“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any Effect that has a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets, properties, liabilities or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that a Company Material Adverse Effect shall not include any Effect to the extent arising out of or resulting from: (a) any general changes in the United States or global economy or capital, financial or securities markets, including in interest, inflation or exchange rates; (b) any changes in conditions generally affecting the industry in which the Company and its


Subsidiaries operate; (c) any change or proposed change in Law or the interpretation thereof or GAAP or the interpretation thereof; (d) the commencement, escalation or worsening of a war or armed hostilities, civil unrest or the occurrence of acts of terrorism or sabotage or cyberattacks; (e) any epidemic or pandemic (including COVID-19), earthquake, hurricane, tornado or other natural disaster or calamity; (f) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the public announcement or the pendency of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger), the taking of any action required by this Agreement (other than, to the extent not excluded by another clause of this definition, the Company’s compliance with its obligations pursuant to Section 4.1, except to the extent that Parent has unreasonably withheld a consent under Section 4.1), or the identity of, or any facts or circumstances relating to, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the impact of any of the foregoing on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with Governmental Entities, customers, tenants, operators, suppliers, partners, officers, employees or other material business relations (provided that this clause (f) shall not apply with respect to any representation or warranty that addresses the consequences of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the representations and warranties in Section 3.1(a) and Section 3.1(c)) or with respect to the condition to Closing contained in Section 6.2(a), to the extent it relates to such representations and warranties); (g) any failure by the Company to meet any internal or published projections (whether published by the Company or any analysts) or forecasts or estimates of revenues or earnings or results of operations for any period (it being understood and agreed that the facts and circumstances giving rise to any such failure that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of a Company Material Adverse Effect may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect); (h) any change in the price or trading volume of shares of Company Common Stock or any other publicly traded securities of the Company (it being understood and agreed 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 in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect); (i) any reduction in the credit rating of the Company or its Subsidiaries (it being understood and agreed that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such reduction that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of a Company Material Adverse Effect may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect); and (j) any claims, actions, suits or proceedings arising from allegations of a breach of fiduciary duty or violation of securities laws, in each case relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; except that to the extent that the Effects arising out of or resulting from the matters described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) disproportionately affect the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other participants in the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, then such Effects may be taken into account solely to the extent of such disproportionality. (Pages 35-36)

Question: MAE applies to Target and subsidiaries (MAE)-Answer
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: Applies to Target and subsidiaries "taken as a whole"