This Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  This Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile transmission or as an attachment to an electronic mail message in "pdf" or similar format, shall be treated in all manners and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same and binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person.  At the request of any party hereto or to any Ancillary Agreement, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties.