VOTING TRUST AGREEMENT
An agreement made this ________ day of _______________, (year)___, between stockholders of _______________________ Corporation a Corporation organized under the laws of _______________, whose names are hereunto subscribed and all other stockholders of the said company who shall join in and become parties to this agreement as hereinafter provided, all of which stockholders are hereinafter called subscribers, and, __________________________ who is hereinafter called the trustee(s):
Whereas, the subscribers are respectively owners of shares of common stock in the Corporation and the amounts set out opposite their signatures hereto; And whereas, with a view to the safe and competent management of the Corporation, in the interest of all the stockholders thereof, the subscribers are desirous of creating a trust in the following manner;
Now, it is hereby agreed and declared as follows:
1. The subscribers shall forthwith endorse, assign, and deliver to the trustee(s) the certificates representing the shares of stock owned by them respectively, and shall do all things necessary for the transfer of their respective shares to the trustee(s) on the books of the Corporation.
2. Every other stockholder in the corporation may become a party to this agreement by signing it and assigning and delivering the certificate(s) of his or her shares to the trustee(s).
3. The trustee(s) shall hold the shares of stock transferred to them, under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
4. The trustee(s) shall surrender to the proper officer of the Corporation the certificates of the subscribers, and shall receive for them new certificates issued to them as trustee(s) under this agreement.
5. The trustee(s) shall issue to each of the subscribers a trust certificate for the number of shares transferred by the subscriber to the trustees. Each trust certificate shall state that it is issued under this agreement, and shall set forth each subscriber's proportional interest in the trust. The trustee(s) shall keep a list of the shares of stock transferred to them, and shall keep a record of all trust certificates issued or transferred on their books, which records shall contain the names and addresses of the trust certificate holders and the number of shares represented by each trust certificate. Such list and record shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of the trust certificate holders.
6. It shall be the duty of the trustee(s), and they, or a majority of them, shall have the power to represent the holders of such trust certificates and the stock transferred to the trustee(s) as aforesaid, and vote upon such stock, as in the judgment of the trustee(s), or of a majority of them, may be for the best interest of the Corporation, in the election of directors and upon any and all matters and questions which may be brought before them, as fully as any stockholder might do.
7. The trustee(s) shall collect and receive all dividends that may accrue upon the shares of stock subject to this trust, and shall pay the same to the trust certificate holders in proportion to the number of shares respectively represented by their trust certificates.
8. The trustee(s) shall be entitled to be fully indemnified out of the dividends coming into their hands for all costs, changes, expenses, and other liabilities properly incurred by them in the exercise of any power conferred upon them by this agreement; and the subscribers hereby covenant with the trustee(s) that in the event of the monies and securities in their hands being insufficient for that purpose, the subscribers and each of them will, in proportion to the amounts of their respective shares and interests, indemnify the trustee(s) of and from all loss or damage which they may sustain or be put to, by reason of anything they may lawfully do in the execution of this trust.
9. In the event that the holder of any trust certificate shall desire to sell or pledge his or her beneficial interest in the shares of stock represented thereby, he or she shall first give to the trustee(s) notice in writing of such desire, and the trustee(s) shall halve the right to purchase the trust certificates at the book value of the stock represented by such certificates at the time of such purchase. If the trustee(s) shall exercise such option to purchase, they shall hold the beneficial interest thereof for the benefit of all the remaining trust certificate holders who shall, upon days' notice given by the trustee(s) before exercising such option, contribute their respective proportionate share of the purchase money to be paid by the trustee(s). In the event that the trustee(s) shall not exercise such option to purchase the subscriber's interest, and only in that event, the holder of such trust certificate shall have the right to sell the same to such person and for such price as he or she sees fit.
10. In the event of any trustee dying, resigning, refusing, or becoming unable to act, the surviving or other trustee(s), if any, shall appoint a trustee or trustees to fill the vacancy or vacancies, and any person so appointed shall thereupon be vested with all the duties, powers, and authority of a trustee as if originally named herein.
11. This trust shall continue for ______ years from the date hereof, and shall then terminate, provided, however, that the beneficial owners of ______% of the shares of stock subject to this agreement may at any time terminate this trust by resolution adopted at a meeting of the trust certificate holders called by any one of them, upon notice of _______ days, stating the purpose of such meeting, in writing, mailed to the trust certificate holders at their respective addresses as they appear in the records of the trustee(s). Upon the termination of the trust, the trustee(s) shall, upon the surrender of the trust certificates by the respective holders thereof, assign and transfer to them the number of shares of stock thereby represented.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the individual parties hereto set their hands and seals, and the corporation has caused this agreement to be signed by its duly authorized officers.
ATTEST:
____________________________ ______________________ CORPORATION Secretary
___________________________
President
____________________________ __________________________
Shareholder Shareholder
Name of Trustee(s) ___________________________
中文:
信托表決協(xié)議
在_______ 年_____ 月_____ 日在依_______法成立的_________公司的迄今為止的記名股東與上述公司的所有應當加入及成為在下文所提供的協(xié)議的一方的股東之間簽署的協(xié)議,所有該協(xié)議的持有者都在下文中被稱為簽署者以及________ (在下文中被稱為董事):
然而,簽署者是公司普通股的個別持有者,他們的人數(shù)宣布與迄今為止的簽名相應;
然而,出于對公司管理的安全和高效的考慮,以及為了公司中的所有股東的利益,股票簽署者期望通過以下方式創(chuàng)立信托:
現(xiàn)在,經(jīng)一致同意,宣布如下:
1、股票簽署者應當將其所有的代表其個人股票份額的證書立刻背書、轉讓和交付給董事,并且應當為將個人股票移轉給在公司手冊上記載的董事做一切必要的工作。
2、所有其他的公司股東都可以通過在協(xié)議上簽名、將他(她)股份的證書分派和轉讓給董事而成為該協(xié)議的一方當事人。
3、董事在下文闡述的條款和情況下應當持有那些轉讓給他們的股份。
4、董事應當依協(xié)議向適當?shù)墓靖呒壜殕T交付股票簽署者的證書,而且作為董事應當接受發(fā)給給他們的新證書。
5、董事應當根據(jù)簽署者轉讓給董事的股票數(shù)量給所有的簽署者派發(fā)信托證書。每一個信任證書上都應當聲明它是依據(jù)該協(xié)議派發(fā),它應當闡明在信托中每個簽署者的相應的利益。股東應當持有轉讓給他們的股票份額的清單,還應當持有在股東手冊中規(guī)定的派發(fā)或轉讓的所有的信托證書的記錄,記錄應當包括信托證書持有者的姓名和地址以及每個證書所代表的股票份額。這些清單和記錄應當在適當?shù)臅r間公開接受信托證書持有者的審查。
6、全部董事,或者大部分董事應當有權,也有職責代表信托證書的持有者以及根據(jù)以上所說的轉讓給董事的股份,董事應當基于股份根據(jù)全部或者大部分董事的決定進行投票,他們可以為了公司的利益基于可能向他們提出的任何和全部的事件和問題選舉董事長,完全如股東可能之行事。
7、董事應當募集和接收所有的附屬于這個信托股份之可能自然增長的紅利,應當根據(jù)信托證書所代表的股份份額的比例向信托證書的持有者支付同樣的分額。
8、董事有權就所有的依協(xié)議而合理行使得協(xié)議所授予他們之權利時的成本、兌換、費用和其他債務在他們所取得的紅利之外予以賠償。如果簽署者身邊缺乏為實現(xiàn)該目的的金錢和安全保障時,他們可以據(jù)此與董事締約,所有簽署者和每個單獨的簽署者可以根據(jù)他們個別持有的股份和享有的利益的數(shù)量比例賠償董事因為合法執(zhí)行信托而可能遭受的或承擔的所有的損份額失。
9、如果任何信托證書的持有者意圖出賣或者抵押其股票所代表的有使用權的利益,他(她)應當首先書面通知董事其意圖,董事應當有權以證書所記載的購買時的票面價值購買信托證書。如果董事行使了購買權,他們應當為了所有剩余的信托證書持有者享有其中有使用權的利益,信托證書持有者應當基于董事提前幾天發(fā)布的通知,在行使選擇權之前,將購買他們個人持有的成比例的股票的資金交給董事。如果董事沒有行使購買簽署者利益的權利,而且只有在那種情況下,信托證書的持有者應當有權以他(她)認為適合的價格出售同樣的份額給那些他(她)認為適合的人
10、如果任意的董事死亡、辭職、拒絕或者失去了行為的能力,繼續(xù)存在的或者是其他的董事,如果有的話,應當指定一個或者幾個董事來填充這個或者這些職位,被指定的人應當據(jù)此而被授予了董事的義務、權力和威望,就像本文開始指出的一樣。
11、該信托應當從于此所規(guī)定的日期繼續(xù) ▁ 年和應當隨后終止,然而,倘若股票的▁▁%的的利益享有者受協(xié)議的約束,則可以在任何時候通過在被他們中的任意一人召集的信托證書持有者大會上所采用的方法終止這個信托,該會議應在▁天前通告,用書面形式聲明該會議的目的,將之郵寄到那些在董事會有記錄的信托證書持有者的個人信箱。在信托終止時,董事應當通過其中個別的股票持有者,在交出信托證書時,簽署、轉交他們因此而代表的股份的數(shù)額。為了證明起見,每個當事人在此應簽名蓋章,該協(xié)議應當由公司適時授權的高級職員簽署。
證明:
_______________ ____________________ 公司
秘書:
董事長:
_______________________ ____________________
股東
董事姓名________________ __________________
An agreement made this ________ day of _______________, (year)___, between stockholders of _______________________ Corporation a Corporation organized under the laws of _______________, whose names are hereunto subscribed and all other stockholders of the said company who shall join in and become parties to this agreement as hereinafter provided, all of which stockholders are hereinafter called subscribers, and, __________________________ who is hereinafter called the trustee(s):
Whereas, the subscribers are respectively owners of shares of common stock in the Corporation and the amounts set out opposite their signatures hereto; And whereas, with a view to the safe and competent management of the Corporation, in the interest of all the stockholders thereof, the subscribers are desirous of creating a trust in the following manner;
Now, it is hereby agreed and declared as follows:
1. The subscribers shall forthwith endorse, assign, and deliver to the trustee(s) the certificates representing the shares of stock owned by them respectively, and shall do all things necessary for the transfer of their respective shares to the trustee(s) on the books of the Corporation.
2. Every other stockholder in the corporation may become a party to this agreement by signing it and assigning and delivering the certificate(s) of his or her shares to the trustee(s).
3. The trustee(s) shall hold the shares of stock transferred to them, under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
4. The trustee(s) shall surrender to the proper officer of the Corporation the certificates of the subscribers, and shall receive for them new certificates issued to them as trustee(s) under this agreement.
5. The trustee(s) shall issue to each of the subscribers a trust certificate for the number of shares transferred by the subscriber to the trustees. Each trust certificate shall state that it is issued under this agreement, and shall set forth each subscriber's proportional interest in the trust. The trustee(s) shall keep a list of the shares of stock transferred to them, and shall keep a record of all trust certificates issued or transferred on their books, which records shall contain the names and addresses of the trust certificate holders and the number of shares represented by each trust certificate. Such list and record shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of the trust certificate holders.
6. It shall be the duty of the trustee(s), and they, or a majority of them, shall have the power to represent the holders of such trust certificates and the stock transferred to the trustee(s) as aforesaid, and vote upon such stock, as in the judgment of the trustee(s), or of a majority of them, may be for the best interest of the Corporation, in the election of directors and upon any and all matters and questions which may be brought before them, as fully as any stockholder might do.
7. The trustee(s) shall collect and receive all dividends that may accrue upon the shares of stock subject to this trust, and shall pay the same to the trust certificate holders in proportion to the number of shares respectively represented by their trust certificates.
8. The trustee(s) shall be entitled to be fully indemnified out of the dividends coming into their hands for all costs, changes, expenses, and other liabilities properly incurred by them in the exercise of any power conferred upon them by this agreement; and the subscribers hereby covenant with the trustee(s) that in the event of the monies and securities in their hands being insufficient for that purpose, the subscribers and each of them will, in proportion to the amounts of their respective shares and interests, indemnify the trustee(s) of and from all loss or damage which they may sustain or be put to, by reason of anything they may lawfully do in the execution of this trust.
9. In the event that the holder of any trust certificate shall desire to sell or pledge his or her beneficial interest in the shares of stock represented thereby, he or she shall first give to the trustee(s) notice in writing of such desire, and the trustee(s) shall halve the right to purchase the trust certificates at the book value of the stock represented by such certificates at the time of such purchase. If the trustee(s) shall exercise such option to purchase, they shall hold the beneficial interest thereof for the benefit of all the remaining trust certificate holders who shall, upon days' notice given by the trustee(s) before exercising such option, contribute their respective proportionate share of the purchase money to be paid by the trustee(s). In the event that the trustee(s) shall not exercise such option to purchase the subscriber's interest, and only in that event, the holder of such trust certificate shall have the right to sell the same to such person and for such price as he or she sees fit.
10. In the event of any trustee dying, resigning, refusing, or becoming unable to act, the surviving or other trustee(s), if any, shall appoint a trustee or trustees to fill the vacancy or vacancies, and any person so appointed shall thereupon be vested with all the duties, powers, and authority of a trustee as if originally named herein.
11. This trust shall continue for ______ years from the date hereof, and shall then terminate, provided, however, that the beneficial owners of ______% of the shares of stock subject to this agreement may at any time terminate this trust by resolution adopted at a meeting of the trust certificate holders called by any one of them, upon notice of _______ days, stating the purpose of such meeting, in writing, mailed to the trust certificate holders at their respective addresses as they appear in the records of the trustee(s). Upon the termination of the trust, the trustee(s) shall, upon the surrender of the trust certificates by the respective holders thereof, assign and transfer to them the number of shares of stock thereby represented.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the individual parties hereto set their hands and seals, and the corporation has caused this agreement to be signed by its duly authorized officers.
ATTEST:
____________________________ ______________________ CORPORATION Secretary
___________________________
President
____________________________ __________________________
Shareholder Shareholder
Name of Trustee(s) ___________________________
中文:
信托表決協(xié)議
在_______ 年_____ 月_____ 日在依_______法成立的_________公司的迄今為止的記名股東與上述公司的所有應當加入及成為在下文所提供的協(xié)議的一方的股東之間簽署的協(xié)議,所有該協(xié)議的持有者都在下文中被稱為簽署者以及________ (在下文中被稱為董事):
然而,簽署者是公司普通股的個別持有者,他們的人數(shù)宣布與迄今為止的簽名相應;
然而,出于對公司管理的安全和高效的考慮,以及為了公司中的所有股東的利益,股票簽署者期望通過以下方式創(chuàng)立信托:
現(xiàn)在,經(jīng)一致同意,宣布如下:
1、股票簽署者應當將其所有的代表其個人股票份額的證書立刻背書、轉讓和交付給董事,并且應當為將個人股票移轉給在公司手冊上記載的董事做一切必要的工作。
2、所有其他的公司股東都可以通過在協(xié)議上簽名、將他(她)股份的證書分派和轉讓給董事而成為該協(xié)議的一方當事人。
3、董事在下文闡述的條款和情況下應當持有那些轉讓給他們的股份。
4、董事應當依協(xié)議向適當?shù)墓靖呒壜殕T交付股票簽署者的證書,而且作為董事應當接受發(fā)給給他們的新證書。
5、董事應當根據(jù)簽署者轉讓給董事的股票數(shù)量給所有的簽署者派發(fā)信托證書。每一個信任證書上都應當聲明它是依據(jù)該協(xié)議派發(fā),它應當闡明在信托中每個簽署者的相應的利益。股東應當持有轉讓給他們的股票份額的清單,還應當持有在股東手冊中規(guī)定的派發(fā)或轉讓的所有的信托證書的記錄,記錄應當包括信托證書持有者的姓名和地址以及每個證書所代表的股票份額。這些清單和記錄應當在適當?shù)臅r間公開接受信托證書持有者的審查。
6、全部董事,或者大部分董事應當有權,也有職責代表信托證書的持有者以及根據(jù)以上所說的轉讓給董事的股份,董事應當基于股份根據(jù)全部或者大部分董事的決定進行投票,他們可以為了公司的利益基于可能向他們提出的任何和全部的事件和問題選舉董事長,完全如股東可能之行事。
7、董事應當募集和接收所有的附屬于這個信托股份之可能自然增長的紅利,應當根據(jù)信托證書所代表的股份份額的比例向信托證書的持有者支付同樣的分額。
8、董事有權就所有的依協(xié)議而合理行使得協(xié)議所授予他們之權利時的成本、兌換、費用和其他債務在他們所取得的紅利之外予以賠償。如果簽署者身邊缺乏為實現(xiàn)該目的的金錢和安全保障時,他們可以據(jù)此與董事締約,所有簽署者和每個單獨的簽署者可以根據(jù)他們個別持有的股份和享有的利益的數(shù)量比例賠償董事因為合法執(zhí)行信托而可能遭受的或承擔的所有的損份額失。
9、如果任何信托證書的持有者意圖出賣或者抵押其股票所代表的有使用權的利益,他(她)應當首先書面通知董事其意圖,董事應當有權以證書所記載的購買時的票面價值購買信托證書。如果董事行使了購買權,他們應當為了所有剩余的信托證書持有者享有其中有使用權的利益,信托證書持有者應當基于董事提前幾天發(fā)布的通知,在行使選擇權之前,將購買他們個人持有的成比例的股票的資金交給董事。如果董事沒有行使購買簽署者利益的權利,而且只有在那種情況下,信托證書的持有者應當有權以他(她)認為適合的價格出售同樣的份額給那些他(她)認為適合的人
10、如果任意的董事死亡、辭職、拒絕或者失去了行為的能力,繼續(xù)存在的或者是其他的董事,如果有的話,應當指定一個或者幾個董事來填充這個或者這些職位,被指定的人應當據(jù)此而被授予了董事的義務、權力和威望,就像本文開始指出的一樣。
11、該信托應當從于此所規(guī)定的日期繼續(xù) ▁ 年和應當隨后終止,然而,倘若股票的▁▁%的的利益享有者受協(xié)議的約束,則可以在任何時候通過在被他們中的任意一人召集的信托證書持有者大會上所采用的方法終止這個信托,該會議應在▁天前通告,用書面形式聲明該會議的目的,將之郵寄到那些在董事會有記錄的信托證書持有者的個人信箱。在信托終止時,董事應當通過其中個別的股票持有者,在交出信托證書時,簽署、轉交他們因此而代表的股份的數(shù)額。為了證明起見,每個當事人在此應簽名蓋章,該協(xié)議應當由公司適時授權的高級職員簽署。
證明:
_______________ ____________________ 公司
秘書:
董事長:
_______________________ ____________________
股東
董事姓名________________ __________________