This is a personal services agreement and the Executive may not assign this Agreement to any third party. The Company may assign this Agreement and the benefits hereunder without the consent of the Executive, without being relieved of any liability hereunder, to one of its direct or indirect “affiliates” or “associates” as those terms are defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933. The Company may assign this Agreement and the benefits hereunder to any entity (corporate or other) into which the Company or the business of the Company may be merged, consolidated or transferred but nothing contained herein shall release the Company of any of its obligations hereunder.