“Law” (and with the correlative meaning “Laws”) means any rule, regulation, statute, statutory instrument, Order, ordinance or code promulgated by any Governmental Entity, including any common law, state and federal law, securities law and law of any foreign jurisdictions.
“Leases” means all leases, subleases, licenses and occupancy agreements for real property, whether the Company Leased Real Property or the Parent Leased Real Property, together with all material amendments, modifications and guarantees of such agreements.
“Lien” means any charge, pledge, option, mortgage, deed of trust, hypothecation, security interest, lien, license to third parties, right of first refusal, encroachment, easement or defect or imperfection of title or any similar encumbrance of any kind or nature.
“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to the Company, a fact, circumstance, condition, development, change, event, occurrence or effect (a “Change”) that (a) has, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially impair or materially delay the consummation of the Merger, other than, in the case ofclause (a) above, (i) Changes directly arising out of the negotiation, public announcement, pendency or consummation of the Transactions (provided that thisclause (i) shall not apply with respect to any representation or warranty that is expressly intended to address the consequences of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions (includingSection 4.6) or with respect to the condition to Closing contained inSection 8.2(a), to the extent it relates to such representations and warranties), (ii) Changes generally affecting the economy or the financial, credit or securities markets, (iii) political or regulatory Changes, (iv) Changes in any of the businesses and industries in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate, (v) Changes in Law or in GAAP, (vi) acts of war (whether or not declared), cyberattacks, sabotage or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war (whether or not declared), cyberattacks, sabotage or terrorism, (vii) pandemics, fires, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornados, acts of God, any change resulting from weather conditions or other natural disasters, (viii) any decline, in and of itself, in the market price, or change in trading volume, of any Securities of the Company, (ix) any failure, in and of itself, by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to meet any internal or public projections, forecasts, guidance, estimates, milestones, budgets or internal or published financial or operating predictions of revenue, earnings, cash flow or cash position, (x) any stockholder class action, derivative or similar litigation, suit, action or proceeding in respect of this Agreement (or the Transactions) or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus (including breach of fiduciary duty and disclosure claims) and (xi) (A) any action taken by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries at the written request of Parent or Merger Sub or (B) compliance by the Company with the terms of, or the taking by the Company of any action required by, this Agreement, or the failure by the Company to take any action prohibited by this Agreement, (xii) any reduction in the credit rating of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (provided thatclauses (viii),(ix) and(xii) shall not prevent a determination that any Change underlying such changes or failure has resulted in or contributed to a Material Adverse Effect, unless such Change is otherwise excepted by this definition), (xiii) any regulatory or clinical Changes relating to any Company Product (including (A) any regulatory actions, requests, recommendations or decisions of any Governmental Entity relating to any Company Product or any other regulatory or clinical development relating to any Company Product, and (B) any clinical trials, studies, tests or results or announcements thereof with respect to any Company Product), and (xiv) the research, development, testing, distribution, sale, supply, license, marketing, promotion, manufacturing or commercialization of any Company Product;provided, that any Change referred to inclauses (ii),(iii),(iv),(v),(vi) and(vii) may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Material Adverse Effect to the extent, and only to such extent, such Change has a disproportionate effect on the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly sized participants in the businesses, industries and geographic locations in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate.
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