this Agreement), may be made only against (and are those solely of) the Parties. No Person who is not a Party, including any director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, manager, stockholder, affiliate, agent, attorney, or representative of, and any financial advisor or lender to, any Party, or any director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, manager, stockholder, affiliate, agent, attorney, or representative of, and any financial advisor or lender to any, of the foregoing (“Nonparty Affiliates”), shall have any liability (whether in contract or in tort, in law or in equity, or granted by statute) for any claims, causes of action, obligations, or liabilities arising under, out of, in connection with, or related in any manner to this Agreement or based on, in respect of, or by reason of this Agreement or its negotiation, execution, performance, or breach, and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, each Party hereby waives and releases all such liabilities, claims, causes of action, and obligations against any such Nonparty Affiliates. Without limiting the foregoing, to the maximum extent permitted by law, (a) each Party hereby waives and releases any and all rights, claims, demands, or causes of action that may otherwise be available at law or in equity, or granted by statute, to avoid or disregard the entity form of a Party or otherwise impose liability of a Party on any Nonparty Affiliate, whether granted by statute or based on theories of equity, agency, control, instrumentality, alter ego, domination, sham, single business enterprise, piercing the veil, unfairness, undercapitalization, or otherwise; and (b) each Party disclaims any reliance upon any Nonparty Affiliates with respect to the performance of this Agreement or any representation or warranty made in, in connection with, or as an inducement to this Agreement.
6.06 Initial Budget and Annual Budgets. On the Prior Effective Date, the Members adopted and approved the Initial Budget, as set forth on Exhibit D as the initial operating budget of the Company and agreed that such Initial Budget shall be deemed to be the Annual Budget for the periods set forth therein. Subsequent Annual Budgets shall be approved (a) prior to a Conversion, pursuant to Section 6.02(a)(xvii) and (b) after a Conversion, pursuant to Section 6.02(b)(xvi). On the Prior Effective Date, the Members adopted and approved the initial Growth Capex Budget, as set forth on Exhibit E as the initial budget for growth capital expenditures of the Company and agreed that such initial Growth Capex Budget shall be deemed to be the Growth Capex Budget for the periods set forth therein. Future Growth Capex Budgets shall be approved (a) prior to a Conversion, pursuant to Section 6.02(a)(xix) and (b) after a Conversion, pursuant to Section 6.02(b)(xvi). If the Members do not approve any proposed Annual Budget in accordance with Section 6.02(a)(xvii) or Section 6.02(b)(xvi), as applicable, within 30 days after the Company submits such Annual Budget to the Members, the Company shall continue to use the Annual Budget for the previous year, extrapolated to a 12-month budget period if necessary, except that (i) any items of the proposed Annual Budget that previously have been approved by the Crestwood Member and the Holding Member shall be given effect in substitution of the corresponding items in the Annual Budget for the previous year, (ii) any one-time or non-recurring items and the corresponding budget entries therefor shall be deleted, and (iii) all other expenses from the Annual Budget for the previous year shall be increased by 25%. If the Members do not approve any Growth Capex Budget in accordance with Section 6.02(a)(xix) or Section 6.02(b)(xvi), as applicable, within 30 days after the Company submits such Growth Capex Budget to the Members, the Company shall not continue to use the Growth Capex Budget for the previous year and the Growth Capex Budget for the applicable year will only consist of capital expenditures for previously Agreed Midstream Projects unless and until such budget is approved in accordance with 6.02(a)(xix) or Section 6.02(b)(xvi), as applicable. During any period in which a default budget is in place pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.06, the Members shall continue during such period to use good faith efforts to reach an agreement on an Annual Budget or a Growth Capex Budget, as applicable, that the Members approve.
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