Common use of Removal and Replacement of Directors Clause in Contracts

Removal and Replacement of Directors. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, if the number of Directors a Shareholder is entitled to nominate pursuant to clause 5.4 falls below the number of Directors who are at that time Nominated Directors of such Shareholder, and such circumstances exist for a period of 20 consecutive trading days, such Shareholder shall, within five Business Days of the expiry of such period, notify the Board in writing, for the purposes of Article [84] of the Constitution, of the identity of the Nominated Director(s) who are to be removed as Directors and shall procure that such Nominated Directors resign with immediate effect as Directors and as directors of each Group Company on whose board he or she or they sit. If a Shareholder fails to give such notice within such period, that Shareholder shall be deemed to have given such a notice and to have identified in that notice such Nominated Directors as are required to resign (and the Nominated Directors of that Shareholder who shall be deemed to have been identified shall be determined by reference to ascending age order). If a Board meeting occurs during the combined 20 trading day and five Business Day period set out above and the relevant Shareholder has yet to give notice setting out details of the relevant Nominated Director who is to resign, the relevant Shareholder shall procure that only so many of its Nominated Directors shall attend and vote at such Board meeting as is commensurate with the relevant Nominator’s rights pursuant to clause 5.4 above.

Removal and Replacement of Directors. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, if the number of Directors a Shareholder is entitled to nominate pursuant to clause 5.4 falls below the number of Directors who are at that time Nominated Directors of such Shareholder, and such circumstances exist for a period of 20 consecutive trading days, such Shareholder shall, within five Business Days of the expiry of such period, notify the Board in writing, for the purposes of Article article [84] of the Constitution, of the identity of the Nominated Director(s) who are to be removed as Directors and shall procure that such Nominated Directors resign with immediate effect as Directors and as directors of each Group Company on whose board he or she or they sit. If a Shareholder fails to give such notice within such period, that Shareholder shall be deemed to have given such a notice and to have identified in that notice such Nominated Directors as are required to resign (and the Nominated Directors of that Shareholder who shall be deemed to have been identified shall be determined by reference to ascending age order). If a Board meeting occurs during the combined 20 trading day and five Business Day period set out above and the relevant Shareholder has yet to give notice setting out details of the relevant Nominated Director who is to resign, the relevant Shareholder shareholder shall procure that only so many of its Nominated Directors shall attend and vote at such Board meeting as is commensurate with the relevant Nominator’s rights pursuant to clause 5.4 above.