This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including, but not limited to, any successor by reason of merger or consolidation of the Company and the Executive’s heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives. The Affiliates of the Company are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Companies, their successors and assigns, including without limitation, any person or entity which may acquire all or substantially all of either Company’s assets or business or into which either Company may be consolidated or merged, and the Executive, as well as the Executive’s heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Executive may assign the right to payment under this Agreement, but not obligations under this Agreement.

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefits of the successors, assigns, heirs, legatees, devisees, executors, administrators, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Executive and the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective successors, assigns, administrators, receivers, trustees and representatives.

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Employer and the Executive and their respective successors, assigns, heirs and legal representatives (including, but not limited to, any successor of the Employer described in Section 6).

This Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors, and permitted assigns, except that this Agreement may not be transferred or assigned by the Executive without the prior written consent of the Company. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or should be construed to confer upon or to give any person or entity other than the Parties any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided for in this Agreement.

Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Executive and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns, including without limitation any corporation to which substantially all of the assets or the business of the Company are sold or transferred.

The Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any of its affiliates or to any successor to all or substantially all of the business or the assets of the Company (by merger or otherwise), and may assign or encumber this Agreement and its rights hereunder as security for indebtedness of the Company and its affiliates. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, Executive and their respective successors, assigns, personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees, as applicable. None of Executive’s rights or obligations may be assigned or transferred by Executive, other than Executive’s rights to payments hereunder, which may be transferred only by will or operation of law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall be entitled, to the extent permitted under applicable law and applicable Company Arrangements, to select and change a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive compensation hereunder following Executive’s death by giving written notice thereof to the Company.

The Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any of its affiliates, including, without limitation, any successor to all or substantially all of the business or the assets of the Company (by merger or otherwise), and may assign or encumber this Agreement and its rights hereunder as security for indebtedness of the Company and its affiliates. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, Executive and their respective successors, assigns, personnel and legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees, as applicable. None of Executive’s rights or obligations may be assigned or transferred by Executive, other than Executive’s rights to payments hereunder, which may be transferred only by will or operation of law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall be entitled, to the extent permitted under applicable law and applicable Company Arrangements, to select and change a beneficiary or |US-DOCS\116663163.2||

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the President and CEO, and, to the extent applicable, his assigns, executors, and personal representatives and the Company, its successors, and assigns, including, without limitation, any person, partnership, or corporation which may acquire all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and business, or with or into which the Company may be consolidated or merged, and this provision shall apply in the event of any subsequent merger, consolidation, or transfer.

Section #03Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of Executive and the permitted assigns and successors of the Company, but neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder shall be assignable or otherwise subject to hypothecation by Executive (except by will or by operation of the laws of intestate succession) or by the Company, except that the Company may assign this Agreement to any successor (whether by merger, purchase or otherwise), if such successor expressly agrees to assume the obligations of the Company hereunder.

Binding on successors; assignment. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, Executive and each of their respective successors, assigns, personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees, as applicable.