theatticusproject/maud huggingface dataset:
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 their respective officers and directors not to, and will use reasonable best efforts to cause the other Representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries not to, directly or indirectly: (i) initiate, solicit, propose, endorse, knowingly encourage, or knowingly facilitate any expression of interest, inquiry, proposal or offer or the making of any expression of interest, inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a Competing Proposal; (ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to, relating to, or in furtherance of a Competing Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal;   -53-


(iii) furnish any information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries, or afford access to the properties, assets, books and records or employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries, to any Person in connection with or in response to any Competing Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal; (iv) enter into any Contract, letter of intent or agreement in principle, or other undertaking or commitment in respect of any proposal or offer that constitutes a Competing Proposal (other than a confidentiality agreement as provided in Section 6.3(e)(ii) entered into in compliance with Section 6.3(e)(ii)); (v) submit any Competing Proposal to the vote of the stockholders of the Company; or (vi) resolve, agree or publicly propose to, or permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their Representatives to agree or publicly propose to take any of the actions referred to in clauses (i) to (v) of this Section 6.3(b)  (Pages 57-58)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
“Executive Officers” means, (a) with respect to GBCI and/or Glacier Bank Randall M. Chesler, Ronald J. Copher, and Donald J. Chery, and (b) with respect to AB and/or the Bank, Len E. Williams, Mark K. Olson, Judd P. Kirkham, Ryan H. Jones and Judd J. Austin. <omitted> “Knowledge” or any similar knowledge qualification in this Agreement has the following meanings: (a) AB will be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or matter if any Executive Officer of AB or the Bank has actual knowledge of such fact or matter or if any such Person would reasonably be expected to discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or matter in the course of making a reasonable inquiry into such areas of AB’s and the Bank’s business that are under such individual’s general area of responsibility; (Page 9)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
“Executive Officers” means, <omitted> (b) with respect to AB and/or the Bank, Len E. Williams, Mark K. Olson, Judd P. Kirkham, Ryan H. Jones and Judd J. Austin. <omitted> “Knowledge” or any similar knowledge qualification in this Agreement has the following meanings: (a) AB will be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or matter if any Executive Officer of AB or the Bank has actual knowledge of such fact or matter or if any such Person would reasonably be expected to discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or matter in the course of making a reasonable inquiry into such areas of AB’s and the Bank’s business that are under such individual’s general area of responsibility; (Page 9)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
“knowledge of the Company” means the knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of each of Mike Finley, Peter Hovenier, Derek Peterson, Dawn Callahan, Michael Zeto and Bruce Crair. With respect to Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights, “reasonable inquiry” does not require the Company or any of the individuals named in the previous sentence to conduct, have conducted, obtain, or have obtained any freedom-to-operate opinions or similar opinions of counsel or any clearance searches, in each case, with respect to Patents, and no knowledge of any third-party Intellectual Property Rights that would have been revealed by such inquiries, opinions, or searches will be imputed to the Company or any such individual. (Page 5)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
“knowledge” will be deemed to be, as the case may be, the actual knowledge of (a) the Persons listed in Section 9.5 of the Parent Disclosure Letter with respect to Parent, US Holdco or Crystal Merger Sub, or (b) the Persons listed in Section 9.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter with respect to the Company. (Page 42)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
“Knowledge” or any similar phrase means (a) with respect to the Company, the collective knowledge of the individuals set forth in Section 1.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and any individuals that, following the date of this Agreement, replace or share the employment responsibilities of any such individuals, in each case after reasonable inquiry of such individuals’ direct reports who would reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of the matter in question, and (Page 15)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
“Knowledge” means (i) with respect to the Parent Parties, the actual knowledge (without independent inquiry or investigation) of any one or more of the persons identified on Section 10.2(iii) of the Parent Disclosure Letter and (ii) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge (without independent inquiry or investigation) of any one or more of the persons identified on Section 10.2(iii)(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter; provided that Knowledge of the Company with respect to any Joint Ventures of the Company shall be the actual knowledge (without independent inquiry or investigation) of any one or more of the persons identified on Section 10.2(iii)(a) or Section 10.2(iii)(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter; provided further, that Knowledge of the Company for purposes of Section 5.2(c) of this Agreement shall be limited to the actual knowledge (without independent inquiry or investigation) of any one or more of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, interim Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel. (Page 81)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
“Knowledge” as used with respect to a Person (including references to such Person being aware of a particular matter) shall mean those facts that are known by, (i) as to Bridge Bancorp, those Persons set forth in Bridge Bancorp Disclosure Schedule 1.1, and (ii) as to DCB, those Persons set forth in DCB Disclosure Schedule 1.1, and in each case shall include any facts, matters or circumstances set forth in any written notice from any Bank Regulator or any other material written notice received by such Person. (Page 11)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
“Knowledge” means, with respect to First Choice and First Choice Bank, the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry under the circumstances, of the Persons set forth in Section 3.01(a) of the First Choice Disclosure Schedule, and with respect to Enterprise or EB&T, the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry under the circumstances, of the Persons set forth in Section 4.01(a) of the Enterprise Disclosure Schedule. (Page 100)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
“knowledge” when used with respect to (i) the Company, means the actual knowledge of any fact, circumstance or condition of those employees of the Company identified in Section 8.3(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (ii) Parent, means the actual knowledge of any fact, circumstance or condition of those employees of Parent identified in Section 8.3(ii) of the Parent Disclosure Letter; (Page 92)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
“Knowledge” means, (a) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of each of Maria Perrin, Doug Williams, Jacob Sims (in each case of the foregoing individuals, solely with respect to the representations and warranties contained in Article IV that are relevant to their respective roles at the Company), Jeffrey Sherman, Meredith Bjorck (for purposes of Section 4.09(a)(xiv), the reasonable inquiry of Meredith Bjorck shall be deemed to include reasonable inquiry of Bill Lucia), David Alexander and Greg Aunan, and (Page 7)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
“knowledge” means the actual knowledge of, (a) in the case of the Company, the individuals listed in Schedule 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter and (b) in the case of Parent, the individuals listed in Schedule 1.1 of the Parent Disclosure Letter, in each case after reasonable inquiry of those employees of such Party and its Subsidiaries who would reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of the matter in question. (Page 83)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
“Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of (i) for Parent, the Persons listed on Exhibit B (the “Parent Knowledge Persons”) and (ii) for the Company, the Persons listed on Exhibit C (the “Company Knowledge Persons”), in each case, following reasonable inquiry of their direct reports; provided that none of the Parent Knowledge Persons or Company Knowledge Persons shall have any personal liability or obligations hereunder regarding such knowledge. (Page 41)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
“Knowledge” means (a) with respect to Parent, the actual knowledge, assuming due inquiry, of any of the Persons set forth in Section 9.4 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule and (b) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge, assuming due inquiry, of any of the Persons set forth in Section 9.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. (Page 74)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
“knowledge” of any Party means (i) with respect to Parent, the actual knowledge of Mark Berg, Rich Dealy, Mark Kleinman and Margaret Montemayor, and (ii) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of Matt Gallagher, Ryan Dalton, David Dell’Osso, Stephanie Reed and Colin Roberts. (Page 109)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
“Knowledge” of the Company, with respect to any matter in question, means the actual knowledge of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer; Chief Financial Officer; Chief Revenue Officer; Chief Marketing Officer; Chief People Officer; Chief Technology Officer and Chief Legal Officer, in each case after reasonable inquiry of those employees who would reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of the matter in question. (Page 14)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
“Knowledge” means, with respect to Peoples, the Knowledge of any officer of Peoples with the title of Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice President of Operations, or Chief Financial Officer, and, with respect to Premier Financial, the Knowledge of any officer of Premier Financial, Citizens Bank or Premier Bank with the title of Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Credit Officer, Chief Lending Officer, President of Citizens Bank, Compliance officer for Citizens Bank, the President of Premier Bank, or the Compliance Officer for Premier Bank. An officer of Peoples or Premier Financial shall be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or matter if such officer is actually aware of such fact or matter or a prudent individual would be reasonably expected to discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or matter in the course of conducting a reasonably comprehensive investigation concerning the existence of such fact or matter. (Page 7)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
“Knowledge” means, with respect to <omitted> Premier Financial, the Knowledge of any officer of Premier Financial, Citizens Bank or Premier Bank with the title of Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Credit Officer, Chief Lending Officer, President of Citizens Bank, Compliance officer for Citizens Bank, the President of Premier Bank, or the Compliance Officer for Premier Bank. (Page 7)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Strict liability
“knowledge” (i) with respect to the Company means the actual knowledge of any of the individuals listed in Section 10.5(p) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (ii) with respect to Parent or Merger Sub means the actual knowledge of any of the individuals listed in Section 10.5(p) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, in each case, after reasonable inquiry of such individual’s direct reports; (Page 83)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
“Knowledge” will be deemed to be, as the case may be, the actual knowledge of (a) the individuals set forth on Section 1.1(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter with respect to Parent, Merger Sub I or Merger Sub II or (b) the individuals set forth on Section 1.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter with respect to the Company, in each case after reasonable inquiry of those employees of such Party and its Subsidiaries who would reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of the matter in question. (Page 103)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
“Knowledge” shall mean the actual knowledge of each of the following officers and employees of the Company or Parent, as applicable, after reasonable inquiry by each such person: (i) for the Company: William C. Johnson, Martin D. Agard, Joel H. Horn, Richard N. Caron, Jennifer Gudenkauf and Philip Dei Dolori; and (ii) for Parent: Filippo Berti and Bradford D. Willis. (Page 43)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
“Knowledge” shall mean the actual knowledge of each of the following officers and employees of the Company or Parent <omitted>: (i) for the Company: William C. Johnson, Martin D. Agard, Joel H. Horn, Richard N. Caron, Jennifer Gudenkauf and Philip Dei Dolori; and (ii) for Parent: Filippo Berti and Bradford D. Willis. (Page 43)

Question: No-Shop
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Reasonable standard
Section 6.3.Acquisition Proposals. <omitted> (b)            Notwithstanding Section 6.3(a) or any other provision of this Agreement, if at any time following the date of this Agreement and prior to the Acceptance Time, (i) the Company has received a bona fide (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company Board) written Acquisition Proposal in circumstances not involving a material breach of this Section 6.3 and (ii) the Company Board or a committee thereof in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and financial advisors, determines that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or is reasonably likely to lead to or result in a Superior Proposal and, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that failure to take such action would breach the fiduciary duties of the Company Board under applicable Law, then the Company may (A) furnish information with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Person making such Acquisition Proposal and its Representatives and (B) participate in discussions or negotiations with such Person and its Representatives regarding such Acquisition Proposal; (Page 24)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties
Section 5.4 Non-Solicitation.
<omitted>
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, prior to obtaining the East Stockholder Approval, East and the East Board may take any actions described in clause (ii) in the first sentence of this Section 5.4(a) with respect to a third party if (w) after the date of this Agreement, East receives a written Acquisition Proposal with respect to East from such third party (and such Acquisition Proposal was not initiated, solicited, knowingly encouraged or knowingly facilitated by East or any of the East Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives), (x) East provides Central the notice required by Section 5.4(g) with respect to such Acquisition Proposal, (y) the East Board determines in good faith (after consultation with East’s financial advisors and outside legal counsel) that such proposal constitutes or could reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal with respect to East, and (z) the East Board determines in good faith (after consultation with East’s outside legal counsel) that the failure to participate in such discussions or negotiations or to disclose such information or data to such third party would breach its fiduciary duties; provided that East shall not deliver any information to such third party without first entering into an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement with such third party.  (Page 75)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties
SECTION 5.02. Solicitation;
<omitted>
(b) Notwithstanding the limitations contained in Section 5.02(a), if at any time on or after the date hereof and prior to obtaining the Stockholder Approval, the Company or any of its Representatives receives a bona fide Takeover Proposal, which Takeover Proposal did not result from a material breach of Section 5.02(a), (i) the Company and its Representatives may contact and engage in discussions with such Person or group of Persons making the Takeover Proposal or its or their Representatives solely to clarify the terms and conditions thereof or to request that such Takeover Proposal made orally be made in writing and (ii) if the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that any such Takeover Proposal constitutes   38


or would reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal, and the failure to take such actions would breach the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law, then the Company and any of its Representatives may (x) enter into an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement with the Person or group of Persons making the Takeover Proposal and furnish pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement information (including non-public information) with respect to the Company to the Person or group of Persons who has made such Takeover Proposal and its or their respective Representatives; provided that the Company shall promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) provide to Parent any non-public information concerning the Company that is provided to any Person given such access which was not previously provided to Parent or its Representatives and (y) following the execution of an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement, engage in or otherwise participate in discussions or negotiations regarding such Takeover Proposal with the Person or group of Persons making such Takeover Proposal and its or their Representatives and financing sources.  (Pages 42-43)

Question: Fiduciary exception:  Board determination (no-shop)
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Breach" of fiduciary duties
Section 6.4           Acquisition Proposals. <omitted> (b)         Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 6.4, prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company Board (or a committee thereof), directly or indirectly through any Representative, may, subject to Section 6.4(c): (i) participate in negotiations or discussions with any third party, that has made (and not withdrawn) a bona fide Alternative Proposal in writing that was not solicited in violation of Section 6.4(a) that the Company Board (or a committee thereof) believes in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor, constitutes or could reasonably be expected t o result in a Superior Proposal; (ii) enter into, and thereafter furnish to such third party non-public information relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiaries pursuant to, an executed confidentiality agreement that constitutes an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement (a copy of such third party non-public information (to the extent such non-public information has not been previously made available by the Company to Parent) and such Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement shall be provided to Parent substantially contemporaneously); (iii) following receipt of and on account of a Superior Proposal, and subject to Section 6.4(d) and Section 6.4(f), make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Section 8.3(a); or (iv) take any action that any court of competent jurisdiction orders the Company to take (which order remains unstayed), but, in each case referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), only if the Company Board (or a committee thereof) determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor, that the failure to take such action would breach its fiduciary duties under applicable Law or in violation of any Order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (Page 51)

Section 6.4           Acquisition Proposals. <omitted> (b)         <omitted> the Company Board <omitted>, may, <omitted> (i) participate in negotiations or discussions with any third party, that has made (and not withdrawn) a bona fide Alternative Proposal <omitted> that the Company Board (or a committee thereof) believes in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor, constitutes or could reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal;  <omitted> but, <omitted> only if the Company Board (or a committee thereof) determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor, that the failure to take such action would breach its fiduciary duties under applicable Law or in violation of any Order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (Page 51)

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