Exceptions to Adamis No Solicitation Sample Clauses

Exceptions to Adamis No Solicitation. (i) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section, before obtaining the Required Adamis Stockholder Vote, Adamis may furnish nonpublic information regarding Adamis to, and enter into discussions or negotiations with, any Person in response to an unsolicited, bona fide written Acquisition Proposal made or received after the date of this Agreement, which Adamis’s Board of Directors determines in good faith constitutes, or is reasonably likely to result in, a Superior Proposal (and is not withdrawn) if: (A) neither Adamis nor any Representative of Adamis shall have failed to comply with this Section; (B) the Board of Directors of Adamis concludes in good faith, after consultation with outside counsel, that the failure to take such action would result in a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors of Adamis under applicable law; (C) within 24 hours following the furnishing of any such nonpublic information to, or entering into discussions with, such Person, Adamis gives La Jolla written notice of the identity of such Person and of Adamis’s intention to furnish nonpublic information to, or enter into discussions with, such Person or has furnished, or entered into discussions with, such Person; (D) Adamis receives from such Person an executed confidentiality agreement containing provisions (including nondisclosure provisions, use restrictions, non-solicitation provisions, no hire provisions and “standstill” provisions) at least as favorable to Adamis as those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement; and (E) within 24 hours following the furnishing of any such nonpublic information to such Person, Adamis furnishes such nonpublic information to La Jolla (to the extent such nonpublic information has not been previously furnished by Adamis to La Jolla). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Adamis acknowledges and agrees that in the event any Representative of Adamis takes any action that, if taken by Adamis, would constitute a failure to comply with this Section by Adamis, the taking of such action by such Representative shall be deemed to constitute a failure to comply with this Section by Adamis for purposes of this Agreement.
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  • No Solicitation by Parent (a) From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the First Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement, except as otherwise set forth in this Section 7.02, Parent shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and its Subsidiaries’ respective directors and officers to not, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and its Subsidiaries’ other respective Representatives to not, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing information) any inquiries regarding, or the making or submission of any Parent Acquisition Proposal, (ii) (A) enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, (B) furnish to any Third Party any information, or (C) otherwise assist, participate in, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any Third Party, in each case, in connection with or for the purpose of knowingly encouraging or facilitating, a Parent Acquisition Proposal, (iii) approve, recommend or enter into, or publicly or formally propose to approve, recommend or enter into, any letter of intent or similar document, agreement, commitment, or agreement in principle (whether written or oral, binding or nonbinding) with respect to a Parent Acquisition Proposal, (iv) (A) withdraw or qualify, amend or modify in any manner adverse to the Company the Parent Board Recommendation, (B) fail to include the Parent Board Recommendation in the Parent Circular or (C) recommend, adopt or approve or publicly propose to recommend, adopt or approve any Parent Acquisition Proposal (any of the foregoing in this clause (iv), a “Parent Adverse Recommendation Change”) or (v) take any action to make any “moratorium”, “control share acquisition”, “fair price”, “supermajority”, “affiliate transactions” or “business combination statute or regulation” or other similar anti-takeover laws and regulations of the State of Delaware, including Section 203 of the DGCL, inapplicable to any Third Party or any Parent Acquisition Proposal.

  • No Solicitation of Customers During the Executive’s employment with the Employer and for a period of 12 months thereafter, the Executive shall not (except on behalf of or with the prior written consent of the Employer), either directly or indirectly, on the Executive’s own behalf or in the service or on behalf of others, (A) solicit, divert, or appropriate to or for a Competing Business, or (B) attempt to solicit, divert, or appropriate to or for a Competing Business, any person or entity that is or was a customer of the Employer or any of its Affiliates at any time during the 12 months prior to the date of termination and with whom the Executive has had material contact.

  • No Solicitations From and after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time or termination of this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE X, the Company will not nor will it authorize or permit any of its officers, directors, affiliates or employees or any investment banker, attorney or other advisor or representative retained by it, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit or initiate the making, submission or announcement of any other acquisition proposal, (ii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any person any non-public information with respect to any other acquisition proposal, (iii) engage in discussions with any Person with respect to any other acquisition proposal, except as to the existence of these provisions, (iv) approve, endorse or recommend any other acquisition proposal or (v) enter into any letter of intent or similar document or any contract agreement or commitment contemplating or otherwise relating to any other acquisition proposal.

  • Non-Solicitation of Company Employees Executive shall not, at any time during the Restricted Period (as defined below), without the prior written consent of the Company, engage in the following conduct (a “Solicitation”):

  • No Solicitation of Other Offers (a) The Corporation and its affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents shall immediately cease any discussions or negotiations with any other parties that may be ongoing with respect to any Acquisition Proposal (as defined below). Neither the Corporation nor any of its affiliates, shall, directly or indirectly, take (and the Corporation shall not authorize or permit its or its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, representatives, consultants, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants or other agents or affiliates, to so take) any action to (i) encourage, solicit or initiate the making of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into any agreement with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or (iii) participate in any way in discussions or negotiations with, or furnish or disclose any information to, any Person (other than Parent or Sub or their representatives) in connection with, or take any other action to facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal (including without limitation by taking any action (except as required by Section 1.2) that would make the Rights Agreement, Section 203 of the DGCL or the provisions of Article FIFTH of the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation inapplicable to an Acquisition Proposal) that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Corporation, in response to an unsolicited Acquisition Proposal and in compliance with its obligations under Section 5.9(b) hereof, may participate in discussions or negotiations with or furnish information to any third party which proposes a transaction which the Board of Directors of the Corporation reasonably determines will result in a Superior Proposal if the Board of Directors believes (and has been advised in writing by independent outside counsel) that failing to take such action would constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties under applicable law. In addition, neither the Board of Directors of the Corporation nor any Committee thereof shall (x) withdraw or modify, or propose to withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent or Sub the approval and recommendation of the Offer and this Agreement or (y) approve or recommend, or propose to approve or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal, provided that the Corporation may recommend to its shareholders an Acquisition Proposal and in connection therewith withdraw or modify its approval or recommendation of the Offer or the Merger if (i) the Board of Directors of the Corporation has determined that the Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Proposal, (ii) all the conditions to the Corporation's right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.1(e) have been satisfied (including the expiration of the three day period described therein and the payment of all amounts required pursuant to Section 9.1), (iii) simultaneously with such withdrawal, modification or recommendation, this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 8.1(e) and (iv) the Acquisition Proposal does not provide for any breakup fee or other inducement to the acquiror other than reimbursement of out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with such Acquisition Proposal. Any actions permitted under, and taken in compliance with, this Section 5.9 shall not be deemed a breach of any other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement.

  • No Solicitation or Hiring of Employees During the Non-Compete Period, the Executive shall not solicit, entice, persuade or induce any individual who is employed by the Company or the Company Affiliates (or who was so employed within twelve (12) months prior to the Executive’s action) to terminate or refrain from continuing such employment or to become employed by or enter into contractual relations with any other individual or entity other than the Company or the Company Affiliates, and the Executive shall not hire, directly or indirectly, for himself or any other person, as an employee, consultant or otherwise, any such person. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company agrees that (i) the Executive’s responding to an unsolicited request from any former employee of the Company for advice on employment matters; and (ii) the Executive’s responding to an unsolicited request for an employment reference regarding any former employee of the Company from such former employee, or from a third party, by providing a reference setting forth his personal views about such former employee, shall not be deemed a violation of this Section 7(c); in each case, to the extent the Executive does not encourage the former employee to become employed by a company or business that employs the Executive or with which the Executive is otherwise associated (including, but not limited to, association as a sole proprietor, owner, employer, partner, principal, investor, joint venturer, shareholder, associate, employee, member, consultant, contractor, director or otherwise).

  • Restrictions on Solicitation Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent and approval of the Company, (i) interfere with or attempt to interfere with the relationship between any person who is, or was during the then most recent three (3) month period, an employee, agent, representative or independent contractor of the Company, or solicit, induce or attempt to solicit or induce any of them to leave the employ or service of the Company or to violate the terms of their respective contracts, agreements or any employment arrangements with the Company; or (ii) induce or attempt to induce any customer, client, supplier, distributor, licensee or other business relation of the Company to cease doing business with the Company, or in any way interfere with the contract or relationship between the Company and any customer, client, supplier, distributor, licensee or other business relation of the Company. As used herein, the term “indirectly” shall include, without limitation, Executive’s permitting the use of Executive’s name by any Competitive Business to induce or interfere with any employee or business relationship of the Company.

  • Non-Solicitation or Hire During the Term and for a period of twelve (12) months following the Employee’s employment termination, if such employment termination was pursuant to Section 5.1, Section 5.2.1 or Section 5.2.2, or twenty-four (24) months following the Employee’s employment termination if such employment termination was pursuant to Section 5.3 (the “Non-Solicit Period”), the Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit or attempt to solicit or induce or attempt to induce, directly or indirectly, (a) any individual or entity who or which is a customer of the Company or any of the other Protected Parties, or who or which was a customer of the Company or any of the other Protected Parties at any time during the twelve (12) month period immediately prior to the date of the Employee’s employment termination, for the purpose of marketing, selling or providing to any such individual or entity any services or products offered by or available from the Company or any of the other Protected Parties (provided that if the Employee intends to solicit any such party for any other purpose, he shall notify the Company of such intention and receive prior written approval from the Company), (b) any supplier to or customer or client of the Company or any of the other Protected Parties to terminate, reduce or alter negatively its relationship with the Company or any of the other Protected Parties or in any manner interfere with any agreement or contract between the Company and/or any of the other Protected Parties and such supplier, customer or client, or (c) any employee or agent of the Company or any of the other Protected Parties or any individual or entity who or which was an employee or agent of the Company or any of the other Protected Parties during the twelve (12) month period immediately prior to the date of the Employee’s employment termination, to terminate such individual’s or entity’s employment relationship with, or engagement to perform services for, the Protected Parties in order, in either case, to enter into a similar relationship with the Employee, or any other person or entity in competition with the Business of the Company or any of the other Protected Parties. The Employee further agrees that, during the Non-Solicit Period, he shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) hire or engage (or assist in the hiring or engaging of) any employee or agent of the Company or any of the other Protected Parties or any individual or entity who or which was an employee or agent of the Company or any of the other Protected Parties during the twelve (12) month period immediately prior to the date of the Employee’s employment termination to enter into a similar relationship with the Employee or any other person or entity in competition with the Business of the Company or any of the other Protected Parties, (ii) solicit, divert with the intention to take away, or attempt to divert with the intention to take away, any investment opportunity considered by the Company or any other Protected Party, or (iii) interfere with, disrupt, or attempt to interfere with or disrupt, or assist others to disrupt or interfere with, the relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Company or of the other Protected Parties and any of their respective customers, clients, accounts, investors, suppliers, lessors, consultants, independent contractors, agents, or employees.

  • 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.

  • Anti-Solicitation In light of the amount of sensitive and confidential information involved in the discharge of the Executive’s duties, and the harm to the Corporation that would result if such knowledge or expertise were disclosed or made available to a competitor, and as a reasonable step to help protect the confidentiality of such information, the Executive promises and agrees that during the Term of Employment and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, the Executive will not use the Company’s confidential information to, directly or indirectly, individually or as a consultant to, or as an employee, officer, shareholder, director or other owner or participant in any business, influence or attempt to influence the customers, vendors, suppliers, joint venturers, associates, consultants, agents, or partners of any entity within the Company Group, either directly or indirectly, to divert their business away from the Company Group, to any individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity then in competition with the business of any entity within the Company Group, and he will not otherwise materially interfere with any business relationship of any entity within the Company Group.

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