“Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, event, occurrence or development that has a material adverse effect on the business, operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, excluding the impact of (i) any changes or developments in domestic, foreign or global markets or domestic, foreign or global economic conditions generally, including (A) any changes or developments in or affecting the domestic or any foreign securities, equity, credit or financial markets or (B) any changes or developments in or affecting domestic or any foreign interest or exchange rates, (ii) actual, proposed or pending changes in GAAP or any official interpretation or enforcement thereof, (iii) actual, proposed or pending changes in Law or any changes or developments in the official interpretation or enforcement thereof by Governmental Entities, including any changes in Laws relating to Taxes, (iv) changes in domestic, foreign or global political conditions, including the outbreak or escalation of war, military actions, or acts of terrorism or sabotage, civil disobedience or civil unrest, protests and public demonstrations (including any escalation or general worsening thereof) and any government responses thereto, including any worsening of such conditions threatened or existing on the date of this Agreement, (v) changes or developments in the business or regulatory conditions affecting the industries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operate, (vi) the announcement or the existence of, or compliance with or performance under, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with employees, financing sources, tenants, ground lessors, lenders, servicers, agents, customers, suppliers, partners, Governmental Entities or other business relationships) or any litigation alleging breach of duty relating to entry into this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or breach of duty or violation of Law resulting from compliance with, or performance under, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (vii) weather conditions, acts of God (including storms, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, floods or other natural disasters), (viii) Covid-19 Measures and pandemics (including SARS-CoV-2 or Covid-19, any evolutions or mutations thereof or related or associated or new epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks), (ix) changes resulting or arising from the identity of, or any facts or circumstances specific to, the Parent, Merger Sub or any of their Affiliates, (x) any matter set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, (xi) a decline in the trading price or trading volume of the Company’s common stock or any change in the ratings or ratings outlook for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the failure to meet any (whether internal, external or public) projections, guidance, budgets, forecasts, milestones, predictions or estimates (provided that the underlying causes thereof may be considered in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred if not otherwise excluded hereunder), (xii) any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the written request of Parent or as required or expressly contemplated by this Agreement, and (xiii) the failure to obtain any approvals or consents from any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; except, with (1) respect to clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vii) and (viii) to the extent that such impact is disproportionately adverse to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to others in the urban office real estate industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, and (2) if any event, development, change or occurrence has caused or is reasonably likely to cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT, such event, development, change or occurrence shall be considered a Material Adverse Effect, unless such failure has been, or is able to be, cured on commercially reasonable terms under the applicable provisions of the Code.   (Page 39)

Question: Change in law (Y/N)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: Yes