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Alternative Voting Sample Clauses

Alternative Voting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Declaration of Trust and pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees, and consistent with applicable laws and regulations, the Board of Trustees may determine, with respect to any matter submitted to the vote of the Shareholders of the Trust or any Class, that each Shareholder shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each dollar (and a fractional vote for each fraction of a dollar) of Net Asset Value per Share of a Class, as applicable.

Related to Alternative Voting

  • Quorum; Voting A majority of the members of any Committee of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and any action of such a Committee may be taken at a meeting by a vote of a majority of the members present (a quorum being present).

  • Proxy Voting The Adviser will vote, or make arrangements to have voted, all proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers of securities in which assets of a Fund may be invested from time to time. Such proxies will be voted in a manner that you deem, in good faith, to be in the best interest of the Fund and in accordance with your proxy voting policy. You agree to provide a copy of your proxy voting policy to the Trust prior to the execution of this Agreement, and any amendments thereto promptly.

  • Manner of Voting The voting of Shares pursuant to this Agreement may be effected in person, by proxy, by written consent or in any other manner permitted by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, voting of the Shares pursuant to the Agreement need not make explicit reference to the terms of this Agreement.

  • Certain Voting Rights So long as any Series K Preferred Units remain outstanding, the Partnership shall not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the Series K Preferred Units outstanding at the time (i) authorize or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of Partnership Interests ranking prior to the Series K Preferred Units with respect to payment of distributions or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up or reclassify any Partnership Interests of the Partnership into any such Partnership Interest, or create, authorize or issue any obligations or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such Partnership Interests, (ii) authorize or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of any Parity Preferred Units or reclassify any Partnership Interest of the Partnership into any such Partnership Interest or create, authorize or issue any obligations or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such Partnership Interests but only to the extent such Parity Preferred Units are issued to an affiliate of the Partnership, other than the General Partner to the extent the issuance of such interests was to allow the General Partner to issue corresponding preferred stock to persons who are not affiliates of the Partnership or (iii) either consolidate, merge into or with, or convey, transfer or lease its assets substantially as an entirety to, any corporation or other entity or amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Partnership Agreement (including, without limitation, this Article 19), whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, in each case in a manner that would materially and adversely affect the powers, special rights, preferences, privileges or voting power of the Series K Preferred Units or the holders thereof; provided, however, that with respect to the occurrence of any event set forth in (iii) above, so long as (a) the Partnership is the surviving entity and the Series K Preferred Units remain outstanding with the terms thereof unchanged, or (b) the resulting, surviving or transferee entity (I) is a partnership, limited liability company or other pass-through entity organized under the laws of any state, (II) is not taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (III) substitutes the Series K Preferred Units for other interests in such entity having substantially the same terms and rights as the Series K Preferred Units, including with respect to distributions, voting rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, then the occurrence of any such event shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, privileges or voting powers of the holders of the Series K Preferred Units; and provided further, that any increase in the amount of Partnership Interests or the creation or issuance of any other class or series of Partnership Interests represented by Junior Units or Parity Preferred Units are not issued to an affiliate of the Partnership, other than the General Partner to the extent the issuance of such interests was to allow the General Partner to issue corresponding preferred stock to persons who are not affiliates of the Partnership, shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers.

  • Allocation of Voting Rights As provided in Section 11.09 of the Series Supplement.

  • Election of Directors On all matters relating to the election and removal of directors of the Company, the Key Holders, the Designated Common Stockholders and the Investors agree to vote all Key Holder Shares, Designated Holder Shares and Investor Shares held by them (or the holders thereof shall consent pursuant to an action by written consent of the holders of capital stock of the Company) so as to elect members of the Company’s Board of Directors as follows: (a) At each election of or action by written consent to elect directors in which the holders of Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, are entitled to elect directors of the Company, the Investors shall vote all of their respective Investor Shares so as to elect: (i) so long as Xxxxxxxxxxxx Ventures IX, LP (together with its affiliates, “Xxxxxxxxxxxx”) continues to own at least thirty percent (30%) of the shares of Preferred Stock owned by it on the date hereof, one individual designated by Xxxxxxxxxxxx, which individual shall serve as the Series B Director described in Section 2(e)(i) of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Restated Certificate”) and who shall initially be Xxxxxxx Xxxx, (ii) so long as Norwest Venture Partners X LP (together with its affiliates, “Norwest”) continues to own at least thirty percent (30%) of the shares of Preferred Stock owned by it on the date hereof, one individual designated by Norwest, which individual shall serve as one of the Series A Directors described in Section 2(e)(ii) of the Restated Certificate and who shall initially be Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and (iii) so long as Canaan VII L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Canaan”) continues to own at least thirty percent (30%) of the shares of Preferred Stock owned by it on the date hereof, one individual designated by Canaan, which individual shall serve as one of the Series A Directors described in Section 2(e)(ii) of the Restated Certificate and who shall initially be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx. Any vote taken to remove any director elected pursuant to this Section 1.2(a), or to fill any vacancy created by the resignation, removal or death of a director elected pursuant to this Section 1.2(a), shall also be subject to the provisions of this Section 1.2(a). Upon the request of any party entitled to designate a director as provided in this Section 1.2(a), each Investor agrees to vote its Investor Shares for the removal of such director. (b) At each election of directors in which the holders of Common Stock, voting as a separate class, are entitled to elect directors of the Company, the Key Holders, the Designated Common Stockholders and the Investors shall vote all of their respective Key Holder Shares, Designated Holder Shares and Investor Shares (to the extent such Investor Shares are shares of Common Stock) so as to elect the person serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, who as of the date of this Agreement is Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx. Any vote taken to remove the director elected pursuant to this Section 1.2(b), or to fill any vacancy created by the resignation, removal or death of a director elected pursuant to this Section 1.2(b), shall also be subject to the provisions of this Section 1.2(b). In the event that the person serving as the director to be elected as set forth in Section 1.2(b) ceases to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the Key Holders, the Designated Common Stockholders and the Investors shall vote all of their respective Key Holder Shares, Designated Holder Shares and Investor Shares (to the extent such Investor Shares are shares of Common Stock) for the removal of such director at the request of a majority of the Board of Directors excluding the director to be removed. (c) At each election of directors in which the holders of Common Stock and holders of Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, including any Common Stock shares held by Investors, are entitled to elect directors of the Company, the Key Holders, the Designated Common Stockholders and Investors shall vote all of their respective Key Holder Shares, Designated Holder Shares and Investor Shares so as to elect one (1) individual designated by mutual consent of each of the other members of the Company’s Board of Directors, who shall be an industry representative not affiliated with the Company or any Investor. Any vote taken to remove any director elected pursuant to this Section 1.2(c), or to fill any vacancy created by the resignation, removal or death of a director elected pursuant to this Section 1.2(c), shall also be subject to the provisions of this Section 1.2(c).

  • Nomination of Directors Except as otherwise fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation relating to the authorization of the Board of Directors to provide by resolution for the issuance of Preferred Stock and to determine the rights of the holders of such Preferred Stock to elect directors, nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board of Directors, by a committee appointed by the board of directors, or by any stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for herein. However, any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors as provided herein may nominate one or more persons for election as directors at a meeting only if written notice of such stockholder's intent to make such nomination or nominations has been delivered to or mailed and received by the secretary of the corporation not later than, (a) with respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting of stockholders, 120 calendar days in advance of the first anniversary of the date the corporation's proxy statement was released to security holders in connection with the preceding year's annual meeting; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is changed by more than thirty (30) days from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure was made, and (b) with respect to an election to be held at a special meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, not earlier than the close of business on the 90th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure is first made of the date of the special meeting and the nominees proposed by the board of directors to be elected at such a meeting. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected by the Board of Directors of the corporation is increased and there is no public disclosure by the corporation naming the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least seventy (70) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year's annual meeting, a

  • TIME OFF FOR VOTING If an employee does not have sufficient time to vote outside of working hours, the employee may request so much time off as will allow time to vote, in accordance with the State Election Code.

  • Quorum and Voting The holders of a majority of the Outstanding Units of the class or classes for which a meeting has been called (including Outstanding Units deemed owned by the General Partner) represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of Limited Partners of such class or classes unless any such action by the Limited Partners requires approval by holders of a greater percentage of such Units, in which case the quorum shall be such greater percentage. At any meeting of the Limited Partners duly called and held in accordance with this Agreement at which a quorum is present, the act of Limited Partners holding Outstanding Units that in the aggregate represent a majority of the Outstanding Units entitled to vote and be present in person or by proxy at such meeting shall be deemed to constitute the act of all Limited Partners, unless a greater or different percentage is required with respect to such action under the provisions of this Agreement, in which case the act of the Limited Partners holding Outstanding Units that in the aggregate represent at least such greater or different percentage shall be required. The Limited Partners present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Limited Partners to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by the required percentage of Outstanding Units specified in this Agreement (including Outstanding Units deemed owned by the General Partner). In the absence of a quorum any meeting of Limited Partners may be adjourned from time to time by the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Units entitled to vote at such meeting (including Outstanding Units deemed owned by the General Partner) represented either in person or by proxy, but no other business may be transacted, except as provided in Section 13.7.

  • Designation of Directors (a) Following the automatic conversion of all Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock pursuant to subsection (c)(iii)(B) of Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation: (i) the Board shall adopt an amendment to the Bylaws of the Company establishing nine as the number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board and (ii) the Class B Directors serving on the Board immediately preceding such conversion shall continue to serve on the Board as Class A Directors until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. (b) From and after the automatic conversion of all Class B Stock into Class A Stock pursuant to subsection (c)(iii)(B) of Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation, at any time that Xxxxx Xxxxxxx or a Member Beneficially Owns one-ninth (1/9) or more of the total number of the then issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, such party shall have the option, in its sole discretion, to notify the Company of such party's designee or designees to be included in the slate of nominees to be recommended by the Board to the stockholders for election as a director or directors at the next meeting of stockholders of the Company held to elect directors. The Board or its nominating committee shall include such designee or designees in the slate of nominees to be recommended by the Board to the stockholders for election as a director or directors at the next meeting of the stockholders of the Company held to elect directors; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the maximum number of persons so designated by such party shall be equal to the result (rounded to the nearest whole number) of applying the following formula: (c) At any time a Person who has been designated by Apollo and is not otherwise a Person whose primary business is the design, construction, marketing and/or selling of single-family homes, townhomes and/or condominiums (an "ELIGIBLE HOLDER") Beneficially Owns, as the result of a transfer of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock by Apollo to such Eligible Holder, one-ninth (1/9) or more of the total number of the then issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, taken in the aggregate, such Eligible Holder shall have the option, in its sole discretion, to notify the Company of such Eligible Holder's designee to be included in the slate of nominees to be recommended by the Board to the stockholders for election as a director at the next meeting of stockholders of the Company held to elect directors, provided that such Eligible Holder continues to hold such number of shares through the date of such meeting. The Board or its nominating committee shall include such designee in the slate of nominees to be recommended by the Board to the stockholders for election as a director at the next meeting of the stockholders of the Company held to elect directors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, an Eligible Holder shall not be entitled to designate more than one such designee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Apollo may designate only one Person as an Eligible Holder during the term of this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this subsection 5(c) shall limit Apollo's other rights to designate directors in accordance with subsection 5(b). (d) In the event that a person nominated and elected to the Board pursuant to subsection 5(b) or 5(c) shall cease to serve as a director for any reason, a successor shall be designated and nominated in the same manner and procedure as such former director was designated and nominated pursuant to subsection 5(b) or 5(c). (e) With respect to any Class A Director seat on the Board which is not to be filled pursuant to subsections 5(b), 5(c) or 5(d), the Board shall recommend to the stockholders of the Company for election as a director any person designated by a majority of the Board to fill such seat. (f) Each party hereto shall take such action as may be required so that all Class A Common Stock Beneficially Owned by it and all its Affiliates are voted, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company held to elect directors, for the persons nominated to the Board pursuant to subsection 5(b), 5(c), 5(d) or 5(e). Each party and all its Affiliates, as Class A Stockholders, shall be present, in person or by proxy, at all meetings of stockholders of the Company so that all Class A Common Stock Beneficially Owned by such party and its Affiliates may be counted for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum at such meetings. (g) Upon request by Apollo, one of the directors designated by Apollo in accordance with subsection 5(b) shall (i) serve on the Compensation Committee of the Board so long as such director is an independent director under Delaware law (it being agreed that being an employee or otherwise a representative of Apollo shall not by itself disqualify any such director from being independent) and (ii) serve on the Executive Committee, if any, of the Board (it being agreed that the Company shall be under no obligation to establish an Executive Committee).