system: You are a contract-analysis assistant performing a span-extraction task. You are given an excerpt from a commercial contract and the name of a clause type to locate within it.

Return the exact text of the requested clause, copied verbatim from the excerpt — identical wording and punctuation, with no paraphrasing, summarising, explanation, or added commentary.

The excerpt is one window of a much longer contract and often will not contain the requested clause. If the requested clause does not appear in this excerpt, respond with exactly: Not found.

Output only the extracted clause text, or the exact string `Not found.` — nothing else.

user: Contract excerpt:
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other materials to the Receiving Party hereunder. "Direct Costs" means reimbursable costs, approved in advance by the Steering Committee, which are (i) operational expenditures of FCE associated with the Program not included in the FTE Cost, including subcontractors, (ii) material or capital expenditures of FCE associated with the Program; and (iii) approved FCE travel costs to attend SC meetings or conferences, and use of contractors in furtherance of a Project. "Effective Date" means October 31, 2019. "Exclusivity and Technology Access Fee" is defined in Paragraph 10.02 (Up-front Exclusivity and Technology Access Fee Payment). "ExxonMobil" is defined in the preamble. "ExxonMobil Background Information" means Background Information that: (a) was developed or acquired by ExxonMobil independently of a Project, and (b) is provided by ExxonMobil for use in a Project under this Agreement. ExxonMobil Background Information does not include Program Information. "ExxonMobil Background Sample" means a non-commercial sample of material, component, device, or the like that: (a) was developed or acquired by ExxonMobil independently of the Project, and (b) is provided by ExxonMobil for use in a Project under this Agreement. ExxonMobil Background Samples does not include Program Samples. "FCE" is defined in the preamble. "FCE Background Information" means Background Information that: (a) was developed or acquired by FCE independently of a Project, and (b) is provided by FCE for use in a Project under this Agreement. FCE Background Information does not include Program Information. "FCE Background Sample" means a non-commercial sample of material, component, device, or the like that: (a) was developed or acquired by FCE independently of a Project, and (b) is provided by FCE for use in a Project under this Agreement. FCE Background Samples does not include Program Samples. "FTE" means a full-time employee of FCE or an equivalent thereof, dedicated to the conduct of the Program based on a total of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six (1,856) hours per year of direct project work per year. FTEs will include engineers, scientists, and any other functions mutually agreed to by the Steering Committee. Non-devoted personnel (e.g., FCE's Board of Directors, management, secretarial, administrative, human resources, finance, purchasing, shipping and receiving, information technology specialists, lawyers, cleaning and food service personnel) are not FTEs. Individuals may be counted as fractional FTEs by using the individual's total hours of work for FCE on the Program (as opposed to total hours of work) as the numerator and 1,856 as the denominator. For clarity, the phrase "direct project work" means the applicable person is engaged in activities contemplated to be performed by Project Description and excludes time incurred by a person on indirect work-related functions, such as time spent on management, training, general meetings, workplace events, completing time cards, and similar administrative functions, except for attendance at Steering Committee meetings. Page 26 of 31 Source: FUELCELL ENERGY INC, 8-K, 11/6/2019 "FTE Costs" means the product of the FTE Rate and the hours worked of the total number of FTEs. "FTE Rate" means the hourly amount agreed to by the Parties per FTE. As of the Effective Date, the FTE Rate for scientists and engineers is three-hundred and twenty-seven United States dollars ($327.00 USD) and the FTE Rate for all other FTEs is one- hundred and ninety-four United States dollars ($194.00 USD). Increases in the FTE Rate must be approved by the Steering Committee. "Generation 1 Technology" is defined in the Definition Agreement. "Generation 2 Technology" is defined in the Definition Agreement. "Gross Negligence" means any act or failure to act (whether sole, joint or concurrent) which seriously and substantially deviates from a diligent course of action or which is in reckless disregard of or indifference to the harmful consequences. "Hydrogen Applications" means applications in which the MCFCs are used solely for hydrogen generation in combination with power generation or combined heat and power generation. "Initial Payment" is defined in Paragraph 10.01(b) (Project Costs). "Inlet CO2 Concentration" means CO2 concentration in the cathode inlet measured at room temperature conditions (about 23oC) via gas chromatography, as calibrated according to conventional methods. "Inlet O2 Concentration" means O2 concentration in the cathode inlet measured at room temperature conditions (about 23oC) via gas chromatography, as calibrated according to conventional methods. "Inlet Water Concentration" means water concentration in the cathode inlet measured at room temperature conditions (about 23oC) via gas chromatography, as calibrated according to conventional methods. "8th Inning Invoice" is defined in Paragraph 10.01(d) (Project Costs). "9th Inning Invoice" is defined in Paragraph 10.01(d) (Project Costs). "License Agreement" means the agreement between the Parties effective June 11,
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Extract the exact clause related to "Effective Date" from the excerpt above.

assistant: "Effective Date" means October 31, 2019.