Shareholders Voting Powers and Meeting Sample Clauses
The 'Shareholders' Voting Powers and Meeting' clause defines the rights of shareholders to vote on company matters and outlines the procedures for conducting shareholder meetings. It typically specifies how votes are allocated (such as one vote per share), the types of decisions that require shareholder approval, and the notice and quorum requirements for meetings. This clause ensures that shareholders have a formal mechanism to influence major company decisions, promoting transparency and accountability in corporate governance.
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Shareholders Voting Powers and Meeting. Voting Powers -------------
Section 1. The Shareholders shall have power to vote only (a) for the election of Trustees as provided in Article IV, Section 1, (b) with respect to any Manager as provided in Article IV, Section 6, (c) with respect to any termination of this Trust to the extent and as provided in Article IX, Section 4, (d) with respect to any amendment of this Declaration of Trust to the extent and as provided in Article IX, Section 7, (e) to the same extent as the stockholders of a Massachusetts business corporation as to whether or not a court action, proceeding or claim should or should not be brought or maintained derivatively or as a class action on behalf of the Trust or the Shareholders, and (f) with respect to such additional matters relating to the Trust as may be required by this Declaration of Trust, the Bylaws or any registration of the Trust with the Commission (or any successor agency) or any state, or as the Trustees may consider necessary or desirable. Each whole Share shall be entitled to one vote as to any matter on which it is entitled to vote and each fractional Share shall be entitled to a proportionate fractional vote. On any matter submitted to a vote of Shareholders, all Shares of the Trust then entitled to vote shall be voted by individual series, except (a) when required by the 1940 Act, Shares shall be voted in the aggregate and not by individual series, and (b) when the Trustees have determined that the matter affects only the interests of one or more series, then only Shareholders of such series shall be entitled to vote thereon. There shall be no cumulative voting in the election of Trustees. Shares may be voted in person or by proxy. A proxy with respect to Shares held in the name of two or more persons shall be valid if executed by any one of them unless at or prior to exercise of the proxy the Trust receives a specific written notice to the contrary from any one of them. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Shareholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. Until Shares are issued, the Trustees may exercise all rights of Shareholders and may take any action required by law, this Declaration of Trust or the Bylaws, to be taken by Shareholders. Voting Power and Meetings -------------------------
Section 2. Meetings of Shareholders of the Trust or of any series may be called by the Trustees or such oth...
Shareholders Voting Powers and Meeting. 11 Section 5.1 Voting Powers 11
Shareholders Voting Powers and Meeting. Voting Shares shall NOT entitle the Shareholders to vote on any matters.
Shareholders Voting Powers and Meeting