Transfers in Violation. No Transfer of Membership Interests, or any part thereof, that is in violation of this Article 11, shall be valid or effective against, or shall bind, the Company, and neither the Company nor the Members shall recognize the same for the purpose of making allocations, distributions or other payments pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Membership Interests or part thereof. Neither the Company nor the non-transferring Members shall incur any liability as a result of refusing to make any such distributions to the transferee of any such invalid Transfer, or any other Person, and no such purported transferee shall have any right to receive allocations or payments of any Profits or Losses or distributions. In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, (i) any Transfer, as a whole or in part, of Membership Interests shall be prohibited if, in the reasonable opinion of the Managing Member such Transfer poses a material risk that the Company would be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder; and (ii) a Member may not Transfer all or any part of such Person’s Membership Interests if such Transfer would jeopardize the status of the Company as a partnership for federal income tax purposes or would violate any provision of Federal or state securities or blue sky laws or breach the conditions to any exemption from registration of the Membership Interests under any such laws or breach any undertaking or agreement of a Member entered into pursuant to such laws or in connection with obtaining an exemption thereunder.
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Samples: Master Purchase and Sale Agreement (MEADWESTVACO Corp), Master Purchase and Sale Agreement (Plum Creek Timber Co Inc)
Transfers in Violation. No Transfer of Membership Interests, or any part thereof, that is in violation of this Article 11ARTICLE 12, shall be valid or effective against, or shall bind, the Company, and neither the Company nor the Members shall recognize the same for the purpose of making allocations, distributions or other payments pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Membership Interests or part thereof. Neither the Company nor the non-transferring Members shall incur any liability as a result of refusing to make any such distributions to the transferee Transferee of any such invalid Transfer, or any other Person, and no such purported transferee Transferee shall have any right to receive allocations or payments of any Profits or Losses or distributions. In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, (i) any Transfer, as a whole or in part, of Membership Interests shall be prohibited if, in the reasonable opinion of the Managing Member Board such Transfer poses a material risk that the Company would be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section Code § 7704 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder; and (ii) a Member may not Transfer all or any part of such Person’s Membership Interests in the Company if such Transfer would jeopardize the status of the Company as a partnership for federal income tax purposes or would violate any provision of Federal or state securities or blue sky laws or breach the conditions to any exemption from registration of the Membership Interests under any such laws or breach any undertaking or agreement of a Member entered into pursuant to such laws or in connection with obtaining an exemption thereunder.
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Samples: Operating Agreement (Watsco Inc)
Transfers in Violation. No Transfer of Membership Interests, or any part thereof, that is in violation of this Article 1112, shall be valid or effective against, or shall bind, the Company, and neither the Company nor the Members shall recognize the same for the purpose of making allocations, distributions or other payments pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Membership Interests or part thereof. Neither the Company nor the non-transferring Members shall incur any liability as a result of refusing to make any such distributions to the transferee Transferee of any such invalid Transfer, or any other Person, and no such purported transferee Transferee shall have any right to receive allocations or payments of any Profits or Losses or distributions. In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, (i) any Transfer, as a whole or in part, of Membership Interests shall be prohibited if, in the reasonable opinion of the Managing Member Board such Transfer poses a material risk that the Company would be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section Code § 7704 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder; and (ii) a Member may not Transfer all or any part of such Person’s Membership Interests in the Company if such Transfer would jeopardize the status of the Company as a partnership for federal income tax purposes or would violate any provision of Federal or state securities or blue sky laws or breach the conditions to any exemption from registration of the Membership Interests under any such laws or breach any undertaking or agreement of a Member entered into pursuant to such laws or in connection with obtaining an exemption thereunder.
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Samples: Operating Agreement (Watsco Inc)