“Governmental Entity” means any supranational, national, state, municipal, local or foreign government, any court, tribunal, arbitrator, administrative agency, commission or other governmental official, authority or instrumentality (including any legislature, commission, regulatory administrative authority, governmental agency, bureau, branch or department).
“Government Official” means any officer or employee of a foreign governmental authority or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any such foreign governmental authority or department, agency, or instrumentality, or for or on behalf of any such public international organization, or any political party, party official, or candidate thereof, excluding officials of the governments of the United States, the several states thereof, any local subdivision of any of them or any agency, department or unit of any of the foregoing.
“Hazardous Substance” means any waste, substance, product or material defined or regulated as “hazardous” or “toxic” or as a “pollutant” or “contaminant”, or words of similar meaning, by any applicable Requirements of Environmental Law, including petroleum and any fraction thereof, and any biomedical or radioactive materials and waste.
“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property and proprietary rights, including (i) patents, trade secrets, know-how, inventions, algorithms, methods and processes; (ii) copyrights; (iii) trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, logos, domain names, social and mobile media identifiers and other source indicators and all associated goodwill; and (iv) all registrations, applications, renewals, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, re-issues, re-examinations, foreign counterparts and equivalents of the foregoing.
“Investment Company Act” mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
“Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of Kevin Mandia, Frank Verdecanna, Alexa King and Peter Bailey, in each case after due inquiry.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event, change, development, circumstance, condition, state of facts or occurrence that individually or in the aggregate is, or would reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to (x) the condition (financial or otherwise), assets, properties, or liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), or (y) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, but shall exclude any prospects and shall also exclude any event, change, development, circumstance, condition, state of facts or occurrence to the extent resulting or arising from: (a) any change or prospective change in any applicable law or GAAP or interpretation thereof; (b) any change in general economic conditions in the industries or markets in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate or affecting the United States of America or any foreign economies in general; (c) any change made by any Governmental Entity that is generally applicable to the industries or markets in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate; (d) the announcement of this Agreement and/or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (e) any action that is consented to or requested by the Purchaser in writing; (f) any action expressly required by, or the failure to take any action expressly prohibited by this Agreement; (g) any national or
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