Selection of the Investor Director; Committees. (a) The Investor Director’s service as a member of the Board must be reasonably acceptable to the Governance Committee. The parties hereto agree that the person listed on Exhibit A to this Agreement is qualified for service pursuant to the foregoing sentence. Subject to applicable Law and stock exchange rules, until the Board Designation Expiration Date, the Investor Director shall be appointed to serve on the Governance Committee, subject to any limitations imposed by Law or stock exchange rules (including with respect to director independence requirements). (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Investor shall not be entitled to designate any Investor Director pursuant to Section 3.1(a) to the Board if the Board or a committee thereof reasonably determines that (i) the election of such Investor Director to the Board would cause the Company to not be in compliance with applicable Law or (ii) such Investor Director has been involved in any of the events that would be required to be disclosed in a registration statement on Form S-1 pursuant to Item 401(f)(2)-(8) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933 or is subject to any order, decree or judgment of any Governmental Entity prohibiting service as a director of any public company. In any such case described in clauses (i) or (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Investor shall withdraw the designation of such proposed Investor Director, and, subject to the requirements of this Section 3.4(b) be permitted to designate a replacement therefor (which replacement Investor Director will also be subject to the requirements of this Section 3.4(b)). The Company hereby agrees that the Investor Director listed on Exhibit A to this Agreement would not be prohibited from serving on the Board pursuant to clause (i) of the first sentence of this Section 3.4(b). (c) Subject to Section 3.7, the Board may impose as a condition to the Investor Director serving on the Board that such Investor Director agree to, and be subject to, each Subject Policy. For the avoidance of doubt, no Subject Policy shall modify any of the rights and obligations of the parties to this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement between the parties dated as of the date hereof, the Merger Agreement or any other agreement entered into between the parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
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Samples: Stockholders' Agreement (Devon Energy Corp/De), Support Agreement (Devon Energy Corp/De), Merger Agreement (WPX Energy, Inc.)