This Settlement Agreement may be executed and delivered in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Settlement Agreement and any amendments or waivers hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine or by email delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person.