AAO’s and Merger Sub’s Investigation and Reliance. Each of AAO and Merger Sub is a sophisticated purchaser and has made its own independent investigation, review and analysis regarding the Company and the Transactions, which investigation, review and analysis were conducted by AAO and Merger Sub together with expert advisors, including legal counsel, that they have engaged for such purpose. AAO, Merger Sub and their Representatives have been provided with full and complete access to the Representatives, properties, offices, plants and other facilities, Books and Records of the Company and other information that they have requested in connection with their investigation of the Company and the Transactions. Neither of AAO nor Merger Sub is relying on any statement, representation or warranty, oral or written, express or implied, made by the Company or any of its Representatives, except as expressly set forth in Article IV (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedules). Neither the Company nor any of its respective Shareholders, Affiliates or Representatives shall have any liability to AAO, Merger Sub or any of their respective Shareholders, Affiliates or Representatives resulting from the use of, and AAO, Merger Sub and their Representatives shall not have relied upon, any information, documents or materials made available to AAO or Merger Sub or any of their Representatives, whether orally or in writing, in any confidential information memoranda, “data rooms,” management presentations, due diligence discussions or in any other form in expectation of the Transactions. Neither the Company nor any of its Shareholders, Affiliates or Representatives is making, directly or indirectly, any representation or warranty with respect to any estimates, projections or forecasts involving the Company.
