(d) Prior to and immediately after giving effect hereto, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
6. Acknowledgments Regarding Obligations. Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges, stipulates and agrees that all of the Obligations are due and owing by the Borrower to the Lenders without any defense, deduction, offset, claim or counterclaim. No Loan Party is aware of any events or facts, any actions taken by any Person, or any other circumstances that have occurred prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment that constitute the basis for or may give rise to any defense, deduction, offset, claim or counterclaim of such Loan Party or any other Loan Party with respect to the Obligations.
7. Waiver of Claims. To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each Loan Party hereby releases, remises, acquits and forever discharges the Administrative Agent and each Lender and each of its respective employees, agents, representatives, consultants, attorneys, officers, directors, partners, fiduciaries, predecessors, successors and assigns, subsidiary corporations, parent corporations and related corporate divisions (each, a “Released Party” and collectively, the “Released Parties”), from any and all actions, causes of action, judgments, executions, suits, debts, claims, demands, liabilities, damages and expenses of any and every character, known or unknown, direct or indirect, at law or in equity, of whatever nature or kind, whether heretofore or hereafter arising, for or because of any manner of things done, omitted or suffered to be done by any of the Released Parties prior to and including the date of execution hereof, and in any way directly or indirectly arising out of any or in any way connected to this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except to the extent attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Released Party (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction) (collectively, the “Released Matters”). Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges that the agreements in this Section are intended to be in full satisfaction of all or any alleged injuries or damages arising in connection with the Released Matters.
8. Costs and Expenses. Each Loan Party hereby reaffirms its agreement under the Credit Agreement to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the Loan Documents, including without limitation all reasonable or documented fees and disbursements of legal counsel, to the extent required by Section 10.3 of the Credit Agreement.
9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Amendment but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Amendment.
10. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL WAIVER. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ALL OF THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 10.9
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