Unaffiliated Directors Sample Clauses

Unaffiliated Directors. Following the closing of the Transaction, except as set forth in Section 3.2(c) and Section 3.2(d), the nomination of directors (including Unaffiliated Directors) at annual meetings will be the responsibility of the Nominating and Governance Committee.
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Unaffiliated Directors. Following the closing of the HPK Business Combination, except as set forth in Section 3.1(b), the nomination of directors (including Unaffiliated Directors) at annual meetings will be the responsibility of the Nominating and Governance Committee, if then existing, and if no such Nominating and Governance Committee then exists, will be the responsibility of the Board.
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Unaffiliated Directors. Following the closing of the Merger, the nomination of Unaffiliated Directors at subsequent annual meetings will be the responsibility of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.
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Unaffiliated Directors. 41.1 At least six months prior to the proposed date of an annual general meeting, the Nominating Committee shall notify each Nominating Shareholder of the Nominating Committee's intention to select candidates for the three Unaffiliated Directors. Each Nominating Shareholder may nominate up to three candidates. If, at that time, at least two of the Nominated Directors previously nominated by each Nominating Shareholder propose to the Nominating Committee that the three then-current Unaffiliated Directors each serve another term as a Director, and each Unaffiliated Director agrees to serve another term as a Director, then the Nominating Committee shall accept such recommendation. If such a proposal is not received from at least two of the Nominated Directors previously nominated by each Nominating Shareholder or if any then-current Unaffiliated Director does not so agree, the Nominating Committee shall engage a Search Consultant selected by the committee members to propose ten candidates who meet the candidate considerations set out in Bye-law 41.2 to become the three Unaffiliated Directors (which proposal shall include all then-current Unaffiliated Directors unless any Unaffiliated Director explicitly requests not to be considered for another term). Each Nominating Shareholder may propose up to three candidates to the Search Consultant but the Search Consultant shall not be required to include any such candidate in its proposal. As soon as possible after the Nominating Committee receives the Search Consultant’s proposal, it shall provide a copy of the proposal to the Supervisory Board and convene a meeting of the Nominating Committee at which one of the Nominated Directors previously nominated by each Nominating Shareholder shall also attend. The Nominating Committee shall remove three proposed candidates at the request of each Nominated Director (six candidates in the aggregate) in a process where each Nominated Director alternates in removing one candidate at a time, and continuing sequentially until up to six candidates have been eliminated (and the Nominating Shareholders shall alternate, in even and odd numbered calendar years, in having their Nominated Director select the first candidate to be removed). The Nominating Committee shall then select three candidates from the remaining list of four candidates as its recommendation to the Supervisory Board and who shall be proposed by the Supervisory Board for election as the three Unaffiliated Directors at...
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Unaffiliated Directors. Subject to applicable law and compliance with the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange and any successor organization on which the Company’s Common Stock is listed, the Chairperson of the Compensation Committee shall be a Designee. The parties and their Designees agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare for approval by the Board of Directors a new Compensation Committee charter which will be compliant with applicable law and with the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange and any successor organization on which the Company’s Common Stock is listed, such charter to be effective as of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement.
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Unaffiliated Directors. For a period of two years after the Closing, Purchaser shall use its best efforts to cause no fewer than two persons who are not Affiliates of Purchaser or the Company or their respective Affiliates or any officer or employee of any of them to be nominated and elected to the Board of Directors of the Company (each, an "Unaffiliated Director").
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Unaffiliated Directors. An Unaffiliated Director is required to complete a quarterly report only if (i) the Unaffiliated Director knew, or in the ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties as a Fund director should have known, that during the 15-day period immediately before or after his or her transaction, such Covered Security was Purchased or Sold, or considered for Purchase or Sale, by the Fund,3 or (ii) during the relevant quarter, the Unaffiliated Director has engaged in what he or she believes may be construed as short-term trading in the securities of a registered open-end investment company that is advised by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. The “should have known” standard implies no duty of inquiry, does not presume there should have been any deduction or extrapolation from discussions or memoranda dealing with tactics to be employed in meeting any of a Fund’s investment objectives, or that any knowledge is to be imputed because of prior knowledge of the Funds’ portfolio holdings, market considerations, or the Funds’ investment policies and objectives or investment restrictions. 3 This reporting requirement shall not be applicable to securities traded by passively managed index funds
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Related to Unaffiliated Directors

  • Disinterested Directors AVIF agrees that its Board of Directors shall at all times consist of directors a majority of whom (the "Disinterested Directors") are not interested persons of AVIF within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder and as modified by any applicable orders of the SEC, except that if this condition is not met by reason of the death, disqualification, or bona fide resignation of any director, then the operation of this condition shall be suspended (a) for a period of forty-five (45) days if the vacancy or vacancies may be filled by the Board;(b) for a period of sixty (60) days if a vote of shareholders is required to fill the vacancy or vacancies; or (c) for such longer period as the SEC may prescribe by order upon application.

  • Independent Directors Those Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Company as such term is defined in the 1940 Act.

  • Continuing Directors The Continuing Directors are the individuals constituting the Board as of the date this Agreement was executed by Kaydon and any subsequent directors whose election or nomination for election by Kaydon’s stockholders was approved by a vote of two-thirds of the individuals who are then Continuing Directors, but specifically excluding any individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as the term is used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A issued under the Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board.

  • Directors The directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.

  • Associate Directors (A) Any person who has served as a director may be elected by the Board of Directors as an associate director, to serve during the pleasure of the Board. (B) An associate director shall be entitled to attend all directors meetings and participate in the discussion of all matters brought to the Board, with the exception that he would have no right to vote. An associate director will be eligible for appointment to Committees of the Company, with the exception of the Executive Committee, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, which must be comprised solely of active directors.

  • Alternate Directors (a) Subject to the remainder of this Section 8.12, each Class A Member entitled to nominate one or more Directors shall be entitled to nominate an alternate for each such Director that such Class A Member is entitled to nominate (each such alternate, an “Alternate Director”), who shall be deemed elected as such and shall have the right to serve, act and vote as a Director in the absence of the principal Director from time to time. Such Alternate Director shall be permitted to attend all meetings of the Board even if the principal Director is present at such meetings. If a principal Director is present at a meeting, the Alternate Director for such Director shall attend as an observer, shall not be counted towards the quorum at such meeting, and shall not have the right to act or vote as a Director at such meeting. If a principal Director is not present at a meeting, the Alternate Director for such Director shall attend as a full Director and be entitled to vote and act as a Director at such meeting and shall be counted toward the quorum at such meeting. If a principal Director attends a meeting, is counted toward the quorum, and, thereafter (i) recuses himself or herself from a vote on any particular matter, the Alternate Director for such Director, if present at such meeting, shall be allowed to vote as a Director on such matter, or (ii) leaves such meeting, the Alternate Director for such Director, if present at such meeting, shall sit as a Director for the remainder of such meeting, subject, in each case, to the provisions of Section 8.16 which would prohibit such Alternate Director from voting on a particular matter. (b) If a Class A Member ceases to have the right to nominate a Director as provided in this Agreement, any Alternate Director nominated by such Class A Member shall immediately cease to be an Alternate Director. (c) The Company shall provide to each Alternate Director copies of all notices, board materials, reports, minutes and consents at the time and in the manner as they are provided to the Directors; provided that each Alternate Director shall be subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in Section 11.1. (d) The provisions of Section 8.4(c), Section 8.4(d) and Section 8.8 shall apply to Alternate Directors, mutatis mutandis, as if the references to Directors therein were references to Alternate Directors. (e) The initial Alternate Directors for the initial principal Directors shall be as set forth on Exhibit B.

  • Preferred Stock Directors Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock have not been paid for an aggregate of six quarterly Dividend Periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the authorized number of directors of the Issuer shall automatically be increased by two and the holders of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have the right, with holders of shares of any one or more other classes or series of Voting Parity Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class, to elect two directors (hereinafter the “Preferred Directors” and each a “Preferred Director”) to fill such newly created directorships at the Issuer’s next annual meeting of stockholders (or at a special meeting called for that purpose prior to such next annual meeting) and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders until all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been declared and paid in full at which time such right shall terminate with respect to the Designated Preferred Stock, except as herein or by law expressly provided, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent default of the character above mentioned; provided that it shall be a qualification for election for any Preferred Director that the election of such Preferred Director shall not cause the Issuer to violate any corporate governance requirements of any securities exchange or other trading facility on which securities of the Issuer may then be listed or traded that listed or traded companies must have a majority of independent directors. Upon any termination of the right of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock and Voting Parity Stock as a class to vote for directors as provided above, the Preferred Directors shall cease to be qualified as directors, the term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate immediately and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the number of Preferred Directors elected pursuant hereto. Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and any vacancy created thereby may be filled, only by the affirmative vote of the holders a majority of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class together with the holders of shares of Voting Parity Stock, to the extent the voting rights of such holders described above are then exercisable. If the office of any Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason other than removal from office as aforesaid, the remaining Preferred Director may choose a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.

  • Parent Board of Directors The Board of Directors of Parent will take all actions necessary such that two members of Company's Board of Directors reasonably acceptable to Parent, at least one of whom is an independent director of the Company's Board of Directors, shall be appointed to Parent's Board of Directors as of the Effective Time with a term expiring at the next annual meeting of Parent's stockholders.

  • 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

  • Continuing Director A "Continuing Director" shall mean a Director of the Company who (i) is not an Acquiring Person, an Affiliate or Associate, a representative of an Acquiring Person or nominated for election by an Acquiring Person, and (ii) was either a member of the Board of Directors of the Company on the date of this Agreement or subsequently became a Director of the Company and whose initial election or initial nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by at least two-thirds of the Continuing Directors then on the Board of Directors of the Company.

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