Except as herein provided, the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This Amendment No. 1 is a Loan Document for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement. This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto on separate counterpart signature pages, and all such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a counterpart signature page by facsimile transmission or by e-mail transmission of an Adobe portable document format file (also known as a “ PDF ” file) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart signature page. Section headings used in this Amendment No. 1 are for reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Amendment No. 1.