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Joint Negotiation and Drafting. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

Drafting. Each of the Parties hereto acknowledges that each Party was actively involved in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and that no law or rule of construction shall be raised or used in which the provisions of this Agreement shall be construed in favor or against any Party hereto because one is deemed to be the author thereof.

Mutual Drafting. The Parties acknowledge and agree that: # this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents are the result of negotiations between the parties and will not be deemed or construed as having been drafted by any one party, # each party and its counsel have reviewed and negotiated the terms and provisions of this Agreement (including any, Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto) and the Ancillary Documents and have contributed to their revision, # the rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are resolved against the drafting party will not be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents and # neither the drafting history nor the negotiating history of this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents may be used or referred to in connection with the construction or interpretation thereof. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Company acknowledges and agrees that it will be responsible for all reasonably incurred and documented legal and accounting expenses of the Parent related to the negotiation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and the payment shall be made immediately after closing for all such fees and expenses that have been presented to Sellers’ Representative by that time.

No Drafting Party. No party shall be deemed the "drafting party" of this Agreement. Consequently, this Agreement shall be construed as a whole, according to its fair meaning and intent, and not strictly for or against any party hereto.

Joint Ventures. Except to the extent otherwise set forth herein, if any Borrower, any Loan Party or any of their respective subsidiaries enters into a joint venture agreement or similar arrangement, for purposes of calculating the financial covenants set forth in [Section 7.08], any such investment will be treated on a pro rata basis and the Borrowers will be credited with their pro rata share of the income and investment and will be charged with its pro rata share of the expenses and liabilities, including Indebtedness and debt service. If however, any Indebtedness of a joint venture of any type is recourse to any Borrower or any other Loan Party, then the greater of the Borrowers’ pro rata portion of the debt or the portion of the debt which is recourse to the Borrowers or such Loan Party shall be used in calculating the financial covenants set forth in [Section 7.08].

Joint IP. The Parties shall jointly own all Know-How, including Inventions, and intellectual property rights therein that arise under the Agreement and are not otherwise allocated to be owned solely by one party pursuant to [Section 8.1.2], [Section 8.1.3], or [Section 8.1.4] (“Joint IP”), including any Patent Rights with respect thereto (“Joint Invention Patents”) and the right to pursue the same therein. Subject to the licenses and obligations set forth in this Agreement, each Party has the right to practice, license, sublicense, assign, transfer and otherwise exploit such Party’s interest in the Joint IP (including Joint Invention Patents) for any and all purposes on a worldwide basis without restriction, and without the consent of and without a duty of accounting to the other Party. Each Party will grant and hereby does grant all permissions, consents and waivers with respect to, and all licenses under, such Party’s interest in the Joint IP, throughout the world, necessary to provide the other Party with the foregoing rights. For those countries where a specific license is required for a joint owner of a Joint IP to practice such Joint IP in such countries, each Party hereby grants to the other Party a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up license, transferable and sublicensable, under the granting Party’s right, title and interest in and to all Joint IP to practice such Inventions.

Joint and Several. If there is more than one tenant, the obligations imposed upon Tenant under this Lease shall be joint and several.

Joint Development Committee. In accordance with Section 6.6(c), the JDC will act as an information-sharing forum with respect to the Research and Development of each Reversion Product. The Continuing Party will provide such information and data regarding the Development of the Reversion Product as the JDC would customarily receive regarding a Product to the extent that it specifically relates to, if Unum is the Opt-Out Party, ACTR T-cells or the ACTR platform technology and, if SGI is the Opt-Out Party, the applicable SGI Antibody. In addition, the Continuing Party will provide summaries of all other material information and data regarding the Development of such Reversion Product. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Joint Development Committee will have no decision-making authority or approval rights with respect to a Reversion Product.

Joint Manufacturing Committee. The JMC will act as an information-sharing forum with respect to the Manufacture of clinical and commercial supplies of ACTR T-cells and SGI Antibodies for a Reversion Product. The Continuing Party will provide such information and data regarding the Manufacture of the Reversion Product as the JMC would customarily receive regarding a Product to the extent that it specifically relates to, if Unum is the Opt-Out Party, ACTR T-cells or the ​ INDICATES MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED. ALL SUCH OMITTED

As further described in this Section 8.3, the tactics and strategy for the Commercialization of each Product in the Territory will be described in a comprehensive plan (each such plan, a “Joint Commercialization Plan”) that describes the pre-launch, launch and subsequent Commercialization of such Product in the Shared Territory (including anticipated activities relating to messaging, branding, Pricing Matters (to the extent not prohibited by Applicable Law), advertising, planning, marketing, sales force training and allocation, detailing, and Distribution Matters), key tactics and strategies for implementing those activities and the associated budget for such activities (each such included budget, a “Joint Commercialization Budget”).

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