theatticusproject/maud huggingface dataset:
“Intervening Event” means any Effect (other than an Acquisition Proposal or Superior Proposal or any inquiry, discussion, proposal, request or offer which constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to facilitate, encourage or lead to an Acquisition Proposal or Superior Proposal) that, individually or in the aggregate, is material to the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole, that is not known to nor reasonably foreseeable by the Company Board or Company Special Committee as of the date of this Agreement, which Effect (or the material consequences of which) becomes known to or by the Company Board or Company Special Committee prior to adoption of this Agreement by the Required Company Stockholder Approval; provided that in no event shall the following constitute, or be taken into account in determining the existence of an Intervening Event: (a) the fact alone that the 

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Company meets or exceeds any internal or published forecasts or projections for any period, or any changes alone after the date of this Agreement in the market price or trading volume of shares of Company Common Stock or (b) any event, fact or circumstance relating to or involving Parent or its Affiliates. (Pages 14-15)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
“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: No
“Intervening Event” means any material fact, event, change, development or circumstance occurring or arising after the date hereof, that 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 and that was neither known to, nor reasonably foreseeable by, or the effects of which were neither known to, nor reasonably foreseeable by, the Company Board as of the date hereof, affecting the business, assets or operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and not relating to any Acquisition Proposal, which material fact, event, change, development or circumstance becomes known to the Company Board after the date hereof and prior to the Acceptance Time, other than (i) the receipt, existence of or terms of an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) any inquiry, indication of interest, proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, or the consequences thereof, (iii) changes, in and of itself, in the market price or trading volume of the shares of Company Common Stock, (iv) 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 (v) developments or changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic or any COVID-19 Measures.  (Page 11)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
(iii)           “Company Intervening Event” means a material change or effect relating to the Company that is unknown and not reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board as of the date hereof, or if known or reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board as of the date hereof, the material consequences of which were not known or reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board as of the date hereof; provided that in no event shall any of the following be deemed to constitute a Company Intervening Event: (A) the receipt, existence or terms of a Company Takeover Proposal or a Superior Company Proposal or any inquiry or communications or matters relating thereto, (B) any event, change or effect that results from the announcement or pendency of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any actions required to be taken or to be refrained from being taken pursuant to this Agreement (including the timing of any consent, registration, approval, permit or authorization to be obtained from any Governmental Entity or any other actions by or in respect of any Governmental Entity with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), (C) any event, change or effect that results from a breach of this Agreement by the Company, (D) the fact that the Company meets or exceeds any internal or analysts’ expectations or projections (it being understood that the facts and occurrences giving rise or contributing to such changes may be taken into account to the extent not otherwise excluded by this definition) or (E) any change after the execution and delivery of this Agreement in the market price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock on the NYSE (it being understood that the facts and occurrences giving rise or contributing to such changes may be taken into account to the extent not otherwise excluded by this definition). (Page 46)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
“Company Intervening Event” means any event, development or change in circumstances that materially affects the business, assets or operations of the Company (other than any event, occurrence, fact or change primarily resulting from a breach of this Agreement by the Company) and that was neither known to the Company Board nor reasonably foreseeable as of or prior to the date of this Agreement, which event, occurrence, fact or change becomes known to the Company Board prior to the Company Stockholder Approval, other than (a) changes in the Company Common Stock price, in and of itself (however, the underlying reasons for such changes may constitute a Change Intervening Event), (b) any Acquisition Proposal or (c) 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 (however, the underlying reasons for such events may constitute a Company Intervening Event). (Page 75)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
“Company Intervening Event” means any event, change, circumstance, development or state of facts that is material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that first becomes known to or by the members of the Company Board or the Company Special Committee after the date of this Agreement and prior to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval and was not known or reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board or the Company Special Committee as of the date of this Agreement (or, if known or reasonably foreseeable as of the date of this Agreement, the consequences or magnitude of which were not known or reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board or the Company Special Committee as of the date of this Agreement); provided, however, that none of the following shall constitute, be deemed to contribute to or otherwise be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Company Intervening Event: (a) any changes in the market price or trading volume of Company Common Stock, in and of itself (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise or contributing to such change may be taken into account when determining a Company Intervening Event); (b) the receipt, existence of or terms of a Company Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry relating thereto or the consequences thereof; (c) general economic or political conditions or securities, credit, financial or other capital markets conditions, in each case in the United States or any foreign jurisdiction; (d) changes or conditions generally affecting the industries, businesses or segments thereof, in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate; (e) the fact that, in and of itself, the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries exceeds any internal or published projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions in respect of revenues, earnings or other financial or operating metrics for any period (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such event may be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Company Intervening Event to the extent not otherwise excluded hereunder); or (f) any event, change, circumstance, development or state of facts to the extent relating to Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries.  (Page 70)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
“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: No
“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: No
“Intervening Event” means any Effect that is material to NIC and the NIC Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) and was not known by or the material consequences of which (based on facts known to members of the NIC Board of Directors as of the date of this Agreement) were not reasonably foreseeable to NIC or the NIC Board of Directors as of or prior to the date hereof; provided, however, that in no event shall the following events, changes, or developments constitute an Intervening Event: (A) the receipt, existence, or terms of an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry or communications relating thereto or any matter relating thereto or consequence thereof, (B) changes in the market price or trading volume of the NIC Common Stock (it being understood, however, in the case of this clause (B), that any underlying cause thereof may be taken into account for purposes of determining whether an Intervening Event has occurred), (C) changes in general economic, political, or financial conditions or markets (including changes in interest rates, exchange rates, stock, bond, or debt prices), (D) changes in GAAP, other applicable accounting rules or applicable Law or, in any such case, changes in the interpretation thereof, or (E) natural disasters, epidemics, or pandemics (including the existence and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic), provided that with respect to clauses (C)-(E), except if and to the extent that such Effect has a disproportionate effect on NIC and the NIC Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other companies in the industries in which NIC and the NIC Subsidiaries operate.  (Page 36)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
“Intervening Event” means any favorable material event, development, change, effect or occurrence, in each case, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and not Parent, Chameleon or their Affiliates (but specifically excluding any Acquisition Proposal or Superior Proposal or any inquiry or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal or Superior Proposal);  provided, that (A) such event, development, change, effect or occurrence was not known (and should not reasonably have been known) and was not reasonably foreseeable by the Board of Directors of the Company prior to the date of this Agreement (or if known or reasonably foreseeable, the material consequences of which were not known or reasonably foreseeable by the Board of Directors of the Company as of the date of this Agreement), which becomes known to the Board of Directors of the Company after the date of this Agreement and before the Company Requisite Vote is obtained and (B) and “Intervening Event” shall not include (i) any change in the market price, or change in trading volume, of Shares, in and of itself (it being understood that the underlying causes of any such changes or developments may, if they are not otherwise excluded from the definition of “Intervening Event”, be taken into account in determining -43- 

 


  whether an Intervening Event has occurred) and (ii) any change consisting of or resulting primarily from a breach of this Agreement by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.  (Pages 52-53)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
“Intervening Event” means any event, change, effect, development, state of facts, condition or occurrence after that date of this Agreement that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries that (i) was not known to, or reasonably foreseeable by, the Company Board as of or prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to obtaining the Stockholder Approval, (ii) does not involve or relate to an Acquisition Proposal, and (iii) does not relate to (A) any action, effect, change, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts relating to Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates, (B) changes in the market price or trading volume of the securities of the Company in and of themselves or (C) the fact that the Company meets, exceeds or fails to meet in any quantifiable respect, any internal or analyst’s projections, guidance, budgets, expectations, forecasts or estimates for any period (provided that clauses (B) and (C) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that the underlying cause of any such event referred to herein constitutes an “Intervening Event” unless otherwise excluded pursuant to the foregoing clauses (ii) or (iii), as applicable).  (Page 14)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
“Company Intervening Event” means a material development or change in circumstance that occurs or arises after the date of this Agreement and that was not known to or reasonably foreseeable by the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement (or if known or reasonably foreseeable, the magnitude or material consequences of which were not known or reasonably foreseeable by the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement); provided, however, that in no event shall the following events, changes or developments constitute a Company Intervening Event: (A) the receipt, existence or terms of a Company Competing Proposal or any inquiry, proposal, offer, request for information or expression of interest that may reasonably be expected to lead to, or result in a Company Competing Proposal, (B) any fact, circumstance, effect, change, event or development relating to Isla or any of its Subsidiaries that does not amount to an Isla Material Adverse Effect, (C) changes in the market price or trading volume of Company Common Stock or any other securities of the Company, or any change in credit rating or the fact that the Company meets or exceeds (or that Isla fails to meet or exceed) internal or published estimates, projections, forecasts or predictions for any period (it being understood that for each of the foregoing, the underlying cause thereof may be taken into account for purposes of determining whether a Company Intervening Event has occurred). (Page 120)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
(iii) “Intervening Event” means, with respect to Parent or the Company, a material event or circumstance that was not known or reasonably foreseeable to the Parent Board or the Company Board (as applicable) prior to the execution of this Agreement (or if known, the consequences of which were not known or reasonably foreseeable), which event or circumstance, or any material consequence thereof, becomes known to such Board of Directors prior to the receipt of the Parent Stockholder Approval or the Company Stockholder Approval (as applicable) that does not relate to (A) an Acquisition Proposal (with respect to Parent or the Company, as applicable) or (B) any changes in the price of Parent Common Stock or Company Class A Common Stock (it being understood that the underlying facts giving rise or contributing to such change in price may be taken into account in determining whether there has been an Intervening Event, to the extent otherwise permitted by this definition).  (Page 87)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
“Company Intervening Event” means a development, event, effect, state of facts, condition, occurrence or change in circumstance that is material to the


Company that occurs or arises after the date of this Agreement that was not known to or reasonably foreseeable by the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement (or if known, the magnitude or material consequences of which were not known by the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement); provided, however, that in no event shall the receipt, existence or terms of a Company Competing Proposal or any matter relating thereto or of consequence thereof constitute a Company Intervening Event.  (Pages 50-51)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
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: No
“Intervening Event” means any event, change or development first occurring or arising after the date hereof that is material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) and was not known by or reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board of Directors as of the date hereof; provided, however, that in no event shall the following events, changes or developments constitute an Intervening Event: (A) the receipt, existence or terms of an Acquisition Proposal or any matter relating thereto or consequence thereof, (B) changes in the market price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock or any other securities of the Company, Parent or their respective Subsidiaries, or any change in credit rating or the fact that the Company meets or exceeds or does not meet or exceed internal or published estimates, projections, forecasts or predictions for any period (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise or contributing to such changes may be taken into account to the extent not otherwise excluded), (C) changes in general economic, political or financial conditions or markets (including changes in interest rates, exchange rates, stock, bond and/or debt prices) or in any industry or industries in   -53-


which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate, (D) changes in GAAP, other applicable accounting rules or applicable Law or, in any such case, changes in the interpretation thereof or (E) any changes relating to Parent or its Subsidiaries. (Pages 57-58)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
“East Intervening Event” shall mean a material event, fact, circumstance, development or occurrence not related to an Acquisition Proposal that is not known or reasonably foreseeable (or if known or reasonably foreseeable, the probability or magnitude of consequences of which were not known or reasonably foreseeable) to or by the East Board as of the date of this Agreement, which event, fact, circumstance, development or occurrence becomes known to the East Board prior to obtaining the East Stockholder Approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the following events, changes or developments constitute an East Intervening Event: changes in the market price or trading volume of Central Common Stock, East Common Stock or any other securities of Central or East, or any change in the credit rating of Central or East or the fact that Central or East meets, fails to meet, or exceeds internal or published estimates, projections, forecasts or predictions for any period (it being understood that the underlying cause thereof may constitute an East Intervening Event).  (Page 110)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No
“Company Intervening Event” means an Effect (other than a Company Acquisition Proposal) that, individually or in the aggregate, is material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that was not known to the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement (or if known, the consequences of which were not known to or reasonably foreseeable to by the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement), which Effect (or any consequence thereof) becomes known by the Company Board prior to the time of the Company Stockholder Approval.  (Page 9)

Question: Intervening Event Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: No