Committee Governance Sample Clauses

Committee Governance. This Agreement shall be administered by the Committee.
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Committee Governance. Subject to the provisions of Article X, the Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Subject to the provisions of Article X, in the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Subject to the provisions of law and subject to the provisions of Article X, any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. Each committee may adopt rules for its governance not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws.
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Committee Governance. In addition to the JSC, the Parties will participate in the collaboration created by this Agreement through a number of other committees, including a Joint Development Committee (“JDC”), a Joint Manufacturing Committee (“JMC”), a Joint Commercialization Committee (“JCC”) and a Joint Philanthropic Committee (“JPC”) (each, including the JSC, a “Committee” and together, the “Committees”). Each Committee shall meet [***] or as otherwise agreed by the Committee. Meetings will be held either in person or by teleconference or video conference, on such dates, and at such places and times, as provided herein or as the Parties shall agree. Meetings of each Committee that are held in person shall alternate between the offices of the Parties, or shall be conducted at such other place as the Parties may agree. Either Party may propose matters to the Committee Chair for inclusion on the Committee agenda for an upcoming meeting. Each Party shall initially have [***] members on each Committee, or such other number as the Parties may agree with respect to any particular Committee. Each Party will provide the other with a list of its initial members of each Committee [***] Each Party may thereafter replace any or all of its representatives at any time. A Committee meeting shall have a quorum if there are [***] of each of Xxxxxxx and Vertex in attendance. The Chair of each Committee shall be responsible for scheduling each meeting, and for issuing appropriate minutes of each meeting of that Committee within [***] of the date of such meeting. The minutes shall be considered as accepted by a Party if, [***], none of that Party’s Committee members have objected to the draft of such minutes in writing or by email to the Chair. [***] Where decisions are required of a Committee, the members of that Committee will attempt in good faith to reach consensus with respect to the matter at hand. If agreement cannot be reached after a good faith discussion among the members of [***] Any decision required or permitted to be taken by any Committee may be taken without a meeting in person taking place, if (i) a consent in writing, setting forth the decision so taken, is signed by all designated members of that Committee; or (ii) by mutual agreement of the Parties, the meeting is conducted by teleconference or videoconference; provided, however, that a Party that has requested a JSC meeting on [***] may not object to the conduct of that meeting by teleconference or videoconference. Each Party...
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Committee Governance. Where there is a sufficient interval between Audit Committee and Board meetings, the Secretary will ensure that the minutes of the Committee meetings are included in the papers distributed with the agenda for the next Board Meeting.
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Committee Governance. The Board may adopt rules for the governance of any Board or Advisory Committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws.
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Committee Governance. A representative of the GOVERNMENT shall act as chairman, and a representative of the CONTRACTOR shall act as secretary of each Committee team or task force.
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Committee Governance. Unless otherwise specified in the writing designating the committee, a majority of the members of such committee may elect its Chair, fix its rules of procedures, fix the time and place of meetings and specify what notice of meetings, if any, shall be given. Written records of the proceedings of any committee shall be maintained and furnished to the Board of Managers. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any committee meeting may be taken without a meeting if each of the members of such committee consent in writing to such action.
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  • Corporate Governance (a) Prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of NYCB shall take all actions necessary to adopt the NYCB Bylaws Amendment. Effective as of the Holdco Merger Effective Time, and in accordance with the NYCB Bylaws Amendment, the number of directors that will comprise the full Board of Directors of the Surviving Entity and the full Board of Directors of NYCB Bank shall each be twelve (12), of which (i) eight (8) shall be directors of NYCB immediately prior to the Effective Time, which shall include the Chief Executive Officer of NYCB immediately prior to the Effective Time, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, who shall serve as the Presiding Director, and such other directors as determined by NYCB and (ii) four (4) shall be directors of Flagstar immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Flagstar Designated Directors”), which shall include the Chief Executive Officer of Flagstar immediately prior to the Effective Time, who shall serve as the non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of each of the Surviving Entity and the Board of Directors of NYCB Bank, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, who shall serve as the Risk Assessment Committee Chairman of the Surviving Entity and such other directors as mutually agreed to by Flagstar and NYCB, who shall be independent of NYCB in accordance with applicable stock exchange standards. (b) At the Effective Time, NYCB shall invite all directors of Flagstar immediately prior to the Effective Time other than the Flagstar Designated Directors to become members of an Advisory Board of NYCB (the “Advisory Board”), and shall cause all such individuals who accept such invitation to be elected or appointed for a two (2)-year term as members of the Advisory Board. Such members of the Advisory Board will serve on the Advisory Board until the second (2nd) anniversary of the Closing Date or until their respective earlier death or resignation, during which period such members will each receive quarterly compensation of $10,000 per quarter served. The Chief Executive Officer of NYCB shall meet with the Advisory Board at least one time per quarter during the two (2) year period beginning on the Closing Date. (c) Effective as of the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of NYCB shall take such actions as are necessary and appropriate to adopt the lending policies and procedures of Flagstar that were in effect immediately prior to the Closing with respect to the acquired Flagstar operations as the lending policies and procedures for such acquired Flagstar operations.

  • Corporate Governance Matters (a) Holdco and Sorin shall take all actions within their power as may be necessary to cause (i) for a period beginning as of the Cyberonics Merger Effective Time and ending on the date of the first annual meeting of the members of Holdco following the completion of the second full fiscal year of Holdco (such period, the “Initial Period”) the number of directors constituting the Holdco board of directors as of the Effective Times to be nine (9) and (ii) the Holdco board of directors during the Initial Period to be composed as follows: (A) four (4) individuals designated by Cyberonics prior to the Closing Date (each, a “Cyberonics Designee”), (B) four individuals designated by Sorin prior to the Closing Date (each, a “Sorin Designee”) and (C) one (1) director mutually agreed to by Sorin and Cyberonics, who shall meet the independence standards of the NASDAQ applicable to non-controlled domestic U.S. issuers. (b) Sorin and Holdco shall take all corporate actions as may be necessary to cause, effective as of the Sorin Merger Effective Time and Cyberonics Merger Effective Time, as the case may be: (i) the Chief Executive Officer of Sorin as of immediately prior to the Sorin Merger Effective Time to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Sorin Merger Surviving Company immediately following the Sorin Merger Effective Time until the end of the Initial Period, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer of Cyberonics as of immediately prior to the Cyberonics Merger Effective Time to serve as the Chairman of the Holdco board of directors for the Initial Period, (iii) a Cyberonics Designee to serve as the Chairman of the audit and compensation committees of the Holdco board of directors for the Initial Period, (iv) each committee of the Holdco board of directors to have at least three (3) members and (v) a Sorin Designee to serve as a member of each committee of the Holdco board of directors during the Initial Period. (c) For as long as the Holdco Shares are listed on the NASDAQ, Holdco shall comply with all NASDAQ corporate governance standards set forth in Rule 5600 of the NASDAQ Stock Market Rules applicable to non-controlled domestic U.S. issuers, regardless of whether Holdco is a foreign private issuer. For as long as the Holdco Shares are listed on the LSE, Holdco shall comply with all Listing Rules and any other Laws applicable to it. (d) Prior to the Closing Date, Sorin and Holdco shall procure the passing of resolutions of the shareholders of Holdco providing for the reregistration of Holdco as a public limited company. (e) Subject to applicable Law, Sorin and Cyberonics shall take all requisite action to cause the organizational documents of those entities that will be Subsidiaries of Holdco to be substantially in such form as agreed by Cyberonics and Sorin, effective as of the Cyberonics Merger Effective Time. (f) As promptly as practicable after the Effective Times, the Sorin Merger Surviving Company shall take all requisite action to cause the composition of the board of directors or other governing body of each of the Subsidiaries of the Sorin Merger Surviving Company to reflect representation by directors designated by Cyberonics immediately prior to the Effective Times, on the one hand, and directors designated by Sorin immediately prior to the Effective Times, on the other hand, that is proportionate to the relative representation of directors designated by such party on the Holdco board of directors as of the Effective Times as provided in Section 5.18(a), unless otherwise mutually agreed by Sorin and Cyberonics. (g) The Cyberonics Designees, the Sorin Designees and each of their respective successors on the Holdco board of directors during the first three (3) years following the Effective Times are express third-party beneficiaries of Sections 5.18(a) and 5.18(b).

  • Governance (a) The HSP represents, warrants and covenants that it has established, and will maintain for the period during which this Agreement is in effect, policies and procedures: that set out a code of conduct for, and that identify the ethical responsibilities for all persons at all levels of the HSP’s organization; to ensure the ongoing effective functioning of the HSP; for effective and appropriate decision-making; for effective and prudent risk-management, including the identification and management of potential, actual and perceived conflicts of interest; for the prudent and effective management of the Funding; to monitor and ensure the accurate and timely fulfillment of the HSP’s obligations under this Agreement and compliance with the Enabling Legislation; to enable the preparation, approval and delivery of all Reports; to address complaints about the provision of Services, the management or governance of the HSP; and to deal with such other matters as the HSP considers necessary to ensure that the HSP carries out its obligations under this Agreement. (b) The HSP represents and warrants that: it has, or will have within 60 Days of the execution of this Agreement, a Performance Agreement with its CEO that ties a reasonable portion of the CEO’s compensation plan to the CEO’s performance; it will take all reasonable care to ensure that its CEO complies with the Performance Agreement; it will enforce the HSP’s rights under the Performance Agreement; and a reasonable portion of any compensation award provided to the CEO during the term of this Agreement will be pursuant to an evaluation of the CEO’s performance under the Performance Agreement and the CEO’s achievement of performance goals and performance improvement targets and in compliance with Applicable Law. “compensation award”, for the purposes of Section 9.3(b)(4) above, means all forms of payment, benefits and perquisites paid or provided, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a CEO who performs duties and functions that entitle him or her to be paid.

  • 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.

  • Committee Rules Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these bylaws.

  • 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. (B) The Audit Committee shall have general supervision over the Audit Division in all matters however subject to the approval of the Board of Directors; it shall consider all matters brought to its attention by the officer in charge of the Audit Division, review all reports of examination of the Company made by any governmental agency or such independent auditor employed for that purpose, and make such recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect thereto or with respect to any other matters pertaining to auditing the Company as it shall deem desirable. (C) The Audit Committee shall meet whenever and wherever the majority of its members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business, and a majority of its Committee shall constitute a quorum.

  • Board Committees The Director hereby agrees to sit in the relevant committees of the Board and to perform all of the duties, services and responsibilities necessary thereunder.

  • Committee Procedures The following procedures shall apply to the Management Committee: (a) The Committee shall have a chairperson, vice-chairperson and secretary, each elected by the Committee for a one-year term; provided, however, that the Committee may elect two individuals to fill the position of chairperson or vice-chairperson. The chairperson and the vice-chairperson shall be from different sectors. Upon expiration of the one year term of the chairperson or, if applicable, the one-year term of the two individuals elected to serve as chairperson, the vice-chairperson or, if applicable, the two individuals elected to serve as vice-chairperson, shall become chairperson of the Committee for the next succeeding one year term; (b) Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held monthly, unless the Committee determines that it should meet more frequently or less frequently. Special meetings may be called at the discretion of the chairperson, and shall be called by the chairperson at the request of the ISO Board or at the request of Parties representing a quorum of three (3) of the sectors listed in Section 7.04; (c) Written notice of each meeting of the Committee shall be provided not less than five (5) business days prior to the date of the meeting to each Party by facsimile transmission or electronic mail directed to the number or address designated by such Party. Each such notice shall include a full and complete agenda for the scheduled meeting. For purposes of calculating the notice period required in this paragraph, the day on which the relevant meeting is to be held shall be included, but the day on which notice is given shall not be included. Intermediate Saturdays and Sundays, ISO-designated holidays, and weekdays on which the ISO is closed to business shall be excluded from the computation. As used in this paragraph, “ISO-designated holiday” includes those holidays designated by the ISO on the ISO calendar maintained on the ISO website at xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/public/committees/calendar/index.jsp; (d) The agenda for each scheduled meeting of the Committee shall include a specific list of items to be considered at the meeting, together with all relevant supporting documentation prepared or furnished by the officers of the Committee or the other proponents of a particular agenda item. No final Committee action may be taken on a matter that was not specifically listed on the agenda; (e) Any member of the Committee may request that additional or supplemental information or documentation be disseminated by ISO personnel and/or through ISO communications media, including, but not limited to, the ISO site on the world wide web. The ISO shall cooperate with the Committee regarding dissemination of information prior to any meeting; and Any action taken by the Committee at any meeting shall not become effective until thirty (30) days after the Committee has acted; provided, however, that with respect to a particular action of the Committee, if no appeal has been timely filed with the ISO Board, then that action shall become effective one (1) business day after the time for a timely appeal has passed. Prompt notice of Committee actions shall be provided to each Party to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or electronic mail directed to the number or address designated by such Party.

  • Function of Committee The Committee shall concern itself with the following general matters: a) Considering constructive criticisms of all activities so that better relations shall exist between the Employer and the employees. b) Improving and extending services to the public. c) Promoting safety and sanitary practices. d) Reviewing suggestions from employees, questions of working conditions and service (but not grievances). e) Correcting conditions which might cause grievances and misunderstandings.

  • Labour Management Relations Committee In recognition of the mutual benefits of open communications and on-going consultation between the faculty and the employer, the Labour/Management Relations Committee will meet on a regular basis and have equal representation for the Union and the Employer. The LMRC will serve as an open forum for the free and candid discussion of matters of mutual concern to faculty members and management.

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