Directors Sample Clauses

Directors. (a) Promptly upon the acceptance for payment of, and payment by Sub for, any shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer, Sub shall be entitled to designate such number of directors on the Company Board as will give Sub, subject to compliance with Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act, representation on the Company Board equal to at least that number of directors, rounded up to the next whole number, that equals the product of (i) the total number of directors on the Company Board (giving effect to the directors elected pursuant to this sentence) multiplied by (ii) the percentage that (A) such number of shares of Company Common Stock so accepted for payment and paid for by Sub plus the number of shares of Company Common Stock otherwise owned by Sub or any other subsidiary of Parent bears to (B) the number of such shares outstanding, and the Company shall, at such time, cause Sub’s designees to be so elected or appointed to the Company Board, provided that in the event that Sub’s designees are appointed or elected to the Company Board, until the Effective Time the Company Board shall have at least three directors who are members of the Company Board on the date of this Agreement and who are not officers of the Company (the “Independent Directors”); and provided further that, in such event, if the number of Independent Directors shall be reduced below three for any reason whatsoever, the remaining Independent Directors shall be entitled to nominate a person to fill such vacancy who shall be deemed to be an Independent Director for purposes of this Agreement or, if no Independent Directors then remain, the other directors shall designate two persons to fill such vacancies who are not officers, employees, stockholders or affiliates of the Company, Parent or Sub, and such persons shall be deemed to be Independent Directors for purposes of this Agreement. Subject to applicable Law, the Company shall take all action requested by Parent necessary to effect any such election or appointment, including mailing to its stockholders the Information Statement containing the information required by Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder, and the Company shall make such mailing with the mailing of the Schedule 14D-9 (provided that Sub shall have provided to the Company on a timely basis all information required to be included in the Information Statement with respect to Sub’s designees). In connection with the foregoing, the Company sh...

Directors. The directors of Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, as the case may be.

Directors. Section 1. The number and classification of the Board of Directors shall be as set forth in the Charter of the Bank. Section 2. No person who has attained the age of seventy-two (72) years shall be nominated for election to the Board of Directors of the Company, provided, however, that this limitation shall not apply to any person who was serving as director of the Company on September 16, 1971. Section 3. The class of Directors so elected shall hold office for three years or until their successors are elected and qualified. Section 4. The affairs and business of the Company shall be managed and conducted by the Board of Directors. Section 5. The Board of Directors shall meet at the principal office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President. Section 6. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the President, and shall be called upon the written request of a majority of the directors. Section 7. A majority of the directors elected and qualified shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors. Section 8. Written notice shall be sent by mail to each director of any special meeting of the Board of Directors, and of any change in the time or place of any regular meeting, stating the time and place of such meeting, which shall be mailed not less than two days before the time of holding such meeting. Section 9. In the event of the death, resignation, removal, inability to act, or disqualification of any director, the Board of Directors, although less than a quorum, shall have the right to elect the successor who shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred, and until such director's successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. Section 10. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after its election by the stockholders shall appoint an Executive Committee, a Trust Committee, an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee, and shall elect from its own members a Chairman of the Board of Directors and a President who may be the same person. The Board of Directors shall also elect at such meeting a Secretary and a Treasurer, who may be the same person, may appoint at any time such other committees and elect or appoint...

Directors. (a) Parent, Buyer and the Company shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Company Board will, upon the Closing, be comprised of at least seven (7) directors, (i) at least five (5) of whom may be designated in writing by Parent and Buyer (the “Buyer Directors”), in their sole discretion, as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event prior to convening the EGM, and (ii) at least two (2) of whom shall initially be current non-executive directors of the Company designated by the Company and Buyer by mutual written agreement (if and to the extent that they shall agree to continue to serve on the Company Board after the Closing), and who shall at all times be independent from Parent, Buyer and the Majority Shareholders and shall at all times qualify as independent in accordance with the independence standards set forth in the Dutch Corporate Governance Code 2008; provided, that, if and to the extent that the current non-executive directors of the Company do not agree to serve on the Company Board after the Closing, Buyer shall (and Parent shall cause Buyer to) designate replacement directors who shall at all times be independent from Parent, Buyer and the Majority Shareholders and who shall at all times qualify as independent in accordance with the independence standards set forth in the Dutch Corporate Governance Code 2008, as promptly as reasonably practicable and in any event prior to convening the EGM (the directors so designated, “Independent Directors”). (b) Each Independent Director shall resign from, and the Company shall take such other action reasonably necessary to ensure that each such Independent Director ceases to be a director of, the Company Board upon the earliest to occur of (i) such time after the Acceptance Time as Buyer and its Affiliates, in the aggregate, own one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Shares and (ii) the Second Step Distribution having been made and the subsequent liquidation and dissolution of the Company (the “Liquidation”) having been completed. (c) If, at any time after the Closing, an Independent Director resigns from, or otherwise ceases to be a member of, the Company Board, or ceases to be independent from Parent, Buyer or the Majority Shareholders, in each case, prior to the date of resignation contemplated by Section 2.05(b), Parent shall procure that the respective Independent Director shall be replaced by a new director that is independent from Parent, Buyer and t...

Directors. At the Effective Time, the initial directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.

Directors. The parties shall take all requisite action so that the directors of Merger Sub immediately before the Effective Time shall be, from and after the Effective Time, the directors of the Surviving Corporation until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Surviving Charter, the Surviving Bylaws and applicable Law.

Directors. Subject to applicable Law, the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial directors of the Surviving Corporation and shall hold office until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or their earlier death, resignation or removal.

Directors. (a) Promptly upon the purchase of and payment for, and as long as Parent directly or indirectly owns, not less than a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock on a fully diluted basis by Parent or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries pursuant to the Offer, Parent shall be entitled to designate for appointment or election to the Company's then existing Board of Directors, upon written notice to the Company, such number of directors, rounded up to the next whole number, on the Board of Directors such that the percentage of its designees on the Board shall equal the percentage of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock owned of record by Parent and each of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries. In furtherance thereof, the Company shall, upon request of Merger Sub, use its reasonable efforts promptly to cause Parent's designees (and any replacement designees in the event that any designee shall no longer be on the Board of Directors) to be so appointed or elected to the Company's Board, and in furtherance thereof, to the extent necessary, increase the size of the Board of Directors or use its reasonable efforts to obtain the resignation of such number of its current directors as is necessary to give effect to the foregoing provision. At such time, the Company shall also, upon the request of Parent, use its reasonable efforts to cause the Persons designated by Parent to constitute at least the same percentage (rounded up to the next whole number) as is on the Company's Board of Directors of each committee of the Company's Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, until the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have at least two directors who are directors of the Company on the date of this Agreement and who are not officers of the Company (the "Independent Directors"); provided, however, that (x) notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the requirement to have at least two Independent Directors result in Parent's designees constituting less than a majority of the Company's Board of Directors unless Parent shall have failed to designate a sufficient number of Persons to constitute at least a majority and (y) if the number of Independent Directors shall be reduced below two for any reason whatsoever (or if immediately following Consummation of the Offer there are not at least two then-existing directors of the Company who (1) are Qualified Persons (as defined below) and (2) are willing...

Directors. If the number which may be so elected at any special meeting does not amount to the required number, the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have the right to make such increase in the number of Directors as shall be necessary to permit the election by them of the required number. After the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have exercised their right to elect Directors in any default period and during the continuance of such period, the number of Directors shall not be increased or decreased except by vote of the holders of Preferred Stock as herein provided or pursuant to the rights of any equity securities ranking senior to or pari passu with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.