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.
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.
Observer The initial Observers shall be Xu Shi (徐诗). The Observer may participate in a meeting of the Board or of any committee of the Board by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other at the same time. The Observer may be represented at any meetings of the Board of Directors by a proxy appointed in writing by him. The Observer has the right to give advice and make suggestions, but does not have a right in any way to vote on any matters determined by any resolutions. The Company shall deliver to the Observer copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other materials in relation to the meetings that the Company provides to the members of the Board at the same time and in the same manner as provided to the Board.
Board Observer Rights Prior to the completion of the Initial Offering, for so long as The Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group, Inc. ("Xxxxxxx Sachs"), together with its affiliates, holds (and continues to hold) at least 25% of the Subject Common Shares (or Series D Stock of the Company into or for which such Subject Common Shares are convertible or exchangeable or shares of Common Stock into which the Series D Stock are converted) that Xxxxxxx Xxxxx acquires pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as adjusted for stock splits, subdivisions and combinations, reclassifications and similar corporate actions), the Company shall permit a designee of Xxxxxxx Sachs or its affiliates (the "Observer") to attend all meetings of its Board of Directors (whether in person; telephonic or other) (other than meetings of a committee of the Board of Directors, unless other board observers are permitted to attend such meetings) in a nonvoting observer capacity and. in this respect, shall provide the Observer, concurrently with the members of the Board of Directors, with copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials that it provided to such members (other than in meetings of a committee of the Board of Directors, unless other board observers are provided such materials); provided, however, that the Observer agrees to hold in confidence and trust all information so provided to it or learned by it in connection with its rights hereunder; it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Observer shall be permitted to use or disclose such information to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and its affiliates in connection with managing its investment in the Company; and provided, further, that the Company reserves the right to withhold any information or to exclude the Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if (i) access to such information or attendance at such meeting could adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel; (ii) access to such information or attendance at such meeting could result in disclosure of trade secrets to Xxxxxxx Sachs or its representative; or (iii) access to such information or attendance at such meeting could result in a conflict of interest between Xxxxxxx Xxxxx or its representative and the Company.
Board Observation Rights To the extent the Combination Closing Date has occurred, Required Purchasers shall be entitled to designate one observer (the “Board Observer”) to attend any regular meeting (a “BOD Meeting”) of the Board of Directors of the Acquiror (or, in each case, any relevant committees thereof), except that the Board Observer shall not be entitled to vote on matters presented to or discussed by the Board of Directors (or any relevant committee thereof) of the Acquiror at any such meetings. The Board Observer shall be timely notified of the time and place of any BOD Meetings and will be given written notice of all proposed actions to be taken by the Board of Directors (or any relevant committee thereof) of the Acquiror as if the Board Observer were a member thereof. Such notice shall describe in reasonable detail the nature and substance of the matters to be discussed and/or voted upon at such meeting (or the proposed actions to be taken by written consent without a meeting). The Board Observer shall have the right to receive all information provided to the members of the Board of Directors or any similar group performing an executive oversight or similar function (or any relevant committee thereof) of the Acquiror in anticipation of or at such meeting (regular or special and whether telephonic or otherwise), in addition to copies of the records of the proceedings or minutes of such meeting, when provided to the members, and the Board Observer shall keep such materials and information confidential in accordance with Section 12.07. The Issuer shall reimburse the Board Observer for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with its participation in any such BOD Meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may exclude Board Observer from access to any material or meeting or portion thereof if: (i) the Board of Directors concludes in good faith, upon advice of the Acquiror’s counsel, that such exclusion is necessary to preserve the attorney-client or work product privilege between the Acquiror or any of its Affiliates and its counsel; or (ii) such portion of a meeting is an executive session limited solely to independent director members of the Board or Directors, independent auditors and/or legal counsel, as the Board of Directors may designate and such limitation is reasonably necessary with respect to the applicable matters, or (iii) such exclusion is necessary to avoid a conflict of interest between the Acquiror on the one hand and the Required Purchasers on the other.
Voting at Meetings Questions arising at any meeting of directors are to be decided by a majority of votes and, in the case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting does not have a second or casting vote.
Shareholders Voting Powers and Meetings 11 Section 1.
Quorum; Voting A majority of the members of any Committee of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and any action of such a Committee may be taken at a meeting by a vote of a majority of the members present (a quorum being present).
Quorum; Voting; Decisions At each JRC meeting, (i) the participation of at least [********] members designated by each Party shall constitute a quorum and (ii) all members designated by each Party who participate shall [********] vote on all matters before the JRC at such meeting. All decisions of the JRC shall be made by [********] vote. Alternatively, the JRC may act by written consent signed by at least [********] members designated by each Party. Whenever any action by the JRC is called for hereunder during a time period in which the JRC is not scheduled to meet, the Chairman shall cause the JRC to take the action in the requested time period by calling a special meeting or by circulating a written consent. Representatives of each Party or of its Affiliates who are not members of the JRC (including the Patent Coordinators) may attend JRC meetings as non-voting observers with the consent of the other Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Parties shall use reasonable efforts to reach consensus on matters properly before the JRC but, to the extent that that the JRC is unable to resolve any such matter, unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, such matter shall be referred to the ESC to be resolved in accordance with Section 2.1.5.
