Each New Lender (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Amendment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the First Amended Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the First Amended Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to become a Lender, (iii) from and after the First Amendment Date it shall be bound by the provisions of the First Amended Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of its Commitment, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the First Amended Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Article VIII thereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment and the First Amended Credit Agreement on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.