Voting Instructions for Underlying Securities. 7.2.1. Upon receipt by the Depositary or its appointed agent of notice of any meeting of, or solicitation of proxies from, holders of Underlying Securities, the Depositary will, to the extent lawful, mail or cause to be mailed to the Owners (a) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting or solicitation and (b) materials that enable the Owners as of the close of business on a specified record date, subject to applicable Laws and the provisions of the corporate documents of the Securities Issuer, to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights, if any, or giving of proxies, as applicable, in respect of the amount of Underlying Securities represented by their respective Receipts. 7.2.2. Upon the Order of an Owner of a Receipt, received on or before a date established by the Depositary for such purpose, the Depositary will endeavour, insofar as feasible, to (i) vote or cause to be voted, or to give a proxy, as applicable, in respect of, the amount of Underlying Securities represented by such Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request or (ii) upon the request of an Owner, provide that Owner (or a person designated by that Owner) with documentation necessary to attend that meeting of the holders of Underlying Securities and vote any number of those Underlying Securities requested by that Owner that does not exceed the number of those Underlying Securities represented by that Owner's Receipts and as to which that Owner has not given voting instructions to the Depositary. The Depositary will aggregate the votes of all fractional interests in Underlying Securities represented by the Receipts and will endeavour to vote the largest possible number of whole shares of Underlying Securities. The Depositary will not vote or attempt to exercise the right to vote that attaches to, or give a proxy with respect to, Underlying Securities other than in accordance with such instructions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Depositary will not be required to vote any fractional remainder on the aggregate Underlying Securities voted pursuant to this Section 7.2.2.
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Voting Instructions for Underlying Securities. 7.2.1. (a) Upon receipt by the Depositary or its appointed agent of notice of any meeting of, or solicitation of proxies from, holders of Underlying Securities, the Depositary will, to the extent lawful, mail or cause to be mailed to the Owners (ai) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting or solicitation and (bii) materials that to enable the Owners as of the close of business on a specified record date, subject to applicable Laws and the provisions of the corporate documents of the Securities Issuer, to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights, if any, or giving of proxies, as applicable, in respect of the amount of Underlying Securities represented by their respective Receipts.
7.2.2. (b) Upon the Order of an Owner of a Receipt, received on or before a record date established by the Depositary for such purpose, the Depositary will endeavour, insofar as feasible, to (i) vote or cause to be voted, or to give a proxy, as applicable, in respect of, of the amount of Underlying Securities represented by such Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request or (ii) upon the request of an Owner, provide that Owner (or a person designated by that Owner) with documentation necessary to attend that meeting of the holders of Underlying Securities and vote any number of those Underlying Securities requested by that Owner that does not exceed the number of those Underlying Securities represented by that Owner's Receipts and as to which that Owner has not given voting instructions to the Depositary. The Depositary will aggregate the votes of all fractional interests in Underlying Securities represented by the Receipts and will endeavour endeavor to vote the largest possible number of whole shares of Underlying Securities. The Depositary will not vote or attempt to exercise the right to vote that attaches to, or give a proxy with respect to, Underlying Securities other than in accordance with such instructions. Notwithstanding anything herein in the Deposit Agreement to the contrary, the Depositary will not be required to vote any fractional remainder on the aggregate Underlying Securities voted pursuant to this Section 7.2.2section 7.2.2 of the Deposit Agreement.
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