Employee’s rights and obligations under this Agreement shall not be transferable by Employee, by assignment or otherwise, and any purported assignment, transfer or delegation thereof by Employee shall be void. Employer may assign/delegate all or any portion of this Agreement whereupon Employee shall continue to be bound hereby with respect to such assignee/delegatee, without prior notice to Employee and without need of Employee’s consent thereto. In addition to and without limiting the Employer’s right to assign, transfer, or convey this Agreement or any portion of it, Employee recognizes that Employer may assign the Employee temporarily or permanently to one or more Affiliates of Employer. In such event, all of Employee’s duties under this Agreement shall apply with equal force to the Affiliate(s), and the Affiliate(s) shall be empowered to stand in the shoes of the Employer for purposes of enforcing this Agreement.