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In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.\n(b) Disclosure of any fact, circumstance or information in any section of the Company Disclosure Letter or Parent Disclosure Letter shall be deemed to be disclosure of such fact, circumstance or information with respect to any other section of the Company Disclosure Letter or Parent Disclosure Letter, respectively, if it is reasonably apparent on its face that such disclosure relates to any such other section. The inclusion of any item in the Company Disclosure Letter or Parent Disclosure Letter shall not be deemed to be an acknowledgment, in and of itself, that the information is required to be disclosed or admission or evidence of materiality of such item, nor shall it establish any standard of materiality for any purpose whatsoever.\n(c) The words \u201chereof,\u201d \u201cherein,\u201d \u201chereby,\u201d \u201chereunder\u201d and \u201cherewith\u201d and words of similar import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The use of the word \u201cor\u201d shall not be exclusive. The word \u201cextent\u201d in the phrase \u201cto the extent\u201d shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply \u201cif\u201d. 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The phrases \u201cthe date of this Agreement\u201d and \u201cthe date hereof\u201d and terms or phrases of similar import shall be deemed to refer to the date set forth in the Preamble, unless the context requires otherwise. References to any statute or Law shall be deemed to refer to such statute or Law as amended from time to time and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder (provided that for purposes of any representations and warranties contained in this Agreement that are made as of a specific date or dates, references to any statute shall be deemed to refer to such statute, as amended, and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case, as of such date or dates). Terms defined in the text of this Agreement have such meaning throughout this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, and all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. All references to \u201cdollars\u201d or \u201c$\u201d refer to currency of the United States of America. All references to \u201cU.S.\u201d or the \u201cUnited States\u201d are to the United States of America, including its territories and possessions. Any reference to \u201cdays\u201d means calendar days unless Business Days are expressly specified. When calculating the period of time before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded and if the last day of such period is not a Business Day, the period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified, the words \u201cmade available to,\u201d \u201cdelivered to\u201d or \u201cdisclosed to\u201d Parent or Acquisition Sub (or words of similar import) includes the documents (x) posted to (and not removed from) the VDR or otherwise provided to Parent or its Representatives in response to a due diligence request from Parent or its Representatives or otherwise at least four (4) hours prior to the execution of this Agreement or (y) included as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents filed with, or furnished to, the SEC by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement. 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