Materially Adverse Effect means (a) any material adverse effect upon the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, properties, or business prospects of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, or (b) a material adverse effect upon the binding nature, validity, or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Notes, or upon the ability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to perform the payment obligations or other material obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or upon the value of the Collateral or upon the rights, benefits or interests of the Banks in and to the Loans or the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Banks in the Collateral; in either case, whether resulting from any single act, omission, situation, status, event or undertaking, or taken together with other such acts, omissions, situations, statuses, events or undertakings.
materially shall, when used in this Agreement, be construed, measured or assessed on the basis of whether the matter would materially affect a party and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
Material Adverse Effect shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
Material Adverse Change is (a) a material impairment in the perfection or priority of Bank’s Lien in the Collateral or in the value of such Collateral; (b) a material adverse change in the business, operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower; or (c) a material impairment of the prospect of repayment of any portion of the Obligations.
Target Material Adverse Effect means any change, occurrence or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations or financial condition of the Target, taken as a whole; provided, however, that changes, occurrences or developments that are to the extent attributable to any of the following shall not be deemed, either alone or in combination, to constitute, and shall not be taken into account in determining whether there is, or would reasonably likely to be, a Target Material Adverse Effect: (A) general political, economic or market conditions or general changes or developments in the industry in which the Target operates, except to the extent that the Target is adversely affected disproportionately relative to other participants in such industry, (B) any act of terrorism, war (whether declared or not), national or international calamity or any other similar event, except to the extent that the Target is adversely affected disproportionately relative to other participants in such industry, (C) the announcement or pendency of the Acquisition, including any reduction in xxxxxxxx or revenue or any negative impact on relationships with employees of the Target or disruption in (or loss of) customer, supplier, distributor, landlord, partner or similar relationships to the extent attributable to the announcement or performance of the Acquisition (other than for purposes of any representation or warranty contained in Section 3.3 of the Acquisition Agreement, but subject to disclosures in Section 3.3 of the Company Disclosure Letter (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), (D) any changes in Law (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) or any applicable accounting regulations or principles or the interpretations thereof after the date hereof, except to the extent that the Target is adversely affected disproportionately relative to other participants in such industry, (E) changes in the price or trading volume of the Target’s stock, but not the underlying cause of such change, (F) any failure by the Target to meet public or internal revenue, earnings or other projections, but not the underlying cause of such failure (G) any change resulting or arising from the identity of, or any facts or circumstances relating to, Borrower, Acquisition Sub or any of their respective Affiliates (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), (H) any event, circumstance, change or effect arising directly or indirectly from or otherwise relating to fluctuations in the value of any currency, (I) any adverse effect arising directly from the taking of any action required by the Acquisition Agreement, expressly approved or permitted in writing by Borrower (with the written consent of the Lead Arrangers), or the failure to take any action prohibited by the Acquisition Agreement, or (J) any class action litigation with respect to alleged breach of fiduciary duties of the board of directors of the Target in connection with the Acquisition.
Company Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, results of operation or financial condition of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, however, that Company Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include the effects of (A) changes after the date of the Letter Agreement (the “Signing Date”) in general business, economic or market conditions (including changes generally in prevailing interest rates, credit availability and liquidity, currency exchange rates and price levels or trading volumes in the United States or foreign securities or credit markets), or any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declared or undeclared acts of war or terrorism, in each case generally affecting the industries in which the Company and its subsidiaries operate, (B) changes or proposed changes after the Signing Date in generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) or regulatory accounting requirements, or authoritative interpretations thereof, (C) changes or proposed changes after the Signing Date in securities, banking and other laws of general applicability or related policies or interpretations of Governmental Entities (in the case of each of these clauses (A), (B) and (C), other than changes or occurrences to the extent that such changes or occurrences have or would reasonably be expected to have a materially disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole relative to comparable U.S. banking or financial services organizations), or (D) changes in the market price or trading volume of the Common Stock or any other equity, equity-related or debt securities of the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries (it being understood and agreed that the exception set forth in this clause (D) does not apply to the underlying reason giving rise to or contributing to any such change); or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate the Purchase and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Warrant and perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder on a timely basis.
Seller Material Adverse Effect means any change, effect, event, occurrence, state of facts or development that has a material adverse effect on the current use or condition of the Purchased Assets, taken as a whole; provided, however, none of the following shall be deemed in themselves, either alone or in combination, to constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Seller Material Adverse Effect: any change, effect, event, occurrence, state of facts or development, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to (a) compliance with the terms of, or the taking of any action, or refraining from taking any action, expressly required or expressly permitted by, this Agreement, or requested or consented to by Buyer; (b) any change after the date of this Agreement in applicable Laws or the interpretation thereof; (c) national, international or extranational political, regulatory, or social conditions, including the engagement by the United States in hostilities or the escalation thereof; (d) any effects of weather, geological or meteorological events or natural disasters; (e) conditions general affecting any of the industries in which Seller operates; (f) any change in the financial, banking, credit, securities or capital markets (including any suspension of trading in, or limitation on prices for, securities on any stock exchange or any changes in interest rates) or any change in the general national or regional economic or financial conditions; (g) any continuation of an adverse trend or condition; (h) any Seller Material Adverse Effect that is cured by Seller; or (i) the negotiation, announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated hereby, the disclosure of the fact that the Purchased Assets are proposed to be sold pursuant hereto, or any communication by Buyer or its Affiliates regarding plans or intentions with respect to the Purchased Assets (including the impact of any of the foregoing on relationships with customers, suppliers, officers, employees or regulators, and any suit, action or proceeding arising therefrom or in connection therewith), except, in the case of clauses (c), (d) and (e) above, to the extent that any such change, effect, event, occurrence, state of facts or development has a material disproportionate adverse effect on the Seller’s assets, relative to its competitors.
Material Adverse Event means an occurrence having a consequence that either (a) is materially adverse as to the business, properties, prospects or financial condition of the Company taken as a whole or (b) is reasonably foreseeable, has a reasonable likelihood of occurring and, if it were to occur, would materially adversely affect the business, properties, prospects or financial condition of the Company taken as a whole.
Parent Material Adverse Effect means any Effect that (considered together with all other Effects): (a) prevents or materially impedes the ability of Parent to perform any of its material covenants or obligations under this Agreement or under any Ancillary Document or (b) has, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, condition, assets and liabilities (considered together), operations, results of operations or financial performance of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that in no event would any of the following (or the effect of any of the following), alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a “Parent Material Adverse Effect” for purposes of this clause (b): (i) changes in general local, domestic, foreign, political, social or economic conditions, except to the extent such changes do or would reasonably be expected to disproportionately and adversely impact Parent relative to other companies in the same industries in which Parent operates, (ii) changes in conditions in the industries in which Parent and its Subsidiaries conduct business, except to the extent such changes do or would reasonably be expected to disproportionately and adversely impact Parent and its Subsidiaries relative to other companies in the same industries in which Parent and its Subsidiaries operate, (iii) changes in interest rates or the financial or commodity markets (including any changes in credit, financial, commodities, securities or banking markets), except to the extent such changes do or would reasonably be expected to disproportionately and adversely impact Parent relative to other companies in the same industries in which Parent and its Subsidiaries operate, (iv) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, military actions or the escalation thereof or natural disasters, weather conditions, changes in geopolitical conditions or other force majeure events, (v) the entry into this Agreement or the announcement or pendency of the Transactions (except to the extent the material adverse effect results from a breach of a representation or warranty contained in this Agreement to the extent that the purpose of such representation or warranty is to address the consequences resulting from the execution of this Agreement, or the announcement or pendency of the Transactions), (vi) changes after the date of this Agreement in GAAP or Applicable Law or the interpretation thereof, (vii) any failure to meet financial projections, estimates or forecasts for any period (provided that the underlying cause of such failure may, to the extent applicable, be taken into account, to the extent that any such underlying cause is not otherwise excluded from this definition of Parent Material Adverse Effect), (viii) a change, in and of itself, in the price or trading volume of the Parent Stock on Nasdaq or in the credit rating of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that, the exception in this clause (viii) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any Effect underlying such change has resulted in, or contributed to, a Parent Material Adverse Effect, or (viii) the taking by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any action expressly required by this Agreement.
Investor Material Adverse Effect means any effect, change, event or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate, would or would reasonably be expected to, prevent, materially delay, interfere with, hinder or impair (i) the consummation by the Investor of any of the Transactions or (ii) the compliance by the Investor with its obligations under this Agreement.
Buyer Material Adverse Effect means any result, occurrence, fact, change, event or effect that, individually or in the aggregate with any such other results, occurrences, facts, changes, events or effects, is or would reasonably be expected to be (whether or not such result, occurrence, fact, change, event or effect has, during the period or at any time in question, manifested itself in Buyer's historical financial statements) materially adverse to the ability of Buyer to timely consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except to the extent that any such result, occurrence, fact, change, event or effect results or arises from one or more of the following: (i) the announcement of this Agreement or the pendency of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the loss of any employees, suppliers or retailers), the taking of any actions required hereby or the failure to take any action prohibited hereby; (ii) changes in general economic or business conditions, or conditions generally affecting the industry in which the Business is operated; (iii) changes in any financial, banking or securities markets (including disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or market index); (iv) acts of terrorism, war or other military conflict, earthquake, fire, storm, flood or other acts of God; and (v) changes in Applicable Laws or GAAP.
Purchaser Material Adverse Effect means any event occurrence, fact, condition, change or effect that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect upon (a) the Business, the assets, Liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of Purchaser, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, or (b) the ability of Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Additional Agreements to which it is party or bound or to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that “Purchaser Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or effect, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to: (i) general economic or political conditions; (ii) conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Purchaser operates; (iii) any changes in financial, banking or securities markets in general, including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index or any change in prevailing interest rates; (iii) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof; (iv) any action required or permitted by this Agreement or any action taken (or omitted to be taken) with the written consent of or at the written request of Seller; (v) any changes in applicable Laws or accounting rules (including U.S. GAAP) or the enforcement, implementation or interpretation thereof; (vi) the announcement, pendency or completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including losses or threatened losses of employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or others having relationships with Seller; or (vii) any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God.
Acquiror Material Adverse Effect means any event, change, fact, development, circumstance, condition, matter or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate with one or more other events, changes, facts, developments, circumstances, conditions, matters or occurrences, is or would be reasonably likely to be materially adverse to, or has had or would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on or change in, on or to the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Acquiror Entities, taken as a whole (including, their respective assets, properties or businesses, taken as a whole); provided, however, that, none of the following events, changes, facts, developments, circumstances, conditions, matters or occurrences (either alone or in combination) shall be taken into account for purposes of determining whether or not an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect has occurred: (a) changes in general local, domestic, foreign, or international economic conditions, (b) changes affecting generally the industries or markets in which the Acquiror Entities operate, (c) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, military actions or the escalation thereof, (d) the announcement (in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), performance or consummation of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including any disruption of customer or supplier relationships or loss of any employees or independent contractors of any Acquiror Entity; or (e) any changes in the applicable laws or accounting rules or principles, including changes required by GAAP or interpretations thereof; except, in the case of clauses (a) through (c) and clause (e), to the extent disproportionately affecting the Acquiror Entities as compared with other Persons in the same industry and then only such disproportionate impact shall be considered.
Impact means any effect caused by a proposed activity on the environment including human health and safety, flora, fauna, soil, air, water, climate, landscape and historical monuments or other physical structures or the interaction among these factors; it also includes effects on cultural heritage or socio-economic conditions resulting from alterations to those factors;
Subscriber Material Adverse Effect means an event, change, development, occurrence, condition or effect with respect to Subscriber that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Subscriber’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the purchase of the Subscribed Shares.
Serious Adverse Event means any adverse event that led to any of the following:
Closing Date Material Adverse Effect means with respect to any Person (as defined in the Merger Agreement), any change, effect, development or event that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business, assets, liabilities, or results of operations of such Person and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Merger Agreement), taken as a whole; provided, however, that no change, effect, development or event (by itself or when aggregated or taken together with any and all other changes, effects, developments or events) to the extent resulting from, arising out of, or attributable to, any of the following shall be deemed to constitute or be taken into account when determining whether a “Closing Date Material Adverse Effect” has occurred or may, would or could occur: (A) any changes, effects, developments or events in the economy or the financial, credit or securities markets in general (including changes in interest or exchange rates), (B) any changes, effects, developments or events in the industries in which such Person and its Subsidiaries operate, (C) any changes, effects, developments or events resulting from the announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the identity of the Borrower or the performance or compliance with the terms of the Merger Agreement (including, in each case, any loss of customers, suppliers or employees or any disruption in business relationships resulting therefrom, but excluding the effects of compliance with Section 5.01 of the Merger Agreement), (D) any changes, effects, developments or events resulting from the failure of such Person to meet internal forecasts, budgets or financial projections or fluctuations in the trading price or volume of such Person’s common stock (but not, in each case, the underlying cause of such failure or fluctuations, unless such underlying cause would otherwise be excepted from this definition), (E) acts of God, natural disasters, calamities, national or international political or social conditions, including the engagement by any country in hostility (whether commenced before, on or after the Closing Date, and whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war), or the occurrence of a military or terrorist attack, or (F) any changes in Applicable Law or GAAP (each as defined in the Merger Agreement) (or any interpretation thereof), except to the extent such changes, effects, developments or events resulting from or arising out of the matters described in clauses (A), (B), (E) and (F) disproportionately affect such Person and its Subsidiaries as compared to other companies operating in the industries in which such Person and its Subsidiaries operate.