Gender Neutral. Wherever used herein, a pronoun in the masculine gender shall be considered as including the feminine gender unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Whenever used in this Agreement, the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neutral genders and vice versa.

Neutral Reference. Employee should direct any request by a prospective employer to the AEPSC Employee Service Center (​ or 1-​ ext. 5), which is the contact for employment verifications. Such requests will be answered by providing job title, total time employed, and start and/or termination date.

Neutral Reference. ​ agrees to provide a neutral reference (providing only dates of employment and positions held) to any reference requests by parties outside ​, provided that all reference requests are directed only to The Work Number at www.theworknumber.com or 1-​. ​ is not responsible for statements or references given by any other ​ personnel.

Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings set forth on this Appendix A whenever used in the Plan. Except when otherwise indicated by context, reference to the masculine gender shall also include, when used, the feminine gender and the neutral gender and vice versa, and any term used in the singular shall also include the plural.

This plan text replaces and supersedes any and all prior versions and summary fact sheet. It is gender neutral and the masculine form is used only to facilitate its reading.

Number and Gender of Words. Whenever the singular number is used, the same shall include the plural where appropriate, and words of any gender shall include each other gender where appropriate.

An agreement to be signed by the Neutral Arbitrator, the form of which agreement shall be attached as an exhibit to the Arbitration Agreement, whereby the Neutral Arbitrator shall agree to undertake the arbitration and render a decision in accordance with the terms of this Lease, as modified by the Arbitration Agreement, and shall require the Neutral Arbitrator to demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the parties that the Neutral Arbitrator has no conflicts of interest with either ​ or ​;

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Section # Number and Gender. With respect to words used in this Plan, the singular form shall include the plural form, the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, etc., as the context requires.

gender shall be deemed to include the equivalent pronoun of the other or no gender.

Section # Gender and Number. Where the context admits: words in any gender shall include any other gender, and, except where otherwise clearly indicated by context, the singular shall include the plural, and vice-versa.

Neutral Construction of Agreement.

Words and phrases used in the singular shall be deemed to include the plural and vice versa, and nouns and pronouns used in any particular gender shall be deemed to include any other gender.

That the decision of the Neutral Arbitrator shall be binding on ​ and ​.