theatticusproject/maud huggingface dataset:
“Intervening Event” means any event, change, occurrence or development that is unknown and not reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement, or if known or reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement, the material consequences of which were not known or reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement; provided, that (a) the receipt, existence or terms of an Alternative Acquisition Proposal or Superior Proposal, or (b) the mere fact, in and of itself, that the Company meets or exceeds any internal or published projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions of revenue, earnings or other financial or operating metrics for any period ending on or after the date hereof, or changes after the date hereof in the market price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock or the credit rating of the Company (it being understood that the underlying cause of any of the foregoing in this clause (b) may be considered and taken into account), in each case, shall not be deemed to be an Intervening Event hereunder.  (Page 75)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Known, but consequences unknown or not reasonably foreseeable, at signing
“Intervening Event” means a material change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence, or other matter that arises or occurs after the date of this Agreement and that was not known or reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board or any committee thereof on the date of this Agreement (or if known, the consequences of which were not known or reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board or any committee thereof as of the date of this Agreement), which change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence, or other matter, or any consequence thereof, becomes known to the Company Board or any committee thereof prior to the Acceptance Time, other than any (a) changes, in and of itself, in the market price or trading volume of the Shares, (b) the fact that, in and of itself, the Company exceeds any internal or published industry analyst projections or forecasts or estimates of revenues or earnings or (c) developments or changes resulting from the COVID-19 or any COVID-19 Measures; provided, however, that in no event will any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, offer, or proposal that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal constitute an Intervening Event. (Page 36)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Known, but consequences unknown or not reasonably foreseeable, at signing
“Intervening Event” means a change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence, or other matter material to the Company that was not known to the Company Board or any committee thereof on the date of this Agreement (or if known, the consequences of which were not known to the Company Board or any committee thereof as of the date of this Agreement), which change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence, or other matter, or any consequence thereof, becomes known to the Company Board or any committee thereof prior to the Acceptance Time; provided, however, that in no event will any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, offer, or proposal that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal constitute an Intervening Event; provided, further, that in no event shall any of the following constitute or contribute to an Intervening Event: (i) changes in the financial or securities markets or general economic or political conditions in the United States, (ii) changes (including changes of applicable Law) or conditions generally affecting the industry in which the Company operates or (iii) the Company’s meeting or exceeding any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts or predictions of financial performance for any period.  (Page 68)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Known, but consequences unknown, at signing
“Change in Circumstance” means any event or development that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, occurring after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, that was not known to, or reasonably foreseeable by, the Company Board of Directors or any committee thereof prior to the date hereof and which does not relate to (a) a Takeover Proposal or any matter related thereto or consequences thereof, (b) events or developments arising from the announcement or existence of this Agreement or actions taken pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or (c) changes in the market price or trading volume of the Company Common Shares (but not the underlying cause thereof).  (Page 9)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Not known and not reasonably foreseeable at signing
“Intervening Event” means any event, development or change in circumstances (other than (1) a Company Takeover Proposal, (2) changes in the price of Company Common Stock, in and of itself (however, the underlying reasons for such changes may constitute an Intervening Event) or (3) the fact that, in and of itself, the Company exceeds 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 (provided, however, the underlying reasons for such events may constitute an Intervening Event)) that was not known to or reasonably foreseeable by the Company Board or any committee thereof prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement.  (Page 88)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Not known and not reasonably foreseeable at signing
“Intervening Event” means a material Effect or state of facts that (a) was not known to, or reasonably foreseeable by, the Company Board prior to the execution of this Agreement, which Effect, or any material consequence thereof, becomes known to, or reasonably foreseeable by, the Company Board prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval and (b) does not relate to a Competing Proposal; provided, however, that an “Intervening Event” shall not include (i) any Competing Proposal or other inquiry, offer or proposal that could lead to a Competing Proposal, (ii) an Effect resulting from a breach of this Agreement by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, (iii) changes in the price of the Shares, in and of itself (provided, however, the underlying reasons for such changes may constitute an Intervening Event unless excluded by any other exclusion in this definition) or (iv) the fact that, in and of itself, the Company exceeds 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 (provided, however, the underlying reasons for such events may constitute an Intervening Event unless expressly excluded by any other exclusion in this definition).  (Page 44)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Not known and not reasonably foreseeable at signing
“Intervening Event” means a material event, circumstance, change or development first occurring after execution of this Agreement that (i) was not known to, or reasonably foreseeable by, the board of directors of the Company prior to the execution of this Agreement, which event, circumstance, change or development, or any material consequence thereof, becomes known to, or reasonably foreseeable by, the board of directors of the Company prior to the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote and (ii) does not relate to an Acquisition Proposal; provided, that “Intervening Event” shall exclude any event, circumstance, change or development related to (A) any Acquisition Proposal or other inquiry, offer or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (B) consisting of or resulting from a breach of this Agreement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (C) changes in the price of the Shares, in and of itself (however, the underlying reasons for such changes may constitute an Intervening Event unless excluded by any other exclusion in this definition), (D) the fact that, in and of itself, the Company exceeds 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 (provided, that the underlying reasons for the Company exceeding such projections, estimates or expectations may constitute an Intervening Event unless excluded by any other exclusion in this definition)or (E) an event that relates solely to Parent.  (Page 54)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Not known and not reasonably foreseeable at signing
“Intervening Event” means any event, condition, fact, occurrence, change or development (not related to a Company Acquisition Proposal) that is not known or reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement and does not relate to a Company Acquisition Proposal, a Superior Company Proposal, or any matter relating thereto or consequence thereof, which event, condition, fact, occurrence, change or development becomes known to the Company Board prior to obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval; provided that (A) in no event shall any action taken by the parties pursuant to the affirmative covenants set forth in Section 7.1, or the consequences of any such action, constitute, be deemed to contribute to or otherwise be taken into account in determining whether there has been, an Intervening Event and (B) in no event shall any event, fact, circumstance, development or occurrence that would fall within any of the exceptions to the definition of “Company Material Adverse Effect” constitute, be deemed to contribute to or otherwise be taken into account in determining whether here has been an “Intervening Event”.  (Page 12)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Not known and not reasonably foreseeable at signing
“Intervening Event” means, with respect to the Company any material event, circumstance, change, effect, development, or condition that was not known to or reasonably expected by any member of the Company Board, as of or prior to the date hereof and did not result from or arise out of the announcement or pendency of, or any actions required to be taken by the Company (or to be refrained from being taken by the Company) pursuant to, this Agreement; provided, however,  that in no event shall the following events, circumstances, or changes in circumstances constitute an Intervening Event: (a) the receipt, existence, or terms of a Takeover Proposal or any matter relating thereto or consequence thereof or any inquiry, proposal, offer, or transaction from any third party relating to or in connection with a Takeover Transaction (which, for the purposes of the Intervening Event definition, shall be read without reference to the percentage thresholds set forth in the definition of Takeover Transaction); (b) the mere fact in and of itself, that the Company meets or exceeds any internal or published projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions of revenue, earnings or other financial or operating metrics for any period; or (c) any change in the price, or change in trading volume, of the Company Common Stock (provided, however, that, without limiting and subject to clause (a), it is understood that clauses (b) and (c) shall not apply to the underlying causes giving rise to or contributing to such meeting, exceeding or change or prevent any of such underlying causes from being taken into account in determining whether an Intervening Event has occurred). (Page 71)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Not known and not reasonably foreseeable at signing
(i) other than in connection with a bona fide Acquisition Proposal that constitutes a Superior Proposal, the Company Board (or a committee thereof) may effect a Company Board Recommendation Change in response to any positive material event or development or material change in circumstances with respect to the Company that was (A) not actually known to, or reasonably expected by, the Company Board as of December 11, 2020; and (B) does not relate to (a) any Acquisition Proposal; or (b) the mere fact, in and of itself, that the Company meets or exceeds any internal or published projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions of revenue, earnings or other financial or operating metrics for any period ending on or after December 11, 2020, or changes after December 11, 2020 in the market price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock or the credit rating of the Company (it being understood that the underlying cause of any of the foregoing in this clause (b) may be considered and taken into account) (each such event, an “Intervening Event”), if the Company Board (or a committee thereof) determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that the failure to do so would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties pursuant to applicable law and if and only if:  (Page 69)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Not known and not reasonably foreseeable at signing
a material development or material change in circumstances has first occurred or arisen after the date of this Agreement that was neither known to such party nor reasonably foreseeable as of the date of this Agreement; provided, that (x) such change or development does not relate to an Acquisition Proposal and (y) in no event shall the fact in and of itself that VEREIT or Realty Income meets or exceeds or fails to meet or exceed internal or published projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions for any period constitute such a material development or material change in circumstances that was not reasonably foreseeable as of the date of this Agreement (but the foregoing shall not exclude any change or development underlying such failure to meet or exceed such projections, forecasts or predictions)  (Page 30)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Not known and not reasonably foreseeable at signing
“Competing Proposal” shall mean any bona fide written proposal or offer made by any Person (other than Parent, Acquisition Sub or any of their respective Affiliates) or group of Persons as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act (x) to purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, in one transaction or a series of transactions, (i) beneficial ownership (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) (or the right to acquire beneficial ownership) of more than twenty percent (20%) of the   44


total outstanding equity securities of the Company (by vote or value) pursuant to a merger, consolidation or other business combination, sale of shares of capital stock, tender offer (including a self-tender offer), exchange offer, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction or (ii) any one or more assets or businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries that constitute more than twenty percent (20%) of the revenues, earnings or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (y) with respect to the issuance, sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly to any Person (other than Parent, Acquisition Sub or any of their respective Affiliates) or group of Persons as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, of securities (or options, rights, or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, such securities) representing more than 20% of the voting power of the Company, or (z) with respect to any merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or other transaction involving the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to which any Person or group of Persons would have beneficial ownership (as defined pursuant to Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of securities representing more than 20% of the total outstanding equity securities of the Company (by vote or value) after giving effect to the consummation of such transaction. 
<omitted> 
“Superior Proposal” shall mean a Competing Proposal (with all percentages in the definition of Competing Proposal increased to fifty percent (50%)) made by a Third Party that the board of directors of the Company has determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors and considering all legal, regulatory and financing aspects of such Competing Proposal as the board of directors of the Company considers to be appropriate (including the identity of the Third Party), is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its terms, and if consummated would be more favorable, from a financial point of view, to the Company’s stockholders than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (taking into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent to the Company in writing in response to such Competing Proposal under the provisions of Section 6.5(d)). (Page 54)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Known, but consequences unknown or not reasonably foreseeable, at signing
“Competing Proposal” shall mean any <omitted> proposal or offer <omitted> (x) to purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, in one transaction or a series of transactions, <omitted> (ii) any one or more assets or businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries that constitute more than twenty percent (20%) of the revenues, earnings or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, 
<omitted> 
“Superior Proposal” shall mean a Competing Proposal (with all percentages in the definition of Competing Proposal increased to fifty percent (50%)) (Page 54)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Known, but consequences unknown or not reasonably foreseeable, at signing
“Competing Proposal” means, other than the Transactions, any proposal or offer from any person, persons or group (other than Parent, Sub or any of their respective affiliates) relating to (a) any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase from the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, in a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether or not concurrently and whether or not in connection with a single or multiple definitive agreements with such person, persons or group with respect to such transaction or series of transactions), of (i) twenty percent (20%) or more (based on the fair market value thereof as of the date of such transaction or series of transactions) of assets (including capital stock of the Company Subsidiaries, and by means of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, binding share exchange or similar transaction (or series of transactions) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party) of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole   <omitted> “Superior Proposal” means any bona fide written Competing Proposal not made as a result of a breach of Section 5.03(a) (other than an immaterial and unintentional breach) (with all percentages in the definition of Competing Proposal changed to “fifty percent (50%)”) (Page 46)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Not known and not reasonably foreseeable at signing
“Superior Proposal” means any bona fide written offer made by a third party (not made as a result of a breach of Section 6.2) after the date of this Agreement that, if consummated, would result in such third party (or its stockholders) owning, directly or indirectly, a majority of the outstanding Shares (or of the stock of the surviving entity in a merger or the direct or indirect parent of the surviving entity in a merger) or a majority of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which the Company’s board of directors determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors) to be (i) more favorable to the holders of Shares from a financial point of view than the Merger (taking into account all of the terms and conditions of, such proposal and this Agreement (including, if applicable at the time of such determination, any changes to the financial terms of this Agreement then proposed by Parent in response to such offer or otherwise)) and (ii) reasonably likely to be completed, taking into account all financial, legal, regulatory and other aspects of such proposal. (Page 55)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: Not known and not reasonably foreseeable at signing