This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument, regardless of whether or not the signatures of all of the parties hereto appear on any single counterpart hereof.  For purposes of this Agreement, the Bank and Executive agree that a facsimile or electronically transmitted counterpart bearing the signature of any party to this Agreement shall, absent manifest evidence of fraud, be binding upon such party when actually delivered to the other parties hereto.