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California Corporations Code Section 702

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(a) Subject to subdivision (c) of Section 703, shares held by
an administrator, executor, guardian, conservator or custodian may be
voted by such holder either in person or by proxy, without a
transfer of such shares into the holder's name; and shares standing
in the name of a trustee may be voted by the trustee, either in
person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares
held by such trustee without a transfer of such shares into the
trustee's name.
   (b) Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such
receiver; and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may
be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into the
receiver's name if authority to do so is contained in the order of
the court by which such receiver was appointed.
   (c) Subject to the provisions of Section 705 and except where
otherwise agreed in writing between the parties, a shareholder whose
shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the
shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and
thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so
transferred.
   (d) Shares standing in the name of a minor may be voted and the
corporation may treat all rights incident thereto as exercisable by
the minor, in person or by proxy, whether or not the corporation has
notice, actual or constructive, of the nonage, unless a guardian of
the minor's property has been appointed and written notice of such
appointment given to the corporation.
   (e) If authorized to vote the shares by the power of attorney by
which the attorney in fact was appointed, shares held by or under the
control of an attorney in fact may be voted and the corporation may
treat all rights incident thereto as exercisable by the attorney in
fact, in person or by proxy, without the transfer of the shares into
the name of the attorney in fact.

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