“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any Person, any change, effect, event, occurrence or development that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, (a) a material adverse effect on the business, assets, properties, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of such Person or (b) a material adverse effect on the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or on the ability of such Person to consummate the transactions contemplated hereunder or to perform its obligations under this Agreement;provided,however, notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not constitute a “Material Adverse Effect”:
(i) (A) any change resulting solely from industry-wide conditions or general economic conditions affecting the industry in which the business of such Person (including, with respect to Seller, the Business) is conducted, (B) any change in applicable Law, (C) any development in the financial, banking, or securities markets (including any disruption thereof), or (D) an act of war or terrorism, in each case to the extent that the foregoing do not materially disproportionately affect such Person in relation to other Persons in the same business or industry (or, with respect to Seller, materially disproportionally affect the Business in relation to other businesses in the same business or industry); or
(ii) the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement.
“Material Permits”: seeSection 5.23.
“Most Recent Balance Sheet Date”: seeSection 5.18.
“Notice of Disagreement”: seeSection 3.3(b).
“Notice Period”: seeSection 9.7(a)(ii).
“Order” means any judgment, order, injunction, writ, ruling, decree, stipulation or award of any Governmental Entity.
“Ordinary Course” means the ordinary course of business consistent with past custom and practice (including, as applicable, with respect to frequency and amount).
“Patent Rights” means all patents, patent applications (including provisional patent applications), utility models, design registrations and certificates of invention and other governmental grants for the protection of inventions or industrial designs (including all related continuations,continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues and reexaminations).
“Pending Claims Amount”: seeSection 3.2(b)(iii).
“Permit” means any permit, license, franchise, security clearance, consent, contractual right, consent and other authorization or approval of or registration with any Governmental Entity.
“Permitted Liens” means (i) any Lien for Taxes that are not yet delinquent and (ii) any landlord’s, mechanic’s, carrier’s, workmen’s, repairmen’s or other similar statutory Lien arising or incurred in the Ordinary Course that does not materially detract from the value, marketability or use of the property encumbered thereby.
“Person” means an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, an association, a business trust, a limited liability company, a trust, an unincorporated organization, a joint stock company, a labor union, an estate, a Governmental Entity or any other entity.
“Personally Identifiable Information” means any information that alone or in combination with other information held by a Person can be used to specifically identify a natural person.
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