Corporate Governance Practice Sample Clauses

Corporate Governance Practice. (a) Each of the Parties hereby agrees and undertakes that, following the Closing, it or he or she (as the case may be) shall fully comply with, and shall cause to be complied with, all of the corporate governance policies, procedures, rules and requirements of AAAC adopted or to be adopted from time to time by the Board (collectively, the "Corporate Governance Rules"), including but not limited to those set forth in Schedule H attached hereto. (b) After the Closing Date, AAAC agrees not to sign a letter of intent, or other agreement with any third Person regarding a sale of the shares, assets or other interest in such Person or a business combination with such third Person.
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Corporate Governance Practice. (a) Each of the Parties hereby agrees and undertakes that, following the Closing, it or he or she (as the case may be) shall fully comply with, and shall cause to be complied with, the code of business conduct, the xxxxxxx xxxxxxx policy, the related party transaction procedures, the anti-corruption manual, the audit committee charter, the compensation committee charter and the nomination committee charter and other corporate governance policies, procedures, rules and requirements of SCAC adopted or to be adopted from time to time by the Board (collectively, the “Corporate Governance Rules”). (b) Effective immediately following the Closing, no director, officer, committee member, employee, agent of SCAC or any Group Company or any of their respective delegates shall, without the affirmative consent or approval of at least six (6) members of the Board, not take, nor shall they cause or permit SCAC or any Group Company to take, any of the following actions (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions): (i) the authorization, creation or issuance of any equity or debt securities, warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of SCAC or any Group Company, other than grants of securities, stock options or warrants to directors or employees of SCAC or any Group Company pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan and the issuance of shares upon the exercise of such options or warrants; (ii) the declaration or payment of a distribution or dividend with respect to any of the shares in SCAC or any Group Company, including, without limitation, the repurchase or redemption of any such shares or equity interest (or any warrants, options or other rights to acquire any such shares or equity interest); (iii) the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of SCAC or any Group Company with any person or any transaction in which SCAC or any Group Company immediately before such transaction together with their affiliates do not own or control at least a majority of the voting power of the surviving entity immediately after such transaction (excluding any transaction effected solely for tax purposes or to change SCAC’s or any Group Company’s domicile); (iv) the sale, lease, exchange, transfer, contribution, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Assets and Properties of SCAC or any Group Company (other than mortgages of Assets and Properties to banks to secure loans in the ordinary course of business consistent ...
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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.

  • Ethics No officer, agent or employee of the Board is or shall be employed by Provider or has or shall have a financial interest, directly or indirectly, in this Agreement or the compensation to be paid hereunder except as may be permitted in writing by the Board’s Code of Ethics, adopted May 25, 2011 (11-0525-PO2), as amended from time to time, which policy is hereby incorporated by reference into and made part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.

  • CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNORS The Governors shall each school year, at their first meeting in that year, elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among their number. A Governor who is employed by the Academy Trust shall not be eligible for election as chairman or vice-chairman.

  • Governance and Anticorruption The Borrower, the Project Executing Agency, and the implementing agencies shall (a) comply with ADB’s Anticorruption Policy (1998, as amended to date) and acknowledge that ADB reserves the right to investigate directly, or through its agents, any alleged corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practice relating to the Project; and

  • Data Practices The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement is subject to the requirements of Minnesota’s Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes, Section 13.01

  • Policies, Guidelines, Directives and Standards Either the Funder or the Ministry will give the HSP Notice of any amendments to the manuals, guidelines or policies identified in Schedule C. An amendment will be effective in accordance with the terms of the amendment. By signing a copy of this Agreement the HSP acknowledges that it has a copy of the documents identified in Schedule C.

  • 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.

  • Code of Ethics The Adviser has adopted a written code of ethics complying with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the Act and will provide the Trust with a copy of the code and evidence of its adoption. Within 45 days of the last calendar quarter of each year while this Agreement is in effect, the Adviser will provide to the Board of Trustees of the Trust a written report that describes any issues arising under the code of ethics since the last report to the Board of Trustees, including, but not limited to, information about material violations of the code and sanctions imposed in response to the material violations; and which certifies that the Adviser has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent "access persons" (as that term is defined in Rule 17j-1) from violating the code.

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