NUMBER, CLASSIFICATION, TERM AND ELECTION OF DIRECTORS Sample Clauses

NUMBER, CLASSIFICATION, TERM AND ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15) members, the exact number to be fixed and determined from time-to-time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided herein, all directors shall serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. In the event that the number of directors is fixed at nine (9) or more, then the directors shall be classified with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes: Class I, Class II, and Class III, which shall be as nearly equal in number as possible and shall be adjusted from time to time in the discretion of the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or the Board of Directors in order to maintain such proportionality. In the event that the number of directors is fixed at nine (9) or more directors, then the directors shall be classified into classes by the Chair of the Board of Directors or the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Each director in Class I shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders held one year after his or her classification; each director in Class II shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of the shareholders held two years after his or her classification, and each director in Class III shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders held three years after his or her classification. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision of this Article V, each director shall serve until his or her successor shall be duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, or removal. At each annual meeting of shareholders beginning with the annual meeting following the classification of the Board of Directors, the successors to the class of directors whose terms shall expire at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders held in the third year following the year of their election and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, or removal. No decrease in the number of directors by amendment to these Articles shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a shareholders’ meeting at which a quoru...
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  • Nomination of Directors Except as otherwise fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation relating to the authorization of the Board of Directors to provide by resolution for the issuance of Preferred Stock and to determine the rights of the holders of such Preferred Stock to elect directors, nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board of Directors, by a committee appointed by the board of directors, or by any stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for herein. However, any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors as provided herein may nominate one or more persons for election as directors at a meeting only if written notice of such stockholder's intent to make such nomination or nominations has been delivered to or mailed and received by the secretary of the corporation not later than, (a) with respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting of stockholders, 120 calendar days in advance of the first anniversary of the date the corporation's proxy statement was released to security holders in connection with the preceding year's annual meeting; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is changed by more than thirty (30) days from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure was made, and (b) with respect to an election to be held at a special meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, not earlier than the close of business on the 90th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure is first made of the date of the special meeting and the nominees proposed by the board of directors to be elected at such a meeting. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected by the Board of Directors of the corporation is increased and there is no public disclosure by the corporation naming the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least seventy (70) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year's annual meeting, a

  • Designation of Directors The designees to the Company’s board of directors described above (each a “Designee”) shall be selected as follows:

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  • Compensation of Directors Directors on the Board shall not be entitled to receive a fee for the director’s services as a director on the Board.

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  • Fees and Compensation of Directors Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity.

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  • COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES Section 1. Directors and associate directors of the Company, other than salaried officers of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for attending meetings of the Board of Directors as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Directors and associate directors who serve as members of committees, other than salaried employees of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for services as members of committees as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine and directors and associate directors may be employed by the Company for such special services as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine and shall be paid for such special services so performed reasonable compensation as may be determined by the Board of Directors.

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