This Agreement and any modification or amendment hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts hereof or thereof have been signed by each Party. Delivery of an executed counterpart signature page of this Agreement or any modification or amendment hereto by facsimile or transmitted electronically in a Tagged Image File Format (“ TIFF ”), Portable Document Format (“ PDF ”), or other electronic format sent by electronic mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof or thereof. Any Party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement or any modification or amendment hereto by facsimile or by email shall also deliver a manually executed counterpart hereof or thereof, but failure to do so shall not affect the validity, enforceability or binding effect of this Agreement, and the Parties hereby waive any right they may have to object to such treatment.