Absolute Prohibition. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section 7, the Membership Interest of a Member, in whole or in part, or any rights to distributions therefrom, shall not be sold, exchanged, conveyed, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, subjected to a security interest or otherwise assigned or encumbered, if (i) the Company is then classified for federal income tax purposes as a partnership and as a result of such action, the Company’s partnership status would be terminated for federal income tax purposes in the opinion of counsel for the Company (unless the remaining Members holding a majority of the Membership Interests held by all the remaining Members consent to such termination) or (ii) such action would result in a violation of federal or state securities laws in the opinion of counsel for the Company.
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Sources: Operating Agreement (Colonial Downs, LLC), Operating Agreement (Colonial Downs, LLC)