Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned by any Party (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Company and the Backstop Participants, other than an assignment by a Backstop Participant expressly permitted by Section 2.9 of this Agreement and any purported assignment in violation of this Section 10.2 shall be void ab initio . Except as provided in Article VIII with respect to the Indemnified Persons and Section 2.4 and Section 9.1 with respect to the Supporting Term Lenders, this Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) is not intended to and does not confer upon any Person other than the Parties any rights or remedies under this Agreement.