Force Majeure. Any prevention, delay or stoppage due to strikes, lockouts, labor disputes, acts of God, acts of war, terrorist acts, inability to obtain services, labor, or materials or reasonable substitutes therefor, governmental actions, civil commotions, fire or other casualty, and other causes beyond the reasonable control of the party obligated to perform, except with respect to the obligations imposed with regard to Rent and other charges to be paid by ​ pursuant to this Lease (collectively, a “Force Majeure”), notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Lease, shall excuse the performance of such party for a period equal to any such prevention, delay or stoppage and, therefore, if this Lease specifies a time period for

Force Majeure. Each Party shall be excused from the performance of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent that such performance is prevented by Force Majeure and the non-performing Party promptly provides written notice of such Force Majeure to the other Party. Such excuse shall be continued so long as the condition constituting Force Majeure continues and the non-performing Party takes Commercially Reasonable Efforts to remove the condition. “Force Majeure” shall include conditions beyond the reasonable control of the Parties, including an act of God, voluntary or involuntary compliance with any regulation, Applicable Law or order of any government, war, act of terror, civil commotion, labor strike or lock-out, epidemic, failure or default of public utilities or common carriers, destruction of production facilities or materials by fire, earthquake, storm or like catastrophe.

Force Majeure. In no event shall the Securities Intermediary be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services, it being understood that the Securities Intermediary shall use reasonable best efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to maintain performance and, if necessary, resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances

Neither party shall be liable for any failure to perform as required by this Agreement to the extent such failure to perform is due to circumstances reasonably beyond such party's control, including, without limitation, labor disturbances or labor disputes of any kind, accident, failure of any governmental approval required for full performance, civil disorders or commotions, acts of aggression, acts of God, energy or other conservation measures imposed by law or regulation, explosions, failure of utilities, mechanical breakdowns, material shortages, disease, or other such occurrence.

Should a Party (“affected Party”) be prevented from fulfilling any of its obligations in terms of this Agreement as a result of an event of Force Majeure, then:

Effect. This Agreement will be binding in all respects on your heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, and on the successors and assigns of the Company.

Effect. Except as expressly amended by the provisions of this Second Amendment, all of the terms and provisions of the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

Effect. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Credit Documents shall remain unchanged and not waived and shall continue to be in full force and effect. This Amendment constitutes a Credit Document under the Credit Agreement.

Effect. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith a possible purchase by one or more Parties of all outstanding Securities held by the other Parties or the sale of AI-NOVA to a third party. In the event that, notwithstanding their good faith negotiations, the Parties are unable to agree upon such a purchase or sale within thirty (30) days of the notice of termination, the Parties shall cooperate to cause AI-NOVA to be liquidated as promptly as practical in accordance with Applicable Law. The rights and obligations of the Parties under Sections 5.1, 5.2, this Section 7.3, and [Sections 7.4, 7.5, 9 and 10]0] shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

Effect. To the extent that any of the provisions of the Bellus License Agreement or [[Organization B:Organization]] Sublicense Agreement are contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of this Letter Agreement, the provisions of this Letter Agreement shall govern, and the Bellus License Agreement and/or [[Organization B:Organization]] Sublicense Agreement, as applicable, shall be deemed to be amended hereby. No modification or amendment to this Letter Agreement shall be effective unless in writing with specific reference to this Letter Agreement and signed by authorized representatives of each of the parties hereto.