provision of this Agreement is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction (because of the
duration or scope (geographic or otherwise) of such provision, or for any other reason) such
court shall have the power to, and shall, (x) modify such provision (including without limitation,
to the extent applicable, by limiting the duration or scope of such provision and/or the Persons
against whom, and/or the circumstances under which, such provision shall be effective in such
jurisdiction) for purposes of such proceeding to the minimum extent necessary so that such
provision, as so modified, may then be enforced in such proceeding and (y) enforce such
provision, as so modified pursuant to clause (x), in such proceeding. Nothing in this
Section 12.11(b) is intended to, or shall, limit (1) the ability of any party to this Agreement to
appeal any court ruling or the effect of any favorable ruling on appeal or (2) the intended effect
of Section 12.3.
12.12 Power of Attorney. Member does hereby constitute and appoint the Manager as
its true and lawful representative and attorney-in-fact, in its name, place and stead to make,
execute, sign, acknowledge, deliver or file any certificate, document or other instrument that
Member is required to execute and deliver pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 4.1
hereof. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Manager shall not have any right, power or authority
to amend or modify this Agreement. The power of attorney granted hereby is coupled with an
interest and shall (i) survive and not be affected by the subsequent death, incapacity, disability,
dissolution, termination or bankruptcy of Member granting the same or the transfer of all or any
portion of Member’s Company Interest and (ii) extend to Member’s Successors, assigns and
legal representatives.
12.13 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of the Company and Member
(other than the Initial Member) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) (i) agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it or any of its
Affiliates by the Participant (or its direct or indirect predecessors, as such) arising out of or
relating to or in connection with this Agreement or any Ancillary Document may be instituted,
and that any suit, action or proceeding by the Company or Member or any of their respective
Affiliates against the Participant (or its direct or indirect predecessors, as such) arising out of or
relating to or in connection with this Agreement or any Ancillary Document shall be instituted
only, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, or the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York or the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia (and appellate courts from any of the foregoing), as the Person instituting
such suit, action or proceeding may elect in its sole discretion, (ii) consents and submits, for
itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of any such suit, action or
proceeding instituted against it, and (iii) agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
judgment or in any other manner provided by law;
(b) agrees that service of all writs, process and summonses in any suit, action
or proceeding pursuant to Section 12.13(a) may be effected by the mailing of copies thereof by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to it at its address for notices pursuant to Section
12.7 (with copies to such other Persons as specified therein), such service to become effective 30
days after such mailing, provided that nothing contained in this Section 12.13(b) shall affect the
right of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law;
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