(e) 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.
(f) Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to the Company or allowed it by applicable law or other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Company at any time or from time to time.
3. Sole Remedy; No Recourse. The Company acknowledges and agrees that, as of the date hereof, Parent has no assets, other than its rights under the Merger Agreement and the agreements contemplated thereby (including the Debt Commitment Letter). Except as specifically contemplated by this Limited Guarantee or the Debt Commitment Letter, the Company acknowledges and agrees that no funds are expected to be contributed to Parent unless the Closing occurs, and that, except for rights against Parent expressly provided in the Debt Commitment Letter and the Merger Agreement, and subject to all of the terms, conditions and limitations herein and therein, the Company shall not have any right to cause any assets to be contributed to Parent by the Guarantor, Parent, any of their respective Affiliates or any other Person. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Limited Guarantee or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Limited Guarantee, the Company covenants, acknowledges and agrees that neither it nor any other Person (including the Company’s equity holders and Affiliates) has any right of recovery against, and no personal liability shall attach to, the Guarantor, any Affiliate of the Guarantor, any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent of the Guarantor or its Affiliates, any former, current or future holder of any equity interests of the Guarantor (whether such holder is a limited or general partner, member, manager, stockholder, investment adviser, or otherwise), any former, current or future assignee of the Guarantor, or any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder, Affiliate, investment adviser, controlling person, representative or assignee of any of the foregoing (each such Person, other than the Guarantor, a “Related Person”), through Parent or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership veil, by or through a claim by or on behalf of Parent against the Guarantor or any Related Person, except pursuant to any Permitted Claim (as defined below). Recourse against the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee and the Company’s third party beneficiary rights under the Debt Commitment Letter shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of (i) the Company and (ii) all of the Company’s equity holders and Affiliates in each case against the Guarantor or any Related Person (other than Parent and Merger Sub) in respect of any liabilities or obligations arising under, or in connection with, this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Debt Commitment Letter or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including by piercing the corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership veil or by a claim by or on behalf of Parent. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute, directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Affiliates not to institute, any proceeding or bring any other claim arising under, or in connection with, this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Debt Commitment Letter or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (or the failure of such to be consummated), against the Guarantor or any Related Person, except for (A) claims of the Company against the Guarantor under and in accordance with this Limited Guarantee, (B) claims of the Company against Parent or Merger Sub under and in accordance with the Merger Agreement, (C) the exercise of the Company’s third party beneficiary rights under and in accordance with the Debt Commitment Letter, and (D) claims in respect of the Confidentiality Agreement solely with respect to the parties thereto and the Company hereby, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, waives any and all claims arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement, this Limited Guarantee, the Debt Commitment Letter or, in each case, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby against the Guarantor or any Related Person and releases such Persons from such claims, in each case, except for claims described in clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) of this sentence (each, a “Permitted Claim”). 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) other than the Company any rights or remedies against any Person, including the Guarantor, except as expressly set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Guarantor (x) consolidates with or merges with any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving
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