Assignment; Successors and Assigns. No Party to this Agreement shall convey, assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the express written consent of each of the other Party hereto in its sole and absolute discretion. Any such conveyance, assignment or transfer without the express written consent of each of the other parties shall be void ab initio. No assignment of this Agreement or any rights hereunder shall relieve each of the assigning parties of its obligations hereunder. Any successor by merger to a Party to this Agreement shall be substituted for such Party as a party to this Agreement, and all obligations, duties and liabilities of the substituted party under this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as obligations, duties and liabilities of the substituting party, enforceable against the substituting party as a principal, as though no substitution had been made.

Consultant may not assign or transfer all or any portions of this agreement without written approval from the Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the consolidation of the Company with, or its merger into, any other corporation, or the sale by the Company of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, or the assignment by the Company of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder to any successor in interest or any Affiliated Company. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors, and permitted assigns, and shall not benefit any person or entity other than those enumerated above.

Assignment; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company or its Subsidiaries without the prior written consent of Advisors. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of Advisors hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by Advisors, other than to an affiliate of an Advisor, without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). All covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the parties contained in this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure [[Organization A:Organization]] benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

§ 16.Assignment and Successors.

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Successors. This Agreement shall bind any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Corporation, in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be obligated under this Agreement if no succession had taken place. In the case of any transaction in which a successor would not, by the foregoing provision or by operation of law, be bound by this Agreement, the Corporation shall require such successor expressly and unconditionally to assume and agree to perform the obligations of the Corporation under this Agreement, in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This Agreement may not be assigned by Executive but shall inure to the benefit of Executive, his heirs, and personal representatives.

Successors. This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of any successor, by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise, to any of the parties hereto, to the same extent as if such successor had been an original party.

Successors. An Employer shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) of all or substantially all of its business and/or assets to expressly assume and agree to perform this Plan in the same manner and to the same extent that the Employer would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Employer to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Plan, and the Employer shall be liable for payment of all Plan benefits to which its Employee Participants are entitled upon their Separation from Service. Any successor or surviving entity that assumes or otherwise adopts this Plan as contemplated in this Section 11.02 shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the Employer and the Personnel Committee hereunder, subject to the restrictions on amendment or termination of the Plan as set forth in Section 11.01. The employment of a Participant who has continued in the employ of such successor or surviving entity shall not be deemed to have been terminated or severed for any purpose hereunder.

Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective officers, directors and controlling persons, and their successors and assigns, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

Successors. All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.