“Disposition” or “Dispose of” shall mean any (i) offer, pledge, sale, contract to sell, sale of any option or contract to purchase, purchase of any option or contract to sell, grant of any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or other disposition of or transfer of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, including, without limitation, any “short sale” or similar arrangement, or (ii) swap, hedge, derivative instrument, or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of securities, in cash or otherwise.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“FDA” shall mean the United States Food and Drug Administration.
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any court, agency, authority, department, regulatory body or other instrumentality of any government or country or of any national, federal, state, provincial, regional, county, city or other political subdivision of any such government or country or any supranational organization of which any such country is a member.
“Health Care Laws”shall mean all applicable Laws relating to pricing, marketing, provision, sale, distribution, coverage, or reimbursement of a drug, biological or medical advice.
“Intellectual Property” shall mean all inventions, patent applications, patents, trademarks, trade names, service names, copyrights, trade secrets,know-how and other intellectual property that is either (i) used in connection with, and material to, the Company’s development, manufacture, use or commercialization of itsCUE-101 Compounds,CUE-102 Compounds orCUE-103 Compounds, or (ii) otherwise used in connection with, and material to, the business of the Company as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted.
“Law” or “Laws” shall mean all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, injunctions and ordinances of any Governmental Authority.
“Liens” shall mean a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any change, event or occurrence (each, an “Effect”) that, individually or when taken together with all other effects that have occurred prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of the Material Adverse Effect, is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse (i) to the issuance or validity of the Shares or the transaction contemplated hereby or on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the License Agreement or (ii) to the business, clinical orpre-clinical programs, intellectual property, condition (financial or other), assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company;provided,however, that in no event shall any of the following occurring after the date hereof, alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in
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