“Company Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any condition, fact, occurrence, development, change, event, effect or circumstance which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the assets, properties, liabilities, operations, business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that conditions, facts, occurrences, developments, changes, events, effects or circumstances, to the extent they directly or indirectly relate to or result from the following, shall be excluded from the determination of Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) any condition, fact, occurrence, development, change, event, effect or circumstance generally affecting any of the industries or markets in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operate; (ii) any change in any Law or GAAP (or changes in interpretations of any Law or GAAP) and, to the extent relevant to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in any legal or regulatory requirement or condition or the regulatory enforcement environment; (iii) general economic, regulatory or political conditions (or changes therein) or conditions (or changes therein or disruptions thereof) in the financial, credit, banking or securities markets (including changes in interest or currency exchange rates) in any country or region in which the Company or its Subsidiaries conduct business; (iv) any acts of God, natural disasters, force majeure events, terrorism, sabotage, armed hostilities, sabotage, declared or undeclared acts of war, epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks (including, for the avoidance of doubt, COVID-19 or COVID Measures), or any escalation or worsening of any of the foregoing; (v) the negotiation, execution, announcement, consummation or existence of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including by reason of the identity of Parent or any communication by Parent or its Subsidiaries regarding the plans or intentions of Parent with respect to the conduct of the business or the operations or strategy of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and including the impact of any of the foregoing on any relationships (contractual or otherwise) with customers, suppliers, landlords, vendors, collaboration or joint venture partners, employees or regulators; (vi) any action taken that is expressly required by the terms of this Agreement or with the prior written consent or at the written direction of Parent or Acquisition Sub; (vii) any changes in the market price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock, any


failure by the Company or its Subsidiaries to meet internal, analysts’ or other earnings estimates or financial projections or forecasts for any period, any changes in credit ratings and any changes in any analysts’ recommendations or ratings with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (provided, that the facts or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such changes or failure that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of “Company Material Adverse Effect” may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect); (viii) the changes to the composition of the Company’s board of directors as a result of the November Stockholder Meeting; and (ix) any changes to the composition of the Company’s board of directors as a result of the Senator and Cannae Consent Solicitation; provided, further, that in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), any such condition, fact, occurrence, development, change, event, effect or circumstance may be taken into account in determining whether or not there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect to the extent (and only to the extent) such condition, fact, occurrence, development, change, event, effect or circumstance has a disproportionate impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other participants in the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate.  (Pages 86-87)

Question: MAE Definition
Category: Material Adverse Effect
Answer: "Could" (reasonably) be expected to