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Nomination and Remuneration Committee Charter
Free nomination and remuneration committee charter template — establishes the board committee responsible for director nominations and executive compensation.
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This free nomination and remuneration committee charter covers Purpose, Composition, Responsibilities — Nomination, Responsibilities — Remuneration, Meetings with 5 clearly marked [placeholder] fields to fill in — built for founders, freelancers, and small business owners formalizing a business decision or agreement without paying a lawyer to draft it from scratch. Copy it into your own word processor, fill in the placeholders, and review it — or adapt it — before use. It's part of docstoc's free document template library, alongside business, legal, real estate, finance, and HR templates. Every template here is free to copy with no signup required, and each one carries a plain disclaimer: this is a starting point for informational purposes, not a substitute for advice from a licensed professional in your jurisdiction.
Nomination and Remuneration Committee Charter
Company: [Company Name] · Adopted: [Date]
Purpose
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee assists the Board of Directors in identifying qualified director candidates and overseeing executive and director compensation.
Composition
The Committee consists of [Number] directors, [a majority/all of whom are independent], appointed by the Board.
Responsibilities — Nomination
- Identify and evaluate candidates for Board membership
- Recommend director nominees to the full Board
- Oversee Board succession planning
- Evaluate Board and committee composition and effectiveness periodically
Responsibilities — Remuneration
- Review and approve CEO and executive officer compensation
- Review director compensation for reasonableness relative to peer companies
- Oversee incentive compensation plans and equity award programs
- Review compensation-related risk to ensure incentives don't encourage excessive risk-taking
Meetings
The Committee meets [Frequency] and reports to the full Board after each meeting.
Authority
The Committee may retain independent compensation consultants or search firms as needed, at Company expense.
Approved by the Board of Directors: ______________________ Date: ____________
*Separating executive compensation decisions from the executives being compensated (through an independent committee) is what gives shareholders confidence that pay decisions aren't simply self-dealing — this is a standard governance expectation for public companies and increasingly common for larger private ones too.*
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