“Law” means any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, provincial, local or other constitution, law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, published policy or requirement, or controlling principle of common law, or any order, in any case issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into legal effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity.
“Legal Proceeding” means any litigation, investigation, suit, claim, charge, action, demand, complaint, citation, summons, subpoena, audit, hearing, inquiry, proceeding, or mediation of any nature, whether at law or equity, judicial or administrative, by or before any Governmental Entity.
“Liens” means, with respect to any property or asset, any pledge, lien, charge, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, sublease, license, restriction, hypothecation, right of first refusal or offer, conditional sales or other title retention agreement, adverse claim of ownership or use, easement, encroachment, right of way or other title defect, encumbrance, option to purchase or lease or otherwise acquire any interest, and security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, development or occurrence (“Change”) that has a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided that none of the following, and no Changes or effects arising out of or resulting from the following (in each case, by itself or when aggregated) will be deemed to be or constitute a Material Adverse Effect or will be taken into account when determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or may, would or could occur (subject to the limitations set forth below):
(i) Changes in general economic conditions, or Changes in conditions in the global or international economy generally;
(ii) (A) Changes in conditions in the financial markets, credit markets or capital markets, including changes in interest rates or credit ratings; (B) changes in exchange rates for the currencies of any country; or (C) any suspension of trading in securities (whether equity, debt, derivative or hybrid securities) generally on any securities exchange or over the counter market;
(iii) Changes in conditions in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct business;
(iv) Changes in regulatory, legislative or political conditions;
(v) any acts of God, natural disasters, epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks (including COVID-19) or any geopolitical conditions, outbreak of hostilities, acts of war (whether or not declared), sabotage, cyberterrorism (including by means of cyber-attack by or sponsored by a Governmental Entity), terrorism or military actions (including any escalation or general worsening of any of the foregoing);
(vi) the negotiation, execution or announcement of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the Transactions, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries with customers, suppliers, lenders, lessors, business partners, employees, regulators,
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