Penns Woods will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the businesses and/or assets of Penns Woods to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that Penns Woods would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure by Penns Woods to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and the provisions of [Section 5] (relating to termination of employment following a Change in Control) shall apply as though a Notice of Termination was authorized and had been timely given. As used in this Agreement, “Penns Woods” shall mean Penns Woods as defined previously and any successor to its businesses and/or assets which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise.

The Employer will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the businesses and/or assets of Penns Woods and/or JSSB to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement 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 by the Employer to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and the provisions of Section 5 (relating to termination of employment following a Change in Control) shall apply as though a Notice of Termination was authorized and had been timely given. As used in this Agreement, “Penns Woods”, and “JSSB” shall mean Penns Woods and JSSB, as defined previously, and any successor to their respective businesses and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise.