The rights and obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding on the Company’s successors and assigns. This Agreement may be assigned by the Company to any legal successor to the Company’s business by means of liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, transfer of assets or otherwise, or to an entity that purchases all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, but not otherwise without the prior written consent of the Executive. In the event the Company assigns this Agreement as permitted by this Agreement and the Executive remains employed by the assignee, the “Company” as defined herein will refer to the assignee and the Executive will not be deemed to have terminated his employment hereunder until the Executive terminates his employment with the assignee. The Executive may not assign this Agreement.