such Guarantor’s obligation under the Equity Commitment Letter to fund its commitment in accordance with the terms thereof pursuant to, and subject to the limitations in, Section 9.02 of the Merger Agreement, then unless within five (5) Business Days within making any such assertion, the Guaranteed Party or applicable Affiliate withdraws such assertion, (i) the obligations of each Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee shall terminate ab initio and be null and void, (ii) if any Guarantor has previously made any payments under this Limited Guarantee, it shall be entitled to recover such payments, and (iii) neither any Guarantor nor any Non-Recourse Party shall have any liability to the Guaranteed Party with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or under this Limited Guarantee. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Section 8, Sections 9 through 13 shall survive indefinitely (subject to the applicable statute of limitations) following the termination of this Limited Guarantee.
9. NO RECOURSE. The Guaranteed Party acknowledges that the sole asset of Parent is the Equity Commitment Letter, and that no additional funds are expected to be contributed to Parent unless and until the Closing occurs. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary that may be expressed or implied in this Limited Guarantee or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith or otherwise, and notwithstanding the fact that a Guarantor may be a partnership, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Limited Guarantee, the Guaranteed Party acknowledges and agrees that no Person other than any Guarantor and the Guaranteed Party has any rights or obligations hereunder and that no recourse shall be had hereunder or under any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations on their creation, against, and no personal liability shall attach to, the former, current and future equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates, members, managers, general or limited partners, representatives (each in their capacities of such) of any Guarantor, Parent or any former, current or future stockholder, member, controlling person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, Affiliate, agent, representative or successor or assignee of any of the foregoing, but not including the Parent (such parties (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Guarantor with respect to the rights of the Guaranteed Party hereunder and the Parent), each a “Non-Recourse Party”, and collectively the “Non-Recourse Parties”), through the Parent or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) by or on behalf of the Guaranteed Party against any Non-Recourse Party, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable law, or otherwise, except for its rights under the Confidentiality Agreement with the General Partner or the rights of the Guaranteed Party under the Equity Commitment Letter. Except under the Confidentiality Agreement with the General Partner, the Equity Commitment Letter to which the Guarantors are a party (subject to the limitations set forth therein) and Section 9.02 of the Merger Agreement (subject to the limitations set forth therein), recourse against the Guarantors pursuant to this Limited Guarantee shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Guaranteed Party and all of its controlled Affiliates against the Guarantors and the Non-Recourse Parties in respect of any liabilities or obligations arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection therewith. Nothing set forth in this Limited Guarantee shall confer or give or shall be construed to confer or give to any Person (including any Person acting in a representative capacity) any rights or remedies against any Person other than the Guarantors as expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the foregoing, the Guaranteed Party hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries, officers, directors and controlled Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, and it shall use its reasonable best efforts
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