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Disqualification

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. If the term of office of a Director terminates under this Section, and the remaining term of office of such Director at the time of termination is not more than six months, during the period of vacancy the Board shall not be deemed to be in violation of the provisions of Section 4.3requiring that the number of Public Directors exceed the number of Industry Directors by virtue of such vacancy and no violation of the provisions of Section 4.3 regarding the number of Small Firm, Mid-Size Firm, and Large Firm Governors shall be deemed to have occurred.
Amended by SR-FINRA-2009-020 eff. Aug. 20, 2009.
Amended by SR-NASD-98-56 eff. Oct. 30, 1998.
Amended by SR-NASD-97-71 eff. Jan. 15, 1998.

Selected Notice: 09-39.