acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice of any kind not provided for herein or not required to be provided to Parent or Merger Sub under or in connection with the Merger Agreement, other than defenses that are available to Parent or Merger Sub (i) under the Merger Agreement, (ii) in respect of a breach by the Company of this Limited Guarantee and (iii) in respect of fraud or the Willful and Material Breach of the Company in connection with the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby. Each 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.
4. Sole Remedy.
(a) The Company acknowledges the separate legal entity existence of Parent and Merger Sub apart from each of the Guarantors. The Company further agrees and acknowledges that no Person other than the Guarantors has any obligations hereunder and that, notwithstanding that the Guarantors may be limited partnerships, the Company does not have any remedy, recourse or right of recovery against, or contribution from, (i) any former, current or future direct or indirect general or limited partner, stockholder, holder of any equity, partnership or limited liability company interest, officer, member, manager, director, employee, agent, attorney, controlling Person, assignee or affiliate of any Guarantor, (ii) Parent or Merger Sub, (iii) any lender or prospective lender, lead arranger, arranger, agent or representative of or to Parent or Merger Sub or (iv) any former, current or future direct or indirect general or limited partner, stockholder, holder of any equity, partnership or limited liability company interest, officer, member, manager, director, employee, agent, attorney, controlling Person, assignee or affiliate of any of the foregoing (other than Parent, Merger Sub and any of the Guarantors) (those Persons and entities described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being referred to herein collectively as “Guarantor Affiliates”), through any Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub 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, Parent or Merger Sub against any Guarantor or any Guarantor Affiliate, or otherwise, except for the Retained Claims (as defined below); provided, however, that in the event any Guarantor (x) consolidates with or merges with any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (y) transfers or conveys all or a substantial portion of its properties and other assets to any Person such that the sum of all of such Guarantor’s remaining net assets plus uncalled capital commitment is less than such Guarantor’s Pro Rata Percentage (as defined below) of the Parent Termination Fee, then, and in each such case, the Company may seek recourse, whether by the enforcement of any judgment or assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable Law, against such continuing or surviving entity or such Person (in either case, a “Successor Entity”), as the case may be, but only to the extent of the unpaid liability hereunder up to the applicable Pro Rata Percentage of the Guaranteed Obligations for which such Guarantor is liable, as determined in accordance with this Limited Guarantee. As used herein, unless otherwise specified, the term Guarantor shall include such Guarantor’s Successor Entity.
(b) The Company hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, the other Company Related Parties and their respective Representatives not to institute, directly or indirectly, any Action or bring any claim arising under, or in connection with, this Limited Guarantee, the Offer, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Debt Commitment Letter or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, against any Guarantor or any Guarantor Affiliate except for (i) claims by the Company against any Guarantor under, in accordance with and subject to all limitations of this Limited Guarantee (the “Retained Guaranty Claims”), (ii) claims by the Company against Parent under and in accordance with and subject to all limitations set forth in the Merger Agreement (the “Retained Merger Agreement Claims”), (iii) with respect to the Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement, dated January 28, 2024, between the Company and Hildred Capital Management, LLC (“Hildred”, and such Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement, the “NDA”), claims by the Company against Hildred under and in accordance with the NDA (the “Retained NDA Claims”) or (iv) to the extent (but only to the extent) the Company is expressly entitled to enforce the Equity Commitment Letter in accordance with Section 7 of the Equity Commitment Letter and Section 11.8 of the
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