Exhibit
3.5
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS OF
THERAVANCE, INC.
A DELAWARE CORPORATION
(Amended and Restated October 22, 2008)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
OFFICES AND RECORDS
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1.1
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Delaware Office
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1.2
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Other Offices
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1.3
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Books and Records
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ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
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2.1
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Annual Meeting
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2.2
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Special Meeting
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2.3
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Place of Meeting
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2.4
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Notice of Meeting
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2.5
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Quorum and Adjournment
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2.6
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Proxies
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2.7
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Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations
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2.8
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Procedure for Election of Directors
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2.9
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Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls
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2.10
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Conduct of Meeting
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2.11
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Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting
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ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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3.1
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General Powers
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3.2
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Number, Tenure and Qualifications
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3.3
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Regular Meetings
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3.4
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Special Meetings
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3.5
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Action By Unanimous Consent of Directors
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3.6
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Notice
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3.7
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Conference Telephone Meetings
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3.8
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Quorum
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3.9
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Vacancies
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3.10
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Committees
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3.11
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Removal
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ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
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4.1
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Elected Officers
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4.2
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Election and Term of Office
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4.3
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Chairman of the Board
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4.4
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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4.5
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Secretary
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4.6
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Treasurer
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4.7
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Removal
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4.8
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Vacancies
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ARTICLE V STOCK
CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS
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5.1
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Stock Certificates and Transfers
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ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
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6.1
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Right to Indemnification
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6.2
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Right to Advancement of Expenses
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6.3
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Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit
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6.4
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Non-Exclusivity of Rights
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6.5
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Insurance
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6.6
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Effect of Amendment
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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7.1
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Fiscal Year
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7.2
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Dividends
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7.3
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Seal
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7.4
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Waiver of Notice
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7.5
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Audits
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7.6
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Resignations
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7.7
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Contracts
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7.8
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Proxies
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ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
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8.1
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Amendments
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ARTICLE
I
OFFICES AND RECORDS
1.1 Delaware
Office. The registered office of the
Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be located in the City of Dover,
County of Kent or such other office as may be designated by the Board of
Directors.
1.2 Other
Offices. The Corporation may have
such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the
Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the Corporation may from
time to time require.
1.3 Books and
Records. The books and records of
the Corporation may be kept at the Corporations headquarters in South San
Francisco, California or at such other locations outside the State of Delaware as
may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE
II
STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Annual
Meeting. The
annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation for the election of
directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at such
date, place and time as the Board of Directors shall each year fix.
2.2 Special
Meeting. Special meetings of
stockholders of the Corporation, other than those required by statute, may be
called only by the Chairman of the Board, the President or by the Board of
Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole
Board or at the request in writing of stockholders owning at least sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) in amount of the entire capital stock of the
Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors (the Voting Stock).
For purposes of these Amended and Restated Bylaws, the term Whole Board
shall mean the total number of authorized directors whether or not there exist
any vacancies in previously authorized directorships.
2.3 Place
of Meeting. The
Board of Directors may designate the place of meeting for any meeting of the
stockholders. If no designation is made
by the Board of Directors, the place of meeting shall be the principal office
of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion determine that
the meeting shall not be held at any place, but shall be held solely by means
of remote communication, subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board
of Directors may adopt, as permitted by applicable law.
2.4 Notice of
Meeting. Except as otherwise required by law, written, printed or electronic
notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purposes for
which the
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meeting is called shall be prepared and delivered
by the Corporation not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60)
days before the date of the meeting, either personally, by mail, or in the case
of stockholders who have consented to such delivery, and whose consent has not
been revoked or deemed revoked, by electronic transmission (as such term is
defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law), to each stockholder of record
of the Corporation (a Record Stockholder) entitled to vote at such meeting; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, notice for a meeting called at the request of
the stockholders pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall be delivered by the
Corporation not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days before
the date of such meeting. If mailed,
such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the U.S. mail
with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his address as it
appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. Notice given by electronic transmission shall
be effective (A) if by facsimile, when faxed to a number where the
stockholder has consented to receive notice; (B) if by electronic mail,
when mailed electronically to an electronic mail address at which the
stockholder has consented to receive such notice; (C) if by posting on an
electronic network together with a separate notice of such posting, upon the
later to occur of (1) the posting or (2) the giving of separate
notice of the posting; or (D) if by other form of electronic
communication, when directed to the stockholder in the manner consented to by
the stockholder. Meetings may be held
without notice if all stockholders entitled to vote are present (except as
otherwise provided by law), or if notice is waived by those not present. Any previously scheduled meeting of the
stockholders may be postponed and (unless the Corporations Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as such may be amended or restated from
time to time (the Certificate of Incorporation) otherwise provides) any
special meeting of the stockholders may be cancelled, by resolution of the
Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the time previously
scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.
2.5 Quorum and
Adjournment. Except as otherwise
provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a
majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock, represented in person or by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders, except that when
specified business is to be voted on by a class or series voting separately as
a class or series, the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares
of such class or series shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such
business for the purposes of taking action
on such business. No notice of the time and place of adjourned
meetings need be given provided such adjournment is for less than thirty (30)
days and further provided that no new record date is fixed for the adjourned
meeting.
2.6 Proxies. At all meetings of stockholders, a
stockholder may vote by proxy as may be permitted by law, or by his duly
authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy
must be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or his representative, or
otherwise delivered telephonically or electronically as set forth in the applicable
proxy statement, at or before the time of the meeting.
2.7 Notice of
Stockholder Business and Nominations.
A. Nominations
of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business
to be transacted by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of
stockholders (1) pursuant to the Corporations notice with respect to such
meeting in
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accordance with the terms of that certain Governance Agreement by and
among SmithKline Beecham Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (GSK),
GlaxoSmithKline, plc, an English public limited company, and the Corporation
(the Governance Agreement), (2) pursuant to the Corporations proxy
materials with respect to such meeting, (3) by or at the direction of the
Board of Directors or (4) by any Record Stockholder who was a Record
Stockholder at the time of the giving of the notice required in the following
paragraph, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the
notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.7. For the avoidance of doubt, clause (4) shall
be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or propose
business (other than business included in the Corporations proxy materials
pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (such act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
the Exchange Act)) at an annual meeting of stockholders.
B. For
nominations or business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
Record Stockholder pursuant to paragraph (A)(4) of this Section 2.7, (1) the
Record Stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the
Secretary of the Corporation, (2) any such business must be a proper
matter for stockholder action under the Delaware General Corporation Law, (3) the
Record Stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf any such
proposal or nomination is made, must have acted in accordance with the
representations set forth in the Solicitation Notice (as defined in paragraph
C(c)(iv) of this Section 2.7) required by these Bylaws. To be timely, a Solicitation Notice shall be received by the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than forty five (45) or
more than seventy five (75) days prior to the one-year anniversary of the date
on which the Corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the preceding
years annual meeting of stockholders (the Anniversary); provided, however,
subject to the last sentence of this paragraph (B) of this Section 2.7,
if the annual meeting is convened more than thirty (30) days prior to or
delayed by more than thirty (30) days after the one-year anniversary of the
preceding years annual meeting, notice by the Record Stockholder to be timely
must be received not later than the close of business on the later of (x) the
90th day prior to such annual meeting or (y) the 10th day following the
day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first
made. Notwithstanding anything in the
preceding sentence to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors
to be elected to the Board of Directors 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 10 days
before the last day a Record Stockholder may deliver a notice of nomination in
accordance with the preceding sentence, a Solicitation Notice required by these
Bylaws shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for
any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the
Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than
the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public
announcement is first made by the Corporation.
In no event shall an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting
commence a new time period for the giving of a Solicitation Notice.
C. Such
Solicitation Notice shall set forth:
(a) if such
notice pertains to the nomination of directors, as to each person whom the
Record Stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a
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director all information relating to such person as would be required
to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of such nominees
as directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, and such persons
written consent to serve as a director if elected;
(b) as to any
business that the Record Stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a
brief description of such business, the reasons for conducting such business at
the meeting and any material interest in such business of such Record
Stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made;
and
(c) as to (1) the
Record Stockholder giving the notice and (2) the beneficial owner, if any,
on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (each, a party):
(i) the name and
address of each such party, as they appear on the Corporations books;
(ii) (A) the
class, series, and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned
beneficially and of record by each such party, (B) 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 each such party, 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, (C) any proxy, contract, arrangement,
understanding, or relationship pursuant to which either party has a right to
vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (D) any short interest
in any security of the Corporation held by each such party (for purposes of
this paragraph C of this Section 2.7, 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), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of
the Corporation owned beneficially by each such party that are separated or
separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (F) any
proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments
held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which
either party is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns
an interest in a general partner and (G) any performance-related fees
(other than an asset-based fee) to which each such party is entitled 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 each such partys
immediate family sharing the same household (which information set forth in
this paragraph shall be supplemented by such stockholder or such beneficial
owner, as the case may be, not later than ten (10) days after the record
date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date);
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(iii) any other
information relating to each such party 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 in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of
the Exchange Act; and
(iv) a statement
whether or not each such party will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy
to holders of, in the case of a proposal, at least the percentage of the
Corporations Voting Stock required under applicable law to carry the proposal
or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, at least the percentage of the
Corporations Voting Stock reasonably believed by the Record Stockholder or
beneficial holder, as the case may be, to be sufficient to elect the nominee or
nominees proposed to be nominated by the Record Stockholder (such statement, a Solicitation
Notice).
D. A person
shall not be eligible for election or re-election as a director at an annual
meeting unless (i) the person is nominated by a Record Stockholder in
accordance with this Section 2.7 or (ii) the person is nominated by
or at the direction of the Board of Directors.
Only such business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of
stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Section 2.7. The chair of the meeting shall have the power
and the duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be
brought before the meeting has been made 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 defectively proposed
business or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the
meeting and shall be disregarded.
E. Only such business shall be conducted at a
special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting
pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting. The notice of such special meeting shall
include the purpose for which the meeting is called. 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 (1) by
or at the direction of the Board of Directors in accordance with the Governance
Agreement or (2) by any Record Stockholder of the Corporation who is a
Record Stockholder at the time of giving of notice provided for in this
paragraph, who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who delivers a
written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation setting forth the
information required by clauses (a) and (c) of paragraph (C) of
this Section 2.7. Nominations by
stockholders of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at
such a special meeting of stockholders only if such Solicitation Notice
required by the preceding sentence shall be received by the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of
business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 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 an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time
period for the giving of a Solicitation Notice.
A person shall not be eligible for election or reelection as a director
at a special meeting unless the person is nominated (i) by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by a Record Stockholder in
accordance with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph E of this Section 2.7.
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F. For purposes
of this Section 2.7, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a
press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a
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 Exchange Act.
G. Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7, a stockholder shall also
comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth in this Section 2.7. Nothing in this Section 2.7 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
Exchange Act.
2.8 Procedure
for Election of Directors. Election
of directors at all meetings of the stockholders at which directors are to be
elected shall be by written ballot, and, 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
additional directors under specified circumstances, a plurality of the votes
cast thereat shall elect directors.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws, all matters other than the election of directors submitted to the
stockholders at any meeting shall be decided by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock present in person
or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon.
2.9 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 meeting 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 chairperson 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 Delaware General Corporation Law.
B. The
chairperson 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.
2.10 Conduct of
Meeting.
A. The President
shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the President, the Chairman
of the Board shall preside at a meeting of the stockholders. In the absence of both the President and the
Chairman of the Board, the Secretary shall preside at a meeting of the
stockholders. In the anticipated absence
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designated to preside over the meetings of stockholders, the Board of
Directors may designate an individual to preside over a meeting of the
stockholders.
B. The
chairperson 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.
C. The Board of
Directors may, to the extent not prohibited by law, adopt by resolution such rules and
regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem
appropriate. Except to the extent
inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of
Directors, the chairperson of any meeting of stockholders 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 chairperson, are appropriate for the
proper conduct of the meeting. Such
rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or
prescribed by the chairperson of the meeting, may to the extent not prohibited
by law include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or
order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for
maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations
on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of
the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other
persons as the chairperson of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions
on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof and (v) limitations
on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.
Unless, and to the extent, determined by the Board of Directors or the
chairperson of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to
be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
2.11 Consent of
Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any
action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation
must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of
the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such
stockholders.
ARTICLE
III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
3.1 General
Powers. The business and affairs of
the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of
Directors. In addition to the powers and
authority expressly conferred upon them by statute or by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by these Bylaws, the directors are hereby empowered to
exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or
done by the Corporation.
3.2 Number,
Tenure and Qualifications. Subject
to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect
additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors
shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant
to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board and shall not be
inconsistent with the terms of the Governance Agreement; provided, however, at
any time following the date that GSKs Percentage Interest (as defined in the
Governance Agreement) is 50.1% or greater,
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the number of directors which shall constitute the whole board shall
not be less than nine (9), or any greater number that is divisible by three
(3). The directors shall be elected at
the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 3.9
of this Article III, and each director elected shall hold office until his
successor is elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced. Any term of directorship of any GSK Director
or GSK Nominee (as such terms are defined in the Governance Agreement) shall automatically
cease upon the events described in the Governance Agreement requiring the
resignation of such director.
3.3 Regular
Meetings. The Board of Directors
may, by resolution, provide the time and place for the holding of regular
meetings of the Board of Directors.
3.4 Special
Meetings. Special meetings of the
Board of Directors shall be called at the request of the Chairman of the Board,
the President or a majority 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.
3.5 Action By Unanimous Consent of Directors. The
Board of Directors may take action without the necessity of a meeting by
unanimous consent of directors. Such
consent may be in writing or given by electronic transmission, as such term is
defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law.
3.6 Notice. Notice of
any special meeting shall be given to each director at his business or
residence in writing, or by telegram, facsimile transmission, telephone
communication or electronic transmission (provided, with respect to electronic
transmission, that the director has consented to receive the form of
transmission at the address to which it is directed). 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 (5) 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 (24) hours before such meeting. If by facsimile transmission or other
electronic transmission, such notice shall be transmitted at least twenty-four
(24) hours before such meeting. If by
telephone, the notice shall be given at least twelve (12) 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 Bylaws as provided under Section 8.1
of Article VIII hereof. A meeting
may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present (except
as otherwise provided by law) or if those not present waive notice of the
meeting in writing or by electronic transmission, either before or after such
meeting.
3.7 Conference
Telephone Meetings. Members of the
Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of
the Board of Directors or such committee by means of 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 such meeting.
3.8 Quorum. A whole number of directors equal to at least
a majority of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, but if at any meeting of
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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
without further notice. 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.
3.9 Vacancies. Subject to the rights of the holders of any
series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, newly created directorships
resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any
vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation,
retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall, unless
otherwise provided by law or by resolution of the Board of Directors, be filled
in accordance with the Governance Agreement and only by a majority vote of the
directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and directors so chosen
shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders or
until such directors successor shall have been duly elected and
qualified. No decrease in the authorized
number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
3.10 Committees.
A. The Board of
Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of
one or more of the directors of the Corporation, the composition of which shall
be in compliance with the Governance Agreement.
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. In the
absence or disqualification of a member of the 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 place of any such absent or
disqualified member. Any such committee,
to the extent permitted by law and to the extent 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; provided, however, that no committee shall have power or authority
in reference to the following matters: (1) approving, adopting or
recommending to stockholders any action or matter required by law to be
submitted to stockholders for approval or (2) adopting, amending or
repealing any bylaw.
B. Unless the
Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board
of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its
business. In the absence of such rules each
committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of
Directors conducts its business pursuant to these Bylaws.
3.11 Removal. Subject to the rights of the holders of any
series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any directors, 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 sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors, voting together as a single class.
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ARTICLE
IV
OFFICERS
4.1 Elected
Officers. The elected officers of
the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, a Chief
Executive Officer, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers as the
Board of Directors from time to time may deem proper. The Chairman of the Board shall be chosen
from the directors. All officers chosen
by the Board of Directors shall each have such powers and duties as generally
pertain to their respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of this
Article IV. Such officers shall
also have powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board
of Directors or by any committee thereof.
4.2 Election
and Term of Office. The elected
officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors
at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting
of the stockholders. If the election of
officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon
thereafter as convenient. Subject to Section 4.7
of these Bylaws, each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have
been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall
resign.
4.3 Chairman
of the Board. The Chairman of the
Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board.
4.4 President
and Chief Executive Officer. The
President and Chief Executive Officer shall be the general manager of the
Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and as such
shall, subject to Section 2.10(A) hereof, preside at all meetings of
stockholders, shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Corporation,
shall sign or countersign or authorize another officer to sign all
certificates, contracts, and other instruments of the Corporation as authorized
by the Board of Directors, shall make reports to the Board of Directors and
stockholders, and shall perform all such other duties as are incident to such
office or are properly required by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors creates the office
of Chief Executive Officer as a separate office from President, (i) the
President shall be the chief operating officer of the corporation and shall be
subject to the general supervision, direction, and control of the Chief
Executive Officer unless the Board of Directors provides otherwise, and (ii) except
for this Section 4.4, all references herein to the President shall be
deemed to refer to the Chief Executive Officer.
4.5 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 Bylaws, 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 Chairman of the Board or the President, or by the Board of
Directors, upon whose request the meeting is called as provided in these
Bylaws. He shall record all the
proceedings of the meetings of the Board of Directors, any committees thereof
and the stockholders of the Corporation in a book to be kept for that purpose,
and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President. He shall have custody of the seal of the
Corporation and shall affix the same to all
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instruments requiring it, when authorized by the Board of Directors,
the Chairman of the Board or the President, and attest to the same.
4.6 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the
corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate receipts and
disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit all moneys and
other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such
depositaries 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 Chairman of the
Board, or the President, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements. The Treasurer shall render to the Chairman of
the Board, the President and the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an
account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of
the Corporation. If required by the
Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond for the
faithful discharge of his duties in such amount and with such surety as the
Board of Directors shall prescribe.
4.7 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors
may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever, in their judgment, the best
interests of the Corporation would be served thereby. No elected officer shall have any contractual
rights against the Corporation for compensation by virtue of such election
beyond the date of the election of his successor, his death, his resignation or
his removal, whichever event shall first occur, except as otherwise provided in
an employment contract or an employee plan.
4.8 Vacancies. A newly created office and a vacancy in any
office because of death, resignation, or removal may be filled by the Board of
Directors for the unexpired portion of the term at any meeting of the Board of
Directors.
ARTICLE
V
STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS
5.1 Stock
Certificates and Transfers.
A. The shares of the
Corporations stock may be certificated or uncertificated, as provided under
the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Any certificates representing shares of stock shall be in such form as
the appropriate officers of the Corporation may from time to time
prescribe. Upon surrender to the
Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for
shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession,
assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation
to issue a new certificate or evidence of the issuance of uncertificated shares
to the stockholder entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the
transaction upon the Corporations books.
Upon the receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered
owner of uncertificated shares, such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled,
issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall
be made to the stockholder entitled thereto and the transaction shall be
recorded upon the books of the Corporation.
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B. Any stock
certificates shall be signed, countersigned and registered in such manner as
the Board of Directors may by resolution prescribe, which resolution may permit
all or any of the signatures on such certificates to be in facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before
such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same
effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of
issue.
ARTICLE
VI
INDEMNIFICATION
6.1 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is
threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(hereinafter a proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the
Corporation, 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 an
employee benefit plan (hereinafter an indemnitee), where the basis of such
proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer,
employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to
the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 permitted prior thereto), against
all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines,
ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably
incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such
indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a
director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the
indemnitees heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however,
that, except as provided in Section 6.3 hereof with respect to proceedings
to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such
indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such
indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation.
6.2 Right to
Advancement of Expenses. The right
to indemnification conferred in Section 6.1 shall include the right to be
paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding for
which such right to indemnification is applicable in advance of its final
disposition (hereinafter an advancement of expenses); provided, however,
that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, an advancement of
expenses incurred by an indemnitee 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 or otherwise.
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6.3 Right of
Indemnitee to Bring Suit. The rights
to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in Section 6.1
and Section 6.2, respectively, shall be contract rights. If a claim under Section 6.1 or Section 6.2
is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty days after a written claim
has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an
advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty
days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the
Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such
suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of
expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be
entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such
suit. In (A) any suit brought by
the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a
suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of
expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (B) in any suit by the
Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an
undertaking the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a
final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for
indemnification set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law. 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 suit that indemnification of
the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met
the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General
Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its
Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the
indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a
presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct
or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such
suit. In any suit brought by the
indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses
hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant
to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is
not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Section or
otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
6.4 Non-Exclusivity
of Rights. The rights to
indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section shall
not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter
acquire under the Certificate of Incorporation, these Amended and Restated
Bylaws, or any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise.
6.5 Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at
its expense, to protect itself and any 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 Delaware General Corporation Law.
6.6 Effect of
Amendment. Any amendment or repeal
of this Article VI shall not adversely affect any right or protection
existing hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to such
amendment or repeal.
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ARTICLE
VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
7.1 Fiscal
Year. The fiscal year of the
Corporation shall begin on the first day of January and end on the
thirty-first day of December of each year.
7.2 Dividends. The Board of Directors may from time to time
declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in
the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its
Certificate of Incorporation.
7.3 Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed the
name of the Corporation thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved
from time to time by the Board of Directors.
7.4 Waiver of
Notice. Whenever any notice is
required to be given to any stockholder or director of the Corporation under
the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, a waiver thereof in
writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice or a waiver by
electronic transmission, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall
be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor
the purpose of, any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Board
of Directors need be specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting.
7.5 Audits. The accounts, books and records of the
Corporation shall be audited upon the conclusion of each fiscal year by an
independent certified public accountant selected by the Board of Directors, and
it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to cause such audit to be made
annually.
7.6 Resignations. Any director or any officer, whether elected
or appointed, may resign at any time by serving written notice of such
resignation on the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary, or by submitting such resignation by electronic
transmission (as such term is defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law),
and such resignation shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of
business on the date said notice is received by the Chairman of the Board, the
President, or the Secretary or at such later date as is stated therein. No formal action shall be required of the
Board of Directors or the stockholders to make any such resignation effective.
7.7 Contracts. Except as otherwise required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any contracts or other
instruments may be executed and delivered in the name and on the behalf of the
Corporation by such officer or officers of the Corporation as the Board of
Directors may from time to time direct.
Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances as the
Board may determine. The Chairman of the
Board, the President or any Vice President may execute bonds, contracts, deeds,
leases and other instruments to be made or executed for or on behalf of the
Corporation. Subject to any restrictions
imposed by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board, the President
or any Vice President of the Corporation may delegate contractual powers to
others under his jurisdiction, it being understood, however,
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that any such delegation of power shall not relieve such officer of
responsibility with respect to the exercise of such delegated power.
7.8 Proxies. Unless otherwise provided by resolution
adopted by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President or
any Vice President may from time to time appoint any attorney or attorneys or
agent or agents of the Corporation, in the name and on behalf of the
Corporation, to cast the votes which the Corporation may be entitled to cast as
the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation or other
entity, any of whose stock or other securities may be held by the Corporation,
at meetings of the holders of the stock and other securities of such other
corporation or other entity, or to consent in writing, in the name of the
Corporation as such holder, to any action by such other corporation or other
entity, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of
casting such votes or giving such consent, and may execute or cause to be
executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate
seal or otherwise, all such written proxies or other instruments as he may deem
necessary or proper in the premises.
ARTICLE
VIII
AMENDMENTS
8.1 Amendments. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate
of Incorporation, these Bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed at any
meeting of the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of the
Whole Board, provided notice of the proposed change was given in the notice of
the meeting in a notice given no less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the
meeting. Subject to the provisions of
the Certificate of Incorporation, the stockholders shall also have power to
adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws, provided that notice of the proposed
change was given in the notice of the meeting and provided further 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, 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, shall be required to adopt, amend or repeal any
provision of these Bylaws.
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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY OF
THERAVANCE, INC.
The undersigned, Bradford
J. Shafer, hereby certifies that he is the duly elected and acting Secretary of
Theravance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), and that the
Bylaws attached hereto constitute the Bylaws of said Corporation as duly
adopted by the Board of Directors on October 22, 2008.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned has hereunto subscribed his name this 22nd day of October 2008.
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Shafer
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Bradford J.
Shafer,
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Secretary
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