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 subscribed³ 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 endorse⁶, 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 forth⁵.

　　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 subscriber⁴ 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 holders² and the number of shares represented by each trust certificate. Such list and record shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection⁷ 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 judgment⁸ 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 fully⁹ as any stockholder might do.

　　7. The trustee(s) shall collect and receive all dividends¹⁰ that may accrue¹¹ 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 incurred¹² by them in the exercise of any power conferred upon them by this agreement; and the subscribers hereby covenant¹³ with the trustee(s) that in the event of the monies and securities in their hands being insufficient¹⁴ 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 lawfully¹⁵ do in the execution of this trust.

　　9. In the event that the holder¹ of any trust certificate shall desire to sell or pledge his or her beneficial interest in the shares of stock represented thereby¹⁶, he or she shall first give to the trustee(s) notice in writing of such desire, and the trustee(s) shall halve¹⁷ 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 vacancy¹⁸ or vacancies¹⁹, 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 authorized²⁰ officers.

　　ATTEST²¹:

　　____________________________ ______________________ CORPORATION Secretary

　　___________________________

　　President

　　____________________________ __________________________

　　Shareholder²² Shareholder

　　Name of Trustee(s) ___________________________

　　中文：

　　信托表决协议

　　在_______ 年_____ 月_____ 日在依_______法成立的_________公司的迄今为止的记名股东与上述公司的所有应当加入及成为在下文所提供的协议的一方的股东之间签署的协议，所有该协议的持有者都在下文中被称为签署者以及________ （在下文中被称为董事）：

　　然而，签署者是公司普通股的个别持有者，他们的人数宣布与迄今为止的签名相应；

　　然而，出于对公司管理的安全和高效的考虑，以及为了公司中的所有股东的利益，股票签署者期望通过以下方式创立信托：

　　现在，经一致同意，宣布如下：

　　1、股票签署者应当将其所有的代表其个人股票份额的证书立刻背书、转让和交付给董事，并且应当为将个人股票移转给在公司手册上记载的董事做一切必要的工作。

　　2、所有其他的公司股东都可以通过在协议上签名、将他（她）股份的证书分派和转让给董事而成为该协议的一方当事人。

　　3、董事在下文阐述的条款和情况下应当持有那些转让给他们的股份。

　　4、董事应当依协议向适当的公司高级职员交付股票签署者的证书，而且作为董事应当接受发给给他们的新证书。

　　5、董事应当根据签署者转让给董事的股票数量给所有的签署者派发信托证书。每一个信任证书上都应当声明它是依据该协议派发，它应当阐明在信托中每个签署者的相应的利益。股东应当持有转让给他们的股票份额的清单，还应当持有在股东手册中规定的派发或转让的所有的信托证书的记录，记录应当包括信托证书持有者的姓名和地址以及每个证书所代表的股票份额。这些清单和记录应当在适当的时间公开接受信托证书持有者的审查。

　　6、全部董事，或者大部分董事应当有权，也有职责代表信托证书的持有者以及根据以上所说的转让给董事的股份，董事应当基于股份根据全部或者大部分董事的决定进行投票，他们可以为了公司的最大利益基于可能向他们提出的任何和全部的事件和问题选举董事长，完全如股东可能之行事。

　　7、董事应当募集和接收所有的附属于这个信托股份之可能自然增长的红利，应当根据信托证书所代表的股份份额的比例向信托证书的持有者支付同样的分额。

　　8、董事有权就所有的依协议而合理行使得协议所授予他们之权利时的成本、兑换、费用和其他债务在他们所取得的红利之外予以赔偿。如果签署者身边缺乏为实现该目的的金钱和安全保障时，他们可以据此与董事缔约，所有签署者和每个单独的签署者可以根据他们个别持有的股份和享有的利益的数量比例赔偿董事因为合法执行信托而可能遭受的或承担的所有的损份额失。

　　9、如果任何信托证书的持有者意图出卖或者抵押其股票所代表的有使用权的利益，他（她）应当首先书面通知董事其意图，董事应当有权以证书所记载的购买时的票面价值购买信托证书。如果董事行使了购买权，他们应当为了所有剩余的信托证书持有者享有其中有使用权的利益，信托证书持有者应当基于董事提前几天发布的通知，在行使选择权之前，将购买他们个人持有的成比例的股票的资金交给董事。如果董事没有行使购买签署者利益的权利，而且只有在那种情况下，信托证书的持有者应当有权以他（她）认为适合的价格出售同样的份额给那些他（她）认为适合的人

　　10、如果任意的董事死亡、辞职、拒绝或者失去了行为的能力，继续存在的或者是其他的董事，如果有的话，应当指定一个或者几个董事来填充这个或者这些职位，被指定的人应当据此而被授予了董事的义务、权力和威望，就像本文开始指出的一样。

　　11、该信托应当从于此所规定的日期继续 ▁ 年和应当随后终止，然而，倘若股票的▁▁％的的利益享有者受协议的约束，则可以在任何时候通过在被他们中的任意一人召集的信托证书持有者大会上所采用的方法终止这个信托，该会议应在▁天前通告，用书面形式声明该会议的目的，将之邮寄到那些在董事会有记录的信托证书持有者的个人信箱。在信托终止时，董事应当通过其中个别的股票持有者，在交出信托证书时，签署、转交他们因此而代表的股份的数额。为了证明起见，每个当事人在此应签名盖章，该协议应当由公司适时授权的高级职员签署。

　　证明：

　　_______________ ____________________ 公司

　　秘书：

　　董事长：

　　_______________________ ____________________

　　股东

　　董事姓名________________ __________________

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