“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any event, effect, occurrence, fact, circumstance, condition or change that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions; provided, however, that, none of the following shall be deemed in and of themselves, either alone or in combination, to constitute, and except as provided below, none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there is, or would reasonably be likely to be, a Company Material Adverse Effect: 

(i)          general economic or political conditions (or changes or disruptions in such conditions) in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or conditions in the global economy generally; 

(ii)          conditions (or changes or disruptions in such conditions) generally affecting the industries in which the Company and Company Subsidiaries operate; 

(iii)          conditions (or changes or disruptions in such conditions) in the securities markets, capital markets, credit markets, currency markets or other financial markets in the United States or any other country or region in the world, including (A) changes in interest rates in the United States or any other country or region in the world and changes in exchange rates for the currencies of any countries and (B) any suspension of trading in equity, debt, derivative or hybrid securities, securities generally (including Company Common Stock) on any securities exchange or over-the-counter market operating in the United States or any other country or region in the world; 

(iv)          political conditions (or changes or disruptions in such conditions) in the United States or any other country or region in the world or acts of war (whether or not declared), armed or unarmed hostilities or attacks, acts of terrorism, sabotage, or the escalation or worsening thereof in the United States or any other country or region in the world;


(v)          (A) the failure of Parent or Merger Subsidiary to comply with their respective obligations under this Agreement, (B) any actions taken by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries to which Parent has requested or (C) the Company taking any action required by this Agreement; 

(vi)          any changes in applicable Law (including COVID-19 Measures), accounting rules (including GAAP) or other legal or regulatory conditions or the enforcement, implementation or interpretation thereof; 

(vii)          other than for purposes of Section 3.3(c) and Section 3.3(d) (but subject to disclosure in the Company Disclosure Letter for such Sections), the announcement, pendency or completion of this Agreement; 

(viii)          any natural hurricane, earthquake, flood, disaster, acts of God, pandemic (including COVID-19) or other force majeure events in the United States or any other country or region in the world; 

(ix)          changes in the Company’s stock price or the trading volume of the Company’s stock, in and of itself, or any failure by the Company to meet any internal or published forecasts, estimates, projections or expectations of the Company’s revenue, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations for any period (provided that the underlying causes of such changes or failures (subject to the other provisions of this definition) shall not be excluded); 

(x)          any regulatory, preclinical or clinical event, occurrence, circumstance, change, effect or development relating to any Company Product in pre-clinical or clinical research and development (including, for the avoidance of doubt, (A) any test or results or announcements thereof, (B) increased incidence or severity of previously identified side effects, adverse effects, adverse events or safety observations or (C) reports of new side effects, adverse effects, adverse events or safety observations); provided that this clause (x) shall not apply to events, occurrences, circumstances, changes, effects or developments relating to the safety of Belumosudil, which (subject to the other provisions of this definition) shall not be excluded; or 

(xi)          any matters disclosed in the Company Disclosure Letter; 

except, with respect to clause (i), (ii), (iii), <omitted> or (vi) of this definition, to the extent such event, effect, occurrence, fact, circumstance, condition or change disproportionately affects the Company relative to other participants in the industries or geographies in which the Company operates or the economy generally, as applicable. (Pages 75-76)

Question: W/N/A/F subject to "disproportionate impact"-Answer
Subquestion: force majeure
Answer: Natural disaster