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NOMINATION AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHARTER
A. Purpose
The Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee shall (i) identify individuals qualified to become Board members, and recommend that the Board select the director nominees for the next annual meeting of shareholders; and (ii) develop and recommend to the Board the corporate governance guidelines and processes applicable to the Company.
B. Committee Membership and Procedure
The Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee shall consist of no fewer than three members. Each member of the Committee shall satisfy the independence requirements of the Nasdaq National Market, the Toronto Stock Exchange and Section 10A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the rules promulgated thereunder. The Board shall appoint the members of the Committee, considering the views of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, as appropriate. The members of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualify, and shall designate the Chairman of the Committee. The Board shall have the power at any time to change the membership of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee and to fill vacancies in it, subject to such new member(s) satisfying the aforementioned independence requirements. Except as expressly provided in this Charter, the by-laws of the Company or the Board Guidelines, the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee shall fix its own rules of procedure.
C. Committee Authority and Responsibilities
- The Committee shall develop qualification criteria for Board members, and actively seek, interview and screen individuals qualified to become Board members for recommendation to the Board in accordance with the Board Guidelines.
- The Committee shall have the sole authority to retain and terminate any search firm to be used to identify director candidates and shall have sole authority to approve the search firm's fees and other retention terms.
- The Committee shall also have authority to obtain advice and assistance from internal or external legal, accounting or other advisors.
- The Committee shall make regular reports to the Board.
- The Committee shall review and reassess the adequacy of this Charter annually and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval. The Committee shall annually review its own performance.
- The Committee may form and delegate authority to subcommittees when appropriate.
- The Committee shall annually receive comments from all directors and report annually to the Board with an assessment of the Board’s and individual’s performance.
- The Committee shall develop and recommend to the Board a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and shall consider any requests for waivers from the Company's Code of Bsiness Conduct and Ethics. The Company shall make disclosure of such waivers to the Securities and Exchange Commission and, as required, to the exchanges on which the Company’s securities are listed for trading.
- The Committee shall review annually, or more often if appropriate, the directors who are members (including qualifications and requirements), structure (including authority to delegate) and performance of committees of the Board (including reporting to the Board), and make recommendations to the Board, as appropriate. The Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Board and Chairman of the Board on matters of organizational and governance structure of the Company and the conduct of the Board.
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