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21 19. 19. 19. 19. COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (a) (a) (a) (a) The Board of Directors shall consist of the President (who shall be elected in accordance with Article 20) and thirteen other persons (who shall be elected in accordance with Article 21). (b) (b) (b) (b) Election as a member of the Board of Directors shall be personal, and no Director shall be accountable to the Member from which he is drawn or any Regional Association in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by him in his capacity as such Director. (c) (c) (c) (c) No person shall be eligible for nomination and election as a member of the Board of Directors unless he: (i) (i) (i) (i) Is a national of a country (including a newly formed independent country resulting from the division of a former country) which has played in the Davis Cup Competition at least ten times or, in the case of an African Member, is a national of a country whose Association was either: Previously a Full Member of the Federation (and has since become a Class B Member, having been a member of the Federation and the Company); or Has held Class B Membership of the Company; for at least three years; and (ii) (ii) (ii) (ii) Has attained the age of twenty-one (21) and enjoys civil and political rights. 20. 20. 20. 20. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY (A) (A) (A) (A) The President shall be elected for a term of four consecutive years (unless earlier removed in accordance with these Articles) by Resolution of the Council at an Annual General Meeting. Such four year term shall commence at the end of the Annual General Meeting at which he was elected. For the avoidance of doubt the post of President shall be a full time appointment and the President shall by virtue of his office also be an Officer of the Company. The President may remain a member of any Class B Member or Regional Association but immediately upon appointment must retire from (and during the term of his office shall not accept) any office or other executive or honorary position with any Class B Member or Regional Association. The President shall be entitled to remuneration for his services and reimbursement of the reasonable expenses incurred by him in performing his duties. The level of such remuneration and the terms and conditions (including where the duties of the President are to be performed) of the President's engagement by the Company will be fixed by the Board of Directors and so the President will, if required by the Board of Directors, enter into a formal engagement agreement with the Company setting out the terms as agreed between the Board of Directors and the President. The President shall be Chairman of the Board of Directors and subject to the provisions of Article 18(c) shall preside as Chairman at General Meetings of the Company until the end of the Annual General Meeting at which his successor shall have been elected.

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