Alliance Board participants and observers who breach the rules of confidentiality and disclosure provisions under any information sharing level may have their membership ceased.
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Board Observers At any time during which there is an outstanding balance on the Tranche A Term Loan (as such capitalized term is defined in that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated October 15, 2009 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Xxxxxx Communications Company, LLC, Xxxxxx Publishing Group, LLC, the Lenders party thereto, and Tranche Manager, LLC, as Administrative Agent), Tranche Holdings, LLC, or its designee, shall be entitled to designate one (1) nonvoting observer (the “Observer”) to the Company’s Board of Directors and to all committees thereof. Such Observer shall be entitled to attend all Board meetings (which meetings shall generally be held telephonically) but will not be entitled to vote at any Board meeting. Such Observer shall be entitled to receive all consents, proposed consents or Board actions, documents, materials, information and notices (whether or not in writing) provided to the Board; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to exclude such Observer from access to any material or meeting or portion thereof (only if the Observer is notified of such withholding) if the Board votes in good faith after advice of counsel, that such exclusion is necessary (taking into account any confidentiality agreements that such Observer has executed or is willing to execute): (a) to preserve the attorney-client privilege; (b) to prevent a breach by the Board of Directors of its fiduciary duties; or (c) to avoid the impairment of the Company’s ability to enforce its rights under this Agreement in any bona fide dispute with the Observer. Such Observer may be removed from office only by Tranche Holdings, LLC, except that the Observer may be removed for cause by the Board of Directors in the event of willful misconduct or material breach of any confidentiality agreement with the Company or its affiliates; provided such Observer shall not be removed for cause until after Tranche Holdings, LLC has been notified of the Board’s intent to remove such person for cause and is given Tranche Holdings, LLC a reasonable amount of time to appoint another person as an Observer. Upon the payment and satisfaction in full of Tranche A Term Loan, Tranche Holdings, LLC shall cease to possess the right to designate an Observer, and any Observer so designated will automatically and without further action be removed from the Board. At any time during which there is an outstanding balance on the Tranche A Term Loan (as defined in the Credit Agreement), all travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by Tranche Holdings, LLC or its designee in connection with its rights in this Section 3.1.8 shall be reimbursed by the Company.
Procedures of the Joint Committee 1. For the proper implementation of this Agreement, the Joint Committee shall meet at an appropriate level whenever necessary upon request but at least once a year. Either Party may request a meeting be held.
Independent Directors Those Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Company as such term is defined in the 1940 Act.
Board Observer Hospital shall be entitled to have one representative of Hospital (the “Hospital Observer”) attend all regularly held and special meetings of the Board of Directors of Company (the “Board”) in a nonvoting observer capacity and to receive notice of all meetings of the Board, and Company shall give such Hospital Observer copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other material that it provides to its directors at or about the same time as delivered to such directors; provided, however, that: (a) Company reserves the right to exclude the Hospital Observer from any meeting or portion thereof of the Board or from access to any material or portion thereof if Company reasonably believes that such exclusion or withholding of information with respect thereto is reasonably necessary (i) to preserve attorney-client privilege, (ii) in the event the Board intends to discuss or vote upon any circumstances or matters where there is a material actual or material potential conflict of interest between Company and Hospital, including without limitation any discussion of the Parties’ rights and obligations under this Agreement, or (iii) to comply with the terms and conditions of confidentiality agreements with third parties; (b) the Hospital Observer shall be an Executive Director, Director, or Sr. Business Strategy & Licensing Manager from Hospital’s Office of Research Ventures & Licensing; the identity of the Hospital Observer shall be subject to the approval of Company’s Board, which approval shall not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and (c) the Hospital, on behalf of Hospital Observer, shall enter into a confidentiality agreement with Company in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Company requiring the Hospital and Hospital Observer to maintain the confidentiality of Company information disclosed to the Hospital Observer. Hospital’s right under this Section 12.9 shall expire upon the earlier of (A) the closing of the initial public offering of Company’s capital stock, (B) a Change of Control or (C) if the investors in a Series B preferred stock sale (or a subsequent round ) by the Company object to the continuation of the Hospital Observer, the initial closing of such Series B preferred stock sale, provided the Parties shall agree on alternative arrangements to keep Hospital informed of the activities of the Company above the current reporting requirements.
The Joint Committee 1. A Joint Committee is hereby established in which each Contracting Party shall be represented.
TRANSITION COMMITTEE 8.1.0 A transition committee comprised of the employee representatives and the employer representatives, including the Crown, will be established by January 31, 2016 to address all matters that may arise in the creation of the Trust.
Executive Committee (A) The Executive Committee shall be composed of not more than nine members who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members and who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board.
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of Common Shares outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding Common Shares of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board, or the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board in good faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights Certificates and all other parties and (y) not subject the Board to any liability to the holders of the Rights.
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting any Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
Management Committee The Members shall act collectively through meetings as a "committee of the whole," which is hereby named the "Management Committee." The Management Committee shall conduct its affairs in accordance with the following provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement:
