Section 5.03 Solicitation; Change of Company Recommendation. (a)            Except as expressly permitted by this Section 5.03, from and after the execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company shall, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries and the Company’s directors, officers and employees to, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the other Representatives of the Company to, (A) promptly cease any solicitations, discussions, communications or negotiations with any person and its Representatives that may be ongoing with respect to any Competing Proposal made by or on behalf of such person and (B) (1) promptly cease furnishing non-public information regarding the Company or any Company Subsidiary to such person and its Representatives with respect to any Competing Proposal to the person that made such Competing Proposal and its Representatives, (2) promptly request the return or destruction of all such non-public information that was previously furnished or made available to such person (and its Representatives) by or on behalf of the Company with respect to a Competing Proposal made by or on behalf such person and (3) promptly terminate all physical and electronic data room access previously granted to such person and its Representatives, and (ii) until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall not, shall cause the Company Subsidiaries and the Company’s directors, officers and employees not to, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause any other Representative of the Company not to, directly or indirectly, (A) initiate, solicit, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate the submission of any Competing Proposal, (B) furnish any non-public information regarding the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or afford to any person access to the non-public business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, to any third party that the Company knows is seeking to make, or has made, a Competing Proposal in connection with such Competing Proposal, (C) enter into, engage in, continue or participate in any discussions or negotiations with any third party with respect to any Competing Proposal made by such third party, or otherwise knowingly cooperate with, or knowingly assist, participate in, facilitate or knowingly encourage any effort by, any third party that the Company knows is seeking to make, or has made, a Competing Proposal in connection with such Competing Proposal, (D) approve, endorse, recommend or enter into, or publicly propose to approve, endorse, recommend or enter into, any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other similar definitive agreement relating to any Competing Proposal or requiring the Company to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the Transactions (an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement”) or (E) agree, propose or resolve to take, or take, any of the actions prohibited by the foregoing clauses (A) through (D); provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.03(a), from and after the execution of this Agreement, if the Company receives any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal from any third party, the Company may inform such third person that the Company is contractually prohibited from engaging in discussions with, or otherwise responding to, such third party in response thereto.  (Page 24)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes