2Interpretation. The interpretation and construction of the Contract shall be subject to the following provisions:
2Interpretation. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
2Interpretation. Save to the extent that the context or the express provisions of this Agreement otherwise require:
2Interpretation. The following rules apply unless the context requires otherwise:
2Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, Article or Exhibit, such reference shall be to a Section, Article or Exhibit of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement or in any Exhibit are for convenience of reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit but not otherwise defined therein shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. All Exhibits annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth herein. The word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement will mean “including, without limitation,” unless otherwise specified. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to the Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision in this Agreement. The term “or” is not exclusive. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” The word “
2Interpretation. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly herein provided, (i) the terms defined in this Section 1 shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1 and include the plural as well as the singular, (ii) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned under the Accounting Standards, (iii) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement, (iv) pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms, (v) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (vi) all references in this Agreement to designated Schedules, Exhibits and Appendices are to the Schedules, Exhibits and Appendices attached to this Agreement, (vii) references to this Agreement, any other Transaction Documents and any other document shall be construed as references to such document as the same may be amended, supplemented or novated from time to time, (viii) the term “or” is not exclusive, (ix) the term “including” will be deemed to be followed by “, but not limited to,” (x) the terms “shall”, “will”, and “agrees” are mandatory, and the term “may” is permissive, (xi) the phrase “directly or indirectly” means directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediate Persons or through contractual or other arrangements, and “direct or indirect” has the correlative meaning, (xii) the expression “Investor(s)”, “Holder”, “Founder Holding Company” and “Founder” and “Investor(s)” shall, unless the context prohibits, include its respective successors, permitted transferees and assigns and any Persons deriving title under it, (xiii) the term “voting power” refers to the number of votes attributable to the Shares (on an as-converted basis) in accordance with the terms of the Memorandum and Articles, (xiv) the headings used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement, (xv) references to laws include any such law modifying, re-enacting, extending or made pursuant to the same or which is modified, re-enacted, or extended by the same or pursuant to which the same is made, and (xvi) all references to dollars or to “US$” are to currency of the U.S. and all references to RMB are to currency of the PRC (and ...
2Interpretation. As used in this Agreement, except as otherwise indicated in this Agreement or as the context may otherwise require: (a) the words “include,” “includes,” and “including” are deemed to be followed by “without limitation” whether or not they are in fact followed by such words or words of similar import; (b) the word “or” is not exclusive; (c) references to an “Article,” “Section,” “preamble,” “Recital,” or any other subdivision, or to an “Appendix,” “Exhibit,” “Schedule,” or “Disclosure Schedule” are to an article, section, preamble, recital, or subdivision of this Agreement, or to an appendix, exhibit, schedule, or disclosure schedule to this Agreement; (d) the words “this Agreement,” “hereby,” “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder,” and comparable words refer to all of this Agreement, including the Appendices, Exhibits, Schedules, and Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, and not to any particular article, section, preamble, recital, or other subdivision of this Agreement, or appendix, exhibit, schedule, or disclosure schedule to this Agreement; (e) any pronoun in masculine, feminine, or neuter form includes any other gender; (f) any word in the singular form includes the plural and vice versa; (g) except for references in the Company Disclosure Schedule, references to any agreement or other document are to such agreement or document as amended, modified, superseded, supplemented, and restated now or from time to time after the date of this Agreement; (h) references to any Law are to it as amended, modified, supplemented, and restated as of the date of this Agreement, and, unless the context requires otherwise, any reference to any statute will be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (i) except for references in the Company Disclosure Schedule, references to any Person include such Person’s respective successors and permitted assigns (and in the case of a natural person, such Person’s heirs, estate, and personal representatives); (j) references to a “day” or number of “days” (without the explicit qualification of “Business”) refer to a calendar day or number of calendar days; and (k) references to copies of documents that have been delivered, provided or made available to Purchaser means copies of those documents made available in the Data Room to Purchaser and its Representatives at least one day prior to the date of this Agreement. Any financial or accounting term that is not otherwise defined in this Agreement has the me...
2Interpretation. In this contract, unless the context otherwise requires:
2Interpretation. In this Agreement: words such as hereunder, hereto, hereof and herein and other words commencing with here refer to the whole of this document and not to any particular section or Clause of this document; any reference to a person, if the context so requires or admits, include a company, partnership or unincorporated association; words importing the singular, where the context so requires or admits, include the plural and vice versa and reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter genders include references to the other genders; any reference to a Clause or Schedule is a reference to a Clause or Schedule (as the case may be) of this Agreement and any reference in a Clause to a sub-clause, paragraph or sub-paragraph is a reference to a sub-clause, paragraph or sub-paragraph of the Clause in which the reference is contained; the contents of the Schedules form an integral part of this Agreement and have as full effect as if they were incorporated in the body of this Agreement and the expressions this Agreement and the Agreement as used in the Schedules mean this Agreement and any reference to this Agreement is deemed to include the Schedules; the headings and captions to the Clauses and Schedules in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement; any reference to any legislation, order or regulation in this Agreement includes reference to any extension, modification, replacement or re-enactment of it from time to time in force and all regulations and orders from time to time made under it and any analogous provision or rule under any applicable law for the time being in force; a reference to any document includes that document as it has been or may be, subject to and in accordance with its terms or by operation of law, amended, restated, supplemented, varied, assigned, novated, or otherwise from time to time; terms such as including, in particular, such as, and for example are not to be read as exhaustive, or to limit, but may extend the generality of the provisions to which they relate; this Agreement shall not be interpreted contra proferentum; any reference to the Licensee or the EPA shall, where the context so admits, include each of their successors and permitted assigns as the case may be and, in respect of the EPA’s successors and permitted assigns, each such person is entitled to enforce and rely upon this Agreement as if named in this...