No Solicitation by Target Sample Clauses

No Solicitation by Target. (a) During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms or the Effective Time, TARGET shall not, and shall not authorize or permit any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their officers, directors, employees, representatives or agents or any investment banker, financial advisor, attorney, accountant or other advisor or representative retained by it or its subsidiaries, to directly or indirectly (i) solicit, encourage or initiate the submission of any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (as defined below), (ii) negotiate, approve or recommend any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, or (iii) furnish to any person any information with respect to, or take any other action knowingly to facilitate the making of any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that if at any time after the date -------- ------- hereof and ending on the date the Required Stockholder Approval is obtained (the "Applicable Period"), to the extent required by the fiduciary obligations of the ----------------- TARGET Board, determined in good faith and after consultation with outside counsel, TARGET and its representatives may in response to a Superior Proposal (as defined below) which did not otherwise result from a breach of this Section ------- 4.03(a), and subject to TARGET providing prior written notice to PARENT of its ------- decision to take such action and complying with Section 4.03(d), (A) furnish --------------- information with respect to TARGET to the person making such Superior Proposal pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement and (B) participate in discussions with such person regarding such Superior Proposal.
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No Solicitation by Target. (a) Target agrees that it and its Subsidiaries will not (and Target will not permit its or its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives, including any investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by Target or any of its Subsidiaries, to):
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No Solicitation by Target. (a) Target shall not directly or indirectly, and shall not authorize or permit any of the other Target Corporations or any Representative of any of the Target Corporations directly or indirectly to, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or induce the making, submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or take any similar action, (ii) furnish any non-public information regarding any of the Target Corporations to any Person in connection with or in response to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Target acknowledges and agrees that any violation of any of the restrictions set forth in the preceding sentence by any Representative of any of the Target Corporations, whether or not such Representative is purporting to act on behalf of Target, shall be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 4.4 by Target.
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No Solicitation by Target. (a) Target shall not, nor ------------------------- shall it permit any of its subsidiaries to, nor shall it authorize or permit any of its directors, officers or employees or any investment banker, financial advisor, attorney, accountant or other representative retained by it or any of its subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly through another person, (i) solicit, initiate or encourage (including, without limitation, by way of furnishing information or by taking any action which would make the Rights Agreement inapplicable to any Target Takeover Proposal (as defined below) other than the Offer and the Merger), or take any other action designed to facilitate, any inquiries or the making of any proposal which constitutes any Target Takeover
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No Solicitation by Target. (a) Target shall not, nor shall it permit any of its subsidiaries to, nor shall it authorize or permit any of its directors, officers or employees or any investment banker, financial advisor, attorney, accountant or other representative retained by it or any of its subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly through another person, (i) solicit, initiate or encourage (including by way of furnishing information), 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 Takeover Proposal or (ii) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any person any information with respect to, any Takeover Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that, notwithstanding compliance with the preceding sentence, Target receives a Superior Proposal, Target may, to the extent that the Board of Directors of Target determines in good faith (after consultation with outside counsel) that such action would,
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No Solicitation by Target. Target shall not, nor shall it permit any of the Subsidiaries to nor shall it authorize or permit any officer, director, employee, investment banker, attorney or other advisor, agent or representative of Target or any of the Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or encourage the submission of any Target Takeover Proposal (as hereinafter defined), (ii) enter into any agreement with respect to any Target Takeover Proposal, (iii) initiate any discussions or negotiations regarding any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Target Takeover Proposal or (iv) except in response to an unsolicited request, furnish any information with respect to the making of any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Target Takeover Proposal. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Target Takeover Proposal" means (i) any proposal or offer, other than a proposal or offer by Parent or any of its Affiliates, for a merger or other business combination involving Target or one or more of the Subsidiaries, (ii) any proposal or offer, other than a proposal or offer by Parent or any of its Affiliates, to acquire from Target or any of its Affiliates in any manner, directly or indirectly, more than 5% of the voting stock of Target or the Subsidiaries or a material amount of the assets of Target and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) any proposal or offer, other than a proposal or offer by Parent or any of its Affiliates, to acquire from the stockholders of Target by tender offer, exchange offer or otherwise more than 5% of Target's Stock.
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No Solicitation by Target. (a) Target shall not, nor shall it permit any of its subsidiaries to, nor shall it authorize or permit any of its directors, officers or employees or any investment banker, financial advisor, attorney, accountant or other representative retained by it or any of its subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly through another person, (i) solicit, initiate or encourage (including by way of furnishing information), or take any other action designed to facilitate, any inquiries or the making of any proposal which constitutes any Target Takeover Proposal (as defined below) or (ii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding any Target Takeover Proposal; provided, however, that if, at any time prior to the publicly announced date of the Target Meeting (the "Target Applicable Period"), the Board of Directors of Target determines in good faith, after consultation with outside counsel, that it is necessary to do so in order to comply with its fiduciary duties to Target's stockholders under applicable law, Target may, in response to a Target Superior Proposal (as defined in Section 6.8(b)) which did not result from a breach of this Section 6.8(a), and subject to providing prior written notice of its decision to take such action to Acquiror (the "Target Notice") and compliance with Section 6.8(c), for a period of ten business days following delivery of the Target Notice (x) furnish information with respect to Target and its subsidiaries to any person making a Target Superior Proposal pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement (as determined by Target after consultation with its outside counsel) and (y) participate in discussions or negotiations regarding such Target Superior Proposal. For purposes of this Agreement, "Target Takeover Proposal" means any inquiry, proposal or offer from any person relating to any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase of a business that constitutes 15% or more of the net revenues, net income or the assets of Target and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or 15% or more of any class of equity securities of Target or any of its subsidiaries, any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any person beneficially owning 15% or more of any class of equity securities of Target or any of its subsidiaries, or any merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving Target or any of its subsidiaries, other than the transactions contempl...
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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 by the Company (a) The Company shall not directly or indirectly, and shall not authorize or permit any of its subsidiaries, nor any of its or any of its subsidiaries' Representatives directly or indirectly to, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage, induce or facilitate the making, submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) furnish any information regarding the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any person in connection with or in response to an Acquisition Proposal or an inquiry or indication of interest that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations 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 adoption of this Agreement by the requisite Stockholder Approval, this Section 5.04 (a) shall not prohibit the Company from furnishing nonpublic information to, or entering into discussions with, any person in response to an unsolicited bona fide Acquisition Proposal that is submitted to the Company by such person (and not withdrawn) if (1) neither the Company nor any Representative shall have violated any of the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.04 in any material respect, (2) the Board of Directors of the Company concludes in good faith, after having taken into account the advice of its outside legal counsel and Company Financial Advisor, that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or is reasonably capable of becoming a Superior Proposal, (3) at least two business days 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 containing provisions no less favorable to the Company than the provisions contained in the Confidentiality Agreement, and (4) at least two business days 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 previously furnished by the Company to Parent). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any violation of or the taking of any action inconsistent with any of the restrictions set forth in the preceding sentence by any Representative of any of the Company, whether or not such Representative is purporting to act on behalf of the Company, shall be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 5.04 by the Company. The Company shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing discussions with any person that relate to any Acquisition Proposal. Nothing contained in this Section 5.04 shall prohibit the Company or the Company's Board of Directors from taking and disclosing to the Company's stockholders a position contemplated by Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any similar communications in connection with the making or amendment of a tender offer or exchange offer) or from making any disclosure required by applicable law or from taking any action contemplated by Section 8.01(j), including having the Board of Directors take such actions as are necessary to approve or resolve to approve the intention to enter into an agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal (as hereinafter defined) (or any announcement in connection therewith) or enter into an agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal concurrently with termination pursuant to Section 8.01(j).

  • 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 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.

  • Non-Solicitation of Executives During the Non-Compete Term, Executive will not, either directly or indirectly, call on, solicit or induce any other executive or officer of the Company or its affiliates with whom Executive had contact, knowledge of, or association with in the course of employment with the Company to terminate his employment, and will not assist any other person or entity in such a solicitation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to soliciting any executive or officer whose employment was terminated by the Company or its affiliates, or general solicitations for employment not targeted at current officers or employees of the Company or its affiliates, the foregoing restriction shall not apply.

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • No Solicitation of Employees In partial consideration for the award of these Units, in order to forestall the disclosure or use of Confidential Information, as well as to deter the Grantee’s intentional interference with the contractual relations of the Company or any Affiliated Company, the Grantee’s intentional interference with prospective economic advantage of the Company or any Affiliated Company, and to promote fair competition, the Grantee agrees that the Grantee’s right to receive the Shares upon settlement of the Units is contingent upon the Grantee refraining, during the Period of Restriction and for a period of one (1) year after the Settlement Date, for himself/herself or any third party, directly or indirectly, from soliciting for employment any person employed by the Company, or by any Affiliated Company, during the period of the solicited person’s employment and for a period of one (1) year after the termination of the solicited person’s employment with the Company or any Affiliated Company (collectively “Solicit”). If, during the term of the Period of Restriction or at any time within one (1) year after the Settlement Date, the Grantee breaches his/her obligation not to Solicit, the Grantee’s right to the Shares upon settlement of the Units shall not have been earned and the Units, whether vested or not, will be immediately cancelled, and the Grantee shall immediately return to the Company the Shares issued in settlement of the Units or the pre-tax income derived from any disposition of such Shares. THE GRANTEE UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS PARAGRAPH IS NOT INTENDED TO AND DOES NOT PROHIBIT THE CONDUCT DESCRIBED, BUT PROVIDES FOR THE CANCELLATION OF THE UNITS AND A RETURN TO THE COMPANY OF THE SHARES OR THE GROSS TAXABLE PROCEEDS OF THE SHARES IF THE GRANTEE SHOULD CHOOSE TO VIOLATE THIS NON-SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES PROVISION DURING THE PERIOD OF RESTRICTION OR WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE SETTLEMENT DATE.

  • No Solicitation or Negotiation Each of the Transferor Parties agrees that between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of (a) the Closing and (b) the termination of this Agreement, none of the Transferor Parties nor any of their respective Affiliates, officers, managers, members, representatives or agents will (i) solicit, initiate, consider, encourage or accept any other proposals or offers from any Person (A) relating to any acquisition or purchase of all or any portion of the Transferor Interests or any Transferred Assets or (B) to enter into any merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, reorganization or other extraordinary business transaction involving or otherwise relating to the Business or (ii) participate in any discussions, conversations, negotiations and other communications regarding, or furnish to any other Person any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way, assist or participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any other Person to seek to do any of the foregoing. Between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of (a) the Closing and (b) the termination of this Agreement, each of the Transferor Parties immediately shall cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions, conversations, negotiations and other communications with any Persons conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing. Between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of (a) the Closing and (b) the termination of this Agreement, each of the Transferor Parties shall notify Parent promptly if any such proposal or offer, or any inquiry or other contact with any Person with respect thereto, is made and shall, in any such notice to Parent, indicate in reasonable detail the identity of the Person making such proposal, offer, inquiry or contact and the terms and conditions of such proposal, offer, inquiry or other contact. Between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of (a) the Closing and (b) the termination of this Agreement, each of the Transferor Parties agrees not to, without the prior written consent of the Acquiring Parties, release any Person from, or waive any provision of, any confidentiality or standstill agreement to which such Transferor Party is a party.

  • Employee Non-Solicitation During the term of Executive's employment with the Company and for one (1) year thereafter, Executive shall not directly or indirectly encourage any Company employee to terminate his employment with the Company unless Executive does so in the course of performing his duties for the Company and such encouragement is in the Company's best interests. For purposes of this Article VII, the term “Company” means Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. and its parent companies, subsidiaries and other affiliates.

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