(ii) A Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, which shall consist solely of Independent Directors and which shall: Identify individuals qualified to become members of the Board of Directors; select, or recommend that the Board of Directors select, nominees for election to the Board of Directors at the annual meetings of stockholders; develop and recommend to the Board of Directors corporate governance guidelines applicable to the Corporation; and oversee the evaluation of the Board of Directors and management. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee shall, for purposes of Section 7 of this Article III, also be known as the Independent Committee and shall have the authority to approve the actions of the Board of Directors as specified in Section 7 of this Article III.
(iii) An Executive Compensation Committee, which shall consist solely of Independent Directors and which shall determine compensation for the Corporation’s executive officers and administer a stock incentive plan adopted by the Corporation and any other incentive programs now or hereafter adopted by the Corporation.
Section 13. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. The presence of a majority of the total membership of any committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of such committee and the act of a majority of those present shall be necessary and sufficient for the taking of any action thereat. Notice of committee meetings shall be given in the same manner as notice of special meetings of the Board of Directors.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Section 14. Unless otherwise restricted by the charter of the Corporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of non-employee directors. The non-employee directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. Officers of the Corporation who are also members of the Board of Directors shall not be paid any director’s fees.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 15. The Corporation shall indemnify, in the manner and to the maximum extent permitted by law, any person (or the estate of any person) who is or was a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether or not by or in the right of the Corporation, and whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or that such person while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, partner, member, agent or employee of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the indemnification provided herein shall include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, and any such expenses may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding and without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification.
Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Section 15 of this Article III, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the charter or Bylaws of the Corporation inconsistent with this Section, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding paragraph with respect to any act or failure to act that occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.
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