Non-Transferability Clause Example from Business Contracts

Non-Transferability. The Option shall not be transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"), or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or the rules thereunder. Subject to the foregoing, and subject to the provisions of Section 5 below, during the lifetime of the Optionee, the Option shall be exercisable only by the Optionee. More particu...larly (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing), the Option may not be assigned, transferred (except as provided above), pledged, or hypothecated in any way, shall not be assignable by operation of law and shall not be subject to execution, attachment, or similar process. Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation, or other disposition of the Option contrary to the provisions hereof, and the levy of any execution, attachment, or similar process upon the Option shall be null and void and without effect. View More