Majority Voting Policy

    An incumbent Director who fails to receive (x) a number of affirmative votes cast by the holders of the outstanding shares of common stock present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote that exceeds (y) the votes against or withheld from such nominee cast by the holders of the outstanding shares of common stock present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote in an uncontested election shall, within five days following the certification of the election results, tender his or her written resignation to the Chairman of the Board for consideration by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the "Committee").  For purposes of this policy, abstentions and broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of the vote.

    The Committee shall consider such tendered resignation and, within 45 days following the date of the stockholders' meeting at which the election of directors occurred, shall make a recommendation to the Board concerning the acceptance or rejection of such resignation.  In determining its recommendation to the Board, the Committee shall consider all factors deemed relevant by the members of the Committee including, without limitation, the reason or reasons why stockholders voted against such Director's re-election, the qualifications of the Director (including, for example, whether the Director serves on the audit committee of the Board as an "audit committee financial expert" and whether there are one or more other Directors qualified, eligible and available to serve on the audit committee in such capacity), the director's experience with and knowledge of the Company and expected future contributions to the Company, and whether the Director's resignation from the Board would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

    The Committee also shall consider a range of possible alternatives concerning the Director's tendered resignation as the members of the Committee deem appropriate, including, without limitation, acceptance of the resignation, rejection of the resignation or rejection of the resignation coupled with a commitment to seek to address and cure the underlying reasons reasonably believed by the Committee to have substantially resulted in such Director failing to receive the required number of votes for re-election.

    The Board shall take formal action on the Committee's recommendation no later than 90 days following the date of the stockholders' meeting at which the election of directors occurred.  In considering the Committee's recommendation, the Board shall consider the information, factors and alternatives considered by the Committee and such additional information, factors and alternatives as the Board deems relevant.

    Following the Board's decision on the Committee's recommendation, the Company, within four business days after such decision is made, shall publicly disclose, in a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Board's decision, together with an explanation of the process by which the decision was made and, if applicable and appropriate, the Board's reason or reasons for rejecting the tendered resignation.

    No Director who, in accordance with this Policy, is required to tender his or her resignation, shall participate in the Committee's deliberations or recommendation, or in the Board's deliberations or determination, with respect to accepting or rejecting his or her resignation as a Director.  If a majority of the members of the Committee fail to receive the required number of votes for re-election, then the independent Directors then serving on the Board who were elected at the stockholders' meeting at which the election occurred will appoint an ad hoc Board committee from amongst themselves (the "Ad Hoc Committee"), consisting of such number of Directors as they may determine to be appropriate, solely for the purpose of considering and making a recommendation to the Board with respect to the tendered resignations.  The Ad Hoc Committee shall serve in place of the Committee and perform the Committee's duties for purposes of this Policy.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Ad Hoc Committee would have been created but fewer than three Directors would be eligible to serve on it, the entire Board (other than the individual Director whose resignation is being considered) shall make the determination to accept or reject the tendered resignation without any recommendation from the Committee and without the creation of an Ad Hoc Committee.