Common use of Nature of Underwriters’ Obligations Clause in Contracts

Nature of Underwriters’ Obligations. Each of the Operating Partnership and the Parent Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Designated Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the applicable Pricing Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Operating Partnership and the Parent Guarantor, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor with respect to the offering of the Designated Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor on other matters) or any other obligation to the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and the applicable Pricing Agreement and (iv) the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor have consulted their own legal and financial advisors to the extent they deemed it appropriate. Each of the Operating Partnership and the Parent Guarantor agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, owes an advisory, fiduciary or similar duty to the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

Nature of Underwriters’ Obligations. Each of the Operating Partnership and the Parent Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Designated Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the applicable Pricing Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Operating Partnership and the Parent Guarantor, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor with respect to the offering of the Designated Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor on other matters) or any other obligation to the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and the applicable Pricing Agreement and (iv) the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor have consulted their own legal and financial advisors to the extent they deemed it appropriate. Each of the Operating Partnership and the Parent Guarantor agrees that it will shall not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, owes an advisory, fiduciary or similar duty to the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.