and (ii) does not relate to (x) the effect resulting from the public announcement of this Agreement, (y) the receipt, existence or terms of a Takeover Proposal or any matter relating thereto or consequence thereof or (z) any change in the price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock or any other securities of the Company (except that the underlying causes of such changes may constitute or be taken into account in determining whether there has been an Intervening Event).
“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States.
“Knowledge” whether or not capitalized, means (i) when used with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of the individuals listed on Section 8.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule and (ii) when used with respect to Parent, the actual knowledge of any of the officers or directors of Parent or Merger Sub.
“Law” means any law, common law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation, rule or other requirement of any Governmental Authority, and any Orders.
“Legal Proceeding” means any suit, claim, action, litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, judicial or appellate proceeding), inquiry, hearing, audit, mediation, subpoena, complaint, grievance, demand, examination or investigation, whether formal or informal, whether public or private, commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any court, arbitrator, mediator, other Governmental Authority or any other Person.
“Liability” means, with respect to any Person, any debt, loss, damage, liability or obligation (of any kind, character or description, whether direct or indirect, known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, joint or several, vested or unvested, executory or due or to become due, and whether in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise), including all costs and expenses relating thereto.
“Lien” means any lien, pledge, mortgage, deed of trust, preemptive right, security interest, equitable interest, claim, lease, license, charge, condition, option, pledge, hypothecation, right of first refusal, easement, servitude, proxy, voting trust or agreement, transfer restriction under any stockholder or similar agreement, encumbrance or any other restriction or limitation whatsoever.
“Material Permits” means all material Permits that the Company and its Subsidiaries are required to own, lease or operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as currently conducted.
“Off-the-Shelf Software” means any Software that is not incorporated in, or used directly in the development of, a Company Product and is made generally available on a commercial basis (including technology offered on a Software as a service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or similar basis and Software available through retail stores, distribution networks or that is pre-installed as a standard part of hardware) and is licensed to the Company or its Subsidiaries on a non-exclusive basis under standard terms and conditions for internal use for a one-time license fee of less than $50,000 per license or an ongoing license fee of less than $100,000 per year.
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