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Saturday, 02/15/2003 1:43:30 PM

Saturday, February 15, 2003 1:43:30 PM

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From FAQ on the site listed below:

http://www.bbxchange.com/


Corporate Governance Standards

What is the definition of an Independent Director?
The BBX will use the definition found in NASD Rule 4200(a)(14), which currently reads:
"Independent director" means a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which, in the opinion of the company's board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. The following persons shall not be considered independent:

(A) a director who is employed by the corporation or any of its affiliates for the current year or any of the past three years;

(B) a director who accepts any compensation from the corporation or any of its affiliates in excess of $60,000 during the previous fiscal year, other than compensation for board service, benefits under a tax-qualified retirement plan, or non-discretionary compensation;

(C) a director who is a member of the immediate family of an individual who is, or has been in any of the past three years, employed by the corporation or any of its affiliates as an executive officer. Immediate family includes a person's spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and anyone who resides in such person's home;

(D) a director who is a partner in, or a controlling shareholder or an executive officer of, any for-profit business organization to which the corporation made, or from which the corporation received payments (other than those arising solely from investments in the corporation's securities) that exceed 5% of the corporation's or business organization's consolidated gross revenues for that year, or $200,000, whichever is more, in any of the past three years;

(E) a director who is employed as an executive of another entity where any of the company's executives serve on that entity's compensation committee. The BBX will use the same definition used by the NASDAQ Stock Market, which is currently being amended. The revised definition will be available on the BBX Web site when it is available.







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