Composition of the Board. At and following the Closing, each of the Partners and the Sponsor, severally and not jointly, agrees to take, for so long as such Party holds of record or beneficially owns any Registrable Securities, all Necessary Action to cause the Board to be comprised of eleven (11) directors nominated in accordance with this Article II, initially consisting of (i) seven (7) of whom have been nominated by the Partners, and thereafter designated pursuant to Section 2.1(b) or Section 2.1(d) of this Investor Rights Agreement (each, a “Partner Director”), at least four (4) of whom shall satisfy all applicable independence requirements (including at least two (2) of whom shall be sufficiently independent to serve on the audit and compensation committees of the Board), (ii) three (3) of whom have been nominated by the Sponsor, and thereafter designated pursuant to Section 2.1(c) or Section 2.1(d) of this Investor Rights Agreement (each, a “Sponsor Director”), at least one (1) of whom shall satisfy all applicable independence requirements (including being sufficiently independent to serve on the audit committee of the Board as a chair and the compensation committee as a member), and (iii) one (1) of whom has been jointly nominated by the mutual agreement of Sponsor and the Partners (the “Joint Director”), which Joint Director shall satisfy all applicable independence requirements. At and following the Closing, each of the Sponsor and the Partners, severally and not jointly, agrees to take, for so long as such Party holds of record or beneficially owns any Registrable Securities, all Necessary Action to cause the foregoing directors to be divided into three (3) classes of directors, with each class serving for staggered three (3) year terms. The initial term of the Class I directors shall expire immediately following PubCo’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders at which directors are elected. The initial term of the Class II directors shall expire immediately following PubCo’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders at which directors are elected. The initial term of the Class III directors shall expire immediately following PubCo’s 2024 annual meeting at which directors are elected.
Composition of the Board. (a) From and after the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions of this Article II, the ZHG Designator shall have the right (but not the obligation) to designate, and the individuals nominated for election as Directors by or at the direction of the Board or a duly-authorized committee thereof shall include, two (2) individuals that meet the Designee Qualifications to serve as Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.1(a), but subject to the proviso set forth in Section 2.6, (i) the number of individuals that the ZHG Designator shall be entitled to designate to serve as Directors pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) shall be reduced to one (1) Director if, at any time, the aggregate Total Share Ownership of the ZHG Entities is less than twenty percent (20%) of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, and (ii) the ZHG Designator shall not be entitled to designate any individuals to serve as Directors pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) if, at any time, (A) the aggregate Total Share Ownership of the ZHG Entities is less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding or (B) any ZHG Entity breaches Article III, Section 4.1, Section 4.3 or Section 4.6 of this Agreement (the “Material Terms”) in any material respect and such breach continues after written notice from the Company and a thirty (30) day opportunity to cure. From and after the date on which either of the Initial ZHG Designees ceases to serve as a Director, not more than one ZHG Designee at any time may be an Affiliated ZHG Designee, and any other ZHG Designee shall be an Independent ZHG Designee, unless otherwise determined by the Board (excluding any ZHG Designee).
(b) If at any time the ZHG Designator has designated fewer than the total number of individuals that the ZHG Designator is then entitled to designate pursuant to Section 2.1(a), the ZHG Designator shall have the right (but not the obligation) to designate such number of additional individuals who meet the Designee Qualifications that the ZHG Designator is entitled to so designate, in which case, any individuals nominated by or at the direction of the Board or any duly-authorized committee thereof for election as Directors to fill any vacancy or newly created directorships on the Board shall include such designees, and the Company shall use its best efforts to (x) effect the election of such additional designees, whether by increasing the size of the Board or otherwis...
Composition of the Board. (a) On the Closing Date, the authorized number of directors on the Board shall be established at nine (9) directors, with two vacancies, but may be increased or decreased as determined from time to time exclusively by resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as may be amended from time to time (the “Bylaws”) (including as required by applicable Law) (the number of directors authorized at any given time, the “Total Number of Directors”).
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 2.01(a), during the term of this Agreement, and subject to applicable Law, THL and Cannae shall have the right to (by mutual agreement) determine the Total Number of Directors.
(c) Effective as of the Closing Date, each of THL and Cannae shall vote all of their Voting Securities and shall take all other necessary or desirable actions within their control (whether in the capacity as a stockholder or otherwise, and including, without limitation, attendance at meetings in person or by proxy for purposes of obtaining a quorum and execution of written consents in lieu of meetings), and the Company shall take all necessary and desirable actions within its control, so that five (5) Sponsor Director Designees designated (by mutual agreement) by THL and Cannae shall initially be elected to the Board (the “Initial Designations”).
(d) Following the Initial Designations:
(i) each of THL and Fidelity shall vote all of their Voting Securities and shall take all other necessary or desirable actions within their control (whether in the capacity as a stockholder or otherwise, and including, without limitation, attendance at meetings in person or by proxy for purposes of obtaining a quorum and execution of written consents in lieu of meetings); and
(ii) the Company shall take all necessary and desirable actions within its control (including, without limitation, including in the slate of nominees nominated by the Board (or an authorized committee thereof) for election as directors of the Company by the stockholders of the Company each Sponsor Director Designee), to cause the Sponsor Director Designees designated by THL and Cannae in accordance with Section 2.01(e) or Section 2.01(f), as applicable, to be elected to the Board at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company called for such purpose.
(e) For so long as THL and Cannae collectively hold greater than or equal to 50 percent (50%) in voting power of all the then-outs...
Composition of the Board. (a) From and after the date hereof, (i) for so long as the Crestview Entities collectively own at least 20% of the outstanding Shares, the Crestview Aggregator shall have the right to require the Company to nominate and use its best efforts to have three individuals designated by the Crestview Aggregator and reasonably acceptable to the Company elected to the Board, (ii) for so long as the Crestview Entities collectively own at least 10% but less than 20% of the outstanding Shares, the Crestview Aggregator shall have the right to require the Company to nominate and use its best efforts to have two individuals designated by the Crestview Aggregator and reasonably acceptable to the Company elected to the Board, (iii) for so long as the Crestview Entities collectively own at least 5% but less than 10% of the outstanding Shares, (A) the Crestview Aggregator shall have the right to require the Company to nominate and use its best efforts to have one individual designated by the Crestview Aggregator and reasonably acceptable to the Company elected to the Board and (B) the Crestview Aggregator shall have the right to designate one representative to attend and observe all meetings of the Board and any committees thereof, (iv) for so long as RCP owns at least 10% of the outstanding Shares, RCP shall have the right to require the Company to nominate and use its best efforts to have two individuals designated by RCP and reasonably acceptable to the Company elected to the Board, and (v) for so long as RCP owns at least 5% but less than 10% of the outstanding Shares, RCP shall have the right to require the Company to nominate and use its best efforts to have one individual designated by RCP and reasonably acceptable to the Company elected to the Board.
(b) Each Institutional Investor, Individual Shareholder and the Employee Shareholders Committee agrees that, if at any time it is entitled to vote for the election of directors to the Board, it shall, in the case of each Institutional Investor and Individual Shareholder, vote its Shares or, in the case of the Employee Shareholders Committee, vote the Shares it has the authority to vote, or execute proxies or written consents, as the case may be, and take all other necessary action (including causing the Company to call a special meeting of Shareholders) in order to ensure that the composition of the Board is as set forth in this Section 2.01.
Composition of the Board. (a) For so long as the Partnership Interest held by the Carrier Holders, in the aggregate, is at least twenty percent (20%) (the “Carrier Scale-Down Partnership Interest”) and the Partnership Interest held by the Watsco Holders, in the aggregate, is at least fifty percent (50%) (the “Watsco Scale-Down Partnership Interest”), the Board shall be composed of five (5) Directors, of whom two (2) Directors shall be designated by the Carrier Deciding Shareholder and three (3) Directors shall be designated by the Watsco Deciding Shareholder. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the number of Directors constituting the entire Board may be increased or decreased beyond the number set forth above from time to time by Approval of the Board, subject to Section 5.3; provided that, so long as the Partnership Interest of the Carrier Holders is equal to or greater than the Carrier Scale-Down Partnership Interest, in the case of any increase or decrease in the number of Directors constituting the entire Board, the composition of the Board shall be adjusted to provide the Carrier Deciding Shareholder with the right to designate the whole number (rounding up) of Directors that is closest to forty percent (40%) of the entire Board.
(b) Following such time as the Partnership Interest held by the Carrier Holders is less than the Carrier Scale-Down Partnership Interest, the number of Directors designated by the Carrier Deciding Shareholder shall be reduced to the whole number (rounding up) of Directors that is closest to the product of (i) the Partnership Interest held by the Carrier Holders at such time and (ii) the number of Directors constituting the entire Board. Any Directors with respect to whom the Carrier Deciding Shareholder’s designation rights are terminated pursuant to this Section 3.2(b), shall be removed from the Board as of the date of such termination of such designation rights. In such event, the replacements of such removed Directors shall be determined by the Approval of the Shareholders.
(c) Following such time as the Partnership Interest held by the Watsco Holders is less than the Watsco Scale-Down Partnership Interest, the Watsco Deciding Shareholder shall only be entitled to designate the whole number (rounding up) of Directors that is closest to the product of (i) the Partnership Interest held by the Watsco Holders at such time and (ii) the number of Directors constituting the entire Board. Any Directors with respect to whom the Watsco Deciding Shareholder’s desi...
Composition of the Board. (a) Pursuant to the Reorganization Plan, from and as of the date hereof the authorized number of directors comprising the Board shall be nine, unless changed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws. The Board shall initially be composed of: (i) the six (6) directors listed on Schedule 3.01(a)(i) hereto, who have been designated by JBS USA (the “JBS Directors”), (ii) the Founder Director, and (iii) the two (2) Equity Directors listed on Schedule 3.01(a)(iii) hereto. For so long as the JBS Stockholder is the beneficial owner (as that term is used with respect to the JBS Stockholder in the Certificate of Incorporation) of 35% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, no person shall be nominated as an Equity Director pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation if JBS USA reasonably determines that such person (A) is unethical or lacks integrity or (B) is a competitor or is affiliated with a competitor of the Reorganized Company. The directors shall serve in a manner consistent with the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
(b) The Reorganized Company and JBS USA acknowledge that, based upon information regarding the individuals listed on Schedule 3.01(a)(iii) that has been provided to the Reorganized Company and to JBS USA as of the date hereof, the individuals so listed are independent directors and are satisfactory to JBS USA.
(c) If applicable Law or, at any time while the Reorganized Company’s equity securities are traded on an Exchange, the rules of such Exchange require a greater number or proportion of independent directors on the Board, then (i) if the JBS Stockholder beneficially owns (as that term is used with respect to the JBS Stockholder in the Certificate of Incorporation) at least 50% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock, then, at the option of the JBS Nominating Committee, either (A) one or more of the then-existing JBS Directors who are not independent directors shall be replaced (if necessary, by removing or procuring the resignation of each such JBS Director in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.01(d)(ii) and (d)(iii)) with one or more JBS Directors who are independent directors such that, after such replacement, the number or proportion of independent directors on the Board will comply with such requirement or (B) the number of directors on the Board shall be increased by two (2) and the vacancies created by such increase shall be filled w...
Composition of the Board. At and following the date hereof, PubCo shall take all Necessary Action to cause the Board to be comprised of up to ten (10) directors (subject to Section 2.3), selected as set forth herein. As of and, except as otherwise indicated below, following the date hereof, the Board shall include:
(i) up to two (2) directors designated to PubCo by the ABRY Entities (such directors and any of their respective successors designated pursuant to subsection 2.1.3, each, a “Pre- Closing Holder Director”); provided, that if the ABRY Entities and their respective Affiliates cease to own shares of Common Stock of PubCo representing greater than 5% of the total shares of Common Stock of PubCo then-outstanding, then the ABRY Entities shall not have the right to designate any directors to the Board and PubCo shall have no further obligations under this subsection 2.1.1(i);
(ii) up to two (2) directors designated to PubCo by the Sponsor (such directors and any of their respective successors designated pursuant to subsection 2.1.5, each, a “Sponsor Director”); provided, that if Sponsor and its Affiliates cease to own shares of Common Stock of PubCo representing greater than 5% of the total shares of Common Stock of PubCo then-outstanding, then the Sponsor shall not have the right to designate any directors to the Board and PubCo shall have no further obligations under this subsection 2.1.1(ii);
(iii) up to two (2) directors designated to PubCo by Searchlight (such directors, and any of their respective successors designated pursuant to subsection 2.1.4, each, a “Searchlight Director”); provided, that if Searchlight and its Affiliates cease to own at least 7,866,666 shares of Common Stock (including, for this purpose, shares underlying warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock) of PubCo in the aggregate (as proportionately adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations or reclassifications or the like) (such time, the “Fall-Away of Purchaser Board Rights”), then Searchlight shall not have the right to designate any directors to the Board and PubCo shall have no further obligations under this subsection 2.1.1(iii);
(iv) the chief executive officer of PubCo, whom shall initially be Xxxxx Xxxx;
(v) up to three (3) Independent Directors by recommendation of the NCG Committee, so long as, in each case, such person has been approved by the Board, which shall initially be as the date hereof, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xx-Xxxx (each, a “Named Director”)...
Composition of the Board. (1) The Board shall consist of not less than nine members, selected as follows:
(i) up to ten members-at-large elected by the Board. Regard shall be paid especially to proposed members’ professional experience and qualifications, to appropriate geographical distribution, to agencies and countries which have concern for and provide substantial support to the Institute, or to countries where major facilities are located;
(ii) two members appointed by the host country, Republic of Korea;
(iii) one member appointed by WHO;
(iv) members appointed by the Board upon recommendation of governments of the Parties to this Agreement. The Board shall establish appropriate procedures for appointing members from the governments of the Parties to this Agreement;
(v) the Director of the Institute as a member ex-officio.
(2) Members-at-large shall be appointed for terms of no more than three years as determined by the Board in advance of the appointment. In the case of vacancy of members-at-large by reason of their retirement, death, incapacity, or any other cause, the Board shall fill the vacancy in the same manner as the original appointment. A new member appointed to replace a member during the latter’s term, may be appointed for the remaining term of the member being replaced. He/she is eligible to serve two additional terms.
(3) The members of the Board are eligible for reappointment to a second term, but shall not serve more than two successive terms, except that the member elected as a Chairperson, a Vice- Chairperson, a Secretary, or a Treasurer may have his/her term extended by the Board in order to coincide with his/her appointment as Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson, a Secretary, or a Treasurer, as the case may be.
(4) The members of the Board, other than the members serving ex-officio, the members appointed by the host country, Republic of Korea, and WHO, and the members elected upon recommendation of governments, shall serve in a personal capacity and are not considered, nor do they act, as official representatives of governments or organizations.
(5) The term of office and the selection of the members appointed by the Government of the host country, Republic of Korea (hereinafter referred to as the “Government”) will be determined by the Government.
(6) The members of the Board elected upon recommendation of governments shall serve for a term of three years and be eligible for reelection.
Composition of the Board. The Arbitration Board shall consist of three members. One shall be named by the employer and one named by the Union. Each of the parties to this Agreement shall have their respective Board member selected and made known to each other within seven (7) working days of notice being given by either party for the establishment of the Board. The third position on the Board is designated the Chair.
Composition of the Board. (a) Until the Substantial Ownership Requirement is no longer met, the Holders holding a majority of the shares of Class B Common Stock held by the Holders may, by means of a written resolution or consent in lieu thereof, designate the nominees for a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, including the Chair of the Board of Directors.