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Purposes.
The Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors (a)
identifies individuals qualified to become Board members, (b)
recommends to the Board candidates to fill Board vacancies and
newly-created director positions, (c) recommends whether
incumbent directors should be nominated for re-election to the
Board upon the expiration of their terms, and (d) oversees the
evaluation of the Board's performance.
Composition.
The size of the
Committee shall be determined by the Board, but it always must
have at least three members. Each Committee member will be
"independent" under the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market.
Desirable qualifications for Committee members include
experience in any of the following areas: (i) corporate
governance, (ii) business management, (iii) personnel or human
resources management and (iv) organizational behavior.
The Board selects the
Nominating Committee members based on recommendations of the
Committee. The Committee will select a Committee Chairperson
from among its members. Each Committee member will serve for
such term as the Board may decide or until such Committee member
is no longer a Board member. Committee members may be replaced
by the Board at any time.
Duties and
Responsibilities. The Nominating Committee has the following
duties and responsibilities:
·Identify New Director Candidates.
The Nominating Committee shall identify individuals believed to
be qualified to become Board members and recommend candidates to
the Board to fill new or vacant positions. In recommending
candidates, the Committee shall consider such factors as it
deems appropriate. These factors may include independence,
judgment, skill, diversity, integrity, experience with
businesses and other organizations, the interplay of the
candidate's experience with the experience of other Board
members, and the extent to which the candidate would be a
desirable addition to the Board and any committees of the Board.
The Committee also shall review the qualifications of, and make
recommendations to the Board regarding, director nominations
submitted to the Company in accordance with the Company's
articles of association or otherwise.
·Evaluate Incumbent Directors.
The Nominating Committee shall evaluate whether an incumbent
director should be nominated for re-election to the Board upon
expiration of such director's term. The Committee will use the
same factors established for new director candidates to make its
evaluation and also will take into account the incumbent
director's performance as a Board member.
·Recommended Committee Members.
The Nominating Committee shall recommend candidates for
appointment to the Company's standing committees in accordance
with the policies and principles in the committees' charters or
authorizing resolutions and taking into consideration such other
factors as it deems appropriate including business experience
and the interplay of the candidate's experience with that of the
other committee members.
·
Assist
in Succession Planning.
At least annually, the Nominating Committee shall report to the
Board on succession planning, which shall include appropriate
contingencies in case the Chief Executive Officer of the Company
(the "CEO") or any of other executive officers retires, resigns
or is incapacitated. The Committee shall assist the Board in
evaluating potential successors to the CEO or other executive
officers.
·Recommendations as to the Board.
The Nominating Committee shall make recommendations regarding
the appropriate size of the Board.
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Board
Reports.
At least annually, the Nominating Committee shall report its
activities to the Board and in such manner and at such times as
the Committee or the Board deems appropriate. This report shall
include the Committee's assessment of the Board's performance
and procedures.
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Other
Delegated Duties or Responsibilities.
The Nominating Committee shall perform any other duties or
responsibilities delegated to the Committee by the Board from
time to time.
Meetings.
The Nominating
Committee will meet in person or telephonically as frequently as
necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this Charter.
The Committee Chairperson shall, in consultation with the other
members of the Committee and appropriate officers of the
Company, establish the agenda for each Committee meeting. Each
Committee member may submit items to be included on the agenda.
Committee members may also raise subjects that are not on the
agenda at any meeting. The Committee Chairperson or a majority
of the Committee members may call a meeting of the Committee at
any time. A majority of the number of Committee members selected
by the Board shall constitute a quorum for conducting business
at a meeting of the Committee. The act of a majority of
Committee members present at a Committee meeting at which a
quorum is in attendance shall be the act of the Committee,
unless a greater number is required by law, the Company's
certificate of incorporation or its articles of association. Any
Committee member may be excused from a meeting to permit the
remaining members of the Committee to act on any matter in which
such member's participation is not appropriate, and such
member's absence shall not destroy the quorum for the meeting.
The Committee also may take action by unanimous written consent.
The Committee Chairperson, or such other person as the committee
members may appoint for the purposes of a particular meeting,
shall supervise the conduct of the meetings and shall have other
responsibilities which the Committee may designate from time to
time.
The Nominating Committee
may request any officer or employee of the Company, or any
representative of the Company's advisors, to attend a meeting or
to meet with any members or representatives of the Committee.
Authority.
The Nominating
Committee shall have appropriate resources and authority to
discharge its responsibilities, including appropriate funding in
such amount as the Committee deems necessary, to compensate any
consultants and any independent advisors retained by the
Committee. The Committee shall have the sole authority to engage
and terminate search firms to assist in the identification of
director candidates and the sole authority to set the fees and
other retention terms of such search firms. The Committee may
also retain independent counsel and other independent advisors
to assist it in carrying out its responsibilities.
Annual Review.
At least
annually, the Nominating Committee shall (a) review this Charter
with the Board and recommend any changes to the Board and (b)
evaluate its performance against the requirements of this
Charter and review this evaluation with the Board. The Committee
shall conduct its review and evaluation in such manner as it
deems appropriate.
Last updated and adopted by the Board on July 17, 2009.
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