that, (a) notwithstanding that any of the undersigned may be a partnership or limited liability company, no recourse hereunder or under any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith shall be had against any former, current or future, direct or indirect director, manager, officer, employee, agent, financing source or Affiliate of any of the undersigned, any former, current or future, direct or indirect holder of any equity interests or securities of any of the undersigned (whether such holder is a limited or general partner, manager, member, stockholder, securityholder or otherwise), any former, current or future assignee of any of the undersigned, any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, financing source, general or limited partner, manager, management company, member, stockholder, securityholder, Affiliate, controlling Person or representative or assignee of any of the foregoing, or any former, current or future heir, executor, administrator, trustee, successor or assign of any of the foregoing other than Parent, Merger Sub or their respective successors or assignees under the Merger Agreement (any such person or entity, other than the undersigned, or Parent, Merger Sub or their respective successors or assignees under the Merger Agreement, a “Related Party”) or any Related Party of the undersigned’s Related Parties (including, without limitation, in respect of any liabilities or obligations arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement and the Transactions contemplated thereby or with respect to any Claim, including, without limitation, in the event Parent, Merger Sub or the Debt Financing Borrower breaches its obligations under the Merger Agreement and including whether or not Parent’s, Merger Sub’s or the Debt Financing Borrower’s breach is caused by the breach by any of the Investors of their obligations under this letter agreement) 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; and (b) no personal liability whatsoever will attach to, be imposed on or otherwise incurred by any Related Party of the undersigned or any Related Party of the undersigned’s Related Parties under this letter agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or with the Merger Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations hereunder or by their creation. For purposes of this letter agreement, “Claim” means any dispute arising under or in any way related to the Merger Agreement and the Transactions contemplated thereby or arising out of due diligence conducted in connection with or the negotiation, interpretation or enforcement of the Merger Agreement. Nothing in this letter agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any person, other than Parent, the Company (as set forth in Section 5 of this letter agreement) and the undersigned, any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this letter agreement. Nothing in this Section 3 shall be construed to impair, limit or prevent any Permitted Claim by the Company or any remedies in respect of any Permitted Claim.
4. Assignment; No Modification; Entire Agreement. This letter agreement and each of the Investors’ commitment hereunder shall not be assignable to any other person without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto and the Company. Any attempted assignment without such consent shall be null and void and of no force and effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, each Investor may assign its commitments under this letter agreement to an Affiliate of such Investor on condition that such Investor remains liable to perform all of its obligations hereunder. This letter agreement may not be amended, and no provision hereof waived or modified, except by an instrument signed by each of the parties hereto and consented to by the Company. This letter agreement, together with the Merger Agreement, the Limited Guarantee and the Confidentiality Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among or between any of the parties with respect to the subject matter of those agreements. Each Investor acknowledges that the Company has entered into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon, among other things, the commitments set forth in this letter agreement.
5. Reliance; Enforcement. This letter agreement may be relied upon only by Parent, provided, that, the Company may rely upon and enforce this letter agreement as an express third-party beneficiary of this letter agreement to the extent that: (a) the Company is awarded specific performance of Parent’s or Merger Sub’s obligation to cause the Equity Financing to be funded in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 9.12 of the Merger Agreement; or (b) the Company is enforcing its rights
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