“Company Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, occurrence, effect or development that (A) individually or taken together with all other events, changes, occurrences, effects or developments that have occurred prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of the Company Material Adverse Effect would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (B) would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially impair or materially delay the consummation by the Company of the Merger prior to the End Date, but, with respect to clause (A) only, shall not include events, changes, occurrences, effects or developments relating to or resulting from (a) changes in general economic or political conditions or the securities, equity, credit or financial markets in general, or changes in or affecting domestic or foreign interest or exchange rates, (b) any decline in the market price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock or the Company Preferred Stock or any change in the credit rating of the Company or any of its securities (provided, that the facts and circumstances underlying any such decline or change may be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by the definition thereof), (c) changes or developments in the industries in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operate, (d) (A) changes in Law or the interpretation or enforcement thereof or (B) any COVID-19 Measures, (e) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the public announcement or pendency or consummation of the Merger or other transactions contemplated hereby, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with employees, partnerships, customers or suppliers or Governmental Entities (provided, that this clause (e) shall not apply to any representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.4(b)), (f) the identity of Parent or any of its Affiliates as the acquiror of the Company, (g) compliance with the terms of, or the taking or omission of any action expressly required by, this Agreement or consented to or requested by Parent or any of its Representatives (provided, that this clause (g) shall not apply to any representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.4(b) or compliance of the covenants set forth in Section 5.1), (h) any act of civil unrest, civil disobedience, war, terrorism, cyberterrorism, military activity, sabotage or cybercrime, including an outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or any other Governmental Entity or the declaration by the United States or any other Governmental Entity of a national emergency or war, or any worsening or escalation of any such conditions threatened or existing on the date of this Agreement, (i) any hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, natural disasters, acts of God or other comparable events, (j) any pandemic, epidemic or disease outbreak (including COVID-19) or other comparable events, (k) changes in generally accepted accounting principles or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, (l) any Stockholder Litigation relating to or resulting from this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (m) any failure to meet internal or published projections, forecasts, guidance or revenue or earning predictions (provided, that the facts and circumstances underlying any such failure may be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by the definition thereof), (n) any matter set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedules or (o) the availability of equity, debt or other financing to Parent or Merger Sub (provided, that the facts and circumstances underlying any such failure may be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by the definition thereof); except, with respect to the foregoing clauses (a), (c), (d), (h), (i), (j) and (k) (other than, in the case of clauses (d) or (j) any impact with respect to COVID-19 or the COVID-19 Measures or any escalation or worsening thereof (including any subsequent waves)), if the impact thereof is materially and disproportionately adverse to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to the operations of other participants operating in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, the incremental material and disproportionate impact may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect. (Page 72)

Question: A/P/C application to-Answer
Subquestion: consummation
Answer: announcement, pendency, consummation