5. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket and documented expenses of one primary counsel (and one counsel in each foreign jurisdiction) of the Lenders incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.
6. No Implied Amendment or Waiver. Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment, this Amendment shall not, by implication or otherwise, limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect any rights or remedies of the Lenders or the Agent under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, obligations or covenants contained in the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, all of which shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing in this Amendment shall be construed to imply any willingness on the part of the Lenders or the Agent to agree to or grant any similar or future consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
7. Waiver and Release. TO INDUCE THE LENDERS TO AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AMENDMENT, THE BORROWER AND THE GUARANTORS (FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR AFFILIATES) (COLLECTIVELY, THE “RELEASING PARTIES”) REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT AS OF THE DATE HEREOF THERE ARE NO CLAIMS OR OFFSETS AGAINST OR RIGHTS OF RECOUPMENT WITH RESPECT TO OR DEFENSES OR COUNTERCLAIMS TO THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH THEY:
(a) WAIVE ANY AND ALL SUCH CLAIMS, OFFSETS, RIGHTS OF RECOUPMENT, DEFENSES OR COUNTERCLAIMS, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, ARISING PRIOR TO THE DATE HEREOF.
(b) FOREVER RELEASE, RELIEVE AND DISCHARGE THE LENDERS AND THE AGENT, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS, PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, ATTORNEYS, ACCOUNTANTS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES AND REPRESENTATIVES (COLLECTIVELY, THE “RELEASED PARTIES”), AND EACH OF THEM, FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LIABILITIES, DEMANDS, CAUSES OF ACTION, DEBTS, OBLIGATIONS, PROMISES, ACTS, AGREEMENTS AND DAMAGES, OF WHATEVER KIND OR NATURE, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, CONTINGENT OR FIXED, LIQUIDATED OR UNLIQUIDATED, MATURED OR UNMATURED, WHETHER AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, WHICH THE RELEASING PARTIES EVER HAD, NOW HAVE, OR MAY, SHALL, OR CAN HEREAFTER HAVE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY BASED UPON, CONNECTED WITH, OR RELATED TO MATTERS, THINGS, ACTS, CONDUCT AND/OR OMISSIONS AT ANY TIME FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD THROUGH AND INCLUDING THE DATE HEREOF, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE RELEASED PARTIES ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, THE RELEASING PARTIES AND THE RELEASED PARTIES HEREBY AGREE THAT THE RELEASE CONTAINED HEREIN DOES NOT INCLUDE A RELEASE OF ANY CLAIM OR OBLIGATION AGAINST THE RELEASED PARTIES ARISING AFTER THE DATE HEREOF UNDER THE TERMS OF THE LOAN
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