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Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee Charter
1. Purpose
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Committee”):
(a) will identify and recommend qualified candidates to the
Board of Directors (the “Board”) for nomination
as members of the Board and its committees, and (b) will develop
and recommend to the Board corporate governance principles
applicable to the Company.
2. Composition
The Committee will be composed entirely of directors who satisfy
the definition of “independent” under the listing
standards of the New York Stock Exchange. The Committee members
will be appointed by the Board and may be removed by the Board
in its discretion. The Board will appoint one member of the
Committee as chairperson. The chairperson shall be responsible
for leadership of the Committee, including overseeing the
agenda, presiding over the meetings and reporting to the Board.
The Committee shall have the authority to delegate any of
its responsibilities to subcommittees as the Committee may
deem appropriate, provided the subcommittees are composed
entirely of independent directors.
3. Meetings
The Committee will meet from time to time as necessary to
carry out its responsibilities, which the Board believes will
generally be at least once per year. A majority of the members
of the Committee shall constitute a quorum of the Committee.
A majority of the members in attendance shall decide any question
brought before any meeting of the Committee.
4. Committee Resources
The Committee shall have the authority, to the extent it deems
necessary or appropriate, to obtain advice and seek assistance
from internal and external legal, accounting, director search
firms and other advisors. The Committee shall have the sole
authority to retain and terminate any search firm to be used
to identify director candidates, including sole authority
to approve such search firm’s fees and other retention
terms.
5. Responsibilities
The Committee will have the following responsibilities:
Develop and recommend to the Board criteria for Board membership
and selection of new directors, including independence standards
and the necessary portfolio of skills, experience, perspective
and background required for the effective functioning of the
Board;
Search for, recruit, screen, interview and select qualified
director candidates to fill vacancies or the additional needs
of the Board, including the consideration of candidates recommended
to and deemed appropriate by the Committee;
Evaluate the qualifications and performance of incumbent directors
and determine whether to recommend them for re-election to
the Board;
Recommend to the Board nominees to fill vacancies on the Board
as they occur;
Recommend to the Board, annually in advance of the annual
meeting of stockholders, a slate of nominees to be submitted
to the stockholders for election or re-election as directors
at the annual meeting;
Recommend to the Board the removal of a director where appropriate;
Review, evaluate and periodically make recommendations to
the Board with respect to the size of the Board;
Recommend to the Board the directors to be appointed to the
committees of the Board;
Monitor and evaluate the orientation and training needs of
directors and make recommendations to the Board where appropriate;
Develop, periodically review and recommend to the Board a
set of corporate governance principles applicable to the Company
and make recommendations to the Board regarding corporate
governance matters and practices;
Review and approve, prior to acceptance, the CEO’s service
on any other public company Board;
Oversee the annual evaluation of the performance and effectiveness
of the Board and its committees;
Oversee and evaluate compliance by the Board and management
with the Company’s corporate governance principles and
its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics;
Perform any other activities consistent with this charter,
the Company’s bylaws and governing law as the Committee
or the Board deem appropriate.
6. Performance Evaluation
The Committee will conduct an evaluation of the Committee’s
performance and charter at least annually, and will report
to the Board the results of such evaluation and any recommended
changes to this charter.
7. Disclosure of Charter
This charter will be made available on the Company’s
website.
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