Common use of Ability to Protect Own Interests Clause in Contracts

Ability to Protect Own Interests. The Purchaser can properly evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares and can protect its own interests in this regard, whether by reason of the Purchaser’s own business and financial expertise, the business and financial expertise of certain professional advisors unaffiliated with the Company with whom the Purchaser has consulted, or the Purchaser’s preexisting business or personal relationship with the Company or any of its officers, directors or controlling persons.

Ability to Protect Own Interests. The Purchaser can properly evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Conversion Shares and can protect its own interests in this regard, whether by reason of the Purchaser’s own business and financial expertise, the business and financial expertise of certain professional advisors unaffiliated with the Company with whom the Purchaser has consulted, or the Purchaser’s preexisting business or personal relationship with the Company or any of its officers, directors or controlling persons.