“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate with all other Effects, is or would reasonably be expected to (A) be materially adverse to the business, financial condition, assets, Liabilities or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (B) prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Transactions past the Outside Date; provided that, solely with respect to the foregoing clause (A), none of the following Effects (and no Effect that directly results from or arises in connection with the following) shall constitute or shall be taken into account in determining whether there is a Company Material Adverse Effect to the extent resulting from or arising out of: (a) changes in or affecting the economies or general business, economic, regulatory or legislative conditions or securities, financial, credit or capital market conditions (including changes generally in prevailing interest rates, currency exchange rates, credit markets or equity price levels, trading volumes or the imposition of new or increased tariffs) anywhere in the world in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, (b) changes in the trading volume or trading price of Shares (provided that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such changes in such volume or price may be deemed to constitute, and may be taken into account in determining whether there is, a Company Material Adverse Effect), (c) changes in the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, (d) national or international political conditions, acts of war (whether or not declared), the threat, commencement, continuation or escalation of a war, acts of armed hostility, sabotage, terrorism or cyber intrusion, government shutdown or other international or national calamity or any material worsening of such conditions threatened, or existing as of the Agreement Date, (e) changes (or prospective changes) in Law or GAAP (or in the interpretation thereof), (f) any failure by the Company to meet its guidance or any published analyst projections, estimates or expectations of the Company’s past or projected revenue, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations for any period, in and of itself, and any resulting analyst downgrade of the Company’s securities, or any failure by the Company to meet its internal budgets, plans or forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations, in and of itself (provided that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such failures may be deemed to constitute, and may be taken into account in determining whether there is a Company Material Adverse Effect if such facts and circumstances are not otherwise excluded under this definition), (g) any legal or related Proceedings made or brought by any of the current or former Company Stockholders (on their own behalf or on behalf of the Company) against the Company or the Company Board, relating to, in connection with, or arising out of the Merger or the other Transactions, including the Proxy Statement, (h) any Effects directly or indirectly attributable to the execution, announcement or pendency of this Agreement or the anticipated consummation of the Merger (including the identity of, or any facts or circumstances relating to, Parent as the acquirer of the Company), including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with officers, employees, customers, suppliers, distributors, vendors, licensors, licensees, lenders, investors, Governmental Authorities, subcontractors or partners (including the exercise, or prospective exercise, by any party of rights that arise upon a change of control) (provided, that this clause (h) shall not apply to any representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.4 or the condition set forth in Section 5.2(a) to the extent related thereto), (i) fires, pandemics, epidemics, disease outbreaks, quarantine restrictions, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes or other natural or man-made disaster or any other national or international calamity, crisis or disaster, or any escalation or worsening of any of the foregoing and including any COVID-19 Responses taken in compliance with Section 4.1 and (j) except for the obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries set forth in the first sentence of Section 4.1, any Effects resulting from or arising out of (i) the failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to take any action expressly prohibited by this Agreement or (ii) any actions taken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as expressly required by this Agreement or with the prior written consent, or at the prior written request, of Parent or Merger Sub after disclosure to Parent of all material facts and information; provided that, with respect to clauses (a), (c), (d), (e) and (i), only to the extent such Effect does not adversely affect the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in a disproportionate manner relative to other similarly situated participants in the industry in which the Company 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 a Company Material Adverse Effect).  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Question: Actions taken with consent or approval of Buyer-Answer (Y/N)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: Yes