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• MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE OR EFFECT
  
  Many mergers and acquisitions contracts include a material adverse change clause that allows a company to renegotiate or walk away from a deal if the other company or its subsidiaries announces a significant event that may negatively affect its stock price or operations. See also materiality.
  
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