Chairperson The Chairperson will supervise and control the affairs of the Committee and shall exercise such supervisory powers as may be given him/her by the Members of the Committee. The Chairperson will perform all duties incident to such office and such other duties as may be provided in these bylaws or as may be prescribed from time to time by the Committee. The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings and shall exercise parliamentary control in accordance with ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Rules of Order.
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.
Board of Directors Approval The Board of Directors of the Buyer --------------------------- shall have approved, ratified and affirmed the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Alternate Directors (a) Subject to the remainder of this Section 8.12, each Class A Member entitled to nominate one or more Directors shall be entitled to nominate an alternate for each such Director that such Class A Member is entitled to nominate (each such alternate, an “Alternate Director”), who shall be deemed elected as such and shall have the right to serve, act and vote as a Director in the absence of the principal Director from time to time. Such Alternate Director shall be permitted to attend all meetings of the Board even if the principal Director is present at such meetings. If a principal Director is present at a meeting, the Alternate Director for such Director shall attend as an observer, shall not be counted towards the quorum at such meeting, and shall not have the right to act or vote as a Director at such meeting. If a principal Director is not present at a meeting, the Alternate Director for such Director shall attend as a full Director and be entitled to vote and act as a Director at such meeting and shall be counted toward the quorum at such meeting. If a principal Director attends a meeting, is counted toward the quorum, and, thereafter (i) recuses himself or herself from a vote on any particular matter, the Alternate Director for such Director, if present at such meeting, shall be allowed to vote as a Director on such matter, or (ii) leaves such meeting, the Alternate Director for such Director, if present at such meeting, shall sit as a Director for the remainder of such meeting, subject, in each case, to the provisions of Section 8.16 which would prohibit such Alternate Director from voting on a particular matter.
(b) If a Class A Member ceases to have the right to nominate a Director as provided in this Agreement, any Alternate Director nominated by such Class A Member shall immediately cease to be an Alternate Director.
(c) The Company shall provide to each Alternate Director copies of all notices, board materials, reports, minutes and consents at the time and in the manner as they are provided to the Directors; provided that each Alternate Director shall be subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in Section 11.1.
(d) The provisions of Section 8.4(c), Section 8.4(d) and Section 8.8 shall apply to Alternate Directors, mutatis mutandis, as if the references to Directors therein were references to Alternate Directors.
(e) The initial Alternate Directors for the initial principal Directors shall be as set forth on Exhibit B.
Board of Directors The Board of Directors of the Company is comprised of the persons set forth under the heading of the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus captioned “Management.” The qualifications of the persons serving as board members and the overall composition of the board comply with the Exchange Act, the Exchange Act Regulations, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder (the “▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act”) applicable to the Company and the listing rules of the Exchange. At least one member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined under Regulation S-K and the listing rules of the Exchange. In addition, at least a majority of the persons serving on the Board of Directors qualify as “independent,” as defined under the listing rules of the Exchange.
