Common use of Transferability of the Option Clause in Contracts

Transferability of the Option. Except as provided below, the Option (or any part thereof) may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Further, the Option is exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by Participant. As provided in Section 14 of the Plan, the Participant may name, from time to time, any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any benefit under the Plan is to be paid in case of Participant’s death before Participant receives any or all of such benefit. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Committee during the Participant’s lifetime. In the absence of any such designation, benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid to his estate.