The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of its business and/or assets to assume and agree to perform this Letter Agreement by express written agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that it would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement within 30 days of any such succession shall be a breach of this Letter Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as you would be entitled under this Letter Agreement, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed the date of the Involuntary Termination.