direct or indirect) to you in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on your behalf, including equity holders, employees or creditors, (c) you are capable of evaluating and understanding, and you understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter, (d) you have been advised that each Commitment Party and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests that differ from your and your affiliates’ interests and that such Commitment Party has no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to you or your affiliates, (e) you have consulted your own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent you have deemed appropriate, and (f) each Commitment Party has been, is and will be acting solely as a principal and, except as otherwise expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for you, any of your affiliates or any other person or entity. In addition, each Commitment Party may employ the services of its affiliates in providing certain services hereunder and may exchange with such affiliates in connection therewith information concerning you and the Acquired Business, and such affiliates will be entitled to the benefits afforded to, and subject to the obligations of (including, for the avoidance of doubt, confidentiality obligations), such Commitment Party under this Commitment Letter.
You further acknowledge that each Commitment Party and its affiliates may be a full service securities firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities, as well as providing investment banking and other financial services. In the ordinary course of business, each Commitment Party may provide investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for their respective own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of you, the Acquired Business and the Sponsor and other companies with which you, the Acquired Business or the Sponsor may have commercial or other relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by each Commitment Party, its affiliates or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion.
You further acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for making your own independent judgment with respect to the Transactions and the process leading thereto. Additionally, you acknowledge and agree that we are not advising you as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. You will consult with your own advisors concerning such matters and will be responsible for making your own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby.
We represent and warrant that the Commitment Papers constitute our legally valid and binding obligation to provide services set forth herein and to fund the Term Facility upon satisfaction or waiver of the Financing Conditions, in each case, enforceable at law and in equity in accordance with their terms. You represent and warrant that the Commitment Papers constitute your legally valid and binding obligation, enforceable at law and in equity against you in accordance with their terms; provided, that nothing contained in the Commitment Papers obligates you or any of your affiliates to consummate any Transaction or to draw upon all or any portion of the Term Facility. No party hereto will take any position that is inconsistent with the foregoing representations and warranties.
8. | Assignments; Amendments; Governing Law, Etc. |
This Commitment Letter and the commitments hereunder are not assignable (except (x) assignments by you to an affiliate that is a newly formed domestic “shell” company controlled by the Sponsor that consummates or intends to consummate the Acquisition, (y) assignments by us to our controlled affiliates, managed funds or accounts or limited partners (other than Disqualified Lenders) and (z) any other assignment that occurs as a matter of law) without the prior written consent of each other party hereto, and any attempted assignment without such consent will be null and void. Notwithstanding the right to make assignments in respect of the Term Facility, no Lender will be relieved, released or novated from its obligations under the Commitment Papers in connection with any assignment or participation of the Term Facility, including its commitments and obligations to fund the Term Facility, until after the funding under the Term Facility has occurred.
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