“Company Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any state of fact, event, change, effect, circumstance, occurrence or development that is materially adverse to the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, excluding any event, change, effect, circumstance, occurrence or development that results from or arises out of: (a) changes after the date of this Agreement in GAAP or the authoritative interpretation thereof; (b) changes after the date of the Agreement in applicable Legal Requirements; (c) general economic, business, financial, capital market or political conditions; (d) changes generally affecting the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries participates; (e) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, any acts of war, sabotage, terrorism or military actions (or any escalation or worsening of any such hostilities, acts of war, sabotage, terrorism or military actions), or the continuation or worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic; (f) the negotiation, announcement or pendency of this Agreement, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (provided that this clause “(f)” shall not apply to any representation or warranty in Section 2.19 to the extent that the purpose of such representation or warranty is to address the consequences resulting from the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger); (g) the Company’s failure to meet public estimates or forecasts of revenues, earnings or other financial metrics, in and of itself, or the failure to meet internal projections, forecasts or budgets of revenues, earnings or other financial metrics, in and of itself, provided that in each case the underlying cause or causes may be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be expected to be a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the extent otherwise permitted by this definition; (h) any decline in the Company’s stock price or any decline in the market price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock on Nasdaq, in and of itself, or the suspension of trading in or delisting of the Company Common Stock on Nasdaq, provided, that in each case the underlying cause or causes may be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be   A-3


expected to be a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the extent otherwise permitted by this definition; (i) any action taken or omitted to be taken at the written request of Parent or the taking of any action required by this Agreement; (j) any lawsuit commenced by a stockholder of the Company (in his, her or its capacity as a stockholder) alleging breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the execution of the Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement, except, in the case of each of clauses “(a),” “(b),” “(c),” “(d),” and “(e)” of this proviso, to the extent that such changes have a disproportionate adverse impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries relative to other participants in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, in which case the incremental disproportionate impact or impacts may be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be expected to be a Company Material Adverse Effect.  (Pages 81-82)

Question: W/N/A/F subject to "disproportionate impact"-Answer
Subquestion: War or terrorism
Answer: War or terrorism