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consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the
Attorney Costs incurred by the Agent with respect thereto.
(e) Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Amendment shall be
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binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns.
(f) Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the
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parties of this Amendment in any number of separate counterparts, each of which,
when so executed, shall be deemed an original, and all of said counterparts
taken together shall be deemed to constitute buy one and the same instrument.
The parties hereto agree that the Agent and the Company may accept and rely on
facsimile transmissions of executed signature pages of this Amendment.
(g) Severability. The illegality or unenforceability of any provision of
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this Amendment or any instrument or agreement required hereunder shall not in
any way affect or impair the legality or enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Amendment or any instrument or agreement required hereunder.
(h) No Third Parties Benefited. This Amendment is made and entered into
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for the sole protection and legal benefit of the Company, the Syndication Agent,
the Documentation Agent, the Banks and the Agent, and their successors and
assigns, and no other Person shall be a direct or indirect legal beneficiary of,
or have any direct or indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this
Amendment. Each of the Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent and
the Banks shall not have any obligation to any Person not a party to this
Amendment.
(i) Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT THE AGENT
AND THE BANKS SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
(j) Entire Agreement. This Amendment embodies the entire agreement and
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understanding among the Company, the Banks, the Syndication Agent, the
Documentation Agent and the Agent, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
agreements and understandings of such Persons, verbal or written, relating to
the subject matter hereof and thereof.
(k) Interpretation. This Amendment is the result of negotiations between
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and has been reviewed by counsel to the Agent, the Company and other parties,
and is the product of all parties hereto, Accordingly, this Amendment shall not
be construed against the Banks, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent
or the Agent merely because of the Agent's or such other Person's involvement in
the preparation of such documents and agreements.
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Source: ADVANCED MICRO DEVIC, 10-K405, March 03, 1998