Voting by Shareholders (a) Shareholders shall not have the power to vote on any matter except: (i) for the election or removal of Trustees to the extent and as provided in Article V hereof; and (ii) with respect to such additional matters relating to the Trust as may be required by law or as the Trustees may consider and determine necessary or desirable.
By Shareholders Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article 0, each Shareholder, jointly and severally, hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer, its directors, officers, employees and controlled and controlling persons (hereinafter “Buyer’s Affiliates”) and the Company from and against all Claims asserted against, resulting to, imposed upon, or incurred by Buyer, Buyer’s Affiliates or the Company, directly or indirectly, by reason of, arising out of or resulting from (a) the inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty of any Shareholder or Company contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement (regardless of whether such breach is deemed “material” for purpose of Section 0), or (b) the breach of any covenant of any Shareholder or the Company contained in this Agreement. Regardless of the foregoing, however, breaches of representations and warranties contained in Section 0 hereof shall be subject only to several indemnification by the respective Shareholders who shall have made and breached such representations and warranties. As used in this Article 0, the term “Claim” shall include (i) all debts, liabilities and obligations; (ii) all losses, damages (including, without limitation, consequential damages), judgments, awards, settlements, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, interest (including prejudgment interest in any litigated matter), penalties, court costs and attorneys fees and expenses); and (iii) all demands, claims, suits, actions, costs of investigation, causes of action, proceedings and assessments, whether or not ultimately determined to be valid.
Lost Shareholders GFS shall perform such services as are required in order to comply with Rules 17a-24 and 17Ad-17 (the “Lost Shareholder Rules”) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, but not limited to, those set forth below. GFS may, in its sole discretion, use the services of a third party to perform some of or all such services.
Approval of Shareholders The Trust will call a special meeting of the Acquired Fund Shareholders to consider and act upon this Agreement and to take all other appropriate action necessary to obtain approval of the transactions contemplated herein.
The Shareholders Each Shareholder represents and warrants to the Company and the other Shareholders, as of the date of this Agreement, as follows:
Approval by Shareholders The Trust will call a meeting of the shareholders of the Selling Fund to consider and act upon this Agreement and to take all other action necessary to obtain approval of the transactions contemplated herein.
Mailings to Shareholders With respect to each Parent Meeting and Parent Consent, the Trustee will mail or cause to be mailed (or otherwise communicate in the same manner as Parent utilizes in communications to holders of Parent Common Stock) to each of the Holders named in the List on the same day as the initial mailing or notice (or other communication) with respect thereto is commenced or given by Parent to its stockholders:
List of Shareholders At the reasonable request of the Purchaser from time to time, the Company shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, provide the Purchaser with a list (in both written and electronic form) of the registered Affected Shareholders, together with their addresses and respective holdings of Company Shares, with a list of the names and addresses and holdings of all Persons having rights issued by the Company to acquire Company Shares (including holders of Company Options) and a list of non-objecting beneficial owners of Company Shares, together with their addresses and respective holdings of Company Shares, all as of a date that is as close as reasonably practicable prior to the date of delivery of such lists. The Company shall from time to time require that its registrar and transfer agent furnish the Purchaser with such additional information, including updated or additional lists of Affected Shareholders and lists of holdings and other assistance as the Purchaser may reasonably request.
Rights of Shareholders The Shares shall be personal property giving only the rights in this Declaration specifically set forth. The ownership of the Trust Property of every description and the right to conduct any business herein before described are vested exclusively in the Trustees, and the Shareholders shall have no interest therein other than the beneficial interest conferred by their Shares, and they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of any property, profits, rights or interests of the Trust nor can they be called upon to share or assume any losses of the Trust or, subject to the right of the Trustees to charge certain expenses directly to Shareholders, as provided in the last sentence of Section 3.8, suffer an assessment of any kind by virtue of their ownership of Shares. The Shares shall not entitle the holder to preference, preemptive, appraisal, conversion or exchange rights (except as specified in this Section 6.3, in Section 11.4 or as specified by the Trustees when creating the Shares, as in preferred shares).
Reports to Shareholders The Trustees shall at least semi-annually submit to the Shareholders of each Series a written financial report of the transactions of the Trust and Series thereof, including financial statements which shall at least annually be certified by independent public accountants.
