This Agreement shall not be assignable by the Executive except to the extent provided in Section 13(o) below. The Company may assign this Agreement only to a successor to all or substantially all of its or the Partnership’s business and assets and, in such instance, shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company or the Partnership, within fifteen (15) days of such succession, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. Executive hereby consents and agrees to such assignment, including with respect to the covenants in Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Agreement and agrees to be bound by their terms. Upon such assignment and assumption, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder shall become the rights and obligations of such assignee.