“Company Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, any change, event, occurrence, development, circumstance or condition that, individually or in the aggregate (x) has or would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or delay the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or (y) has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, properties, assets, business or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, excluding for the purposes of clause (y), any such effect resulting from or arising in connection with: (1) changes in, or events generally affecting, the financial, securities or capital markets, (2) general economic or political conditions in the United States or any foreign jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operate, including any changes in currency exchange rates, interest rates, monetary policy or inflation, (3) changes in, or events generally affecting, the industries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operate, (4) any acts of war, disease outbreak, epidemic, pandemic (in the case of pandemic, including SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 pandemic, including any evolutions or mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (the “COVID-19 Pandemic”)), sabotage, civil disobedience or terrorism or natural disasters (including hurricanes, tornadoes, floods or earthquakes), (5) any COVID-19 Measures, (6) any failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to meet any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts or predictions in respect of financial performance for any period, (7) a decline in the price of the Shares, or a change in the trading volume of the Shares, on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), provided, that the exceptions in clauses (6) and (7) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change, event, occurrence, development, circumstance or condition underlying such failure or decline or change (if not otherwise falling within any of the exclusions pursuant to the other clauses of this definition) has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (8) changes in applicable Law, (9) changes in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) (or authoritative interpretation thereof), (10) the taking of any specific action expressly required by this Agreement or taken with Parent’s written consent (other than pursuant to Section 6.1 of this Agreement), (11) the announcement or pendency (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not the consummation) of this Agreement and the Merger, including the impact thereof on the relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, partners and other third parties with whom the Company has a relationship or (12) any litigation brought by stockholders of the Company or Parent alleging breach of duty or inadequate disclosure in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (it being understood and agreed that the exception in this clause (12) shall apply to the effects arising out of or relating to the bringing of such litigation and not those arising out of or resulting from an actual breach (or other claim) that is the subject thereof); provided, that the changes, events,   9


occurrences, developments, circumstances or conditions set forth in the foregoing clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (8) and (9) shall be taken into account in determining whether a “Company Material Adverse Effect” has occurred to the extent such changes, events, occurrences, developments, circumstances or conditions have a disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other participants in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate (but only the incremental disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole),  (Pages 16-17)

Question: Pandemic or other public health event-Answer (Y/N)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: Yes