Default by Buyer THE PARTIES HAVE AGREED THAT SELLER’S ACTUAL DAMAGES IN THE EVENT OF A FAILURE TO CONSUMMATE THE TRANSACTION DUE TO BUYER’S BREACH OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH BREACH WOULD CAUSE ANY OF THE CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER AS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT TO FAIL TO BE SATISFIED, WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT OR IMPRACTICABLE TO DETERMINE. AFTER NEGOTIATION, THE PARTIES HAVE AGREED THAT, CONSIDERING ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES EXISTING ON THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE AMOUNT OF THE OPTION FEE IS A REASONABLE ESTIMATE OF THE DAMAGES THAT SELLER WOULD INCUR IN THE EVENT OF BUYER’S BREACH OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH BREACH WOULD CAUSE ANY OF THE CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER AS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT TO FAIL TO BE SATISFIED. IN THE EVENT BUYER FAILS TO COMPLETE THE PURCHASE OF THE PURCHASED INTERESTS UPON THE SATISFACTION OF BUYER’S OBLIGATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, SELLER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT, IN WHICH EVENT THE OPTION FEE PAID BY BUYER UNDER THE OPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AND NEITHER PARTY SHALL HAVE ANY FURTHER RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 9.6. THE PAYMENT OF SUCH AMOUNT AS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES IS NOT INTENDED AS A FORFEITURE OR A PENALTY, BUT IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES TO SELLER. BY PLACING THEIR INITIALS BELOW, EACH PARTY SPECIFICALLY CONFIRMS THE ACCURACY OF THE STATEMENTS MADE ABOVE AND THE FACT THAT EACH PARTY WAS REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL WHO EXPLAINED, AT THE TIME THIS AGREEMENT WAS MADE, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES PROVISION. THIS SECTION 7.1 IS NOT INTENDED TO LIMIT EITHER PARTY’S RIGHTS UNDER SECTION 9.2.