theatticusproject/maud huggingface dataset:
provided, however, that Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include the impact of (a) changes, after the date hereof, in GAAP or applicable bank regulatory accounting requirements; (b) changes, after the date hereof, in laws, rules or regulations (including the Pandemic Measures) of general applicability to companies in the industries in which the party and its Subsidiaries operate, or interpretations thereof by courts or Governmental Authorities; (c) changes, after the date hereof, in global, national or regional political conditions (including the outbreak of war or acts of terrorism) or in economic or market (including equity, credit and debt markets, as well as changes in interest rates) conditions affecting the financial services industry generally and not specifically relating to the party or its Subsidiaries (including any such changes arising out of the Pandemic or any Pandemic Measures); (d) changes, after the date hereof, resulting from hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados, floods or other natural disasters or from any outbreak of any disease or other public health event (including the Pandemic); (e) public disclosure of the execution of this Agreement, or (except in the case of the representations contained in Sections 5.01(c)(ii), 5.01(d), 5.02(d)(ii) and 5.02(e)) consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any effect on a party’s relationships with its customers or employees) or actions expressly required by this Agreement in contemplation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (f) a decline in the trading price of a party’s common stock, in and of itself, or the failure, in and of itself, to meet earnings projections or internal financial forecasts (it being understood that the underlying cause of such decline or failure may be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred), and (g) the occurrence of any natural or man-made disaster; except, with respect to subclauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (g), to the extent that the effects of the change are materially disproportionately adverse to the business, properties, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other companies in the industry in which the party and its Subsidiaries operate). (Page 8)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Constructive knowledge
provided, however, that with respect to clause (i) only, no Effect to the extent resulting or arising from any of the following, shall, to such extent, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining the occurrence of, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (A) general economic, political, business, financial or market conditions; (B) any outbreak, continuation or escalation of any military conflict, declared or undeclared war, armed hostilities, or acts of foreign or domestic terrorism; (C) any pandemic (including the SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 disease), epidemic, plague, or other outbreak of illness or public health event, hurricane, flood, tornado, earthquake or other natural disaster or act of God; (D) any failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to meet any internal or external projections or forecasts or any decline in the price or trading volume of Company Common Stock (but excluding, in each case, the underlying causes of such failure or decline, as applicable, which may themselves constitute or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would be, a Company Material Adverse Effect); (E) the public announcement or pendency of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby; (F) changes in applicable Legal Requirements; (G) changes in GAAP or any other applicable accounting standards; or (H) any action expressly required to be taken by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Agreement or at the express written direction or consent of


Parent; provided, further, that any Effect relating to or arising out of or resulting from any change or event referred to in clause (A), (B), (C), (F) or (G) above may constitute, and be taken into account in determining the occurrence of, a Company Material Adverse Effect to the extent that such change or event has a disproportionate impact (but solely to the extent of such disproportionate impact) on the Company and its Subsidiaries as compared to other participants that operate in the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate. (Pages 87-88)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Constructive knowledge
provided, however, that, with respect to this clause (i), Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include the impact of (A) changes, after the date hereof, in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) or applicable regulatory accounting requirements, (B) changes, after the date hereof, in laws, rules or regulations (including the Pandemic Measures) of general applicability to companies in the industries in which such party and its Subsidiaries operate, or interpretations thereof by courts or Governmental Entities, (C) changes, after the date hereof, in global, national or regional political conditions (including the outbreak of war or acts of terrorism) or in economic or market (including equity, credit and debt markets, as well as changes in interest rates) conditions affecting the financial services industry generally and not specifically relating to such party or its Subsidiaries (including any such changes arising out of the Pandemic or any Pandemic Measures), (D) changes, after the date hereof, resulting from hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados, floods or other natural disasters or from any outbreak of any disease or other public health event (including the Pandemic), (E) public disclosure of the execution of this Agreement, public disclosure or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any effect on a party’s relationships with its customers or employees) (it being understood that the foregoing shall not apply for purposes of the representations and warranties in Sections 3.3(b), 3.4, 4.3(b) or 4.4) or actions expressly required by this Agreement or that are taken with the prior written consent of the other party in contemplation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (F) a decline in the trading price of a party’s common stock or the failure, in and of itself, to meet earnings projections or internal financial forecasts, but not, in either case, including any underlying causes thereof; except, with respect to subclauses (A), (B), (C) or (D), to the extent that the effects of such change are materially disproportionately adverse to the business, properties, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of such party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other companies in the industry in which such party and its Subsidiaries operate) or (ii) the ability of such party to timely consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. (Page 18)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Actual knowledge
“Knowledge” (i) with respect to Company means the knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of the persons named in Section 1.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (ii) with respect to Parent means the knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of the persons named in Section 1.1(b) of the Parent Disclosure Letter. For purposes of Section 4.16 and Section 5.16, “reasonable inquiry” does not require environmental sampling or testing of any kind.   (Page 7)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” means (a) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge in each case after reasonable inquiry of each individual listed in Section 1.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (b) with respect to Parent, the actual knowledge in each case after reasonable inquiry of each individual listed in Section 1.1(b) of the Parent Disclosure Letter.  (Page 13)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“knowledge” (i) with respect to the Company means the actual knowledge of any of the individuals listed in Section 10.5(p) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (ii) with respect to Parent or Merger Sub means the actual knowledge of any of the individuals listed in Section 10.5(p) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, in each case, after reasonable inquiry of such individual’s direct reports;  (Page 83)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” means (a) with respect to Parent, the actual knowledge, assuming due inquiry, of any of the Persons set forth in Section 9.4 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule and (b) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge, assuming due inquiry, of any of the Persons set forth in Section 9.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.  (Page 74)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” of a Person, with respect to any matter in question, means, with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of any of the individuals set forth in Section 1.1(ooo) of the Company Disclosure Letter and such knowledge as any such individuals would have obtained, in each case, after reasonable inquiry of their respective direct reports who, in each case, would reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of the matter in question. (Page 14)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” of the Company, with respect to any matter in question, means the actual knowledge of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer; Chief Financial Officer; Chief Revenue Officer; Chief Marketing Officer; Chief People Officer; Chief Technology Officer and Chief Legal Officer, in each case after reasonable inquiry of those employees who would reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of the matter in question. With respect to matters involving Intellectual Property, Knowledge does not require the Company, or any of its directors, officer or employees, to have conducted or have obtained any freedom-to-operate opinions or any Patent, Mark or other Intellectual Property clearance searches, and if not conducted or obtained, no knowledge of any third Person Patents, Mark or other Intellectual Property that would have been revealed by such opinions or searches will be imputed to the Company or any of its directors, officers or employees.  (Page 14)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” or “knowledge” as used with respect to a Person (including references to such Person being aware of a particular matter) means the actual knowledge of, in the case of Bryn Mawr, those individuals set forth in Section 10.1 of Bryn Mawr’s Disclosure Memorandum and, in the case of WSFS, those individuals set forth in Section 10.1 of WSFS’s Disclosure Memorandum, and, in each case, the knowledge of any such Persons obtained or which would have been obtained from a reasonable investigation.  (Page 72)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” shall mean, with respect to (x) the Company, the actual knowledge of any of those individuals set forth in Section 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter and (y) Parent or Purchaser, the actual knowledge of any of those individuals set forth in Section 1.1 of the Parent Disclosure Letter, in each case of clause (x) and (y) after reasonable inquiry of such individuals’ direct reports who would reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of the matter in question.  (Page 74)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” or any similar knowledge qualification in this Agreement has the following meanings: (a) AB will be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or matter if any Executive Officer of AB or the Bank has actual knowledge of such fact or matter or if any such Person would reasonably be expected to discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or matter in the course of making a reasonable inquiry into such areas of AB’s and the Bank’s business that are under such individual’s general area of responsibility  (Page 9)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of (i) for Parent, the Persons listed on Exhibit B (the “Parent Knowledge Persons”) and (ii) for the Company, the Persons listed on Exhibit C (the “Company Knowledge Persons”), in each case, following reasonable inquiry of their direct reports; provided that none of the Parent Knowledge Persons or Company Knowledge Persons shall have any personal liability or obligations hereunder regarding such knowledge.  (Page 41)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
(jj) “Knowledge” means, assuming due inquiry under the facts or circumstances, the actual knowledge of: (i) with respect to Nicolet, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, chief credit officer or general counsel of Nicolet; or (ii) with respect to the Company, the president, chief financial officer or secretary of the Company or the chief banking officer of the Bank. (Page 61)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” means, with respect to First Choice and First Choice Bank, the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry under the circumstances, of the Persons set forth in Section 3.01(a) of the First Choice Disclosure Schedule, and with respect to Enterprise or EB&T, the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry under the circumstances, of the Persons set forth in Section 4.01(a) of the Enterprise Disclosure Schedule.  (Page 100)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” means, as the case may be, the knowledge of (a) Stanley G. Bass or Denson N. Franklin III with respect to Parent or Merger Sub or (b) Ronnie Pruitt, John E. Kunz, Brian Mahavier or Paul M. Jolas with respect to the Company, in each case after reasonable inquiry. (Page 12)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“knowledge” means the actual knowledge of, (a) in the case of the Company, the individuals listed in Schedule 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter and (b) in the case of Parent, the individuals listed in Schedule 1.1 of the Parent Disclosure Letter, in each case after reasonable inquiry of those employees of such Party and its Subsidiaries who would reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of the matter in question.  (Page 83)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“knowledge” when used with respect to (a) the Company, means the actual knowledge of any fact, circumstance or condition of those officers of the Company set forth on Section 8.3(iii) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (b) Parent, means the actual knowledge of any fact, circumstance or condition of those officers of Parent set forth on Section 8.3(iii) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, in each case of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), after reasonable inquiry;  (Page 75)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” with respect to an Entity means with respect to any matter in question the actual knowledge of such Entity’s executive officers after reasonable inquiry of their direct reports. With respect to Intellectual Property Rights, Knowledge does not require that any of such Entity’s executive officers conduct or have conducted or obtain or have obtained any freedom-to-operate opinions or similar opinions of counsel or any Registered IP clearance searches, and no knowledge of any third-party Registered IP that would have been revealed by such inquiries, opinions or searches will be imputed to such executive officers; provided, however, the foregoing shall not exclude any knowledge actually acquired from any such inquiries, opinions or searches that have been conducted or obtained prior to the Closing.  (Page 11)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” will be deemed to be, as the case may be, the actual knowledge of (a) the individuals set forth on Section 1.1(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter with respect to Parent, Merger Sub I or Merger Sub II or (b) the individuals set forth on Section 1.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter with respect to the Company, in each case after reasonable inquiry of those employees of such Party and its Subsidiaries who would reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of the matter in question.  (Page 103)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” means, with respect to Peoples, the Knowledge of any officer of Peoples with the title of Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice President of Operations, or Chief Financial Officer, and, with respect to Premier Financial, the Knowledge of any officer of Premier Financial, Citizens Bank or Premier Bank with the title of Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Credit Officer, Chief Lending Officer, President of Citizens Bank, Compliance officer for Citizens Bank, the President of Premier Bank, or the Compliance Officer for Premier Bank. An officer of Peoples or Premier Financial shall be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or matter if such officer is actually aware of such fact or matter or a prudent individual would be reasonably expected to discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or matter in the course of conducting a reasonably comprehensive investigation concerning the existence of such fact or matter.  (Page 7)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” of the Company, with respect to any matter in question, shall mean the actual knowledge of such matter by any of the executive officers or directors of the Company after reasonable inquiry. With respect to matters involving Intellectual Property Rights, knowledge does not require that any of the Company’s executive officers or directors conduct or have conducted or obtain or have obtained any freedom-to-operate opinions or similar opinions of counsel or any intellectual property clearance searches, and no knowledge of any third party intellectual property that would have been revealed by such inquiries, opinions or searches will be imputed to such executive officers or directors. (Page 92)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” with respect to an Entity means with respect to any matter in question the actual knowledge of, in the case of the Company, Neil McFarlane, Christopher Prentiss, Vijay Shreedhar and Jason Christiansen, after reasonable inquiry, and in the case of any other Entity, such Entity’s executive officers after reasonable inquiry. With respect to matters involving Intellectual Property Rights, “reasonable inquiry” does not require that any of such Entity’s executive officers or their direct reports conduct or have conducted or obtain or have obtained any freedom-to-operate opinions or similar opinions of counsel or any Registered IP clearance searches, and no knowledge of any third party Registered IP that would have been revealed by such inquiries, opinions or searches will be imputed to such executive officers or their direct reports.   (Page 7)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” means <omitted> (ii) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of any of the officers of the Company whose names are listed on Section 1.01(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such reasonable inquiry shall not require such individuals to conduct (or have conducted) any Intellectual Property searches or analyses (including clearance or prior art searches) or opinions (including freedom-to-operate opinions), or scans or other investigations with respect to IT Assets.  (Page 12)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” of a Person, with respect to any matter in question, means, with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge as of the date of this Agreement of the individuals set forth on Section 1.1(ppp) of the Company Disclosure Letter, in each case after reasonable inquiry of their direct reports who would reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of the matter in question. With respect to matters involving the Company Intellectual Property, Knowledge does not require the Company, or any of its directors, officers or employees, to have conducted or have obtained any freedom to operate opinions or any Patent, Mark or other Intellectual Property clearance searches. If not conducted or obtained, no knowledge of any Patents, Marks or other Intellectual Property of any third Person that would have been revealed by such opinions or searches will be imputed to the Company or any of its directors, officers or employees. (Page 16)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
(s) “knowledge” (i) with respect to the Company means the actual knowledge of any of the individuals listed in Section 9.5(r) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and (ii) with respect to Parent or Merger Sub means the actual knowledge of any of the individuals listed in Section 9.5(r) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, in each case after reasonable inquiry. (Page 87)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on investigation or inquiry
“Knowledge” as used with respect to a Person (including references to such Person being aware of a particular matter) means those facts that are known or should reasonably have been known in the prudent exercise of his or her duties and responsibilities in the ordinary course of business of the records and employees of such Person by the chairman, president, chief financial officer, chief credit officer, or any senior or executive vice president of such Person without any further investigation. (Page 29)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on role
“Knowledge” means, with respect to (a) the Company as it relates to any fact or other matter, the actual knowledge of the natural Persons set forth in Section 1.01B of the Company Disclosure Letter of such fact or matter as of the date hereof, in each case,  in the prudent exercise of his or her duties and responsibilities in the ordinary course of business, such individual should have known of such matter, and <omitted>  provided that, in the case of the foregoing (a) and (b), for clarity, with respect to Intellectual Property.  (Page 13)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on role
“Knowledge” of the Company, with respect to any matter in question, shall mean the actual knowledge of such matter by any of the executive officers or directors of the Company  in the prudent exercise of his or her duties and responsibilities in the ordinary course of business, such individual should have known of such matter. With respect to matters involving Intellectual Property Rights, knowledge does not require that any of the Company’s executive officers or directors conduct or have conducted or obtain or have obtained any freedom-to-operate opinions or similar opinions of counsel or any intellectual property clearance searches, and no knowledge of any third party intellectual property that would have been revealed by such inquiries, opinions or searches will be imputed to such executive officers or directors. (Page 92)

Question: Knowledge Definition
Category: Knowledge
Answer: Based on role