No Solicitation or Negotiation Clause Samples
The "No Solicitation or Negotiation" clause prohibits one or both parties from initiating or engaging in discussions, negotiations, or offers with third parties regarding the subject matter of the agreement, such as a potential sale, merger, or partnership. Typically, this clause applies during a specified exclusivity period, ensuring that the parties focus solely on negotiating with each other and do not seek or entertain competing proposals. Its core practical function is to protect the integrity of the negotiation process by preventing distractions or interference from outside offers, thereby fostering a more committed and efficient path toward a final agreement.
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No Solicitation or Negotiation. Except as expressly permitted in this Section 7.1, the Company shall not, nor shall it authorize or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants or other advisors or representatives (such directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, other advisors and representatives, collectively, “Representatives”) to directly or indirectly:
(i) solicit, initiate, encourage or take any other action to facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, including without limitation, amending or granting any waiver or release under any standstill or similar agreement with respect to any Shares;
(ii) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, furnish to any Person any information with respect to, assist or participate in any effort or attempt by any Person with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, any Acquisition Proposal; or
(iii) make or authorize any statement, recommendation or solicitation in support of any Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take the necessary steps promptly to inform the Persons described in the first sentence of this Section 7.1(a) of the obligations undertaken under this Section. Table of Contents Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent the Company or the Company Board from (i) taking and disclosing to its shareholders a position contemplated by Rule 14d-9 and Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any similar communication to shareholders in connection with the making or amendment of a tender offer or exchange offer) or from making any legally required disclosure to shareholders with regard to an Acquisition Proposal (provided that neither the Company nor its Company Board may recommend any Acquisition Proposal unless permitted by Section 7.1(b) below and the Company may not fail to make or withdraw, modify or change in a manner adverse to the Buyer all or any portion of the Company Board Recommendation unless permitted by Section 7.5 (in which case the Buyer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement as set forth in Section 7.1(b)(ii)), and provided further that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any “stop-look-and-listen” communication by the Company or the C...
No Solicitation or Negotiation. The Company agrees that, except as expressly permitted by this Section 6.2, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of the officers and directors of it or any of its Subsidiaries shall, and that it shall use its reasonable best efforts to instruct and cause its and its Subsidiaries’ employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors or representatives (such directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors or representatives, collectively, “Representatives”) not to, directly or indirectly:
(i) initiate, solicit or knowingly encourage any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would be reasonably likely to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal (as defined below); or
(ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or provide any non-public information or data to any Person relating to, any Acquisition Proposal; or
(iii) otherwise knowingly facilitate any effort or attempt to make an Acquisition Proposal. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any violation of any of the restrictions set forth in this Section 6.2 by any Representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 6.2 by the Company. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, prior to the time, but not after, the Company Requisite Vote is obtained, the Company may, if it and its Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives have not breached this Section 6.2, and there has been no breach of Section 1(g) of the Shareholder Support Agreement, (A) provide information in response to a request therefor by a Person who has made an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal providing for the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (including, without limitation, equity securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries) or all or substantially all of the Shares, 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 (as defined in Section 9.7); it being understood that such confidentiality agreement need not prohibit the making, or amendment, of an Acquisition Proposal; and promptly discloses (and, if applicable, provides copies of) any such information to P...
No Solicitation or Negotiation. Each of the Transferor Parties agrees that between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of (a) the Closing and (b) the termination of this Agreement, none of the Transferor Parties nor any of their respective Affiliates, officers, managers, members, representatives or agents will (i) solicit, initiate, consider, encourage or accept any other proposals or offers from any Person (A) relating to any acquisition or purchase of all or any portion of the Transferor Interests or any Transferred Assets or (B) to enter into any merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, reorganization or other extraordinary business transaction involving or otherwise relating to the Business or (ii) participate in any discussions, conversations, negotiations and other communications regarding, or furnish to any other Person any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way, assist or participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any other Person to seek to do any of the foregoing. Between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of (a) the Closing and (b) the termination of this Agreement, each of the Transferor Parties immediately shall cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions, conversations, negotiations and other communications with any Persons conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing. Between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of (a) the Closing and (b) the termination of this Agreement, each of the Transferor Parties shall notify Parent promptly if any such proposal or offer, or any inquiry or other contact with any Person with respect thereto, is made and shall, in any such notice to Parent, indicate in reasonable detail the identity of the Person making such proposal, offer, inquiry or contact and the terms and conditions of such proposal, offer, inquiry or other contact. Between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of (a) the Closing and (b) the termination of this Agreement, each of the Transferor Parties agrees not to, without the prior written consent of the Acquiring Parties, release any Person from, or waive any provision of, any confidentiality or standstill agreement to which such Transferor Party is a party.
No Solicitation or Negotiation. The Company agrees that, except as expressly permitted by this Section 5.02, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of its or its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors and employees shall, and it shall instruct and use reasonable best efforts to cause its and its Subsidiaries’ investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors, agents and representatives (a Person’s directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors, agents and representatives are hereinafter referred to as its “Representatives”) not to, directly or indirectly:
(i) initiate, solicit, knowingly encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, any Company Acquisition Proposal;
(ii) engage or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations relating to any Company Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Acquisition Proposal; or
(iii) provide any information or data to any Person in connection with any Company Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Acquisition Proposal; or
(iv) otherwise knowingly facilitate any effort or attempt to make a Company Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall, and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries and use its reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions and negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect to any Company Acquisition Proposal, or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Acquisition Proposal. The Company will promptly inform the Persons referred to in the preceding sentence of the obligations undertaken in this Section 5.02. The Company will promptly request from each Person that has executed a confidentiality agreement in connection with its consideration of making a Company Acquisition Proposal to return or destroy (as provided in the terms of such confidentiality agreement) all confidential information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and promptly terminate all physical and electronic data access previously granted to such Person.
No Solicitation or Negotiation. Unless and until this Agreement is terminated, neither the Sellers nor the Company through its directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, advisors, accountants and attorneys shall initiate, solicit or encourage, directly or indirectly, any inquiries or the making of any proposal with respect to, or engage in negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential information or data to any Person with respect to, or have any discussions with any Persons relating to, any acquisition, business combination or purchase of all or any significant asset of, or any equity interest in, the Company, or otherwise facilitate any effort or attempt to do or seek any of the foregoing, and shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing. Should the Company or any Seller be contacted with respect to any offer, inquiry or proposal, the Company and the Sellers shall immediately advise the Purchaser in writing of the name, address and phone number of the contact and the nature of the inquiry.
No Solicitation or Negotiation. Unless and until this Agreement is terminated, neither the Sellers nor the Company shall, and each shall use best efforts to cause its Affiliates, and the directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, advisors, accountants, shareholders and attorneys of each of them, not to initiate or solicit, directly or indirectly, any inquiries or the making of any proposal with respect to, or engage in negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential information or data to any Person with respect to, or have any discussions with any Person relating to, any acquisition, business combination or purchase of all or any significant asset of, or any equity interest in, directly or indirectly, the Company, or otherwise facilitate any effort or attempt to do or seek any of the foregoing and shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing.
No Solicitation or Negotiation. The Company agrees that from and after the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.3 hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, officers, directors, representatives or agents will: (1) solicit, initiate, consider, encourage or accept any other proposals or offers from any Person (i) relating to any debt or equity financing for the Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) relating to the acquisition or purchase of all or any portion of the capital stock of the Company or assets of the Company (each of the events described in clauses (i) and (ii) an “Alternative Transaction”), or (2) participate in any discussions, conversations, negotiations or other communications regarding, or furnish to any other Person any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way, assist or participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any other Person to seek to do any Alternative Transaction. The Company shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions, conversations, negotiations and other communications with any Persons conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing. The Company shall notify the Investor promptly if any such proposal or offer, or any inquiry or other contact with any Person with respect thereto, is made and shall, in any such notice to the Investor, indicate in reasonable detail the identity of the Person making such proposal, offer, inquiry or contact and the terms and conditions of such proposal, offer, inquiry or other contact.
No Solicitation or Negotiation. (a) The Company, its affiliates (as reasonably determined by the Company) and their respective officers and other employees with managerial responsibilities, directors, representatives (including the Financial Advisor or any other investment banker and any attorneys and accountants) and agents shall immediately cease any discussions or negotiations with any parties with respect to any Third Party Acquisition (as defined below). The Company also agrees promptly to request each person that has heretofore executed a confidentiality agreement in connection with its consideration of acquiring (whether by merger, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, if any, to return all confidential information heretofore furnished to such person by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates shall, nor shall the Company authorize or permit any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives or agents to, directly or indirectly, encourage, solicit, participate in or initiate discussions or negotiations with or provide any non-public information to any person or group (other than AREP Oil & Gas and IPO Co. or any designees of AREP Oil & Gas and IPO Co.) concerning any Third Party Acquisition.
(b) The Company Board shall not approve or recommend, or cause or permit the Company to enter into any agreement or obligation with respect to, any Third Party Acquisition.
(c) For the purposes of this Agreement, “Third Party Acquisition” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) the acquisition of the Company by merger or otherwise by any person (which includes a “person” as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than AREP Oil & Gas, IPO Co. or any affiliate thereof (a “Third Party”); (ii) the acquisition by a Third Party of any material portion (which shall include fifteen percent (15%) or more) of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than the sale of its products in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (iii) the acquisition by a Third Party of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding Shares; (iv) the adoption by the Company of a plan of liquidation or the declaration or payment of an extraordinary dividend; (v) the repurchase by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Shares; or (vi) the acquisitio...
No Solicitation or Negotiation. (i) From and after the date of this Agreement, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, the Stockholder agrees that it shall not, and that it shall not authorize or knowingly permit any of such Stockholder’s representatives to, directly or indirectly: (A) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage, assist, facilitate or induce the making, submission or announcement of, an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Transaction, (B) participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person (other than Parent or Merger Sub or any designees of Parent or Merger Sub) regarding an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Transaction, or furnish any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or take any other action intended to encourage, assist or facilitate, any Person (other than Parent or Merger Sub or any designees of Parent or Merger Sub) that is seeking to make or has made an Acquisition Proposal, or (C) enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, definitive agreement or similar document or Contract relating to any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Transaction (other than any confidentiality agreement entered into in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement).
No Solicitation or Negotiation. (a) From and after the execution and delivery of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the Closing or termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms, MSI shall not, nor will it authorize or permit any of its directors, officers or other employees, controlled Affiliates or any investment banker, attorney or other advisor, representative or agent retained by it to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, encourage or induce the making, submission of a transaction (whether in the form of a merger, consolidation, asset sale or other form of transaction) for the acquisition of any Locations or the Car Wash Business (an "Acquisition Transaction") by any Person other than Purchaser, (ii) participate or engage in any discussions or negotiations with any such Person regarding an Acquisition Transaction, (iii) furnish to any such Person any information relating to the Companies or the Assets, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Companies to any such Person that has made or could reasonably be expected to make an Acquisition Transaction, or (iv) take any other action intended to assist or facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Transaction, (v) approve, endorse or recommend an Acquisition Transaction, or (vi) enter into any letter of intent or similar agreement contemplating or otherwise relating to an Acquisition Transaction.