“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the financial condition, business, assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions, including the Merger, prior to the Outside Date; provided, however, that no Effects to the extent resulting or arising from the following shall be deemed to constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect or shall be taken into account when determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect exists or has occurred or is reasonably expected to exist or occur as described in clause (i) above: (a) any changes in general United States, regional or global economic conditions, including any changes affecting financial, credit, foreign exchange or capital market conditions, (b) any changes in general conditions in any industry or industries in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate, (c) any changes in general political, regulatory or legislative conditions, (d) any changes after the date hereof in GAAP or any other accounting standards or principles or the interpretation of the foregoing, (e) any changes after the date hereof in applicable Law or the interpretation thereof, (f) any failure by the Company to meet any internal or published projections, estimates or expectations of the Company’s revenue, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations for any period in and of itself, or any failure by the Company to meet its internal budgets, plans or forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations, in and of itself (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise or contributing to such failure that are not otherwise excluded by the other clauses of this definition of a “Company Material Adverse Effect” may be taken into account for the purpose of determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect exists or has occurred or is reasonably expected to exist or occur), (g) any changes in geopolitical conditions, acts of terrorism or sabotage, war (whether or not declared), the commencement, continuation or escalation of a war, acts of armed hostility, weather conditions, natural disasters, pandemics (including the COVID-19 pandemic) or other force majeure events, including any worsening of such conditions threatened or existing as of the date hereof, (h) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions or the public announcement of this Agreement or the Transactions, including any litigation arising out of or relating to this Agreement   -4-


or the Transactions, the identity of Parent, departures of officers or employees, changes in relationships with suppliers or customers or other business relations, in each case only to the extent resulting from the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions or the public announcement of this Agreement or the Transactions (it being understood that this clause (h) shall not apply to any representation or warranty to the extent the purpose of such representation or warranty is to address the consequences resulting from the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions or to address the consequences of litigation), (i) any action or failure to take any actions which action or failure to act is requested in writing by Parent or any action required by, or the failure to take any action prohibited by, the terms of this Agreement (other than Section 6.1(a)), and (j) any change in the price or trading volume of shares of Company Common Stock or any other publicly traded securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary in and of itself (provided that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such change that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of a Company Material Adverse Effect may be taken into account for the purpose of determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect exists or has occurred or is reasonably expected to exist or occur); provided that with respect to the exceptions set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g), if such Effect has had a disproportionate adverse effect on the Company or any Company Subsidiary relative to other companies operating in the industry or industries in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate then the incremental disproportionate adverse impact of such Effect shall be taken into account for the purpose of determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect exists or has occurred or is reasonably expected to exist or occur. (Pages 8-9)

Question: W/N/A/F subject to "disproportionate impact"-Answer
Subquestion: force majeure
Answer: War or terrorism, Natural disaster, force majeure