Effect of Amendment; References to the Credit Agreement; Miscellaneous. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment (a) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (b) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as amended by this Amendment (as applicable). This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes and all references to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document or other document, instrument, agreement, or writing shall from and after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended, extended or otherwise modified hereby, and, as used in the Credit Agreement, the terms “Agreement,” “herein,” “hereafter,” “hereunder,” “hereto” and words of similar import shall mean, from and after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Credit Agreement as amended, extended or otherwise modified hereby.
