No Solicitation. (a) Prior to the Expiration Date, each Shareholder (in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company) shall not, and shall cause (if applicable) each of its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers or employees not to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and their other Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage, or knowingly facilitate any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal, offer or request for information that would reasonably be expected to lead to or result in an Acquisition Proposal, or the making or consummation thereof, (ii) other than to inform any Person of the existence of the provisions contained in this Section 2.1, enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person any information in connection with, or enter into any Contract or other agreement or understanding with respect to, any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal, offer or request for information that would reasonably be expected to lead to or result in an Acquisition Proposal, or (iii) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing; provided that nothing herein shall prohibit any Shareholder or any of its Affiliates or Representatives from participating in any discussions or negotiations with respect to such Shareholder’s willingness to enter into a voting agreement in connection with an Acquisition Proposal to the extent that the Company becomes permitted to take the actions set forth in clause (i) and clause (ii) of Section 5.02(b) of the Merger Agreement with respect to such Acquisition Proposal. Other than subject to the proviso in the foregoing sentence, from and after the execution of this Agreement, each Shareholder shall, and shall cause (if applicable) each of its Affiliates and direct its and their respective Representatives to immediately cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal, offer or request for information that would reasonably be expected to lead to or result in an Acquisition Proposal.
No Solicitation. (a) From the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, unless this Agreement is terminated earlier pursuant to Article VIII, the Company shall not, nor shall it authorize or permit any Company Subsidiary to, nor shall it authorize or permit any Representative of, the Company or any Company Subsidiary to, and the Company shall cause its and the Company Subsidiaries’ Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, negotiate, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate (including by way of furnishing non-public information) the submission of any Company Takeover Proposal, (ii) enter into any agreement with respect to any Company Takeover Proposal or (iii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any person any information with respect to, or take any other action to facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Company Takeover Proposal, or afford access to properties, books or records of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries to, any Person that made a Company Takeover Proposal or to any Person that has disclosed to the Company that it is contemplating making a Company Takeover Proposal; provided, however, that, prior to the consummation of the Merger, in addition to Section 5.02(b), the Company may, in response to an unsolicited bona fide Company Takeover Proposal which did not result from a breach of this Section 5.02(a) and which the Company Board determines, in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors, is, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, a Superior Company Proposal, and subject to compliance with Section 5.02(c), (x) furnish information with respect to the Company to the person making such Company Takeover Proposal and its Representatives pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement (which shall have terms and conditions no less favorable than those in the Confidentiality Agreement), (y) participate in discussions or negotiations with such person and its Representatives regarding any Company Takeover Proposal and (z) take, and disclose to the Company’s stockholders, a position with respect to any tender offer or exchange offer by a third party or amend or withdraw such position in accordance with Rule 14d-9 and Rule 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act (provided that the Company Board shall not recommend that the Company’s stockholders tender their shares of capi...
No Solicitation. (a) The Company shall not, nor shall it authorize or permit any Company Subsidiary to, nor shall it authorize or permit any officer, director or employee of, or any investment banker, attorney or other advisor or representative (collectively, "Representatives") of, the Company or any Company Subsidiary to, (i) directly or indirectly solicit, initiate or encourage the submission of, any Company Takeover Proposal (as defined in Section 5.02(e)), (ii) enter into any agreement with respect to any Company Takeover Proposal or (iii) directly or indirectly participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any person any information with respect to, or take any other action to facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Company Takeover Proposal; provided, however, that prior to receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company may, in response to an unsolicited bona fide Company Takeover Proposal which did not result from a breach of this Section 5.02(a) and which the Company Board determines, in good faith, after consultation with outside counsel and financial advisors, may reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Company Proposal (as defined in Section 5.02(e)), and subject to compliance with Section 5.02(c), (x) furnish information with respect to the Company to the person making such Company Takeover Proposal and its Representatives pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement not less restrictive of the other party than the Confidentiality Agreement (as defined in Section 6.02) and (y) participate in discussions or negotiations with such person and its Representatives regarding any Company Takeover Proposal. Without limiting the foregoing, it is agreed that any violation of the restrictions set forth in the preceding sentence by any Representative of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, whether or not such person is purporting to act on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 5.02(a) by the Company.
No Solicitation. (a) The Company has ceased, and has instructed its officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants or other advisors, agents or representatives that have been involved in the negotiation of the transactions contemplated hereby or any proposal received since January 1, 2014 that would have constituted an Acquisition Proposal if received following the date hereof (collectively, “Representatives”) to cease, and caused to be terminated all existing discussions, negotiations and communications with any persons or entities with respect to any offer or proposal or potential offer or proposal relating to any transaction or proposed transaction or series of related transactions, other than the transactions contemplated hereby, involving any Acquisition Proposal. Except as provided in Section 5.2(b) or 5.2(c) below, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of termination of this Agreement or the Effective Time, the Company shall not and shall not authorize its Representatives (and shall use its reasonable best efforts not to permit its Representatives), to directly or indirectly through another person, (i) initiate, solicit or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its subsidiaries), or knowingly induce or knowingly take any other action which is intended to lead to the making, submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into any agreement with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage in negotiations or discussions with, or provide any information or data to, any person (other than Parent or any of its affiliates or representatives) relating to any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, endorse or recommend an Acquisition Proposal or any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding or other Contract contemplating an Acquisition Proposal or (v) resolve to do any of the foregoing. The Company shall, within 24 hours of the date hereof, terminate access by any third party to any data room (virtual or actual) containing any of the Company’s confidential information. Within two (2) business days from the date hereof, the Company shall request the return or destruction of all confidential, non-public information provided to third parties prior to the date hereof that have, since January 1, 2014, entered into confidentiality agreements relating to a possible Acquisition Proposal with the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Notwithstandi...
No Solicitation. In consideration of the substantial expenditure of time, effort and money to be undertaken by Acquiror and MailKey in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, neither MailKey or any of their respective Affiliates on the one hand nor Acquiror, Sub or Acquiror Shareholder on the other hand, will, prior to the Closing directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, agent or otherwise: (i) solicit, initiate or encourage the submission of inquiries, proposals or offers from any Person or entity relating to any acquisition or purchase of assets of or any equity interest in the other party or any Affiliate thereof or any tender offer (including a self-tender offer), exchange offer, merger, consolidation, business combination, sale of a substantial amount of assets or sale of securities, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the other party or its Affiliates (a "Transaction Proposal"); (b) enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding a Transaction Proposal, or furnish to any other Person or entity any information with respect to the business, properties or assets of the other party or its Affiliates in connection with a Transaction Proposal; or (c) otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any other Person to do or seek a Transaction Proposal; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit Acquiror from (x) furnishing information concerning Acquiror and its businesses, properties or assets pursuant to an appropriate confidentiality agreement to a third party who has made an unsolicited Transaction Proposal and/or (y) engaging in discussions or negotiations with a third party who has made an unsolicited Transaction Proposal, but, in each case referred to in the foregoing clauses (x) and (y), only to the extent that the board of directors of Acquiror shall have concluded in good faith, after consulting with and considering the advise of outside counsel, that such action is required by the board of directors of Acquiror in the exercise of its fiduciary duties to the stockholders of Acquiror. Each party shall promptly notify the other party if any such proposal or offer, or any inquiry or contact with any Person or entity with respect thereto is made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either party terminates this Agreement, upon the other party's satisfaction of any obligation owing to the terminating party, th...
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No Solicitation. Such Shareholder shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers and employees not to, and such Shareholder shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, use their reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective Representatives not to, and shall not publicly announce any intention to, directly or indirectly (a) solicit, initiate or knowingly facilitate, knowingly induce or encourage (including by providing information, cooperation or assistance) any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Acquisition Proposal, (b) other than informing Persons of the provisions contained in this Section 4.5, enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding any Alternative Acquisition Proposal or (c) execute or enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other Contract (whether or not binding) with respect to an Alternative Acquisition Proposal. Such Shareholder shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers and employees to, and shall direct each of the Representatives of the Company and its Affiliates to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted prior to the date of this Agreement. Such Shareholder shall as promptly as practicable (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) notify Buyer of any Alternative Acquisition Proposal, or any request for information or inquiry that such Shareholder reasonably believes could lead to or contemplates an Alternative Acquisition Proposal, which notification shall include (i) a copy of the applicable written Alternative Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry (or, if oral, the material terms and conditions of such Alternative Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry) (including in each case any subsequent material amendments or other material modifications thereto) and (ii) the identity of the third party making such Alternative Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry.
No Solicitation. (a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, and the Company shall cause its and their directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants or other agents, advisors or representatives (such directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, other agents, advisors and representatives collectively, “Representatives”) not to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate, participate, knowingly encourage or take any other action which may facilitate, any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal or (ii) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, furnish to any Person any information with respect to, assist or participate in any effort or attempt by any Person with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, any Acquisition Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the acceptance for payment of any shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer (the “Specified Time”), in response to a Superior Proposal that did not result from a breach of this Section 6.2 or any other provision of this Agreement, and subject to compliance with Section 6.2(c), the Company may, to the extent required by the fiduciary obligations of the Company Board, as determined in good faith by the Company Board after consultation with outside counsel, (x) furnish non-public information with respect to the Company to the Person making such Superior Proposal pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement not less restrictive of the other party than the Non-Disclosure Agreement and (y) participate in discussions or negotiations with such Person regarding any Superior Proposal. Without limiting the foregoing, it is agreed that any violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 6.2(a) by any Representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 6.2(a) by the Company.
No Solicitation. From and after the related Closing Date, the Seller agrees that it will not take any action or permit or cause any action to be taken by any of its agents or affiliates, or by any independent contractors on the Seller's behalf, to personally, by telephone or mail (via electronic means or otherwise), solicit a Mortgagor under any Mortgage Loan for the purpose of refinancing a Mortgage Loan, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the Seller, or any of its respective affiliates:
No Solicitation. Prior to the Termination Date, the Stockholder shall not, [shall cause its Subsidiaries not to,]7 and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and their Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, enter into, or continue discussions, negotiations, or transactions with, or encourage or respond to any inquiries or proposals by, or provide any information to any Person relating to, or enter into or consummate any transaction relating to, any Company Competing Transaction. In addition, the Stockholder will[, and will cause its Subsidiaries]8 and use reasonable best efforts to cause its and their Representatives to, promptly cease any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect to any Company Competing Transaction. The Stockholder will promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) notify BRPA if the Stockholder [or any of its Subsidiaries,]9 or, to the Stockholder’s knowledge, any of the Stockholder’s Representatives receives any inquiry, proposal, offer or submission with respect to a Company Competing Transaction (including the identity of the Person making such inquiry or submitting such proposal, offer or submission), after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and will provide BRPA with a copy of such inquiry, proposal, offer or submission. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Stockholder shall not be responsible for the actions of the Company or the Company Board (or any committee thereof), any Subsidiary of the Company, or any officers, directors (in their capacity as such), employees and professional advisors of any of the foregoing (the “Company Related Parties”), including with respect to any of the matters contemplated by this Section 5(a), (ii) the Stockholder makes no representations or warranties with respect to the actions of any of the Company Related Parties, (iii) any breach by the Company of its obligations under Section 4.4(b) of the Merger Agreement shall not be considered a breach of this Section 5(a) (it being understood for the avoidance of doubt that the Stockholder shall remain responsible for any breach by it[, its Subsidiaries]10 or its Representatives (other than any such [Subsidiary or]11 Representative that is a Company Related Party) of this Section 5(a)) and (iv) to the extent the Company complies with its obligations under Section 4.4 of the Merger Agreement and participates in discussions or neg...
