OBLIGATIONS SEVERAL. The obligations of each Lender under this Agreement are several. Failure of a Lender to carry out its obligations pursuant to this Agreement in a proper manner does not relieve any other party of its obligations under this Agreement. Save as provided for in Article 22 below, the same shall apply in the event that a Lender terminates its participation in this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement or terminates its Lender's Commitment in accordance with this Agreement, or where performance of the obligations undertaken by the Lender pursuant to this Agreement would be invalid or illegal. No Lender is responsible for the obligations of any other party under this Agreement. Each Lender shall only be responsible for its Lender's Commitment. Joint liability, or joint and several liability of the Lenders is hereby excluded. Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to Article 4.3 (b), if any Lender fails to provide its Lender's Share of an Advance on any Drawdown Date, the nondefaulting Lenders shall provide such defaulting Lender's Share rateably according to their respective Lender's Share, except that no Lender shall be required to advance an aggregate amount exceeding its Lender's Commitment.
