The Partnership hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Partnership may have against the Underwriters with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Partnership by the Underwriters’ investment banking divisions. The Partnership acknowledges that each Underwriter is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity securities of any of the Partnership Entities.
12. Entire Agreement.
(a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Notes, represents the entire agreement between the Partnership and the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Notes.
(b) The Partnership acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Notes: (i) the Underwriters have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Partnership or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Partnership only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Partnership. The Partnership waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Notes.
13. Notices, Etc. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered, mailed or sent in care of Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Registration, Fascimile:646-834-8133; PNC Capital Markets LLC, 300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, Attention: Head of Corporate Securities, Fascimile:412-762-2760; SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., 3333 Peachtree Road NE, 11th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Attention: Legal Department, Fascimile:404-214-8295; TD Securities (USA) LLC, 31 West 52nd Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Transaction Management Group, email: Email: ustmg@tdsecurities.com; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention: Transaction Management, Fascimile:704-410-0326; and, if to the General Partner and the Partnership, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to the address set forth in the Registration Statement, Attn: General Counsel, Facsimile:918-574-7039.
14.Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the Partnership and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Notes and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them.
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