Section 5.3 Solicitation by the Company. (a)           From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the First Effective Time or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1, and except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement, the Company agrees that it shall not (and shall not permit any Company Subsidiary to), and that it shall cause its directors, officers and employees not to, and that it shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its other Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate (including by way of furnishing information), or engage in negotiations regarding, any inquiry, proposal or offer which constitutes or would be reasonably expected to lead to a Competing Proposal, (ii) furnish to any Person any nonpublic information relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary in connection with a Competing Proposal, (iii) engage in discussions with any Person with respect to any Competing Proposal made by such Person, (iv) except as required by the duties of the members of the Company Board of Directors under applicable Law (as determined by the Company Board of Directors in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel), waive, terminate, modify or release any Person (other than Parent, US Holdco, Crystal Merger Sub and their respective affiliates) from any provision of or grant any permission, waiver or request under any “standstill” or similar agreement or obligation, (v) approve or recommend, or propose publicly to approve or recommend, any Competing Proposal, (vi) withdraw, or modify or qualify in a manner adverse to Parent, the Company Board Recommendation, (vii) enter into any letter of


intent or similar document relating to, or any agreement or commitment providing for, any Competing Proposal, (viii) take any action to make any “moratorium”, “control share acquisition”, “fair price”, “supermajority”, “affiliate transactions” or “business combination statute or regulation” or other similar anti-takeover laws and regulations of the State of Delaware, including Section 203 of the DGCL, inapplicable to any third party or any Competing Proposal, (ix) fail to include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, or (x) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing (any act described in clauses (v), (vi) and (ix), a “Change of Recommendation”, it being understood that neither a “stop, look and listen” statement by the Company Board of Directors contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act nor the Company Board of Directors taking a non-position with respect to a Competing Proposal that is a tender offer or exchange until the tenth (10th) business day after the commencement of such tender or exchange offer pursuant to Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act shall constitute a Change of Recommendation). The Company shall immediately cease, and cause its and the Company Subsidiaries’ Representatives and directors, officers and employees to cease, and shall cause its other Representatives to immediately cease, any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect to any Competing Proposal or potential Competing Proposal. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and the Company’s Representatives may in any event inform a Person that has made or, to the knowledge of the Company, is considering making a Competing Proposal of the provisions of this Section 5.3.  (Pages 26-27)

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