Material Adverse Effect

"Material Adverse Effect" means any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations, results of operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents; provided, however, that no effect(s) arising out of or resulting from any of the following will, in and of itself, constitute a Material Adverse Effect (provided, that, with respect to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), any effect does not disproportionately adversely affect the Company or its Subsidiaries compared to other companies of similar size operating in the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate): (i) general economic conditions; (ii) conditions generally in the securities markets, financial markets or currency markets; (iii) political conditions or acts of war, sabotage or terrorism; and (iv) acts of God, natural disasters, weather conditions or other calamities.