Common use of No Strict Construction; Interpretation Clause in Contracts

No Strict Construction; Interpretation. This Agreement has been prepared jointly and will not be strictly construed against either Party. Any ambiguities in this Agreement will not be construed against any Party, irrespective of which Party may be deemed to have authored the ambiguous provision. Except where expressly stated otherwise in this Agreement, the following rules of interpretation apply to this Agreement: (a) “include,” “includes,” and “including” are not limiting; (b) “hereof,” “hereto,” “herein,” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (c) words of one gender include the other gender; (d) references to a contract or other agreement mean such contract or other agreement as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented; (e) references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns; (f) references to an “Article,” “Section,” or “Schedule” refer to an Article or Section of, or Schedule to, this Agreement, unless expressly stated otherwise; (g) the word “or” will not be exclusive; (h) references to “written” or “in writing” include in electronic form; (i) the word “will” will be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”; (j) references to a law include any amendment or modification to such law and any rules and regulations issued thereunder, whether such amendment or modification is made, or issuance of such rules and regulations occurs, before or after the date of this Agreement; and (l) headings of each Article and Section in this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to limit or expand on the meaning of the language contained in the particular Article or Section.

No Strict Construction; Interpretation. This Agreement has been prepared jointly and will not be strictly construed against either Party. Any ambiguities in this Agreement will not be construed against any Party, irrespective of which Party may be deemed to have authored the ambiguous provision. Except where expressly stated otherwise in this Agreement, the following rules of interpretation apply to this Agreement: (a) “include,” “includes,” and “including” are not limiting; (b) “hereof,” “hereto,” “herein,” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (c) words of one gender include the other gender; (d) references to a contract or other agreement mean such contract or other agreement as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented; (e) references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns; (f) references to an “ArticleARTICLE,” “Section,” or “Schedule” refer to an Article ARTICLE or Section of, or Schedule to, this Agreement, unless expressly stated otherwise; (g) the word “or” will not be exclusive; (h) references to “written” or “in writing” include in electronic form; (i) the word “will” will be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”; (j) references to a law include any amendment or modification to such law and any rules and regulations issued thereunder, whether such amendment or modification is made, or issuance of such rules and regulations occurs, before or after the date of this Agreement; and (lk) headings of each Article ARTICLE and Section in this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to limit or expand on the meaning of the language contained in the particular Article ARTICLE or Section.