“Material Adverse Effect” means with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, any change, event, occurrence, circumstance, condition or effect (each, an “Effect”) that, individually or taken together with all other Effects, and regardless of whether or not such Effect, considered together with all other Effects, would constitute a breach of the representations or warranties made by such Person in this Agreement (i) would, or would reasonably be expected to, be or become materially adverse to the financial condition (including assets and liabilities, taken as a whole), business, operations or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided that none of the following shall be deemed in and of themselves, either alone or in combination to constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there is, or would reasonably likely to be, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole: (A) changes in general economic conditions or financial, credit, foreign exchange, securities, currency, capital or other financial markets, including any disruption thereof, in the United States, any other country or region in the world or the global economy generally, (B) changes generally affecting the industry in which the Company and the Subsidiaries operate, (C) changes in Applicable Legal Requirements, (D) changes in GAAP, or other accounting regulations or principles or interpretations thereof, that apply to the Company and the Subsidiaries, (E) national or international political conditions, any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, insurrection or war, or acts of terrorism, (F) epidemics, quarantine restrictions, wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, other natural disasters or similar calamity or crisis, (G) changes in the trading volume or trading prices of such entity’s capital stock in and of themselves (provided that such exception shall not apply to any underlying Effect that may have caused such change in the trading prices or volumes), (H) any failure, in and of itself, to meet market revenue or earnings expectations, including revenue or earnings projections or predictions made by the Company (whether or not publicly announced) or securities or financial analysts and any resulting analyst downgrades of the Company’s securities in and of themselves (provided that such exception shall not apply to any underlying Effect that may have caused such failure or such downgrades), (I) changes in the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ relationships with employees, customers, distributors, suppliers, vendors, licensors or other business partners as a result of the announcement or pendency of the Original Agreement, this Agreement or the anticipated consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions (provided that the exceptions in this clause (I) will not apply with respect to the representations 5


and warranties contained in Section 2.3(b) or, solely to the extent related to the representations and warranties contained in Section 2.3(b), Section 6.3(a) and Section 7.1(f)), (J) any actions taken or failure to take action, in each case, that Parent has expressly in writing approved, consented to or requested and (K) any actual or threatened Stockholder Litigation; provided that the exceptions in clauses (A) through (F) shall not apply to the extent that such changes disproportionately and adversely affect the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other participants in the industry and the regions in the world in which the Company and the Subsidiaries operate, or (ii) would, or would reasonably be expected to, prohibit the Company’s ability to consummate the Transactions in accordance with this Agreement and Applicable Legal Requirements in the United States (provided that the absence of or failure to obtain any consent, approval, waiver or clearance from any Governmental Entity under Antitrust Laws with respect to the Transactions shall not constitute a Material Adverse Effect under this clause (ii)). (Pages 10-11)

Question: Target stockholder proceedings-Answer (Y/N)
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Answer: Yes