Agree. In corporate law, the "execution" of a contract typically refers to the signing date or the effective date stated in the document. By stating the agreement was effective January 30th, the clock for subsequent payments started there.
If the alternative interpretation were correct and March 13th was the execution date, the PR would have said "execution occurred today." Instead, it says the deal was already effective January 30th.
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