Upon request by the Company, documents of the Company and/or the Group must be returned or destroyed by the Director and Executive, respectively, at the latest on expiry of the term of office or employment relationship. If required, e.g. in case of legal proceedings, the Director and Executive, respectively, can access relevant documents at the office of the Secretary.
3. | ARTICLE 3 - MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, THE BOARD COMMITTEES AND THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT |
A Director or Executive who is not able to participate in a Board, Board Committee or an Executive Management meeting may not be represented by another Director or Executive or any other person.
3.2 | Quorum and Majority Requirements |
Unless stated otherwise in these Regulations, the presence in person, by telephone, by video conference or other technical means of a majority of the members is required for any meeting.
If the chair does not participate, the meeting will be chaired by the deputy or, in his/her absence, by any member appointed by the other members as ad hoc chair.
Subject to Articles 3.3, 4.4 and 8, resolutions require the affirmative majority of the votes cast. If an item is, however, not on the agenda of a Board meeting, resolutions are passed by an affirmative vote of a majority of all Directors, including (for so long as the Sponsor and Partners Group together directly or indirectly hold at least 25% of the voting rights in the Company from time to time, the vote of at least one Director representing SL Globetrotter LP (the “Qualified Majority”).
The term Sponsor means Silver Lake Technology Management, LLC, Silver Lake Group, LLC and/or any general partner, manager or investment adviser affiliated with such person (and/or any fund, company or co-investment scheme which is controlled directly or indirectly by such person or of which such person is, directly or indirectly, the general partner, manager or investment adviser and the term Partners Group means Partners Group AG, its affiliates and/or any investment vehicle managed or advised by Partners Group AG or its affiliates or any other entity managed, advised and/or owned or controlled directly or indirectly by Partners Group AG and/or any affiliates thereof.
In the event of a tie on any issue, (i) in a Board Committee, the full Board decides the issue, and (ii) in the Executive Management, the CEO decides the issue.
A proposal for a circular resolution must be communicated to all members, giving a deadline of at least 3 business days for responding, and is only deemed to have passed if:
| (a) | the proposed resolution is approved with the Qualified Majority; and |
| (b) | no member requests a meeting within the deadline for responding in relation to the subject matter of the proposed resolution. |
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