Exhibit 3.2/4.2
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
BORGWARNER
INC.
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ARTICLE
I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. REGISTERED
OFFICE. The registered office of the Corporation shall be established
and maintained at the office of The Corporation Trust Company, at 1209 West
Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of
Delaware, and said corporation shall be the registered agent of this Corporation
in charge thereof.
SECTION
2. OTHER
OFFICES. The Corporation may have other offices, either within or
without the State of Delaware, at such place or places as the Board of Directors
may from time to time appoint or the business of the Corporation may
require.
ARTICLE
II
MEETINGS
OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION
1. ANNUAL
MEETINGS. Annual meetings of stockholders for the election of
directors, and for such other business as may be stated in the notice of the
meeting, shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of
Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors, by resolution,
shall determine and as set forth in the notice of the meeting. If the
date of the annual meeting shall fall upon a legal holiday, the meeting shall be
held on the next succeeding business day. At each annual meeting, the
stockholders entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors and they may
transact such other corporate business as shall be stated in the notice of the
meeting.
SECTION
2. OTHER
MEETINGS. Meetings of stockholders for any purpose other than the
election of directors may be held at such time and place, within or without the
State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.
SECTION
3. SPECIAL
MEETINGS. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or
purposes may be called only by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the
Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the total
number of directors or by any person or committee expressly so authorized by the
Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the total
number of directors.
SECTION
4. VOTING. Each
stockholder shall be entitled to vote in accordance with the terms of the
Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with the provisions of these
By-Laws, in person or by proxy, but no proxy shall be voted after three years
from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period.
A
complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the ensuing election,
arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of each, and the number of
shares held by each, shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for
any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period
of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city
where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of
the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be
held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place
of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any
stockholder who is present.
SECTION 5. QUORUM. Except
as otherwise required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these
By-Laws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of stockholders holding a majority
of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at
all meetings of the stockholders. In case a quorum shall not be
present at any meeting, a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to
vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the
meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the
meeting, until the requisite amount of stock entitled to vote shall be
present.
When a
meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the
adjourned meeting if the time and place are announced at the meeting at which
the adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the date of any adjourned
meeting is more than thirty days after the date for which the meeting was
originally noticed, or if a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting,
notice of the place, if any, date, and time of the adjourned meeting shall be
given in conformity herewith. At any adjourned meeting, any business
may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original
meeting.
SECTION 6. NOTICE OF
MEETINGS. Written notice, stating the place, date and time of the
meeting, and the nature of the business to be considered, shall be given to each
stockholder entitled to vote thereat at his address as it appears on the records
of the Corporation, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date
of the meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or required by
law. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be
given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by
electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. No business other than that
stated in the notice shall be transacted at any meeting without the unanimous
consent of all the stockholders entitled to vote thereat. Any
previously scheduled annual meeting of the stockholders may be postponed, and
any previously scheduled special meeting of the stockholders may be postponed or
cancelled by resolution of the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior
to the time previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.
SECTION 7. NOTICE OF
STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS AND NOMINATIONS. (A) Annual Meetings of
Stockholders. (1) Nominations of persons for
election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of other
business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting
of stockholders (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting
delivered pursuant to Section 6 of this Article II (b) by or at the
direction of the Chairman or the Board of Directors or (c) by any
stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who
complied with the notice procedures set forth in clauses (2) and (3) of this
paragraph (A) and this By-Law and who was a stockholder of record at the time
such notice is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, this clause (c)
shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit
other business (other than matters brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and included in the
Corporation’s notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of
stockholders.
(2) For nominations or other business to be
properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause
(c) of paragraph (A)(1) of this By-Law, the stockholder must have given timely
notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such other business
must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be
timely, a stockholder’s notice 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 and twentieth day prior to nor later than the close
of business on the ninetieth day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding
year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the
annual meeting is more than thirty days before, or more than sixty days after
such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so
delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred and
twentieth day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of
business on the ninetieth day prior to such annual meeting or, if the first
public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than 100 days
prior to the date of such annual meeting, the tenth day following the day on
which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first
made. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual
meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of
a stockholder’s notice as described above. Such stockholder’s notice shall set
forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for
election or reelection as a director (i) all information relating to such person
that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of
directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Section 14 of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) such
person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and
to serving as a director if elected, (iii) a description of all direct and
indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and
understandings during the past three years, and any other material
relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner, if a
proposal is being made on the behalf of such an owner, and their respective
affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one
hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and
associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including,
without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed
pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making
the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made,
if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert
therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were
a director or executive officer of such registrant; (iv) a statement whether
such person, if elected, intends to tender, promptly following such person’s
election or re-election, an irrevocable resignation effective upon such person’s
failure to receive the required vote for re-election at the next meeting at
which such person would face re-election and upon acceptance of such resignation
by the Board of Directors, in accordance with the Corporation’s Corporate
Governance Guideline on Director Elections and (v) with respect to each nominee
for election or re-election to the Board of Directors, a completed and signed
questionnaire; representation and agreement required by Article II, Section 8 of
these By-Laws and any other information the Corporation may require to determine
the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of
the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s
understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee; (b) as to
any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting,
set forth (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before
the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, any
material interest in such business of such stockholder, the beneficial owner, if
any, on whose behalf the proposal is made and (ii) a description of all
agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and
beneficial owner, if any and any other person or persons (including their names)
in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder ; 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 Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial
owner, if any, (ii) (1) the class and number of shares of the Corporation
which are directly or indirectly owned beneficially and of record by such
stockholder and such beneficial owner, (2) any option, warrant, convertible
security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or
conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to
any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in
whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the
Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to
settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation
or otherwise (a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned
beneficially by such stockholder and any other direct or indirect opportunity to
profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value
of shares of the Corporation, (3) any proxy, contract, arrangement,
understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder has a right to
vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (4) any short interest
in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of this Bylaw a person shall be
deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or
indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or
otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any
decrease in the value of the subject security), (5) any rights to dividends
on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder that are
separated or separable from the underlying shares of the corporation,
(6) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative
Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in
which such stockholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly,
beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (7) any
performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder
is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the
Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice,
including without limitation any such interests held by members of such
stockholder’s immediate family sharing the same household (which information
shall be supplemented by such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, not
later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such
ownership as of the record date), and (iii) any other information relating to
such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be
disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in
connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or
for the election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (iv) whether either such
stockholder or beneficial owner intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of
proxy to holders of, in the case of a proposal, at least the percentage of the
Corporation’s 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 Corporation’s voting shares to elect such nominee or nominees (an
affirmative statement of such intent, a “Solicitation
Notice”).
(3) Notwithstanding
anything in the second sentence of paragraph (A)(2) of this By-Law 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 100 days prior to the first
anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholders notice
required by this By-Law 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 day following the day on which
such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(B) Special Meetings of
Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a
special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting
pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting pursuant to Section 7 of this
Article II. 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 Corporation’s notice of meeting (a) by or at
the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) by any stockholder of the
Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the notice
procedures set forth in this By-Law and who is a stockholder of record at the
time such notice is delivered to the Secretary of the
Corporation. Nominations by stockholders of persons for election to
the Board of Directors may be made at such a special meeting of stockholders if
the stockholder’s notice as required by paragraph (A) (2) of this By-Law 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 and
twentieth day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of
business on the later of the ninetieth day prior to such special meeting or the
tenth 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 any
adjournment or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement thereof
commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described
above.
(C) General. (1) Only
persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
By-Law shall be eligible to serve as director 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
By-Law. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these By-Laws, 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 in accordance with the procedures set forth
in this By-Law and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance
with this By-Law, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be
disregarded.
(2) For
purposes of this By-Law, “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 (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13, 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(3) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this By-Law, a stockholder shall also comply with
all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this
By-Law. Nothing in this By-Law shall be deemed to affect any rights
(i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy
statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of
the holders of any series of Preferred Stock if and to the extent provided for
under law, the Certificate of Incorporation or this Bylaw.
SECTION
8. SUBMISSION
OF QUESTIONNAIRE, REPRESENTATION AND AGREEMENT. To be eligible to be
a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a person
must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of
notice under Section 7 of this Article II of these By-Laws) to the Secretary at
the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with
respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of
any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which
questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a
written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon
written request) that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to (1)
any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any
commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if
elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or
question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation
or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s
ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such
person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not and will not become a
party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity
other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation,
reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a
director that has not been disclosed therein, (C) beneficially owns, or agrees
to acquire within 1 year if elected as a director of the Corporation, not less
than 1,000 common shares of the Corporation (“Qualifying Shares”) (subject to
adjustment for any stock splits or stock dividends occurring after date of such
representation or agreement), will not dispose of such minimum number of shares
so long as such person is a director, and has disclosed therein whether all or
any portion of the Qualifying Shares were purchased with any financial
assistance provided by any other person and whether any other person has any
interest in the Qualifying Shares, and (D) in such person’s individual capacity
and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being
made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and
will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance,
conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies
and guidelines of the Corporation.
SECTION 9. PROCEDURE
FOR ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; VOTE REQUIRED. Election of directors at
all meetings of the stockholders at which directors are to be elected shall be
by written ballot. Except as otherwise set forth in the Certificate
of Incorporation with respect to the right of the holders of any series of
Preferred Stock or any other series or class of stock to elect directors under
specified circumstances, a nominee for director shall be elected to the Board of
Directors if the votes cast “for” such nominee’s election exceed the votes cast
“against” such nominee’s election; provided, however, that directors shall be
elected by a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting of stockholders for
which (a) the Secretary of the Corporation receives a notice that a stockholder
has nominated a person for election to the Board of Directors in compliance with
the advance notice requirements for stockholder nominees for director set forth
in Article II, Section 7(A) of these By-Laws and (b) such nomination has not
been withdrawn by such stockholder on or prior to the tenth day before the date
the Corporation first mails its notice of meeting for such meeting to the
stockholders. If directors are to be elected by a plurality of the
votes cast, stockholders shall not be permitted to vote “against” a
nominee.
Except as
otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws,
all matters other than the election of directors submitted to the stockholders
at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or
negatively with respect thereto.
SECTION 10. INSPECTORS
OF ELECTIONS; OPENING AND CLOSING THE POLLS. (A) The Board
of Directors by resolution shall appoint one or more inspectors, which inspector
or inspectors may include individuals who serve the Corporation in other
capacities, including, without limitation, as officers, employees, agents or
representatives of the Corporation, to act at the meetings of stockholders and
make a written report thereof. One or more persons may be designated
as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If
no inspector or alternate has been appointed to act, or if all inspectors or
alternates who have been appointed are unable to act, at a meeting of
stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors
to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before discharging his or her
duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of
inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her
ability. The inspectors shall have the duties prescribed by the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(B) The
chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce at the meeting the date and time
of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the
stockholders will vote at a meeting.
SECTION 11. NO
STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Subject to the rights of the
holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other series or class of stock
as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation to elect directors under
specific circumstances, any action required or permitted to be taken by the
stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at an annual or special meeting
of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in
writing by such stockholders.
ARTICLE
III
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. GENERAL
POWERS. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed
by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. In addition to
the powers and authorities by these By-Laws expressly conferred upon them, the
Board of Directors may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all
such lawful acts and things as are not by law or by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by these By-Laws required to be exercised or done by the
stockholders.
SECTION 2. NUMBER,
TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS. Subject to the rights of the holders of
any series of Preferred Stock, or any other series or class of stock as set
forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, to elect directors under specified
circumstances, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time
exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number
of directors, which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies (the
“Whole Board”), but shall consist of not more than seventeen nor less than three
directors. The directors, other than those who may be elected by the
holders of any series of Preferred Stock, or any other series or class of stock
as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, shall be divided, with respect
to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly
equal in number as possible, with the term of office of the first class to
expire at the 1994 annual meeting of stockholders, the term of office of the
second class to expire at the 1995 annual meeting of stockholders and the term
of office of the third class to expire at the 1996 annual meeting of
stockholders. Each director shall hold office until his or her
successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. At each annual
meeting of stockholders, commencing with the 1994 annual meeting, (i) directors
elected to succeed those directors whose terms then expire shall be elected for
a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of
stockholders after their election, with each director to hold office until his
or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, and (ii) if
authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors, directors may be elected
to fill any vacancy on the Board of Directors, regardless of how such vacancy
shall have been created.
SECTION 3. REGULAR
MEETINGS. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held
without other notice than this By-Law as soon as practicable after each annual
meeting of stockholders at such location as is convenient and established by the
Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, by resolution,
provide the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings
without other notice than such resolution.
Unless
otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or
these By-Laws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by
the Board of Directors, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors
or any committee thereof by means of a conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting.
SECTION 4. SPECIAL
MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be called
at the request of the Chairman of the Board, the President or any three members
of the Board of Directors. The person or persons authorized to call
special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix the place and time of the
meetings.
SECTION 5. NOTICE. Notice
of any special meeting shall be given to each director at his business or
residence in writing or by telegram, facsimile or similar means of electronic
communication or by telephone. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed
adequately delivered when deposited in the United States mails so addressed,
with postage thereon prepaid, at least five days before such
meeting. If by telegram, such notice shall be deemed adequately
delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company at least
twenty-four hours before such meeting. If by facsimile transmission
or similar means of electronic communication, such notice shall be transmitted
at least twenty-four hours before such meeting. If by telephone, the
notice shall be given at least twelve hours prior to the time set for the
meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose
of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified
in the notice of such meeting, except for amendments to these By-Laws as
provided under Article VII hereof. A meeting may be held at any time
without notice if all the directors are present or if those not present waive
notice of the meeting in writing, either before or after such
meeting.
SECTION
6. QUORUM. A
majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be
less than a quorum present, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the
meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained, and no further notice
thereof need be given other than by announcement at the meeting which shall be
so adjourned. The act of the majority of the directors present at a
meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors,
unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws require the vote of a
greater number.
SECTION 7. VACANCIES. Subject
to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, or any other
series or class of stock as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, to
elect directors under specified circumstances, and unless the Board of Directors
otherwise determines, vacancies resulting from death, resignation, retirement,
disqualification, removal from office or other cause, and newly created
directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors,
shall be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining
directors, though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, and any director
so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of
stockholders at which the term of office of the class to which he or she has
been elected expires and until such director’s successor shall have been duly
elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of authorized
directors constituting the Whole Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent
director.
SECTION 8. REMOVAL. Subject
to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, or any other
series or class of stock as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, to
elect directors under specified circumstances, any director, or the entire Board
of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and
only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80 percent of the voting
power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single class,
at an annual meeting or a special meeting called expressly for this
purpose. For purposes of these By-Laws, “Voting Stock” shall mean the
shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors.
SECTION 9. RESIGNATIONS. Any
director, member of a committee or other officer may resign at any
time. Such resignation shall be made in writing, and shall take
effect at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at the time
of its receipt by the President or Secretary. The acceptance of a
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
SECTION 10. COMMITTEES. The
Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the
Whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two
or more of the directors of the Corporation. The board 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. In the
absence or disqualification of any member of such committee or committees, the
member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from
voting, whether or not he, she 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.
Any such
committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors,
or in these By-Laws, 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 amending the Certificate of Incorporation (except that
a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions
providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors
as provided in subsection (a) of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware, fix the designation and any of the preferences and any of
the rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any
distribution of assets of the Corporation or fix the number of shares of any
series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of any shares of any
series), adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the
stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the
Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a
dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the
By-Laws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution, these By-Laws or the
Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provides, no such committee shall have
the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of
stock.
Each committee may determine the
procedural rules for meeting and conducting its business and shall act in
accordance therewith, except as otherwise provided herein or required by
law. Adequate provision shall be made for notice to members of all
meetings; one-third of the members shall constitute a quorum unless the
committee shall consist of one or two members, in which event one member shall
constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by a majority vote of
the members present. Action may be taken by any committee without a
meeting if all members thereof consent thereto in writing or by electronic
transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or
transmissions are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of such
committee. If as a result of a catastrophe or other emergency
condition a quorum of any committee of the Board of Directors having power to
act in the premises cannot readily be convened and a quorum of the Board of
Directors cannot readily be convened, then all the powers and duties of the
Board of Directors shall automatically vest and continue, until a quorum of the
Board of Directors can be convened, in an Emergency Management Committee, which
shall consist of all readily available members of the Board of Directors and two
of whose members shall constitute a quorum. The Emergency Management
Committee shall call a meeting of the Board of Directors as soon as
circumstances permit for the purpose of filling any vacancies on the Board of
Directors and its committees and taking such other action as may be
appropriate.
SECTION 11. COMPENSATION. Directors
shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors or as
members of committees, but by resolution of the board an annual retainer and a
fixed fee and expenses of attendance may be allowed for attendance at each
meeting. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any
director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent
or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor.
SECTION 12. ACTION
WITHOUT MEETING. 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 prior to such action a written consent thereto is signed
by all members of the board or of such committee, as the case may be, and such
written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or
committee.
ARTICLE
IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. OFFICERS. The
officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a Chairman of
the Board of Directors, a President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary, all of whom
shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office until their
successors are elected and qualified. In addition, the Board of
Directors may elect one or more Vice-Presidents and such Assistant Secretaries
and Assistant Treasurers as they may deem proper. None of the
officers of the Corporation need be directors. More than two offices
may be held by the same person.
SECTION 2. OTHER
OFFICERS AND AGENTS. The Board of Directors may appoint such other
officers and agents as it may deem advisable, who shall hold their offices for
such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be
determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3. CHAIRMAN. The
Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the Board of
Directors and shall have and perform such other duties as from time to time may
be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4. CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the head of
the Corporation and shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and
management usually vested in the office of Chief Executive Officer of a
corporation. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders if present thereat, and in the absence or non-election of the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, at all meetings of the Board of Directors,
and shall have general supervision, direction and control of the business of the
Corporation. Except as the Board of Directors shall authorize the
execution thereof in some other manner, he or she shall execute bonds, mortgages
and other contracts in behalf of the Corporation, and shall cause the seal to be
affixed to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed the seal shall be
attested by the signature of the Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant
Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer.
SECTION 5. PRESIDENT. The
President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be
assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive
Officer.
SECTION 6. VICE-PRESIDENT. Each
Vice-President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be
assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 7. TREASURER. The
Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall
keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements in books belonging
to the Corporation. He or she shall deposit all moneys and other
valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories
as may be designated by the Board of Directors.
The
Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the
Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, taking proper
vouchers for such disbursements. He or she shall render to the Chief
Executive Officer, the President and Board of Directors at the regular meetings
of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may request it, an account of all
his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the
Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he or she shall
give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such
amount and with such surety as the Board shall prescribe.
SECTION 8. SECRETARY. The
Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of
stockholders and directors, and all other notices required by law or by these
By-Laws, and in case of his absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such
notice may be given by any person thereunto directed by the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, or by the directors, or stockholders, upon whose
requisition the meeting is called as provided in these By-Laws. He or
she shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of
the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform
such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or
the President. He or she shall have custody of the seal of the
Corporation and shall affix the same to all instruments requiring it, when
authorized by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the
President, and attest the same.
SECTION 9. ASSISTANT
TREASURERS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. Assistant Treasurers and
Assistant Secretaries, if any, shall be elected and shall have such powers and
shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them, respectively, by the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 10. REMOVAL. Any
officer of the Corporation may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by
the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE
V
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 1. CERTIFICATES
OF STOCK. A certificate of stock, signed by the Chief Executive
Officer, or the President or a Vice-President, and the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, shall be issued to each stockholder certifying the number and class
or series of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. Any or
all of the signatures may be facsimiles. Certificates of stock of the
Corporation shall be of such form and device as the Board of Directors may from
time to time determine.
SECTION 2. LOST
CERTIFICATES. A new certificate of stock may be issued in the place
of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been
lost or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require
the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal
representatives, to give the Corporation a bond, in such sum as they may direct,
not exceeding double the value of the stock, to indemnify the Corporation
against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss of
any such certificate, or the issuance of any such new certificate.
SECTION 3. TRANSFER
OF SHARES. The shares of Stock of the Corporation shall be
transferable only upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by their
duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, and upon such transfer the
old certificates shall be surrendered to the Corporation by the delivery thereof
to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers, or to such
other person as the directors may designate, by whom they shall be cancelled,
and new certificates shall thereupon be issued. A record shall be
made of each transfer and whenever a transfer shall be made for collateral
security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the
transfer.
SECTION 4. STOCKHOLDERS
RECORD DATE. 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, or to express consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of any rights, or 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 shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of
such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If
no record date is fixed, 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, and the record date for determining stockholders for
any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the
Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. A
determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment or postponement of the
meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new
record date for the adjourned or postponed meeting.
SECTION 5. DIVIDENDS. Subject
to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors
may, out of funds legally available therefor at any regular or special meeting,
declare dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation as and when they
deem expedient. Before declaring any dividend there may be set apart,
out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as
the directors from time to time in their discretion deem proper for working
capital or as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for such other purposes as
the directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the
Corporation.
SECTION 6. SEAL. The
corporate seal shall be circular in form and shall contain the name of the
Corporation, the year of its creation and the words “CORPORATE SEAL DELAWARE.”
Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or
affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
SECTION 7. FISCAL
YEAR. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 8. CHECKS. All
checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed
by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation, and in such
manner as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 9. NOTICE
AND WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required by these
By-Laws to be given to the stockholders of the Corporation, personal notice is
not meant unless expressly so stated, and any notice so required shall be deemed
to be sufficient if given by depositing the same in the United States mail,
postage prepaid, addressed to the person entitled thereto at his address as it
appears on the records of the Corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to
have been given on the day of such mailing. Stockholders not entitled
to vote shall not be entitled to receive notice of any meetings except as
otherwise provided by law.
Whenever
any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of any law, or
under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or
these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons
entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall
be deemed equivalent thereto.
SECTION
10. VOTING OF
SHARES IN OTHER CORPORATION Shares in other corporations which are
held by the Corporation may be represented and voted by the Chairman, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President or the Treasurer, by proxy or
proxies appointed by one of then. The Board of Directors may,
however, appoint some other person to vote the shares.
ARTICLE
VI
INDEMNIFICATION
AND INSURANCE
SECTION 1. Each
person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is
involved in any action, suit, claim or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the
fact that he or she or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative is
or was, at any time during which these By-laws are in effect (whether or not
such person continues to serve in such capacity at the time any indemnification
or payment of expenses pursuant hereto is sought or at the time any proceeding
relating thereto exists or is brought), a director or officer of the Corporation
or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit
plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation, whether the basis of such
proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer,
employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer,
employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to
the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any
such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation
to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the
Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability
and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or
penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or
suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators; provided, however, that except as provided in Section 3 of this
Article VI, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking
indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the
Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred in this
Article VI shall be a contract right that vests at the time of such person’s
service to or at the request of the Corporation and such rights shall continue
as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, trustee, employee
or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee's heirs, executors and
administrators. The right to indemnification shall include the right
to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such
proceeding in advance of its final disposition, such advances to be paid by the
Corporation within 20 days after the receipt by the Corporation of a statement
or statements from the claimant requesting such advance or advances from time to
time; provided, however, that if the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware requires, the payment of such 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 person while a director or
officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in
advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon
delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director
or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be
determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under
this Article VI or otherwise.
SECTION 2. To obtain
indemnification under this Article VI, a claimant shall submit to the
Corporation a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation
and information as is reasonably available to the claimant and is reasonably
necessary to determine whether and to what extent the claimant is entitled to
indemnification. Upon written request by a claimant for
indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2, a
determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to the claimant’s
entitlement thereto shall be made as follows: (1) if requested by the claimant,
by Independent Counsel (as hereinafter defined), or (2) if no request is made by
the claimant for a determination by Independent Counsel, (i) by the Board of
Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors
(as hereinafter defined), or (ii) if a quorum of the Board of Directors
consisting of Disinterested Directors is not obtainable or, even if obtainable,
such quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by Independent Counsel in a
written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to
the claimant, or (iii) if a quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by the
stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the determination of
entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel at the
request of the claimant, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board
of Directors unless there shall have occurred within two years prior to the date
of the commencement of the action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification
is claimed a “Change of Control” as defined in the BorgWarner
Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (as
such plan shall exist as of the date of adoption of these Amended and Restated
By-laws), in which case the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the
claimant unless the claimant shall request that such selection be made by the
Board of Directors. If it is so determined that the claimant is
entitled to indemnification, payment to the claimant shall be made within 10
days after such determination.
SECTION 3. If a
claim under Section 1 of this Article VI is not paid in full by the Corporation
within thirty days after a written claim pursuant to Section 2 of this Article
VI has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter
bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim
and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be
paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a
defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for
expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been
tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of
conduct which makes it permissible under the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount
claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the
Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its
Board of Directors, Independent Counsel or 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 or she has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its
Board of Directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders) that the claimant has
not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or
create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of
conduct.
SECTION 4. If a
determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 2 of this Article VI that
the claimant is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall be bound by
such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to Section 3 of
this Article VI.
SECTION 5. The
Corporation shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding
commenced pursuant to Section 3 of this Article VI that the procedures and
presumptions of this Article VI are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall
stipulate in such proceeding that the Corporation is bound by all the provisions
of this Article VI.
SECTION 6. The right
to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a
proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article VI
shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter
acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation,
By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or
otherwise. No repeal or modification of this Article VI shall in any
way diminish or adversely affect the rights of any director, officer, employee
or agent of the Corporation hereunder in respect of any occurrence or matter
arising prior to any such repeal or modification and cannot be terminated by the
Corporation, the Board of Directors or the stockholders of the Corporation with
respect to a person’s service prior to the date of such
termination. Any amendment, modification, alteration or repeal of
this By-Law that in any way diminishes, limits, restricts, adversely affects or
eliminates any right of an indemnitee or his or her successors to
indemnification, advancement of expenses or otherwise shall be prospective only
and shall not in any way diminish, limit, restrict, adversely affect or
eliminate any such right with respect to any actual or alleged state of facts,
occurrence, action or omission then or previously existing, or any action, suit
or proceeding previously or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or
in part upon any such actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or
omission.
SECTION 7. The
Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any
current or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would
have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. To the
extent that the Corporation maintains any policy or policies providing such
insurance, each such current or former director or officer, and each such agent
or employee to which rights to indemnification have been granted as provided in
Section 8 of this Article VI, shall be covered by such policy or policies in
accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage there
under for any such director, officer, employee or agent.
SECTION 8. The
Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of
Directors, grant rights to indemnification, and rights to be paid by the
Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its
final disposition, to any current or former employee or agent or class of
employees or agents of the Corporation (including the heirs, executors,
administrators or estate of each such person) to the fullest extent of the
provisions of this Article VI with respect to the indemnification and
advancement of expenses of current or former directors and officers of the
Corporation.
SECTION 9. If any
provision or provisions of this Article VI shall be held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (1) the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VI (including,
without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article VI containing
any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not
itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby; and (2) to the fullest extent possible, the
provisions of this Article VI (including, without limitation, each such portion
of any paragraph of this Article VI containing any such provision held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to
the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable.
SECTION 10. For
purposes of this Article VI:
(a) “Disinterested
Director” means a director of the Corporation who is not and was not a party to
the matter in respect of which indemnification is sought by the
claimant.
(b) “Independent
Counsel” means a law firm, a member of a law firm, or an independent
practitioner, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and shall
include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct
then prevailing, would not have a conflict of interest in representing either
the Corporation or the claimant in an action to determine the claimant’s rights
under this Article VI.
SECTION 11. Any
notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given to the
Corporation under this Article VI shall be in writing and either delivered in
person or sent by telecopy, telex, telegram, overnight mail or courier service,
or certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to
the Secretary of the Corporation and shall be effective only upon receipt by the
Secretary.
ARTICLE
VII
AMENDMENTS
These
By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed, and any By-Laws may be made, at any
annual meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting thereof if notice
of the proposed alteration or repeal of the By-Laws, or of the By-Laws to be
made, is contained in the notice of such meeting, by the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least 80% of the voting power of the then outstanding Voting
Stock, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of
directors, at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or at any special
meeting of the Board of Directors, if notice of the proposed alteration or
repeal, or of the By-Laws to be made, is contained in the notice of such special
meeting.
ARTICLE
VIII
ELECTRONIC
TRANSMISSIONS
When used
in these By-Laws, the terms “written” and “in writing” shall include any
“electronic transmission” (as defined in Section 232(c) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended), including, without limitation, any telegram,
cablegram, datagram, facsimile transmission and communication by electronic
mail.