Materially Adverse Effect means (a) any material adverse effect upon the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) a material adverse effect upon any material rights or benefits of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.
Financially impaired means a carrier which, after the effective
Materially Damaged means damage which, in Seller's reasonable estimation, exceeds $200,000.00 to repair or which, in Seller's reasonable estimation, will take longer than ninety (90) days to repair.
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
Property Material Adverse Effect shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Mortgage.
Target Material Adverse Effect means any change, effect, event or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse change in, or effect on: (a) the ability of Seller to perform its obligations under the Specified Purchase Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby; or (b) the assets, liabilities, business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Transferred Entities, taken as a whole; provided that, for purposes of clause (b) above, any such change, effect, event or occurrence resulting from any of the following shall not be considered when determining whether a Target Material Adverse Effect has occurred: (i) general economic conditions affecting the economy or credit, capital and financial markets in the United States or elsewhere in the world, including changes in interest or exchange rates; (ii) any change in the industry in which the Business operates; (iii) any change in Laws or GAAP, or the enforcement or interpretation thereof; (iv) general political conditions, including hostilities, acts of war (whether declared or undeclared), sabotage, terrorism or military actions, or any escalation or worsening of any of the foregoing; (v) any change resulting from the negotiation, execution, announcement or consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Specified Purchase Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, including any such change relating to the identity of, or facts and circumstances relating to, Buyers and including any actions taken or threatened by any Transferred Entity’s customers, suppliers, distributors, employees or other personnel or others having relationships with a Transferred Entity; (vi) any action taken by Buyers and any of their respective Affiliates, agents or representatives; (vii) any hurricane, flood, tornado, earthquake or other natural disaster or any other force majeure event; (viii) any actions required to be taken or omitted pursuant to the Specified Purchase Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or taken with Buyers’ consent or not taken because Buyers withheld, delayed or conditioned its consent; or (ix) the failure of the Business to achieve any financial projections or forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions (it being understood that for purposes of this clause (viii), the changes or effects giving rise to such failure that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of “Target Material Adverse Effect” may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Target Material Adverse Effect); (x) events or occurrences specifically disclosed in the Seller Disclosure Letter, solely as and to the extent so described therein, and in each case only taking into account supplements to the Seller Disclosure Letter which have been permitted and made to the Seller Disclosure Letter with Buyers’ acceptance in accordance with Section 4.15 of the Specified Purchase Agreement; or (xi) any adverse change in or effect on the Business of the Transferred Entities that is cured prior to the Closing; provided, however, that any change or effect referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vii) immediately above may be taken into account in determining whether a Target Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that such change, effect, event or occurrence has a materially disproportionate effect on the Transferred Entities relative to other companies in the industries or markets in which the Transferred Entities operate. Capitalized terms used in this definition of “Target Material Adverse Effect” without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Specified Purchase Agreement; provided, that any capitalized terms which are defined in both this Agreement and the Specified Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Specified Purchase Agreement.
Business Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, assets or liabilities of the Business, taken as a whole; provided, however, that any such effect resulting or arising from or relating to any of the following matters shall not be considered when determining whether a Business Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would be reasonably likely to occur: (i) the general conditions in the industries in which the Business operates (including changes in cobalt prices or), including competition in any of the geographic areas in which the Business operates or developments or changes therein; (ii) any conditions in the general economy in any of the geographic areas in which the Business operates or developments or changes therein; (iii) political conditions, including acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities and terrorism, or developments or changes therein; (iv) any conditions resulting from natural or manmade disasters or other Acts of God; (v) compliance by the Sellers with their covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement; (vi) the failure of the financial or operating performance of the Business to meet internal projections or budgets for any period prior to, on or after the date of this Agreement (provided that the effects, events, circumstances and conditions underlying such failure may be considered in determining whether a Business Material Adverse Effect has occurred); (vii) any action taken or omitted to be taken by or at the request or with the consent of Purchaser; or (viii) the announcement of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including any action by a Governmental Entity with respect to any Contract or Permit of any of the Companies); provided further, however, that with respect to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), effects shall be considered to the extent that they disproportionately affect the Business relative to other participants in any industry in which the Business operates.
SPAC Material Adverse Effect (a) any change in applicable Laws or GAAP or any interpretation thereof following the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in interest rates or economic, political, business or financial market conditions generally, (c) the taking of any action expressly required to be taken under this Agreement, (d) any natural disaster (including hurricanes, storms, tornados, flooding, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or similar occurrences), epidemic or pandemic (including any action taken or refrained from being taken in response to COVID-19 or any COVID-19 Measures or any change in such COVID-19 Measures or interpretations following the date of this Agreement), acts of nature or change in climate, (e) any acts of terrorism or war, the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, geopolitical conditions, local, national or international political conditions, riots or insurrections, (f) any matter set forth on, or deemed to be incorporated in, Section 1.1SMAE of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, (g) any Events that are cured by SPAC prior to the Acquisition Closing, (h) any change in the trading price or volume of the SPAC Units, SPAC Ordinary Shares or SPAC Warrants (provided that the underlying causes of such changes referred to in this clause (h) may be considered in determining whether there is a SPAC Material Adverse Effect except to the extent such cause is within the scope of any other exception within this definition), or (i) any worsening of the Events referred to in clauses (b), (d), (e) or (f) to the extent existing as of the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that in the case of each of clauses (b), (d) and (e), any such Event to the extent it disproportionately affects SPAC relative to other special purpose acquisition companies shall not be excluded from the determination of whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a SPAC Material Adverse Effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to SPAC, the amount of SPAC Share Redemptions or the failure to obtain SPAC Shareholders’ Approval shall not be deemed to be a SPAC Material Adverse Effect;
Unreasonable adverse effects on the environment means any unreasonable risk to humans or the environment, taking into account the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of the use of any pesticide.
Parent Material Adverse Effect means any effect, change, condition, state of fact, development, occurrence or event that, individually or in the aggregate, would prevent, or materially delay, the consummation of the Merger or the ability of either Parent or Merger Sub to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
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 or (b) is reasonably foreseeable, and if it were to occur might materially adversely affect the business, properties, prospects or financial condition of the Company.
Acutely mentally ill means a condition which is limited to
Adverse impact means any deleterious effect on waters or wetlands, including their quality, quantity, surface area, species composition, aesthetics or usefulness for human or natural uses which are or may potentially be harmful or injurious to human health, welfare, safety or property, to biological productivity, diversity, or stability or which unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property, including outdoor recreation.
Buyer Material Adverse Effect means any event, fact, condition, occurrence, change or effect that prevents or materially impedes or delays the consummation by Buyer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.
Seller Material Adverse Effect means any event, change or occurrence that materially impairs or delays the ability of any of the Selling Parties to perform its obligations or to consummate the transactions under the Basic Documents or that otherwise materially threatens or materially impedes the consummation of the transactions under the Basic Documents.
Disproportionately Impacted Area means a census tract or
Material of Environmental Concern means and includes pollutants, contaminants, hazardous wastes, and toxic, radioactive, caustic or otherwise hazardous substances, including petroleum, its derivatives, by-products and other hydrocarbons, or any substance having any constituent elements displaying any of the foregoing characteristics.
Company Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or future prospects of the Company.
Criminally injurious conduct means conduct that:
Partnership Material Adverse Effect means any change, circumstance, effect or condition that is, or could reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Partnership Group, taken as a whole.
Adverse system impact means a negative effect that compromises the safety or reliability of the electric distribution system or materially affects the quality of electric service provided by the electric distribution company (EDC) to other customers.
Investor Material Adverse Effect means any effect, change, event or occurrence that would prevent or materially delay the consummation by the Investors of any of the Transactions on a timely basis.
Acquiror Material Adverse Effect means, any change, event, circumstance, occurrence, effect, development or state of facts that, individually or in the aggregate, with any other change, event, circumstance, occurrence, effect, development or state of facts has had or would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or materially impact the ability of Acquiror and the Sponsor to consummate the Transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of the Acquiror Stockholder Redemptions or the failure to obtain the Acquiror Stockholder Approval shall not be deemed to be an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.
Material Adverse Effect shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
Intimidating, threatening, abusive, or harming conduct means, but is not limited to, conduct that does the following: