no duty or obligation (and no liability) to determine if any BIP Unit, including BIP Units that are issuable upon conversion of or redemption for BIP Unit Convertibles, or any BIP Unit Convertible held in the Collateral Account or transferred to an Exchanging Class A Shareholder is a Registered BIP Unit freely transferable under the U.S. federal securities laws or the laws applicable in each of the provinces and territories of Canada.
Section 10. Concerning BN.
(a) BN agrees that any Class A Shareholder may at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent of BN, extend the time of payment of the Exchange Rights or Secondary Exchange Rights, and may also make any agreement with the Company, BIP, or any other Person, for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof or of any agreement between a Class A Shareholder, on the one hand, and the Company, BIP or any such other Person, on the other hand, it being understood that no such action shall impair, affect, alter or increase BN’s obligations under this Agreement or affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement.
(b) BN agrees that its obligations hereunder shall in no way be terminated, affected or impaired by reason of (a) the assertion by any Class A Shareholder of any rights or remedies which it may have under or with respect to this Agreement or against any Person obligated hereunder, (b) any Class A Shareholder’s failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any such right or remedy or any right or remedy such Class A Shareholder may have hereunder, (c) any change in the structure or ownership of the Company, (d) any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Company, BIP or any other Person, (e) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that BN may have at any time against the Company, BIP or any of their respective Affiliates, whether in connection with the Exchange Right, the Secondary Exchange Rights or otherwise; (f) the validity or enforceability of the Exchange Right; or (g) any other circumstance whatsoever which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company with respect to the Exchange Right, in bankruptcy or any other instance, other than as provided herein.
(c) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, BN hereby expressly waives any and all rights or defenses arising by reason of any applicable law which would otherwise require any election of remedies by any Class A Shareholder. BN waives promptness, diligence, notice of the acceptance of this Agreement and of the Exchange Right, all defenses that may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium law or other similar applicable law now or hereafter in effect, any right to require the marshalling of assets of the Company or any other Person, and all suretyship defenses generally. BN acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the Master Services Agreement and that this Agreement, including specifically the waivers set forth in this Agreement, is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits and after the advice of counsel.
(d) BN hereby unconditionally waives any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Company or its subsidiaries that arise from the existence, payment, performance, or enforcement of BN’s obligations under or in respect of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification.
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