“Material Adverse Effect” with respect to a Person means an effect that: (a) is materially adverse to the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (b) materially and adversely affects the ability of the Person to consummate the Merger on or by the Termination Date or to perform its material obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that a Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include the impact of or be deemed to occur as a result of, either alone or in combination, any effects to the extent attributable to: (i) any changes in Laws or other changes affecting depository institutions generally; (ii) any changes to GAAP or regulatory accounting requirements; (iii) any changes in general economic conditions; (iv) any changes in prevailing interest and deposit rates, or changes in financial, securities or credit markets; (v) any changes in national or international political or social conditions, including any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities or acts of terrorism which involves the United States, declarations of any national or global epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including the Covid-19 virus), or the material worsening of such conditions threatened or existing as of the date of this Agreement; (vi) any modifications or changes to valuation policies and practices in connection with the Transactions or restructuring charges taken in connection with the Transactions, in each case in accordance with GAAP; (vii) (A) any actions taken or not taken or (B) modifications or changes made, or failure to make modifications or changes, by AB or the Bank to AB’s or the Bank’s general business, practices or policies, in each case, at the request of GBCI; (viii) the impact of the public announcement of, pendency of or completion of the Transactions on relationships with customers and employees; (ix) any failure, in and of itself, to meet internal projections or forecasts (except that the facts or circumstances giving rise or contributing to such failure may nonetheless constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect); (x) any actions or omissions of a party taken with the prior consent of the other, or which have been waived in writing by the other party, or in contemplation of the Transactions as required or permitted hereunder, or as required under any regulatory approval received in connection with the Transactions; or (xi) any changes in the trading price or trading volume of securities of such Person on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or NASDAQ Capital Market (except that the facts or circumstances giving rise or contributing to such failure may nonetheless constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect), as applicable, or any other securities trading market, except, in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v), to the extent such event does not have a materially more adverse effect on such party than experienced by similarly situated depository institutions.  (Page 10)

Question: MAE Definition
Category: Material Adverse Effect
Answer: announcement, pendency, consummation