A. Nominating. The Committee shall:
1. Develop and review on a periodic basis policies on the size and composition of the Board and qualification criteria for Board members to ensure proper expertise and diversity among its members and to manage the risks associated with conflicts of interest and director independence and, when appropriate, make recommendations to the Board concerning the criteria for membership, the size and composition of the Board and its committees, and the chairing of the Board and its committees;
2. Evaluate, approve and recommend for Board consideration candidates for election as directors;
3. Have the authority to retain and terminate any search firm to be used to identify director candidates and have the authority to approve the search firm’s fees and other retention terms;
4. Receive, review and evaluate suggestions concerning possible candidates for election to the Board, including self-nominations, nominations from stockholders and other third-party nominations;
5. Recommend to the Board individuals to fill vacancies occurring from time to time on the Board, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the size of the Board;
6. Review and make recommendations to the Board regarding the independence of the members of the Board; and
7. Recommend to the Board the slate of nominees to be proposed for election at each annual meeting of stockholders.
B. Corporate Governance. The Committee shall:
1. Develop and recommend to the Board a set of corporate governance, conflicts of interest and business ethics policies, principles, codes of conduct and guidelines for the Company and its directors, officers and employees;
2. Review and reassess at least annually the adequacy of the Company’s corporate governance, conflicts of interest and business ethics policies, principles, codes of conduct and guidelines in light of emerging issues and developments related to corporate governance and other factors and formulate and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval;
3. Generally advise the Board as a whole on corporate governance matters;
4. Review and reassess at least annually the adequacy of this Charter and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval;
5. Annually review its own performance;
6. Solicit input from all directors and conduct an annual review of the effectiveness of the Board and its committees and present its assessment of the performance of the Board and its committees to the full Board following the end of each fiscal year;
7. In conjunction with the Company’s management, establish and conduct orientation programs for new directors that are designed to familiarize new directors with the Company’s businesses, strategies and challenges and to assist new directors in developing and maintaining skills necessary or appropriate for the performance of their responsibilities;
8. Periodically consider whether to require all executive officers and non-employee directors to own and hold a specific monetary amount or number of shares of the Company’s common stock while serving as an executive officer or director of the Company, and if such ownership levels are imposed, the amount of time that such executive officers and non-employee directors would be given to acquire such ownership;
9. Periodically consider whether to adopt a policy requiring members of senior management to retain all or a substantial portion of the equity compensation awards made by the Company to such person throughout his or her tenure with the Company or for a period of time thereafter;
10. Conduct or authorize investigations into or studies of matters within the Committee’s scope of responsibilities under this Charter or as may be assigned to it by the Board from time to time;
11. Annually review a management and Chief Executive Officer succession plan; and
12. Perform any other activities consistent with this Charter, the DGCL, the Company’s bylaws, any guidelines or other policies adopted by the Board from time to time, and other applicable law, rule, or regulation as the Committee or the Board deems necessary or appropriate.
C. Additional Resources. The Committee:
1. Shall have the right to use reasonable amounts of time of the Company’s independent auditors, internal audit personnel and other internal staff and legal counsel, and also shall have the right to hire outside accountants, outside legal counsel and other advisers to assist and advise the Committee in connection with its responsibilities and to terminate such outside advisers.
2. Shall have the authority to approve fees and engagement terms related to the hiring of advisers; provided that the Committee shall keep the Company’s Chief Financial Officer advised as to the general range of anticipated expenses for outside consultants and advisers and shall obtain Board approval for expenditures exceeding, in the aggregate, $100,000 in any one fiscal year.
Adopted as of March 26, 2019
