Section 5.3 No Solicitation by the Company; Company Change in Recommendation. 

(a) Except as provided in Section 5.3(b) or Section 5.3(d), from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the First Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.1, (i) the Company shall cease, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their respective officers and directors and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the other Company Representatives to cease, all existing discussions, negotiations and communications with any Persons or entities with respect to any Company Takeover Proposal (other than the transactions contemplated hereby); (ii) the Company shall not, and shall not authorize or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Company Representatives to, directly or indirectly through another Person, (A) initiate, seek, solicit or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing any non- public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or knowingly induce or knowingly facilitate or take any other action which would reasonably be expected to lead to the making, submission or announcement of any Company Takeover Proposal, (B) engage or participate in negotiations or discussions with, or provide any non-public information or non-public data to, any Person (other than Parent or any Parent Representatives) relating to any Company Takeover Proposal or grant any waiver or release under any standstill or other agreement (except that if the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside counsel) that the failure to grant any waiver or release would be inconsistent with the Company directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable law, the Company may waive any such standstill provision in order to permit a third party to make a Company Takeover Proposal) or (C) resolve to do any of the foregoing; (iii) the Company shall not provide and shall, within twenty-four (24) hours of the date hereof, terminate access of any third party to any data room (virtual or actual) containing any of the Company’s confidential information; and (iv) within five (5) Business Days after the date hereof, the Company shall request the return or destruction of all confidential, non-public information provided to third parties that have entered into confidentiality agreements relating to a possible Company Takeover Proposal with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 5.3 or in Section 5.6 or any other provision of this Agreement shall prohibit the Company or the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) from taking and disclosing to the Company’s stockholders its position with respect to any tender or exchange offer by a third party in compliance with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act; provided that any disclosure made in accordance with this sentence that constitutes a Company Adverse Recommendation Change shall result in all of the consequences of a Company Adverse Recommendation Change set forth in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, it is agreed that any violation of the restrictions set forth in this   44


Section 5.3(a) by any Subsidiaries of the Company or any Company Representatives shall constitute a violation of this Section 5.3(a) by the Company.  (Pages 48-49)

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