Certain Rules of Construction. No party shall be considered as being responsible for the drafting of this Agreement for the purpose of applying any rule construing ambiguities against the drafter or otherwise. No draft of this Agreement shall be taken into account in construing this Agreement. Any provision of this Agreement which requires an agreement in writing shall be deemed to require that the writing in question be signed by the Executive and an authorized representative of the Company.
Certain Rules of Construction. For purposes of this Agreement:
Certain Rules of Construction. (a) The headings and subheadings set forth in this Agreement are inserted for the convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in any construction of the terms set forth herein.
Certain Rules of Construction. Any ambiguities shall be resolved without reference to which party may have drafted this Agreement. All Article or Section titles or other captions in this Agreement are for convenience only, and they shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Unless the context otherwise requires: (i) a term has the meaning assigned to it; (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (iii) “or” is not exclusive; (iv) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular; (v) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; (vi) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; (vii) all references to “clauses,” “Sections” or “Articles” refer to clauses, Sections or Articles of this Agreement; and (viii) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms.
Certain Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following rules of construction shall apply for all purposes of the Note Purchase Agreement (including this Annex A).
Certain Rules of Construction. Except as otherwise explicitly specified to the contrary, (a) references to a Section, Exhibit or Schedule means a Section of, or Schedule or Exhibit to, this Settlement Agreement, unless another agreement or document is specified, (b) the word “including” will be construed as “including without limitation,” (c) references to a particular statute or regulation include all rules and regulations thereunder and any predecessor or successor statute, rules or regulation, in each case as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, (d) words in the singular or plural form include the plural and singular form, respectively and (e) references to a particular Person include such Person’s successors and assigns to the extent not expressly prohibited by this Settlement Agreement.
Certain Rules of Construction. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the parties hereto intend that any ambiguities shall be resolved without reference to which party may have drafted this Agreement. All Section or subsection titles or other captions in this Agreement are for convenience only, and they shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Unless the context otherwise requires: (a) a term has the meaning assigned to it; (b) “or” is not exclusive; (c) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular; (d) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; (e) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section, subsection or other subdivision; (f) “include” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation” or “but not limited to” whether or not they are followed by such phrases or words of like import; (g) all references to “Sections” or “subsections” refer to Sections or subsections of this Agreement; and (h) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms.
Certain Rules of Construction. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the parties hereto agree that this Agreement has been negotiated and as a result of such negotiation, any ambiguities shall be resolved without reference to which party may have drafted this Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires: (a) a term has the meaning assigned to it; (b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with then-applicable United States generally accepted accounting principles; (c) “or” is not exclusive; (d) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular; (e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; (f) the words “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; (g) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms; (h) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”; (i) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”; (j) references to “$” or “dollars” shall mean United States dollars; (k) unless otherwise expressly provided herein, any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; and (l) all references to any Member shall mean and include such Member and any Person duly admitted as a member in the Company in substitution therefor in accordance with this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires.
Certain Rules of Construction. (a) The terms “hereof,” “herein” and “herewith,” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole (including all of the Schedules and Exhibits) and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and Recital, Article, Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to the Recitals, Articles, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits of or to this Agreement, unless otherwise specified.
Certain Rules of Construction. For purposes of this Agreement: (i) “including” and any other words or phrases of inclusion will not be construed as terms of limitation, so that references to “included” matters will be regarded as non-exclusive, non-characterizing illustrations; (ii) titles and captions of or in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way define, limit, extend, or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any of its provisions; (iii) whenever the context requires, the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular, and the gender of any pronoun includes the other genders; and (iv) acknowledging that the parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement, if an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises as to any provision in this Agreement, then the provision will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
