No Solicitation. From and after the Agreement Date until the Closing or termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of the Company Shareholders will, nor will any of them authorize or permit any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, shareholders or employees or any investment banker, attorney or other advisor or representative retained by any of them (all of the foregoing collectively being the “Company Representatives”) to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, seek, entertain, encourage, facilitate, support or induce the making, submission or announcement of any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into, participate in, maintain or continue any communications (except solely to provide written notice as to the existence of these provisions) or negotiations regarding, or deliver or make available to any Person any non-public information with respect to, or take any other action regarding, any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend (or publicly propose or announce any intention or desire to agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) enter into any letter of intent or any other Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Proposal, or (v) submit any Acquisition Proposal to the vote of any shareholders of Company or any Subsidiary. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted prior to or on the Agreement Date with respect to any Acquisition Proposal. If any Company Representative, whether in his or her capacity as such or in any other capacity, takes any action that the Company is obligated pursuant to this Section 6.1 to cause such Company Representative not to take, then the Company shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to have breached this Section 6.1.
No Solicitation. (a) The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries, and shall cause their respective officers, directors, representatives and agents (including any investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by it or any of its Subsidiaries) (collectively, “Company Representatives”) to, immediately cease any existing discussions or negotiations, if any, with any Third Party that may be ongoing with respect to an Acquisition Proposal and will use its best efforts to cause all Persons other than Parent who have been furnished with confidential information regarding the Company in connection with the solicitation of or discussions regarding an Acquisition Proposal within the 12 months prior to the date hereof promptly to return or destroy such information. The Company agrees not to, and to cause its Subsidiaries not to, release any third party from the confidentiality and stand still provisions of any agreement to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or becomes a party, and will immediately take all steps necessary to terminate any approval that may have heretofore been given under any such provisions authorizing any Person to make an Acquisition Proposal, unless the Company Board reasonably determines in good faith that such Acquisition Proposal is, or is reasonably likely to be, a Superior Proposal. The Company shall not, and shall not authorize or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Company Representative to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) furnish or disclose to any Third Party non-public information with respect to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) negotiate or engage in substantive discussions with any Third Party with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or (iv) enter into any agreement (whether or not binding) or agreement in principle with respect to an Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that at any time prior to the consummation of the Offer, in response to a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that was not solicited by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any Company Representative and which the Company Board reasonably determines in good faith, after consulting with its financial advisors and legal counsel, constitutes, or is reasonably likely to constitute, a Superior Proposal, the Company may (A) furnish information with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Person making such Acquisition Proposal (and its officers, directors, employees, accountants...
No Solicitation. (a) From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time or termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8, the Company shall not directly or indirectly, and shall not authorize or permit any subsidiary of the Company or any Representative of any of the Acquired Corporations directly or indirectly to, (i) solicit, initiate, encourage or induce the making, submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or take any action that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) furnish any information regarding any of the Acquired Corporations to any Person in connection with or in response to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage in discussions 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; provided, however, that prior to the approval of this Agreement by the Required Company Shareholder Vote, this Section 4.3(a) shall not prohibit the Company from furnishing nonpublic information regarding the Acquired Corporations to, or entering into discussions with, any Person in response to a Superior Offer submitted by such Person (and not withdrawn) if (1) neither the Company nor any Representative of any of the Acquired Corporations shall have violated any of the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.3, (2) the Board of Directors of the Company concludes in good faith, based upon the advice of its outside legal counsel, that such action is required in order for the Board of Directors of the Company to comply with its fiduciary obligations to the Company's shareholders under applicable law, (3) prior to furnishing any such nonpublic information to, or entering into discussions with, such Person, the Company gives Parent written notice of the identity of such Person and of the Company's intention to furnish nonpublic information to, or enter into discussions with, such Person, and the Company receives from such Person an executed confidentiality agreement containing customary limitations on the use and disclosure of all nonpublic written and oral information furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Company, and (4) prior to furnishing any such nonpublic information to such Person, the Company furnishes such nonpublic information to Parent (to the extent such nonpublic information has not been prev...
No Solicitation. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, Parent and Purchaser that neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any potential third party acquiror that, directly or indirectly, would be violated, or require any payments, by reason of the execution, delivery and/or consummation of this Agreement. The Company shall, and it shall cause its subsidiaries and its and their officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, attorneys and other agents and representatives to, immediately cease any existing discussions or negotiations with any person other than Parent or Purchaser (a "Third Party") heretofore conducted with respect to any Acquisition Transaction (as hereinafter defined). The Company shall not, and it shall cause its subsidiaries and its and their officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, attorneys and other agents and representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (w) solicit, initiate, continue, facilitate or encourage (including by way of furnishing or disclosing non-public information) any inquiries, proposals or offers from any Third Party with respect to, or that could reasonably be expected to lead to, any acquisition or purchase of a material portion of the assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or business of, or any significant equity interest in (including by way of a tender offer), or any merger, consolidation or business combination with, or any recapitalization or restructuring, or any similar transaction involving, the Company or any of its subsidiaries (the foregoing being referred to collectively as an "Acquisition Transaction"), or (x) negotiate, explore or otherwise communicate in any way with any Third Party with respect to any Acquisition Transaction, (y) enter into, approve or recommend any agreement, arrangement or understanding requiring the Company to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the Offer and/or the Merger or any other transaction contemplated hereby, or (z) withdraw or modify, or propose publicly to withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent, the approval or recommendation by the Company Board of the Offer, the Merger or this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the Company Board from taking, and disclosing to the Company's shareholders, a position contemplated by Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act with respect to any tender offer. The Compa...
No Solicitation. (a) The Stockholder hereby agrees that during the term of this Agreement, except as permitted by Section 5.4(b), it shall not, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that any of its Affiliates or Representatives do not, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or facilitate (including by way of furnishing non-public information) the submission of an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal, offer or inquiry that may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) participate or enter into or engage in negotiations or discussions with, or provide any non-public information or data to, any person (other than Parent or any of its affiliates or representatives) relating to any Acquisition Proposal or any proposal, offer or inquiry that may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) make or participate in, directly or indirectly, a “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the rules of the SEC) or powers of attorney or similar rights to vote, or seek to advise or influence any Person with respect to the voting of, any shares of Company Stock in connection with any vote or other action on any of the Section 3.1(a) Matters, other than to recommend that stockholders of the Company vote in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or to otherwise vote or consent with respect to Covered Shares in a manner that would not violate Section 3.1, (iv) vote, approve, adopt or recommend, or publicly propose to approve, adopt or recommend, any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement, option agreement or other agreement relating to an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal, offer or inquiry that may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, or (v) agree to do any of the foregoing. The Stockholder hereby agrees immediately to cease and cause to be terminated all existing solicitations, discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or any offer, proposal or inquiry that may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, and will inform its Affiliates and Representatives of the obligations undertaken by the Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement, including this Section 5.4(a). If any of the Stockholder’s Affiliates or Representatives takes any action that the Stockholder is not permitted to take under this Section 5.4, it shall be deemed to be a breach of ...
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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) Except as set forth in this Section 6.10, the Company agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, it shall not, and shall not authorize or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its or its Subsidiaries' directors, officers, investment bankers, consultants, attorneys, agents or representatives, directly or indirectly, not to (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage or facilitate, or furnish or disclose non-public information in furtherance of, any inquiries or the making of any proposal with respect to a Company Competing Transaction, (ii) negotiate, explore or otherwise engage in substantive discussions with any Person (other than FPSH, Parent, or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives) with respect to any Company Competing Transaction or (iii) enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to a Company Competing Transaction; provided that, prior to the Effective Time, if the Company receives a written proposal for a Company Competing Transaction (x) that was not initiated, solicited or knowingly encouraged after the date of this Agreement by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of its or their directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, consultants, attorneys, agents or representatives and (y) that the Special Committee determines in good faith, by majority vote, after receiving advice from its outside legal and financial advisors, constitutes or presents a reasonable likelihood of resulting in a Superior Transaction, then subject to compliance with Section 6.10(d), the Company may, directly or indirectly, (A) furnish information with respect to the Company to the Person making such proposal pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement, and (B) participate in discussions or negotiations with such Person regarding such proposal. The activities referred to in clauses (A) and (B) of the previous sentence, if undertaken in compliance with all of the terms and conditions of the previous sentence, are referred to herein as "Permitted Discussions." The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Company's and its Subsidiaries' respective directors, officers, investment bankers, consultants, attorneys, agents and representatives immediately to cease all existing activities, discussions and negotiations with any parties conducted prior to the date hereof with respect to...
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. (a) Except as expressly permitted by this Section 5.3, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not, and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall use their best efforts to cause their respective representatives not to, initiate, solicit or knowingly encourage or facilitate inquiries or proposals with respect to, or engage in any negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential or nonpublic information or data to, or have any discussions with, any person relating to, any Acquisition Proposal; provided that in the event that, prior to the time that the Company’s shareholders’ approval of the Merger (the “Company Shareholder Approval”) is obtained but not after, (1) the Company receives, after the execution of this Agreement, an unsolicited bona fide Acquisition Proposal from a person other than Parent, and (2) the Company’s Board of Directors concludes in good faith (A) that, after consulting with its financial advisor, such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably be likely to result in a Superior Proposal and (B) that, after considering the advice of outside counsel, failure to take such actions would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to the Company’s shareholders under applicable Law, the Company may, and may permit its Subsidiaries and its and its Subsidiaries’ representatives to, furnish or cause to be furnished nonpublic information or data and participate in negotiations or discussions with respect to such Acquisition Proposal; provided that prior to providing any nonpublic information permitted to be provided pursuant to the foregoing proviso, it shall have entered into an agreement with such third party on terms substantially similar to and no more favorable to such third party than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement between Parent and the Company dated December 27, 2012 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) and any non-public information provided to any person given access to nonpublic information shall have previously been provided to Parent or shall be provided to Parent prior to or concurrently with the time it is provided to such person. The Company will (A) immediately cease and cause to be terminated any activities, discussions or negotiations conducted before the date of this Agreement with any persons other than Parent with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, (B) not terminate, waive, amend, release or modify any provision of any confidentiality or standstill agreement relating to any Acqui...
