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Section 5.2 No Solicitation; Recommendations. <omitted> Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time following the date of this Agreement and prior to obtaining the Parent Stockholder Approval or the Company Stockholder Approval (as applicable), (1) Parent or the Company receives a written Acquisition Proposal that the Parent Board or the Company Board, respectively, determines in good faith to be bona fide, (2) such Acquisition Proposal was not solicited after the date of this Agreement in violation of Section 5.2(a) and did not otherwise result from a breach of this Section 5.2, (3) the Parent Board or the Company Board (as applicable) determines in good faith (after consultation with outside counsel and its financial advisor) that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal, and (4) the Parent Board or the Company Board (as applicable) determines in good faith (after consultation with outside counsel) that the failure to take the actions referred to in clause (x) or (y) below would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to the Parent Stockholders or the Company Stockholders, respectively, under applicable Law, then Parent or the Company (as applicable) may (x) furnish information with respect to such Party and its Subsidiaries to the Person making such Acquisition Proposal pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement containing confidentiality terms substantially similar to, and no less favorable in the aggregate to such Party than, those set forth in the Confidentiality Agreement (an “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement”); provided, that (I) such Party shall provide the other Party with a non-redacted copy of each confidentiality agreement such Party has executed in accordance with this Section 5.2 and (II) any non-public information provided to any such Person shall have been previously provided to the other Party or shall be provided to the other Party prior to or substantially concurrently with (or in the case of oral communication only, within 24 hours after) the time it is provided to such Person, and (y) participate in discussions or negotiations with the Person making such Acquisition Proposal and such Person’s Representatives and financing sources regarding such Acquisition Proposal and take any other actions with respect to such Acquisition Proposal that would otherwise be restricted by Section 5.2(a) (i) or Section 5.2(a)(ii) (it being understood that no solicitation under this clause (y) shall result in any proposal or offer being deemed to be “solicited”). Nothing in this Section 5.2 shall prohibit the Company or Parent, or the Company Board or the Parent Board, as applicable, directly or indirectly through any Representative, from seeking to clarify the terms and conditions of such inquiry or proposal to determine whether such inquiry or proposal constitutes or would be reasonably expected to lead to a Superior Proposal.  (Page 82)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Superior Offer, or Acquisition Proposal reasonably likely/expected to result in a Superior Offer
Section 5.4 No Company Solicitation.
<omitted>
(b)            Notwithstanding anything in Section 5.4(a) to the contrary, until the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained, if the Company receives a bona fide written Alternative Acquisition Proposal made after the date hereof that does not result from a breach of this Section 5.4, and the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel and a nationally recognized financial advisor) that such Alternative Acquisition Proposal is, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Superior Acquisition Proposal, (i) the Company may enter into an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement with the Person making such Alternative Acquisition Proposal, (ii) the Company and its Representatives may provide information (including nonpublic information), and access to the Company Entities’ business, assets, books and records, Contracts or employees, in response to a request therefor by such Person, subject to such Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement; provided that any nonpublic information provided to such Person, including if posted to an electronic data room, shall be provided to Parent promptly (and in any event within forty-eight (48) hours) following the time it is provided to such Person, if such information has not previously been made available to Parent, and (iii) the Company and its Representatives may engage in discussion or negotiations for such Alternative Acquisition Proposal with such Person and its Representatives.  (Page 22)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Superior Offer, or Acquisition Proposal reasonably likely/expected to result in a Superior Offer
Section 5.10    Acquisition Proposals. <omitted> 
provided that, in the event the Company receives an unsolicited bona fide Acquisition Proposal, from a Person other than Nicolet, after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, and the Company Board concludes in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside counsel, that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal or could reasonably be likely to result in a Superior Proposal and, after considering the advice of outside counsel, that failure to take such actions could be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable law, the Company may: (i) furnish information with respect to it to such Person making such Acquisition Proposal pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement (subject to the requirement that any such information not previously provided to Nicolet shall be promptly furnished to Nicolet); (ii) participate in discussions or negotiations regarding such Acquisition Proposal; and (iii) terminate this Agreement in order to concurrently enter into an agreement with respect to such Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that the Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 5.10 unless and until (x) five (5) Business Days have elapsed following the delivery to Nicolet of a written notice of such determination by the Company Board and, during such five (5) Business-Day period, the parties cooperate with one another with the intent of enabling the parties to engage in good faith negotiations so that the Contemplated Transactions may be effected, and (y) at the end of such five (5) Business-Day period, the Company Board continues, in good faith and after consultation with outside legal counsel and financial advisors, to believe that a Superior Proposal continues to exist.  (Page 41)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Superior Offer, or Acquisition Proposal reasonably likely/expected to result in a Superior Offer
6.1 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.1(a), if at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the time that the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained, but not after, the Company or any of its Representatives receives a bona fide, unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal from any person that did not result from a material breach of this Section 6.1 and if the Company Board determines, in good faith, after consultation with its outside financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or could reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal, then the Company and its Representatives may, prior to the time the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained, but not after, (i) furnish, pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement, information with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Person who has made such Acquisition Proposal; provided, that the Company, to the extent permitted under Applicable Law (including any applicable Antitrust Law), shall concurrently with the delivery to such Person provide to Parent any non-public information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is provided or made available to such Person or its Representatives unless such non-public information has been previously provided or made available to Parent (which non-public information, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement and may, in order to comply with Applicable Law, be restricted to certain designated Representatives of Parent) and (ii) engage in or otherwise participate in discussions or negotiations with the Person making such Acquisition Proposal and its Representatives regarding such Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall as promptly as practicable (and in any event within 24 hours) notify Parent if the Company Board makes a determination that an Acquisition Proposal constitutes or could reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal or if the Company furnishes information or enters into discussions or negotiations as provided in this Section 6.1(c). (Page 45)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Superior Offer, or Acquisition Proposal reasonably likely/expected to result in a Superior Offer
Section 5.6 Solicitation; Acquisition Proposals; Adverse Recommendation Change. <omitted> (c)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, at any time on or after the No-Shop Period Start Date and prior to obtaining the Company Requisite Vote, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries may, directly or indirectly, through any Representative, in response to an unsolicited written bona fide Company Acquisition Proposal by a third party (including any Person or group of Persons who has ceased to be an Excluded Party, after such Person or group of Persons has ceased to be an Excluded Party, and such Company Acquisition Proposal shall not be deemed to be solicited by reason of the fact that such Person or group of Persons was solicited while an Excluded Party) made after the date of this Agreement (that did not result from a breach of this Section 5.6, it being agreed that the Company may correspond in writing with any Person making such a written Company Acquisition Proposal to request clarification of the terms and conditions thereof so as to determine whether such Company Acquisition Proposal constitutes or could reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal) (i) furnish non-public information to such third party (and such third party’s Representatives, including potential financing sources) making such Company Acquisition Proposal (provided, however, that (A) prior to so furnishing such information, the Company receives from the third party an executed confidentiality agreement on customary terms no more favorable in any material respect to such Person than the Confidentiality Agreement, it being understood that such confidentiality agreement need not contain any “standstill” or similar provisions that would prohibit the making or amendment of any non- public Company Acquisition Proposal to the Company Board (such confidentiality agreement, an “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement”), and (B) any non- public information concerning the Company or the Company Subsidiaries that is provided to such third party (or its Representatives) shall, to the extent not previously provided to Parent, be provided to Parent as promptly as practicable after providing it to such third party (and in any event within forty-eight (48) hours thereafter)), and (ii) engage in, enter into or otherwise participate in discussions or negotiations with such third party (and such third party’s Representatives) with respect to the Company Acquisition Proposal if, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that such Company Acquisition Proposal constitutes or could reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal. (Page 31)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Superior Offer, or Acquisition Proposal reasonably likely/expected to result in a Superior Offer
Section 6.3. Acquisition Proposals. <omitted> (d) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, at any time prior to the receipt of the later of the Company Stockholder Approval and the Majority of the Minority Approval, the Company may furnish nonpublic information regarding the Acquired Companies to, afford access to, and engage in discussions or negotiations with, any Person or group of Persons in response to an Acquisition Proposal submitted to the Company, the Board or any Independent Committee by such Person or group after the No-Shop Period Start Date if (A) the Board or any Independent Committee concludes in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or is reasonably likely to constitute or lead to a Superior Proposal, (B) such Acquisition Proposal did not arise from a material breach of Section 6.3(b) (other than any such breach caused by any member of the Purchaser Group); (C) the Board or any Independent Committee determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; (D) (x) prior to furnishing nonpublic information regarding the Acquired Companies, the Company receives from such Person or group of Persons an executed Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement and   50


(y) subsequent to entering into discussions with such Person or group of Persons, the Company gives Parent written notice setting forth the identity of such Person or group of Persons and the Company’s intention to furnish nonpublic information to, or enter into discussions with, such Person or group of Persons; and (E) concurrently with furnishing any such material nonpublic information to such Person or group of Persons, the Company furnishes such nonpublic information to Parent (to the extent such nonpublic information has not been previously furnished or made available by the Company to any Purchaser Party); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, following the receipt of an Acquisition Proposal that did not arise from a material breach of Section 6.3(b) (other than such breach caused by any member of the Purchaser Group), the Board or any Independent Committee may contact the Person or group of Persons who has made such Acquisition Proposal solely to clarify and understand the terms and conditions thereof.  (Pages 54-55)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Superior Offer, or Acquisition Proposal reasonably likely/expected to result in a Superior Offer
Section 5.4 Company No Solicitation. <omitted>

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.4, if at any time from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company, directly or indirectly receives a bona fide, unsolicited written Company Takeover Proposal from any person that did not result from a material breach (or a deemed material breach) of this Section 5.4 and if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that such Company Takeover Proposal constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Superior Proposal, and failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, then the Company and its Representatives may, directly or indirectly, (i) furnish, pursuant to a Company Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement, information (including non-public information) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, and afford access to the business, properties, assets, employees, officers, Contracts, books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to the person that has made such Company Takeover Proposal and its Representatives and potential sources of funding; provided that the Company shall substantially concurrently with the delivery to such person provide to Parent any non-public information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is provided or made available to such person or its Representatives unless such non-public information has been previously provided or made available to Parent and (ii) engage in or otherwise participate in discussions or negotiations with the person making such Company Takeover Proposal (including as a part thereof, making counterproposals) and its Representatives and potential sources of financing regarding such Company Takeover Proposal. “Company Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” means any customary confidentiality agreement that contains provisions that are no less favorable in the aggregate to the Company than those applicable to Parent that are contained in the Confidentiality Agreement;  (Page 63)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Superior Offer, or Acquisition Proposal reasonably likely/expected to result in a Superior Offer
Section 6.03. No Solicitation.  <omitted>
(b)    Exceptions. Notwithstanding Section 6.03(a), at any time prior to the adoption of this Agreement by the Company’s stockholders: (i)    the Company, directly or indirectly through its Representatives, may (A) engage in negotiations or discussions with any Third Party and its Representatives that, subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 6.03(a), has made after the date of this Agreement a Superior Proposal or an Acquisition Proposal that the Company Board reasonably believes could result in a Superior Proposal and (B) furnish to such Third Party or its Representatives non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a confidentiality agreement and with terms that, taken as a whole, are not materially less restrictive to such Third Party than the terms in the Confidentiality Agreement are on Parent; provided that all such   52


information (to the extent that such information has not been previously provided or made available to Parent) is provided or made available to Parent, as the case may be, as promptly as practicable but in any event within twenty-four hours after such information or data is provided or made available to such Third Party) and (C) take any action that any court of competent jurisdiction orders the Company to take; <omitted> in each case referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) <omitted> only if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would reasonably be likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under Delaware Law.  (Pages 56-57)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Superior Offer, or Acquisition Proposal reasonably likely/expected to result in a Superior Offer
SECTION 5.3 No Solicitation by the Company; Company Recommendation. <omitted>
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 5.3(a) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if at any time prior to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company or any of its Representatives receives a Company Acquisition Proposal that did not result from any breach of this Section 5.3, and the Company Board or the Company Special Committee determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that such Company Acquisition Proposal constitutes or is reasonably likely to lead to a Company Superior Proposal, then the Company and its Representatives may (i) enter into an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement with the Person or group of Persons making the Company Acquisition Proposal and furnish, pursuant to such Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement, information (including non-public information) with respect to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to the Person or group of Persons who has made such Company Acquisition Proposal (provided that the Company shall promptly (and in any event within 48 hours) provide to Parent any material non-public information concerning the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that is provided to any Person given such access which was not previously provided to Parent or its Representatives) and (ii) engage in or otherwise participate in discussions or negotiations with the Person or group of Persons making such Company Acquisition Proposal.  (Page 46)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Superior Offer, or Acquisition Proposal reasonably likely/expected to result in a Superior Offer
6.3 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> (ii) prior to, but not after, the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company and its Representatives may engage in the activities prohibited by Sections 6.3(b)(ii) or 6.3(b)(iii) with respect to a Competing Proposal only if such Competing Proposal did not arise from a breach of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.3; provided, however, that (A) no information that is prohibited from being furnished pursuant to Section 6.3(b) may be furnished and no discussions or negotiations regarding a Competing Proposal may occur until the Company receives an executed confidentiality agreement from such Person containing limitations on the use and disclosure of non-public information furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Company that are no less favorable to the Company in the aggregate than the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, as determined by the Company Board in good faith after consultation with its legal counsel; (provided, further, that such confidentiality agreement does not contain provisions which prohibit the Company from providing any information to Parent in accordance with this Section 6.3 or that otherwise prohibits the Company from complying with the provisions of this Section 6.3), (B) any such non-public information has previously been made available to, or is made available to, Parent prior to or concurrently with (or in the case of oral non-public information only, promptly after (and in any event no later than twenty-four (24) hours after receipt thereof)) the time such information is made available to such Person, (C) prior to taking any such actions, the Company Board or any committee thereof determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors of nationally recognized reputation and outside legal counsel, that such Competing Proposal is, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Superior Proposal and (D) prior to taking any such actions, the Company Board determines in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel that failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties owed by the Company Board to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law;  (Page 60)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Superior Offer, or Acquisition Proposal reasonably likely/expected to result in a Superior Offer