Right to Elect Majority of Trustees Sample Clauses

Right to Elect Majority of Trustees. During any period in which any one or more of the conditions described below shall exist (such period being referred to herein as a "Voting Period"), the number of Trustees shall be automatically increased by the smallest number that, when added to the two Trustees elected exclusively by the holders of Preferred Shares (including each series of RP), would constitute a majority of the Trustees as so increased by such smallest number; and the holders of Preferred Shares (including each series of RP) shall be entitled, voting as a class on a one-vote-per-share basis (to the exclusion of the holders of all other securities and classes of capital shares of the Trust), to elect such smallest number of additional Trustees, together with the two Trustees that such holders are in any event entitled to elect. A Voting Period shall commence:
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Right to Elect Majority of Trustees. During any period in which any one or more of the conditions described below shall exist (such period being referred to herein as a Voting Period), the number of Trustees shall be automatically increased by the smallest number that, when added to the two Trustees elected exclusively by the holders of Preferred Shares (including each series of RP), would constitute a majority of the Trustees as so increased by such smallest number; and the holders of Preferred Shares (including each series of RP) shall be entitled, voting as a class on a one-vote-per-share basis (to the exclusion of the holders of all other securities and classes of capital shares of the Trust), to elect such smallest number of additional Trustees, together with the two Trustees that such holders are in any event entitled to elect. A Voting Period shall commence: (i) if at any time accumulated dividends (whether or not earned or declared, and whether or not funds are then legally available in an amount sufficient therefor) on the outstanding shares of any series of RP equal to at least two full years dividends shall be due and unpaid and sufficient cash or securities shall not have been deposited with the Paying Agent for the payment of such accumulated dividends; or (ii) if at any time holders of any Preferred Shares other than the RP are entitled to elect a majority of the Trustees of the Trust. Upon the termination of a Voting Period, the voting rights described in this paragraph 6(b) shall cease, subject always, however, to the revesting of such voting rights in the Holders upon the further occurrence of any of the events described in this paragraph 6(b). A Voting Period shall terminate when all dividends in arrears shall have been paid or otherwise provided for. (c)
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Right to Elect Majority of Trustees. (i) At any meeting of shareholders of the Trust at which Trustees are to be elected, the Holders, voting separately as a single class, shall be entitled to elect two Trustees, and the holders of the Common Shares and the Holders voting together, shall be entitled to elect the remaining Trustees. If at any time, however, dividends on any outstanding shares of MMP shall be unpaid in an amount equal to two full years' dividends, then the number of Trustees shall automatically be increased by the smallest number such that, when added to the existing number of Trustees, the incumbent Trustees then elected solely by the Holders plus such additional Trustees shall constitute a majority of such increased number of Trustees; and at a special meeting of shareholders which shall be called and held as provided in paragraph 12.7(d) below, and at all subsequent meetings at which Trustees are to be elected, the Holders, by majority vote, voting separately as a single class (to the exclusion of the holders of all other securities and classes of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust) shall be entitled to elect such smallest number of additional Trustees of the Trust who, together with the incumbent Trustees then elected solely by the Holders, will constitute a majority of the total number of Trustees of the Trust as so increased. The Trust shall notify Xxxxx'x promptly following any such election of additional Trustees. Notwithstanding such election of additional Trustees, the terms of office of the persons who are Trustees at the time of that election shall continue. If the Trust thereafter shall pay, or declare and set apart for payment, in full all dividends payable and all Additional Dividends then due on all outstanding shares of MMP for all past Dividend Periods, the voting rights stated in the preceding sentence shall cease, and the terms of office of all of the additional Trustees elected by the Holders (but not the terms of the two incumbent Trustees elected by the Holders and the remaining incumbent Trustees elected by the holders of shares of the Common Shares and the Holders voting together) shall terminate automatically, subject to the revesting of the rights of the Holders as provided in the second sentence of this paragraph in the event of any subsequent arrearage in the payment of two full years' dividends on the shares of MMP. In the event that the Trust fails to pay any dividends on the MMP, the exclusive remedies of the Holders shall be (A) the righ...
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Right to Elect Majority of Trustees. During any period in which any one or more of the conditions described below shall exist (such period being referred to herein as a "Voting Period n), the number of Trustees shall be automatically increased by the smallest number that, when added to the two Trustees elected exclusively by the holders of preferred shares, would constitute a majority of the Trustees as so increased by such smallest number; and the holders of preferred shares shall be entitled, voting as a class on a one-vote-per-share basis (to the exclusion of the holders of all other securities and classes of capital shares of the Trust), to elect such smallest number of additional Trustees, together with the two Trustees that such holders are in any event entitled to elect. A Voting Period shall commence:
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