Common use of Term of Office and Removal Clause in Contracts

Term of Office and Removal. Each officer shall serve until his or her successor is elected and duly qualified, the office is abolished, or he or she is removed. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, any officer may be removed at any regular meeting of the Board with or without cause by an affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board. The Board may remove the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President at any time, with or without cause, only by a vote of two- thirds of the non-officer directors then holding office at any regular or special meeting of the Board called for that purpose.