“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, development, occurrence, state of facts, circumstance or effect that is, or would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate with all other changes, events, developments, occurrences, states of facts, circumstances or effects, materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, Liabilities or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that none of the following changes, events, developments, occurrences, states of facts, circumstances or effects shall constitute or shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a) changes after the date hereof affecting the economies of, or financial, credit or capital market conditions anywhere in the world in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate; (b) changes after the date hereof in the trading volume or trading price of the Company Common Stock (provided that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such changes in such volume or price may be deemed to constitute, and may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Company Material Adverse Effect); (c) changes after the date hereof generally affecting the industries in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate; (d) national or international political conditions, acts of war (whether or not declared), the commencement, continuation or escalation of a war, acts of armed hostility, sabotage or terrorism or other international or national calamity or any material worsening of such conditions threatened or existing as of the date of this Agreement; (e) changes after the date hereof in applicable Law or GAAP, or the interpretation thereof; (f) any failure in and of itself by the Company to meet any published or internal projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions of the Company’s revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations (provided that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such failures may be deemed to constitute, and may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Company Material Adverse Effect); (g) any epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak, including COVID-19 and the implementation of COVID-19 Measures, and any material worsening of any epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak after the date hereof (any escalation or worsening thereof shall be deemed to include any outbreak or spread of virus, disease or illness occurring at the properties or facilities of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries); (h) any adverse changes resulting from the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the authorized public announcement of this Agreement, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of the Company or Company Subsidiaries with employees, Clients or suppliers (including such an impact resulting in any threatened or actual loss of employees, Clients or suppliers or a disruption in the relationship with employees, Clients or suppliers), provided that the exception in this clause (h) will not be deemed to apply to references to Company Material Adverse Effect in the representation and warranty set forth in Section 4.3 and, to the extent related to Section 4.3, the conditions set forth in Section 7.2(a); (i) a decline in the net assets managed or advised by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries or any loss of Company Advisors (it being acknowledged and agreed that the underlying cause(s) of any such decline in net assets or loss of Company Advisors shall be taken into consideration unless otherwise excluded by this definition); or (j) any actions required to be taken or not taken by the Company or any Company Subsidiary (other than the Company’s obligations under the first sentence of Section 6.1(a)) pursuant to this Agreement, except in the case of each of clauses (a), (c), (d), (e) and (g), to the extent that any such change, event, development, occurrence, state of facts, circumstance or effect has a disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to the adverse effect such change, event, development, occurrence, state of facts, circumstance or effect has on other companies operating in the industries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries engages, it being agreed, for purposes of this Agreement, that the COVID-19 pandemic has not, as of the date of this Agreement, had such a materially disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (Page 7)

Question: Changes in GAAP or other accounting principles:  subject to "disproportionate impact" modifier
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: Yes