emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack upon the United States of America or any foreign government or any of their respective territories, possessions, or diplomatic or consular offices or upon any military installation, equipment or personnel of the United States of America or any foreign government; (h) any acts of God, including any earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, floods, tsunamis or other natural disasters, or any other damage to or destruction of assets caused by casualty; (i) any epidemic, pandemic, disease outbreak (including, for the avoidance of doubt, COVID-19) or other health crisis or public health event; and (j) any failure of the Company and its Subsidiaries to meet internal or published projections, estimates or forecasts of revenues, earnings or other measures of financial or operating performance for any period; provided, that the underlying causes of such failure (subject to the other provisions of this definition of “Material Adverse Effect”) shall not be excluded; provided, however, that in the case of each of clauses (a), (b), (c), and (g) of the foregoing, any such event, change, circumstance or occurrence shall not be excluded to the extent that it has or would reasonably be expected to have a disproportionate adverse effect on 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) relative to other companies operating in the same industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operates.
“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or unincorporated organization or a government or other agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Qualifying Loan” means any total return swap, margin loan, pledge or bona fide loan or other financing arrangement, in each case entered into with a nationally recognized financial institution, including a pledge to such a financial institution to secure a bona fide debt financing and any foreclosure by such financial institution or transfer to such financial institution in lieu of foreclosure and subsequent sale of the securities.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and the Purchaser in the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit C, as it may be amended or modified in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Representatives” means a Persons’ Affiliates, employees, agents, consultants, accountants, attorneys or financial advisors.
“Requirements of Environmental Law” means all laws (including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and any state analogues of any of the foregoing), common law, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations, orders or similar requirements of any Governmental Entity which relate to (a) pollution, protection or clean-up of the environment, including air, surface water, ground water or land; (b) solid, gaseous or liquid waste or the generation, recycling, reclamation, release, threatened release, treatment, storage, disposal or transportation of harmful or deleterious substances; (c) exposure of Persons or property to harmful or deleterious substances; or (d) the manufacture, presence, processing, distribution in commerce, use, discharge, releases, threatened releases, emissions or storage of harmful or deleterious substances into the environment.
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