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Section 5.4         Non-Solicitation; Change in Recommendation. <omitted> (b)        The foregoing notwithstanding, if at any time before the time the Company Required Vote is obtained, the Company Board receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal made after the date of this Agreement that has not resulted from a Willful Breach of this Section 5.4, the Company Board, directly or indirectly through its Representatives, may, if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that such Acquisition Proposal is or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal and that the failure to take such action would breach its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, subject to compliance with Section 5.4(c), (A) engage in negotiations or discussions with such Third Party and its Representatives and financing sources and (B) furnish to such Third Party and its Representatives and financing sources information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a confidentiality agreement that (1) does not contain any provision that would prevent the Company from complying with its obligation to provide disclosure to Parent pursuant to this Section 5.4 and (2) contains provisions that, in each case, are not materially less favorable to the Company than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement (provided that no such confidentiality agreement shall be required to contain any standstill or similar provisions) (such a confidentiality agreement, an “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement”), a copy of which Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement shall be provided to Parent promptly after its execution; provided, that all such information (to the extent that such information is non-public and has not been previously provided or made available to Parent) is provided or made available to Parent, as the case may be, substantially concurrently with the time it is provided or made available to such Third Party. (Page 25)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties
(c) Superior Proposal. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if, at any time from and after the No-Shop Period Start Date and prior to the Offer Closing, the Company receives a bona fide written Takeover Proposal that is not withdrawn from any Person that did not result from or involve a breach of Section 6.03(b), and if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, (i) that such Takeover Proposal constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal, and (ii) failure to take the actions set forth in clauses (A) and (B) below would breach the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law, then the Company and its Representatives may, in response to such Takeover Proposal, (A) furnish, pursuant and subject to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement, information (including non-public information) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Person that has made such written Takeover Proposal and its Representatives; provided, that the Company shall, (x) provide Parent with a copy of such executed Applicable Confidentiality Agreement promptly (and in no event later than 24 hours) after execution and (y) prior to or substantially concurrently with the delivery to such Person, provide to Parent any information or data concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is provided or made available to such Person or its directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors or Representatives, whether in writing or orally, unless such information has been previously provided to Parent, in which case the Company shall promptly (and in no event later than 24 hours) provide written notification to Parent of the information and data so provided (unless such information was not previously provided to Parent or Merger Sub at the request of Parent or Merger Sub or to comply with applicable Law); and (B) engage in, facilitate or otherwise participate in discussions or negotiations with the Person making such Takeover Proposal and its Representatives regarding such Takeover Proposal. The Company Board shall promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) notify Parent in writing if the Company Board makes the determinations set forth in this Section 6.03(c). Nothing in this Section 6.03(c) shall limit the Company’s rights prior to the Cut-Off Time with respect to an Excluded Party. (Page 55)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties
5.3 Solicitation of Acquisition Proposals

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(b) Permitted Activities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.3, until the Offer Acceptance Time, the Company and the Company Board (or a committee thereof) may, directly or indirectly through one or more of their Representatives (including the Company Financial Advisor), following the execution of an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement, (i) participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with; (ii) furnish any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to; (iii) afford access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or to any personnel, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to; or (iv) otherwise facilitate the making of a Superior Proposal by, in each case, any Person or its Representatives that has made, renewed or delivered to the Company a bona fide unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a breach of Section 5.3(a); provided, that, the Company and its Representatives may contact any third Person in writing (with a request that any response from such third Person is in writing) with respect to an Acquisition Proposal to clarify any ambiguous terms and conditions thereof which are necessary to determine whether the Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal (without the Company Board being required to make the determination in the following proviso), it being agreed that if the Company Board receives any clarifications from such third Person, the Proposal Notice Period will not be deemed commenced until such clarifications are provided to Parent; provided, however, that, prior to taking any actions contemplated by this Section 5.3(b), the Company Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that (1) such Acquisition Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or is reasonably likely to lead to a Superior Proposal and (2) the failure to take the actions contemplated by this Section 5.3(b) would breach its fiduciary duties pursuant to applicable Law. (Page 68)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties
Section 6.3 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> 
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary: <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 Section 6.3(b)(ii) or Section 6.3(b)(iii) with any Person if (1) the Company receives a bona fide written Company Competing Proposal from such Person that was not solicited at any time following the execution of this Agreement and (2) such Company 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 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 that 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) that 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 (and in any event within 24 hours) after) the time such information is made available to such Person, (C) prior to taking any such actions, the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that such Company Competing Proposal is, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company 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 breach the fiduciary duties owed by the Company Board to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law;  (Pages 32-33)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties
4.3     No Solicitation by the Company. 
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(b)     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 4.3(a), but subject to Section 4.3(c), prior to the adoption of this Agreement by the Required Company Stockholder Vote, the Company may furnish non-public information regarding the Inphi Entities to, and may enter into discussions or negotiations with, any Person in response to an unsolicited, bona fide, written Company Acquisition Proposal that is made to the Company after the date of this Agreement by such Person (and not withdrawn) if: (i) none of the Inphi Entities and none of their respective Representatives shall have breached any of the restrictions or other provisions set forth in this Section 4.3 in a manner that led to such Company Acquisition Proposal; (ii) the Company’s board of directors determines in good faith, after having taken into account the advice of an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation and the Company’s outside legal counsel, that such Company Acquisition Proposal constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Superior Offer; (iii) the Company’s board of directors determines in good faith, after having taken into account the advice of the Company’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would breach its fiduciary obligations to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Delaware law;  (Page 58)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties
Section 6.3          No Solicitation of Transactions. <omitted> (b)         Notwithstanding Section 6.3(a), at any time following the date of this Agreement and prior to the time when the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained (and in no event after the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained), in response to a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal received after the date hereof that the Company Board determines in good faith After Consultation constitutes or would reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal, and with respect to which the Company Board determines in good faith After Consultation, that the failure to take such action would breach the Company Board’s fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Law, then the Company and the Representatives of the Company may, subject to compliance with this Section 6.3, (i) engage or participate in discussions or negotiations with, and only with, the Person (or such Person’s representatives) that has made such Acquisition Proposal, and (ii) furnish to the Person (or such Person’s representatives) that has made the Acquisition Proposal information relating to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or the personnel of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, in each case pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement; provided that the Company did not receive such Acquisition Proposal in connection with or as a result of breaching or violating the terms of this Section 6.3 (other than an isolated, inadvertent and immaterial breach or violation).  (Page 38)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties
5.3 No Solicitation. <omitted>

(b) Superior Proposals. Notwithstanding anything to contrary set forth in this Section 5.3, from December 11, 2020 until the Offer Acceptance Time, the Company Parties and the Company Board (or a committee thereof) may, directly or indirectly through one or more of their Representatives (including the Advisor), participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with, furnish any non-public information relating to the Company Group to, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or to any personnel, of the Company Group pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement to any Person or its Representatives that has made or delivered to the Company Parties an Acquisition Proposal after December 11, 2020, and otherwise facilitate such Acquisition Proposal or assist such Person (and its Representatives and financing sources) with such Acquisition Proposal (in each case, if requested by such Person), in each case with respect to an Acquisition Proposal that did not result from any material breach of Section 5.3(a); provided, however, that the Company Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that such Acquisition Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or is reasonably likely to lead to a Superior Proposal, and the Company Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that the failure to take the actions contemplated by this Section 5.3(b) would breach its fiduciary duties pursuant to applicable law; and provided further, however, that the Company will promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) make available to the Parent Entities any non-public information concerning the Company Group that is provided to any such Person or its Representatives that was not previously made available to the Parent Entities.  (Page 68)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties
Section 5.3    Acquisition Proposals. <omitted> (b)    Exceptions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, at any time prior to the time the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained, the Company and its Representatives may (i) provide information in response to a request therefor by a Person who makes an unsolicited bona fide Acquisition Proposal following the Agreement Date if (x) such Acquisition Proposal did not result from a violation of Section 5.3(a), (y) prior to providing such information, the Company receives from such Person an executed confidentiality agreement on terms that, taken as a whole, are not materially less restrictive to the other party than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement (it being understood that such confidentiality agreement (1) need not contain a standstill provision or otherwise prohibit the making, or amendment, of an Acquisition Proposal and (2) may not contain terms that prevent the Company from complying with its obligations under this Section 5.3 (any confidentiality agreement satisfying the criteria of this clause (y) being an “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement”)) and (z) the Company promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter) makes available to Parent (including via the Electronic Data Room) any non-public information concerning the Company or the Company Subsidiaries that the Company provides to any such Person that was not previously made available to Parent; (ii) engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person who has made such an unsolicited Acquisition Proposal; or (iii) authorize, adopt, approve, recommend or otherwise declare advisable or propose to authorize, adopt, approve, recommend or declare advisable (publicly or otherwise) such an Acquisition Proposal, if and only if, (A) prior to taking any action described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with the Company’s outside legal and financial advisors) based on the information then available that the failure to take such action would breach the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law, (B) prior to taking any action described in clause (i) or (ii) above, the Company Board has determined in good faith (after consultation with the Company’s outside legal and financial advisors) based on information then available that such Acquisition Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or is reasonably likely to result in a Superior Proposal and (C) in the case referred to in clause (iii) above, the Company Board determines in good faith that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Proposal and the Company has complied with Section 5.3(e) with respect to such Acquisition Proposal prior to taking such action.  (Page 34)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties
Section 6.3    No Solicitation by the Company. 
<omitted> 
(b)    From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company and its officers and directors will not, will cause the Company’s Subsidiaries and its and their respective controlled Affiliates and other Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: 
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provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, prior to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company or any of its Representatives may, (A) provide information in response to a request therefor by a Person who has made an unsolicited bona fide written Company Competing Proposal after the date hereof that did not result from a breach (other than a de minimis breach) of this Section 6.3 if the Company receives from the Person so requesting such information an executed confidentiality agreement on terms not less restrictive to the other party than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement (an “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement”), it being understood that such Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement need not prohibit the making, or amendment, of a Company Competing Proposal and shall not prohibit compliance by the Company with this Section 6.3, and the Company shall promptly disclose (and, if applicable, provide copies of) any such information provided to such Person to Parent to the extent not previously provided to Parent; or (B) engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person who has made such an unsolicited bona fide written Company Competing Proposal after the date hereof that did not result from a breach (other than a de minimis breach) of this Section 6.3, if and only to the extent that, (x) prior to taking any action described   57


in clause (A) or (B) above, the Company Board determines in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel that failure to take such action in light of the Company Competing Proposal would breach the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable law and (y) in each such case referred to in clause (A) or (B) above, the Company Board has determined in good faith based on the information then available and after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel that such Company Competing Proposal either constitutes a Company Superior Proposal or is reasonably likely to result in a Company Superior Proposal. (Pages 61-62)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties
(b) Exception to No Solicitation Provision. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.2(a), prior to the time, but not after, the Requisite Company Vote is obtained, the Company may, in response to an unsolicited, bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a breach of this Section 6.2, (i) provide access to non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Person and its potential sources of financing who made such Acquisition Proposal; provided, that such information has previously been made available to Parent and Merger Sub or is provided to Parent promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) following the time such information is made available to such Person and that, prior to furnishing any such non-public information, the Company receives from the Person making such Acquisition Proposal an executed confidentiality agreement with terms at least as restrictive in all material respects on such Person as the Confidentiality Agreement’s terms are on Pretium Partners, LLC (it being understood that such confidentiality agreement need not prohibit the making or amending of an Acquisition Proposal) and (ii) engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations with any such Person regarding such Acquisition Proposal if, and only if, prior to taking any action described in clause (i) or (ii) above, (1) the Company’s board of directors determines in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel that (A) based on the information then available and after consultation with an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation that such Acquisition Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal and (B) the failure to take such action would breach the directors’ duties under applicable Law and (2) with respect to clause (ii) above, the Company provides written notice to Parent at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to engaging or participating in any discussions or negotiations with any such Person regarding such Acquisition Proposal.  (Page 53)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties