Section 6.3    No Solicitation by the Company. 
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(e)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval: 
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(ii)    in response to a bona fide written Company Competing Proposal from a third party that has not been withdrawn, was received after the date hereof, was not solicited at any time following the execution of this Agreement and did not result from a breach (other than a de minimis breach) of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.3, the Company Board may effect a Company Change of Recommendation; provided, however, that such Company Change of Recommendation may not be made unless and until: (A)    the Company Board determines in good faith after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel that such Company Competing Proposal is a Company Superior Proposal;   59


(B)    the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that failure to effect a Company Change of Recommendation in response to such Company Superior Proposal would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the directors under applicable Law; (C)    the Company provides Parent written notice of such proposed action three (3) Business Days in advance, which notice shall set forth in writing that the Company Board intends to take such action, which notice shall include the identity of the Person making such Company Competing Proposal and a copy of such proposal and a draft of the definitive agreement to be entered into in connection therewith (or, if not in writing, the material terms and conditions thereof); (D)    during the three (3) Business Day period commencing on the date of Parent’s receipt of the notice specified in clause (C) above (subject to any applicable extensions), the Company negotiates (and causes its officers, employees, financial advisor, outside legal counsel and other Representatives to negotiate) in good faith with Parent (to the extent Parent wishes to negotiate) to make such adjustments, amendments or revisions to the terms of this Agreement so that the Company Competing Proposal that is the subject of the notice specified in clause (C) above ceases to be a Company Superior Proposal; (E)    at the end of the three (3) Business Day period, prior to taking action to effect a Company Change of Recommendation, the Company Board takes into account any adjustments, amendments or revisions to the terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent in writing, and determines in good faith after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that the Company Competing Proposal remains a Company Superior Proposal and that the failure to effect a Company Change of Recommendation in response to such Company Superior Proposal would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the directors under applicable Law; provided that if there is any material development with respect to such Company Competing Proposal, the Company shall, in each case, be required to deliver to Parent an additional notice consistent with that described in clause (C) above and a new negotiation period under clause (C) above shall commence (except that the original three (3) Business Day notice period referred to in clause (C) above shall instead be equal to the longer of (1) one (1) Business Day and (2) the period remaining under the first and original three (3) Business Day notice period of clause (C) above, during which time the Company shall be required to comply with the requirements of clause (D) above and this clause anew with respect to such additional notice (but substituting the time periods therein with the foregoing extended period)); and   60


(F)    in the case of the Company terminating this Agreement to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a Company Superior Proposal, the Company shall have paid, or caused the payment of, the Company Termination Fee; (Pages 63-65)

Section 6.3    No Solicitation by the Company. 
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(e)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval: 
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(iii)    in response to a Company Intervening Event that is not caused by a Company Competing Proposal, that occurs or arises after the date of this Agreement and that did not arise from or in connection with a material breach of this Agreement by the Company, the Company Board may effect a Company Change of Recommendation; provided, however, that such Company Change of Recommendation may not be made unless and until: (A)    the Company Board determines in good faith after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel that a Company Intervening Event has occurred; (B)    the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that failure to effect a Company Change of Recommendation in response to such Company Intervening Event would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the directors under applicable Law; (C)    the Company provides Parent written notice of such proposed action and the basis thereof three (3) Business Days in advance, which notice shall set forth in writing that the Company Board intends to take such action and includes the reasons therefor a reasonable description of the facts and circumstances of the Company Intervening Event; (D)    during the three (3) Business Day period commencing on the date of Parent’s receipt of the notice specified in clause (C) above (subject to any applicable extensions), the Company negotiates (and causes its officers, employees, financial advisor, outside legal counsel and other Representatives to negotiate) in good faith with Parent (to the extent Parent wishes to negotiate) to make such adjustments, amendments or revisions to the terms of this Agreement as would permit the Company Board not to effect a Company Change of Recommendation in response thereto; and (E)    at the end of the three (3) Business Day period, prior to taking action to effect a Company Change of Recommendation, the Company Board takes into account any adjustments, amendments or revisions to the terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent in writing, and determines in good faith after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that the failure to effect a Company Change of Recommendation in response to such Company Intervening Event would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the directors under applicable Law.   61


(f)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.3, any action, or failure to take action, that is taken at the request or on the behalf of the Company or Blackstone, Inc. or by any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or Representatives or Blackstone Inc., in violation of this Section 6.3, shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 6.3 by the Company. (Pages 65-66)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Inconsistent" with fiduciary duties