Sec. 5.5  If the FINRA Board rejects the nominee of the Nominating Committee, the Nominating Committee shall repeat the nomination procedures in Sections 5.2 though 5.4.

Sec. 5.4  The Secretary of the Corporation shall collect from each nominee for the office of member of the National Adjudicatory Council such information as is reasonably necessary to serve as the basis for a determination of the nominee's classification as an Industry, Small Firm, Mid-Size Firm, Large Firm, Non-Industry, or Public Member, and the Secretary shall certify to the Nominating Committee each nominee's classification.

Sec. 5.3  The FINRA Board shall appoint a National Adjudicatory Council and all its members. The at-large Industry and Non-Industry Members of the NAC shall be appointed by the FINRA Board from candidates recommended by the Nominating Committee.

Sec. 5.2  (a) The National Adjudicatory Council shall consist of 15 members. The number of Non-Industry Members, including at least three Public Members, shall exceed the number of Industry Members. Industry Members shall include two Small Firm NAC Members, one Mid-Size Firm NAC Member, two Large Firm NAC Members, and two at-large Industry Members.

Sec. 4.16  (a) FINRA Regulation, the Board, any committee, the National Adjudicatory Council, and FINRA Regulation staff shall not take any position publicly or with a FINRA member or person associated with or employed by a member with respect to any candidate in a contested election or nomination held pursuant to these By-Laws or the FINRA By-Laws.

Sec. 4.15  Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board or of a committee may be taken without a meeting if all Directors or all members of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in accordance with applicable law.

Sec. 4.14  (a) A Director or a National Adjudicatory Council or committee member shall not directly or indirectly participate in any adjudication of the interests of any party if that Director or National Adjudicatory Council or committee member has a conflict of interest or bias, or if circumstances otherwise exist where his or her fairness might reasonably be questioned.

Sec. 4.13  (a) The Board may, by resolution or resolutions adopted by a majority of the whole Board, appoint one or more committees. Except as herein provided, vacancies in membership of any committee shall be filled by the vote of a majority of the whole Board. The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.