“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any effect, event,  development or change that, individually or in the aggregate with all other effects, events, developments or changes, is, or would reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to (i) the business, results of operations or financial condition, assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Company or Hospitality to consummate the Mergers before the End Date; provided, however, that in the case of clause (i), no effect, event, development or change resulting from, arising out of, attributable to or relating to any of the following shall be deemed to be or constitute a “Company Material Adverse Effect,” and no effect, event, development or change (by itself or when aggregated or taken together with any and all other such effects, events, developments or changes) to the extent resulting from, arising out of, attributable to, or related to any of the following shall be taken into account when determining whether a “Company Material Adverse Effect” has occurred or would reasonably be likely to occur: (a) general economic conditions (or changes in such conditions) in the United States or any region thereof or any other country or region in the world, or conditions in the global economy generally; (b) conditions (or changes in such conditions) in the securities markets, credit markets, currency markets or other financial markets in the United States or any region thereof or any other country or region in the world, including (i) 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 (ii) any suspension of trading in securities (whether equity, debt, derivative or hybrid securities) generally on any securities exchange or over-the-counter market operating in the United States or any region thereof or any other country or region in the world; (c) conditions (or changes in such conditions) in any of the industries in which the Company and or its Subsidiaries conduct business; (d) political conditions (or changes in such conditions) in the United States or any region thereof or any other country or region in the world or acts of war, sabotage or terrorism (including any escalation or general worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage or terrorism) in the United States or any region thereof or any other country or region in the world; (e) any Force Majeure event; (f) the announcement of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including (i) the identity of Parent and its affiliates and (ii) the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, licensors, distributors, partners or employees (provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to any representation or warranty in Section 5.5 and, solely to the extent related thereto, the condition set forth in Section 8.2(a)); (g) the taking of any action expressly required by this Agreement or with the consent of Parent in writing ; (h) changes in law or other legal or regulatory conditions (or the interpretation thereof), or changes in GAAP or other accounting standards (or the interpretation thereof), in each case, after the date hereof; (i) changes in the stock price of the Paired Common Shares or the trading volume of the Paired Common Shares, or any failure by the Company or Hospitality to meet any public estimates or expectations of the revenue, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations of the Company or Hospitality for any period, or any failure by any Paired Entity or Paired Entities Subsidiary to meet any internal budgets, plans or forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations (but not, in each case, the underlying cause of such changes or failures, unless such changes or failures would otherwise be excepted from this definition); or (j) any litigation by the stockholders of the Paired Entities related to this Agreement, the Mergers or other transactions contemplated hereby; except to the extent such effects, events,  developments or changes to the extent resulting from, arising out of, attributable to or related to the matters described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e) and (h) disproportionately adversely affect the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other companies that conduct business in the United States and in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct business (in which case, such adverse effects (if any) shall be taken into account when determining whether a “Company Material Adverse Effect” has occurred or would reasonably be likely to occur solely to the extent they are disproportionate).  (Page 86)

Question: Change in law (Y/N)
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Answer: Yes