theatticusproject/maud huggingface dataset:
Section 5.3          Acquisition Proposals. 

(a)          No Solicitation.  From the Agreement Date until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VII, and except as permitted by this Section 5.3, the Company shall not, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors and officers not to, and shall direct other Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: 

(i)          initiate, solicit or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal (other than discussions solely to inform such Person of the provisions contained in this Section 5.3(a)); 

(ii)          engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions (other than, in response to an unsolicited inquiry from any Person relating to an Acquisition Proposal, informing such Person of the provisions contained in this Section 5.3(a)) or negotiations regarding, or provide any non-public information or data to any Person relating to, any Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; 

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(iii)          otherwise knowingly facilitate any effort or attempt to make an Acquisition Proposal; or 

(iv)          except as permitted by Section 5.3(e), approve, endorse, recommend, or execute or enter into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, term sheet, memorandum of understanding, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, joint venture agreement or other similar Contract relating to an Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) (an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement”). As soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall deliver a written notice to each Person that entered into a confidentiality agreement in anticipation of potentially making an Acquisition Proposal within the one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the Agreement Date requesting the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information previously furnished to any Person within the one hundred eight (180) days prior to the Agreement Date for the purposes of evaluating a possible Acquisition Proposal. 
<omitted> 
(h)          Breach By Representatives.  The Company agrees that any breach of this Section 5.3 by any of its Representatives shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by the Company. 
<omitted> 
“Representatives” means officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, advisors and investment bankers. (Pages 42-43)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
“Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, (i) such Person’s Affiliates and (ii) such Person’s and each such Affiliate’s respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, advisors, consultants and other authorized representatives. 
<omitted> 
Section 6.02 Non-Solicitation 
<omitted> 
(a) Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Section 6.02, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective directors, officers and employees to, and shall instruct and direct, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause, its other Representatives to: 
<omitted> 
(ii) from and after the execution of this Agreement until the Effective Time or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with Article VIII, not to, directly or indirectly (A) solicit, initiate, seek, propose, o r knowingly facilitate or encourage any inquiry, discussion, offer or request that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (B) enter into, continue, initiate or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or furnish any non-public information or data relating to the Acquired Companies to, or afford access to the properties, books, records, officers or personnel of the Acquired Companies to, any Third Party with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, discussion or request that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be permitted to grant a waiver of or terminate any “standstill” or similar bona fide agreement or obligation of any Third Party with respect to the Acquired Companies to allow such Third Party to submit an Acquisition Proposal if the Company Special Committee has determined that failure to so waive or terminate would be inconsistent with the Company’s directors’ fiduciary duties under Applicable Law, (C) approve, endorse, recommend or enter into, or publicly propose to approve, endorse, recommend or execute or enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement, merger agreement or other definitive agreement or Contract with respect to or relating to any Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) or requiring the Company to abandon, terminate, breach or fail to consummate the Transactions (an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement”), or (E) resolve, commit or agree to do any of the foregoing. 
<omitted> 
(g) Any breach of this Section 6.02 by any director, officer or Subsidiary of the Company or any action by any Representative acting on the Company’s behalf in breach of this Section 6.02 will be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by the Company. (Page 59)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
Section 5.4         Non-Solicitation; Change in Recommendation.   (a)        From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the valid termination of this Agreement, except as otherwise set forth in this Section 5.4, the Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and its Subsidiaries’ respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, participate in, knowingly facilitate, knowingly assist or knowingly encourage any inquiries regarding, or the making or submission of,


any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, indication of interest, proposal, offer or request that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) (A) enter into, continue or participate in any discussions or negotiations in respect of any Acquisition Proposal or any such inquiry, indication of interest, proposal, offer or request or (B) furnish to any Third Party any information in connection with any Acquisition Proposal or any such inquiry, indication of interest, proposal offer or request, (iii) enter into or adopt any letter of intent, heads of terms, memorandum of understanding or similar document, agreement, commitment, or agreement in principle (whether written or oral, binding or nonbinding) with respect to an Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement), (iv) recommend or approve or publicly propose to recommend, adopt or approve any Acquisition Proposal, (v) withhold or withdraw, or qualify, amend or modify in a manner adverse to Parent or Merger Sub (or publicly propose to withhold or withdraw, or qualify, amend or modify in a manner adverse to Parent or Merger Sub), the Company Board Recommendation, or resolve or agree to take any such action, (vi) fail to include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, (vii) take any affirmative actions to make any applicable “moratorium”, “control share acquisition”, “fair price”, “supermajority”, “affiliate transactions” or “business combination statute or regulation” or other similar anti-takeover laws and regulations (“Takeover Laws”) or any applicable provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Company inapplicable to any Acquisition Proposal or (viii) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing (any of the foregoing clauses (iv)-(vi) or clause (viii) (to the extent relating to clauses (iv)-(vi), a “Company Adverse Recommendation Change”).
<omitted>
“Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s directors, officers, employees, agents, or representatives (including investmentbankers, financial or other advisors or consultants, auditors, accountants, attorneys, brokers, finders or other agents). (Pages 24-25)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
6.3          No Solicitation by NIC. 

(a)          Except as expressly permitted by this Section 6.3, from and after the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1, NIC agrees that it shall not, and shall cause the NIC Subsidiaries, and its and their respective officers and directors not to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and the NIC Subsidiaries’ other Representatives to not, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate (including by way of providing information) any inquiry with respect to, or the making, submission o r announcement of, an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, proposal, or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; (ii) participate in any negotiations regarding, or furnish to any person any information relating to NIC or any NIC Subsidiary in connection with, an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, proposal, or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; (iii) adopt, approve, endorse, or recommend, or publicly propose to adopt, approve, endorse, or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal; (iv) withdraw, change, amend, modify, or qualify, or otherwise publicly propose to withdraw, change, amend, modify, or qualify, in each case, in a manner adverse to Tyler, the NIC Board Recommendation; (v) fail to include the NIC Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement; (vi) approve, authorize, or cause or permit NIC or any NIC Subsidiary to enter into, any merger agreement, acquisition agreement, reorganization agreement, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle or similar definitive agreement with respect to, or any other definitive agreement or commitment providing for, any Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement entered into in accordance with this Section 6.3) (a “NIC Acquisition Agreement”); or (vii) call or convene a meeting of the NIC Stockholders to consider a proposal that would reasonably be expected to materially impair, prevent, or delay the consummation of the Transactions (any act described in clauses (iii), (iv), or (v) that is taken, authorized, or, solely with respect to clause (v), permitted by the NIC Board of Directors, a “Change of Recommendation”).  (Page 35)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
Section 5.4 No Company Solicitation.

(a)            The Company shall, and shall 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 Alternative Acquisition Proposal and (ii) terminate all physical and electronic data room access previously granted to any such Person or its Representatives. The Company shall not, and shall cause its Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (1) solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing material non-public information), or take any other action designed to lead to, the submission by any Person of an Alternative Acquisition Proposal, (2) engage in, continue, knowingly facilitate, knowingly encourage or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations related to any Alternative Acquisition Proposal (other than solely in response to an inquiry that did not result from or arise in connection with a breach of this Section 5.4(a) to refer the inquiring Person to this Section 5.4(a) or to clarify the terms thereof), or provide any material non-public information to any Person in connection with, or related to, any Alternative Acquisition Proposal, (3) approve, endorse or recommend any Alternative 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 an Alternative Acquisition Proposal or (5) release or permit the release of any Person from, waive or permit the waiver of any right under, fail to enforce any provision of, or grant any consent or make any election under, any “standstill” or similar provision of any confidentiality agreement to which a Company Entity is a party; provided that, from the date hereof until receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company shall be permitted to waive any such “standstill” or similar provision that prohibits or purports to prohibit a confidential proposal being made to the Company Board (or any committee thereof), in each case, solely to the extent that the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that the failure to make such waiver would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law and solely to the extent necessary to permit the Person bound by such “standstill” or similar provision to make a confidential Alternative Acquisition Proposal to the Company Board.  (Page 22)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
7.6. No Solicitation. <omitted> 

officers, directors, trustees, managers, employees, consultants, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants and other advisors, representatives and agents(collectively, “Representatives”) <omitted> 

Prior to the Effective Time, subject to Section 7.7 in the case of OCSI and Section 7.8 in the case of OCSL, each of OCSI and OCSL shall not, and shall cause its respective Affiliates, Consolidated Subsidiaries and its and their respective Representatives not to: (i) directly or indirectly solicit, initiate, induce, encourage or take any other action (including by providing information) designed to, or which could reasonably be expected to, facilitate any inquiries or the making or submission or implementation of any proposal or offer (including any proposal or offer to its stockholders) with respect to any Takeover Proposal; (ii) approve, publicly endorse or recommend or enter into any agreement, arrangement, discussions or understandings with respect to any Takeover Proposal (including any letter of intent, agreement in principle, memorandum of understanding or confidentiality agreement) or enter into any Contract or understanding (including any letter of intent, agreement in principle, memorandum of understanding or confidentiality agreement) requiring it to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate, or that is intended to or that could reasonably be expected to result in the abandonment of, termination of or failure to consummate, the Merger or any other Transaction; (iii) initiate or participate in any way in any negotiations or discussions regarding, or furnish or disclose to any Person (other than OCSL, OCSI or their respective Affiliates or Representatives) any information with respect to, or take any other action to facilitate or in furtherance of any inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, any Takeover Proposal; (iv) publicly propose or publicly announce an intention to take any of the foregoing actions; or (v) grant any (x) approval pursuant to any Takeover Statute to any Person (other than OCSL, OCSI or their respective Affiliates) or with respect to any transaction (other than the Transactions) or (y) unless required by applicable fiduciary duties, waiver or release under any standstill or any similar agreement with respect to equity securities of OCSI or OCSL; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, each party (A) may inform Persons of the provisions contained in this Section 7.6, and (B) shall be permitted to grant a waiver of, or terminate, any “standstill” or similar obligation of any third party with respect to equity securities of OCSL or OCSI in order to allow such third party to confidentially submit a Takeover Proposal. (Page 51)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
Section 6.3.         Acquisition Proposals.   (a)            The Company shall not, shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, and shall not authorize or knowingly permit its Representatives to, directly or indirectly: (i) initiate, solicit, or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiries, proposals or offers that constitute, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into, continue, engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, <omitted>
(g) The Company shall inform its Representatives with respect to the Contemplated Transactions of the provisions of this Section 6.3. The Company acknowledges and agrees that, for purposes of determining whether a breach of this Section 6.3 has occurred, the actions of the Company’s Subsidiaries and the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ respective Representatives acting in their authorized capacities on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be the actions of the Company, and the Company shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 6.3 by its Subsidiaries and the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ respective Representatives acting in their authorized capacities on behalf of the Company or any ofits Subsidiaries, as the case may be. (Page 24)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
Section 5.4 No Company Solicitation. (a) The Company shall, and shall direct its Representatives to, immediately following the execution hereof (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 Alternative Acquisition Proposal and (ii) terminate all physical and electronic data room access previously granted to any such Person or its Representatives. The Company shall not, and shall direct its Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (A) solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing information) the submission by any Person of an Alternative Acquisition Proposal, (B) engage in or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations related to any Alternative Acquisition Proposal, (C) approve, endorse or recommend any Alternative Acquisition Proposal, (D) enter into any Contract (including any letter of intent, agreement, agreement in principle or memorandum of understanding) or similar document related to an Alternative Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement in accordance with Section 5.4(b)) or (E) release or permit the release of any Person from, waive or permit the waiver of any right under, or grant any consent under, any “standstill” or similar provision of any Contract to which a Company Entity is a party (provided, that if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action 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 Alternative Company Acquisition Proposal to the Company Board).  (Page 59)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
Section 5.11    No Solicitation by First Choice; Superior Proposals. ( a )    Subject to Section 5.11(b), First Choice and First Choice Bank shall not, and shall instruct their respective Subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, Affiliates and other agents (collectively, the “First Choice Representatives”) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit, induce or knowingly encourage, or knowingly take any action to facilitate the making of, any inquiry, offer or proposal which constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal; (ii) participate in discussions or negotiations regarding any Acquisition Proposal or furnish, or otherwise afford access, to any Person (other than Enterprise or any Enterprise Subsidiary) any information or data with respect to First Choice or any First Choice Subsidiary or otherwise in furtherance of an Acquisition Proposal; (iii) release any Person from, waive any provision of, or fail to enforce any confidentiality agreement or standstill agreement to which First Choice is a party in furtherance of an Acquisition Proposal; or (iv) enter into any agreement, agreement in principle or letter of intent with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or approve or resolve to approve any Acquisition Proposal or any agreement, agreement in principle or letter of intent relating to an Acquisition Proposal (other than a confidentiality agreement permitted by this Section 5.11(b)(iii)), provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.11(a) shall prohibit First Choice, the First Choice Board or any First Choice Representative from making any inquiries with respect to a bona fide unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal solely for the purpose of clarifying such Acquisition Proposal to enable the First Choice Board to make the determination described in Section 5.11(b). Any violation of the foregoing restrictions by First Choice or any First Choice Representative, whether or not such First Choice Representative is so authorized and whether or not such First Choice Representative is purporting to act on behalf of First Choice or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by First Choice. First Choice and First Choice Subsidiaries shall, and shall cause each of the First Choice Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any and all existing discussions, negotiations, and communications with any Persons with respect to any existing or potential Acquisition Proposal.  (Page 72)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
6.06 Acquisition Proposal.
(a) From the date of this Agreement through the first to occur of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, Premier Financial shall not, and shall cause any of its Subsidiaries and the officers, directors, employees, advisors and other agents of Premier Financial and its Subsidiaries not to, directly or indirectly (i) solicit, initiate, encourage, facilitate (including by way of providing information) or induce any inquiry, proposal or offer with respect to, or the making or completion of, any Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry, proposal or offer that is reasonably likely to lead to any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person or Group any confidential or nonpublic information with respect to or in connection with, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) take any other action to facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes or may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, <omitted> (v) enter into any agreement contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction or Acquisition Proposal, (vi) enter into any agreement or agreement in principle requiring, directly or indirectly, Premier Financial to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or breach its obligations hereunder, or (vii) propose or agree to do any of the foregoing.  (Page 53)

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