Section 5.03 No Solicitation.

(a) Prohibited Activities. Except as permitted by this Section 5.03 or Section 5.04, from and after the date hereof, at all times until the earlier of the Effective Time and the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with ARTICLE VII, (i) the Company shall, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries


and direct the Company Representatives to, immediately cease all existing discussions or negotiations with any person (other than Parent, Sub and their Representatives) conducted prior to the date of this Agreement with respect to any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to any Competing Proposal and (ii) the Company shall not, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries and the Company Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (A) initiate, solicit, knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing non-public information relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary), or knowingly take any action designed to facilitate any inquiry, proposal or offer, or the making, submission or announcement of any inquiry, proposal or offer, that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal (in each case, other than discussions solely to clarify and understand the terms and conditions of any unsolicited inquiry, offer or proposal, to the extent necessary to determine whether such inquiry, offer or proposal constitutes or would reasonably be expected to result in a Competing Proposal), (B) furnish to any person (other than Parent, Sub or any designees or Representatives of Parent or Sub) any non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or afford to any person (other than Parent, Sub or any designees or Representatives of Parent or Sub) access to the non-public information relating to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in any such case with the intent to encourage, facilitate or assist the making, submission or announcement of any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal by such person, (C) participate, continue or engage in any discussions or negotiations with any person with respect to any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Competing Proposal by such person (in each case, other than discussions solely to clarify and understand the terms and conditions of any unsolicited inquiry, offer or proposal, to the extent necessary to determine whether such inquiry, offer or proposal constitutes or would reasonably be expected to result in a Competing Proposal), (D) amend or grant any waiver or release under any standstill or similar agreement with respect to any class of equity securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; provided, however, that if, and only if, the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to amend or grant any waiver or release under any such standstill or similar agreement would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Company Board under applicable Law, the Company may then amend or grant a waiver or release under such standstill or similar agreement, solely to the extent necessary to permit the confidential submission of a Competing Proposal not resulting from a breach of this Section 5.03(a) and disclosed to Parent pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (E) authorize, or direct any of their Representatives to, resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing. Promptly (and, in any event, within two (2) days after the date of this Agreement), the Company will terminate access by any person (other than the Company, Parent, Sub and their respective Representatives) to any physical or electronic dataroom relating to a potential Competing Proposal (or prior discussions in respect of a potential Competing Proposal) and request that each person (other than the Company, Parent, Sub and their respective Representatives) that has executed a confidentiality agreement (other than the Confidentiality Agreement) relating to a potential Competing Proposal (or prior discussions in respect of a potential Competing Proposal) promptly return to the Company or destroy all non-public documents and materials containing non-public information of the Company that has been furnished by the Company or any of its Representatives to such person pursuant to the terms of such confidentiality agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company and its Representatives may inform a person that has made or is considering making a Competing Proposal of the provisions of this ​Section 5.03  (Pages 17-18)

Question: Liability standard for no-shop breach by Target Non-D&O Representatives
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: Reasonable standard