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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Exhibit 10.10 ASIA PACIFIC CABLE NETWORK 2 CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT Singapore April 18th, 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS PARAGRAPH 1 Definitions and Interpretations 2 APCN 2 Configuration 3 Establishment of the APCN 2 Management Committee 4 Provision, Construction and Ownership of Segments 5 Definition of APCN 2 Capital Costs 6 Definition of Operation and Maintenance Costs 7 Allocation and Billing of APCN 2 Costs 8 Currency of Payment 9 Keeping and Inspection of Books for Segment S and T 10 Duties and Rights as to Operation and Maintenance of Segments 11 Use of Segment T 12 Acquisition and Use of Capacity 13 Expansion of Equipped Capacity 14 Increase or Decrease of Design Capacity 15 Obligation to Provide Transiting Facilities to Extend APCN2 Capacity 16 Obligation to Connect the APCN 2 with Inland Systems 17 Direct Access to Network Interface and Equal Access to Terminal Station 18 Duration of Agreement and Realization of Assets 19 Obtaining of Approvals 20 Privileges for Documents or Communications 21 Relationship of Parties 22 Assignment of Rights and Obligations 23 Default 1 24 Waiver 25 Compliance with Law 26 Ratification of Decisions and Actions 27 Resolution of Disputes 28 Supplements and Amendments to this Agreement 29 Execution of Agreement 30 Successors Bound 31 Confidentiality 32 Settlement of Claims by Parties 33 Force Majeure 34 Severability 35 Entire Agreement Testamonium 2 SCHEDULES Schedule A Parties to the Agreement Schedule B Investment Shares, Ownership Interest, Voting Interests, and Allocation of Capital Cost and O&M Costs Schedule C Capacity Allocation and Interest in Unallocated Capacity Schedule D Sales of IRU Capacity ANNEXES Annex 1 Terms of Reference for the Procurement Group Annex 2 Terms of Reference for the AR&RSC, O&MSC, F&ASC and I&ASC Annex 3 Terms of Reference for the Network Administrator Annex 4 Terms of Reference for the Central Billing Party Annex 5 Configuration of APCN 2 Annex 6 Billing Currency and Source of Rate for Financial Charges Annex 7 Rules on Use of Capacity Annex 8 Segment T Facilities and Functions 3 ASIA PACIFIC CABLE NETWORK 2 CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 18th day of April 2000, between and among the Parties signatory hereto (hereinafter collectively called "Parties" and individually called "Party"), which Parties are identified in Schedule A, WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, digital telecommunications services are being provided in the Asia Pacific Region by means of fiber optic submarine cable and satellite facilities; and WHEREAS, other digital light-wave submarine cable systems, presently in service in the Asia Pacific Region, have facilitated a rapid growth of new telecommunications requirements designed to take advantage of reliable, secure and economically priced services based on state of the art and available digital technology; and WHEREAS, it is now apparent that this rapid growth in traffic demand will lead to a greater demand for facilities in the Asia Pacific Region necessitating the construction of additional Asia Pacific fiber optic submarine cable facilities (hereinafter referred to as the "Asia Pacific Cable Network 2" or "APCN 2"); and WHEREAS, the reliability of telecommunications services and its usefulness to customers requires the availability of the appropriate facilities and technology, including the APCN 2 for diverse routing and instantaneous restoration of services; and WHEREAS, China Telecom, CWHKTI, Chunghwa Telecom, Korea Telecom, Japan Telecom, NTT Com, KDD Corp., Telekom Malaysia, SingTel, and Telstra, (the "MOU" Parties") signed a Memorandum of Understanding to plan the APCN 2 effective from 16th June 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the "MOU") to permit activities, as defined in the MOU; and WHEREAS, the First Supplemental MOU, the Second Supplemental MOU, the Third Supplemental MOU and the Fourth Supplemental MOU were effective from October 5, 1999, October 6, 1999, February 29, 2000 and April 4, 2000 respectively; and WHEREAS, the MOU and the Supplemental MOUs are hereinafter collectively called the "MOU"; and WHEREAS, the MOU states that it shall continue in force until the signing, by the Parties, of the APCN 2 Construction and Maintenance Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Parties now desire to construct the APCN 2 as a fully integrated Asia Pacific network comprised of 4 fully restorable fiber optic pairs; and WHEREAS, the Parties now desire to define the terms and conditions upon which the APCN 2 will be provided, constructed, operated and maintained. 4 NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereto, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein expressed, covenant and agree with each other as follows: 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS 1.1 The following definitions and interpretations shall apply to certain terms used in this Agreement: (a)
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Extract the exact clause related to "Agreement Date" from the excerpt above.

assistant: 18th day of April 2000