“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any event, circumstance, development, change, occurrence or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the financial condition, assets, liabilities, business or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided that no event, circumstance, development, change, occurrence or effect to the extent resulting from, arising out of, or relating to any of the following shall be deemed to constitute, or shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Company Material Adverse Effect, or whether a Company Material Adverse Effect would reasonably be expected to occur: (i) any changes after the date hereof in general United States or global economic conditions, including changes in United States or global securities, credit, financial, debt or other capital markets, (ii) any changes after the date hereof in conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries materially engages, (iii) any reduction in the assets under management of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (it being understood and agreed that this clause (iii) shall not preclude Parent from asserting that any facts or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such reduction that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect should be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Company Material Adverse Effect), (iv) any decline, in and of itself, in the market price or trading volume of the Company Non-Voting Common Stock, any changes in credit ratings and any changes in any analysts’ recommendations or ratings with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (it being understood and agreed that this clause (iv) shall not preclude Parent from asserting that any facts or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such decline that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect should be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Company Material Adverse Effect), (v) any failure, in and of itself, by the Company 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 (it being understood and agreed that this clause (v) shall not preclude Parent from asserting that any facts or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such failure that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect should be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Company Material Adverse Effect), (vi) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the public announcement or the pendency of this Agreement (it being understood and agreed that this clause (vi) shall not apply with respect to any representation or warranty that is intended to address the consequences of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the public announcement or the pendency of this Agreement), (vii) any changes after the date hereof in any Applicable Law or GAAP (or authoritative interpretations thereof), (viii) any action or omission taken by the Company pursuant to the written request of Parent or the Merger Subs or (ix) any acts of God, natural disasters, terrorism, armed hostilities, sabotage, war or any escalation or worsening of acts of war, epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including the COVID-19 pandemic), except in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii), (vii) or (ix), to the extent that any such event, circumstance, development, change, occurrence or effect has a disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to the adverse effect such event, circumstance, development, change, occurrence or effect has on other companies operating in the industries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries materially engages; it being agreed, for purposes of this Agreement, that the COVID-19 pandemic has not, as of the   7


date of this Agreement, had such a materially disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.  (Pages 12-13)

Question: Failure to meet projections: subject to "disproportionate impact" modifier
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: No