The Stockholder Nominee must promptly provide to the Corporation prior to the date of the annual meeting such other information as it may reasonably request. The Corporation may request such additional information as necessary to permit the Board to determine if each Stockholder Nominee satisfies the requirements of this paragraph (C) of Section 2.03.
(9) In the event that any information or communications provided by the Eligible Stockholder or any Stockholder Nominees to the Corporation or its stockholders is not, when provided, or thereafter ceases to be, true, correct and complete in all material respects (including omitting a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading), each Eligible Stockholder or Stockholder Nominee, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Secretary and provide the information that is required to make such information or communication true, correct, complete and not misleading; it being understood that providing any such notification shall not be deemed to cure any defect or limit the Corporation’s right to omit a Stockholder Nominee from its proxy materials as provided in this paragraph (C) of Section 2.03.
(10) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this paragraph (C) of Section 2.03, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any Stockholder Nominee, and such nomination shall be disregarded and no vote on such Stockholder Nominee will occur, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation, if:
(a) the Eligible Stockholder or Stockholder Nominee breaches any of its respective agreements, representations, or warranties set forth in the Stockholder Notice (or otherwise submitted pursuant to this paragraph (C) of Section 2.03) or any of the information in the Stockholder Notice (or otherwise submitted pursuant to this paragraph (C) of Section 2.03) was not, when provided, true, correct and complete, or the requirements of this paragraph (C) of Section 2.03 have otherwise not been met,
(b) the Stockholder Nominee (A) is not independent under any applicable listing standards, any applicable rules of the SEC, and any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board in determining and disclosing the independence of the Corporation’s directors, (B) does not qualify either (1) as independent under the audit committee independence requirements set forth in the rules of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or (2) as a“non-employee director” under Exchange Act Rule 16b-3 (or any successor provision), (C) is or has been, within the past three years, an officer or director of a competitor, as defined for purposes of Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended, (D) is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses), has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses), is a named subject of a pending civil fraud investigation or has been convicted of fraud in a civil proceeding, in each case, within the past ten (10) years, or (E) is subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
(c) the Corporation has received a notice (whether or not subsequently withdrawn) that a stockholder intends to nominate any candidate for election to the Board pursuant to the advance notice requirements for stockholder nominees for director inparagraph (A)(3) of this Section 2.03,
(d) the election of the Stockholder Nominee to the Board would cause the Corporation to violate the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, any applicable law, rule, regulation or listing standard, or
(e) the Eligible Stockholder or applicable Stockholder Nominee fails to comply with its obligations pursuant to these Bylaws, including but not limited to its obligations under this paragraph (C) of Section 2.03.
(11) The maximum number of Stockholder Nominees submitted by all Eligible Stockholders that may be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this paragraph (C) of Section 2.03 shall not exceed the greater of (i) two or (ii) twenty percent (20%) of the number of directors in office as of the last day on which a Stockholder Notice may be delivered pursuant to this paragraph (C) of Section 2.03 with respect to the annual meeting, or if such amount is not a whole number, the closest whole number (rounding down) below twenty percent (20%) (such resulting number, the “Permitted Number”);provided that the Permitted Number shall be