“Company Material Adverse Effect” means such developments, occurrences, events, changes, effects, circumstances, conditions, facts or state of facts that, individually or in the aggregate, are materially adverse to the business, financial condition or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, provided, that any of the following will not be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur: (i) any changes in general United States or global economic or political conditions, (ii) changes in the securities, credit or financial markets, (iii) general changes or developments in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate or the industries to which the Company and its Subsidiaries sell their products, solutions and services, (iv) (I) changes or proposed changes of Laws or regulations or (II) any quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester, safety or similar Law, directive, guidelines or recommendations promulgated by any Governmental Entity, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, in each case, in connection with or in response to COVID-19 (“COVID-19 Measures”), (v) the announcement of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby, including any loss or change in relationship with any employee, officer, director, customer, supplier, vendor, reseller, distributor, or other business partner of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (vi) the identity of Parent or any of its affiliates as the acquiror of the Company, (vii) compliance with the terms of, or the taking of any action required by, this Agreement or consented to in writing by Parent, Siemens Parent or their respective Subsidiaries or requested in writing by Siemens Parent, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (viii) geopolitical conditions, political unrest, any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, acts of war (whether or not declared), acts of armed hostility, sabotage, terrorism or national or international calamity (or escalation or worsening of any such conditions or occurrences), (ix) hurricanes, tornados, floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, nuclear incidents, pandemics (including SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and any evolutions or mutations thereof or related or associated epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks (“COVID-19”)), epidemics or other outbreaks of diseases, quarantine restrictions, weather conditions or other natural or man-made disasters or other force majeure events or occurrences (or escalation or worsening of any such events or occurrences), (x) changes in generally accepted accounting principles or interpretations thereof, (xi) any stockholder litigation relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or (xii) any decline in the stock price of the Company Common Stock or any failure to meet internal, published or other projections, forecasts or revenue or earning predictions for any period (provided that the underlying causes of such decline or failure may be considered, in and of themselves, in determining whether there is or has been a Company Material Adverse Effect), except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (viii) or (ix) (other than, in the case of clauses (iv) or (ix), any developments, occurrences, events, changes, effects, circumstances, conditions, facts or state of facts with respect to COVID-19 or the COVID-19 Measures or any escalation or worsening thereof (including any second or subsequent wave(s)) to the extent (and, for the avoidance of doubt, only to the extent) such developments, occurrences, events, changes, effects, circumstances, conditions, facts or state of facts referred to therein (I) are not otherwise excluded from the definition hereof and (II) have a disproportionate adverse impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated companies in the industries and in the geographic markets in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct their businesses. (Page 11)

Question: MAE Definition
Category: Material Adverse Effect
Answer: Applies to Target and subsidiaries "taken as a whole"