(c) Concurrently with the delivery of this Limited Guarantee, the parties set forth on Schedule A hereto (each, an “Other Guarantor”) are also entering into limited guarantees substantially identical to this Limited Guarantee (each, an “Other Guarantee”) with the Guaranteed Party. This Limited Guarantee shall become effective upon the substantially simultaneous signing of this Limited Guarantee and the Other Guarantees.
(d) The Guarantor agrees to pay on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fee and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Guaranteed Party in connection with the enforcement of its rights thereunder, including without limitation in the event (i) the Guarantor asserts in any Action that this Limited Guarantee is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with its terms and the Guaranteed Party prevails in such Action, or (ii) the Guarantor fails or refuses to make any payments to the Guaranteed Party hereunder when due and payable and it is determined judicially or by arbitration that the Guarantor is required to make such payment hereunder, which amounts will be in addition to the Obligations.
2. CHANGES IN OBLIGATION, CERTAIN WAIVERS.
(a) The Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Party may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time of payment of the Obligations, and may also make any agreement with Parent, Merger Sub, or any Other Guarantor or any other Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof or of any agreement among the Guaranteed Party and Parent, Merger Sub or such other Person without in any way impairing or affecting the Guarantor’s obligations under this Limited Guarantee or affecting the validity or enforceability of this Limited Guarantee. The Guaranteed Party shall not release any of Other Guarantors from, or extend the time of payment of, any obligations under such Other Guarantees or amend or waive any provision of such Other Guarantees except to the extent the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee is released, the payment obligation under this Limited Guarantee is extended or the provisions of the Limited Guarantee are amended or waived, in each case, on terms and conditions no less favorable than those applicable to the Other Guarantees. The Guarantor agrees that, except as set forth in clause (i) in the last sentence of Section 2(c) and except for termination in accordance with Section 7 of this Limited Guarantee, the obligation of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be released or discharged, in whole or in part, or otherwise affected by (i) the failure or delay on the part of the Guaranteed Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against Parent, Merger Sub, or any Other Guarantor or any other Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (ii) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of any of the Obligations, or any rescission, waiver, compromise, consolidation or other amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Merger Agreement made in accordance with its terms or any agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any portion of the Obligations, in each case, to the extent any of the foregoing does not have the effect of increasing the Cap; (iii) the addition, substitution, legal or equitable discharge or release (in the case of a discharge or release, other than a discharge or release of the Guarantor with respect to the Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations as a result of payment in full of the Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations in accordance with their terms, a full discharge or release of Parent with respect to the Obligations under the Merger Agreement, or as a result of valid defenses to the payment of the Obligations that would be available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement) of any Person now or thereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (iv) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (v) any Enforceability Exceptions of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or any of their respective assets or any other Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations; (vi) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right which the Guarantor may have at any time against Parent, Merger Sub or the Guaranteed Party or any of their respective Affiliates, whether in connection with the Obligations or otherwise (other than defenses to the payment of the Obligations that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement); (vii) any other act or omission that may in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of or to the Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge or release of the Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than as a result of payment of the applicable Obligations in accordance with its terms); (viii) the adequacy of any other means the Guaranteed Party may have of obtaining repayment related to the Obligations; or (ix) the value, validity, legality or enforceability of the Merger Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Guarantor hereby expressly waives any and all rights or defenses arising by reason of any applicable Law which would otherwise require any election of remedies by the Guaranteed Party. The Guarantor waives promptness, diligence, notice of the acceptance of this Limited Guarantee and of the Obligations, presentment, demand for payment, notice of non-performance, default, dishonor and protest, notice of the occurrence of any Obligations and all other notices of any kind, all defenses which may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium Law or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, any right to require the marshalling of assets of Parent or Merger Sub or any other Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and all suretyship defenses generally (other than valid defenses to the payment of the Obligations that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement). The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and that the waivers set forth in this Limited Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
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