“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any event, change, effect, development or occurrence (each, an “Effect”) that (i) would prevent the ability of the Company Entities, taken as a whole, to consummate the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby prior to the Outside Date (as it may be extended under Section 7.1(b)(i)) or (ii) has a material adverse effect on the business, assets, Liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of the Company Entities, taken as a whole; provided, however, that, solely for purposes of a Company Material Adverse Effect under this clause (ii), any Effect (by itself or when aggregated and taken together with any and all other Effects) to the extent directly or indirectly arising out, resulting from, attributable to or related to any of the following shall not be deemed to be or constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect or be taken into account in determining whether such a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur (except as otherwise provided herein):   (1)          any change in general U.S. or global economic conditions, or conditions in the global economy generally;   

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    (2)            any change in the general conditions of the health care, health insurance or managed care industries or any other industry in which any Company Entity operates;   (3)            any change in general legal, regulatory, legislative or political conditions or in securities, credit, financial, debt or other capital markets, in each case, in the United States or any foreign jurisdiction, including any change in currency exchange rate, interest rates, monetary policy or inflation;   (4)            any change in applicable Law, GAAP or Applicable SAP (or authoritative interpretations of any of the foregoing) after the date hereof, or any change to the extent resulting from any action taken for the purpose of complying with any of the foregoing;   (5)            any change in geopolitical conditions, the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, any acts of war, sabotage, civil disobedience or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage, civil disobedience or terrorism;   (6)            any hurricane, earthquake, flood or other natural disasters, acts of God, any change resulting from weather conditions or pandemics (including the existence and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic);   (7)            (A) the execution and delivery hereof, the public announcement, pendency or anticipated consummation hereof, the Merger or any other transaction contemplated hereby, including the impact thereof on the relationships with (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the termination of any Contracts with) customers, suppliers, vendors, distributors, partners and other third parties with whom the Company has a business or contractual relationship, (B) the Company having performed or complied with its covenants and agreements hereunder (except for performance or compliance with Section 5.1(a)), including the failure to take any action specifically prohibited hereunder (and for which Parent has declined to consent) or (C) the taking of any action at the written request of or with the prior written consent of Parent;   (8)            any decline, in and of itself, in the trading price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock or any failure by the Company to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions of revenues, earnings or other financial or operating metrics for any period or any reduction in the credit rating of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (provided that any Effect giving rise to or contributing to such decline, failure or reduction that is not otherwise excluded by the foregoing clauses (1)–(7) may be a Company Material Adverse Effect and may be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or whether a Company Material Adverse Effect would reasonably be expected to occur); or   

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  (9)            any Company Stockholder Litigation;   provided, however, that any Effect directly or indirectly arising from, resulting from or related to the matters referred to in the foregoing clauses (1)–(6) may be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or whether a Company Material Adverse Effect would reasonably be expected to occur, in each case, to the extent that such Effect has a disproportionate adverse effect on the Company Entities, taken as a whole, relative to the adverse effects thereof on other similarly situated companies operating in the industries in which the Company Entities operate.  (Pages 38-39)

Question: FLS (MAE) applies to
Subquestion: business and operation of Target
Answer: ability to consummate transaction