17. AMENDMENTS. If at any time the Trustees shall deem it desirable to amend this Agreement in any respect, they shall submit such amendment to the Trust Certificate holders for their approval at a meeting of such holders which shall be called for that purpose, notice of which shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days prior to such meeting, and shall state that the purpose of the meeting is to consider the amendment of this Agreement and shall be accompanied by a copy of the proposed amendment. If at such meeting the proposed amendment, or any modification thereof, shall be approved by the affirmative vote, given in person or by proxy, of the holders of Trust Certificates representing eighty-five percent (85%) or more of the shares then deposited under this Agreement, a certificate to that effect shall be signed by the Secretary of the meeting and filed with the Trustees. Upon such approval and the filing of said certificate, the amendment as so approved shall be and become a part of this Agreement and shall be binding upon all Trust Certificate holders with like force and effect as if originally incorporated herein.
18. DELIVERY OF SHARES ON TERMINATION.
(a) Upon termination of this Agreement, whether by expiration of time or the act of the Trustees as hereinabove provided, the Trustees shall deliver to each Trust Certificate holder upon surrender of his Trust Certificates accompanied, if required by the Trustees, by properly executed transfers thereof to the Trustees and upon payment by such holder of any and all transfer taxes payable on such transfer, a certificate or certificates for Common Shares of the stock of the Company either registered in the name of the Trust Certificate holder or endorsed in blank or for transfer to the name of such holder or his nominee for the number of shares represented by the Trust Certificate or Certificates so surrendered.
(b) In case, on or after the termination of this Agreement, the Trustees shall deposit with any bank or trust company in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, share certificates either properly endorsed in blank or registered in the names of holders of Trust Certificates hereunder, each for the number of Common Shares of the Company represented by a Trust Certificate outstanding, with authority in writing to the bank or trust company to deliver said share certificates in exchange for Trust Certificates when and as surrendered for exchange as hereinabove provided and shall give not less than ten (10) days notice thereof to all Trust Certificate holders affected thereby, then all further liability of the Trustees, and each of them, for the delivery of share certificates in exchange for Trust Certificates or otherwise hereunder shall cease.
(c) At any annual or special meeting of the shareholders of the Company and after termination of this Agreement, the Trustees may, but shall not be required to, vote any shares of the Company then standing in their names on the books of the Company deliverable to the holders of Trust Certificates who shall not have presented their Trust Certificates for exchange as hereinabove provided.
19. NOTICE. Each notice provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and signed by the person giving the same or his duly authorized representative, except that a parent or guardian may sign for a minor child, and a notice by the Trustees shall be signed by not less than a majority of the Trustees then qualified to act; and each such notice shall either be delivered personally to the person to whom it is addressed or shall be mailed to him, postage prepaid, to his last known residence address, provided that personal delivery to a parent or guardian of a minor child shall be sufficient delivery to the child, and further provided that a notice to any one Trustee shall be sufficient notice to all, unless only one Trustee has received the notice and that Trustee has the same initial after his signature as does the person giving the notice.