8. The members of the board of directors shall remain in office at the end of their terms until they are replaced or reappointed.
Any vacancy occurring before the end of a term of office shall be filled by appointment for a specified term, as provided for in section 5.
Failure to attend meetings of the board of directors on the number of occasions and in the cases and circumstances determined in the internal management by-laws of the Société, constitutes a vacancy.