Common use of Voting Trustees Clause in Contracts

Voting Trustees. (a) There shall be at all times three Voting Trustees hereunder, subject to any vacancy pending the appointment of a successor Voting Trustee under the circumstances contemplated below. Any Voting Trustee (and any successor Voting Trustee) may at any time resign by notifying AXA and the other Voting Trustees in writing of such resignation, which shall take effect ten days thereafter or upon the prior acceptance thereof by the other Voting Trustees. Upon the death, incapacity, resignation or disqualification (as described below) of any Voting Trustee, AXA shall appoint promptly a successor Voting Trustee. No person shall be so appointed as a successor Voting Trustee unless such person (i) is a member of the Board of Directors or any equivalent governing body of AXA or either a member of the Management Committee or Executive Committee of AXA; and (ii) is not a member of the Board of Directors or the equivalent governing body or an officer or employee of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (“Generali”) or of BNP Paribas (“Paribas”) or any affiliate of either of them (the requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this sentence being referred to herein as the “Qualifications”). Any original Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee effective immediately upon such Voting Trustee no longer being a member of the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body of AXA or either a member of the Management Committee or Executive Committee of AXA. Unless AXA and the holders of Voting Trust Certificates so agree and the prior approval of the Superintendent is obtained, any Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee upon obtaining a position referred to in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, unless such Voting Trustee held such position on the date of this Agreement. In addition, any successor Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee effective immediately upon the occurrence of any event causing such successor Voting Trustee to no longer meet the Qualifications. Upon the disqualification of any Voting Trustee (or any successor Voting Trustee), such Voting Trustee shall immediately cease to be a Voting Trustee. All appointments of Voting Trustees shall be subject to the prior approval of the Superintendent. The Voting Trustees shall promptly notify the holders of Voting Trust Certificates of any such appointment. (b) Any successor Voting Trustee appointed as herein provided shall indicate his acceptance of such appointment by signing a counterpart of this Agreement and upon the filing by the Voting Trustees of such counterpart at the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware such successor shall be vested with all the rights, powers, duties and immunities herein conferred upon the Voting Trustees as though such successor had been originally a party to this Agreement as a Voting Trustee. (c) Subject to subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 2 and to the next sentence of this subparagraph (c), nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude any Voting Trustee from acting as a director, officer or employee of the Company or any affiliate thereof, nor from purchasing, selling, owning, holding or dealing in shares of stock of the Company or any affiliate thereof, contracting with the Company or any affiliate thereof, or being pecuniarily interested in any transaction to which the Company or any affiliate thereof may be a party or in which any of them may in any way be interested, as fully as though such person were not a Voting Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Voting Trustees shall not take any action described in the preceding sentence if doing so would interfere with the purposes of this Agreement or with the fulfillment of their duties hereunder, and in particular their duties under Paragraph 4(c) hereof.

Voting Trustees. (a) There shall be at all times three Voting Trustees hereunder, subject to any vacancy pending the appointment of a successor Voting Trustee under the circumstances contemplated below. Any Voting Trustee (and any successor Voting Trustee) may at any time resign by notifying AXA and the other Voting Trustees in writing of such resignation, which shall take effect ten days thereafter or upon the prior acceptance thereof by the other Voting Trustees. Upon the death, incapacity, resignation or disqualification (as described below) of any Voting Trustee, AXA shall appoint promptly a successor Voting Trustee. No person shall be so appointed as a successor Voting Trustee unless such person (i) is a member of the Conseil d'Administration of AXA or, if at any time AXA does not have a Conseil d'Administration, a member of either the Supervisory Board of Directors or any equivalent governing body of AXA or either a member of the Management Committee or Executive Committee Board of AXA; and (ii) is not a member of the Board of Directors or the equivalent governing body or an officer or employee of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (“"Generali”") or of BNP Compagnie Financiere de Paribas (“"Paribas”") or any affiliate of either of them (it being understood that being a member of the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body or an officer or employee of Midi Participations or Finaxa or any subsidiary of either of them shall not of itself cause a person to not satisfy this requirement) (the requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this sentence being referred to herein as the “"Qualifications”"). Any original Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee effective immediately upon such Voting Trustee no longer being a member of the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body Conseil d'Administration of AXA or either a member of the Management Committee or Executive Committee of AXA. Unless or, unless AXA and the holders of Voting Trust Certificates so agree and the prior approval of the Superintendent is obtained, any upon such Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee upon obtaining a position referred to in clause (ii) of the preceding sentencesentence (other than a position referred to in the parenthetical relating to Midi Participations and Finaxa and their subsidiaries in such clause (ii)), unless such Voting Trustee held such position on the date of this Agreement. In addition, any successor Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee effective immediately upon the occurrence of any event causing such successor Voting Trustee to no longer meet the Qualifications. Upon the disqualification of any Voting Trustee (or any successor Voting Trustee), such Voting Trustee shall immediately cease to be a Voting Trustee. All appointments of Voting Trustees shall be subject to the prior approval of the Superintendent. The Voting Trustees shall promptly notify the holders of Voting Trust Certificates of any such appointment. (b) Any successor Voting Trustee appointed as herein provided shall indicate his acceptance of such appointment by signing a counterpart of this Agreement and upon the filing by the Voting Trustees of such counterpart at the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware such successor shall be vested with all the rights, powers, duties and immunities herein conferred upon the Voting Trustees as though such successor had been originally a party to this Agreement as a Voting Trustee. (c) Subject to subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 2 and to the next sentence of this subparagraph (c), nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude any Voting Trustee from acting as a director, officer or employee of the Company or any affiliate thereof, nor from purchasing, selling, owning, holding or dealing in shares of stock of the Company or any affiliate thereof, contracting with the Company or any affiliate thereof, or being pecuniarily interested in any transaction to which the Company or any affiliate thereof may be a party or in which any of them may in any way be interested, as fully as though such person were not a Voting Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Voting Trustees shall not take any action described in the preceding sentence if doing so would interfere with the purposes of this Agreement or with the fulfillment of their duties hereunder, and in particular their duties under Paragraph 4(c) hereof.

Voting Trustees. (a) There shall be at all times three Voting Trustees hereunder, subject to any vacancy pending the appointment of a successor Voting Trustee under the circumstances contemplated below. Any Voting Trustee (and any successor Voting Trustee) may at any time resign by notifying AXA and the other Voting Trustees in writing of such resignation, which shall take effect ten days thereafter or upon the prior acceptance thereof by the other Voting Trustees. Upon the death, incapacity, resignation or disqualification (as described below) of any Voting Trustee, AXA shall appoint promptly a successor Voting Trustee. No person shall be so appointed as a successor Voting Trustee unless such person (i) is a member of the Conseil d’Administration of AXA or, if at any time AXA does not have a Conseil d’Administration, a member of either the Supervisory Board of Directors or any equivalent governing body of AXA or either a member of the Management Committee or Executive Committee Board of AXA; and (ii) is not a member of the Board of Directors or the equivalent governing body or an officer or employee of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (“Generali”) or of BNP Compagnie Financiere de Paribas (“Paribas”) or any affiliate of either of them (it being understood that being a member of the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body or an officer or employee of Midi Participations or Finaxa or any subsidiary of either of them shall not of itself cause a person to not satisfy this requirement) (the requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this sentence being referred to herein as the “Qualifications”). Any original Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee effective immediately upon such Voting Trustee no longer being a member of the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body Conseil d’Administration of AXA or either a member of the Management Committee or Executive Committee of AXA. Unless or, unless AXA and the holders of Voting Trust Certificates so agree and the prior approval of the Superintendent is obtained, any upon such Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee upon obtaining a position referred to in clause (ii) of the preceding sentencesentence (other than a position referred to in the parenthetical relating to Midi Participations and Finaxa and their subsidiaries in such clause (ii)), unless such Voting Trustee held such position on the date of this Agreement. In addition, any successor Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee effective immediately upon the occurrence of any event causing such successor Voting Trustee to no longer meet the Qualifications. Upon the disqualification of any Voting Trustee (or any successor Voting Trustee), such Voting Trustee shall immediately cease to be a Voting Trustee. All appointments of Voting Trustees shall be subject to the prior approval of the Superintendent. The Voting Trustees shall promptly notify the holders of Voting Trust Certificates of any such appointment. (b) Any successor Voting Trustee appointed as herein provided shall indicate his acceptance of such appointment by signing a counterpart of this Agreement and upon the filing by the Voting Trustees of such counterpart at the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware such successor shall be vested with all the rights, powers, duties and immunities herein conferred upon the Voting Trustees as though such successor had been originally a party to this Agreement as a Voting Trustee. (c) Subject to subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 2 and to the next sentence of this subparagraph (c), nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude any Voting Trustee from acting as a director, officer or employee of the Company or any affiliate thereof, nor from purchasing, selling, owning, holding or dealing in shares of stock of the Company or any affiliate thereof, contracting with the Company or any affiliate thereof, or being pecuniarily interested in any transaction to which the Company or any affiliate thereof may be a party or in which any of them may in any way be interested, as fully as though such person were not a Voting Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Voting Trustees shall not take any action described in the preceding sentence if doing so would interfere with the purposes of this Agreement or with the fulfillment of their duties hereunder, and in particular their duties under Paragraph 4(c) hereof.the

Voting Trustees. (a) There shall be at all times three Voting Trustees hereunder, subject to any vacancy pending the appointment of a successor Voting Trustee under the circumstances contemplated below. Any Voting Trustee (and any successor Voting Trustee) may at any time resign by notifying AXA and the other Voting Trustees in writing of such resignation, which shall take effect ten days thereafter or upon the prior acceptance thereof by the other Voting Trustees. Upon the death, incapacity, resignation or disqualification (as described below) of any Voting Trustee, AXA shall appoint promptly a successor Voting Trustee. No person shall be so appointed as a successor Voting Trustee unless such person (i) is a member of the Conseil d'Administration of AXA or, if at any time AXA does not have a Conseil d'Administration, a member of either the Supervisory Board of Directors or any equivalent governing body of AXA or either a member of the Management Committee or Executive Committee Board of AXA; and (ii) is not a member of the Board of Directors or the equivalent governing body or an officer or employee of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (“"Generali”") or of BNP Compagnie Financiere de Paribas (“"Paribas”") or any affiliate of either of them (it being understood that being a member of the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body or an officer or employee of Midi Participations or Finaxa or any subsidiary of either of them shall not of itself cause a person to nor satisfy this requirement) (the requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this sentence being referred to herein as the “"Qualifications”"). Any original Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee effective immediately upon such Voting Trustee no longer being a member of the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body Conseil d'Administration of AXA or either a member of the Management Committee or Executive Committee of AXA. Unless or, unless AXA and the holders of Voting Trust Certificates so agree and the prior approval of the Superintendent is obtained, any upon such Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee upon obtaining a position referred to in clause (ii) of the preceding sentencesentence (other than a position referred to in the parenthetical relating to Midi Participations and Finaxa and their subsidiaries in such clause (ii)), unless such Voting Trustee held such position on the date of this Agreement. In addition, any successor Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee effective immediately upon the occurrence of any event causing such successor Voting Trustee to no longer meet the Qualifications. Upon the disqualification of any Voting Trustee (or any successor Voting Trustee), such Voting Trustee shall immediately cease to be a Voting Trustee. All appointments of Voting Trustees shall be subject to the prior approval of the Superintendent. The Voting Trustees shall promptly notify the holders of Voting Trust Certificates of any such appointment. (b) Any successor Voting Trustee appointed as herein provided shall indicate his acceptance of such appointment by signing a counterpart of this Agreement and upon the filing by the Voting Trustees of such counterpart at the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware such successor shall be vested with all the rights, powers, duties and immunities herein conferred upon the Voting Trustees as though such successor had been originally a party to this Agreement as a Voting Trustee. (c) Subject to subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 2 and to the next sentence of this subparagraph (c), nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude any Voting Trustee from acting as a director, officer or employee of the Company or any affiliate thereof, nor from purchasing, selling, owning, holding or dealing in shares of stock of the Company or any affiliate thereof, contracting with the Company or any affiliate thereof, or being pecuniarily interested in any transaction to which the Company or any affiliate thereof may be a party or in which any of them may in any way be interested, as fully as though such person were not a Voting Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Voting Trustees shall not take any action described in the preceding sentence if doing so would interfere with the purposes of this Agreement or with the fulfillment of their duties hereunder, and in particular their duties under Paragraph 4(c) hereof.

Voting Trustees. (a) There shall be at all times three Voting Trustees hereunder, subject to any vacancy pending the appointment of a successor Voting Trustee under the circumstances contemplated below. Any Voting Trustee (and any successor Voting Trustee) may at any time resign by notifying AXA and the other Voting Trustees in writing of such resignation, which shall take effect ten days thereafter or upon the prior acceptance thereof by the other Voting Trustees. Upon the death, incapacity, resignation or disqualification (as described below) of any Voting Trustee, AXA shall appoint promptly a successor Voting Trustee. No person shall be so appointed as a successor Voting Trustee unless such person (i) is a member of the Conseil d'Administration of AXA or, if at any time AXA does not have a Conseil d'Administration, a member of either the Supervisory Board of Directors or any equivalent governing body of AXA or either a member of the Management Committee or Executive Committee Board of AXA; and (ii) is not a member of the Board of Directors or the equivalent governing body or an officer or employee of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (“"Generali”") or of BNP Compagnie Financiere de Paribas (“"Paribas”") or any affiliate of either of them (it being understood that being a member of the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body or an officer or employee of Midi Participations or Finaxa or any subsidiary of either of them shall not of itself cause a person to not satisfy this requirement) (the requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this sentence being referred to herein as the “"Qualifications”"). Any original Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee effective immediately upon such Voting Trustee no longer being a member of the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body Conseil d'Administration of AXA or either a member of the Management Committee or Executive Committee of AXA. Unless or, unless AXA and the holders of Voting Trust Certificates so agree and the prior approval of the Superintendent is obtained, any upon such Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee upon obtaining a position referred to in clause (ii) of the preceding sentencesentence (other than a position referred to in the parenthetical relating to Midi Participations and Finaxa and their subsidiaries in such clause (ii)), unless such Voting Trustee held such position on the date of this Agreement. In addition, any successor Voting Trustee shall be disqualified from serving as a Voting Trustee effective immediately upon the occurrence of any event causing such successor Voting Trustee to no longer meet the Qualifications. Upon the disqualification of any Voting Trustee (or any successor Voting Trustee), such Voting Trustee shall immediately cease to be a Voting Trustee. All appointments of Voting Trustees shall be subject to the prior approval of the Superintendent. The Voting Trustees shall promptly notify the holders of Voting Trust Certificates of any such appointment. (b) Any successor Voting Trustee appointed as herein provided shall indicate his acceptance of such appointment by signing a counterpart of this Agreement and upon the filing by the Voting Trustees of such counterpart at the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware such successor shall be vested with all the rights, powers, duties and immunities herein conferred upon the Voting Trustees as though such successor had been originally a party to this Agreement as a Voting Trustee. (c) Subject to subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 2 and to the next sentence of this subparagraph (c), nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude any Voting Trustee from acting as a director, officer or employee of the Company or any affiliate thereof, nor from purchasing, selling, owning, holding or dealing in shares of stock of the Company or any affiliate thereof, contracting with the Company or any affiliate thereof, or being pecuniarily interested in any transaction to which the Company or any affiliate thereof may be a party or in which any of them may in any way be interested, as fully as though such person were not a Voting Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Voting Trustees shall not take any action described in the preceding sentence if doing so would interfere with the purposes of this Agreement or with the fulfillment of their duties hereunder, and in particular their duties under Paragraph 4(c) hereof.the