Common use of Binding Effect; Ratification Clause in Contracts

Binding Effect; Ratification. (a) This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first set forth above once counterparts hereof shall have been executed and delivered by the parties hereto, at which time this Amendment shall become binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. (b) The Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as amended hereby, remains in full force and effect. On and after the date hereof, each reference in the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereof”, “hereunder” or words of like import, and each reference in any other Basic Document to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as amended hereby. (c) Except as expressly amended hereby, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed by the parties hereto.