5.3          No Solicitation. <omitted> the Company and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents, representatives and advisors or any investment banker, financial advisor, attorney, accountant, consultant, agent, representative or advisor retained by any of them (collectively, the“Representatives”) <omitted>

(b)          No Solicitation or Negotiation. Subject to the terms of this Section 5.3, from the No-Shop Period Start Date until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII and the Effective Time, the Company will, and will cause its Subsidiaries and its and their respective Representatives (other than with respect to, in each case, any Excluded Party, which has reaffirmed its Acquisition Proposal to the Company Board within twenty- four (24) hours of the No-Shop Period Start Date, but only for so long as such Person is and remains an Excluded Party) to cease and cause to be terminated any discussions or negotiations with any Person and its Representatives that would be prohibited by this Section 5.3(b), request the prompt return or destruction of all non-public information concerning the Company Group theretofore furnished to any such Person with whom a confidentiality agreement was entered into in connection with its consideration of making an Acquisition Proposal within the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the No-Shop Period Start Date and will (i) cease providing any further information with respect to the Company or any Acquisition Proposal to any such Person or its Representatives; and (ii) terminate all access granted to any such Person and its Representatives to any physical data room the VDR or any other diligence access to non-public information regarding the Company Group made available in connection with an Acquisition Proposal.  Subject to the terms of Section 5.3(c), from the No-Shop Period Start Date until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII and the Effective Time, the Company and its Subsidiaries will not instruct, authorize or knowingly permit any of their respective officers and directors or any of their other Representatives to, directly or indirectly, (A) solicit, initiate, propose or induce the making, submission or announcement of, or knowingly encourage, facilitate or assist, any proposal that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal; (B) other than with respect to any Excluded Party which has reaffirmed its Acquisition Proposal to the Company Board within twenty-four (24) hours of the No-Ship Period Start Date, and its Representatives (but only for so long as the applicable Person is and remains an Excluded Party), furnish to any Person (other than to Parent, Merger Sub or any designees of Parent or Merger Sub) any non-public information relating to the Company Group or afford to any Person access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or to any personnel, of the Company Group (other than Parent, Merger Sub or any designees of Parent or Merger Sub), in any such case with the specific intent to induce the making, submission or announcement of, or to knowingly encourage, facilitate or assist an Acquisition Proposal or the making of any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; (C) participate or engage in discussions, communications or negotiations with any Third Person with respect to an Acquisition Proposal (other than informing such Persons of the provisions contained in this Section 5.3); (D) approve, endorse or recommend any proposal that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal; or (E) enter into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, memorandum of understanding, merger agreement, acquisition agreement or other Contract relating to an Acquisition Transaction, other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement (any such letter of intent, agreement in principle, memorandum of understanding, merger agreement, acquisition agreement or other Contract relating to an Acquisition Transaction, an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement ”). From the No-Shop Period Start Date until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII and the Effective Time, the Company will not be required to enforce, and will be permitted to waive, terminate or modify, any provision of any standstill or confidentiality agreement that prohibits or purports to prohibit a proposal being made to the Company Board (or any committee thereof) if the Company Board has determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside counsel that failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. (Page 64)

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