This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic .pdf submission), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered (by telecopy, portable document format (.pdf) or otherwise) to the other parties hereto, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart.