Materially Impair means any amendment to the terms of the Award that materially adversely affects the Participant’s rights under the Award. A Participant’s rights under an Award will not be deemed to have been Materially Impaired by any such amendment if the Board, in its sole discretion, determines that the amendment, taken as a whole, does not materially impair the Participant’s rights. For example, the following types of amendments to the terms of an Award do not Materially Impair the Participant’s rights under the Award: (i) imposition of reasonable restrictions on the minimum number of shares subject to an Option that may be exercised, (ii) to maintain the qualified status of the Award as an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code; (iii) to change the terms of an Incentive Stock Option in a manner that disqualifies, impairs or otherwise affects the qualified status of the Award as an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code; (iv) to clarify the manner of exemption from, or to bring the Award into compliance with or qualify it for an exemption from, Section 409A; or (v) to comply with other Applicable Laws.
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
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.
Materially Damaged means damage which, in Seller’s reasonable estimation, exceeds $500,000.00 to repair or which, in Seller’s reasonable estimation, will take longer than ninety (90) days to repair.
Material Environmental Amount an amount payable by the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000 for remedial costs, compliance costs, compensatory damages, punitive damages, fines, penalties or any combination thereof.
Closing Date Material Adverse Effect means a “Material Adverse Effect” as defined in the Acquisition Agreement.
Material Environmental Liabilities means Environmental Liabilities exceeding $500,000 in the aggregate.
Material means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Friable asbestos material means any material that contains more than 1% asbestos by weight and that can be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder when dry, by hand pressure.
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.
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.
Radioactive material means any solid, liquid, or gas which emits radiation spontaneously.
Material Gas Imbalance means, with respect to all Gas Balancing Agreements to which the Borrower or any other Credit Party is a party or by which any Oil and Gas Property owned by the Borrower or another Credit Party is bound, a net overproduced gas imbalance to the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, in excess of 110,000 Mcf.
Material Document Defect As defined in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement.
Material Financial Obligations means a principal or face amount of Debt (other than (i) the Loans and (ii) Non-recourse Debt) and/or payment or collateralization obligations in respect of Derivatives Obligations of the Borrower and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries, arising in one or more related or unrelated transactions, exceeding in the aggregate $150,000,000.
Property Material Adverse Effect shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Mortgage.
Material Deviation refers to any contents or characteristics of the proposal that is significantly different from an essential aspect or requirement of the RFP, and : (i) substantially alters the scope and quality of the requirements; (ii) limits the rights of UNDP and/or the obligations of the offeror; and (iii) adversely impacts the fairness and principles of the procurement process, such as those that compromise the competitive position of other offerors.
Correct means, in the context of determining the accuracy of a COI Disclosure Form, that the form, in all material respects, is complete, accurate, not misleading, and does not omit any material information.
Existing Material means Material developed independently of this Agreement that is incorporated in or supplied as part of Reporting Material or Activity Material.
SPAC Material Adverse Effect means any event, circumstance, change or effect that, individually or in the aggregate with all other events, circumstances, changes and effects, (a) is or would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities or results of operations of SPAC; or (b) would prevent, materially delay or materially impede the performance by SPAC or Merger Sub of their respective obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions; provided, however, that none of the following (or the effect of any of the following) shall be deemed to constitute, alone or in combination, or be taken into account in the determination of whether, there has been or will be an SPAC Material Adverse Effect: (i) any change or proposed change in or change in the interpretation of any Law or GAAP; (ii) events or conditions generally affecting the industries or geographic areas in which SPAC operates; (iii) any downturn in general economic conditions, including changes in the credit, debt, securities, financial or capital markets (including changes in interest or exchange rates, prices of any security or market index or commodity or any disruption of such markets); (iv) acts of war, sabotage, civil unrest or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage, civil unrest or terrorism, or changes in global, national, regional, state or local political or social conditions; (v) any hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, wild fire or other natural disaster, epidemic, disease outbreak, pandemic, or acts of God, (vi) any actions taken or not taken by SPAC as required by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, (vii) any effect attributable to the announcement or execution, pendency, negotiation or consummation of the Merger or any of the other Transaction, (viii) any actions taken, or failures to take action, or such other changed or events, in each case, which the Company has requested or to which it has consented or which actions are contemplated by this Agreement, or (ix) the consummation and effects of any exercise of SPAC Redemption Rights by stockholders of SPAC provided for in the SPAC Organizational Documents, except, in the cases of clauses (i) through (v), to the extent that SPAC is disproportionately affected thereby as compared with other participants in the industry in which SPAC operate.
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.
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.
Asbestos-containing material or “ACM” means asbestos or any material containing more than one percent (1%) asbestos as determined using methods specified in 40 CFR 763, Subpart E, Appendix E, Section I, Polarized Light Microscopy* including Category I and Category II ACM and all friable material.
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.
Noncomplying structure means a structure that:
Buyer Material Adverse Effect means any event, change, occurrence or effect that would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impede the performance by the Buyer Parties of their obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which any of them will be a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.