Section 5.05 Fractional Units.
If as a result of any act of the Trustees pursuant to this Declaration of Trust any person becomes entitled to a fraction of a Unit, such person is not entitled to receive a Stapled Unit certificate therefor. Fractional Units shall not, except to the extent that they may represent in the aggregate one or more whole Units, entitle the holders thereof to notice of or to attend or to vote at, meetings of Unitholders. Subject to the foregoing, such fractional Units shall have attached thereto the rights, privileges, restrictions, conditions and limitations attaching to whole Units in the proportion that they bear to a whole Unit. If an Event of Uncoupling has occurred, all references to “Stapled Unit” in this Section 5.05 shall be read as references to “Unit”.
Section 5.06 Allotment and Issue.
Subject to Section 5.03 and Section 5.10, the Trustees may allot and issue Units at such time or times and in such manner (including pursuant to any plan from time to time in effect relating to reinvestment of distributions of the Trust and/or dividends of Granite GP, equity-based compensation plans of the Trust, Granite GP or their respective Affiliates or pursuant to a unitholder rights plan of the Trust and/or shareholder rights plan of Granite GP), and for such consideration and to such person, persons or class of persons as the Trustees in their sole discretion shall determine, provided that, if an Event of Uncoupling has not occurred, no Unit may be issued by the Trust to any person unless (a) a Granite GP Common Share is simultaneously issued to such person or (b) the Trust has arranged that Units will be consolidated (subject to any applicable regulatory approval) immediately after such issuance, such that each holder of a Unit will hold an equal number of Units and Granite GP Common Shares immediately following such consolidation.
Section 5.07 Rights, Warrants, Options and Other Unit-Based Securities.
The Trustees may create and issue rights, warrants or options or other instruments or securities (including, subject to the provisions of Section 4.01 and Section 4.02, debt securities) exercisable for, convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise pursuant to which a holder may subscribe for, acquire or receive payment in, fully paid Units at such exercise, conversion, exchange or subscription price or prices and at such time or times as the Trustees may determine. The rights, warrants, options, instruments or securities so created may be issued for such consideration or for no consideration, all as the Trustees may determine. A right, warrant, option, instrument or security so issued shall not be a Unit and a holder thereof shall not be a Unitholder. Provided that an Event of Uncoupling has not occurred, the Trustees may create and issue rights, warrants or options or other instruments or securities (including, subject to the provisions of Section 4.01 and Section 4.02, debt securities) exercisable for, convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise pursuant to which a holder may subscribe for, acquire or receive payment in, Stapled Units.
Section 5.08 Commissions and Discounts.
The Trustees may at any time, pay a reasonable commission or allow a reasonable discount to any person in consideration of that person purchasing or agreeing to purchase Units or other securities of the Trust or Stapled Units from the Trust or any other person or procuring or agreeing to procure purchasers for Units or other securities of the Trust or Stapled Units.
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