CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE Sample Clauses

CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE. (1) The Bank shall adhere to its existing policies and procedures that delineate lines of reporting within the Bank, and specify requirements for information to be supplied to the Board of the Bank. The Bank shall not materially alter or amend such policies and procedures without obtaining the prior written non-objection from the OCC. (2) The Board shall maintain and ensure Bank adherence to policies and procedures that preserve the Bank’s separate corporate identity, including, without limitation, the maintenance of books and records that are separate and apart from Xxxxxxx, under the control of the Bank, and readily available to OCC personnel upon request. The Bank shall not materially alter or amend such policies and procedures without obtaining the prior written non-objection from the OCC. (3) Within thirty (30) days the Bank’s Audit Committee shall be comprised of at least three Bank directors who are not officers or employees of the Bank, and a majority of whom are not officers, directors or employees of any affiliate or subsidiary of the Bank or Xxxxxxx, with the exception that any entity that has an ownership interest in Xxxxxxx shall not be deemed an affiliate of the Bank or Xxxxxxx for purposes of this paragraph only. (4) The Board shall ensure adherence to independent internal and external audit functions in accordance with the Comptroller’s Handbook titled “Internal and External Audits” dated April 2003. The Bank’s internal and external audit functions shall include regular audits of the Bank’s compliance with each requirement of this Agreement and of the Bank’s compliance with each requirement of the Consent Order.
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CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE. (1) The Board of the Bank shall at all times ensure that its management and officers have the knowledge and skills necessary to execute the Bank's strategic plan and manage the Bank's risk, including, but not limited to, control functions such as compliance, quality assurance, and internal audit. (2) The Board of the Bank shall continue to maintain and ensure Bank adherence to policies and procedures that preserve the Bank's separate corporate identity, including without limitation, the maintenance of books and records that are separate and apart from Metris, under the control of the Bank, and readily available to OCC personnel upon request. (3) The Bank shall, on an annual (fiscal year) basis, obtain an independent external audit that is separate from the audit of Metris and that is sufficient to render an opinion on the financial statements of the Bank. A copy of the audit report shall be submitted to the OCC within five (5) days of completion. (4) The Board of the Bank shall continue to ensure that adequate governance and control systems are in place, in accordance with the written action plans or programs previously adopted the Board of the Bank. This shall include the: (a) Independent, Internal Audit Program; (b) Compliance and Operational Risk Management Program; (c) Credit Risk Management Action Plan; (d) Account Management and ALLL Action Plan; (e) Negative Amortization Action Plan; (f) Forbearance Program Action Plan; and
CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE. The Borrower shall maintain and cause to be maintained the current legal structure of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The Borrower shall procure that not more than a majority of the Directors currently serving on any of the boards of Directors of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the relevant board of Directors then in office. The Borrower agrees that a representative of the Lender shall be invited to attend regularly scheduled and special meetings of the boards of Directors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which representative shall have no voting rights at any such meeting.
CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE. (1) The Board of the Bank shall at all times ensure that its management and officers have the knowledge and skills necessary to execute the Bank's strategic plan and manage the Bank's risk. (2) The Board of the Bank shall maintain and ensure Bank adherence to policies and procedures that preserve the Bank's separate corporate identity, including without limitation, the maintenance of books and records that are separate and apart from Metris, under the control of the Bank, and readily available to OCC personnel upon request. (3) Within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date, the Bank's Board shall be comprised of a majority of directors who are independent of the Bank and any affiliate of the Bank. In addition, the Bank's Audit Committee shall be comprised entirely of directors who are independent of the Bank and any affiliate of the Bank. (4) The Bank shall continue to comply with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act ("FDICIA") annual financial audit requirements of 12 C.F.R. ss. 363 until its asset size is reduced to $500 million or less. Once the Bank's asset size is $500 million or less, the Bank shall, on an annual basis, obtain an independent external audit that is separate from the audit of Metris and that is sufficient to render an opinion on the financial statements of the Bank. (5) The Board of the Bank shall at all times ensure an adequate system of internal controls appropriate to the Bank's size, scope of operations, and risks of its activities, in accordance with a written action plan adopted by the Board of the Bank and submitted to the Comptroller for review. On at least an annual basis, as appropriate, management shall review with the Board of the Bank the goals and objectives of the written action plan, and the Bank shall make changes, as warranted, to address any deficiencies noted during this review. The Bank shall provide a copy of any such changes to the Comptroller for determination of supervisory non-objection. (6) The Board of the Bank shall ensure adherence to an independent, internal audit program sufficient to support the Bank's risk profile, size, and complexity. The Board of the Bank shall ensure compliance with the internal audit program approved by the Board. (7) The Board of the Bank shall ensure adherence to the Compliance and Operational Risk Management Program as approved by the Board of the Bank and to which the Comptroller has provided a determination of non-objection. On at least an annual basis, a...
CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE. 1.1 The Parties acknowledge that the realization of the IPO process requires the following key prerequisite changes in the corporate structure of the Company to be approved by the General Meeting or other corporate bodies of the Company: (a) Change of the Shares from the materialized shares to the book entry shares and their registration with the Central Securities Depository of the Slovak Republic; (b) Transformation of the Company to the public joint-stock company; (c) Approval of listing of the Shares on the respective stock exchange; (d) Incorporation of the above changes into the Statutes of the Company; (e) Registration of the above changes in the respective Commercial Register; and (f) Approval of the prospectus. 1.2 In the event, the Shares could not be directly listed on the respective stock exchange due to legal or regulatory restrictions or due to market situation, economic or strategic reasons and such a direct listing of the Company as an issuer of the Shares on the respective stock exchange will not be desirable, the Parties undertake to analyze and try to find another suitable solution so that the IPO process could be initiated and successfully completed, e.g. transferring the Shares to another entity – a listing vehicle established by the Slovak Shareholders (or another state controlled entity) under different jurisdiction whereas the issuer within the IPO process will be a new entity as the exclusive owner of the Shares. 1.3 The Parties understand that next to certain changes in the corporate structure of the Company, realization of a successful IPO requires a reasonable support from its management and cooperation of the Shareholders with management of the Company, in particular (a) Management Team: The Company’s management team will need to explain the business, its strategy and prospects to investors. The management of the Company will be accountable to its new and existing shareholders for the performance of the business when it is a public company. Therefore, the Parties may need to ensure that the management of the Company is sufficiently prepared for pre- and post-IPO process provided however, that the operational business of the Company will not be unreasonably disturbed.

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  • Capital Structure and Business If all or part of a Credit Party's Stock is pledged to Agent, that Credit Party shall not issue additional Stock. No Credit Party shall amend its charter or bylaws in a manner that would adversely affect Agent or Lenders or such Credit Party's duty or ability to repay the Obligations. No Credit Party shall engage in any business other than the businesses currently engaged in by it or businesses reasonably related thereto.

  • Corporate Structure The corporate structure, capital structure and other material debt instruments, material accounts and governing documents of the Borrowers and their Affiliates shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Governance Structure The Academy shall be organized and administered under the direction of the Academy Board and pursuant to the governance structure as set forth in its Bylaws. The Academy’s Board of Directors shall meet at least six times per fiscal year, unless another schedule is mutually agreed upon by the University President or Designee and the Academy.

  • Changes in Corporate Structure The Company shall not have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as applicable, or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements referred to in Schedule 5.5.

  • Governance Matters (a) The Company shall cause the Investor Designated Director to be elected or appointed on the Closing Date to the Board of Directors as well as the board of directors of the Bank (the “Bank Board”), subject to satisfaction of all legal and governance requirements regarding service as a member of the Board of Directors and the Bank Board. The Company shall recommend to its shareholders the election of the Investor Designated Director to the Board of Directors at the Company’s annual meeting, subject to satisfaction of all legal and governance requirements regarding service as a director of the Company. If the Investor no longer has the Qualifying Ownership Interest, it shall have no further rights under Sections 3.4(a), 3.4(b), 3.4(c) and 3.4(d) and, in each case, at the written request of the Board of Directors, the Investor shall use all reasonable best efforts to cause the Investor Designated Director to resign from the Board of Directors and the Bank Board as promptly as possible thereafter. The Board of Directors and the Bank Board shall cause the Investor Designated Director to be appointed to the committees of the Board of Directors and the Bank Board, as applicable, identified by the Investor, so long as the Investor Designated Director qualifies to serve on such committees subject to satisfaction of all legal and governance requirements regarding service as a committee member. (b) For so long as the Investor owns, in the aggregate with its Affiliates, ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (as adjusted from time to time for any reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other like changes in the Company’s capitalization) (the “Qualifying Ownership Interest”), the Investor Designated Director shall, subject to applicable Law, be the nominee of the Company and the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Nominating Committee”) to serve on the Board of Directors and on the Bank Board. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Investor Designated Director elected as director of the Company by the shareholders of the Company and the Company shall solicit proxies for the Investor Designated Director to the same extent as it does for any of its other nominees to the Board of Directors. (c) For so long as the Investor owns, in the aggregate with its Affiliates, the Qualifying Ownership Interest, the Investor Designated Director shall, subject to applicable Law (including the applicable rules of the NYSE), be appointed to the committees of the Board of Directors and the Bank Board (or any other committees performing similar functions of the foregoing committees) identified by the Investor. (d) Subject to Section 3.4(a), upon the death, disability, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of a Designated Investor Director, the Investor shall have the right to designate the replacement for the Investor Designated Director, which replacement shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company and shall satisfy all legal and governance requirements regarding service as a member of the Board of Directors and the Bank Board, as applicable. The Board of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all action required to fill the vacancy resulting therefrom with such person (including such person, subject to applicable Law, being the Company’s and the Nominating Committee’s nominee to serve on the Board of Directors, calling a special meeting of shareholders to vote on such person, using all reasonable best efforts to have such person elected as director of the Company by the shareholders of the Company and the Company soliciting proxies for such person to the same extent as it does for any of its other nominees to the Board of Directors). (e) For so long the Investor with its Affiliates owns, in the aggregate with its Affiliates, five percent (5%) or more of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as adjusted from time to time for any reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other like changes in the Company’s capitalization), the Company shall, subject to applicable Law, invite a person designated by the Investor and reasonably acceptable to the Board of Directors (the “Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and the Bank Board (including any meetings of committees thereof which the Investor Designated Director is a member) in a nonvoting observer capacity. If the Investor no longer beneficially owns the minimum number of Common Shares as specified in the first sentence of this Section 3.4(e), the Investor shall have no further rights under this Section 3.4(e). The Investor shall cause the Observer to agree to hold in confidence and trust and to act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information provided to such Observer and the Company, the Board of Directors, the Bank Board and any committees thereof shall have the right to withhold any information and to exclude the Observer from any meeting or portion thereof (i) if doing so is, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, necessary to protect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and counsel or (ii) if the Board of Directors, the Bank Board or any committee thereof determines in good faith, after consultation with counsel, that fiduciary requirements under applicable Law would make attendance by the Observer inappropriate. The Observer shall have no right to vote on any matters presented to the Board of Directors, the Bank Board or any committee thereof. (f) The Investor Designated Director shall be entitled to the same compensation, including fees, and the same indemnification and insurance coverage in connection with his or her role as a director as the other members of the Board of Directors or the Bank Board, as applicable, and the Investor Designated Director shall be entitled to reimbursement for documented, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board of Directors or the Bank Board, or any committee thereof, to the same extent as the other members of the Board of Directors or the Bank Board, as applicable. The Company shall notify the Investor Designated Director of all regular meetings and special meetings of the Board of Directors or the Bank Board and of all regular and special meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors or the Bank Board of which the Investor Designated Director is a member in accordance with the applicable bylaws. The Company and the Bank shall provide the Investor Designated Director with copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other material that they provide to all other members of their respective boards of directors concurrently as such materials are provided to the other members. (g) Each of the Company and the Bank acknowledges that the Designated Investor Director may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by the Investor and/or certain of its Affiliates (collectively, the “Investor Indemnitors”). Each of the Company and the Bank hereby agrees (1) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to the Designated Investor Director are primary and any obligation of the Investor Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by the Designated Investor Director are secondary), and (2) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by the Designated Investor Director and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses and liabilities incurred by the Designated Investor Director, in each case to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company and the Bank (and any other agreement regarding indemnification between the Company and/or the Bank, on the one hand, and the Designated Investor Director, on the other hand), without regard to any rights the Designated Investor Director may have against any Investor Indemnitor. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by any Investor Indemnitor on behalf of the Designated Investor Director with respect to any claim for which the Designated Investor Director has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Investor Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Designated Investor Director against the Company. The Company agrees that the Investor Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 3.4(g). (h) For the purposes of the definition of “Change in Control” under the Benefit Plans, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor Designated Director shall be deemed to be an “Incumbent Director” as defined in the applicable Benefit Plans.

  • NATURE AND SCOPE 4.1 This Agreement is an agreement under the terms and conditions of which the Supplier/Service Provider will arrange for the supply/provision to Transnet of the Goods/Services which meet the requirements and specifications of Transnet, the delivery of which is controlled by means of Purchase Orders to be issued by Transnet and executed by the Supplier/Service Provider in accordance with this Agreement. 4.2 Such Purchase Orders and deliveries to Transnet shall be agreed between the Parties from time to time, subject to the terms of the Schedule of Requirements/Work Order. 4.3 Each properly executed Purchase Order forms an inseparable part of this Agreement as if it were fully incorporated into the body of this Agreement. 4.4 During the period of this Agreement, both Parties can make written suggestions for amendments to the Schedule of Requirements/Work Orders in accordance with procedures set out in clause 35 [Amendment and Change Control]. A Party will advise the other Party within 14 [fourteen] Business Days, or such other period as mutually agreed, whether the amendment is acceptable. 4.5 Insofar as any term, provision or condition in the Schedule of Requirements/Work Order conflicts with a like term, provision or condition in this Agreement and/or a Purchase Order, the term or provision or condition in this Master Agreement shall prevail, unless such term or provision or condition in this Master Agreement has been specifically revoked or amended by mutual written agreement between the Parties. 4.6 Time will be of the essence and the Supplier/Service Provider will perform its obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the timeframe(s) [if any] set out in the relevant schedule, save that the Supplier/Service Provider will not be liable under this clause if it is unable to meet such obligation within the time required as a direct result of any act or omission by Transnet and it has used its best endeavours to advise Transnet of such act or omission. In the event of such delay, any time deadlines detailed in the relevant schedule shall be extended by a period equal to the period of that delay.

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