Limited Guaranty are illegal, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in accordance with its terms, or asserts any theory of liability against any Guarantor or anyNon-Recourse Party with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement other than (a) liability of any Guarantor under this Limited Guaranty (as limited by the provisions ofSection 1 hereof) or (b) to the extent permitted by Section 4 of the Equity Commitment Letter, then (i) the obligations of the Guarantors under this Limited Guaranty shall terminateab initio and shall thereupon be null and void, (ii) if any Guarantor has previously made any payments under this Limited Guaranty, such Guarantor shall be entitled to recover such payments from the Guaranteed Party, and (iii) no Guarantor or anyNon-Recourse Parties shall have any liability to the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or under this Limited Guaranty.
9.No Recourse.Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Limited Guaranty or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Limited Guaranty, the Guaranteed Party covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Person other than each Guarantor has any liabilities, obligations, commitments (whether known or unknown, whether due or to become due, or whether contingent or otherwise) hereunder and that, notwithstanding that a Guarantor or its general partner (and any assignee permitted underSection 6 hereof) may be a partnership or limited liability company or other form of entity, the Guaranteed Party has no right of recovery under this Limited Guaranty, or any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on such liabilities, obligations, commitments against, including in respect of any oral representation made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, and no personal liability shall attach to or otherwise be incurred by the former, current or future equity holders, controlling Persons, directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates (other than any assignee permitted underSection 6 hereof to which any obligations hereunder are actually assigned), members, managers or general or limited partners of any of the Guarantors or the Buyer or any former, current or future stockholder, controlling Person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, Affiliate (other than any assignee permitted underSection 6 hereof to which any obligations hereunder are actually assigned) or agent of any of the foregoing (collectively, but in each case excluding each Guarantor and the Buyer even if such Guarantor or the Buyer would otherwise be included in the foregoing list, each a “Non-Recourse Party”), through the Buyer or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company veil, by or through a claim by or on behalf of the Buyer against anyNon-Recourse Party (including a claim to enforce the Equity Commitment Letter, except as expressly permitted therein), by the enforcement of any judgment, fine, penalty or assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or Law,or otherwise. The Guaranteed Party further covenants, agrees and acknowledges that the only rights of recovery that the Guaranteed Party has in respect of the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby are its rights to recover from the Buyer under and to the extent expressly provided in the Merger Agreement, or its right to recover from each Guarantor (but not anyNon-Recourse Party) under and to the extent expressly provided in this Limited Guaranty, which are subject to the Per Claim Cap the Individual Cap, the Cap and the other limitations described herein. The Guaranteed Party acknowledges and agrees that the Buyer has no assets other than certain contract rights, including under the Merger Agreement and the Equity Commitment Letter and that no additional funds are expected to be contributed to the Buyer unless and until the Closing occurs. Recourse against each Guarantor under and pursuant to the terms of this Limited Guaranty shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Guaranteed
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