“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any fact, circumstance, occurrence, effect, change, event or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has (a) resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a material delay or impediment to the ability of the Company to consummate the Merger or the other Transactions, or (b) had or reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the assets, liabilities, business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that, in the case of clause (b), a Company Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include facts, circumstances, occurrences, effects, changes, events or developments arising from or related to (except, in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (x) below, to the extent disproportionately affecting the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated companies in the industries in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate, in which case only the incremental disproportionate effect shall be taken into account): (i) conditions affecting the United States economy generally; (ii) political conditions (or changes in such conditions) in the United States (including the State of Delaware or any state in which the Company or the Company Subsidiaries operate), declared or undeclared acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, epidemics, pandemics or other contagion, including COVID-19 (including any escalation or general worsening of any of the foregoing) or national or international emergency in the United States or any other country or region of the world occurring after the date hereof; (iii) changes in the financial, credit, banking or securities markets in the United States or any other country or region in the world (including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index) and including changes or developments in or relating to currency exchange or interest rates; (iv) changes required by GAAP (or interpretations thereof by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) or any Governmental Authority); (v) changes in any Laws (or interpretations thereof by a Governmental Authority); (vi) changes that are generally applicable to the industries in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate; (vii) any failure by the Company to meet any internal or publicly available projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions or any decline in the market price or trading volume of the capital stock of the Company (provided that the underlying causes of any such failure or decline may be considered in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by another exception herein); (viii) the negotiation, execution or delivery of this Agreement, the performance by Company and the Company Subsidiaries of their obligations hereunder or the public announcement as to the identity of the parties hereto or pendency of the Merger or any of the other Transactions, including the impact of such public announcement on relationships, contractual or otherwise with customers, suppliers or employees of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (it being understood that this clause (viii) shall not apply to any representation or warranty set forth in Section 4.5 (or the condition to Parent’s and Merger Sub’s obligation to commence the Migration Filing or consummate the Closing set forth in Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.5(a)), in each case solely to the extent related to the foregoing representations and warranties); (ix) changes in the Company’s credit rating (provided that the underlying causes of such decline may be considered in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by another exception herein); (x) the occurrence of natural disasters or weather conditions adverse to the business being carried on by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries; (xi) stockholder litigation arising from or relating to this Agreement or the Merger, including any action alleging or asserting any misrepresentation or omission in any documents (including exhibits and all other information incorporated therein) filed with or furnished to the SEC; or (xii) any action taken or refrained from being taken by the Company that is required to be taken or prohibited from being taken, respectively pursuant to this Agreement, or is taken or refrained from being taken with the prior written consent or at the express direction of Parent.   (Page 9)

Question: FLS (MAE) Standard-Answer
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: Other forward-looking standard