further acknowledge and agree that neither we nor any of our affiliates are advising you as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction and you are responsible for making your own independent judgment with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and the process leading thereto. You agree that you will not claim that the Commitment Parties or their applicable affiliates, as the case may be, have rendered advisory services in connection with the services provided pursuant to this Commitment Letter, or owe a fiduciary or similar duty to you or your affiliates, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto. You agree not to assert, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims you may have against us or our affiliates (in our capacity as the Commitment Parties hereunder) for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty arising out of this Commitment Letter and agree that we and our affiliates shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to you in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of you, including your equity holders, employees or creditors.
In addition, please note that J.P. Morgan Securities LLC has been retained by you as M&A advisor (in such capacity, the “M&A Advisor”) to you in connection with the Acquisition. You agree not to assert any claim you might allege based on any actual or potential conflicts of interest that might be asserted to arise or result from, on the one hand, the engagement of the M&A Advisor and, on the other hand, our and our affiliates’ relationships with you as described and referred to herein.
9.Confidentiality.
You agree that you will not disclose the Fee Letter and the contents thereof or this Commitment Letter, the Term Sheets, the other exhibits and attachments hereto and the contents of each thereof to any person or entity without prior written approval of the Joint Bookrunners (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except (a) to the Investors (or potential Investors), and to your and any of the Investors’ (or potential Investors’) officers, directors, agents, employees, attorneys, accountants, advisors or controlling persons and to actual and potentialco-investors who are informed of the confidential nature hereof and thereof (and, in each case, each of their attorneys) on a confidential andneed-to-know basis, (b) if the Commitment Parties consent in writing to such proposed disclosure or (c) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency in any pending legal, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law or legal process or to the extent requested or required by governmental and/or regulatory authorities, in each case based on the reasonable advice of your legal counsel (in which case you agree, to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation to inform us promptly thereof prior to disclosure);provided that you may disclose (i) this Commitment Letter (but not the Fee Letter, the disclosure of which is governed by clauses (iv) and (vi) below) and the contents hereof to the Target, its subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, agents, employees, attorneys, accountants, advisors, controlling persons or equity holders (and each of their attorneys), on a confidential andneed-to-know basis, (ii) this Commitment Letter and its contents (but not the Fee Letter) in any syndication or other marketing materials in connection with the Credit Facilities, in any offering memoranda, private placement memoranda or other marketing materials relating to the Notes or in connection with any public release or filing relating to the Transactions, (iii) this Commitment Letter, the Term Sheets and the other exhibits and annexes to this Commitment Letter, and the contents thereof, to potential Lenders, and their respective officers, directors, agents, employees, attorneys, accountants or
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