with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in that certain exchange offer memorandum and solicitation statement attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “Exchange Offer Memorandum”) dated on or about the date hereof (as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) (collectively, (a) through (d), the “Transactions”);
WHEREAS, this Agreement is the product of arm’s length, good faith negotiations between the Company Parties and the Supporting Holders; and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Parties desire to express to each other their mutual support and commitment in respect of the matters discussed herein and in the Exchange Offer Memorandum (in each case, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the Parties hereby agrees as follows:
Section 1. Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) in the appropriate context, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine, and the neutral gender;
(b) capitalized terms defined only in the plural or singular form shall nonetheless have their defined meanings when used in the opposite form;
(c) unless otherwise specified, any reference in this Agreement to a contract, lease, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that such document shall be substantially in such form or substantially on such terms and conditions;
(d) unless otherwise specified, any reference in this Agreement to an existing document, schedule, or exhibit shall mean such document, schedule, or exhibit, as it may have been or may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms; notwithstanding the foregoing, any capitalized terms in this Agreement which are defined with reference to another agreement, are defined with reference to such other agreement as of the date of this Agreement, without giving effect to any termination of such other agreement or amendments to such capitalized terms in any such other agreement following the Execution Date;
(e) unless otherwise specified, all references to “Sections” are references to Sections of this Agreement;
(f) the words “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereto” refer to this Agreement in its entirety rather than to any particular portion of this Agreement;
(g) captions and headings to Sections are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation of this Agreement;
(h) the use of “include” or “including” is without limitation, whether stated or not;
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