Delaware Code
Subchapter III. Control Beneficial Interest Acquisitions
§ 3885. Acquiring person meeting request.

(a) Except as provided in § 3886 of this title, if the acquiring person requests, at the time of delivery of an acquiring person statement, and gives a written undertaking to pay the statutory trust's expenses of a special meeting of beneficial owners of the statutory trust, except the expenses of opposing approval of the voting rights, within 20 days after the day on which the statutory trust receives both the request and undertaking along with any bond described in subsection (b) of this section, the trustees of the statutory trust shall call a special meeting of beneficial owners of the statutory trust for the purpose of considering the voting rights to be accorded the beneficial interests acquired or to be acquired in the control beneficial interest acquisition.
(b) The trustees may require the acquiring person to give bond, with sufficient surety, to reasonably assure the statutory trust that this undertaking will be satisfied.
(c) Unless the acquiring person agrees in writing to another date, the special meeting of beneficial owners shall be held within 90 days after the day on which the statutory trust has received both the request and the undertaking; provided that if the anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the prior year's annual meeting of holders of beneficial interests is within 120 days of the date of delivery of an acquiring person statement then the statutory trust may elect to present the acquiring person's proposal at the next annual meeting of holders of beneficial interests.
(d) If the acquiring person makes a request in writing at the time of delivery of the acquiring person statement, the special meeting may not be held sooner than 30 days after the day on which the statutory trust receives the acquiring person statement.
(e) (1) If no request is made under subsection (a) of this section, the issue of the voting rights to be accorded the beneficial interests acquired in the control beneficial interest acquisition may, at the option of the trustees (but without any requirement), be presented for consideration at any meeting of beneficial owners.
(2) If no request is made under subsection (a) of this section and the statutory trust proposes to present the issue of the voting rights to be accorded the beneficial interests acquired in a control beneficial interest acquisition for consideration at any meeting of beneficial owners, the statutory trust shall provide the acquiring person with written notice of the proposal not less than 10 days before the date on which notice of the meeting is given.

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