definiens: means in relation to either Party, any event or circumstance which is beyond the reasonabl e control of that Party and without the fault or negligence of that Party so atfected which results in or cause s the failure of that Party to perform any or all of its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, inevitable accidents, perils of navigation, floods, fire, storms, drought, or other weather-re.lated conditions, earthquakes, asteroid or meteor activity, explosion, hostilities, sabotage, act of vandali sm, war ( whether declared or undeclared ), civil disturbances, order or act of any government, whether de jure or de facto or any official purporting to act under authority of any such government, illegality arising from dome stic or foreign laws or regulations, insurrections, quarantine or custom restrictions, damage in factorie s or warehous es, strikes, lockout s, other labor difficulty or other disturbanc e at the Partie s or the supplier s of Product, raw materials and/or excipients, energy or other supplie s, hreakdown of machinery or instruments or acts of God or other similar events heyond the reasonable control of the Party so affected resulting in hindran ce of the performance by either Party of its obligations hereunder