2. Terms of Limited Guarantee.
(a) This Limited Guarantee is one of payment and performance, not collection. A separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantors to enforce the Limited Guarantee, irrespective of whether any action is brought against Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person or whether Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person is joined in any such action or actions (subject in all cases, other than an Excluded Claim, to the Maximum Amount and each Maximum Guarantor Amount). Each Guarantor reserves the right to assert any and all defenses which Parent, Merger Sub and the Debt Financing Borrower may have to payment of the Guaranteed Obligations under the Merger Agreement. Each Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Party may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantors, (i) extend the time of payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or (ii) make any agreement with Parent, Merger Sub and the Debt Financing Borrower for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, in each case, without in any way impairing or affecting such Guarantor’s obligations under this Limited Guarantee or affecting the validity or enforceability of this Limited Guarantee.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, the liability of the Guarantors under this Limited Guarantee shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional irrespective of:
(i) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of Parent, Merger Sub, the Debt Financing Borrower or any Guarantor or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or other similar proceeding of any of the foregoing or affecting any of their respective assets;
(ii) any change in the manner, place or terms of payment or performance, or any change or extension of the time of payment or performance of, renewal or alteration of, any Guaranteed Obligation, any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof, or any amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the terms of the Merger Agreement or the documents entered into in connection therewith, in each case, made in accordance with the terms thereof;
(iii) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that any or all of the Guarantors may have at any time against Parent, Merger Sub or the Debt Financing Borrower whether in connection with any Guaranteed Obligation or otherwise;
(iv) any action or inaction on the part of the Guaranteed Party, including, without limitation, the absence of any attempt to assert, or any delay in asserting, any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against Parent, Merger Sub or the Debt Financing Borrower, or collect the Guaranteed Obligations from Parent or any of the Guarantors;
(v) any release, waiver, forbearance or discharge, in whole or in part, of any obligation of Parent, Merger Sub or the Debt Financing Borrower contained in the Merger Agreement (other than expressly with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations);
(vi) the adequacy of any other means the Guaranteed Party may have of obtaining repayment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(vii) any other occurrence, circumstance, act or omission that may in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than as a result of indefeasible payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with their terms or as a result of defenses to the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations that would be available to Parent, Merger Sub and the Debt Financing Borrower under the Merger Agreement).
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