No Shop. None of the Stockholders, the Company, nor any agent, officer, director, trustee or any representative of any of the foregoing will, during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending with the earlier to occur of the Funding and Consummation Date or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, directly or indirectly:
No Shop. Until the earlier of the Closing Date or ------- termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article XII, Parent shall not, and ----------- shall cause the Companies and each of Parent's subsidiaries not to, and shall cause their respective employees, officers, directors, affiliates, representatives and agents (including investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other financial advisors or consultants) not to, (a) make, solicit, assist, initiate, or in any way facilitate or encourage any inquiries, proposals, offers or bids from any Person or group (other than Buyer) (each, a "Third Party") ----------- relating to a merger, reorganization, share exchange, consolidation, purchase or similar transaction involving the acquisition of any assets, properties or rights of any Company (other than for sales of inventory in the ordinary course consistent with past practice or as otherwise permitted by Section 7.4) or of ----------- any capital stock or any other equity interest of any Company (an "Acquisition Transaction"), (b) enter into any ----------------------- understanding, arrangement, agreement or agreement in principle with any Third Party relating to any proposed or contemplated Acquisition Transaction, (c)(i) furnish any information with respect to the business, activities, operations, assets, properties or liabilities of any Company or any of its subsidiaries to any Third Party or (ii) cooperate with any Third Party with respect to any proposed or contemplated Acquisition Transaction or (d) proceed or continue with any discussions or negotiations in respect of any of the foregoing which may be in progress as of the date of this Agreement. Parent agrees that it will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussion or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect to any potential Acquisition Transaction, and shall notify Buyer by facsimile (and confirm receipt by telephone) within one business day following receipt by or awareness of any executive officer of Parent of any inquiry, proposal, offer or bid in respect of any Acquisition Transaction. Prior to the Closing, Parent shall request the destruction or return of all non-public, confidential or proprietary information concerning the Companies provided to any Third Party in connection with any potential Acquisition Transaction. On the Closing Date, Parent shall assign to Buyer all confidentiality agreements entered into with any Third Party in connect...
No Shop. Parent shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, and shall cause its and their Representatives to, (i) immediately cease and cause to be terminated any activities, discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to an Acquisition Proposal (as defined below) or any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal, offer or request for information that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) terminate access by any Person to any physical or electronic data room or other access to data of Parent and its Affiliates, in each case relating to or in connection with, an Acquisition Proposal and (iii) request any such Person and its representatives to promptly return or destroy all confidential information concerning Parent and its Affiliates relating to, or in connection with, an Acquisition Proposal. Until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement, neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates shall, directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, employee, Affiliate, agent, intermediary or representative in his or her official or personal capacity: (a) solicit, initiate or encourage submission of proposals or offers from any Person relating to any sale by Parent or its Affiliates of (x) a material amount of the business or assets of the Business, including the Assets, whether by sale of assets, sale of equity, merger, liquidation or otherwise, or (y) any equity interests in the Sellers (or any Person that is required to be a Seller pursuant to Section 5.19) (an “Acquisition Proposal”); (b) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any other Person any information with respect to, or otherwise respond to, cooperate or encourage, any effort or attempt by any other Person to make an Acquisition Proposal; or (c) enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to an Acquisition Proposal. Parent shall promptly (and in any event within forty-eight (48) hours of learning of the relevant information) notify Buyer if any Person makes any proposal, offer, inquiry or contact with respect to any of the foregoing.
No Shop. (a) Seller shall not, shall cause the Companies and their respective Representatives not to, and shall not permit the Affiliates and Representatives of Seller or the Companies to directly or indirectly, (i) discuss, encourage, negotiate, undertake, initiate, authorize, recommend, propose or enter into, whether as the proposed surviving, merged, acquiring or acquired corporation or otherwise, any transaction involving a merger, consolidation, business combination, purchase or disposition of any material amount of the assets of the Companies or any capital stock or other ownership interests of the Companies other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise not expressly prohibited by Section 6.1 hereof (an “Acquisition Transaction”), (ii) facilitate, encourage, solicit or initiate discussions, negotiations or submissions of proposals or offers in respect of an Acquisition Transaction, (iii) furnish or cause to be furnished, to any Person, any information concerning the business, operations, properties or assets of the Companies in connection with an Acquisition Transaction, or (iv) 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 any of the foregoing.
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No Shop. Between the date hereof and the Closing Date (or the date of any earlier termination of this Agreement), Seller shall not, and shall cause the Ranger Subsidiary Entities and Seller Parties not to, solicit, encourage, or facilitate (including by way of providing information regarding the Property, Seller, the Ranger Subsidiary Entities or their businesses to any Person or providing access to any Person) any inquiries, discussions or proposals regarding, continue or enter into discussions or negotiations with respect to, or enter into or consummate any agreement or understanding in connection with any proposal regarding, any purchase or other acquisition of all or any portion of the Property or the assets or properties of Seller or the Ranger Subsidiary Entities or any direct or indirect interests therein (whether newly issued or currently outstanding), any merger, business combination or recapitalization involving Seller or the Ranger Subsidiary Entities, the liquidation, dissolution or reorganization of Seller or the Ranger Subsidiary Entities, or any similar transaction, and Seller shall cause its and the Ranger Subsidiary Entities’ directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives and Affiliates to refrain from any of the foregoing. Seller shall promptly notify Purchaser if any such inquiries or proposals are received by, any such information is requested from, or any such negotiations or discussions are sought to be initiated or continued with, the Property, any Ranger Subsidiary Entities, Seller or any of their respective representatives, including the nature and terms of any of the foregoing and the identity of the parties involved. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller shall not be prohibited from encouraging, facilitating or discussing the restructuring or liquidation of any Seller Party (other than any Ranger Subsidiary Entity) in connection with the Asset Acquisitions or the Property Acquisitions contemplated in this Agreement (including such restructurings and liquidations that may be required in order for Seller to receive its desired tax treatment with respect to such transactions) with any direct or indirect investors in Seller, any Operator or any other Seller Party.
No Shop. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of (i) the Closing Date, or (ii) the termination of this Agreement, the Company shall not, and the Company shall cause the Company's shareholders, officers, directors, employees and other agents not to, directly or indirectly, take any action to solicit, initiate or encourage any offer or proposal or indication of interest in a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving any equity interest in, or a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, other than in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company shall immediately advise the Buyer of the terms of any offer, proposal or indication of interest that it receives or otherwise becomes aware of.
No Shop. The Company agrees (a) that neither it nor any of its subsidiaries shall, and it shall direct and use its reasonable best efforts to cause its officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (including, without limitation, any investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by it or any of its subsidiaries) not to, initiate, solicit or encourage, directly or indirectly, any inquiries or the making or implementation of any proposal or offer (including, without limitation, any proposal or offer to its shareholders) with respect to a merger, sale (other than in connection with the ROFR Agreement), consolidation or similar transaction involving, the purchase of all or any significant portion of the assets or equity securities of, the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (any such proposal or offer being hereinafter referred to as an "Alternative Proposal"), or engage in any negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential information or data to, or have any discussions with, any person proposing an Alternative Proposal, or release any third party from any obligations under any existing standstill agreement or arrangement, or enter into any agreement with respect to an Alternative Proposal, or otherwise facilitate any effort or attempt to make or implement an Alternative Proposal; (b) that it will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing, and it will take the necessary steps to inform the individuals or entities referred to above of the obligations undertaken in this Section; and (c) that it will notify the other party promptly if any such inquiries or proposals are made regarding an Alternative Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company may, directly or indirectly, furnish information and access to, and may participate in discussions and negotiate with, any corporation, partnership, person or other entity, and may agree to or endorse such Alternate Proposal if such corporation partnership, person or other entity has made a proposal to its Board of Directors relating to an Alternative Proposal which the Board of Directors believes is (i) superior from a financial point of view to the Merger and (ii) is reasonably likely to be consummated and the Board of Directors, after consultation with independent legal counsel, determines in its good faith judgment that taking such action is required to comply ...
No Shop. Neither the Shareholder, the Seller, nor any agent, employee, officer, director, trusteeor any representative of any of the foregoing will, during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending with the earlier to occur of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, directly or indirectly, solicit or initiate the submission of proposals or offers from any person or entity for, participate in any discussions pertaining to, or furnish any information to any person or entity other than the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s authorized agent, relating to any acquisition or purchase of all or a material amount of the assets of,or any equity interest in, the Seller or any merger, consolidation or business combination of or involving the Seller.
No Shop. (a) The Seller shall not and shall cause the Company not to, directly or indirectly, through any representative or otherwise, solicit or entertain offers from, negotiate with or in any manner encourage, discuss, accept, or consider any proposal of any other Person relating to the acquisition of the Stock or the Company, its assets or business, in whole or in part, whether directly or indirectly, through purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course); and
