Common use of Voting Rights of Participants Clause in Contracts

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 7.11. Not less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to each annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Holding Company at which one (1) or more Participants are entitled to vote shares of Stock allocated to their Company Contributions Accounts under this Section 8.17, the Trustee shall cause to be prepared and delivered to each such Participant who has a Company Contributions Account as of the record date established by the Holding Company a copy of the notice of the meeting and form of proxy directing the Trustee as to how it shall vote at such meeting or at any adjournment thereof with respect to each issue. Upon receipt of such proxies, the Trustee shall vote or may grant the Committee a proxy to vote the shares of Stock in accordance with the proxies received by the Participants. The shares of Stock for which no direction is received by the Participant (or, if applicable, his Beneficiary) or held by the Trustee in any unallocated account shall be tendered in proportion to the tendering directions received by the Trustee with respect to the allocated shares of Stock. The Trustee shall take steps to keep a Participant's voting directions confidential and shall not provide them to the Companies.

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 7.11. Not less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to each annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Holding Company at which one (1) or more Participants are entitled to vote shares of Stock allocated to their Company Contributions Accounts under this Section 8.17, the Trustee shall cause to be prepared and delivered to each such Participant who has a Company Contributions Account as of the record date established by the Holding Company a copy of the notice of the meeting and form of proxy directing the Trustee as to how it shall vote at such meeting or at any adjournment thereof with respect to each issue. Upon receipt of such proxies, the Trustee shall vote or may grant the Committee a proxy to vote the shares of Stock in accordance with the proxies received by the Participants. The shares of Stock for which no direction is received by the Participant (or, if applicable, his Beneficiary) or held by the Trustee in any unallocated account shall be tendered in proportion to the tendering directions received by the Trustee with respect to the allocated shares of Stock. The Trustee shall take steps to keep a Participant's ’s voting directions confidential and shall not provide them to the Companies.

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 7.11. Not less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to each annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Holding Company at which one (1) or more Participants are entitled to vote shares of Stock allocated to their Company Contributions Accounts under this Section 8.17, the Trustee shall cause to be prepared and delivered to each such Participant who has a Company Contributions Account as of the record date established by the Holding Company a copy of the notice of the meeting and form of proxy directing the Trustee as to how it shall vote at such meeting or at any adjournment thereof with respect to each issue. Upon receipt of such proxies, the Trustee shall vote or may grant the Committee a proxy to vote the shares of Stock in accordance with the proxies received by the Participants. The To the extent permitted by applicable law, the shares of Stock for which no direction is received by the Participant (or, if applicable, his Beneficiary) or held by the Trustee in any unallocated account shall be tendered in proportion to the tendering directions received by the Trustee with respect to the allocated shares of Stock. The Trustee shall take steps to keep a Participant's voting directions confidential and shall not provide them to the Companies.

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 7.11. Not less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to each annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Holding Company at which one (1) or more Participants are entitled to vote shares of Stock allocated to their Company Contributions Accounts under this Section 8.17, the Trustee shall cause to be prepared and delivered to each such Participant who has a Company Contributions Account as of the record date established by the Holding Company a copy of the notice of the meeting and form of proxy directing the Trustee as to how it shall vote at such meeting or at any adjournment thereof with respect to each issue. Upon receipt of such proxies, the Trustee shall vote or may grant the Committee a proxy to vote the shares of Stock in accordance with the proxies received by the Participants. The shares of Stock for which no direction is received by the Participant (or, if applicable, his Beneficiary) or held by the Trustee in any unallocated account shall be tendered voted in proportion to the tendering voting directions received by the Trustee with respect to the allocated shares of Stock. The Trustee shall take steps to keep a Participant's voting directions confidential and shall not provide them to the Companies.

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 7.11. Not less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to each annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Holding Company at which one (1) or more Participants are entitled to vote shares of Stock allocated to their Company Contributions Accounts under this Section 8.17, the Trustee shall cause to be prepared and delivered to each such Participant who has a Company Contributions Account as of the record date established by the Holding Company Bank a copy of the notice of the meeting and form of proxy directing the Trustee as to how it shall vote at such meeting or at any adjournment thereof with respect to each issue. Upon receipt of such proxies, the Trustee shall vote or may grant the Committee a proxy to vote the shares of Stock (both allocated and unallocated) in accordance with proportion to the proxies received by the Participants. The To the extent permitted by applicable law, the shares of Stock stock for which no direction is received by the Participant (or, if applicable, his Beneficiary) or held by the Trustee in any unallocated account shall be tendered voted in proportion to the tendering voting directions received by the Trustee with respect to the allocated shares of Stock. The Trustee shall take steps to keep a Participant's voting directions confidential and shall not provide them to the CompaniesCompany.