Common use of Restrictions on Transfer of Common Shares Clause in Contracts

Restrictions on Transfer of Common Shares. No Common Shares may be sold, exchanged, transferred (including, without limitation, any transfer to a nominee or agent of the Participant), assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, including by operation of law, in any manner which violates any of the provisions of this Agreement and, except pursuant to an Ownership Change Event, until the date on which such shares become Vested Common Shares, and any such attempted disposition shall be void. The Company shall not be required (a) to transfer on its books any Common Shares which will have been transferred in violation of any of the provisions set forth in this Agreement or (b) to treat as owner of such Common Shares or to accord the right to vote as such owner or to pay dividends to any transferee to whom such Common Shares will have been so transferred. In order to enforce its rights under this Section, the Company shall be authorized to give a stop transfer instruction with respect to the Common Shares to the Company’s transfer agent.

Restrictions on Transfer of Common Shares. No Common Shares may be sold, exchanged, transferred (including, without limitation, any transfer to a nominee or agent of the Participant), assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, including by operation of law, in any manner which violates any of the provisions of this Agreement and, except pursuant to an Ownership Change Event, until the date on which such shares become Vested Common Shares, and Exhibit 10.1 any such attempted disposition shall be void. The Company shall not be required (a) to transfer on its books any Common Shares which will have been transferred in violation of any of the provisions set forth in this Agreement or (b) to treat as owner of such Common Shares or to accord the right to vote as such owner or to pay dividends to any transferee to whom such Common Shares will have been so transferred. In order to enforce its rights under this Section, the Company shall be authorized to give a stop transfer instruction with respect to the Common Shares to the Company’s transfer agent.