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.
Selection and Nomination of Directors While this Plan is in effect, the selection and nomination of persons to be Directors of the Fund who are not "interested persons" of the Fund ("Disinterested Directors") shall be committed to the discretion of the incumbent Disinterested Directors. Nothing herein shall prevent the incumbent Disinterested Directors from soliciting the views or the involvement of others in such selection or nominations as long as the final decision on any such selection and nomination is approved by a majority of the incumbent Disinterested Directors.
Composition of Board of Directors (a) Upon the acceptance for payment of, and payment by Merger Sub in accordance with the Offer for, at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock on a fully diluted basis pursuant to the Offer, Purchaser shall be entitled to designate such number of directors on the Board of Directors, rounded up to the next whole number, as will give Purchaser representation on the Board of Directors equal to the product of (i) the number of authorized directors on the Board of Directors (giving effect to the directors elected pursuant to this Section 1.4) and (ii) the percentage that the ----------- number of shares of Common Stock purchased by Merger Sub or Purchaser or any affiliate thereof bears to the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding (the "Percentage"), and the Company shall, upon the election and ---------- request by Purchaser, promptly increase the size of the Board of Directors and/or secure the resignations of such number of directors as is necessary to enable Purchaser's designees to be elected to the Board of Directors and shall cause Purchaser's designees to be so elected. At the request of Purchaser, the Company will cause such individuals designated by Purchaser to constitute the same Percentage of (i) each committee of the Board, (ii) the board of directors of each Subsidiary (as defined in Section 11.8) of the Company and (iii) the ------------ committees of each such board of directors. The Company's obligations to appoint designees to the Board of Directors and committees thereof shall be subject to Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder. The Company shall promptly take all appropriate action required pursuant to such Section 14(f) and Rule 14f-1 to effect any such election and shall, subject to the next succeeding sentence, include in the Schedule 14D-9 the information required by Section 14(f) and Rule 14f-1. Purchaser will supply to the Company in writing and be solely responsible for any information with respect to itself and its nominees, directors and affiliates required by Section 14(f) and Rule 14f-1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto shall use their respective reasonable efforts to ensure that at least three of the members of the Board of Directors shall at all times prior to the Effective Time be Continuing Directors (as defined in Section 1.4(b)). --------------
Election of Board of Directors (a) The holders of Preferred Stock, voting as a single class, shall be entitled to elect three (3) members of the Board at each meeting or pursuant to each consent of the Corporation’s stockholders for the election of directors, and to remove from office such directors and to fill any vacancy caused by the resignation, death or removal of such directors.
Composition of the Board of Directors Promptly upon the Share Purchase, Sub shall be entitled to designate such number of directors on the Board of Directors of the Corporation, rounded up to the next whole number, as will give Sub, subject to compliance with Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act, representation on such Board of Directors equal to at least that number of directors which equals the product of the total number of directors on the Board of Directors (giving effect to the directors elected pursuant to this sentence) multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock so accepted for payment and paid for or otherwise acquired or owned by Sub or Parent and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, and the Corporation and its Board of Directors shall, at such time, take any and all such action needed to cause Sub's designees to be appointed to the Corporation's Board of Directors (including to cause directors to resign). Promptly upon the Share Purchase, Corporation and its Board of Directors shall take such further action as may be requested by Sub to cause Sub's designees to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of each direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Corporation (other than Allied Bond & Collection Agency, Inc.). Subject to applicable law, the Corporation shall take all action requested by Parent which is reasonably necessary to effect any such election, including mailing to its shareholders an Information Statement containing the information required by Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder, and the Corporation agrees to make such mailing with the mailing of the Schedule 14D-9 so long as Sub shall have provided to the Corporation on a timely basis all information required to be included in such Information Statement with respect to Sub's designees. In furtherance thereof, the Corporation will increase the size of the Corporation's Board of Directors, or use its reasonable efforts to secure the resignation of directors, or both, as is necessary to permit Sub's designees to be elected to the Corporation's Board of Directors. Upon the Share Purchase (as defined in Section 1.1 hereof) all directors of the Corporation, other than Sub's designees and two directors of Corporation, and, unless otherwise agreed, all officers of the Corporation shall resign.
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
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.
Audit Committee (A) The Audit Committee shall be composed of five members who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board.
Executive Committee (A) The Executive Committee shall be composed of not more than nine members who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members and who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board.
Operating Committee 7.01 To coordinate the operation of their respective generating, transmission and substation facilities, in order that the advantages to be derived hereunder may be realized by the parties hereto to the fullest practicable extent, the parties shall establish a committee of authorized representatives to be known as the Operating Committee. Each of the parties shall designate in writing delivered to the other party, the person who is to act as its representative on said committee (and the person or persons who may serve as alternates whenever such representative is unable to act). Each of such representatives and alternates shall be persons familiar with the generating, transmission, and substation facilities of the system of the party he represents, and each shall be fully authorized (1) to cooperate with the other representative (or alternates) and (2) to determine and agree from time to time, in accordance with this agreement and with any other relevant agreements then in effect between the parties, upon the following:
