definiens: means, with respect to a n affected Party, any circumstances or events that are beyond the reasonable control of any one or mor e of : that Party, its respective Affiliates, or any of their respective vendors, suppliers or shipp ing carriers ( including any ( a ) act of God, ( b ) natural disaster or severe weather condition ( e .g ., lightning, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, drought, blizzards, ice storms, volcanic eruption, epidemic, etc . ), fire or explosion, ( c ) war, invasion, hostilities ( whether war is decl ared or not ), terrorist threat or act, riot, rebell ion, mutiny, sabotage or other civil unrest, ( d ) act or decision of any Governmental Authorities or change in applicable Law, ( e ) sinking, crashing, em bargo or blockade, ( f ) strikes, labor disturbances, stoppages or slowdowns or other indus trial disturbances, ( g ) failure or delay of public utilities or common carriers, ( h ) batch fail ure, supply failure or outage ( in each case, to the extent beyond LMI ’s reasonable control ), equipment failure or malfunction, shortages of fuel, power or raw materials or ( i ) any other circumstanc e or event that is not under the reasonable control of the affected Party )