Parent Board of Directors The Board of Directors of Parent will take all actions necessary such that two members of Company's Board of Directors reasonably acceptable to Parent, at least one of whom is an independent director of the Company's Board of Directors, shall be appointed to Parent's Board of Directors as of the Effective Time with a term expiring at the next annual meeting of Parent's stockholders.
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Board of Directors of the Company (a) As of the Effective Date, the number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors of the Company is seven, but the Board of Directors may increase its size to eight (8). Apollo (or any representative thereof designated by Apollo) shall be entitled, but not required, to nominate up to three (3) members to the Board of Directors (collectively, the "APOLLO NOMINEES") and the Company shall be entitled, but not required, to nominate the remaining members to the Board of Directors. One Apollo Nominee shall be classified as a Class I Director of the Company, one Apollo Nominee shall be classified as a Class II Director of the Company, and one Apollo Nominee shall be classified as a Class III Director of the Company.
Directors of the Company Promptly upon the acceptance ------------------------ for payment of and payment for any Shares by Merger Subsidiary pursuant to the Offer (and, to the extent the Minimum Tender Condition is waived pursuant to Section 1.01(e), the exercise of the Option as contemplated by Section 1.01(e)), Merger Subsidiary shall be entitled to designate such number of directors, rounded up to the next whole number, on the Board of Directors of the Company as will give Merger Subsidiary, subject to compliance with Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act, representation on the Board of Directors of the Company equal to the product of (a) the number of directors on the Board of Directors of the Company and (b) the percentage that such number of votes represented by Shares so purchased and Shares otherwise held by Parent and its affiliates, if any, bears to the number of votes represented by Shares outstanding, and the Company shall at such time, subject to applicable law, cause Merger Subsidiary's designees to be so elected by its existing Board of Directors. Subject to applicable law, the Company shall take all action requested by Parent necessary to effect any such election, including mailing to its stockholders the information statement (the "Information Statement") containing the information required by Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14(f)-1 promulgated thereunder, and the Company shall make such mailing with the mailing of the Schedule 14D-9 (provided that Parent and Merger Subsidiary shall have provided to the Company on a timely basis all information required to be included in the Information Statement with respect to Merger Subsidiary's designees). In connection with the foregoing, the Company will, subject to applicable law, promptly either increase the size of the Board of Directors of the Company and/or obtain the resignation of such number of its current directors as is necessary to enable Merger Subsidiary's designees to be elected or appointed to the Company's Board of Directors as provided above; provided, however, that prior to the Effective Time (as defined in Section 2.03) the Board of Directors of the Company shall always have at least two (2) members who are neither officers, directors, stockholders or designees of Merger Subsidiary or any of its affiliates ("Merger Subsidiary Insiders") and each committee of the Board of Directors of the Company shall have at least one (1) member who is not a Merger Subsidiary Insider. If the number of directors who are not Merger Subsidiary Insiders is reduced below two (2) for any reason prior to the Effective Time, then the remaining director who is not a Merger Subsidiary Insider shall be entitled to designate a person to fill such vacancy who is not a Merger Subsidiary Insider and who shall be a director not deemed to be a Merger Subsidiary Insider for all purposes of this Agreement. Following the election of Merger Subsidiary's designees to the Company's Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 1.03 and prior to the Effective Time (i) any amendment or termination of this Agreement by the Company, (ii) any extension or waiver by the Company of the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of Parent or Merger Subsidiary under this Agreement or (iii) any waiver of the Company's rights hereunder shall, in any such case, require the concurrence of a majority of the directors of the Company then in office who are not Merger Subsidiary Insiders.
Board of Directors or Board The persons holding such office, as of any particular time, under the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, whether they be the Directors named therein or additional or successor Directors.
Change in Board of Directors Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board, and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors on the date hereof or whose election for nomination for election was previously so approved (collectively, the “Continuing Directors”), cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board;
Directors of the Surviving Corporation The directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, as the case may be.
Audit Committee (A) The Audit Committee shall be composed of five members who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board.
Nominating Committee Subject to the provisions of Article X, the Nominating Committee shall consist of such number of Directors (none of whom shall be an employee of the Corporation) as may be determined from time to time by the Board. Subject to the provisions of Article X, the Committee shall review the qualifications of potential candidates for the Equity Directors and shall propose nominees for the Equity Directors who are nominated by the Board. Subject to the provisions of Article X, in making their nominations, the Nominating Committee and the Board of Directors shall take into consideration that (i) the Board of Directors shall have meaningful representation of a diversity of interests, including floor brokers, floor traders, futures commission merchants, producers, consumers, processors, distributors and merchandisers of commodities traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (the “Exchange”) or Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. (the “CBOT”), participants in a variety of pits or principal groups of commodities traded on the Exchange or the CBOT and other market users or participants; (ii) at least 10% of the members of Board of Directors shall be composed of persons representing farmers, producers, merchants or exporters of principal commodities traded on the Exchange or the CBOT; and (iii) at least 20% of the members of the Board of Directors shall be composed of persons who do not possess trading privileges on either the Exchange or the CBOT, are not salaried employees of the Corporation and are not officers, principals or employees who are involved in operating the futures exchange related business of a firm entitled to members’ rates on either the Exchange or the CBOT. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Nominating Committee shall include the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation as a nominee for an Equity Director at any annual meeting of shareholders at which his or her term is scheduled to expire; provided, that if such term expiration occurs during the Transition Period, the Chief Executive Officer shall be nominated as a CME Director. Subject to the provisions of Article X, a majority of the Nominating Committee shall constitute a quorum necessary to transact business.
