Governmental Authority means any multinational, federal, provincial,
territorial, state, regional, municipal, local or other government, governmental or quasi-governmental entity or municipality, or political or other subdivision thereof, department, commission, board, self-regulating authority, regulatory body,
bureau, branch, or authority, or any agency or instrumentality of any such government, governmental or quasi-governmental entity or municipality, or political or other subdivision thereof, or any federal, provincial, territorial, state, local or
foreign court, commission, board, agency, arbitrator or other tribunal, and any other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory, or administrative powers or functions of government, and any official of any of the
foregoing, including any securities commission or stock exchange.
Interested BAM Class A
Shareholder means, at the applicable time, a holder of BAM Class A Shares who is, for the purposes of voting on the BAM Arrangement Resolution, an interested party within the meaning of MI 61-101 or otherwise required to be excluded for the purposes of a vote on the BAM Arrangement Resolution under the requirements of MI 61-101.
Interim Order means the interim order of the Court in respect of the Arrangement, in a form acceptable to the Parties, as
it may be varied or amended, as contemplated by Section 2.3 of this Agreement.
Law or Laws
means, with respect to any Person, any Law, constitution, treaty, by-laws, statutes, codes, rules, regulations, guidance, principles of law and equity, Orders, rulings, decisions, ordinances, judgments,
injunctions, determinations, awards, decrees or other similar requirements, whether domestic or foreign, enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Authority that is binding upon or applicable to such Person or its business,
undertaking, property or securities, and to the extent that they have the force of law, policies, guidelines, notices and protocols of any Governmental Authority, as amended, and, for greater certainty, includes the terms and conditions of any
authorization of or from any Governmental Authority.
material adverse effect means, in respect of any corporation or
company, any event, change, occurrence, effect, development, state of facts or circumstances that, individually or in the aggregate with other events, changes, occurrences, effects, developments, states of facts or circumstances has had, or would
reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, affairs, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise and whether contractual or otherwise) of that
corporation or company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; except any such event, change, occurrence, effect, development, state of facts or circumstances resulting from or arising in connection with:
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(a) |
any change, development or condition generally affecting the industry in which the corporation or company
operates; |
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(b) |
any change in global, national or regional political conditions (including any temporary facility takeover for
emergency purposes, outbreak of hostilities or war or acts of terrorism or any escalation); |
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any earthquake, flood or other natural disaster; |
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