Sec. 4.9 (a) At all meetings of the Board, unless otherwise set forth in these By-Laws or required by law, a quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of a majority of the Board, including not less than 50 percent of the Public Directors. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the Directors present may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is present.
(b) The vote of a
Sec. 4.8 If a Director position becomes vacant, whether because of death, disability, disqualification, removal, or resignation, the Nominating Committee shall nominate, and the FINRA Board shall by majority vote, cause the election of a person satisfying the qualifications for the directorship as provided in Section 4.3 to fill such vacancy, except that if the remaining term of
Sec. 4.7 The term of office of a Director shall terminate immediately upon a determination by the Board, by a majority vote of the remaining Directors, that: (a) the Director no longer satisfies the classification for which the Director was elected; and (b) the Director's continued service as such would violate the compositional requirements of the Board set forth in Section 4.3
Sec. 4.6 Any or all of the Directors may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause by the stockholder of FINRA Dispute Resolution.
Deleted by SR-FINRA-2015-034 eff. Dec. 20, 2015.
Amended by SR-FINRA-2010-007 eff. Aug. 2, 2010.
Adopted by SR-NASD-99-21 eff. July 9, 2000.
Selected Notice: 10-32.
Sec. 4.5 Any Director may resign at any time either upon written notice of resignation to the Chair of the Board or the Secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if the time is not specified, upon receipt thereof, and the acceptance of such resignation, unless required by the terms thereof, shall not be necessary to make such resignation
Sec. 4.4 Except as otherwise provided by law, these By-Laws, or the Delegation Plan, Directors of FINRA Dispute Resolution shall be elected each year at the annual meeting of the stockholder, or at a special meeting called for such purpose in lieu of the annual meeting. If the annual election of Directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the Directors shall cause such
Sec. 4.3 (a) The Board shall consist exclusively of members of the FINRA Board. The number of Public Directors shall exceed the number of Industry Directors. The Chairman of the FINRA Board and the Chief Executive Officer of FINRA shall be ex-officio non-voting members of the Board.
(b) Contemporaneously with the annual election of Directors, the stockholder of FINRA Dispute
Sec. 4.2 The exact number of Board members will be determined by resolution adopted by the stockholder of FINRA Dispute Resolution from time to time. Any new Director position created as a result of an increase in the size of the Board shall be filled pursuant to Section 4.4.
Deleted by SR-FINRA-2015-034 eff. Dec. 20, 2015.
Amended by SR-FINRA-2010-007 eff. Aug
Sec. 4.1 The property, business, and affairs of FINRA Dispute Resolution shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. The Board may exercise all such powers of FINRA Dispute Resolution and have the authority to perform all such lawful acts as are permitted by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, or the Delegation Plan to assist FINRA in fulfilling its
