Common use of Limited Assignment Clause in Contracts

Limited Assignment. 3.4.1 The Options may not be assigned, except to: (a) the Optionholder’s Family Trust, Personal Holding Corporation or Retirement Trust (if permitted by applicable securities laws) (or between such entities or from either of such entities to the Optionholder); or (b) a legal representative of the Optionholder’s estate or a person who acquires the Optionholder’s rights under the Options by bequest or inheritance on death of the Optionholder; in which case the assignee will thereafter be the Optionholder for the purposes of this Option Agreement, except in determining early expiry under Section 3.3. 3.4.2 If a Personal Holding Corporation to which the Options have been granted or assigned is no longer controlled by the Optionholder, or the shares of the Personal Holding Corporation are no longer beneficially owned by the Optionholder and persons who were the spouse, minor children or minor grandchildren of the Optionholder at the time of the grant or assignment, then the Options cannot be exercised until they are assigned by the Personal Holding Corporation to the Optionholder or another assignee permitted by Section 3.4.1.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Stand Alone Option Agreement (Canadian Pacific Railway LTD/Cn), Option Agreement (Canadian Pacific Railway LTD/Cn), Stand Alone Option Agreement (Canadian Pacific Railway LTD/Cn)

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