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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 Chairman 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") retires, resigns or is incapacitated.
The Committee shall assist the Board in evaluating potential
successors to the CEO.
·Recommendations as to
the Board. The Nominating Committee shall make recommendations
regarding the appropriate size of the Board.
· 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.
· 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 Chairman
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 Chairman 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 by-laws.
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 Chairman, 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. |