Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 53 Part 2.djvu/684

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 411-AUG. 3 , 1939 Ownership in a rep- resentative capacity. Check of holdings. Check wh3n prin- cipal or interest in de- fault under indenture. Status of securities. Construction of per- centage specifcations. 'Security" and "se- curities" defined. after defined, (A) 5 per centum or more of the voting securities, or 10 per centum or more of any other class of security of an obligor upon the indenture securities, not including indenture securities and securities issued under any other indenture under which such trustee is also trustee, or (B) 10 per centum or more of any class of security of an underwriter for any such obligor; "(7) such trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as col- lateral security for an obligation which is in default as herein- after defined, 5 per centum or more of the voting securities of any person who, to the knowledge of the trustee, owns 10 per centum or more of the voting securities of, or controls directly or indirectly or is under direct or indirect common control with, an obligor upon the indenture securities; "(8) such trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as col- lateral security for an obligation which is in default as herein- after defined, 10 per centum or more of any class of security of any person who, to the knowledge of the trustee, owns 50 per centum or more of the voting securities of an obligor upon the indenture securities; or "(9) such trustee owns, on May 15 in any calendar year, in the capacity of executor, administrator, testamentary or inter vivos trustee, guardian, committee or conservator, or in any other similar capacity, an aggregate of 25 per centum or more of the voting securities, or of any class of security, of any person, the beneficial ownership of a specified percentage of which would have constituted a conflicting interest under paragraph (6), (7), or (8) of this subsection. The indenture to be qualified may provide, as to any such securities of which the indenture trustee acquired ownership through becoming executor, administrator, or testamentary trustee of an estate which included them, that the provisions of the preceding sentence shall not apply, for a period of not more than two years from the date of such acqui- sition, to the extent that such securities included in such estate do not exceed 25 per centum of such voting securities or 25 per centum of any such class of security. The indenture to be quali- fied shall provide that promptly after May 15 in each calendar year, the trustee shall make a check of its holdings of such seeur- ities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of such May 15. Such indenture shall also provide that if the obligor upon the indenture securities fails to make payment in full of principal or interest under such indenture when and as the same becomes due and payable, and such failure continues for thirty days thereafter, the trustee shall make a prompt check of its holdings of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of the date of the expiration of such thirty-day period, and after such date, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this para- graph, all such securities so held by the trustee, with sole or ]oint control over such securities vested in it, shall be considered as though beneficially owned by such trustee, for the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) of this subsection. "The indenture to be qualified shall provide that the specification of percentages in paragraphs (5) to (9), inclusive, of this subsection shall not be construed as indicating that the ownership of such per- centages of the securities of a person is or is not necessary or sufficient to constitute direct or indirect control for the purposes of paragraph (3) or (7) of this subsection. "For the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9) of this subsection, (A) the terms 'security' and 'securities' shall include only [53 STAT.