Section 5.04 No Solicitation. (a) The Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers and employees not to, and shall direct and use reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective agents, advisors, investment bankers and other representatives (with respect to any Person, the foregoing Persons are referred to herein as such Person’s “Representatives”) not to, directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, propose or knowingly take any action to facilitate, encourage or induce the making, the submission or announcement of, any Takeover Proposal or the making of any proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to any Takeover Proposal, or, subject to Section 5.04(b): (i) conduct or engage in any discussions or negotiations with, disclose any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person or its Representatives, or afford to any Person or its Representatives access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or to any personnel of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than Parent, Merger Sub or any designees of Parent or Merger Sub), in each case, which actions or circumstances would reasonably be expected to lead to, result in or facilitate or that is otherwise known to be relating to a Takeover Proposal, including the making, submission or announcement thereof; (ii) knowingly assist, participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort by, any third party that is seeking to make, or has made, any Takeover Proposal; (iii) except where the Company Board makes a good faith determination that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties, amend or grant any waiver or release under any standstill or similar agreement with respect to any class of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any limit on making Takeover Proposals; or (iv) approve, recommend, or propose to approve or recommend, or execute or enter into any letter of intent, term sheet or other Contract or other agreement or understanding (whether binding or non-binding, written or oral, preliminary or definitive) relating to any Takeover Proposal (each, a “Company Acquisition Agreement”). The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries, and shall direct and use reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective Representatives to, cease immediately and cause to be terminated any and all existing activities, discussions, or negotiations, if any, with any third party conducted prior to the date hereof with respect to any Takeover Proposal, including immediately terminating all access granted to any third party to any physical or electronic data room, and shall direct and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such third party (or its agents or advisors) in possession of non-public information in respect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that was furnished by or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries to promptly return or destroy all such information. Without limiting the foregoing, it is agreed that if any Representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, acting at the Company’s direction or with the Knowledge of the Company, take any action that, if taken by the Company, would constitute a breach of this Section 5.04, such action shall constitute a breach of this Section 5.04 by the Company. (Page 42)

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