3. The liability of Guarantor hereunder shall not be impaired, abated, deferred, diminished, modified, released, terminated or discharged, in whole or in part, or otherwise affected, by any event, condition, occurrence, circumstance, proceeding, action or failure to act, with or without notice to, or the knowledge or consent of, Guarantor, including, without limitation:
(a) any amendment, modification or extension of the Lease or any Covenant;
(b) any extension of time for performance, whether in whole or in part, of any Covenant given prior to or after default thereunder;
(c) any exchange, surrender or release, in whole or in part, of any security which may be held by Landlord at any time for or under the Lease;
(d) any other guaranty now or hereafter executed by Guarantor or anyone else;
(e) any waiver of or assertion or enforcement or failure or refusal to assert or enforce, in whole or in part, any Covenant, claim, cause of action, right or remedy which Landlord may, at any time, have under the Lease or with respect to any guaranty or any security which may be held by Landlord at any time for or under the Lease or with respect to Tenant;
(f) any act or omission or delay to do any act by Landlord which may in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of Guarantor or which would otherwise operate as a discharge of Guarantor as a matter of law;
(g) the release of any other guarantor from liability for the performance or observance of any Covenant, whether by operation of law or otherwise;
(h) the failure to give Guarantor any notice whatsoever except to the extent required by the Lease;
(i) any right, power or privilege that Landlord may now or hereafter have against any person, entity or collateral;
(j) any assignment conveyance, mortgage, merger or other transfer, voluntary or involuntary (whether by operation of law or otherwise) of all or part of the interest or rights of Landlord under the Lease.
(k) any assignment, conveyance, mortgage, merger or other transfer, voluntary or involuntary (whether by operation of law or otherwise), of all or any part of Tenant’s interest in the Lease except to the extent expressly provided in the Lease.
If any agreement between Landlord and Tenant shall extend the time of performance or modify any of the Covenants, Guarantor shall continue to be liable upon this Guaranty according to the tenor of the Lease without regard to such agreement except to the extent Guarantor shall consent in writing to such agreement.
4. To charge Guarantor under this Guaranty no demand shall be required, Guarantor hereby expressly waiving any such demand. Landlord shall have the right to enforce this Guaranty without pursuing any right or remedy of Landlord against Tenant or any other party, or any security Landlord may hold, it being intended that immediately upon any breach or default by Tenant in the performance or observance of any Covenant, Guarantor shall be obligated to Landlord as provided in this Guaranty. Landlord may commence any action or proceeding based upon this Guaranty directly against Guarantor without making Tenant or anyone else a party defendant in such action or proceeding. Any one or more successive and/or concurrent actions may be brought hereon against Guarantor either in the same action, if any, brought against Tenant and/or any other party or in separate actions, as often as Landlord, in its sole discretion, may deem advisable.
5. This Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor and its successors and permitted assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of and may be enforced by the successors and assigns of Landlord or by any party to whom Landlord’s interest in the Lease or any part thereof, including the rents, may be assigned whether by way of mortgage or otherwise. Wherever in this Guaranty reference is made to either Landlord or Tenant, the same shall be deemed to refer also to the then successor or assign of Landlord or Tenant.
6. Guarantor hereby expressly waives and releases (a) notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty and notice of any change in Tenant’s financial condition; (b) the right to interpose any substantive or procedural defense of the law of guaranty, indemnification or suretyship, except the defense of prior payment or prior performance by Tenant or that Tenant has no obligation to pay or perform
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