Assignment. This Agreement is a personal contract, and the rights and interest of Executive hereunder may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated. Except as otherwise may be herein expressly provided, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon Employer and its successors and assigns.

Assignment. This Agreement is a personal contract,contract and the rights and interest of Executive hereunder may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledgedsell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecated.hypothecate his rights, interests and obligations hereunder. Except as otherwise may be herein expressly provided, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Executive and his personal representatives and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon Employerthe Company and its successors and assigns.

Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiary. This Agreement is a personal service contract, and the rights and interest of Executive hereunder mayshall not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledgedassignable by Executive. This Agreement shall be assignable by Employer to any successor to the business of Employer, without the written consent of Executive; provided, however, that the assignee or hypothecated. Except as otherwise may be hereintransferee is the successor to all or substantially all of the business assets of Employer and such assignee or transferee expressly provided,assumes all the obligations, duties, and liabilities of Employer set forth in this Agreement. Any purported assignment of this Agreement in violation of this Section 7.09 shall be null and void. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and be binding upon Employer and itstheir respective successors and assigns.permitted assigns, and no other Person shall have any right, benefit or obligation hereunder.

Assignment. This Agreement, and all of Executive’s rights and duties under it, are not assignable or delegable by Executive. Any purported assignment or delegation by Executive will be null and void. This Agreement may be assigned by the Company to a person or entity which is an affiliate or a personal contract, andsuccessor in interest to substantially all of its business operations. Upon such assignment, the rights and interestobligations of Executivethe Company hereunder may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledgedwill become the rights and obligations of such affiliate or hypothecated. Except as otherwise may be herein expressly provided, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon Employer and its successors and assigns.successor person or entity.

Assignment. This Agreement is a personal contract,shall be binding upon and the rights and interest of Executive hereunder may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated. Except as otherwise may be herein expressly provided, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and representatives of Executive and the assigns and successors of the Company, but neither this Agreement nor any rights hereunder shall be binding upon Employerassignable or otherwise subject to hypothecation by Executive (except by will or by operation of the laws of intestate succession) or by the Company (any such purported assignment by either shall be null and its successors and assigns.void), except that the Company may assign this Agreement to any successor (whether by merger, purchase or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the stock, assets or business of the Company.

Assignment. This Agreement is a personal contract, and theall rights and interest of Executive hereunder may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated. Except as otherwise may be herein expressly provided,under this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be binding upon Employerenforceable by the parties hereto and itstheir respective personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, legatees, successors and assigns. This Agreement is personal in nature, and Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, assign or transfer this Agreement or any right or obligation under this Agreement to any other person or entity. If Executive should die while any amounts are still payable to Executive hereunder, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executive’s devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if there be no such designee, to Executive’s estate.

Successors and Assigns. This Agreement is a personal contract,intended to bind and the rights and interest of Executive hereunder may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated. Except as otherwise may be herein expressly provided, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon Employerenforceable by Executive and its successorsthe Company, and assigns.their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators, except that Executive may not assign any of his duties hereunder and he may not assign any of his rights hereunder without the written consent of the Company, which shall not be withheld unreasonably.

Assignment. This Agreement is a personal contract,shall be binding upon and the rights and interest of Executive hereunder may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated. Except as otherwise may be herein expressly provided, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and be binding upon Employertheir respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and its successors and assigns.assigns, provided that this Agreement is not assignable by Executive.

Assignment. This Agreement is a personal contract, and theExcept as provided below, rights and interestobligations of Executive hereunder may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated. Except as otherwise may be herein expressly provided,the Company under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon Employer and itsthe successors and assigns.assigns of the Company. Executive acknowledges that her obligations under this Agreement are personal services and, therefore, Executive may not assign her obligations under this agreement.

Assignment. This Agreement is a personal contract, and theall rights and interest of Executive hereunder may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated. Except as otherwise may be herein expressly provided,under this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit ofof, and be binding upon Employerenforceable by the parties hereto and itstheir respective personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributes, devisees, legatees, successors and assigns. This Agreement is personal in nature, and neither of the parties to this Agreement shall, without consent of the other (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld), assign or transfer this Agreement or any right or obligation under this Agreement to any other person or entity. If the Executive should die while any amounts are still payable to the Executive hereunder, all such amounts shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executive’s devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if there be no such designee, to the Executive’s estate.