Exhibit (e)(9)
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF
CRAFTMADE INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
A Delaware corporation
ARTICLE I
STOCKHOLDERS
1. CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING STOCK. Certificates representing stock in the
corporation shall be signed by, or in the name of, the corporation by the Chairman or Vice Chairman
of the Board of Directors, if any, or by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice
President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the corporation. Any or all of the signatures on any such certificate may be a facsimile. In
case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been
placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before
such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were
such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
Whenever the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more
than one series of any class of stock, and whenever the corporation shall issue any shares of its
stock as partly paid stock, the certificates representing shares of any such class or series or of
any such partly paid stock shall set forth thereon the statements prescribed by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the General Corporation Law). Any restrictions on the
transfer or registration of transfer of any shares of stock of any class or series shall be noted
conspicuously on the certificate representing such shares.
The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in place of any
certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, and the
Board of Directors may require the owner of the lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate, or his
legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the corporation
against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction
of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
2. UNCERTIFICATED SHARES. Subject to any conditions imposed by the General
Corporation Law, the Board of Directors of the corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions
that some or all of any or all classes or series of the stock of the corporation shall be
uncertificated shares. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of any
uncertificated shares, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof any written
notice prescribed by the General Corporation Law.
3. FRACTIONAL SHARE INTERESTS. The corporation may, but shall not be required to,
issue fractions of a share. If the corporation does not issue fractions of a share, it shall (a)
arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by those entitled thereto, (b) pay in cash the
fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such
fractions are determined, or (c) issue scrip or warrants in registered form (either
represented by a certificate or uncertificated) or bearer form (represented by a certificate) which
shall entitle the holder to receive a full share upon the surrender of such scrip or warrants
aggregating a full share. A certificate for a fractional share or an uncertificated fractional
share shall, but scrip or warrants shall not unless otherwise provided therein, entitle the holder
to exercise voting rights, to receive dividends thereon, and to participate in any of the assets of
the corporation in the event of liquidation. The Board of Directors may cause scrip or warrants to
be issued subject to the conditions that they shall become void if not exchanged for certificates
representing the full shares or uncertificated full shares before a specified date, or subject to
the conditions that the shares for which scrip or warrants are exchangeable may be sold by the
corporation and the proceeds thereof distributed to the holders of scrip or warrants, or subject to
any other conditions which the Board of Directors may impose.
4. STOCK TRANSFERS. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or
registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, transfers or registration of transfers of
shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only on the stock ledger of the corporation by the
registered holder thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly
executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation or with a transfer agent or a registrar,
if any, and, in the case of shares represented by certificates, on surrender of the certificate or
certificates for such shares of stock properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes due thereon.
5. RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDERS.
A. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to
vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a
record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the
record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 60
nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of
Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on
which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding
the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice
of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided,
however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
B. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of
any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion, or exchange of stock, or for the purpose
of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall
not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record
date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record
date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day
on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
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C. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to
corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which
record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted
by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which
the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of
record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent
shall, by written notice to the Secretary, request that the Board of Directors fix a record date.
In order to be effective, such written notice must contain the information set forth in Article I,
Section 7E hereof as if such stockholder were seeking to have the subject matter of the consent
considered at an annual meeting of stockholders. Within 10 days after receipt of a request in
proper form and otherwise in compliance with this Section 5 from any stockholder, the Board of
Directors may adopt a resolution fixing the record date (unless a record date has previously been
fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 5.C). If no record
date has been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 5.C or
otherwise within 10 days after the date on which such written notice is received, the record date
for determining stockholders entitled to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no
prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date after
the expiration of such 10 day time period on which a signed written consent setting forth the
action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered
office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or to any officer or agent of the Corporation
having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. If no
record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section
5.C, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in
writing without a meeting if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law
shall be at the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution
taking such prior action.
D. In connection with an action or actions proposed to be taken by written consent in
accordance with this Section 5, the stockholder or stockholders seeking such action or actions
shall further update and supplement the information previously provided to the Corporation in
connection therewith, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided
pursuant to this Section 5 shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the
stockholders eligible to take such action and as of the date that is five (5) business days prior
to the date the consent solicitation is commenced, and such update and supplement shall be
delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the
stockholders eligible to take such action (in the case of the update and supplement required to be
made as of the record date), and not later than three (3) business days prior to the date that the
consent solicitation is commenced (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as
of five (5) business days prior to the commencement of the consent solicitation).
E. In the event of the delivery, in the manner provided by this Section 5 and applicable law,
to the Corporation of written consent or consents to take corporate action and/or any related
revocation or revocations, the Corporation shall engage independent inspectors of elections for the
purpose of performing promptly a ministerial review of the validity of the consents and
revocations. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review,
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no action by written consent and without a meeting shall be effective until such inspectors
have completed their review, determined that the requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents
delivered to the Corporation in accordance with this Section 5 and applicable law have been
obtained to authorize or take the action specified in the consents, and certified such
determination for entry in the records of the Corporation kept for the purpose of recording the
proceedings of meetings of stockholders. Nothing contained in this Section 5 shall in any way be
construed to suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any stockholder shall not be entitled
to contest the validity of any consent or revocation thereof, whether before or after such
certification by the independent inspectors, or to take any other action (including, without
limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and
the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).
F. Notwithstanding anything in these By-Laws to the contrary, no action may be taken by the
stockholders by written consent except in accordance with this Section 5. If the Board of
Directors shall determine that any request to fix a record date or to take stockholder action by
written consent was not properly made in accordance with this Section 5, or the stockholder or
stockholders seeking to take such action do not otherwise comply with this Section 5, then the
Board of Directors shall not be required to fix a record date and any such purported action by
written consent shall be null and void to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. In
addition to the requirements of this Section 5 with respect to stockholders seeking to take an
action by written consent, each stockholder requesting that the Board of Directors set a record
date under this Section 5 shall comply with all requirements of applicable law, including all
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), with respect
to such action.
6. MEANING OF CERTAIN TERMS. As used herein in respect of the right to notice of a
meeting of stockholders or a waiver thereof or to participate or vote thereat or to consent or
dissent in writing in lieu of a meeting, as the case may be, the term share or shares or share
of stock or shares of stock or stockholder or stockholders refers to an outstanding share or
shares of stock and to a holder or holders of record of outstanding shares of stock when the
corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock, and said reference is also
intended to include any outstanding share or shares of stock and any holder or holders of record of
outstanding shares of stock of any class upon which or upon whom the Certificate of Incorporation
confers such rights where there are two or more classes or series of shares of stock or upon which
or upon whom the General Corporation Law confers such rights notwithstanding that the Certificate
of Incorporation may provide for more than one class or series of shares of stock, one or more of
which are limited or denied such rights thereunder; provided, however, that no such right shall
vest in the event of an increase or a decrease in the authorized number of shares of stock of any
class or series which is otherwise denied voting rights under the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation, except as any provision of law may otherwise require.
7. STOCKHOLDER MEETINGS.
A. Time. The annual meeting shall be held on the date and at the time fixed, from time to
time, by the Board of Directors, provided, that the first annual meeting shall be held on a date
within 13 months after the organization of the corporation, and each successive annual
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meeting shall be held on a date within 13 months after the date of the preceding annual
meeting. A special meeting shall be held on the date and at the time fixed by the Board of
Directors.
B. Place. Annual meetings and special meetings shall be held at such place, within or without
the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, fix. Whenever the
directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held at the registered office of the
corporation in the State of Delaware.
C. Call. Annual meetings and special meetings may be called by a majority of the Board of
Directors or by any officer instructed by a majority of the Board of Directors to call the meeting.
D. Notice or Waiver of Notice. Written notice of all meetings shall be given, stating the
place, date, and hour of the meeting and stating the place within the city or other municipality or
community at which the list of stockholders of the corporation may be examined. The notice of an
annual meeting shall state that the meeting is called for the election of directors and for the
transaction of other business which may properly come before the meeting, and shall (if any other
action which could be taken at a special meeting is to be taken at such annual meeting) state the
purpose or purposes. The notice of a special meeting shall in all instances state the purpose or
purposes for which the meeting is called. The notice of any meeting shall also include, or be
accompanied by, any additional statements, information, or documents prescribed by the General
Corporation Law. Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law, a copy of the notice
of any meeting shall be given, personally, by mail or by electronic transmission, not less than 10
days nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, unless the lapse of the prescribed
period of time shall have been waived, and directed to each stockholder at his record address or at
such other address which he may have furnished by request in writing to the Secretary of the
corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited, with postage thereon
prepaid, in the United States mail. Notice by electronic transmission shall be deemed given in the
manner provided in Section 232 of the General Corporation Law. If a meeting is adjourned to
another time, not more than 30 days hence, and/or to another place, and if an announcement of the
adjourned time and/or place is made at the meeting, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the
adjourned meeting unless the directors, after adjournment, fix a new record date for the adjourned
meeting. Notice need not be given to any stockholder who submits a written waiver of notice signed
by him before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting of
stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder
attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the
business to the transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the
stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice.
E. Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other
business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (a)
as specified by the corporations notice of meeting by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by
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any stockholder of the corporation who (i) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving
of notice provided for in this Bylaw and at the time of the annual meeting, (ii) is entitled to
vote at the meeting and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Bylaw as to
such business or nomination; clause (c) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make
nominations or submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under
the Exchange Act and included in the corporations notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of
stockholders.
(2) Without qualification, for any nominations or any other business to be properly brought
before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 7.E(1)(c) of this Bylaw, the
stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary and such other
business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholders
notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation
not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on
the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting; provided,
however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more
than 60 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 120th day prior to the date of such annual
meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of
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 10th day following the day on which
public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the corporation. In no event
shall any adjournment or postponement of a meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time
period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above. To be in proper form, a
stockholders notice (whether given pursuant to this Section 7.E(2) or Section 7.F) to the
Secretary must: (a) set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner,
if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, (i) the name and address of such
stockholder, as they appear on the corporations books, and of such beneficial owner, if any, (ii)
(A) the class or series and number of shares of the corporation which are, directly or indirectly,
owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, if any, (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 such stockholder
and such beneficial owner, if any, 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 such stockholder and
such beneficial owner, if any, has a right to vote any shares of any security of the corporation,
(D) any short interest of such stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, 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), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the
corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, that are separated
or separable from the underlying shares of the corporation, (F)
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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 or beneficial
owner, if any, 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) that such
stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, 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 stockholders or
beneficial owners immediate family sharing the same household (which information in this clause
(ii) 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), (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 in a
contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder; and (iv) a representation (A) that the stockholder is a holder of record of
stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such annual meeting and intends to appear in person or
by proxy at the annual meeting to propose such business or nomination and (B) whether the
stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to
deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the
corporations outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the
nominee and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or
nomination; (b) if the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or
directors 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 and any material interest of such stockholder and beneficial owner, if
any, in such business 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) set
forth, as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or
reelection to the Board of Directors (i) all information relating to such person 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 election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section
14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such
persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serve as a
director if elected) and (ii) 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 any, 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. The
corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be
required by the corporation to
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determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the
corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholders understanding of the
independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 7.E(2) of this Bylaw 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 by the corporation naming all of the nominees for
director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least 100 days prior to the
first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a stockholders notice required by this
Bylaw 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 10th day following the day
on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation.
F. 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 corporations
notice of meeting. 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 (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) provided that the
Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any
stockholder of the corporation who (i) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice
provided for in this Bylaw and at the time of the special meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the
meeting, and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Bylaw as to such
nomination. In the event the corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose
of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder may nominate a
person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the
corporations notice of meeting, if the stockholders notice required by Section 7.E(2) of this
Bylaw with respect to any nomination shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive
offices of the corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the
date of such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day
prior to the date of such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such
special meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such special meeting, 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 any adjournment or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a
new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
G. General.
(1) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted
at an annual or special meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Bylaw.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman
of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine that the business was not properly brought
before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Bylaw; and if the chairman should so
determine, the chairman shall so declare to the meeting, and any such business not properly brought
before the meeting shall not be transacted.
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Nothing in this Bylaw 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) No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated
in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws. Except as otherwise provided by law,
the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting may, if the facts
warrant, determine that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed in
this Bylaw; and if the chairman should so determine, the chairman shall so declare to the meeting,
and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. Nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to
affect any rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock of the corporation to elect
directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Bylaw, 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 Bylaw; provided, however, that any references in these
Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not
limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be
considered pursuant to Section 7.E(1)(c) or Section 7.F of this Bylaw.
(4) For purposes of this Bylaw, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press release
reported by a 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 and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(5) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Bylaw, unless otherwise required by law,
if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual
or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present a nomination or proposed business,
such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted
notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation.
For purposes of this Bylaw, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a
person must be a duly authorized officer, manager, or partner of such stockholder or must be
authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by
such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the annual or special meeting and such
person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the
writing or electronic transmission, at the annual or special meeting.
H. Stockholder List. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall
prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the
stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the
number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the
examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business
hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city or
other municipality or community 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
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meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine
the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the corporation, or to vote at
any meeting of stockholders.
I. Conduct of Meeting. Meetings of the stockholders shall be presided over by one of the
following officers in the order of seniority and, if present and acting, the Chairman of the Board,
if any, the Lead Director, if any, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, a Vice President, or, if none of the foregoing is in office and present and
acting, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders. The Secretary of the corporation, or in
his absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the
Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present the Chairman of the meeting shall appoint a
secretary of the meeting.
J. Proxy Representation. Every stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for
him by proxy in all matters in which a stockholder is entitled to participate, whether by waiving
notice of any meeting, voting or participating at a meeting, or expressing consent or dissent
without a meeting. Every proxy must be authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission
permitted by law. Any copy, electronic transmission or other reliable reproduction of the writing
or transmission created pursuant to this paragraph may be substituted or used in lieu of the
original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or
transmission could be used, provided that such copy, electronic transmission or other reproduction
shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission. No proxy shall be
voted or acted upon after three years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period.
A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and, if, and only
as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A
proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an
interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally.
K. Inspectors. The directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or
more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or
inspectors are not appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or
more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act,
the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the Board of Directors in advance of the meeting
or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon
the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of
inspectors at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The
inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power
of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity
and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots, or consents, hear and determine all
challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all
votes, ballots, or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the
election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the
meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge,
question, or matter determined by him or them and execute a certificate of any fact found by him or
them.
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L. Quorum. The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock shall constitute a
quorum at a meeting of stockholders for the transaction of any business. The stockholders present
may adjourn the meeting despite the absence of a quorum.
M. Voting. Each share of stock shall entitle the holders thereof to one vote. Directors
shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by
proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Any other action shall be
authorized by a majority of the votes cast except where the General Corporation Law prescribes a
different percentage of votes and/or a different exercise of voting power, and except as may be
otherwise prescribed by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and these By-Laws. In
the election of directors, and for any other action, voting need not be by ballot.
8. STOCKHOLDER ACTION WITHOUT MEETINGS. Any action required by the General
Corporation Law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, or any action which
may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, may be taken without a meeting,
without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so
taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number
of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares
entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate
action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those
stockholders who have not consented in writing. Action taken pursuant to this paragraph shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
1. FUNCTIONS AND DEFINITION. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors of the corporation. The Board of
Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of the members thereof. The use of the
phrase whole board herein refers to the total number of directors which the corporation would
have if there were no vacancies.
2. QUALIFICATIONS AND NUMBER. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the
United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The number of directors constituting the
whole board shall be at least one. Subject to the foregoing limitation and except for the first
Board of Directors, such number may be fixed from time to time by action of the stockholders or of
the Board of Directors. The number of directors may be increased or decreased by action of the
stockholders or of the directors.
3. ELECTION AND TERM. The first Board of Directors, unless the members thereof shall
have been named in the Certificate of Incorporation, shall be elected by the incorporator or
incorporators and shall hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders and until their
successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. Any director
may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation. Thereafter, directors who are
elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill
vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of
stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier
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resignation or removal. Except as the General Corporation Law may otherwise require, in the
interim between annual meetings of stockholders or of special meetings of stockholders called for
the election of directors and/or for the removal of one or more directors and for the filling of
any vacancy in that connection, newly created directorships and any vacancies in the Board of
Directors, including unfilled vacancies resulting from the removal of directors for cause or
without cause, may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office,
although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director.
4. LEAD DIRECTOR. The Board of Directors will designate a non-management director as
Lead Director. The Lead Director shall (i) preside at meetings where the Chairman of the Board is
not present, including executive sessions and sessions where only independent directors are
present, (ii) determine the frequency and timing of executive sessions of non-management directors
and report to the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer on all relevant matters
arising from those sessions, and shall invite the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive
Officer to join the executive session for further discussion as appropriate, (iii) serve as a
liaison between the Board of Directors and management and among the directors and the committees of
the Board of Directors, (iv) have authority to call meetings of the independent directors, provided
that notice of any such meeting is given to the Chairman of the Board, (v) review all Board of
Directors and committee agendas and provide input to management on the scope and quality of
information sent to the Board of Directors, (vi) serve as the point of contact for stockholders and
others to communicate with the Board of Directors, (vii) recommend to the Board of Directors and
committees the retention of advisors and consultants who report directly to the Board of Directors,
and (viii) perform all other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors from time to time.
5. MEETINGS.
A. Time. Meetings shall be held at such time as the Board of Directors shall fix, except that
the first meeting of a newly elected Board of Directors shall be held as soon after its election as
the directors may conveniently assemble.
B. Place. Meetings shall be held at such place within or without the State of Delaware as
shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
C. Call. No call shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have
been fixed. Special meetings may be called by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, if
any, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or of a
majority of the directors in office.
D. Notice or Actual or Constructive Waiver. No notice shall be required for regular meetings
for which the time and place have been fixed. Written, oral, or any other mode of notice of the
time and place shall be given for special meetings in sufficient time for the convenient assembly
of the directors thereat. Notice need not be given to any director or to any member of a committee
of directors who submits a written waiver of notice signed by him before or after the time stated
therein. Attendance of any such person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such
meeting, except when he attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of
the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting
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is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose
of, any regular or special meeting of the directors need be specified in any written waiver of
notice.
E. Quorum and Action. A majority of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum
except when a vacancy or vacancies prevents such majority, whereupon a majority of the directors in
office shall constitute a quorum, provided, that such majority shall constitute at least one-third
of the whole Board of Directors. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is
present, may adjourn a meeting to another time and place. Except as herein otherwise provided, and
except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law, the vote 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. The quorum and voting provisions herein stated shall not be construed as conflicting
with any provisions of the General Corporation Law and these By-Laws which govern a meeting of
directors held to fill vacancies and newly created directorships in the Board of Directors or
action of disinterested directors.
Any member or members of the Board of Directors or of any committee designated by the Board of
Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any such committee, as the
case may be, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which
all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.
F. Chairman of the Meeting. The Chairman of the Board, if any and if present and acting,
shall preside at all meetings. Otherwise, the Lead Director, if any and if present and acting, or
any other director chosen by the Board of Directors, shall preside.
6. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. Except as may otherwise be provided by the General
Corporation Law, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without
cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of
directors.
7. COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the
whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or
more of the directors of the corporation. 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 any member of any such
committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified
from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member
of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified
member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors,
shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of
the business and affairs of the corporation with the exception of any authority the delegation of
which is prohibited by Section 141 of the General Corporation Law, and may authorize the seal of
the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.
8. WRITTEN ACTION. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if
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all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in
writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of
Directors or committee.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a
Secretary, a Treasurer, and, if deemed necessary, expedient, or desirable by the Board of
Directors, a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, one or more Executive Vice
Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant
Treasurers, and such other officers with such titles as the resolution of the Board of Directors
choosing them shall designate. Except as may otherwise be provided in the resolution of the Board
of Directors choosing him, no officer other than the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors, if any, need be a director. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, as
the directors may determine.
Unless otherwise provided in the resolution choosing him, each officer shall be chosen for a
term which shall continue until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual
meeting of stockholders and until his successor shall have been chosen and qualified.
All officers of the corporation shall have such authority and perform such duties in the
management and operation of the corporation as shall be prescribed in the resolutions of the Board
of Directors designating and choosing such officers and prescribing their authority and duties, and
shall have such additional authority and duties as are incident to their office except to the
extent that such resolutions may be inconsistent therewith. The Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the corporation shall record all of the proceedings of all meetings and actions in
writing of stockholders, directors, and committees of directors, and shall exercise such additional
authority and perform such additional duties as the Board shall assign to him. Any officer may be
removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office may be filled
by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE IV
CORPORATE SEAL
The corporate seal shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.
ARTICLE V
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the
Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS
The power to adopt, alter, amend or repeal By-Laws shall be vested in the Board of Directors.
The fact that such power has been so conferred upon the directors shall not divest the
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stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal By-Laws. By-Laws
adopted by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders may be repealed or changed, new By-Laws
may be adopted by the stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe in any By-Law made by them
that such By-Law shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.
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