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Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Property Trustee (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Property Trustee shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of such class of Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Property Trustee one or more notices in writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Capital Security Certificates held by the Holders exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met. (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders: (i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders having a right to vote thereat at least seven days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Trust Agreement or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders; any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders having a right to vote thereon were present and voting; prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and the Property Trustee may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Security Holder for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Property Trustee; (ii) each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting; no proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy; every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing it; and, except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders of a Delaware corporation; (iii) each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and (iv) unless the Statutory Trust Act, this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are then listed or trading, otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.

Appears in 7 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Webster Capital Trust VII), Trust Agreement (Webster Capital Trust Vi), Trust Agreement (Webster Capital Trust Vi)

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Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Trust AgreementDeclaration, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Property Trustee Administrative Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of such class of Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees one or more notices in writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Capital Security Certificates held by the Holders exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met. (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders: (i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders having a right to vote thereat at least seven days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Trust Agreement Declaration or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders; any . Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders having a right to vote thereon were present and voting; prompt . Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and the Property Trustee . The Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Security Holder for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Property TrusteeAdministrative Trustees; (ii) each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting; no . No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy; every . Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing it; and, except . Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders of a Delaware corporation; (iii) each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and (iv) unless the Statutory Business Trust Act, this Trust AgreementDeclaration, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are then listed or trading, otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Declaration of Trust (Progress Capital Trust I), Declaration of Trust (Ml Bancorp Inc)

Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Property Trustee (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) Administrative Trustees to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Property Trustee Administrative Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount Liquidation Amount of such class of Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees one or more notices in writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holder or Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Capital Security Certificates Securities held by the Holder or Holders exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met. (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders: (i) notice Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders having a right to vote thereat at least seven days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Trust Agreement or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders; any . Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders having a right to vote thereon were present and voting; prompt . Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and the Property Trustee . The Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Security Holder Holders for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Property Trustee;Administrative Trustees. (ii) each Each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on any and all matters in which a such Holder is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting; no . No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy; every . Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing it; and, except such proxy. Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders of a Delaware corporation;. (iii) each Each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and. (iv) unless Unless the Statutory Delaware Business Trust Act, this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Securities are then listed or trading, trading otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Indymac Bancorp Inc)

Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Property Trustee (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) Administrative Trustees to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities or Limited Partnership Agreement, the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Trust Securities are listed or admitted for trading, the Business Trust Act or other applicable law. The Property Trustee Administrative Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount Liquidation Amount of such class of Preferred Trust Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees one or more notices in a writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Capital Security Certificates held by the Holders exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Preferred Trust Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met. (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the The following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders: (i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders having a right to vote thereat at least seven 7 days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Trust Agreement or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders; any Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders owning not less than the minimum amount of Preferred Trust Securities in liquidation amount Liquidation Amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders having a right to vote thereon were present and voting; prompt . Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and the Property Trustee . The Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Security Holder for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Property TrusteeAdministrative Trustees; (ii) each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting; no . No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy; every . Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing it; and, except . Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders shareholders of a Delaware corporation; (iii) each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and (iv) unless the Statutory Business Trust Act, this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Trust Securities are then listed or for trading, otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Txu Europe Funding I L P)

Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the Preferred Trust Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities or Preferred Trust Securities, the Limited Partnership Agreement, the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Trust Securities are listed or admitted for trading, the Business Trust Act or other applicable law. The Property Trustee Administrative Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount Liquidation Amount of such class of Preferred Trust Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees one or more notices in a writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Capital Security Certificates held by the Holders exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Preferred Trust Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met. (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Preferred Trust Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders: (i) : notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders having a right to vote thereat at least seven 7 days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Trust Agreement or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders; any Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders owning not less than the minimum amount of Preferred Trust Securities in liquidation amount Liquidation Amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders having a right to vote thereon were present and voting; prompt . Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and the Property Trustee . The Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Security Holder for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Property Trustee; (ii) Administrative Trustees; each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting; no . No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy; every . Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing it; and, except . Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders shareholders of a Delaware corporation; (iii) ; each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and (iv) and unless the Statutory Business Trust Act, this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Preferred Trust Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Trust Securities are then listed or for trading, otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Txu Europe Funding I L P)

Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Property Trustee (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) Administrative Trustees to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Property Trustee Administrative Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount Liquidation Amount of such class of Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees one or more notices in writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holder or Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Capital Security Certificates Securities held by the Holder or Holders exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met. (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders: (i) notice Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders having a right to vote thereat at least seven days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Trust Agreement or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders; any . Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders having a right to vote thereon were present and voting; prompt . Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and the Property Trustee . The Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Security Holder Holders for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Property Trustee;Administrative Trustees. (ii) each Each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on any and all matters in which a such Holder is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting; no . No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy; every . Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing it; and, except such proxy. Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders of a Delaware corporation;. (iii) each Each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and. (iv) unless Unless the Statutory Business Trust Act, this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Securities are then listed or trading, trading otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Indymac Bancorp Inc)

Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Property Trustee Regular Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Trust AgreementDeclaration, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Property Trustee Regular Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of such class of Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Property Trustee Regular Trustees one or more notices calls in a writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Capital Security Certificates held by the Holders exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met. (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of HoldersHolders of any class of Securities: (i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders of Securities having a right to vote thereat at least seven 7 days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Trust Agreement Declaration or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the such Holders; any . Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders of Securities having a right to vote thereon were present and voting; prompt . Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders of Securities entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and the Property Trustee . The Regular Trustees may specify that any written ballot consent submitted to the Security Holder Holders for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Property TrusteeRegular Trustees; (ii) each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a such Holder is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting; no . No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy; every . Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing it; and, except . Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders of a Delaware corporation; (iii) each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the Administrative Regular Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Regular Trustees may designate; and (iv) unless the Statutory Business Trust Act, this Trust AgreementDeclaration, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are then listed or trading, trading otherwise provides, the Administrative Regular Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Declaration of Trust (MDC Holdings Inc)

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Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Trust AgreementDeclaration, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Property Trustee Administrative Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of such class of Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees one or more notices in writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Capital Security Certificates Securities held by the Holders exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met. (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders: (i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders having a right to vote thereat there at least seven days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Trust Agreement Declaration or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders; any . Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders having a right to vote thereon were present and voting; prompt . Prompt notice of the taking of any action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders entitled to vote who have not consented to such action in writing; and the Property Trustee . The Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Security Holder of Securities for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Property TrusteeAdministrative Trustees; (ii) each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting; no . No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy; every . Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing it; and, except . Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders of a Delaware corporation; (iii) each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the Administrative Administra tive Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and (iv) unless the Statutory Business Trust Act, this Trust AgreementDeclaration, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Securities are then listed or trading, otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meetingmeeting and without prior notice, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote, provided, however, the meetings of Holders shall not be -------- ------- held in any jurisdiction which would subject the Trust to taxation under the laws of such jurisdiction.

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Samples: Declaration of Trust (Sandy Spring Capital Trust I)

Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities Trust Interests may be called at any time by the Property Trustee (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) Administrative Trustees to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities Trust Interests are entitled to act under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Property Trustee Administrative Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 1025% in liquidation amount of such class of SecuritiesTrust Interests. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees one or more notices in writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Capital Security Certificates held by the Holders exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities Trust Interests specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met. (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the The following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders: (i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders having a right to vote thereat at least seven days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Trust Agreement or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for tradingAgreement, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders; any . Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount Trust Interests that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders having a right to vote thereon were present and voting; prompt . Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and the Property Trustee . The Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Security Holder for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Property TrusteeAdministrative Trustees; (ii) each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting; no proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy; every . Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing it; and, except . Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders of a Delaware corporation; (iii) each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and (iv) unless the Statutory Trust Act, Act or this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are then listed or trading, Agreement otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.. ARTICLE XII

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Samples: Trust Agreement (HMP Equity Holdings CORP)

Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Property Trustee Administrative Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 1025% in liquidation amount Liquidation Amount of such class of Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees one or more notices in writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Capital Security Certificates held by the Holders exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met. (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders: (i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders having a right to vote thereat at least seven days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Trust Agreement or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders; any . Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount Liquidation Amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders having a right to vote thereon were present and voting; prompt . Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and the Property Trustee . The Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Security a Holder for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Property TrusteeAdministrative Trustees; (ii) each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, meeting or voting or participating at a meeting; no . No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy; every . Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing it; and, except . Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders of a Delaware corporation; (iii) each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and (iv) unless the Statutory Business Trust Act, this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Preferred Securities are then listed or trading, otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Newfield Exploration Co /De/)

Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Property Trustee Administrative Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount Liquidation Amount of such class of Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees one or more notices in writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Capital Security Certificates held by the Holders exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met. (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders: (i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders having a right to vote thereat at least seven days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Trust Agreement or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders; any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders having a right to vote thereon were present and voting; prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and the Property Trustee Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Security Holder for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Property TrusteeAdministrative Trustees; (ii) each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting; no proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy; every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing it; and, except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders of a Delaware corporation; (iii) each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and (iv) unless the Statutory Business Trust Act, this Trust Agreement, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are then listed or trading, otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Trust Agreement (Greater Bay Bancorp)

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