Effectiveness of Assignments. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph # of this [Section 9.04], from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of [Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03]3]3]3] with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this [Section 9.04] shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph # of this [Section 9.04] (but only to the extent such assignment or other transfer otherwise complies with the provisions of such paragraph).

Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Credit Commitment(s), the Multicurrency Revolving Subcommitments and the Loans (including for purposes of this [Section 11.06(b)], participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

Assignments and Successors. This Agreement may not be assigned by Employee. In addition to any obligations imposed by law upon any successor [[Organization A:Organization]], the Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the stock, business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and [[Organization A:Organization]] same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption by a successor shall be a material breach of this Agreement. Employee agrees and consents to any such assumption by a successor of the Company, as well as any assignment of this Agreement by the Company for that purpose. As used in this Agreement, the "Company" as herein before defined as well as any such successor that expressly assumes this Agreement or otherwise becomes bound by all of its terms and provisions by operation of law. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure [[Organization A:Organization]] benefit of the parties and their permitted successors or assigns.

Take Over Assignments. On or before Closing, Seller, Buyer and any necessary third parties will execute and deliver assignments of the “Aqua Texas, Inc. Black Oak Force Main Agreement” (“FMA”) between Aqua Texas Inc. and Seller pertaining to the construction of the Improvements as defined herein and listed on [Exhibit F] attached hereto, including specifically an assignment of the right to and ownership of District funds being held in escrow (approximately $1,200,000) for the costs of completion of the offsite water and sewer facilities to service the Property (“Escrow Funds”) (but excluding all other reimbursables and reimbursements) as referenced in the agreements listed on [Exhibit F] attached hereto (the “Ancillary Agreements”), said assignments and deliveries to be a condition of Buyer’s obligation to close and to be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent and subject to the provisions of Paragraph 9 and Buyer’s Take Over Rights.

Sales and Assignments. Lender may assign, sell, securitize, participate, pledge and/or otherwise transfer all or any portion of Lender’s right, title and interest in, to and under this Note and/or the other Loan Documents in one or more transactions as set forth in the Loan Agreement.

Exception to Assignments. EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT REQUIRING ASSIGNMENT OF INVENTIONS TO THE COMPANY DO NOT APPLY TO ANY INVENTION THAT QUALIFIES FULLY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE SECTION 2870. California Labor Code section 2870 provides: “(a) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign, or offer to assign, any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either: # Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer; or # Result from any work performed by the employee for the employer. (b) To the extent a provision in an employment agreement purports to require an employee to assign an invention otherwise excluded from being required to be assigned under subdivision (a), the provision is against the public policy of this state and is unenforceable.”

Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

This Contract shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Customer and the Contractor and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Neither this Contract nor any of the rights or obligations under this Contract shall be assignable or transferable by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, provided that Customer may assign or

Certain Conditions to Assignments. Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

Federal Reserve Bank Assignments. In addition to the assignments and participations permitted under the foregoing provisions of [Section 10.1], and without the need to comply with any of the formal or procedural requirements of this [Section 10.1], notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, ​ may at any time create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement and any other Loan Document in favor of # any Federal Reserve Bank, any Federal Home Loan Bank or the central reserve bank or similar authority of any other country to secure any obligation of ​ to such bank or similar authority (a “Central Bank Pledge”). In the event that the interest of ​ that is assigned in connection with a Central Bank Pledge is foreclosed upon and transferred to the pledgee thereof, ​ shall have no further liability hereunder with respect to the interest that was the subject of such transfer and the assignee shall be ​ with respect to such interest. ​ shall not be required to notify ​ of any Central Bank Pledge.