theatticusproject/maud huggingface dataset:
“Representatives” means  with  respect  to  a  Person,  its  directors,  officers,  managers, employees,  agents  and  representatives,  including  any investment banker, financial advisor, attorney, accountant or other advisor, agent or representative. <omitted>

Section 6.4    No Solicitation by the Company and Company Change in Recommendation.    (a)    Except as expressly permitted by this Section 6.4, from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time or, if earlier, the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company will not and will cause the Company Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors and officers not to, and will instruct and use reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly (i) initiate, solicit or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate the making of any Company Acquisition Proposal or any other offer or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Acquisition Proposal, (ii) other than informing third parties of the existence of the provisions contained in this Section 6.4 and engaging in discussions with any Person or group or their respective Representatives who has made a Company Acquisition Proposal solely for the purpose of clarifying the terms of such Company Acquisition Proposal or determining whether such Person intends to provide any documents (or additional documents) containing the terms and conditions of such Company Acquisition Proposal, engage in, continue or otherwise participate in negotiations or discussions with, or furnish any non-public information concerning the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to, any third party in connection with a Company Acquisition Proposal or (iii) enter into any acquisition agreement, letter of intent, agreement in principle or similar agreement with respect to a Company Acquisition Proposal. <omitted> (i) The Company agrees that any material breach of this Section 6.4 by any of the senior employees of its Representatives (acting as such) shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by the Company. <omitted>

(i)     The Company agrees that any material breach of this Section 6.4 by any of the senior employees of its Representatives (acting as such) shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by the Company. (Page 55)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
Section 5.3 Company Acquisition Proposals. <omitted> (b) From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.1, except as permitted under this Agreement (including Section 5.3(c), Section 5.3(e) and Section 5.3(g)), the Company shall not, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives and other Acquired   52


Companies not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage or knowingly induce or facilitate the making, submission or announcement of any inquiries, proposals or offers constituting or that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Acquisition Proposal, (ii) make available any information regarding any of the Acquired Companies to any Person (other than Parent and Parent’s or the Company’s Representatives) in response to a Company Acquisition Proposal or any proposal, inquiry or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Company Acquisition Proposal (other than to state that they currently are not permitted to have discussions), (iv) approve, endorse or recommend any Company Acquisition Proposal, (v) make or authorize any statement, recommendation or solicitation in support of any Company Acquisition Proposal or any proposal, inquiry or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Acquisition Proposal, or (vi) enter into any letter of intent or agreement in principle or any Contract providing for, relating to or in connection with any Company Acquisition Proposal.  (Pages 57-58)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
Section 6.3    No Solicitation by the Company. 
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(b)    From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company and its officers and directors will not, will cause the Company’s Subsidiaries and its and their respective controlled Affiliates and other Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i)    initiate, solicit, propose, knowingly encourage, or knowingly facilitate any inquiry regarding, the submission or announcement by any Person (other than Parent or its Subsidiaries) of, or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company Competing Proposal; (ii)    engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions with any Person with respect to or negotiations with any Person with respect to, relating to, or in furtherance of a Company Competing Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Competing Proposal; (iii)    furnish any material non-public information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries to any Person (other than Parent and its Subsidiaries) in connection with, for the purpose of soliciting, initiating, knowingly encouraging or knowingly facilitating, or in response to any Company Competing Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Competing Proposal; (iv)    approve, adopt, recommend, agree to or enter into, or propose to approve, adopt, recommend, agree to or enter into, any Company Alternative Acquisition Agreement; (v)    submit any Company Competing Proposal to the vote of the stockholders of the Company; or (vi)    resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing. 
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(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. 
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“Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, the officers, directors, employees, accountants, consultants, agents, legal counsel, financial advisors and other representatives of such Person. (Page 61)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
Section 6.02          No Solicitation by the Company. 

(a)          From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the First Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement, except as otherwise set forth in this Section 6.02, the Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and its Subsidiaries’ respective directors and officers to not, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and its Subsidiaries’ other respective Representatives to not, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing information) any inquiries regarding, or the making or submission of any Company Acquisition Proposal, (ii) (A) enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, (B) furnish to any Third Party any information, or (C) otherwise assist, participate in, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any Third Party, in each case, in connection with or for the purpose of knowingly encouraging or facilitating, a Company Acquisition Proposal, (iii) approve, recommend or enter into, or publicly or formally propose to approve, recommend or enter into, any letter of intent or similar document, agreement, commitment, or agreement in principle (whether written or oral, binding or nonbinding) with respect to a Company Acquisition Proposal  (Page 74)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
Section 6.3. Acquisition Proposals.

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(b) Except as it may relate to any Excluded Party or as permitted by this Section 6.3, including the last sentence of this Section 6.3(a), from 11:59 p.m. (California time) on the No-Shop Period Start Date until the Effective Time or, if earlier, the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.1, and except for actions or omissions taken by or at the direction of any Purchaser Party, including in such Person’s capacity as a director, officer or employee of any of the Acquired Companies, the Company and the other Acquired Companies shall not, and the Company and the other Acquired Companies shall instruct and use their reasonable best efforts to cause their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit or initiate, or knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage the submission of any Acquisition Proposal; (ii) furnish any nonpublic information regarding or afford access to the properties, books or records of any of the Acquired Companies to any Person for the purpose of knowingly facilitating or knowingly encouraging an Acquisition Proposal; (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person for the purpose of knowingly facilitating or knowingly encouraging any Acquisition Proposal; (iv) approve, endorse, recommend or enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, merger agreement, acquisition agreement or other similar agreement relating to any Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement entered into in accordance with Section 6.3(d)); or (v) resolve to propose, agree or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing. Except as it may relate to any Excluded Party, the Company also agrees that immediately following 11:59 p.m. (California time) on the No-Shop Period Start Date, it shall cease, and shall cause the other Acquired Companies to cease, and shall direct the Representatives of the Company and the other Acquired Companies to cease, any solicitations, discussions or negotiations with any Person (other than the Purchaser Parties and their respective Representatives) in connection with any Acquisition Proposal. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the occurrence of the No-Shop Period Start Date, until the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval and the Majority of the Minority Approval, the Company, the other Acquired Companies and their Representatives may continue to engage in the activities described in Section 6.3(a) with respect to any Excluded   49


Party so long as such Excluded Party remains an Excluded Party, including with respect to any amended Acquisition Proposal submitted by an Excluded Party following the No-Shop Period Start Date if such Excluded Party’s Acquisition Proposal has not been withdrawn or terminated at any time prior to the submission of such amendment), and the restrictions in Section 6.3(b) will not apply with respect thereto.  (Pages 53-54)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
Section 5.2. No Solicitation.

(a) The Company will not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not to, and will not authorize the Representatives of any Acquired Company to, in each case, directly or indirectly:   (i)    solicit, initiate, propose, knowingly encourage or knowingly take any action designed to facilitate the submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry (including by approving any transaction, or approving any Person becoming an “interested stockholder,” for purposes of Section 203 of the DGCL);   (ii) furnish any information regarding the Acquired Companies or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of any Acquired Company to any Third Party in connection with, for the purpose of encouraging, or in response to, an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry;   
<omitted>
  (iii)   engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to, or otherwise cooperate with, any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry; or   (iv)amend or grant any waiver or release under any standstill or similar agreement with respect to any class of Company Securities or Company Subsidiary Securities; 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 inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under the DGCL, the Company may then amend or grant a waiver or release under such standstill or similar agreement, to the extent necessary to permit a Third Party to make, on a confidential basis to the Company Board, an Acquisition Proposal, conditioned upon such Third Party agreeing to disclosure of such Acquisition Proposal to Parent as contemplated by this Section 5.2;  (Page 26)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
6.9 No Solicitation; Change in Company Board Recommendation. 

(a) The Company agrees that none of it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors and employees will, and will cause its and its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors, agents, representatives, advisors and Affiliates not to, initiate, solicit, encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiries or the making of proposals with respect to, or engage in any negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential or nonpublic information or data to, or have any discussions with, any Person relating to, any Company Acquisition Proposal or otherwise facilitate any effort to attempt or make or implement a Company Acquisition Proposal. (Page 65)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
6.13 Acquisition Proposals. <omitted> (b) Each party agrees that it will not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiries or proposals with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) engage or participate in any negotiations with any person concerning any Acquisition Proposal, (iii) provide any confidential or nonpublic information or data to, or have or participate in any discussions with, any person relating to any Acquisition Proposal (except (x) to notify a person that has made or, to the knowledge of such party, is making any inquiries with respect to, or is considering making, an Acquisition Proposal, of the existence of the provisions of this Section 6.13 and (y) to seek and obtain legal or financial advice from such party’s outside counsel and outside financial advisors, as applicable), or (iv) unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms, approve or enter into any term sheet, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement, merger agreement or other similar agreement (whether written or oral, binding or nonbinding) (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement entered into in accordance with this Section 6.13) in connection with or relating to any Acquisition Proposal.  (Page 64)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
officers, employees, accountants, consultants, legal counsel, financial advisors and agents and other representatives(collectively, “Representatives”) 
 <omitted> 

Section 5.4    No Solicitation by the Company. 

(a)    Subject to the provisions of this Section 5.4, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the First Effective Time and the Termination Date, the Company agrees that it shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors and officers not to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its other Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiry regarding, or the making or submission of any proposal, offer or indication of intent that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, or result in, a Company Alternative Proposal, (ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person regarding a Company Alternative Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to, or result in, a Company Alternative Proposal (except to notify such Person that the provisions of this Section 5.4 prohibit any such discussions or negotiations), (iii) furnish any nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with or for the purpose of facilitating a Company Alternative Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to, or result in, a Company Alternative Proposal; (iv) recommend or enter into any other letter of intent, memorandum of understandings, agreement in principle, option agreement, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other similar agreement with respect to a Company Alternative Proposal (except for confidentiality agreements permitted under Section 5.4(b)); or (v) approve, authorize or agree to do any of the foregoing or otherwise knowingly facilitate any effort or attempt to make a Company Alternative Proposal. (Pages 61-62)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
Section 6.3. Acquisition Proposals.

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(b) Except as it may relate to any Excluded Party or as permitted by this Section 6.3, including the last sentence of this Section 6.3(a), from 11:59 p.m. (California time) on the No-Shop Period Start Date until the Effective Time or, if earlier, the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.1, and except for actions or omissions taken by or at the direction of any Purchaser Party, including in such Person’s capacity as a director, officer or employee of any of the Acquired Companies, the Company and the other Acquired Companies shall not, and the Company and the other Acquired Companies shall instruct and use their reasonable best efforts to cause their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit or initiate, or knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage the submission of any Acquisition Proposal; (ii) furnish any nonpublic information regarding or afford access to the properties, books or records of any of the Acquired Companies to any Person for the purpose of knowingly facilitating or knowingly encouraging an Acquisition Proposal; (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person for the purpose of knowingly facilitating or knowingly encouraging any Acquisition Proposal; (iv) approve, endorse, recommend or enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, merger agreement, acquisition agreement or other similar agreement relating to any Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement entered into in accordance with Section 6.3(d)); or (v) resolve to propose, agree or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing. Except as it may relate to any Excluded Party, the Company also agrees that immediately following 11:59 p.m. (California time) on the No-Shop Period Start Date, it shall cease, and shall cause the other Acquired Companies to cease, and shall direct the Representatives of the Company and the other Acquired Companies to cease, any solicitations, discussions or negotiations with any Person (other than the Purchaser Parties and their respective Representatives) in connection with any Acquisition Proposal. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the occurrence of the No-Shop Period Start Date, until the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval and the Majority of the Minority Approval, the Company, the other Acquired Companies and their Representatives may continue to engage in the activities described in Section 6.3(a) with respect to any Excluded   49


Party so long as such Excluded Party remains an Excluded Party, including with respect to any amended Acquisition Proposal submitted by an Excluded Party following the No-Shop Period Start Date if such Excluded Party’s Acquisition Proposal has not been withdrawn or terminated at any time prior to the submission of such amendment), and the restrictions in Section 6.3(b) will not apply with respect thereto.  (Pages 53-54)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
6.9 Acquisition Proposals. (a) Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and their officers, directors, agents, advisors and representatives (collectively, “Representatives”) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiries or proposals with respect to, (ii) knowingly engage or participate in any negotiations with any person concerning or (iii) provide any confidential or nonpublic information or data to, or have or knowingly participate in any discussions with, any person relating to, any Company Acquisition Proposal, except to notify a person that has made or, to the knowledge of Company, is making any inquiries with respect to, or is considering making, a Company Acquisition Proposal of the existence of the provisions of this Section 6.9(a); provided, that, prior to the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote, in the event Company receives an unsolicited bona fide written Company Acquisition Proposal, it may, and may permit its Subsidiaries and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives to, furnish or cause to be furnished nonpublic information or data and participate in such negotiations or discussions to the extent that (A) its Board of Directors concludes in good faith (after receiving the advice of its outside counsel, and with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors) that failure to take such actions would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable law or (B) its Board of Directors concludes in good faith (after receiving the advice of its outside counsel, and with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors), that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Superior Proposal (as defined herein) and;  (Page 57)

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