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. A Director, committee member (other
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.
Amended by SR-FINRA-2009-020 eff. Aug. 20, 2009.
Amended by SR-NASD-97-71 eff. Jan. 15, 1998.Selected Notice: 09-39.
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. In any such
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
Sec. 4.12 (a) Notice of any meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if: (i) mailed to the address last made known in writing to FINRA Regulation by such Director as the address to which such notices are to be sent, at least seven days before the day on which such meeting is to be held; (ii) sent to the Director at such address by electronic transmission not
Sec. 4.11 (a) An annual meeting of the Board shall be held for the purpose of organization, election of officers, and transaction of any other business. If such meeting is held promptly after and at the place specified for the annual meeting of the stockholder, no notice of the annual meeting of the Board need be given. Otherwise, such annual meeting shall be held at such time and place
Sec. 4.10 The Board may adopt such rules, regulations, and requirements for the conduct of the business and management of FINRA Regulation not inconsistent with the law, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, the Delegation Plan, the Rules of the Corporation, or the By-Laws of FINRA, as the Board may deem proper. A Director shall, in the performance of such Director
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.
