This Contract is the result of negotiations between the parties, neither of whom has acted under any duress or compulsion, whether legal, economic or otherwise. Accordingly, the terms and provisions hereof shall be construed in accordance with their usual and customary meanings. Seller and Buyer hereby waive the application of any rule of law which otherwise would be applicable in connection with the construction of this Contract that ambiguous or conflicting terms or provisions should be construed against the party who (or whose attorney) prepared the executed Contract or any earlier draft of the same.