14. In the event that any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the Parties. The Parties further agree to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or unenforceable provision; provided that this Agreement may not be enforced without giving effect to the limitation of the amount payable hereunder in respect of the Commitment as provided in paragraph 1 or to the provisions of paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5(a), 5(b), 6 or 7 or this paragraph 14. No party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto shall cause its respective representatives not to assert, that this Agreement or any part hereof is invalid, illegal or unenforceable.
15. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If any ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
16. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) “Investor Affiliate” means, with respect to any Investor, (i) such Investor’s former, current or future Affiliates, (ii) any former, current or future general or limited partners, stockholders, holders of any equity, partnership or limited liability company interest, officers, members, managers, directors, employees, agents, principals, controlling Persons, management companies, portfolio companies, Affiliates, lenders or prospective lenders, lead arrangers, arrangers, other financing sources or prospective financing sources or other Representatives of such Investor or of any of the other Persons described in sub-clause (i), or (iii) any successor, heir or assignee of such Investor or any the foregoing Persons described in sub-clause (i) or (ii), (b) “Representatives” of any Person means such Person’s Affiliates and its and their respective direct and indirect equity holders, controlling Persons, limited partners, general partners, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, advisors, agents or other representatives and (c) “Retained Claims” means, collectively, claims by (i) the Company against Parent and/or Purchaser under, arising out of, and/or in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, (ii) any party to the Confidentiality Agreement against any other party thereto under, arising out of, and/or in accordance with the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, (iii) the Company against Parent and/or any of the Investors pursuant to its express Specific Performance Rights under, arising out of, and/or in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (iv) the Company against Parent and/or any of the Investors pursuant to paragraph 10 with respect to, or to enforce its express third party beneficiary rights therein under, and in accordance with the terms of, this Agreement, and (v) the Company against any Investor under, arising out of, and/or in accordance with, the terms of, the Guaranty (it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this definition of “Retained Claims”, claims under, arising out of, and/or in accordance with the terms of a referenced contract shall include (x) claims of any failure to comply with or alleged failure to comply with or breach or alleged breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation under or related to such contract and (y) claims for an injunction, specific performance and/or other equitable relief to prevent breaches (or threatened breaches) of such contract and to enforce specifically the terms of such contract in each case subject to the limitations set forth therein.
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