Vote Neutralization. From and after the date hereof, for so long as the 12.5% Condition is satisfied, at any annual or extraordinary meeting of holders of capital stock of the Company, or in any action by written consent by such holders, at which directors of the Board are to be elected, each PCS Party shall abstain from voting, or cause to abstain from voting, all of its shares of Common Stock in respect of the election of any director nominated by the Governance and Sustainability Committee that is not a PCS Nominated Director. For the avoidance of doubt, such requirement to abstain from voting includes a requirement to submit a vote of “abstention” at any annual or extraordinary meeting of holders of capital stock of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the PCS Parties shall not be required to abstain from voting any of their respective shares of Common Stock in respect of the election of any Chair (i) that has not been nominated by the Governance and Sustainability Committee and proposed and recommended by the Board, or (ii) for so long as the PCS Parties beneficially own 100% of the shares of Common Stock and other equity securities of the Company that such Persons hold as of the date of this Agreement, that has been nominated by the Governance and Sustainability Committee and proposed and recommended by the Board if the Governance and Sustainability Committee as not (a) duly considered PCS' recommendations with respect to the identity of the Chair, as reasonably determined in good faith by PCS, or (b) consulted with PCS with respect to the identity of the Chair in accordance with Section 2.02(g).
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Vote Neutralization. From and after the date hereof, for so long as the 12.5% Condition is satisfied, at any annual or extraordinary meeting of holders of capital stock of the Company, or in any action by written consent by such holders, at which directors of the Board are to be elected, each PCS Party shall abstain from voting, or cause to abstain from voting, all of its shares of Common Stock in respect of the election of any director nominated by the Governance and Sustainability Committee that is not a PCS Nominated Director. For the avoidance of doubt, such requirement to abstain from voting includes a requirement to submit a vote of “abstention” at any annual or extraordinary meeting of holders of capital stock of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the PCS Parties shall not be required to abstain from voting any of their respective shares of Common Stock in respect of the election of any Chair (i) that has not been nominated by the Governance and Sustainability Committee and proposed and recommended by the Board, or (ii) for so long as the PCS Parties beneficially own 100% of the shares of Common Stock and other equity securities of the Company that such Persons hold as of the date of this Agreement, that has been nominated by the Governance and Sustainability Committee and proposed and recommended by the Board if the Governance and Sustainability Committee as not (a) duly considered PCS' recommendations with respect to the identity of the Chair, as reasonably determined in good faith by PCS, or (b) consulted with PCS with respect to the identity of the Chair in accordance with Section Section 2.02(g).
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