COVENANT OF THE COMPANY; ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS. From and after the date hereof, the Company agrees (a) that it will not, its subsidiaries will not, and it will not authorize or permit any of its or its subsidiaries' officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (including, without limitation, any investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by it or any of its subsidiaries or any of the foregoing) to, directly or indirectly, encourage, initiate or solicit (including by way of furnishing information) or take any other action to facilitate knowingly any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer (including, without limitation, any proposal or offer to its shareholders) which constitutes or may reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Proposal (as defined below) from any person or engage in any discussion or negotiations concerning, or provide any non-public information or data to make or implement, an Alternative Proposal; (b) that it will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing solicitation, initiation, encouragement, activity, discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with a view of formulating an Alternative Proposal; and (c) that it will notify Parent orally and in writing of any such inquiry, offer or proposals (including, without limitation, the terms and conditions of any such proposal and the identity of the person making it), within 48 hours of the receipt thereof, and that it shall keep
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Energy East Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (RGS Energy Group Inc)
COVENANT OF THE COMPANY; ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS. From and ---------------------------------------------- after the date hereof, the Company agrees (a) that it will not, and its subsidiaries will not, and it will not authorize or permit any of use its or best efforts to cause its and its subsidiaries' officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (including, without limitation, any investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by it or any of its subsidiaries or any of the foregoing) not to, directly or indirectly, encourage, initiate or solicit (including by way of furnishing information) or knowingly take any other action designed to facilitate knowingly any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer (including, without limitation, any proposal or offer to its shareholders) which constitutes or may reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Proposal (as defined below) from any person or engage in any discussion or negotiations concerning, or provide any non-public information or data to make or implement, implement an Alternative Proposal; (b) that it will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing solicitation, initiation, encouragement, activity, discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with a view of formulating an Alternative Proposal; and (c) that it will immediately notify Parent orally and in writing of the receipt of any such inquiry, offer or proposals (including, without limitation, the terms and conditions of any such proposal and the identity of the person making it), within 48 hours of the receipt thereofproposals, and that it shall keepkeep Parent informed orally and in writing in reasonable detail
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Yankee Energy System Inc)
COVENANT OF THE COMPANY; ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS. (a) From and after the date hereof, the Company agrees (ai) that it will not, and its subsidiaries will not, and it will not authorize or permit any of cause its or and its subsidiaries' officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (including, without limitation, any investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by it or any of its subsidiaries or any of the foregoingsubsidiaries) not to, directly or indirectly, encourage, initiate or solicit (including by way of furnishing information) or take any other action to facilitate knowingly any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer (including, without limitation, any proposal or offer to its shareholders) which constitutes or may reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Proposal (as defined below) from any person or engage in any discussion or negotiations concerning, or provide any non-public information or data to make or implement, implement an Alternative Proposal; (bii) that it will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing solicitation, initiation, encouragement, activity, discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with a view of formulating an Alternative Proposal; and (ciii) that it will immediately notify Parent orally and in writing of the receipt of any such inquiry, offer or proposals (includingproposals, without limitation, and that it shall keep Parent informed of the terms and conditions status of any such proposal and inquiry, offer or proposal, the identity of the person or group making it), within 48 hours of the receipt thereof, and that it shall keepthe material terms thereof.
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