theatticusproject/maud huggingface dataset:
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: Yes
Section 6.02.      Acquisition Proposals; Change of Recommendation.   (a)           No Solicitation. At all times from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII, except as expressly permitted by this Section 6.02, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of its or their directors or executive officers shall, and the Company shall direct its and its Subsidiaries’ other Representatives acting on its or its Subsidiary’s behalf not to and shall not authorize any such Representatives to:   (i)               initiate, solicit, propose an Acquisition Proposal or knowingly encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate any action that constitutes or could lead to an Acquisition Proposal;   (ii)              engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations relating to any Acquisition Proposal;   (iii)             provide any non-public information or data concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries or access to the Company or its Subsidiaries’ properties, books and records to any Person or Group in connection with any Acquisition Proposal or any action that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal;  


(iv)             take any action to exempt any third party from the restrictions on “business combinations” set forth in Section 203 of the DGCL (as such term is defined in Section 203 of the DGCL) or any other applicable Takeover Statute or otherwise cause such restrictions not to apply; or   (v)              agree, authorize or commit to do any of the foregoing.  (Pages 31-32)

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

Section 5.4 Non-Solicitation. (a) Lambda agrees that, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, neither it nor any of the Lambda Subsidiaries shall, and Lambda shall use its reasonable best efforts, and shall cause each of the Lambda Subsidiaries to use their respective reasonable best efforts to, cause their respective Representatives not to (i) directly or indirectly initiate or solicit, or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate (including by way of furnishing non-public information relating to Lambda or any of the Lambda Subsidiaries) any inquiries or the making or submission of any proposal that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal with respect to Lambda, (ii) other than clarifying terms of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with the penultimate sentence of this Section 5.4(a), participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with, or disclose any non-public information or data relating to Lambda or any of the Lambda Subsidiaries or afford access to the properties, books or records of Lambda or any of the Lambda Subsidiaries to any Person that has made an Acquisition Proposal with respect to Lambda or to any Person in contemplation of making an Acquisition Proposal with respect to Lambda or (iii) accept an Acquisition Proposal with respect to Lambda or enter into any agreement, including any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other similar agreement, arrangement or understanding, (A) constituting or related to, or that is intended to or could reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal with respect to Lambda (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement permitted pursuant to this Section 5.4) or (B) requiring, intending to cause, or which could reasonably be expected to cause Lambda to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the Integrated Mergers or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement (each, a “Lambda Acquisition Agreement”). Any violation of the foregoing restrictions by the Lambda Subsidiaries or by any Representatives of Lambda who are directors or executive officers of Lambda, whether or not such Representative is so authorized and whether or not such Representative is purporting to act on behalf of Lambda or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by Lambda. (Page 71)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
Section 5.6 Solicitation; Acquisition Proposals; Adverse Recommendation Change. <omitted> Except as may relate to any Excluded Party (for so long as such Person or group is an Excluded Party) or as expressly permitted by this Section 5.6, from the No-Shop Period Start Date until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VII and the Partnership Merger Effective Time, the Company agrees that it shall not, and shall cause each of the Company Subsidiaries and its and their officers and directors not to, and shall not authorize and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its and their other Representatives, not to, directly or indirectly through another Person, (A) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiry, discussion, offer, request or proposal that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company Acquisition Proposal (an “Inquiry”), (B) engage in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any third party any non-public information in connection with, or knowingly facilitate in any way any effort by, any third party in furtherance of any Company Acquisition Proposal or Inquiry, (C) approve or recommend a Company Acquisition Proposal, (D) enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, expense reimbursement agreement, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, share purchase agreement, asset purchase agreement, share exchange agreement, option agreement or other similar definitive agreement providing for or relating to a Company Acquisition Proposal or requiring the Company or the Partnership to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (any of the foregoing referred in this clause (D), other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement, an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement”), or (E) propose or agree to do any of the foregoing. (Page 31)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
Section 6.02. Acquisition Proposals; Change of Recommendation. (a) No Solicitation. At all times from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII, except as expressly permitted by this Section 6.02, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of its or their directors or officers shall, and the Company shall direct and use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and its Subsidiaries’ other Representatives not to: (i) initiate, solicit, propose an Acquisition Proposal or knowingly encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate any action that constitutes or could lead to an Acquisition Proposal;   -66-


(ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations relating to any Acquisition Proposal; (iii) provide any non-public information or data concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries or access to the Company or its Subsidiaries’ properties, books and records to any Person or Group in connection with any Acquisition Proposal or any action that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; (iv) take any action to exempt any third party from the restrictions on “business combinations” set forth in Section 203 of the DGCL (as such term is defined in Section 203 of the DGCL) or any other applicable Takeover Statute or otherwise cause such restrictions not to apply; or (v) agree, authorize or commit to do any of the foregoing.  (Pages 71-72)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
4.3     No Solicitation by the Company.   (a)     Subject to Section 4.3(b), the Company shall not, and shall ensure that the other Inphi Entities and its and their respective Representatives do not, in each case, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage, knowingly induce or knowingly facilitate the making, submission or announcement of any Company Acquisition Proposal or Company Acquisition Inquiry (including by approving any transaction, or approving any Person (other than Marvell and its Affiliates) becoming an “interested stockholder,” for purposes of Section 203 of the DGCL); (ii) furnish or otherwise provide access to any information regarding any of the Inphi Entities to any Person in connection with or in response to a Company Acquisition Proposal or Company Acquisition Inquiry; (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Company Acquisition Proposal or Company Acquisition Inquiry (other than, solely in response to an unsolicited inquiry, to refer the inquiring Person to this Section 4.3(a) and to limit its discussion exclusively to such referral); (iv) approve, endorse or recommend any Company Acquisition Proposal; (v) enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle or similar document or any Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to a Company Acquisition Transaction (other than a confidentiality agreement entered into pursuant to, and in compliance with, clause “(iv)(B)” of Section 4.3(b)); or (vi) resolve or publicly propose to take any of the actions or do any of the other things described in clauses “(i)” through “(v)” of this sentence; provided, however, that (x) nothing in this Section 4.3(a) shall prohibit the Company or its Representatives from contacting in writing, on a single occasion, any Person who, following the date of this Agreement and prior to the adoption of this Agreement by the Required Company Stockholder Vote, made an unsolicited Company Acquisition Proposal to the Company (that has not been withdrawn), solely to ask such Person, and to request from such Person a written response to, questions for the purpose of clarifying (and not for the purpose of engaging, directly or indirectly, in any discussions or negotiations of any sort regarding) the material terms of such Company Acquisition Proposal, (y) simultaneously with sending any written communication to such Person, the Company shall deliver to Marvell a copy of such written communication, and (z) promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) after receiving any communication from such Person, the Company shall deliver to Marvell a copy of such communication.  (Page 58)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
Section 5.2 No Solicitation; Recommendations. (a) Each of Parent and the Company shall not, and shall not permit or authorize any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors or officers to, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause each of the other Representatives of such Party or any of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, not to (i) solicit, initiate, endorse, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes an Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to any Acquisition Proposal, or (ii) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person any non-public information or data with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, any Acquisition Proposal.  (Page 81)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Yes
Section 6.04. No Solicitation; Other Offers. (a)   No-Shop. From the execution of this Agreement until receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company shall not, shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, and shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to use its reasonable best efforts to cause any of its or their respective Representatives not to 
(i) solicit or take any action to solicit, knowingly facilitate or encourage the submission of any expression of interest, inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes an Acquisition Proposal or the making of any expression of interest, inquiry proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, furnish any material nonpublic information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or otherwise cooperate with, any Third Party, in each case with respect to, relating to or in furtherance of an Acquisition Proposal or any expression of interest, inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, <omitted> (iv) enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, merger agreement, acquisition agreement or other commitment or agreement in respect of any proposal or offer providing for an Acquisition Proposal (other than a confidentiality agreement as provided in Section 6.04(b)(i)) or (v) amend, modify, redeem, terminate or grant any waiver or release under the Company Rights Plan; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from amending, modifying or granting any waiver or release under any standstill, confidentiality or similar agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (but solely to the extent necessary to allow for a confidential and nonpublic Acquisition Proposal to be made to the Company or the Board of Directors) or the Company Rights Plan, in each case if the Board of Directors determines in good faith, in consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors, so long as the Company promptly (and in any event within 24 hours thereafter) notifies Parent thereof (including the identity of such counterparty) of such waiver or release.  (Page 23)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
Section 5.2. Acquisition Proposals. (a) Except as permitted by this Section 5.2, the Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and their directors, officers, employees, other Affiliates, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors or representatives (collectively, “Representatives”) not to, directly or indirectly (i) initiate or solicit, or knowingly facilitate or encourage, any inquiries, discussions or requests with respect to or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (an “Inquiry”), (ii) engage in or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding an Acquisition Proposal or Inquiry or that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, or provide any access to its properties, books or records or any non-public information to any Person relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the foregoing, (iii) enter into any other acquisition agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement, letter of intent, term sheet, merger agreement or similar agreement (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) with respect to an Acquisition Proposal (an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement”), (iv) approve, endorse, declare advisable or recommend any Acquisition Proposal, (v) take any action to make the provisions of any Takeover Statute or any restrictive provision of any applicable anti-takeover provision in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company inapplicable to any transactions contemplated by any Acquisition Proposal or (vi) authorize, commit to, agree or publicly propose to do any of the foregoing. As of the No-Shop Period Start Date (as defined in the Original Agreement), the Company has, and has caused its Subsidiaries and its and their directors, officers and employees and has instructed its Affiliates and other Representatives to immediately cease all solicitations, discussions and negotiations with any Persons (other than Parent and its Representatives) that may be ongoing with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or Inquiry and request that each such Person (other than Parent and its Representatives) promptly return or destroy all confidential information furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Company in connection with any such Acquisition Proposal or Inquiry.  (Page 22)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
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: Reasonable standard
Section 6.4 No Company Solicitation. 

(a) The Company shall, and shall cause its controlled Affiliates and use reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives to, immediately (i) cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted prior to the Parties’ execution and delivery hereof related to any Company Acquisition Proposal and (ii) terminate all access to physical and electronic data rooms previously granted to any Person or its Representatives related to any Company Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall not, and shall cause each of its controlled Affiliates and use reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (1) solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing information), or take any other action designed to lead to, the submission by any Person of any Company Acquisition Proposal, (2) engage in, continue, knowingly facilitate, knowingly encourage, or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations related to any Company Acquisition Proposal or provide any nonpublic information to any Person (other than Parent and its Representatives) in connection with, or related to, any Company Acquisition Proposal, (3) approve, endorse, or recommend any Company Acquisition Proposal, (4) enter into any Contract (including any letter of intent, agreement, agreement in principle, or memorandum of understanding) or similar document or commitment related to any Company Acquisition Proposal, or (5) release or permit the release of any Person from, waive or permit the waiver of any right under, or grant any consent or make any election under any “standstill” or similar contractual provision with respect to the Company’s securities to which the Company is a party, or fail to enforce any such “standstill” or similar contractual provision against any known violation thereof (provided that, if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to grant such release or waiver would be inconsistent with the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law, the Company may waive any such provision solely to the extent necessary to permit the Person bound by such provision to make a nonpublic Company Acquisition Proposal to the Company Board).  (Page 61)

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