This Amendment shall become binding when any one or more counterparts of it, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of each of the parties hereto.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original as against either party whose signature appears thereon, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  A facsimile or a portable document format (PDF) copy of this Agreement, including the signature pages, will be deemed an original.