development that has, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on (x) the business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of Exterran or Enerflex, and their respective subsidiaries, as applicable, taken as a whole, or (y) would or may reasonably be expected to, prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of Exterran or Enerflex, as applicable to consummate the transaction (including the merger), but, in the case of each of clauses (x) and (y), will not include events, changes, occurrences, effects or developments relating to (a) changes in general economic or political conditions or the securities, equity, credit or financial markets in general, or changes in or affecting domestic or foreign interest or exchange rates, (b) any decline in the market price or trading volume of the respective party’s common stock or common shares, as applicable, or any change in the credit rating of such party or any of its securities (provided, that the facts and circumstances underlying any such decline or change may be taken into account in determining whether a material adverse effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by the definition thereof), (c) changes or developments in the industries in which Exterran or Enerflex, as applicable, or their respective subsidiaries operate, (d) changes in law or interpretations thereof or enforcement thereof after the date of the Merger Agreement, (e) the execution, delivery or performance of the Merger Agreement or the public announcement or pendency or consummation of the merger or other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the impact thereof on the relationships of Exterran or Enerflex, as applicable, or any of their respective subsidiaries with employees, partnerships, customers, suppliers, or governmental entities, (f) compliance with the terms of, or the taking or omission of any action required by, the Merger Agreement or consented to (after disclosure to the respective party of all material and relevant facts and information) or requested by such party in writing, (g) any act of civil unrest, civil disobedience, war, terrorism, cyberterrorism, military activity, sabotage or cybercrime, including an outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving Canada or the United States, as applicable, or any other governmental entity or the declaration by Canada or the United States, as applicable, or any other governmental entity of a national emergency or war, or any worsening or escalation of any such conditions threatened or existing on the date of the Merger Agreement, (h) any hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, natural disasters, acts of God or other comparable events, (i) any pandemic, epidemic or disease outbreak (including
COVID-19)
or other comparable events, (j) changes in International Financial Reporting Standards or GAAP or the interpretation or enforcement after the date of the Merger Agreement, (k) any litigation relating to or resulting from the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; or (l) any failure to meet internal or published projections, forecasts, guidance or revenue or earning predictions; (provided, that the facts and circumstances underlying any such failure may be taken into account in determining whether a material adverse effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by the definition thereof); except, with respect to clauses (a), (c), (g), (h), (i) and (j), if the impact thereof is materially and disproportionately adverse to Exterran or Enerflex, as applicable, and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to the impact thereof on the operations in the industry that Exterran or Enerflex, as applicable, and other participants conduct business, the incremental material disproportionate impact may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a material adverse effect.