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Material Adverse Effect Clauses

Erik A. Lopez

In particular, IBP’s past performance revealed strong swings in annual EBIT and net earnings. The court stressed that a buyer must make a strong showing to invoke a MAC out, explaining: Merger contracts are heavily negotiated and cover a large number of specific risks explicitly. Thus, all considered, no MAE had occurred.