One Year Lock Up Clause Samples

The One Year Lock Up clause restricts parties from selling, transferring, or otherwise disposing of certain assets or securities for a period of one year following a specified event, such as an initial public offering or investment closing. In practice, this means that shareholders, founders, or employees who receive shares cannot sell them on the open market or to other parties during the lock-up period, ensuring stability in the ownership structure. The core function of this clause is to prevent sudden fluctuations in asset value or market price by limiting immediate resale, thereby protecting the interests of the company and its investors during a critical period.
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One Year Lock Up. Except for any Permitted Transfer, Holder shall not transfer, assign, encumber or otherwise dispose of any of the Shares and the rights and privileges conferred by this Agreement for a period of one year from the date on which such Shares are earned.
One Year Lock Up. During the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and including the one year anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Lock Up Period”), Shareholder will not, without the prior written consent of Parent, directly or indirectly: (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any shares of common stock of Parent (including shares of common stock of Parent issued to Shareholder in connection with the Merger and pursuant the Merger Agreement (such shares are referred to as the “Parent Shares”)), or any options or warrants to purchase any Parent Shares, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive Parent Shares, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by Shareholder (including Shareholder holding as a custodian); or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of any Parent Shares; whether any such swap or transaction described in (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Parent Shares, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude Shareholder from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to, or result in, a sale or disposition of Shareholder’s Parent Shares even if such Parent Shares would be disposed of by someone other than Shareholder. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put or call option) with respect to any of Shareholder’s Parent Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Parent Shares. Shareholder further represents and agrees that Shareholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of Parent to facilitate the sale or resale of the Parent Shares, or which has otherwise constituted or will constitute any prohibited bid for or purchase of the Parent Shares or any related securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Shareholder may transfer Parent Shares (i) as a ...
One Year Lock Up. Each Holder agrees, from the date of the Closing and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter (the "One Year Lock-Up Period"), not to (a) lend, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of the One Year Lock-Up Shares or (b) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any One Year Lock-Up Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (a) or (b) above is to be settled by delivery of One Year Lock-Up Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Issuer.
One Year Lock Up. Each Company Shareholder agrees that he, she or it, as applicable, will not, and each Target Shareholder shall not, during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary thereof, offer, contract to sell, sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (collectively, "Transfer") any Merger Shares or any shares of the Globe Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Globe Preferred Stock without the prior written consent of the Globe, except (i) with regard to the Company Shareholders, upon the exercise by such Company Shareholder of the "co-sale" right as contemplated by the Stockholders' Agreement or (ii) with regard to all Target Shareholders, for Transfers to Related Parties; provided, however, that (A) no Transfer to a Related Party by a Company Shareholder shall be permitted, nor shall it be recognized or effective, without compliance with the terms of the Stockholders' Agreement relating to such Transfers and (B) no Transfer to a Related Party by a Target Shareholder (excluding the Company Shareholders) shall be permitted, nor shall it be recognized or effective, unless such Related Party agrees with the Globe in writing that he/she/it shall be bound by the provisions of this Section 14.1. All certificates to the Target Shareholders representing Merger Shares or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Globe Preferred Stock shall provide that such shares cannot be Transferred during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary thereof.