definiens: means the following Persons : ( a ) Buyer ; ( b ) Buyer ’s current and future Affiliates ( including following the Closing, the Gr oup Companies ) ; ( c ) the respective Representatives of the Persons referred to in clauses and abov e ; and ( d ) the respective successors and assigns of the Persons referred to in clauses and above ; provided, however, that Seller shall not be deemed to be a means any event, ch ange, occurrence, fact, development or effect that has had or would reasonably be expected to hav e, individually or in the aggregate, a material adv erse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of Buyer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any event, change, occurrence, fact, developme nt or effect to the extent arising out of, attribut able to or resulting from ( i ) general business or economic cha nges or developments in any of the industries in wh ich Buyer or its Subsidiaries operate, ( ii ) changes in region al, national or international political conditions ( including any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, any acts of war or terrorism or any other national or internati onal calamity, crisis or emergency, including, for the avoidance o f doubt, COVID-19 or other pandemics or epidemics ) or in general economic, business, regulatory, political o r market conditions or in national or international financial markets, ( iii ) natural disasters or calamities, inc luding, for the avoidance of doubt, COVID-19 or oth er pandemics or epidemics ; ( iv ) changes in any applica ble accounting regulations or principles ; ( v ) any f ailure to meet internal or published projections, estimates o r forecasts of revenues, earnings, or other measure s of financial or operating performance for any period ; or ( vi ) any changes in the trading price of Buyer C ommon Stock ; provided, that in the case of each of the cl auses ( i ) through ( iv ) set forth above, only to the extent that any such event, change, occurrence, fact, development o r effect has not had, and would not reasonably be e xpected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a dispro portionate effect on the Buyer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other companies operating in the in the industries in which Buyer and its Subsidiar ies operate )