Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, Dealer may not assign any of its rights or duties hereunder without the prior written consent of Counterparty; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein or in the Agreement, Dealer may, without the consent of Counterparty, assign, transfer and set over all rights, title and interest, powers, privileges and remedies of Dealer under any Transaction, in whole or in part, to an affiliate of Dealer whose obligations are guaranteed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“GS Group”) pursuant to a guarantee substantially in the form (as it relates, or would relate, to the relevant Transaction and the obligations of GS Group to Counterparty thereunder) of the guarantee filed as Exhibit 10.45 to GS Group’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2006 or otherwise in form and substance consistent with GS Group’s guarantees at that time of derivative transactions entered into by their affiliates; provided that (i) no Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Termination Event with respect to which Dealer is the Defaulting Party or an Affected Party, as the case may be, exists or would result therefrom, (ii) no Additional Disruption Event or other event giving rise to a right or responsibility to terminate or cancel the Transaction or to make an adjustment to the terms of the Transaction would result therefrom, (iii) at the time of such assignment or transfer, Counterparty would not, as a result of such assignment or transfer, reasonably be expected at any time either (A) to be required to pay (including a payment in kind) to Dealer or such Transferee an amount in respect of an Indemnifiable Tax greater than the amount Counterparty would have been required to pay to Dealer in the absence of such transfer or (B) to receive a payment (including a payment in kind) from which an amount is required to be deducted or withheld for or on account of a Tax as to which no additional amount is required to be paid, (iv) Dealer shall have caused the transferee to make such Payee Tax Representations and to provide such tax documentation as may be reasonably requested by Counterparty to permit Counterparty to determine that the transfer complies with the requirements of clause (iii) in this paragraph, (v) Counterparty would not, at the time and as a result of such transfer or assignment, reasonably be expected to become subject to any registration, qualification, reporting or other requirement under applicable law or regulation to which it would not otherwise have been subject absent such transfer or assignment and (vi) Dealer shall be responsible for reasonable fees and actual, documented out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable fees and actual, documented out-of-pocket expenses of external counsel, incurred by Counterparty in connection with any transfer or potential transfer by Dealer. Dealer may assign the right to receive Settlement Shares to any third party who may legally receive Settlement Shares.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Master Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing Dealer to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities to or from Counterparty, Dealer may designate any of its Affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such Shares or other securities and otherwise to perform Dealer’s obligations in respect of any Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations; provided that (I) any such designation shall not have a material adverse tax or regulatory consequence to Counterparty, (II) an Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Termination Event shall not occur as a result of such designation and (III) Dealer shall be responsible for all reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred by Counterparty in connection with any such designation.  In respect of any such designation, Dealer shall be discharged of its obligations to Counterparty only to the extent of any such performance.  For the avoidance of doubt, Dealer hereby acknowledges that notwithstanding any such designation hereunder, to the extent any of Dealer’s obligations in respect of any Transaction are not completed by its designee at or prior to the time Dealer was required to perform such obligations, Dealer shall be obligated to continue to perform in respect of such obligations.