“Company Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, occurrence, effect or development that (i) has a material adverse effect on the business, assets, properties, operations, results of operation or condition of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) would prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of the Company and the Company Operating Partnership to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions; provided, however, that for the purposes of clause (i), a Company Material Adverse Effect shall not include events, changes, occurrences, effects or developments relating to or resulting from (a) changes in general economic or political conditions or the securities, equity, credit or financial markets in general, or changes in or affecting domestic or foreign interest or exchange rates, (b) any decline in the market price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock or the Company Preferred Stock or any change in the credit rating of the Company or any of its securities (provided, that the facts and circumstances underlying any such decline or change may be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by the definition thereof), (c) changes or developments in the industries in which the Company or the Company Subsidiaries operate, (d) changes in Law or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, (e) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the public announcement or pendency or consummation of the Mergers or other transactions contemplated hereby, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries with employees, partnerships, customers or suppliers or Governmental Entities (provided that this clause (e) and the below clause (f) shall not apply with respect to the representations or warranties in ​Section 3.5 or ​Section 3.11(g) of this Agreement), (f) the identity of Parent or any of its Affiliates as the acquiror of the Company, (g) compliance with the terms of, or the taking or omission of any action required by, this Agreement or expressly requested in writing or consented to by Parent (other than any action or failure to take any action pursuant to ​​Section 5.1(a)), unless Parent has unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned its written consent to any such action or failure to take action), (h) any act of civil unrest, civil disobedience, war, terrorism, cyberterrorism, military activity, sabotage or cybercrime, including an outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or any other Governmental Entity or the declaration by the United States or any other Governmental Entity of a national emergency or war, or any worsening or escalation of any such conditions threatened or existing on the date of this Agreement, (i) any hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, natural disasters, acts of God or other comparable events, (j) any pandemic, epidemic or disease outbreak (including COVID-19) or other comparable events, (k) changes in generally accepted accounting principles or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, (l) any litigation relating to or resulting from this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or (m) any failure to meet internal or published projections, forecasts, guidance or revenue or earning predictions (provided, that the facts and circumstances underlying any such failure may be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by the definition thereof); except that (1) with respect to clauses (a), (c), (d), (h), (i), (j), or (k), if the impact thereof is disproportionately adverse to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other companies in the industries in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate, the incremental disproportionate impact may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (2) if any event, change, occurrence, effect or development has caused or is reasonably likely to cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT for federal Tax purposes, such event, change, occurrence, effect or development shall be considered a Company Material Adverse Effect, unless such failure is able to be, and has been cured on commercially reasonable terms under the applicable provisions of the Code prior to the End Date.   (Page 38)

Question: Pandemic or other public health event: Specific reference to COVID-19
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: Yes