Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
180 CONNECT INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of the corporation in the State of
Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.
SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES. The corporation shall also have and maintain an office or
principal place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and may also
have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
CORPORATE SEAL
SECTION 3. CORPORATE SEAL. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal. The
corporate seal shall consist of a die bearing the name of the corporation and the inscription,
Corporate Seal-Delaware. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE III
STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS
SECTION 4. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be held
at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be determined from time to
time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that
the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote
communication as provided under the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL).
SECTION 5. ANNUAL MEETINGS.
A. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, for the purpose of election of
directors and for such other business as may lawfully come before it, shall be held on such date
and at such time as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Nominations of
persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation and the proposal of business to
be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders: (i) pursuant to
the corporations notice of meeting of stockholders; (ii) by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors; or (iii) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a
stockholder of record at the time of giving the stockholders notice provided for in the following
paragraph, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set
forth in Section 5.
B. At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall
have been properly brought before the meeting. For nominations or other business to be properly
brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 5(a) of these
Bylaws, (i) the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of
the corporation, (ii) such other business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under
DGCL, (iii) if the stockholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such proposal or
nomination is made, has provided the corporation with a Solicitation Notice (as defined in clause
(iii) of the last sentence of this Section 5(b)), such stockholder or beneficial owner must, in the
case of a proposal, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the
percentage of the corporations voting shares required under applicable law to carry any such
proposal, or, in the case f a nomination or nominations, have delivered a proxy statement and form
of proxy to holders of a percentage of the corporations voting shares reasonably delivered by such
stockholder or beneficial owner to be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be
nominated by such stockholder, and must, in either case, have included in such materials the
Solicitation Notice, and (iv) if no Solicitation Notice relating thereto has been timely provided
pursuant to this section, the stockholder or beneficial owner proposing such business or nomination
must not have solicited a number of proxies sufficient to have required the delivery of such a
Solicitation Notice under this Section 5. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be delivered
to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of
business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred
twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting;
provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than
thirty (30) days prior to or delayed by more than thirty (30) days after the anniversary of the
preceding years annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not
earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual
meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to
such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the
date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of
an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described
above. Such stockholders notice shall set forth: (A) as to each person whom the stockholder
proposed to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such
person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an
election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act) and Rule 14a-4(d) thereunder
(including such persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to
serving as a director if elected); (B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to
bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the
meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such
business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is
made; and (C) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose
behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they
appear on the corporations books, and of such
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beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are owned
beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, and (iii) whether either
such stockholder or beneficial owner intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to
holders of, in the case of the proposal, at least the percentage of the corporations voting shares
required under applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations,
a sufficient number of holders of the corporations voting shares to elect such nominee or nominees
(an affirmative statement of such intent, a Solicitation Notice).
C. Notwithstanding anything in the third sentence of Section 5(b) of these Bylaws to the
contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for
director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the corporation at
least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting,
a stockholders notice required by this Section 5 shall also be considered timely, but only with
respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the
Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of
business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made
by the corporation
D. Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 5 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a
meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 5. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the
meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to
be brought before the meeting was made, or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the
procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in
compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall not be
presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded.
E. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, in order to include information
with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a
stockholders meeting, a stockholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of the 1934
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth in this Section 5.
Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion
of proposals in the corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act.
F. For purposes of this Section 5, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press
release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news
service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.
SECTION 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS.
A. Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called, for any purpose or
purposes, by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, or (iii)
the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total
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number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously
authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board of Directors for
adoption).
B. The Board of Directors shall determine the time and place of such special meeting. Upon
determination of the time and place of the meeting, the Secretary shall cause a notice of meeting
to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of
these Bylaws. No business may be transacted at such special meeting otherwise than specified in
the notice of meeting. Nothing contained in this paragraph (b) shall be construed as limiting,
fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board of
Directors may be held.
C. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special
meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporations notice
of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the
corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving notice provided for in this
paragraph who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures
set forth in Section 5 of these Bylaws. In the event the corporation calls a special meeting of
stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such
stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s)
as specified in the corporations notice of meeting, if the stockholders notice required by
Section 5(b) of these Bylaws shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices
of the corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day
prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the
ninetieth (90th) day prior to such meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which
public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed
by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement
of an adjournment of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders
notice as described above.
D. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6, a stockholder must also comply
with all applicable requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with
respect to matters set forth in this Section 6. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect
any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporations proxy statement
pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act.
SECTION 7. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice, given in
writing or by electronic transmission, of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than
ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled
to vote at such meeting, such notice to specify the place, if any, date and hour, in the case of
special meetings, the purpose or purposes of the meeting, and the means of remote communications,
if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at
any such meeting. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage
prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholders address as it appears on the records of
the corporation. Notice of the time, place, if any, and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may
be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice thereof, or by electronic
transmission by such person, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any
stockholder by his attendance thereat in person, by remote
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communication, if applicable, or by proxy, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for
the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any
business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Any stockholder so waiving notice
of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due
notice thereof had been given.
SECTION 8. QUORUM. At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by law
or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of the corporation representing not less than a majority of the voting power of all issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote thereat, present in
person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the
absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, either by the
chairman of the meeting or by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat,
but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. The stockholders present at a duly
called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until
adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
Except as otherwise provided by statute or by applicable stock exchange rules, or by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors,
the affirmative vote of the majority of voting power present in person, by remote communication, if
applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote generally on the subject
matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, directors shall be
elected by a plurality of the voting power present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by
proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote generally on the election of directors. Where a separate
vote by a class or classes or series is required, except where otherwise provided by the statute or
by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of
the outstanding voting power of such
class or classes or series, present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or
represented by proxy duly authorized, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with
respect to that vote on that matter. Except where otherwise provided by statute or by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority (plurality, in
the case of the election of directors) of voting power of such class or classes or series present in
person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the
act of such class or classes or series.
SECTION 9. ADJOURNMENT AND NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETINGS. Any meeting of stockholders,
whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the chairman of the meeting
or by the vote of a majority of the shares present in person, by remote communication, if
applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or
place, if any, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any,
thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting,
the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or if after the adjournment a new record date
is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
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SECTION 10. VOTING RIGHTS. For the purpose of determining those stockholders entitled to
vote at any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose
names shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date, as provided in
Section 12of these Bylaws, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Every person
entitled to vote or execute consents shall have the right to do so either in person, by remote
communication, if applicable, or by an agent or agents authorized by a proxy granted in accordance
with Delaware law. An agent so appointed need not be a stockholder. No proxy shall be voted after
three (3) years from its date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
SECTION 11. JOINT OWNERS OF STOCK. If shares or other securities having voting power stand
of record in the names of two (2) or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership,
joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, or if two (2) or more
persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary is
given written notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order
appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to
voting shall have the following effect: (a) if only one (1) votes, his act binds all; (b) if more
than one (1) votes, the act of the majority so voting binds all; (c) if more than one (1) votes,
but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in
question proportionally, or may apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery for relief as provided in
the DGCL, Section 217(b). If the instrument filed with the Secretary shows that any such tenancy
is held in unequal interests, a majority or even-split for the purpose of subsection (c) shall be a
majority or even-split in interest.
SECTION 12. LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10)
days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at
said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the
number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the
examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, (a) on a reasonably
accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list
is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the principal
place of business of the corporation. In the event that the corporation determines to make the
list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that
such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. The list shall be open to
examination of any stockholder during the time of the meeting as provided by law.
SECTION 13. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.
A. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required by
statute to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, or any action which may
be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting,
without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, or by electronic transmission
setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not
less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a
meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
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B. Every written consent or electronic transmission shall bear the date of signature of each
stockholder who signs the consent, and no written consent or electronic transmission shall be
effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the
earliest dated consent delivered to the corporation in the manner herein required, written consents
or electronic transmissions signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action are
delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its
principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in
which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporations
registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
C. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than
unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing or
by electronic transmission and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been
entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that
written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action were delivered to the
corporation as provided in Section 228 (c) of the DGCL. If the action which is consented to is
such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any section of the DGCL if such
action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, then the certificate filed under
such section shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such section concerning any vote of
stockholders, that written consent has been given in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.
D. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consent to an action to be taken and
transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a
stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of
this section, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission sets
forth or is delivered with information from which the corporation can determine (i) that the
telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or
proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder or proxyholder and (ii)
the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such
telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission. The date on which such telegram, cablegram or
electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was
signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission shall be deemed
to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form
shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of
Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody
of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a
corporations registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on delivery, consents given by
telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission may be <PAGE> otherwise delivered to the
principal place of business of the corporation or to an officer or agent of the corporation having
custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded if, to the extent
and in the manner provided by resolution of the board of directors of the corporation. Any copy,
facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu
of the original writing for any and all purposes for
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which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other
reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original in writing.
E. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such action by written consent or by electronic
transmission may be taken following the closing of the initial public offering pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act),
covering the offer and sale of units of the corporation to the public (the Initial Public
Offering).
SECTION 14. ORGANIZATION.
A. At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman
has not been appointed or is absent, the President, or, if the President is absent, a chairman of
the meeting chosen by a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in
person or by proxy, shall act as chairman. The Secretary, or, in his or her absence, an Assistant
Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.
B. The Board of Directors of the corporation shall be entitled to make such rules or
regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or
convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman
of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and
procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate
or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an
agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the
meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such meeting to
stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and
such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the
time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments
by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters
which are to be voted on by ballot. The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for
each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting.
Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting,
meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary
procedure.
ARTICLE IV
DIRECTORS
SECTION 15. NUMBER AND TERM OF OFFICE. The authorized number of directors of the
corporation shall be fixed in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not
be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation. If for any cause, the
directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter
as convenient at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner
provided in these Bylaws.
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SECTION 16. POWERS. The powers of the corporation shall be exercised, its business
conducted and its property controlled by the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise
provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation.
SECTION 17. CLASSES OF DIRECTORS. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the directors shall be
divided into three classes designated as Class A, Class B and Class C, respectively. At the first
annual meeting of stockholders following the initial classification of the Board of Directors, the
term of office of the Class A directors shall expire and Class A directors shall be elected for a
full term of three years. At the second annual meeting of stockholders following such initial
classification, the term of office of the Class B directors shall expire and Class B directors
shall be elected for a full term of three years. At the third annual meeting of stockholders
following such initial classification, the term of office of the Class C directors shall expire and
Class C directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At each succeeding annual
meeting of stockholders, directors shall be elected for a full term of three years to succeed the
directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, each director shall serve until his
successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. No
decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of
any incumbent director.
SECTION 18. VACANCIES. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and
subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any vacancies on the Board
of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any
newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall, unless
the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created
directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any
director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of
the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such
directors successor shall have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors
shall be deemed to exist under this Section 18 in the case of the death, removal or resignation of
any director.
SECTION 19. RESIGNATION. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his or her
notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Secretary, such resignation to specify
whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure
of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the
pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of
Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those
who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take
effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen
shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be
vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
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SECTION 20. MEETINGS.
A. REGULAR MEETINGS. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, regular
meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or date and at any place within or
without the State of Delaware which has been designated by the Board of Directors and publicized
among all directors, either orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice-messaging system
or other system designed to record and communicate messages, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by
electronic mail or other electronic means. No further notice shall be required for regular
meetings of the Board of Directors.
B. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, special
meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place within or without the State of
Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or a majority of
the authorized number of directors.
C. MEETINGS BY ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT. Any member of the Board of Directors, or
of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.
D. NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS. Notice of the time and place of all special meetings of the
Board of Directors shall be orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice messaging system
or other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, facsimile, telegraph or
telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means, during normal business hours, at least
twenty-four (24) hours before the date and time of the meeting. If notice is sent by US mail, it
shall be sent by first class mail, charges prepaid, at least three (3) days before the date of the
meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing, or by electronic transmission, at any
time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except
when the director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the
meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
E. WAIVER OF NOTICE. The transaction of all business at any meeting of the Board of
Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid
as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if,
either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present who did not receive notice
shall sign a written waiver of notice or shall waive notice by electronic transmission. All such
waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
SECTION 21. QUORUM AND VOTING.
A. Unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires a greater number, and except with respect
to questions related to indemnification arising under Section 43 for which a quorum shall be
one-third of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time, a quorum of the Board of
Directors shall consist of a majority of the exact number of directors fixed from
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time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation;
provided, however, at any meeting whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the
directors present may adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular meeting
of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting.
B. At each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, all questions and
business shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, unless
a different vote be required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
SECTION 22. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of
the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by
electronic transmission, and such writing or writings or transmission or transmissions are filed
with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in
paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the
minutes are maintained in electronic form.
SECTION 23. FEES AND COMPENSATION. Directors shall be entitled to such compensation for
their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if so approved, by
resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for
attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a
committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any
director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or
otherwise and receiving compensation therefore.
SECTION 24. COMMITTEES.
A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Board of Directors may appoint an Executive Committee to consist
of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee, to the extent
permitted by law and provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors shall have and may
exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business
and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all
papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference
to (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than
the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to
stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing any bylaw of the corporation.
B. OTHER COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, appoint such other
committees as may be permitted by law. Such other committees appointed by the Board of Directors
shall consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and
perform such duties as may be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees,
but in no event shall any such committee have the powers denied to the Executive Committee in these
Bylaws.
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C. TERM. The Board of Directors, subject to any requirements of any outstanding series of
Preferred Stock and the provisions of subsections (a) or (b) of this Section 24, may at any time
increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a
committee. The membership of a committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or
voluntary resignation from the committee or from the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors
may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the Board of Directors
may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of
members of the committee. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate
members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the
committee, and, in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the
member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not
he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to
act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
D. MEETINGS. Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of the
Executive Committee or any other committee appointed pursuant to this Section 24 shall be held at
such times and places as are determined by the Board of Directors, or by any such committee, and
when notice thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of such
regular meetings need be given thereafter. Special meetings of any such committee may be held at
any place which has been determined from time to time by such committee, and may be called by any
Director who is a member of such committee, upon notice to the members of such committee of the
time and place of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of notice to
members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of
Directors. Notice of any special meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any time
before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when
the director attends such special meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of
the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolutions authorizing the
creation of the committee, a majority of the authorized number of members of any such committee
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those
present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee.
SECTION 25. LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if the
Chairman is not an independent director, one of the independent directors, may be designated by the
Board of Directors as lead independent director to serve until replaced by the Board of Directors
(Lead Independent Director). The Lead Independent Director will, with the Chairman of the Board
of Directors, establish the agenda for regular Board meetings and serve as chairman of Board of
Directors meetings in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors; establish the agenda
for meetings of the independent directors; coordinate with the committee chairs regarding meeting
agendas and informational requirements; preside over meetings of the independent directors; preside
over any portions of meetings of the Board of Directors at which the evaluation or compensation of
the Chief Executive Officer is presented or discussed; preside over any portions of meetings of the
Board of Directors at which the performance of the Board of Directors is presented or discussed;
and
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coordinate the activities of the other independent directors and perform such other duties as
may be established or delegated by the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 26. ORGANIZATION. At every meeting of the directors, the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, Lead Independent Director, or if
the Lead Independent Director is absent, the Chief Executive Officer (if a director), or, if a
Chief Executive Officer is absent, the President (if a director), or if the President is absent,
the most senior Vice President (if a director), or, in the absence of any such person, a chairman
of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting. The
Secretary, or in his absence, any Assistant Secretary or other officer or director directed to do
so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
SECTION 27. OFFICERS DESIGNATED. The officers of the corporation shall include, if and when
designated by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, one or more Vice Presidents, the Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer and
the Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries and
Assistant Treasurers and such other officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall
deem necessary. The Board of Directors may assign such additional titles to one or more of the
officers as it shall deem appropriate. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the
corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by law. The salaries and
other compensation of the officers of the corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner designated
by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 28. TENURE AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
A. GENERAL. All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and
until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. Any
officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of
Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled
by the Board of Directors.
B. DUTIES OF CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, when
present, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The
Chairman of the Board of Directors shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and
shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board of Directors shall
designate from time to time.
C. DUTIES OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all
meetings of the stockholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Chairman of
the Board of Directors has been appointed and is present or the Lead Independent Director is
present. Unless another officer has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, the
President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control
of the Board of Directors, have general supervision,
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direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. To the extent that a
Chief Executive Officer has been appointed, all references in these Bylaws to the President shall
be deemed references to the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform
other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such
other powers, as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.
D. DUTIES OF PRESIDENT. The President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and
at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Lead
Independent Director or the Chief Executive Officer has been appointed and is present. Unless
another officer has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, the President shall
be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of
Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the
corporation. The President shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall
also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board of Directors shall
designate from time to time.
E. DUTIES OF VICE PRESIDENTS. The Vice Presidents may assume and perform the duties of the
President in the absence or disability of the President or whenever the office of President is
vacant. The Vice Presidents shall perform other duties commonly incident to their office and shall
also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief
Executive Officer, or, if the Chief Executive Officer has not been appointed or is absent, the
President shall designate from time to time.
F. DUTIES OF SECRETARY. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of
the Board of Directors and shall record all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the
corporation. The Secretary shall give notice in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of
the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof requiring
notice. The Secretary shall perform all other duties provided for in these Bylaws and other duties
commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other
powers, as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. The President may direct any
Assistant Secretary or other officer to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the
absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform other duties
commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers
as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.
G. DUTIES OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The Chief Financial Officer shall keep or cause to be
kept the books of account of the corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render
statements of the financial affairs of the corporation in such form and as often as required by the
Board of Directors or the President. The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of the
Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the corporation. The
Chief Financial Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President
shall designate from time to time. The President may direct the Treasurer or any Assistant
Treasurer, or the Controller or any Assistant Controller to assume and perform the duties of the
Chief Financial Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each
Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and each Controller and Assistant
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Controller shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall
designate from time to time.
SECTION 29. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate
the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision
hereof.
SECTION 30. RESIGNATIONS. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or
by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors or to the President or to the Secretary. Any
such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to whom such notice is
given, unless a later time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become
effective at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any
such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without
prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract with the resigning officer.
SECTION 31. REMOVAL. Any officer may be removed from office at any time, either with or
without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office at the time, or by
the unanimous written consent of the directors in office at the time, or by any committee or by the
Chief Executive Officer or by other superior officers upon whom such power of removal may have been
conferred by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF SECURITIES
OWNED BY THE CORPORATION
SECTION 32. EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS. The Board of Directors may, in its
discretion, determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person
or persons, to execute on behalf of the corporation any corporate instrument or document, or to
sign on behalf of the corporation the corporate name without limitation, or to enter into contracts
on behalf of the corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and such
execution or signature shall be binding upon the corporation.
All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the
corporation or in special accounts of the corporation shall be signed by such person or persons as
the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do.
Unless authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an
officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by
any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for
any amount.
SECTION 33. VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION. All stock and other securities of
other corporations owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any
capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with
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respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the
Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any Vice President.
ARTICLE VII
SHARES OF STOCK
SECTION 34. FORM AND EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATES. Certificates for the shares of stock of the
corporation shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and
applicable law. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate
signed by or in the name of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the
President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Any or all
of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent, or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have
ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may
be issued with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date
of issue. Each certificate shall state upon the face or back thereof, in full or in summary, all
of the powers, designations, preferences, and rights, and the limitations or restrictions of the
shares authorized to be issued or shall, except as otherwise required by law, set forth on the face
or back a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so
requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other
special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or
transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a
written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates
pursuant to this section or otherwise required by law or with respect to this section a statement
that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers,
designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each
class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights.
SECTION 35. LOST CERTIFICATES. A new certificate or certificates shall be issued in place of
any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost,
stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the
certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. The corporation may require, as a condition
precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the owner of such lost, stolen, or
destroyed certificate or certificates, or the owners legal representative, to agree to indemnify
the corporation in such manner as it shall require or to give the corporation a surety bond in such
form and amount as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the
corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.
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SECTION 36. TRANSFERS.
A. Transfers of record of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only upon its books
by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, and upon the surrender of a
properly endorsed certificate or certificates for a like number of shares.
B. The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of
stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of
shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any
manner not prohibited by the DGCL.
SECTION 37. FIXING RECORD DATES.
A. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to
vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in
advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution
fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, subject
to applicable law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such
meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of
business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the
close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination
of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply
to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new
record date for the adjourned meeting.
B. Prior to the Initial Public Offering, in order that the corporation may determine the
stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of
Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be
more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted
by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or
take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary, request the
Board of Directors to fix a record date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events
within ten (10) days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing
the record date. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within ten (10) days
of the date on which such a request is received, the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the
Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written
consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by
delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an
officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of
stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporations registered office shall be by hand
or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by
the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record
date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to
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corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on
which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
C. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of
any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose
of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record
date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and
which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date
is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close
of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
SECTION 38. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the
exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends,
and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.
ARTICLE VIII
OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION
SECTION 39. EXECUTION OF OTHER SECURITIES. All bonds, debentures and other corporate
securities of the corporation, other than stock certificates (covered in Section 34), may be signed
by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or any Vice President, or such other
person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon or
a facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer;
provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be
authenticated by the manual signature, or where permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under
an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be issued,
the signatures of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or
other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons.
Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security,
authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer
of the corporation or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear
imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any officer who shall have
signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature
shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer before
the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered,
such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the corporation and
issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall
have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the corporation.
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ARTICLE IX
DIVIDENDS
SECTION 40. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation,
subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law, if any, may be
declared by the Board of Directors pursuant to law at any regular or special meeting. Dividends
may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of
the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.
SECTION 41. DIVIDEND RESERVE. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of
any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors
from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet
contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the
corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the
interests of the corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in
the manner in which it was created.
ARTICLE X
FISCAL YEAR
SECTION 42. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of
the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XI
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 43. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, OTHER OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND
OTHER AGENTS.
A. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. The corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the
fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or any other applicable law; provided, however, that the
corporation may modify the extent of such indemnification by individual contracts with its
directors and officers; and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to
indemnify any director or officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the
proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation, (iii) such indemnification
is provided by the corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the
corporation under the DGCL or any other applicable law or (iv) such indemnification is required to
be made under subsection (d).
B. EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS. The corporation shall have power to indemnify its employees
and other agents as set forth in the DGCL or any other applicable law. The Board of Directors
shall have the power to delegate the determination of whether indemnification shall be given to any
such person to such officers or other persons as the Board of Directors shall determine.
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C. EXPENSES. The corporation shall advance to any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director or officer, of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as
a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor,
all expenses incurred by any director or officer in connection with such proceeding provided,
however, that if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by a director or officer in
his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or
is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan)
shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an
undertaking), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal
(hereinafter a final adjudication) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for
such expenses under this Section 43 or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to paragraph (e) of this
Section 43, no advance shall be made by the corporation to an officer of the corporation (except by
reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the corporation in which event this
paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by a
majority vote of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, even if not a quorum, or (ii) by
a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less
than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or such directors so direct, by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time
such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith
or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation.
D. ENFORCEMENT. Without the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to
indemnification and advances to directors and officers under this Bylaw shall be deemed to be
contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between
the corporation and the director or officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by
this Section 43 to a director or officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding
such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances
is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90)
days of request therefor. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in
part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting the claim. In connection with
any claim for indemnification, the corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such
action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the
DGCL or any other applicable law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount
claimed. In connection with any claim by an officer of the corporation (except in any action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that
such executive officer is or was a director of the corporation) for advances, the corporation shall
be entitled to raise a defense as to any such action clear and convincing evidence that such person
acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, or with respect to any
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criminal action or proceeding that such person acted without reasonable cause to believe that
his conduct was lawful. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors,
independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the
commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances
because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL or any other applicable
law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent
legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of
conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the
applicable standard of conduct.
E. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall not be
exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any applicable
statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action
in another capacity while holding office. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into
individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting
indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL, or by any other
applicable law.
F. SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall continue as to
a person who has ceased to be a director officer, employee or other agent and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
G. INSURANCE. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL or any other applicable law, the
corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors, may purchase insurance on behalf of any
person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 43.
H. AMENDMENTS. Any repeal or modification of this Section 43 shall only be prospective and
shall not affect the rights under this Bylaw in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any
action or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation.
I. SAVING CLAUSE. If this Bylaw or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by
any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each
director and officer to the full extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Section 43
that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law. If this Section 43 shall be
invalid due to the application of the indemnification provisions of another jurisdiction, then the
corporation shall indemnify each director and officer to the full extent under any other applicable
law.
J. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the following definitions shall
apply:
(1) The term proceeding shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation,
the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement,
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arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.
(2) The term expenses shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation,
court costs, attorneys fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any
other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection with any proceeding.
(3) The term the corporation shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or
merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to
indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same
position under the provisions of this Section 43 with respect to the resulting or surviving
corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence
had continued.
(4) References to a director, executive officer, officer, employee, or agent of the
corporation shall include, without limitation, situations where such person is serving at the
request of the corporation as, respectively, a director, executive officer, officer, employee,
trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
(5) References to other enterprises shall include employee benefit plans; references to
fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit
plan; and references to serving at the request of the corporation shall include any service as a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves
services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan,
its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee
benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation as referred to in this Section 43.
ARTICLE XII
NOTICES
SECTION 44. NOTICES.
A. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. Written notice to stockholders of stockholder meetings shall be
given as provided in Section 7 herein. Without limiting the manner by which notice may otherwise
be given effectively to stockholders under any agreement or contract with such stockholder, and
except as otherwise required by law, written notice to stockholders for purposes other than
stockholder meetings may be sent by US mail or nationally
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recognized overnight courier, or by facsimile, telegraph or telex or by electronic mail or
other electronic means.
B. NOTICE TO DIRECTORS. Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by the
method stated in subsection (a), as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, or by overnight delivery
service, facsimile, telex or telegram, except that such notice other than one which is delivered
personally shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in writing with the
Secretary, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office address of such
director.
C. AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly authorized and competent
employee of the corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock
affected, or other agent, specifying the name and address or the names and addresses of the
stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or
were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima
facie evidence of the facts therein contained.
D. METHODS OF NOTICE. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be
employed in respect of all recipients of notice, but one permissible method may be employed in
respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect
of any other or others.
E. NOTICE TO PERSON WITH WHOM COMMUNICATION IS UNLAWFUL. Whenever notice is required to be
given, under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the
corporation, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such
person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or
agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which
shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall
have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action
taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of
the DGCL, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice
was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is
unlawful.
F. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS. Except as otherwise prohibited under DGCL, any
notice given under the provisions of DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws shall be
effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to
by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Such consent shall have been
deemed to have been given if such stockholder fails to object in writing to the corporation within
60 days of having been given notice by the corporation of its intention to send the single notice.
Any consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation.
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ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 45. AMENDMENTS. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 43(h) of these Bylaws
or the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is expressly
empowered to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the corporation. Any adoption, amendment or
repeal of the Bylaws of the corporation by the Board of Directors shall require the approval of a
majority of the authorized number of directors. The stockholders also shall have power to adopt,
amend or repeal the Bylaws of the corporation; provided, however, that, in addition to any vote of
the holders of any class or series of stock of the corporation required by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, such action by stockholders shall require the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the
then-outstanding shares of the capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors, voting together as a single class.
ARTICLE XIV
LOANS TO OFFICERS
SECTION 46. LOANS TO OFFICERS. Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable law, the
corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or
other employee of the corporation or of its subsidiaries, including any officer or employee who is
a Director of the corporation or its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of the Board of
Directors, such loan, guarantee or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the
corporation. The loan, guarantee or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be
unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without
limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be
deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common
law or under any statute.
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