Common use of Size and Composition of Board Clause in Contracts

Size and Composition of Board. (a) At any time following (but not prior to) the Full Option Exercise and prior to the consummation of an Investor Exit Event, Investor shall be entitled to appoint a number of Directors (the “Investor Directors”) in proportion to the percentage of the Fully-Diluted Equity held by Investor, such number of Directors to be rounded down to the closest integer but to be no fewer than one Director (the “Board Representation Rights”); provided that following the consummation of a Qualified IPO, the Board Representation Rights shall be effected through a voting agreement to be entered into between Parent and Investor prior to the consummation of such Qualified IPO (and not effected in the Articles of Association), which shall provide that: (i) out of the total number of non-independent Directors, Investor shall be entitled to appoint such number of non-independent Directors as is proportional to the percentage of the Fully-Diluted Equity held by Investor (such number of non-independent Directors to be rounded down to the closest integer but to be no fewer than one); and (ii) out of the total number of independent Directors, Investor shall be entitled to nominate such number of independent Director candidates as is proportional to the percentage of the Fully-Diluted Equity held by Investor (such number of candidates to be rounded down to the closest integer); provided, further, that in the case of each of the foregoing, (A) the number of non-independent Directors Investor is entitled to appoint shall be no fewer than one Director following a Full Option Exercise and prior to the consummation of an Investor Exit Event; and (B) for so long as Investor holds fewer Ordinary Shares (on an as-converted basis) than Parent, Investor shall not, under any circumstances under the Board Representation Rights, be entitled to nominate a greater number of Directors than Parent (but subject to Investor being entitled to appoint no fewer than one non-independent Director to the Board after the Full Option Exercise and prior to the consummation of an Investor Exit Event).

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: Shareholders’ Agreement, Shareholders’ Agreement (Sina Corp), Shareholders’ Agreement (WEIBO Corp)

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