However, if circumstances change in the future, our Board of Directors may revert to a structure that relies on
a lead independent director who works with our Chief Executive Officer who is also Chairman of the Board.
Pursuant to the company's Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Independent Directors, upon recommendation of the CNGC, annually appoint
a Lead Independent Director who presides over executive sessions of the Outside Directors and Independent Directors.
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What are the chances that HP will have an effective process to choose
who the
lead independent director will be — and kind of power will the
lead independent director really have?
Perhaps HP needs a board member
who was not elected last year at Lane's behest to act as the new
lead independent director.
Each automatic triennial stock option grant and each stock option grant for service as
lead independent director, member of a Board committee or chair of a Board committee, in each case as described above, will vest 1/36 per month for three years starting on the one month anniversary of the vesting commencement date, subject to continued service in the capacity for which such grant was made (except that if a
director who was granted such an option ceases to be a
director on the day before an annual meeting that is held earlier than the anniversary date of the vesting commencement date for that calendar year, vesting will accelerate with respect to the shares that would have vested if such
director continued service through such anniversary date).
In addition, the
director who served as
lead independent director during fiscal 2010 received an additional retainer of $ 75,000 per year.
The Board is currently
led by a non-executive Chairman, Raymond J. Lane,
who is an
independent director.
One alternative to having an
independent chair is to appoint a
lead director who can serve many of an
independent chair's functions.
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that each year a majority of the
independent directors will appoint a
Lead Director, and effective January 1, 2012, the
independent directors appointed Stephen W. Sanger as
Lead Director, succeeding Philip J. Quigley
who served as the Board's
Lead Director since 2009.
Of the Board's 15 nominees, 14
directors, or 93 %, are
independent directors, and the Board has an actively involved and
independent Lead Director who works closely with the Chairman and CEO and, among other things, approves Board meeting agendas and schedules.
The Company has a
Lead Director, appointed by the Company's other
independent directors,
who provides
independent Board leadership.
The leadership structure of our Board of
Directors includes (i) a combined Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, (ii) independent, active and effective directors of equal importance and rights, who all have the same opportunities and responsibilities in providing vigorous oversight of the effectiveness of management policies and (iii) a Lead Independent
Directors includes (i) a combined Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, (ii)
independent, active and effective directors of equal importance and rights, who all have the same opportunities and responsibilities in providing vigorous oversight of the effectiveness of management policies and (iii) a Lead Independen
independent, active and effective
directors of equal importance and rights, who all have the same opportunities and responsibilities in providing vigorous oversight of the effectiveness of management policies and (iii) a Lead Independent
directors of equal importance and rights,
who all have the same opportunities and responsibilities in providing vigorous oversight of the effectiveness of management policies and (iii) a
Lead IndependentIndependent Director.
Stockholders and other interested parties
who wish to communicate with the Board, including the
Lead Director or the non-management or
independent directors as a group, may send either (i) an email to
[email protected] or (ii) a letter to Wells Fargo & Company, P.O. Box 63750, San Francisco, CA 94163.
Stephen Sanger,
who had been the
lead director on Wells» board since 2012, became the company's
independent chairman.
The Board annually appoints a
Lead Independent Director,
who will assume the responsibilities set forth in the Company's Position Description for the
Lead Independent Director, which is posted on the Company's website.
Those principles have never wavered and have always been to build a movie studio
led by a board of
directors made up of a majority of
independent women, save about 150 jobs, protect the small businesses
who are owed money and create a victims» compensation fund that would supplement existing insurance coverage for those
who have been harmed.
Young is a former
director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and President of Martin Marietta
who is often called upon to
lead failure review boards and
independent reviews of troubled programs.
The IFA is a new
independent body
led by employers that aims to ensure the quality of apprenticeships in England and Lauener will supported by Michael Keoghan, currently
director of further education at the DfE,
who is being appointed as the deputy CEO.
Akerson hand - picked Barra to replace him as CEO, but GM's chairman from January 2014 to now has been retired Cummins CEO and Chairman Theodore Solso,
who remains with the company as
Lead Independent Director of the board.
The development team includes studio head Tom Flanagan, a retired Army Special Operations veteran with several years of direct action combat; Art
Director Russell Phillips,
who formerly shaped the look of SOCOM: US Navy SEALs for Zipper Interactive; Creative Direction support by David Sears, former Creative
Director for SOCOM: US Navy SEALs;
Lead Audio Designer Nathan Brenholdt, whose previous work appeared in SOCOM: US Navy SEALs, God of War, Twisted Metal, Uncharted, and more; and Game Designer Kevin De Respino, formerly of his own
independent studio, Look At It Games.
The exhibitions program are part of a strategic initiative introduced by the new
director of the Glass House, Henry Urbach,
who is
leading efforts to rededicate the site as a lively, creative cultural center consistent with the spirit and values of its former occupants, renowned architect Philip Johnson and
independent curator David Whitney.