“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any Person and its Subsidiaries, any event, circumstance, change, effect, development, condition or occurrence that (i) individually or in the aggregate with all other events, circumstances, changes, effects, developments, conditions or occurrences has or would reasonably be expected to have a material 

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and adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or prevents or materially impairs the ability of such Person and its Subsidiaries to consummate the Mergers or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (ii) prevents or materially impairs the ability of such Person and its Subsidiaries to perform their obligations hereunder, in each case in this clause (ii) before the Outside Date; provided, that for purposes of clause (i), “Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, circumstance, change, effect, development, condition or occurrence to the extent arising out of or resulting from (A) any failure of such Person to meet any projections or forecasts or any estimates of earnings, revenues or financial or operating results for any period (provided, that any event, circumstance, change, effect, development, condition or occurrence giving rise to such failure may constitute or otherwise be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect), (B) any events, circumstances, changes or effects that affect the industries in which such Person and its Subsidiaries operate generally, (C) any changes in the United States or global economy or capital, financial or securities markets generally, including changes in interest or exchange rates, (D) any changes in the general legal, regulatory or political conditions in the United States or in any other country or region of the world, (E) the commencement, escalation or worsening of a war or armed hostilities or the occurrence of acts of terrorism or sabotage, (F) the public announcement of the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with tenants, suppliers, lenders, investors (including shareholders and unitholders), joint venture parties or employees (provided, that the exception in this clause (F) does not apply for purposes of any representations in Article IV, Article V or Article VI that address the public announcement or pendency of this Agreement, including the use of Material Adverse Effect in Section 4.5 (or Section 9.2 as it relates to Section 4.5), Section 5.5 (or Section 9.3 as it relates to Section 5.5) or Section 6.3 (or Section 9.2 as it relates to Section 6.3)), (G) the taking of any action expressly required by this Agreement, the taking of any action at the written request or with the prior written consent of such Person’s counterparty to this Agreement or the failure to take any action at the request of such Person’s counterparty to this Agreement or expressly prohibited by this Agreement, (H) earthquakes, hurricanes, floods or other natural disasters or epidemic, pandemic, including the COVID-19 pandemic, and any future resurgence, or evolutions or mutations of COVID-19 or related disease outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics, or any escalation or worsening thereof, (I) changes in Law or GAAP (or the interpretation or enforcement thereof), or (J) any stockholder or derivative Action arising from allegations of a breach or violation of applicable Law relating to this Agreement, the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however¸ that in the case of each of clauses (B), (C), (D), (E) and (I), such events, circumstances, changes, effects, developments, conditions or occurrences may be taken into account to the extent they disproportionately affect such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other Persons in the industry in which such Person operates, and in the case of clause (H), disproportionately affect such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other Persons in the industry in the geographic regions in which such Person and its Subsidiaries operate or own or lease properties.  (Pages 16-17)

Question: Relational language (MAE carveout)-Answer (Dropdown)
Subquestion: "Arising from/out of"
Answer: "Resulting from", "Arising from/out of"