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NB&T
Financial Group, Inc.
Nominating Committee Charter
1.
Members. The Nominating Committee (the
"Committee") of the Board of Directors
(the "Board") of NB&T Financial
Group, Inc. (the "Company") shall
consist of at least three independent directors,
including a chair and such other independent
directors as the Board shall from time-to-time
appoint. An "independent director"
is a director who meets the definition of "independent"
under the listing standards of the The
Nasdaq Stock Market,
as determined by the Board.
2.
Purpose and Duties. The purpose
of the Committee shall be to search for and
identify individuals qualified to become members
of the Board; receive and evaluate recommendations
for potential Board members from shareholders;
review the independence of potential directors
under the regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the rules of The Nasdaq
Stock Market; recommend to the Board the slate
of director nominees to be elected by shareholders;
recommend directors to be elected by the Board
to fill any vacancies; perform the duties given
to it in this charter; and handle other matters
as the Board deems appropriate.
3.
Committee Goals and Responsibilities:
- Identify and evaluate prospective candidates
for the Board. The Committee shall look for
candidates who, both individually and as a
group, meet the Company's strategic needs
and will be most effective in meeting the
long term interests of the Company and its
shareholders; possess the highest personal
values, judgment and integrity; have an understanding
of the regulatory and policy environment in
which the Company does its business; and have
diverse experience in the key business, financial,
and other challenges that face the Company.
Criteria for selection shall include:
- whether a current board member
wishes to be re-elected;
- if a new nominee is needed, the skills and
experience desired in a new director, such
as community involvement, marketing or sales
experience, financial expertise, business
experience, technological knowledge or business
development expertise; and
- whether the potential nominees are shareholders
of the Company.
- Receive and evaluate suggestions concerning
possible candidates for election to the Board,
including nominations made by the Board and
by shareholders.
- Recommend to the Board a slate of potential
nominees to be proposed at the Company's annual
meeting of shareholders, including the nomination
of incumbent directors for re-election, as
appropriate.
- Consider and recommend to the Board retirement
and other tenure policies for directors.
- Review directorships in other public companies
held by or offered to directors of the Company.
- Annually evaluate the performance of the Committee
and the adequacy of the Committee's charter.
- Review senior management membership
on outside boards.
3.
Outside Advisors. The Committee
shall have the authority to retain such outside
counsel, experts, and other advisors, including
search firms to identify director candidates,
as it determines appropriate to assist it in
the full performance of its functions.
4.
Meetings. The Committee shall
meet as often as it deems necessary or appropriate
and at such times and places as it may determine.
A majority of the Committee shall constitute
a quorum. Meetings of the Committee may be held
through any communications equipment if all
persons participating can hear each other, and
participation in a meeting pursuant to this
provision shall constitute presence at such
meeting. Minutes shall be kept and provided
to the Board. The Committee shall make reports
to the Board on its activities at such times
as the Committee deems appropriate
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