Board of Directors of Parent. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent and the Company shall take all actions necessary (including by securing and causing to be delivered to Parent and the Company (with evidence thereof provided to Parent and the Company, as applicable) the resignations of then-serving directors of the Parent Board who are not Parent Designees and of the Company Board) to cause, in each case, effective as of the Effective Time: (i) the number of directors constituting the full board of directors of Parent (the “New Board”) to be 11 members; (ii) the New Board to be composed of: (A) six directors from among the members of the Parent Board as of the date of this Agreement designated by mutual agreement of the individuals to be appointed as the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the New Board prior to the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which shall include the Chief Executive Officer of Parent as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Parent Designees”); and (B) five directors from among the members of the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement designated by mutual agreement of the individuals to be appointed as the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the New Board prior to the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which shall include the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Company Designees”); (iii) all of the Parent Designees and the Company Designees to be appointed, elected and approved as directors of the New Board by a vote of at least a majority of the Parent Board in office as of immediately prior to the Effective Time; and (iv) (x) the Chairman of the Parent Board as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be appointed to serve as Chairman of the New Board and (y) the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be appointed to serve as Vice Chairman of the New Board. If, prior to the Effective Time, any Parent Designee is unwilling or unable to serve (or to continue to serve) as a director on the New Board following the Effective Time as a result of illness, death, resignation or any other reason, then any replacement for such individual shall be selected by the mutual agreement of the individuals to be appointed as the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the New Board from the individuals who are members of the Parent Board as of the date of this Agreement, and such replacement shall constitute a Paren...
Board of Directors of Parent. As of the Effective Time, the board of directors of Parent shall be the Board of Directors in office prior to the Effective Time, plus one (1) designee of the Company. The directors in office shall hold office in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Parent until his or her respective successor(s) is (are) duly elected or appointed and qualified. The designee of the Company to the Board of Directors of Parent shall not serve after the 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Parent unless such designee is nominated by the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors of Parent. The board of directors of the Parent shall elect the officers of the Parent.
Board of Directors of Parent. At the Effective Time, Xxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx shall be elected as directors of Parent, to serve until the earlier of their removal or resignation, and the directors and officers of Parent prior to the Effective Time shall have tendered resignations from all positions with Parent effective as of the Effective Time.
Board of Directors of Parent. The number of directors constituting the Board of Directors of Parent as of the Effective Time shall (a) in the event that the maximum number of directors constituting the Board of Directors of Parent is not increased pursuant to Section 2.1(b), be increased from 10 to 12 or (b) in the event that the maximum number of directors constituting the Board of Directors of Parent is increased pursuant to Section 2.1(b), be increased from 10 to 13, and the Board of Directors of the Company in consultation with Parent shall designate the persons to fill the two or three, as applicable, vacancies created by such increase, with such persons being allocated by Parent as nearly as practicable on a proportionate basis to each of the three classes into which the Board of Directors is divided in accordance with Parent's articles of association. Such designations shall be made no later than promptly after the meeting of Parent's shareholders held in accordance with Section 7.4. Prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of Parent shall take such action as may be necessary to cause the Company designees to be elected to the Board of Directors of Parent immediately following the Effective Time.
Board of Directors of Parent. The Board of Directors of Parent will take all actions necessary such that one member of Company's Board of Directors designated by Company and reasonably acceptable to Parent shall be appointed to Parent's Board of Directors with a term expiring at the next annual meeting of Parent's stockholders and shall include such person in the slate of nominees recommended by Parent's Board of Directors to the stockholders of Parent at such annual meeting.
Board of Directors of Parent. Upon the consummation of the Offer or as soon as practicable thereafter, Parent shall use its best efforts and take all reasonable steps to cause (a) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx to be appointed a member and Vice Chairman and Xxxxx X. Xxxxx to be appointed a member, of the Board of Directors of Parent; and (b) the bylaws of Parent to be amended to modify the eligibility requirements of directors to permit Xx. Xxxxxxxx to continue to be eligible to serve as a director through 2001, without prejudice or commitment with respect to any further continuation of eligibility thereafter. SECTION 6.16
Board of Directors of Parent. The Parent shall take all action to cause the individuals listed in Schedule 6.18 attached hereto (or, to the extent any such individual is unable or unwilling to serve, such other designee as the Company and the Parent shall jointly select) (the “Company Designees”) to be elected as directors of the Parent.
Board of Directors of Parent. At the Effective Time, Parent’s Board of Directors shall consist of five (5) directors, of which Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx shall be appointed by Parent’s current directors. All such directors shall serve in accordance with Parent’s articles of incorporation and by-laws.
Board of Directors of Parent. The Board of Directors of Parent will take all actions necessary such that, effective immediately following the Effective Time, (i) one director of the Company prior to the Effective Time who qualifies as an “independent” director of Parent under the NYSE definition, selected by the Company Board and approved by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Parent and (ii) the GA Designee (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, among Parent and certain affiliates of General Atlantic Partners) shall each become members of the Parent Board. If Parent’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee fails to approve a director so selected by the Company Board within five business days of notice thereof, the Company may propose one or more Company Directors who so qualify until one of them is so approved.
Board of Directors of Parent. As of the Effective Time (i) the by-laws of Parent shall be amended to increase the size of the Board of Directors of Parent by two and (ii) Thomxx X. Xxxxxxxx xxx a person mutually agreed upon by the Company and Parent shall be appointed as Directors of Parent.
