No Solicitation by Parent Sample Clauses

No Solicitation by Parent. (a) From and after the date of this Agreement, Parent and its officers and directors will, will cause Parent’s Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors to, and will use their reasonable best efforts to cause the other Representatives of Parent and its Subsidiaries to, immediately cease, and cause to be terminated, any discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Representatives with respect to any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Parent Competing Proposal. Within one (1) Business Day of the date of this Agreement Parent shall deliver a written notice to each Person that has received non-public information regarding Parent within the six (6) months prior to the date of this Agreement pursuant to a confidentiality agreement with Parent for purposes of evaluating any transaction that could be a Parent Competing Proposal and for whom no similar notices has been delivered prior to the date of this Agreement requesting the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information concerning Parent and any of its Subsidiaries heretofore furnished to such Person. Parent will immediately terminate any physical and electronic data access related to any such potential Parent Competing Proposal previously granted to such Persons. (b) From and after the date of this Agreement, Parent and its officers and directors will not, and will cause Parent’s Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors and other Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) initiate, solicit, propose, knowingly encourage, or knowingly facilitate any inquiry or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a Parent Competing Proposal; (ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions with any Person with respect to or negotiations with any Person with respect to, relating to, or in furtherance of a Parent Competing Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Parent Competing Proposal; (iii) furnish any information regarding Parent or its Subsidiaries, or access to the properties, assets or employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries, to any Person in connection with or in response to any Parent Competing Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Parent Competing Proposal; (iv) enter in...
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) During the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall, not directly or indirectly, and shall not, directly or indirectly, authorize or permit any of the other SafeNet Corporations or any officer or director of any of the SafeNet Corporations, or authorize or knowingly permit any other employee, agent or consultant of any of the SafeNet Corporations to, (i) solicit, encourage, initiate or seek the making, submission or announcement of any Parent Acquisition Proposal, (ii) furnish any non-public information regarding any of the SafeNet Corporations to any Person (other than to the Company) in connection with or in response to a Parent Acquisition Proposal or an inquiry that Parent believes in good faith could be expected to lead to a Parent Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Parent Acquisition Proposal, except as to the existence of these provisions, (iv) approve, endorse or recommend any Parent Acquisition Proposal, or (v) enter into any letter of intent or similar document or any Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Parent Acquisition Transaction; provided, however, that this Section 4.4 shall not prohibit (A) Parent, or the Board of Directors of Parent, prior to receipt of the approval of Parent’s stockholders of the issuance of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the Merger, from furnishing nonpublic information regarding the SafeNet Corporations to, or entering into discussions or negotiations with, any Person in response to an unsolicited, bona fide written Parent Acquisition Proposal that the Board of Directors of Parent concludes in good faith could reasonably be expected to result in a Parent Superior Offer that is submitted to Parent by such Person (and not withdrawn) if (1) none of the SafeNet Corporations or any officer or director of any of the SafeNet Corporations shall have violated any of the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.4 in connection with the receipt of such Parent Acquisition Proposal, (2) the Board of Directors of Parent concludes in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that such action with respect to such Parent Acquisition Proposal is required to comply with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors of Parent to Parent stockholders under applicable Legal Requirements, (3) Parent gives the Company prompt written notice of Parent’s intention to furnish nonpublic information to, or enter into discussions with, such Person, a...
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, Parent will terminate any and all existing activities, arrangements, discussions and negotiations with third parties (other than the Company and those entities identified in Section 5.01(b)(iv)(1) of the Parent Disclosure Letter) with respect to any possible Parent Acquisition Transaction (as defined below). Except as expressly provided in Sections 5.03(b), 5.03(c) and 7.01, prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall not, and shall not authorize or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or its Subsidiaries' directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives to, directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, facilitate or encourage (including by way of furnishing or disclosing information) (i) any merger, consolidation, other business combination involving Parent or its Subsidiaries (other than mergers, consolidations or transfers solely between and among Parent and any wholly-owned Subsidiary), (ii) any acquisition, sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of, or tender offer for, all or any substantial portion of the assets or capital stock of Parent or any of its material Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (iii) inquiries or proposals concerning or which may reasonably be expected to lead to, any of the foregoing (a "Parent Acquisition Transaction") or negotiate, explore or otherwise enter into discussions in any way with any third party (other than the Company or its affiliates) with respect to any Parent Acquisition Transaction or enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding requiring it to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the Merger or any other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Parent shall promptly advise the Company of the terms, conditions and identity of the third party making any inquiries or proposals relating to any Parent Acquisition Transaction. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing in the event that Parent receives an unsolicited bona fide written proposal for a Parent Acquisition Transaction from a third party, Parent may furnish non-public information to, and negotiate with, such third party; provided that Parent (i) provides prior written notice to the Company; (ii) such third party enters into a confidentiality agreement having terms no more favorable to such third party than the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement are to the Company; (iii) (A) Parent's Board of Directors shall have concluded in good fai...
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) From and after the date of this Agreement, Parent and its officers and directors will, will cause Parent’s Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors to, and will use their reasonable best efforts to cause the other Representatives of Parent and its Subsidiaries to, immediately cease, and cause to be terminated, any discussion or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Representatives with respect to any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Parent Competing Proposal. (b) From and after the date of this Agreement, Parent and its officers and directors will not, will cause Parent’s Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors not to, and will use their reasonable best efforts to cause the other Representatives of Parent and its Subsidiaries not to, directly or indirectly: (i) initiate, solicit, propose, knowingly encourage, or knowingly facilitate any inquiry or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a Parent Competing Proposal; (ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions with any Person with respect to or negotiations with any Person with respect to, relating to, or in furtherance of a Parent Competing Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Parent Competing Proposal; (iii) furnish any non-public information regarding Parent or its Subsidiaries, or access to the properties, assets or employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries, to any Person in connection with or in response to any Parent Competing Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Parent Competing Proposal; (iv) enter into any letter of intent or agreement in principle, or other agreement providing for a Parent Competing Proposal; or (v) submit any Parent Competing Proposal to the vote of the stockholders of Parent; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Parent or any of its Representatives may, in response to an inquiry or proposal from a third party, inform a third party or its Representative of the restrictions imposed by the provisions of this Section 6.4 (without conveying, requesting or attempting to gather any other information). (c) From and after the date of this Agreement, Parent shall promptly (and in any event within the shorter of one Busines...
No Solicitation by Parent. From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article IX, Parent shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, and shall not authorize or permit any of its officers, directors, employees or Representatives to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiry, proposal or offer which constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Parent Acquisition Proposal or (ii) participate in any discussions, negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person (other than the Company, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives) any nonpublic information relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries, in connection with any Parent Acquisition Proposal.
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) Parent shall not directly or indirectly, and shall not authorize or permit any of the other Parent Corporations or any Representative of any of the Parent Corporations directly or indirectly to, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or induce the making, submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or take any similar action, (ii) furnish any non-public information regarding any of the Parent Corporations to any Person in connection with or in response to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, endorse or recommend any Acquisition Proposal or (v) enter into any letter of intent or similar document or any Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent acknowledges and agrees that any violation of any of the restrictions set forth in the preceding sentence by any Representative of any of the Parent Corporations, whether or
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) Parent shall not directly or indirectly, and shall not authorize or permit any of the other Parent Entities or Representative of the Parent Entities, directly or indirectly to, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or knowingly induce, or facilitate the making, submission or announcement of any Parent Acquisition Proposal or take any action that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Parent Acquisition Proposal, (ii) furnish any information regarding any Parent Entities to any Person in connection with or in response to a Parent Acquisition Proposal or an inquiry or indication of interest that would lead to a Parent Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Parent Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, endorse or recommend any Parent Acquisition Proposal or (v) enter into any letter of intent or similar document or any Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Parent Acquisition Transaction; provided, however, that prior to the adoption of this Agreement by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, this Section 4.4(a) shall not prohibit Parent from furnishing nonpublic information regarding the Parent Entities to, or entering into discussions with, any Person in response to a Parent Superior Offer that is submitted to Parent by such Person (and not withdrawn) if (1) neither Parent nor any Representative of the Parent Entities shall have breached or taken any action inconsistent with any of the provisions set forth in this Section 4.4, (2) the board of directors of Parent concludes in good faith, after having taken into account the advice of its outside legal counsel, that such action is required in order for the board of directors of Parent to comply with its fiduciary obligations to Parent's stockholders under applicable law, (3) at least three business days prior to furnishing any such information to, or entering into discussions with, such Person, Parent gives the Company written notice of the identity of such Person and of Parent's intention to furnish information to, or enter into discussions with, such Person, and Parent receives from such Person an executed confidentiality agreement containing customary limitations on the use and disclosure of all nonpublic written and oral information furnished to such Person by or on behalf of Parent and containing customary "standstill" provisions, and (4) at least three business days prior to furnishing any such information to such Person...
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) Parent shall not, directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, employee, representative or agent of Parent or any of its subsidiaries, solicit or encourage the initiation of any inquiries or proposals regarding any merger, or any acquisition of any capital stock or any material portion of the assets of Parent (including without limitation by way of a tender offer) or similar transactions involving Parent or any subsidiaries of Parent (any of the foregoing inquiries or proposals being referred to herein as an "Acquisition Proposal"). Nothing contained in this Section 4.02(a) shall prevent the Board of Directors of Parent from (i) considering, negotiating, approving and recommending to the shareholders of Parent a bona fide Acquisition Proposal not solicited in violation of this Agreement, (ii) taking and disclosing to its shareholders a position contemplated by Exchange Act Rule 14e-2 or (iii) making any disclosure to its shareholders; provided that, as to each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Board of Directors of Parent determines in good faith (upon advice of independent counsel) such action is necessary for it to act in a manner consistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable law.
No Solicitation by Parent. (A) Parent will promptly notify the Company after receipt of any offer or indication that any person is considering making an offer with respect to a Parent Acquisition Proposal or any request for nonpublic information relating to Parent or for access to the properties, books or records of Parent by any person that may be considering making, or has made, an offer with respect to a Parent Acquisition Proposal and will keep the Company fully informed of the status and details of any such offer, indication or request. "Parent Acquisition Proposal" means any proposal for a merger or other business combination involving Parent or the acquisition of any equity interest in, or a substantial portion of the assets of, Parent, other than (a) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (b) a Qualified Financing, (c) any other transaction which Parent may enter into without violating Section 5.4 of this Agreement.
No Solicitation by Parent. (a) Parent will promptly notify the Company after receipt of any offer or indication that any person is considering making an offer with respect to a Parent Acquisition Proposal or any request for nonpublic information relating to Parent or for access to the properties, books or records of Parent by any person that may be considering making, or has made, an offer with respect to a Parent Acquisition Proposal and will keep the Company fully informed of the status and details of any such offer, indication or request. "PARENT ACQUISITION PROPOSAL" means any proposal for a merger or other business combination involving Parent or the acquisition of any equity interest in, or a substantial portion of the assets of, Parent, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.