“Law” means any federal, state, local or municipal constitution, treaty, statute, law, act, rule, regulation, code, ordinance, determination, guidance, principle of common law, judgment, decree, injunction, administrative interpretation, sub-regulatory guidance, writ, directive, or Orders of, or issued by, applicable Governmental Entities.
“Legal Dispute” means any action, suit or proceeding between or among the Parties, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, arising in connection with any disagreement, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any related document or any of the transaction contemplated hereby or thereby.
“Licenses” means all licenses, authorizations, approvals, registrations, permits (including environmental, construction and operation permits and Healthcare Permits) and certificates issued by any Governmental Entity.
“Liens” means mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests, charges, claims, restrictions, licenses, deeds of trust, defects in title, contingent rights or other burdens, options or encumbrances.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event, change, development, effect or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate with all other events, changes, developments, effects or occurrences, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the business, assets and liabilities, overall financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to perform any of their respective covenants or obligations under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; provided, that in the case of clause (i), the term “Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, change, development, effect or occurrence to the extent caused by (either alone or in combination), and none of the following will be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be a “Material Adverse Effect”: (a) changes or proposed changes in laws, regulations or interpretations thereof after the date hereof, (b) changes or proposed changes in GAAP after the date hereof, (c) general economic conditions, including changes in the credit, debt, financial, capital or reinsurance markets (including changes in interest or exchange rates, prices of any security or market index or any disruption of such markets), in each case, in the United States or anywhere else in the world, (d) events or conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Group Companies operate in the jurisdictions where the Group Companies operate, (e) global, national or regional political conditions, including national or international hostilities, acts of terror or acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or military actions or any escalation or worsening of any hostilities, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, military actions or mass civil protests, (f) pandemics (including COVID-19), epidemics and disease outbreaks, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, mudslides or other natural disasters (including in each case governmental action in response thereto, including COVID-19 Measures), (g) any failure in and of itself to meet any projections, forecasts, guidance, estimates, milestones, budgets or financial or operating predictions of revenue, earnings, cash flow or cash position, provided that the underlying event, change, development, effect or occurrence giving rise to such failure may be taken into account, or (h) the public announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that the matters described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) shall be included in the term “Material Adverse Effect” if, and to the extent, any such matter has
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