All notices under this Agreement shall be transmitted to the respective parties, shall be in writing and shall be considered to have been duly given or served when personally delivered to any individual party, or on the first (1st) business day after the date of deposit with an overnight courier for next day delivery, postage paid, or on the third (3rd) business day after deposit in the United States mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or upon the receipt of a fax or an email during normal business hours, addressed in all cases to the party at his or its address set forth below, or to such other address as such party may designate, provided that notices will be deemed to have been given to the Escrow Agent on the actual date received. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder directing the Escrow Agent to act or to refrain from acting shall include signatures of the authorized representative(s) of the requesting party(ies), and in the case of electronic mail the signature(s) shall be contained on a non-editable attachment (e.g. PDF) to the electronic mail.