Each Lender hereby irrevocably (subject to Section 13.9 ) appoints, designates and authorizes Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Financing Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Financing Agreement, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Financing Agreement, Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Financing Agreement or otherwise exist against Administrative Agent. The duties of Administrative Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in other Financing Agreements with reference to Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.