Limitations on Transfer Clause Example from Business Contracts

Limitations on Transfer. The Option is not transferable by the Optionee, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution in the event of death of the Optionee, and except that the Optionee may transfer the Option in whole or in part, for no consideration, to (i) the spouse, children (including step-children and adopted children) or grandchildren of the Optionee ("Family Members"), (ii) a trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more Family Members including the Optionee, or (iii) a partnership of which the O...ptionee and/or one or more Family Members are the only partners, provided that the transferee, in connection with the transfer, agrees in writing to be bound by all of the terms of this Option Agreement and the Plan and further agrees not to transfer the Option other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution in the event of the death of the transferee. Following any transfer permitted by this Section 6, the transferee shall have all of the rights of the Optionee hereunder, and the Option shall be exercisable by the transferee only to the extent that the Option would have been exercisable by the Optionee had the Option not been transferred. The Option shall not be pledged or hypothecated (by operation of law or otherwise) or subject to execution, attachment or similar processes. View More