“Material Adverse Effect” with respect to a Party means any event, change, effect, circumstance, fact, development or occurrence, individually or in the aggregate, that (a) has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or liabilities of such Party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) materially impairs the ability of such Party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or would reasonably be expected to do so; provided, that in the case of clause (a) only, no event, change, effect, circumstance, fact, development or occurrence to the extent resulting from, arising out of, or relating to any of the following shall be deemed to constitute a Material Adverse Effect with respect to such Party or shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be expected to be a Material Adverse Effect with respect to such Party:  (i) any changes in general U.S. or global economic, capital markets or regulatory conditions or other general business, financial or market conditions, (ii) any changes in conditions generally affecting the industries in which such Party or any of its Subsidiaries operates, (iii) any decline, in and of itself, in the market price or trading volume of such Party’s securities or in such Party’s credit ratings (provided, that any events, changes, effects, circumstances, facts, developments or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such decline that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of Material Adverse Effect may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Material Adverse Effect with respect to such Party), (iv) any failure, in and of itself, by such Party or any of its Subsidiaries to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions in respect of revenues, earnings or other financial or operating metrics for any period (provided, that any events, changes, effects, circumstances, facts, developments or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such failure that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of Material Adverse Effect may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Material Adverse Effect with respect to such Party), (v) the public announcement of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including the impact thereof on the relationships of a Party with their respective customers, suppliers, distributors, partners or other material third-party business relations or with their respective employees directly arising out of or related to the foregoing, (vi) any changes in Applicable Law or GAAP or IFRS, as applicable, first announced or proposed after the date of this Agreement, (vii) geopolitical conditions, the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, civil or political unrest, any acts of war or terrorism or any worsening thereof, (viii) any epidemic or pandemic (including COVID-19), hurricane, earthquake, flood, calamity or other natural disasters or acts of God or any worsening thereof or any declaration of martial law, quarantine or similar directive, policy or guidance or Law or other action by any Governmental Authority in connection therewith or in response thereto, (ix) any COVID-19 Measures, (x) the taking of any action required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement, or which the other Party has requested in writing, (xi) any Transaction Litigation or (xii) any matters expressly set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule or Parent Disclosure Schedule; provided, that the matters referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (vi), (vii), (viii) or (ix) may be taken into account to the extent that the impact of any such event, change, effect, circumstance, fact, development or occurrence on such Party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is disproportionately adverse relative to its impact on the other participants in the industries in which such Party and its Subsidiaries operate (in which case only the incremental disproportionate impact or impacts may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Material Adverse Effect).  (Page 13)

Question: Changes in market price/trading volume of Target's securities or credit rating (Y/N)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: Yes