Neither Party shall assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights, or delegate or otherwise transfer any of its obligations or performance, under this Agreement, in each case whether voluntarily, involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, without the other Party’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, provided, however, that either Party may assign this Agreement, without the other Party’s consent, to (i) any Affiliate; or (ii) in the event of a merger, acquisition, sale or other transfer, in each case to a Third Party, of all or substantially all of the equity ownership of the assigning Party or all or substantially all assets of the assigning Party’s business to which this Agreement pertains, to the Third Party transferee in such transaction. No delegation or other transfer effected in compliance with this Agreement will relieve the other Party of any of its obligations or performance under this Agreement. Any purported assignment, delegation or transfer in violation of this Section 18.10 is void. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.  To the extent BASF assigns this Agreement to an Affiliate, BASF guarantees the payment and performance by such Affiliate of BASF’s obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.