Company: ECC-PD
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-103753
Chunk: 25

Company: Eagle Point Credit Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 25
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 “ Contested Election” for purposes of Section 10.4 shall mean any election of Trustees in which the number of persons nominated for election as Trustees by Shares entitled to vote for such Trustees in accordance with the requirements of the Declaration of Trust and the Bylaws exceeds the number of Trustees to be elected by Shares entitled to vote for such Trustees, with the determination that any election of Trustees is a Contested Election to be made by the Secretary or other officer of the Trust prior to the time the Trust mails its definitive proxy statement in connection with such election of Trustees. If, prior to the time the Trust mails its definitive proxy statement in connection with such election of Trustees, one or more persons nominated for election as a Trustee by Shares entitled to vote for such Trustee are withdrawn such that the number of persons nominated for election as Trustees by Shares entitled to vote for such Trustees no longer exceeds the number of Trustees to be elected by Shares entitled to vote for such Trustees, such election shall not be considered a Contested Election. The determination of whether an election is a Contested Election shall be made on a proposal-by-proposal basis, and it is expressly acknowledged that, in the event different classes or series of Shares are entitled to vote for different Trustees, a Contested Election may occur for some Trustee seats but not others at the same meeting of Shareholders. (g) “ Continuing Trustees” shall mean trustees who either (i) have been members of the Board of Trustees for a period of at least thirty-six months (or since the commencement of the Fund’s operations, if less than 36 months) or (ii) were nominated to serve as members of the Board of Trustees by a majority of the Continuing Trustees then members of the Board of Trustees. (h) “ Declaration” shall mean this Declaration of Trust, as amended, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time. (i) “ Delaware General Corporation Law” means the Delaware General Corporation Law, 8 Del. C. § 100, et. seq., as amended from time to time. (j) “ Delaware Statutory Trust Act” shall mean the provisions of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. § 3801, et. seq., as such Act may be amended from time to time. (k) “ Fiscal Year” means each period commencing on January 1 of each year and ending on December 31 of the following year (or on the date of a final distribution made in accordance with Section 11.2