This Agreement and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this Agreement, and any amendments to them, may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any signed counterpart, to the extent delivered by means of a facsimile machine or attached as a .pdf, .tif, .gif, .peg or similar file to an electronic mail (including email) or as an electronic download, all of which are referred to as an “ Electronic Delivery ”) shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original executed counterpart and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version of the Agreement or instrument delivered in person. At the request of any Party, each other Party shall re-execute the original form of this Agreement and deliver it to all other Parties. No Party shall raise the use of Electronic Delivery to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of Electronic Delivery as a defense to the formation of a contract, and each Party forever waives any similar defense, except to the extent the defense relates to lack of authenticity.