theatticusproject/maud huggingface dataset:
Section 5.3 No Solicitation. <omitted> 

(b) Except as permitted by this Section 5.3, the Company shall, and shall direct its Representatives to, cease any direct or indirect solicitation, encouragement, discussions or negotiations with any Persons that may be ongoing with respect to an Acquisition Proposal and the Company shall not and shall direct its Representatives not to (i) continue any direct or indirect solicitation, knowing encouragement, knowing facilitation (including by way of providing non-public information), discussions or negotiations with any Persons that may be ongoing with respect to an Acquisition Proposal and (ii) directly or indirectly, (A) solicit, initiate or knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing non-public information) any inquiries regarding, or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (B) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any other Person any non-public information in connection with or for the purpose of knowingly encouraging or facilitating, an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal or (C) enter into any letter of intent, acquisition agreement, agreement in principle or similar agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal. <omitted> 

(f) The Company agrees that in the event any Representative of the Company (acting on behalf of the Company) takes any action that, if taken by the Company, would constitute a breach of this Section 5.3, the Company shall be deemed to be in breach of this Section 5.3. <omitted> 

“Representatives” means officers, directors, employees, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, agents, financial advisors, other advisors and other representatives. (Page 45)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
SECTION 5.3 No Solicitation by the Company; Company Recommendation. (a) The Company agrees that from the date hereof until the Effective Time or, if earlier, the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VIII, except as expressly permitted by this Section 5.3, the Company shall not, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries not to, and shall instruct its and their Representatives not to and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its and their Representatives not to, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly facilitate or encourage (including by way of furnishing non-public information) the submission of any inquiries regarding, or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company Acquisition Proposal, (ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any other Person any non-public information in connection with, or for the purpose of, encouraging or facilitating a Company Acquisition Proposal or (iii) enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, merger agreement, acquisition agreement or other similar agreement constituting a Company Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries and its and their respective Representatives to, immediately cease any solicitation, knowing encouragement, discussions or negotiations with any Persons that may be ongoing with respect to a Company Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Acquisition Proposal, request the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information previously furnished to any Person in connection with a potential Company Acquisition Proposal and immediately terminate all physical and electronic data room access previously granted to any such Person or its Representatives.  (Page 45)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
Section 5.9    Acquisition Proposals. 
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(b)    The Company agrees that it will not, and will cause its Subsidiaries and its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors, agents, advisors and affiliates not to, initiate, solicit, encourage or knowingly facilitate inquiries or proposals with respect to, or engage in any negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential or nonpublic information or data to, or have any discussions with, any Person relating to, any Acquisition Proposal (other than contacting a Person for the sole purpose of seeking clarification of the terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal); (Page 44)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
Section 5.4    Non-Solicitation. (a)    East agrees that, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, neither it nor any of the East Subsidiaries shall, and East shall use its reasonable best efforts, and shall cause each of the East 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 East or any of the East 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 East, (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 East or any of the East Subsidiaries or afford access to the properties, books or records of East or any of the East Subsidiaries to any Person that has made an Acquisition Proposal with respect to East or to any Person in contemplation of making an Acquisition Proposal with respect to East, or (iii) accept an Acquisition Proposal with respect to East 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 East (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 East to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement (each, an “East Acquisition Agreement”). Any violation of the foregoing restrictions by the East Subsidiaries or by any Representatives of East or any of the East Subsidiaries, whether or not such Representative is so authorized and whether or not such Representative is purporting to act on behalf of East or any of the East Subsidiaries or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by East.  (Page 75)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
SECTION 5.02.          No Solicitation by the Company; Company Board Recommendation.  (a) The Company shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers and employees and each of its and their respective investment bankers, accountants, attorneys and other advisors, agents or representatives (collectively, “Representatives”) not to, (i) directly or indirectly solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage, induce or facilitate any Company Takeover Proposal or any inquiry, discussion or proposal that may reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Takeover Proposal, (ii) directly or indirectly participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person regarding, or furnish to any Person any information with respect to, or cooperate in any way with any Person (whether or not a Person making a Company Takeover Proposal) with respect to, any Company Takeover Proposal or any inquiry or proposal that may reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Takeover Proposal or (iii) waive, terminate, modify, amend, release or assign any provisions of any confidentiality or standstill agreement (or similar agreement) to which it is a party or fail to enforce, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, the provisions of any such agreement, including by obtaining an injunction to prevent any breach of such agreements and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions thereof in any court having jurisdiction.  The Company shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their respective Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated all existing solicitation, discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect to any Company Takeover Proposal, or any inquiry or proposal that may reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Takeover Proposal, request the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information previously furnished in connection therewith and <omitted> immediately terminate all physical and electronic dataroom access previously granted to any such Person or its Representatives. <omitted> 

Without limiting the foregoing, it is agreed that any violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.02 by any Representative of the Company or any of its Affiliates shall constitute a breach of this Section 5.02 by the Company. (Pages 37-38)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
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: Strict liability
7.5          Acquisition Proposals.   (a)         No Solicitation or Negotiation.  The Paired Entities agree that, except as expressly permitted by this Section 7.5(a), the Paired Entities and the Paired Entities Subsidiaries shall not, and the Paired Entities shall cause their officers and directors not to, and shall instruct and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause their and the Paired Entities Subsidiaries’ other Representatives not to, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, directly or indirectly through any other person:   53


( i )          initiate, solicit, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiries, discussions or requests regarding, or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal (an “Inquiry”);   (ii)         engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or that could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, or provide any non-public information or data concerning the Paired Entities or the Paired Entities Subsidiaries to any person in connection with the foregoing, in each case, except to notify such person of the existence of the provisions of this Section 7.5;   (iii)        otherwise knowingly facilitate in any way any effort or attempt to make an Acquisition Proposal or Inquiry;   (iv)         approve or recommend any Acquisition Proposal;   ( v )        enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, 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 an Acquisition Proposal or requiring a Paired Entity to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (any of the foregoing referred in this clause (v), an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement”); or   (vi)         resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing.  (Pages 57-58)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
Section 6.3.    Solicitation. 
(a)    From and after the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is validly terminated pursuant to Section 9.1, the Company agrees that it, the Company Board of Directors (including any committee thereof) and the Company’s officers shall not, and the Company shall cause the Company’s Subsidiaries not to, and the Company shall cause its and their other respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiry, proposal or offer, or the making, submission or announcement of any inquiry, proposal or offer which constitutes or could be reasonably expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal or (ii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding or furnish to any Person any information relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary in each case, in connection with, an Acquisition Proposal, other than to state that the Company and their Representatives are prohibited hereunder from engaging in any discussions or negotiations. The Company, the Company Board of Directors (including any committee thereof) and the Company’s officers shall, and the Company shall cause the Company’s Subsidiaries to, and the Company shall cause its and their other respective Representatives to, immediately cease any and all existing solicitation, encouragement, discussions or negotiations with any Persons (or provision of any nonpublic information to any Persons) with respect to any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes, or is reasonably expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal. Promptly after the date hereof (and, in any event, within three (3) business days following the date hereof) the Company shall (A) request in writing that each Person (other than Parent) that has heretofore executed a confidentiality agreement in connection with its consideration of an Acquisition Proposal within eighteen (18) months prior to the date hereof promptly destroy or return to the Company all nonpublic information heretofore furnished by the Company or any of its Representatives to such Person or any of its Representatives in accordance with the terms of such confidentiality agreement, unless such request had been made by or on behalf of the Company prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and no   -50-


information was provided by or on behalf of the Company to such Person or its Representatives following such request, and (B) terminate access to any physical or electronic data rooms relating to a possible Acquisition Proposal by any such Person and its Representatives. <omitted>

 For the avoidance of doubt, any violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 6.3 by the Company Board of Directors (including any committee thereof), by any of the Company’s officers, by any of the Company’s other affiliates or by any of their respective Representatives shall be a breach of this Section 6.3 by the Company. (Pages 54-55)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
4.3. No Solicitation. <omitted> (b) Except as expressly permitted by this Section 4.3, during the Pre-Closing Period the Acquired Corporations shall not, and shall direct their Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) engage or continue any solicitation, knowing encouragement, knowing facilitation (including by way of providing non-public information), discussions or negotiations with any Persons that may be ongoing with respect to an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) (A) solicit, initiate or knowingly facilitate, induce, assist or encourage (including by way of furnishing non-public information) any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiries, proposals or offers that constitute, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal (each such, an “Inquiry”) or the   37


making, submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or Inquiry, (B) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any other Person any non-public information relating to any Acquired Corporation or afford to any other Person access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or to any personnel, of any Acquired Corporation, in each case in connection with or for the purpose of knowingly encouraging, assisting, inducing or facilitating, an Acquisition Proposal or any Inquiry or (C) enter into, approve or endorse Alternative Acquisition Agreement, or enter into any related discussions with respect thereto, that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) enter into any Contract that would expressly prohibit any Acquired Corporation or any of their Representatives from complying with their obligations to Parent under this Section 4.3 (other than an unintentional and immaterial breach), (iv) take any action to exempt any Person (other than Parent and Merger Sub) from any Takeover Law, or (v) agree, propose or resolve to take, or take any actions prohibited by any of clauses (i) through (iv). <omitted>

Representatives. “Representatives” shall mean officers, directors, employees, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, agents, financial advisors, other advisors and other representatives.
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(f) The Company agrees that in the event any Representative of any Acquired Corporation takes any action (or omits to take any action) which, if taken or not taken by the Acquired Corporation, would constitute a breach of this Section 4.3, the Company shall be deemed to be in breach of this Section 4.3. (Pages 41-42)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
Section 6.03. No Solicitation; Other Offers.(a) Subject to the remainder of this Section 6.03, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall cause their respective officers, directors and employees and instruct their investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, consultants or other agents or advisors (“Representatives”) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or take any action to knowingly facilitate or encourage the submission of any Acquisition Proposal or offer or inquiry that would reasonably be expected to lead to any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, furnish any 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 knowingly cooperate in any way, or assist, participate in, knowingly facilitate or otherwise knowingly encourage any effort by any Third Party that is seeking to make, or has made, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) fail to make (including by failing to include in the Proxy Statement), withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to Parent the Company Board Recommendation (or recommend an Acquisition Proposal) (any of the foregoing in this clause (iii), an “Adverse Recommendation Change”), (iv) fail to enforce 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, (v) approve any transaction under, or any Person becoming an “interested shareholder” under the business combination provisions of South Dakota Law (Section 47-33-17 to Section 47-33-19, inclusive), (vi) enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement or other similar instrument relating to an Acquisition Proposal, or (vii) publicly propose to do any of the foregoing. (Page 47)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
6.9 No Solicitation; Change in Company Board Recommendation. 

(a) The Company agrees that none of it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors and employees will, and will cause its and its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors, agents, representatives, advisors and Affiliates not to, initiate, solicit, encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiries or the making of proposals with respect to, or engage in any negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential or nonpublic information or data to, or have any discussions with, any Person relating to, any Company Acquisition Proposal or otherwise facilitate any effort to attempt or make or implement a Company Acquisition Proposal. (Page 65)

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