Merger or Termination of the Trust or a Series or a Class Clause Samples

The 'Merger or Termination of the Trust or a Series or a Class' clause defines the procedures and conditions under which the entire trust, a specific series, or a particular class within the trust may be merged with another entity or terminated altogether. This typically involves specifying who has the authority to initiate such actions, the required approvals from trustees or beneficiaries, and the process for distributing assets upon termination. By establishing clear rules for winding up or consolidating parts of the trust, this clause ensures orderly management and protects the interests of all parties involved in the event of significant structural changes.
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Merger or Termination of the Trust or a Series or a Class. The Trust may merge or consolidate with any other corporation, association, trust or other organization or may sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of the Trust property, including its good will, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration when and as authorized at a meeting of Shareholders called for the purpose by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of each Class and Series of Shares outstanding and entitled to vote (with each such class and series separately voting thereon as a separate Class or Series), or by an instrument or instruments in writing without a meeting, consented to by the holders of two-thirds of each Class and Series of Shares (with each such Class and Series separately consenting thereto as a separate Class or Series); provided, however, that if such merger, consolidation, sale, lease or exchange is recommended by the Trustees, the vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the Shares outstanding and entitled to vote shall be sufficient authorization; and any such merger, consolidation, sale, lease or exchange shall be deemed for all purposes to have been accomplished under and pursuant to the statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Upon making provision for the payment of all outstanding obligations, taxes and other liabilities, (whether accrued or contingent) of the Trust, the Trustees shall distribute the remaining assets of the Trust ratably among the holders of the outstanding Shares, except as may be otherwise provided by the Trustees with respect to any Class or Series of Shares thereof. Subject to authorization by the Shareholders as indicated below in this paragraph, the Trust may at any time sell and convert into money all of the assets of the Trust, and, upon making provision for the payment of all outstanding obligations, taxes and other liabilities (whether accrued or contingent) of the Trust, the Trustees shall distribute the remaining assets of the Trust ratably among the holders of the outstanding Shares, except as may be otherwise provided by the Trustees with respect to any Class or Series of Shares. Such action shall first have been authorized at a meeting of Shareholders called for the purpose by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of each Class and Series of Shares outstanding and entitled to vote (with each such Class and Series separately voting thereon as a separate Class or Series), or by an instrument or instruments in writing without a ...
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  • Termination of the Trust or Any Series or Class (a) Unless terminated as provided herein, the Trust shall continue without limitation of time. The Trust may be dissolved at any time by the Trustees (without Shareholder approval). Any Series of Shares may be dissolved at any time by the Trustees (without Shareholder approval). Any Class may be terminated at any time by the Trustees (without Shareholder approval). Any action to dissolve the Trust shall be deemed to also be an action to dissolve each Series, and to terminate each Class. (b) In accordance with Section 3808 of the Delaware Act, upon the requisite action by the Trustees to dissolve the Trust or any one or more Series of Shares, after paying or otherwise providing for all charges, taxes, expenses and liabilities, whether due or accrued or anticipated, of the Trust or of the particular Series as may be determined by the Trustees, the Trust shall in accordance with such procedures as the Trustees consider appropriate reduce the remaining assets of the Trust or of the affected Series to distributable form in cash or Shares (if any Series remain) or other securities, or any combination thereof, and distribute the proceeds to the Shareholders of the Trust or any applicable Series, ratably according to the number of Shares of the Trust or such Series held by the several Shareholders of the Trust or such Series on the date of distribution. Thereupon, the Trust and/or any affected Series shall terminate and the Trustees and the Trust shall be discharged of any and all further liabilities and duties relating thereto or arising therefrom, and the right, title and interest of all parties with respect to the Trust and/or such Series shall be canceled and discharged. Upon the requisite action by the Trustees to terminate any Class, the Trustees may, to the extent they deem it appropriate, follow the procedures set forth in this Section 8.2(b) with respect to such Class that are specified in connection with the dissolution and winding up of the Trust or any Series of Shares. Alternatively, in connection with the termination of any Class, the Trustees may treat such termination as a redemption of the Shareholders of such Class effected pursuant to Section 6.2(c) of this Declaration of Trust provided that the costs relating to the termination of such Class shall be included in the determination of the net asset value of the Shares of such Class for purposes of determining the redemption price to be paid to the Shareholders of such Class (to the extent not otherwise included in such determination). In connection with the dissolution and liquidation of the Trust or any Series and in connection with the termination of any Class, the Trustees may provide for the establishment of a liquidating trust or similar vehicle. (c) Following completion of winding up of the Trust’s business, the Trustees shall cause a certificate of cancellation of the Trust’s Certificate of Trust to be filed in accordance with the Delaware Act, which certificate of cancellation may be signed by any one Trustee. Upon the filing of such certificate of cancellation, the Trust shall terminate, the Trustees shall be discharged of any and all further liabilities and duties relating thereto or arising therefrom, and the right, title and interest of all parties with respect to the Trust shall be canceled and discharged.

  • Termination of Trust or Series (a) Unless terminated as provided herein, the Trust shall continue without limitation of time. The Trust or any Series of the Trust may be terminated at any time by the Trustees for any reason they deem appropriate, with notice to the Shareholders of the Trust or such Series as the case may be. (b) Upon the requisite action of the Trustees to terminate the Trust or such Series, after paying or otherwise providing for all charges, taxes, expenses and liabilities, whether due or accrued or anticipated, as may be determined by the Trustees and as required by the Delaware Act, which may include the establishment of a liquidating trust or similar vehicle, the Trust shall, in accordance with such procedures as the Trustees consider appropriate, reduce the remaining assets of the Trust or assets of the particular Series thereof to distributable form in cash or other securities, or any combination thereof, and distribute the proceeds to the Shareholders of the Shares of the Trust or such Series in the manner determined by the Trustees, provided that Shareholders of a particular Series shall be entitled to receive a pro rata share of the net assets of such Series only, subject to any variations with respect to Classes of Shares of such Series, if any. Thereupon, the Trust or any affected Series shall terminate, and the Trustees and the Trust shall be discharged of any and all further liabilities and duties relating thereto or arising therefrom, and the right, title, and interest of all parties with respect to the Trust or such Series shall be canceled and discharged. (c) Any Class of the Trust or Series thereof may be terminated by the Trustees as provided in Article IV hereof. (d) Upon termination of the Trust, following completion of winding up of its business, the Trustees (or, if there is no remaining Trustee at that time, any remaining officer of the Trust) shall direct that a Certificate of Cancellation of the Trust be executed and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

  • Termination of the Trust The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with respect to the Trust shall terminate upon the earlier of (A) the completion of the assignment, transfer and discharge described in the first sentence of the immediately following paragraph and (B) distribution to all Holders of the Certificates and the Trustee of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement and the disposition of all property held as part of the Trust Property; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no event shall the Trust continue beyond one hundred ten (110) years following the date of the earliest execution of this Agreement. Upon the earlier of (i) the first Business Day following January 31, 1999, or, if later, the fifth Business Day following the Delivery Period Termination Date and (ii) the fifth Business Day following the date on which a Triggering Event occurs (such date, the "Transfer Date"), or, if later the date on which all of the conditions set forth in the immediately following sentence have been satisfied, the Trustee is hereby directed (subject only to the immediately following sentence) to, and the Company shall direct the institution that will serve as the Related Trustee under the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement to, execute and deliver the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, pursuant to which the Trustee shall assign, transfer and deliver all of the Trustee's right, title and interest to the Trust Property to the Related Trustee under the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement. The Trustee and the Related Trustee shall execute and deliver the Assignment and Assumption Agreement upon the satisfaction of the following conditions: (i) The Trustee, the Related Trustee and each of the Rating Agencies (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) then rating the Certificates shall have received an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel dated the date of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and each satisfying the requirements of Section 1.02, which Opinion of Counsel shall be substantially to the effect set forth below and may be relied upon by the Beneficiaries (as defined in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement): (a) upon the execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement will constitute the valid and binding obligation of each of the parties thereto enforceable against each such party in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditor's rights generally and to general principles of equity); (b) upon the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement, each of the Certificates then Outstanding will be entitled to the benefits of the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement; (c) the Related Trust is not required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (d) the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditor's rights generally and to general principles of equity); and (e) neither the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement, nor the consummation by the parties thereto of the transactions contemplated to be consummated thereunder on the date thereof, will violate any law or governmental rule or regulation of the State of New York or the United States of America known to such counsel to be applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Assignment and Assumption Agreement. (ii) The Trustee and the Company shall have received (x) a copy of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Related Trustee certified as of the Transfer Date by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such institution and (y) a copy of the filing (including all attachments thereto) made by the institution serving as the Related Trustee with the Office of the Superintendent, State of New York Banking Department for the qualification of the Related Trustee under Section 131(3) of the New York Banking Law. Upon the execution of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement by the parties thereto, the Trust shall be terminated, the Certificateholders shall receive beneficial interests in the Related Trust in exchange for their interests in the Trust equal to their respective beneficial interests in the Trust, and the Outstanding Certificates representing Fractional Undivided Interests in the Trust shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement and the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement, without further signature or action of any party or Certificateholder, to be certificates representing the same fractional undivided interests in the Related Trust and its trust property. By acceptance of its Certificate, each Certificateholder consents to such assignment, transfer and delivery of the Trust Property to the trustee of the Related Trust upon the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement. In connection with the occurrence of the event set forth in clause (B) above, notice of such termination, specifying the Regular Distribution Date (or Special Distribution Date, as the case may be) upon which the Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates to the Trustee for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be mailed promptly, upon notice to the Trustee, by the Trustee to Certificateholders not earlier than the 60th day and not later than the 20th day next preceding such final distribution specifying (A) the Regular Distribution Date (or Special Distribution Date, as the case may be) upon which the proposed final payment of the Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee therein specified, (B) the amount of any such proposed final payment, and (C) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Regular Distribution Date (or Special Distribution Date, as the case may be) is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee therein specified. The Trustee shall give such notice to the Registrar at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders. Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders amounts distributable on such Regular Distribution Date (or Special Distribution Date, as the case may be) pursuant to Section 4.02. In the event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender their Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above-mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. No additional interest shall accrue on the Certificates after the Regular Distribution Date (or Special Distribution Date, as the case may be). In the event that any money held by the Trustee for the payment of distributions on the Certificates shall remain unclaimed for two years (or such lesser time as the Trustee shall be satisfied, after sixty days' notice from the Company, is one month prior to the escheat period provided under applicable law) after the final distribution date with respect thereto, the Trustee shall pay to each Loan Trustee the appropriate amount of money relating to such Loan Trustee and shall give written notice thereof to the related Owner Trustees and the Company.

  • Combination of Series or Classes (i) The Board of Trustees shall have the authority, without the approval, vote or consent of the Shareholders of any Series, unless otherwise required by applicable law, to combine the assets and liabilities held with respect to any two or more Series into assets and liabilities held with respect to a single Series; provided that upon completion of such combination of Series, the interest of each Shareholder, in the combined assets and liabilities held with respect to the combined Series shall equal the interest of each such Shareholder in the aggregate of the assets and liabilities held with respect to the Series that were combined. (ii) The Board of Trustees shall have the authority, without the approval, vote or consent of the Shareholders of any Series or Class, unless otherwise required by applicable law, to combine, merge or otherwise consolidate the Shares of two or more Classes of Shares of a Series with and/or into a single Class of Shares of such Series, with such designation, preference, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, terms and conditions of redemption and other characteristics as the Trustees may determine; provided, however, that the Trustees shall provide written notice to the affected Shareholders of any such transaction. (iii) The transactions in (i) and (ii) above may be effected through share-for-share exchanges, transfers or sales of assets, Shareholder in-kind redemptions and purchases, exchange offers, or any other method approved by the Trustees.

  • Elimination of Series or Classes At any time that there are no Shares outstanding of any particular Series or Class previously established, the Trustees may abolish that Series or Class and rescind the establishment thereof.