(b) The Company further agrees and acknowledges that no Person other than the Guarantors has any obligations under this Limited Guarantee and that, notwithstanding that the Guarantors may be limited partnerships, none of the Company, any member of the Company Group or any of the Company Related Parties, or any of their respective employees, agents, advisors, Representatives, successors or assigns, has any remedy, recourse or right of recovery against or contribution from, (i) 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, attorneys, controlling persons, assignees, Representatives, Affiliates or successors of any Guarantor, or (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, attorneys, controlling persons, assignees, Representatives, Affiliates or successors of any of the foregoing (those persons and entities described in the foregoing clauses being referred to herein collectively as “Guarantor Affiliates”), through any Guarantor, Parent or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil or similar action, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable Law, by or through a claim by or on behalf of any Guarantor or Parent against any Guarantor or any Guarantor Affiliate, or otherwise, except, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) immediately above, for the Retained Claims (as defined below) solely against the Guarantor Affiliate specifically identified with respect to such Retained Claim in the definition thereof.
(c) The Company hereby covenants and agrees that none of the Company, any member of the Company Group or any of the Company Related Parties shall institute, and the Company shall not direct or provide consent to any member of the Company Group, the Company Related Parties, or any of their respective agents, equity holders or Representatives to institute, any claim arising under, or in connection with, this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, against any Guarantor or any Guarantor Affiliate (other than Parent) except for Retained Claims (as defined below) solely against the Guarantor Affiliate specifically identified with respect to such Retained Claim in the definition thereof. As used herein, “Retained Claims” means: (i) claims by the Company brought in a Chosen Court against any Guarantor under, in accordance with and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Limited Guarantee (the “Retained Guarantee Claims”), (ii) claims by the Company brought in a Chosen Court against Parent or Merger Sub under, in accordance with and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement (the “Retained Merger Agreement Claims”) or against the applicable person party to the Support Agreement under, in accordance with and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Support Agreement (the “Retained Support Agreement Claims”), (iii) claims by the Company brought in a Chosen Court against any Investor (as defined in the Equity Commitment Letter) to enforce the Equity Commitment Letter as a third party beneficiary thereof to the extent specified therein and subject to the conditions thereof and (iv) claims by the Company brought in a Chosen Court against the applicable persons party to the Confidentiality Agreements under, in accordance with and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Confidentiality Agreements (the “Retained Confidentiality Agreement Claims”).
(d) The Company further unconditionally and irrevocably covenants and agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or otherwise, the Company has no right to recover, and shall not recover, and the Company shall not institute, directly or indirectly, and shall cause each member of the Company Group and each Company Related Party not to institute, directly or indirectly, any proceeding or bring any other claim in the name of or on behalf of the Company to recover more than the Cap (or, with respect to each Guarantor, more than the lesser of (x) such Guarantor’s Maximum Guarantor Amount and (y) such Guarantor’s Pro Rata Percentage of the Guaranteed Obligations that becomes due and payable hereunder) in respect of any breaches, losses, damages, liabilities or obligations arising under, or in connection with, this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument delivered in connection herewith or therewith or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (or the termination or abandonment thereof) or otherwise, and the Company shall promptly return to the applicable Guarantor or Guarantors all monies paid to it, any member of the Company Group or any Company Related Party in excess of the Cap, the applicable Maximum Guarantor Amount or a Guarantor’s Pro Rata Percentage of the Guaranteed Obligations that becomes due and payable hereunder.
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