business Day of the date of this Agreement Parent shall deliver a written notice to each Person that has received non-public information regarding Parent within the six (6) months prior to the date of this Agreement pursuant to a confidentiality agreement with Parent for purposes of evaluating any transaction that could be a Parent Competing Proposal and for whom no similar notices has been delivered prior to the date of this Agreement requesting the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information concerning Parent and any of its Subsidiaries heretofore furnished to such Person. Parent will immediately terminate any physical and electronic data access related to any such potential Parent Competing Proposal previously granted to such Persons.
(b) From and after the date of this Agreement, Parent and its officers and directors will not, and will cause Parent’s Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors and other Representatives not to, directly or indirectly:
(i) initiate, solicit, propose, knowingly encourage, or knowingly facilitate any inquiry or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a Parent Competing Proposal;
(ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions with any Person with respect to or negotiations with any Person with respect to, relating to, or in furtherance of a Parent Competing Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Parent Competing Proposal;
(iii) furnish any information regarding Parent or its Subsidiaries, or access to the properties, assets or employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries, to any Person in connection with or in response to any Parent Competing Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Parent Competing Proposal;
(iv) enter in...
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) Parent agrees that (i) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, and shall not knowingly permit any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives (including, without limitation, any investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by it or any of its Subsidiaries) to, solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing material non-public information) any inquiry, proposal or offer (including, without limitation, any proposal or offer to its stockholders) with respect to a tender offer, merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction involving, or any purchase of 20% or more of the assets on a consolidated basis or 20% or more of any class of capital stock of, Parent (any such proposal, offer or transaction being hereinafter referred to as a "Parent Acquisition Proposal") or participate or engage in any discussions or negotiations concerning a Parent Acquisition Proposal; and (ii) it will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing; provided that nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent Parent or its Board of Directors from (A) complying with Rule 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act with regard to a Parent Acquisition Proposal, or (B) prior to the Cutoff Date, providing information (pursuant to a confidentiality agreement in reasonably customary form) to or engaging in any negotiations or discussions with any person or entity who has made an unsolicited bona fide Parent Acquisition Proposal with respect to all the outstanding Parent Common Stock or all or substantially all the assets of Parent that, in the good faith judgment of Parent's Board of Directors, taking into account the likelihood of consummation, after consultation with its financial advisors, is superior to the Merger (a "Parent Superior Proposal"), if the Board of Directors of Parent, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, determines that the failure to do so would be inconsistent with its fiduciary obligations.
(b) Prior to taking any action referred to in Section 7.3(a), if Parent intends to participate in any such discussions or negotiations or provide any such information to any such third party, Parent shall give prompt prior notice to the Company of each such action. The Parent will immediately notify the Company of any such requests for such information or the receipt of any Parent Acquisitio...
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, Parent will terminate any and all existing activities, arrangements, discussions and negotiations with third parties (other than the Company and those entities identified in Section 5.01(b)(iv)(1) of the Parent Disclosure Letter) with respect to any possible Parent Acquisition Transaction (as defined below). Except as expressly provided in Sections 5.03(b), 5.03(c) and 7.01, prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall not, and shall not authorize or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or its Subsidiaries' directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives to, directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, facilitate or encourage (including by way of furnishing or disclosing information)
(i) any merger, consolidation, other business combination involving Parent or its Subsidiaries (other than mergers, consolidations or transfers solely between and among Parent and any wholly-owned Subsidiary), (ii) any acquisition, sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of, or tender offer for, all or any substantial portion of the assets or capital stock of Parent or any of its material Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (iii) inquiries or proposals concerning or which may reasonably be expected to lead to, any of the foregoing (a "Parent Acquisition Transaction") or negotiate, explore or otherwise enter into discussions in any way with any third party (other than the Company or its affiliates) with respect to any Parent Acquisition Transaction or enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding requiring it to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the Merger or any other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Parent shall promptly advise the Company of the terms, conditions and identity of the third party making any inquiries or proposals relating to any Parent Acquisition Transaction.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing in the event that Parent receives an unsolicited bona fide written proposal for a Parent Acquisition Transaction from a third party, Parent may furnish non-public information to, and negotiate with, such third party; provided that Parent (i) provides prior written notice to the Company; (ii) such third party enters into a confidentiality agreement having terms no more favorable to such third party than the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement are to the Company; (iii) (A) Parent's Board of Directors shall have concluded in good fai...
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article IX, and except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement, Parent shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, and shall not authorize or permit any of its officers, directors, employees or Representatives to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiry, proposal or offer which constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Parent Acquisition Proposal, (ii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person (other than Parent, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives) any nonpublic information relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries, in connection with any Parent Acquisition Proposal or, subject to Section 7.4(c), effect a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change, (iii) approve or recommend, or make any public statement approving or recommending, a Parent Acquisition Proposal, (iv) enter into any letter of intent, merger agreement or other similar agreement providing for a Parent Acquisition Proposal, (v) submit any Parent Acquisition Proposal to a vote of the stockholders of Parent or (vi) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing.
(b) Parent shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, and shall direct its Representatives to, immediately (i) cease any existing discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to a Parent Acquisition Proposal, (ii) terminate access for any Person (other than the Company, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives) to any data room and (iii) request the return or destruction of any non-public information provided to any Person (other than the Company, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives) in connection with a potential Parent Acquisition Proposal.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, prior to the time the Parent Stockholder Approval is obtained, the Parent Board may effect a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change if there has been a Parent Intervening Event.
(d) Prior to making any Parent Adverse Recommendation Change, (i) the Parent Board shall provide the Company at least four Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to take such action, which notice shall specify, in reasonable detail, the reasons therefor; (ii) during the four Business Days following such ...
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) During the period from the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties hereto and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Effective Time, the Parent shall not do, cause or permit any of the following actions by it or any Parent Subsidiary nor shall the Parent permit any of the Parent’s Representatives to take (directly or indirectly) any of the following actions with any Person listed on Schedule 4.3(a): (i) solicit, encourage, initiate, or encourage any proposal or offer from, or participate or engage in or conduct discussions or negotiations with, any Person relating to any offer or proposal, oral, written or otherwise, formal or informal, with respect to any possible Business Combination with the Parent or any Parent Subsidiary (whether such Subsidiary is in existence on the date hereof or is hereafter organized) (a “Parent Competing Proposed Transaction”); (ii) provide information with respect to the Parent or any Parent Subsidiary (whether such Subsidiary is in existence on the date hereof or is hereafter organized) to any Person listed on Schedule 4.3(a), relating to (or which the Parent believes would be used for the purpose of formulating or soliciting an offer or proposal with respect to), or otherwise assist, cooperate with, facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any such Person with regard to, any possible Business Combination with the Parent or any Parent Subsidiary (whether such Subsidiary is in existence on the date hereof or is hereafter organized); (iii) approve or agree to or enter into a Contract with any Person providing for a Parent Competing Proposed Transaction; or (iv) authorize or permit any of the Company’s Representatives to take any such action. The Parent shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated any such contacts or negotiations with any Person listed on Schedule 4.3(a) relating to any such Parent Competing Proposed Transaction.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent acknowledge that this Section 4.3 was a significant inducement for Company to enter into this Agreement and the absence of such provision would have resulted in either (i) a material increase in the consideration to be paid to the Effective Time Company Stockholders in the Merger or (ii) a failure to induce the Company and the Signatory Stockholders to enter into this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that the provisions of this Section 4.3 wer...
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) Parent shall not directly or indirectly, and shall not authorize or permit any of the other Parent Corporations or any Representative of any of the Parent Corporations directly or indirectly to, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or induce the making, submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or take any similar action, (ii) furnish any non-public information regarding any of the Parent Corporations to any Person in connection with or in response to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, endorse or recommend any Acquisition Proposal or (v) enter into any letter of intent or similar document or any Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent acknowledges and agrees that any violation of any of the restrictions set forth in the preceding sentence by any Representative of any of the Parent Corporations, whether or
No Solicitation by Parent. From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article IX, Parent shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, and shall not authorize or permit any of its officers, directors, employees or Representatives to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiry, proposal or offer which constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Parent Acquisition Proposal or (ii) participate in any discussions, negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person (other than the Company, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives) any nonpublic information relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries, in connection with any Parent Acquisition Proposal.
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) Parent shall not, directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, employee, representative or agent of Parent or any of its subsidiaries, solicit or encourage the initiation of any inquiries or proposals regarding any merger, or any acquisition of any capital stock or any material portion of the assets of Parent (including without limitation by way of a tender offer) or similar transactions involving Parent or any subsidiaries of Parent (any of the foregoing inquiries or proposals being referred to herein as an "Acquisition Proposal"). Nothing contained in this Section 4.02(a) shall prevent the Board of Directors of Parent from (i) considering, negotiating, approving and recommending to the shareholders of Parent a bona fide Acquisition Proposal not solicited in violation of this Agreement, (ii) taking and disclosing to its shareholders a position contemplated by Exchange Act Rule 14e-2 or (iii) making any disclosure to its shareholders; provided that, as to each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Board of Directors of Parent determines in good faith (upon advice of independent counsel) such action is necessary for it to act in a manner consistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable law.
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) Parent will promptly notify the Company after receipt of any offer or indication that any person is considering making an offer with respect to a Parent Acquisition Proposal or any request for nonpublic information relating to Parent or for access to the properties, books or records of Parent by any person that may be considering making, or has made, an offer with respect to a Parent Acquisition Proposal and will keep the Company fully informed of the status and details of any such offer, indication or request. "PARENT ACQUISITION PROPOSAL" means any proposal for a merger or other business combination involving Parent or the acquisition of any equity interest in, or a substantial portion of the assets of, Parent, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
No Solicitation by Parent. (A) Parent will promptly notify the Company after receipt of any offer or indication that any person is considering making an offer with respect to a Parent Acquisition Proposal or any request for nonpublic information relating to Parent or for access to the properties, books or records of Parent by any person that may be considering making, or has made, an offer with respect to a Parent Acquisition Proposal and will keep the Company fully informed of the status and details of any such offer, indication or request. "Parent Acquisition Proposal" means any proposal for a merger or other business combination involving Parent or the acquisition of any equity interest in, or a substantial portion of the assets of, Parent, other than (a) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (b) a Qualified Financing, (c) any other transaction which Parent may enter into without violating Section 5.4 of this Agreement.