“Material Adverse Effect” means any event, change, development, circumstance, fact or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, is materially adverse to the financial condition, business or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole); provided, however, that no event, change, development, circumstance, fact or effect resulting from any of the following shall constitute or be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur: (i) any changes in general United States or global economic or political conditions; (ii) changes in the credit, capital, securities or financial markets, commodity prices, inflation or United States or global regulatory or business conditions; (iii) changes or developments in the industries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operate or the industries to which the Company and its Subsidiaries sell their products or services; (iv) (A) changes, proposed changes, pending changes or changes in interpretation or enforcement of GAAP or in any Law (including any Healthcare Law) or rules or regulations promulgated by any Governmental Entity (including any contractor engaged by a Governmental Entity) or (B) COVID-19 Measures; (v) any failure by the Company to meet any internal, public or other projections or forecasts or estimates of revenues or earnings for any period; provided that the underlying cause of such failure may (to the extent not otherwise excluded under this definition) be taken into account in determining whether there is, has been or would reasonably be expected to be a Material Adverse Effect; (vi) acts of war (whether or not declared), any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, geopolitical conditions, tariffs, sanctions, trade wars political unrest, civil disobedience, protests, public demonstrations, acts of armed hostility, sabotage, terrorism, cyberterrorism, cyberattack (to the extent not specifically targeting the Company), military, paramilitary or police actions, or national or international calamity, or the escalation or worsening of any of the foregoing or any response by any Governmental Entity to any of the foregoing;   
(vii) (A) any epidemic, pandemic, outbreak of illness or other public health event (including COVID-19) or the escalation or worsening of any of the foregoing or quarantine restriction or (B) any weather event, flood, volcanic eruption, earthquake, nuclear incident or other natural or man-made disaster or other force majeure event or occurrence or the escalation or worsening of any of the foregoing; (viii) the taking of any action required by this Agreement (except for the Company’s obligations set forth in Section 7.1(a)) or the failure to take any action prohibited by, this Agreement; (ix) any decline in the market price or trading volume of the Shares on the NYSE; provided that the underlying cause of such decline (to the extent not otherwise excluded under this definition) may be taken into account in determining whether there is, has been or would reasonably be expected to be a Material Adverse Effect; (xii) the identity of, or any other facts specific to, Parent or any of its Affiliates as the acquiror of the Company; 
provided further that, with respect to clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)(A), (vi) and (vii)(B), such events, changes, developments, circumstances, facts or effects (as the case may be) that are not otherwise excluded from the definition hereof may be taken into account in determining whether a “Material Adverse Effect” has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur to the extent (and, for the avoidance of doubt, only to the extent) that they disproportionately adversely affect the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) relative to other similarly situated and comparable companies in the industries and in the geographic markets in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct their businesses. (Pages 16-17)

Question: A/P/C application to-Answer
Subquestion: announcement
Answer: No