Voting Rights of Participants. Each Participant (or, if applicable, his Beneficiary) shall have the right to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which voting rights of shares of Stock which are allocated to his Company Contributions Account are to be exercised with respect to any corporate matter which involves the voting of such shares with respect to the approval or disapproval of any corporate merger or consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, liquidation, dissolution, sale of substantially all assets of a trade or business, or such similar transactions which may be prescribed by the Secretary of Treasury in regulations. Each Participant (or, if applicable, his Beneficiary) shall also have the right to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which voting rights of shares of Stock which are allocated to his Company Contributions Account are to be exercised at any time the Holding Company has a class of securities that are required to be registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or that would be required to be so registered except for the exemption from registration provided by Section 12(g)(2)(H) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In all other cases, the Committee shall be authorized to vote the Stock held by the Trustee as part of the Fund as provided in Section 7.
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Samples: Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement (Union Community Bancorp), Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement (Citizens Bancorp), Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement (Third Century Bancorp)
