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, not for value, the Option in whole or in part to Family Members of the Optionee, 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 5, 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.  6. RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER. Neither the Optionee, nor any executor, administrator, distributee or legatee of the Optionee's estate, nor any transferee hereof shall be, or have any of the rights or privileges of, a shareholder of the Trust in respect of any shares of Stock issuable hereunder unless and until such shares have been fully paid and certificates representing such shares have been endorsed, transferred and delivered, and the name of the Optionee (or of such personal representative, administrator, distributee or legatee of the Optionee's estate, or of such transferee) has been entered as the shareholder of record on the books of the Trust. View More