Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Paying Agent, shall be the successor of the Paying Agent under this Agreement, without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
(q) The Paying Agent does
not assume and shall have no responsibility for, and makes no representation as to, monitoring the value of the Timeshare Loans and other Collateral.
(r) If the Paying Agent shall at any time receive conflicting instructions from the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or the Servicer or
any other party to this Agreement and the conflict between such instructions cannot be resolved by reference to the terms of this Agreement, the Paying Agent shall be entitled to rely on the instructions of the Administrative Agent. In the absence
of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, officers certificate, any Monthly Report,
certificate of auditors, or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties. The Paying Agent may rely upon the validity of documents delivered to it, without investigation as to their authenticity or legal effectiveness, and the parties to this Agreement will hold the Paying Agent harmless from any claims
that may arise or be asserted against the Paying Agent because of the invalidity of any such documents or their failure to fulfill their intended purpose.
(s) The Paying Agent is authorized, in its sole discretion, to disregard any and all notices or instructions given by any other party hereto
or by any other person, firm or corporation, except only such notices or instructions as are herein provided for and orders or process of any court entered or issued with or without jurisdiction. If any property subject hereto is at any time
attached, garnished or levied upon under any court order or in case the payment, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery of any such property shall be stayed or enjoined by any court order, or in case any order, judgment or decree shall be made
or entered by any court affecting such property or any part hereof, then and in any of such events the Paying Agent is authorized, in its sole discretion, to rely upon and comply with any such order, writ, judgment or decree with which it is advised
by legal counsel of its own choosing is binding upon it, and if it complies with any such order, writ, judgment or decree it shall not be liable to any other party hereto or to any other person, firm or corporation by reason of such compliance even
though such order, writ, judgment or decree maybe subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside or vacated.
(t) The Paying Agent
may: (i) terminate its obligations as Paying Agent under this Agreement (subject to the terms set forth herein) upon at least 30 days prior written notice to the Borrower, the Servicer, the Managing Agents and the Administrative Agent;
provided, however, that, without the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Managing Agents, such resignation shall not be effective until a successor Paying Agent reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the
Majority Managing Agents shall have accepted appointment by the Borrower as Paying Agent, pursuant hereto and shall have agreed to be bound by the terms of this Agreement; or (ii) be removed at any time by written demand, of the Administrative
Agent and the Majority Managing Agents, delivered to the Paying Agent, the Borrower and the Servicer. In the event of such termination or removal, the Borrower with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Managing Agents shall
appoint a successor paying. If, however, a successor paying agent is not appointed by the Borrower within ninety (90) days after the giving of notice of resignation, the Paying Agent may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor paying agent.
(u) Any successor Paying Agent appointed pursuant hereto shall (i) execute, acknowledge,
and deliver to the Borrower, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent, and to the predecessor Paying Agent an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the predecessor Paying Agent shall
become effective and such successor Paying Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of its predecessor as
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