Section 6.02          Company No Solicitation. 

(a)              Company Takeover Proposal.  During the Interim Period, the Company shall not, shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their officers, employees and directors not to, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the other Representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries not to, directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, propose, or knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage the submission of any Company Takeover Proposal or the making of any proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to any Company Takeover Proposal, or, except as expressly permitted by Section 6.02(b) or Section 6.02(d):  (i) enter into, continue, conduct, engage or otherwise participate in in any discussions or negotiations with, disclose any non-public information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries to, afford access to the business, properties, assets, books, or records of the Company or its Subsidiaries to, or knowingly assist, knowingly facilitate, or knowingly encourage the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a Company Takeover Proposal; (ii) (A) amend or grant any waiver or release under, or fail to enforce, any standstill or similar agreement with respect to any class of equity securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries (provided that the Company shall be permitted on a confidential non-public basis to release or waive any explicit or implicit standstill or similar agreement solely to the extent necessary to permit the relevant party thereto to submit a Company Takeover Proposal to the Company Board on a confidential non- public basis and solely to the extent the Company Board determines in good faith that the failure to do so would be inconsistent with the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law), or (B) approve any transaction under, or any Third Party becoming an “interested stockholder” under, Section 203 of the DGCL; (iii) enter into any agreement in principle, memorandum of understanding, letter of intent, term sheet, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement, or other Contract (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement as provided in Section 6.02(b) entered into compliance with Section 6.02(b)) relating to any Company Takeover Proposal (each, a “Company Acquisition Agreement”); or (iv) approve, authorize, agree or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company or any of its Representatives may, in response to an inquiry or proposal from a Third Party, inform such Third Party of the restrictions imposed by the provisions of this Section 6.02.  Except as expressly permitted by this Section 6.02, the Company Board shall not effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change.  The Company shall not, shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their officers, employees and directors not to, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the other Representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries not to continue, any and all existing activities, discussions, or negotiations, if any, with any Third Party conducted prior to the date hereof with respect to any Company Takeover Proposal and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause any such Third Party (or its agents or advisors) in possession of non-public information in respect of the Company and its Subsidiaries that was furnished by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries to return or destroy (and confirm destruction of) all such information and immediately terminate access by any Third Party to any physical or electronic data room relating to any potential Company Takeover Proposal.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood that any breach of the restrictions set forth in this Section 6.02(a) by any director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by any other Representative of the Company acting at the Company’s direction shall be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 6.02(a) by the Company.  (Page 77)

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