Assignment; Subcontracting. (a) Except as expressly provided in this Section 17, no party may assign or transfer this Agreement or assign or transfer any right or obligation hereunder without the written consent of the other party and any attempt at such assignment or transfer, or any such assignment or transfer, shall be void. A merger in which DTI is not the surviving entity, a sale of a majority or more of the assets, equity interests or voting control, or a transfer by operation of law ("Corporate Transaction") shall be considered a "transfer" under this Section. Notwithstanding the foregoing: DTI may assign or transfer this Agreement (A) to the extent a transaction described in Section 13(d) constitutes an assignment or transfer, subject to the provisions of Section 13(d), and (B) to any entity, or in connection with any Corporate Transaction, other than that provided for in clause (A) above, upon the consent of the Funds.
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Samples: Transfer Agency Agreement (Dreyfus Institutional Liquidity Funds), Transfer Agency Agreement (BNY Mellon Absolute Insight Funds, Inc.), Transfer Agency Agreement (Dreyfus BNY Mellon Funds, Inc.)