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Preamble
MTM Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"),
through its Board of Directors (the "Board"), management and
employees, and on behalf of its shareholders, is committed to
the best practices of corporate governance. We have confidence
in our existing Code of Business Ethics and the Charters of our
standing committees: the Audit Committee, the Executive
Development and Compensation Committee, and the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee, and the independence of their
members. We believe in the effectiveness of our financial
policies and controls, the full disclosure of our financial
results and business developments through the timely
dissemination of press releases and the filing of Forms 10-K,
10-Q and 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
our quarterly conference calls to discuss financial results. All
of these practices demonstrate the Company's acts, not just its
words, of good corporate governance. In addition, we are taking
the necessary steps to assure full compliance with the
requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the NASDAQ
rules, and all current laws, rules and regulations applicable to
publicly owned corporations.
Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee developed the
Corporate Governance Guidelines that follow and recommended
their adoption to the Board, which approved and adopted them.
The Board believes that these Guidelines set out the best
practices of corporate governance as applicable to the Company
and its operations.
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Director Qualifications
Independence. The Board will have a majority of directors
who are independent. The Board will affirmatively determine
which of its members are independent in accordance with
criteria established by the rules and regulations of Nasdaq
and the Securities and Exchange Commission and such other
criteria as the Board may deem relevant. The Board will
disclose the basis for its determination annually in the
Company's proxy statement.
Qualifications of Members and Nominees. The Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for reviewing
with the Board, on an annual basis, the requisite skills and
characteristics of new Board members as well as the
composition of the Board as a whole. This assessment will
include each member's qualification as independent, as well
as consideration of diversity, skills, and experience in the
context of the needs of the Board. The Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee will select nominees for
director in accordance with the policies and principles in
its charter.
New Director Orientation. The Board and management will
provide a complete orientation process for new directors
that includes, among other things, background material on
the Company and its industry, meetings with senior
management, and, to the extent practical, visits to Company
facilities.
Service on Other Boards. Directors are encouraged to limit
the number of other public company boards on which they
serve, taking into account requirements for preparation,
participation and attendance for those boards as well as the
director's continuing effectiveness on the Company's Board.
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Director's Responsibilities
Obligations to the Shareholders and the Company. The basic
responsibility of the directors is to exercise their
business judgment to act in what they reasonably believe to
be in the best interests of the Company and its
shareholders. In discharging that obligation, directors are
entitled to rely on the honesty and integrity of the
Company's senior executives and its outside advisors and
auditors.
Meeting Attendance and Preparation. Directors are expected
to attend Board meetings and meetings of committees on which
they serve, and to spend the time needed and meet as
frequently as necessary to properly discharge their
responsibilities.
Separation of Offices of Chairman and CEO. The Board
believes that the determination whether the offices of
Chairman of the Board ("Chairman") and Chief Executive
Officer ("CEO") should be separated will be made on a
case-by-case basis. As this issue is part of the succession
planning process, it is in the best interests of the Company
for the Board to make that determination.
Meetings of Non-Management Directors and Lead Director. The
non-management directors will meet in executive session
immediately after completion of each meeting of the Board
and at such other times as they may determine. If the
Chairman is not an independent director, the non-management
directors will choose an independent director to act as the
lead director, who will establish the agenda and preside at
their meetings. The Company will disclose the name of the
lead director in its annual proxy statement.
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Standing Committees of the Board
The Board will have at all times an Audit Committee, an
Executive Development and Compensation Committee, and a
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. All of the
members of these committees will be independent directors
under the relevant criteria. The Board will appoint
committee members upon recommendation of the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee with consideration of the
desires of individual directors.
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Director Access to Officers,
Employees and Independent Advisors
Members of the Board shall have ready access to the
Company's officers and employees. The Board and each
committee have the power to hire independent legal,
financial or other advisors as they may deem necessary at
Company expense, without consulting or obtaining the
approval of any officer of the Company in advance.
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Director Compensation
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will
recommend the form and amount of director compensation in
accordance with the policies and principles set forth in its
charter, subject to review and approval by the full Board.
It is the sense of the Board that a meaningful portion of a
director's compensation should be provided and held during
the director's tenure in the Company's common stock or
common stock units.
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CEO Evaluation and Management
Succession
CEO Evaluation. The Executive Development and Compensation
Committee will conduct an annual review of the CEO's
performance and compensation, as set forth in its charter,
and report its findings and recommendations to the Board.
Succession Planning. The entire Board will work with the
Executive Development and Compensation Committee to nominate
and evaluate potential successors to the CEO. The CEO will
at all times make available his or her recommendations and
evaluations of potential successors, along with a review of
any development plans recommended for such individuals. The
Chairman and CEO shall inform the Board of their
recommendation of a person to serve as a successor or
interim CEO should the current CEO die, become disabled or
otherwise terminate his or her employment.
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Annual Board Performance Evaluation
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will
conduct an annual evaluation of the Board to determine
whether it and its committees are functioning effectively.
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Periodic Review of Corporate
Governance Guidelines
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will
periodically review these Corporate Governance Guidelines
and recommend amendment to the Board as necessary or
appropriate. The Company will post these Corporate
Governance Guidelines on its web site and otherwise
communicate its contents to the Company's shareholders from
time to time.
Corporate Policies
Insider
Trading Policy
Audit
Committee Charter
Compensation Committee Charter
Corporate Governance Committee Charter
Corporate Governance Guidelines
Code of
Business Conduct & Ethics
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