No Solicitation of Acquisition Proposals. (a) The Company agrees that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, and that it shall direct and use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) encourage, initiate, solicit or take any other action designed to facilitate an Acquisition Proposal or the making, submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or take any other action designed to facilitate or that is likely to result in, any inquires or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or is reasonably likely to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal; (ii) participate or engage in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any person any nonpublic information with respect to, or take any other action to facilitate the submission of any inquiry or the making of any proposal that constitutes or may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; (iii) engage in discussions with any person with respect to an Acquisition Proposal, except to notify such person as to the existence of these provisions and refer such person to this Agreement; (iv) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose to approve, endorse, or recommend any Acquisition Proposal; (v) enter into any letter of intent or similar document or any agreement, commitment or understanding contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Proposal; or (vi) make or authorize any statement, recommendation or solicitation in support of any Acquisition Proposal. The Company agrees that it shall immediately terminate and shall cause its Subsidiaries, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives, to terminate, immediately, all current discussions or negotiations (if any) in which any of them may be involved with any third party with respect to an Acquisition Proposal. The Company also shall promptly request that each person which has heretofore executed a confidentiality agreement with it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or its Subsidiaries’ Representatives with respect to such person’s consideration of a possible Acquisition Proposal to return promptly or destroy all confidential information heretofore furnished to such person or its Representatives in accordance with the terms of such person’s confidentiality agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 6.3(a) or anything to the contrary that may be contained elsewhere in this Agreement, if, prior to the date of the Company Shareholders’ Mee...
No Solicitation of Acquisition Proposals. The Stockholder shall not, and shall not authorize, permit or cause any of its employees, agents and representatives (including the Financial Advisor or any investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit, or otherwise encourage any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or (ii) initiate or engage in any negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential information or data to, or have any discussions with, any person or entity relating to an Acquisition Proposal, whether made before or after the date of this Agreement, or otherwise facilitate any effort or attempt to make or implement or consummate an Acquisition Proposal. The Stockholder shall immediately communicate to Purchaser, to the same extent as is required by the Company pursuant to Section 8.9(c) of the Merger Agreement, the terms, and other information concerning, any proposal, discussion, negotiation or inquiry and the identity of the party making such proposal or inquiry which the Stockholder may receive in respect of any such Acquisition Proposal.
No Solicitation of Acquisition Proposals. Each Stockholder shall ---------------------------------------- not, and shall not authorize, permit or cause any of its employees, agents and representatives (including the Financial Advisor or any investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit, or otherwise encourage any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or (ii) initiate or engage in any negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential information or data to, or have any discussions with, any person or entity relating to an Acquisition Proposal, whether made before or after the date of this Agreement, or otherwise facilitate any effort or attempt to make or implement or consummate an Acquisition Proposal. Each Stockholder shall immediately communicate to Purchaser, to the same extent as is required by the Company pursuant to Section 8.11(c) of the Merger Agreement, the terms, and other information concerning, any proposal, discussion, negotiation or inquiry and the identity of the party making such proposal or inquiry which such Stockholder may receive in respect of any such Acquisition Proposal. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Company or any member of the Board of Directors of the Company, including any action taken by the Stockholder in such Stockholder's capacity as a director or officer of the Company, in accordance with Section 8.11(b) of the Merger Agreement shall be deemed not to violate this Section 6.
No Solicitation of Acquisition Proposals. Subject to Section 2.2, neither the Stockholder nor any of his, her or its officers, directors, managers, members or partners shall, and the Stockholder shall direct and cause his, her or its employees, agents, consultants and representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (a) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage, knowingly cooperate with any person regarding, or knowingly facilitate (including by way of furnishing material, non-public information) any Company Acquisition Proposal, or (b) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding any Company Acquisition Proposal (but the foregoing will not prohibit the Stockholder or any of his, her or its Representative from making a person aware or otherwise informing such person of the provisions of this Section 4.3).
No Solicitation of Acquisition Proposals. Target shall not, and it shall cause its Subsidiaries and the officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives of Target and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the "TARGET REPRESENTATIVES") not to, (i) solicit or encourage, directly or indirectly, the making of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) initiate any discussion or engage in negotiations with or provide any information to any entity relating to an Acquisition Proposal, or take any other action to knowingly facilitate the making of any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, or (iii) endorse or enter into any Acquisition Proposal or modify or withdraw its recommendation of the Purchase. Except as permitted by SECTION 5.8 hereof, Target and the Target Representatives will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Third Parties conducted heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Target may engage in discussions or provide information with respect to an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal if (i) Target and the Supervisory Board of Target conclude in good faith that such Acquisition Proposal is reasonably likely to result in a Superior Proposal (as hereinafter defined), (ii) prior to providing any information to any Person in connection with an Acquisition Proposal by any such Person, Target receives from such Person an executed confidentiality agreement on terms substantially similar to, and no less restrictive to such Person than those contained in the Hoosier Confidentiality Agreement and (iii) prior to providing any information to any Person or entering into discussions with any Person, Target notifies Purchasers promptly of such Acquisition Proposal or negotiations, including the -45-
No Solicitation of Acquisition Proposals. The Stockholder shall not, and shall not authorize, permit or cause any of its, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives and advisors (including any investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the Stockholder) to, directly or indirectly, (i) encourage (including by way of furnishing non-public information), solicit, initiate or facilitate any Acquisition Proposal, or (ii) participate in any way in discussions or negotiations with, or furnish any information to, any person in connection with, or take any other action to facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, or participate in or assist, facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any other person to do or seek any of the foregoing. The Stockholder shall promptly communicate to Parent, to the same extent as is required by the Company pursuant to, and subject to the same conditions contained in, the Merger Agreement, the terms, and other information concerning, any proposal, discussion, negotiation or inquiry and the identity of the party making such proposal or inquiry which the Stockholder may receive in respect of any such Acquisition Proposal.
No Solicitation of Acquisition Proposals. During the Agreement Period, each Stockholder shall not, and shall not knowingly permit any director, partner, officer, employee, accountant, consultant, legal counsel, investment banker, financial advisor, broker, finder or agent or other representative (each, a “Representative”) of such Stockholder to (a) directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, encourage or facilitate any inquiry, offer or proposal with respect to, or that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal or a proposal to acquire any of the Subject Shares (except in connection with a Transfer of Subject Shares that is permitted under Section 7(b)) or (b) directly or indirectly, enter into, continue or otherwise engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or provide information to any Person with respect to, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal or a proposal to acquire any of the Subject Shares (except in connection with a Transfer of Subject Shares that is permitted under Section 7(b)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4 shall not (x) require the Stockholders to attempt to limit or restrict any Representative that is an officer or director of the Company from acting in such person’s capacity as an officer or director of the Company, as provided in Section 9 hereof, or (y) prevent any Representative of a Stockholder from providing any analytical support services to the Company or its Board of Directors in connection with the process contemplated by Section 6.3(c) of the Merger Agreement.
No Solicitation of Acquisition Proposals. As an inducement to the Buyer to enter into this Agreement, and in consideration of the time and expense which it has devoted and will devote to the transactions contemplated hereby during the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of (a) the Closing Date and (b) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7, except for the transactions contemplated hereby, the Sellers shall not, and shall cause each Transferred Company and each of the Affiliates and authorized representatives of each Transferred Company and the Sellers not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit or encourage, or respond to, any inquiry or proposal by any Person with respect to (a) a merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, joint venture, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving any Transferred Company, (b) a sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or any portion of the business, properties or assets of any Transferred Company (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business) or the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other ownership interests in, any Transferred Company or (c) a sale of any securities of, or otherwise making an investment in, any Transferred Company (each, an “Acquisition Proposal”), or (ii) enter into any discussions, negotiations or agreements concerning an Acquisition Proposal with, or provide any information concerning any Transferred Company or afford any access to properties, books and records of any Transferred Company to, or otherwise assist or facilitate any effort relating to an Acquisition Proposal by, any Person. The Sellers shall, and shall cause each Transferred Company and each of the Affiliates and authorized representatives of each Transferred Company and the Sellers to, immediately cease any existing discussions or negotiations with any Person concerning any Acquisition Proposal.
No Solicitation of Acquisition Proposals. Neither the Stockholder nor any of its officers, directors, managers or partners, as applicable, shall, and the Stockholder shall direct and cause his, her or its employees, agents, consultants and representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (a) solicit, initiate or encourage any inquiries or the making or consummation of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or is reasonably likely to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal (including by way of providing access to non-public information), (b) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person or group of Persons regarding any proposal or offer that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal or (c) otherwise cooperate with or assist in, or knowingly facilitate, any effort or attempt to make any proposal or offer that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal.
No Solicitation of Acquisition Proposals. (a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company shall, directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, employee, representative, agent (collectively, “Representatives”) or otherwise, (i) solicit, initiate or take any action intended to encourage the submission of any Acquisition Proposal, or (ii) participate in any discussions or negotiations with a third party regarding, or furnish to any person, any nonpublic information with respect to, or take any action intended to facilitate or encourage any Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall, and shall direct or cause its Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions or negotiations with any parties that may be ongoing with respect to any Acquisition Proposal.
(b) Notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 7.05(a), the Company may participate in any discussions or negotiations with a third party regarding, or furnish to any person, any nonpublic information with respect to, or take any action intended to facilitate or encourage any Acquisition Proposal or proposal that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal by such person if (i) the Company has not violated the terms of this
