Exhibit 3.1
MONACO
COACH CORPORATION
AMENDED
AND RESTATED BYLAWS
(as
of November 12, 2007)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1.1. Registered
Office. The registered office of the Corporation in
the State of Delaware shall be at The Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc.,
32 Loockerman Square in the City of Dover, County of Kent. The name of the resident agent in charge
thereof shall be The Prentice-Hall System, Inc., 32 Loockerwood
Square, Suite L100, Dover, Delaware.
Section 1.2. Other
Offices. The Corporation may also have an office at
such other place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as
the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the
Corporation require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 2.1. Place
of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders of the
Corporation shall be held at such place either within or without the State of
Delaware as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and specified in the
respective notices or waivers of notice of said meetings. The Board may, in its
sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at
any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as
authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the DGCL).
Section 2.2. Annual
Meeting.
(a) The
annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time
designated by the Board of Directors. In
the absence of such designation, the annual meeting of stockholders shall be
held on the second Tuesday of April in each year at 10:00 a.m. However, if such day falls on a legal
holiday, then the meeting shall be held at the same time and place on the next
succeeding full business day. At the
meeting, directors shall be elected, and any other proper business may be
transacted.
(b) At
an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as
shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual
meeting, business must be: (A) specified in the notice of meeting (or any
supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (B) otherwise
properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors, or (C) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a
stockholder. For business to be properly
brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have
given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the
Corporation. To be timely, a stockholders notice must be
delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in
advance of the date specified in the Corporations proxy statement released to
stockholders in connection with the previous years annual meeting of
stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was
held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting has been changed by
more than thirty (30) days from the date contemplated at the time of the
previous years proxy statement, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be
so received a reasonable time before the solicitation is made. A stockholders notice to the Secretary shall
set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual
meeting: (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought
before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the
annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the
Corporations books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (iii) the
class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by
the stockholder, (iv) any material interest of the stockholder in such
business and (v) any other information that is required to be provided by
the stockholder pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act), in his capacity as a proponent to a
stockholder proposal. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder
proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholders meeting,
stockholders must provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated
under the 1934 Act. Notwithstanding anything
in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual
meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
paragraph (b). The chairman of the
annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the
meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in
accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (b), and, if he should so
determine, he shall so declare at the meeting that any such business not
properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
(c) Only
persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
paragraph (c) shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of the
Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors at the meeting who
complies with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). Such nominations, other than those made by or
at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely
notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 2.2. Such stockholders notice shall set forth (i) as
to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election
or re-election as a director: (A) the name, age, business address and
residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or
employment of such person, (C) the class and number of shares of the
Corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, (D) a description
of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee
and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to
which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder, and (E) any other
information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in
solicitations of proxies for elections of directors, or is otherwise required,
in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act (including
without limitation such persons written consent to being named in the proxy
statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (ii) as
to such stockholder giving notice, the information required to be provided
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.2. At the request of the Board of Directors, any
person nominated by a stockholder for election as a director shall furnish to
the Secretary of the Corporation that
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information required to
be set forth in the stockholders notice of nomination which pertains to the
nominee. No person shall be eligible for
election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). The chairman of the meeting shall, if the
facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that a nomination was not
made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he
should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective
nomination shall be disregarded.
Section 2.3. Special
Meetings. A special meeting of the stockholders may be
called at any time by the Board of Directors, or by the Chairman of the Board,
or by the President. No other person or
persons are permitted to call a special meeting. No business may be conducted at a special
meeting other than the business brought before the meeting by the Board of
Directors or the Chairman of the Board or the President.
Section 2.4. Notice
of Meetings.
(a) All
notices of meetings of stockholders shall be sent or otherwise given in
accordance with either this Section 2.4 or Section 15.1 of these
Bylaws not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to
each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice shall specify the place, if any,
date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by
which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and
vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or
purposes for which the meeting is called.
(b) Notice
of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any
stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy or who shall in
person or by attorney thereunto authorized, waive such notice in writing or by
telegraph, cable or any other available method either before or after such
meeting. Notice of any adjourned meeting
of the stockholders shall not be required to be given except when expressly
required by law.
(c) Notice
of any meeting of stockholders shall be given:
(i) if
mailed, when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to
the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the Corporations
records; or
(ii) if
electronically transmitted as provided in Section 15.1 of these Bylaws.
Section 2.5. Quorum.
(a) At
each meeting of the stockholders, except where otherwise provided by statute,
the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the holders of record of a
majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote at such meeting, present in person or represented by proxy,
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(b) In
the absence of a quorum, a majority in interest of the stockholders of the
Corporation entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy or, in
the absence of all such stockholders, any officer entitled to preside at, or
act as secretary of, such meeting, shall have the
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power to adjourn the
meeting, from time to time, until stockholders holding the requisite amount of
stock shall be present or represented.
At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business
may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally
called.
Section 2.6. Organization. At each meeting of the stockholders the
Chairman, or in the absence of the Chairman, the President or any other officer
designated by the Board of Directors, shall act as chairman, and the Secretary
or in his absence an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, or in the absence
of the Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, a person whom the Chairman of
such meeting shall appoint, shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep the
minutes thereof.
Section 2.7. Voting.
(i) Except
as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws, at every meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder shall be
entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of capital stock of
the Corporation registered in his name on the books of the Corporation on the
date fixed, pursuant to Section 9.3 of these Bylaws as the record date for
the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting.
(b) Persons
holding stock in a fiduciary capacity shall be entitled to vote the shares so
held. In the case of stock held jointly
by two or more executors, administrators, guardians, conservators, trustees or
other fiduciaries, such fiduciaries may designate in writing one or more of
their number to represent such stock and vote the shares so held, unless there
is a provision to the contrary in the instrument, if any, defining their powers
and duties.
(c) Persons
whose stock is pledged shall be entitled to vote thereon until such stock is
transferred on the books of the Corporation to the pledgee, and thereafter only
the pledgee shall be entitled to vote.
(d) Each
stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent
or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize
another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by an
instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance
with the procedure established for the meeting, but no such proxy shall be
voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides
for a longer period. Any copy,
facsimile telecommunication 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,
facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete
reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission. The revocability of a proxy that states on
its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212
of the DGCL.
(e) At
all meetings of the stockholders, all matters (except where other provision is
made by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws) shall be
decided by the vote of a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to
vote thereon, present in person or by proxy, at
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such meeting, other than
the election of directors which shall be decided by the vote of a plurality in
interest of the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, present in person or by
proxy at such meeting.
Section 2.8. Inspectors. The Chairman of the meeting may at any time
appoint one or more inspectors to serve at a meeting of the stockholders. Such inspectors shall decide upon the
qualifications of voters, accept and count the votes for and against the
questions presented, report the results of such votes, and subscribe and deliver
to the secretary of the meeting a certificate stating the number of shares of
stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereon and the number of
shares voted for and against the questions presented. The inspectors need not be stockholders of the
Corporation, and any director or officer of the Corporation may be an inspector
on any question other than a vote for or against his election to any position
with the Corporation or on any other question in which he may be directly
interested. Before acting as herein
provided each inspector shall subscribe an oath faithfully to execute the
duties of an inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of
his ability.
Section 2.9. List
of Stockholders. 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 entitled to vote
at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each
stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each
stockholder. The Corporation shall not
be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact
information on such list. Such list
shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to
the meeting for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible
electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to
such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during
ordinary business hours, at the Corporations principal executive office. In the event that the Corporation determines
to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take
reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to
stockholders of the Corporation. If the
meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at
the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be
inspected by any stockholder who is present.
If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication,
then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during
the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network,
and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the
notice of the meeting. Such list shall
presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at
the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 3.1. General
Powers. The business, property and affairs of the
Corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors.
Section 3.2. Number,
Qualifications and Term of Office.
(a) The
authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by
resolution of the Board, provided the Board shall consist of at least
one member.
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(b) No
reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of
removing any director before that directors term of office expires. If for any cause, the directors shall not
have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter
as convenient at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose
in the manner provided in these Bylaws.
(c) Directors need not be stockholders unless so required
by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, wherein other
qualifications for directors may be prescribed.
Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall
hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or
her earlier resignation or removal.
Section 3.3. Classes
of Directors. The
directors shall be divided into two classes, designated as Class I and Class II,
respectively. Directors shall be assigned
to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors. At each annual
meeting of stockholders, directors shall be elected for a full term of two
years to succeed the directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual
meeting.
Section 3.4. Quorum
and Manner of Acting.
(a) Except
as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, a
majority of the directors at the time in office shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business at any meeting and the affirmative action of a
majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be required for the taking of any action by the Board of Directors.
(b) In
the event one or more of the directors shall be disqualified to vote at such
meeting, then the required quorum shall be reduced by one for each such
director so disqualified; provided, however, that in no event shall the quorum
as adjusted be less than one-third (1/3) of the total number of directors.
(c) In
the absence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board such meeting need not be
held; or a majority of the directors present thereat or, if no director is
present, the Secretary may adjourn such meeting from time to time until a
quorum is present. Notice of any
adjourned meeting need not be given.
Section 3.5. Offices,
Place of Meeting and Records. The Board of Directors may hold meetings,
have an office or offices and keep the books and records of the Corporation at
such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board may
from time to time determine. The place
of meeting shall be specified or fixed in the respective notices or waivers of
notice thereof, except where otherwise provided by statute, by the Certificate
of Incorporation or these Bylaws. Unless
otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws,
members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate
in a meeting of the Board, or any committee, by means of conference telephone
or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating
in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting.
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Section 3.6. Annual
Meeting. The Board of Directors shall meet for the
purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of other
business, as soon as practicable following each annual election of directors. Such meeting shall be called and held at the
place and time specified in the notice or waiver of notice thereof as in the
case of a special meeting of the Board of Directors.
Section 3.7. Regular
Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors
shall be held at such places and at such times as the Board shall from time to
time by resolution determine. If any day
fixed for a regular meeting shall be a legal holiday at the place where the
meeting is to be held, then the meeting which would otherwise be held on that
day shall be held at said place at the same hour on the next succeeding
business day. Notice of regular meetings
need not be given.
Section 3.8. Special
Meetings; Notice. Special meetings of the Board of Directors
shall be held whenever called by the Chairman or by any two of the
directors. Notice of the time and place
of special meetings shall be:
(a) delivered
personally by hand, by courier or by telephone;
(b) sent
by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid;
(c) sent
by facsimile; or
(d) sent
by electronic mail,
directed to each
director at that directors address, telephone number, facsimile number or
electronic mail address, as the case may be, as shown on the Corporations
records.
If the notice is (i) delivered
personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by facsimile or (iii) sent
by electronic mail, it shall be delivered or sent at least 24 hours before the
time of the holding of the meeting. If
the notice is sent by United States mail, it shall be deposited in the United
States mail at least four days before the time of the holding of the
meeting. Any oral notice may be
communicated to the director. The notice
need not specify the place of the meeting (if the meeting is to be held at the
Corporations principal executive office) nor the purpose of the meeting.
Notice of any such
meeting need not be given to any director, however, if waived by him in writing
or by telegraph, cable or otherwise, whether before or after such meeting shall
is held, or if he is present at such meeting.
Section 3.9. Organization. At each meeting of the Board of Directors the
Chairman or, in his absence, a director chosen by a majority of the directors
present shall act as chairman. The
Secretary or, in his absence, an Assistant Secretary or, in the absence of the
Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, a person whom the chairman of such
meeting shall appoint shall act as secretary of such meeting and keep the
minutes thereof.
Section 3.10. Order
of Business. At all meetings of the Board of Directors,
business shall be transacted in the order determined by the Board.
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Section 3.11. Removal
of Directors. Except as otherwise provided in the
Certificate of Incorporation or in these Bylaws, any director may be removed,
either with or without cause, at any time, by the affirmative vote of the
holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to
vote for the election of directors of the Corporation given at a special meeting
of the stockholders called and held for the purpose; and the vacancy in the
Board caused by any such removal may be filled by such stockholders at such
meeting or, if the stockholders at such meeting shall fail to fill such
vacancy, as provided in these Bylaws.
Section 3.12. Resignation. Any director of the Corporation may resign at
any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission of his
resignation to the Board of Directors, the Chairman, the President or the
Secretary of the Corporation. Such
resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice, or at any
later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the
acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 3.13. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate
of Incorporation or in these Bylaws, any vacancy in the Board of Directors
caused by death, resignation, removal, disqualification, an increase in the
number of directors, or any other cause may be filled by majority action of the
remaining directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by the
stockholders of the Corporation at the next annual meeting or any special
meeting called for the purpose, and each director so elected shall hold office
until the next annual election of directors and until his successor shall be
duly elected and qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall
have been removed in the manner herein provided.
Section 3.14. Compensation. Each director, in consideration of his
serving as such, shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation such amount
per annum or such fees for attendance at directors meetings, or both, as the
Board of Directors shall from time to time determine, together with reimbursement
for the reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the performance
of his duties; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to
preclude any director from serving the Corporation or its subsidiaries in any
other capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.
ARTICLE
IV
COMMITTEES
Section 4.1. Executive
Committee. The Board of Directors may, by resolution or
resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board, appoint an Executive
Committee to consist of not less than two (2) members of the Board of
Directors, including the Chairman, and shall designate one of the members as
its chairman. Notwithstanding any
limitation on the size of the Executive Committee, the Committee may invite
members of the Board to attend its meetings.
For the purpose of the meeting he so attends, the invited director shall
be entitled to vote on matters considered at such meeting and shall receive the
Executive Committee fee for such attendance.
Each member of the
Executive Committee shall hold office, so long as he shall remain a director,
until the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after the next annual
meeting of the Board of Directors held after the next annual election of
stockholders and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified. The chairman of the Executive Committee or,
in his absence, a member of
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the Committee chosen by a
majority of the members present shall preside at meetings of the Executive
Committee and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, or
such other person as the Executive Committee shall from time to time determine,
shall act as secretary of the Executive Committee.
The Board of Directors,
by action of the majority of the whole Board, shall fill vacancies in the
Executive Committee.
Section 4.2. Powers. During the intervals between the meetings of
the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee shall have and may exercise all
of the powers of the Board of Directors in all cases unless specific directions
to the contrary shall have been given by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.3. Procedure;
Meetings; Quorum. The Executive Committee shall fix its own rules of
procedure, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, and shall meet at
such times and at such place or places as may be provided by such rules. At every meeting of the Executive Committee,
the presence of a majority of all the members of such Committee shall be
necessary to constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the
members present shall be necessary for the adoption by it of any
resolution. In the absence of a quorum
at any meeting of the Executive Committee, such meeting need not be held, or a
majority of the members present thereat or, if no members are present, the
secretary of the meeting may adjourn such meeting from time to time until a
quorum is present.
Section 4.4. Compensation. Each member of the Executive Committee shall
be entitled to receive from the Corporation such fee, if any, as shall be fixed
by the Board of Directors, together with reimbursement for the reasonable
expenses incurred by him in connection with the performance of his duties.
Section 4.5. Other
Board Committees. The Board of Directors may, from time to time,
by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more
committees in addition to the Executive Committee, each committee to consist of
two (2) or more of the directors of the Corporation. Any such committee, to the extent provided in
the resolution or in the Bylaws of the Corporation, shall have and may exercise
the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and
affairs of the Corporation.
A majority of all the
members of any such committee may determine its action and fix the time and
place of its meetings, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise
provide. The Board of Directors shall
have power to change the members of any committee at any time, to fill vacancies
and to discharge any such committee, either with or without cause, at any time.
Section 4.6. Alternates. The Chairman may designate one (1) or
more directors as alternate members of any committee who may act in the place
and stead of members who temporarily cannot attend any such meeting.
Section 4.7. Additional
Committees. The Board of Directors may from time to time
create such additional committees of directors, officers, employees or other
persons designated by it (or any combination of such persons) for the purpose
of advising the Board, the Executive Committee and
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the
officers and employees of the Corporation in all such matters as the Board
shall deem advisable and with such functions and duties as the Board shall by
resolutions prescribe.
A majority of all the
members of any such committee may determine its action and fix the time and
place of its meetings, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise
provide. The Board of Directors shall
have the power to change the members of any committee at any time, to fill
vacancies and to discharge any such committee, either with or without cause, at
any time.
ARTICLE V
ACTION BY CONSENT
Section 5.1. Consent
by Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted
to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may be
taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case
may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the
writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with
the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the
minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the
minutes are maintained in electronic form.
Section 5.2. Consent
by Stockholders. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate
of Incorporation, any action which may be taken at any annual or special
meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior
notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed
by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of
votes that would be necessary to authorize or take that action at a meeting at
which all shares entitled to vote on that action 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. If the action which is
consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under
any section of the DGCL if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a
meeting thereof, then the certificate filed under such section shall state, in
lieu of any statement required by such section concerning any vote of
stockholders, that written notice and written consent have been given as
provided in Section 228 of the DGCL.
ARTICLE VI
OFFICERS
Section 6.1. Number. The principal officers of the Corporation
shall be a Chairman, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice
Presidents (the number thereof and variations in title to be determined by the
Board of Directors), a Chief Financial Officer, and a Secretary. In addition, there may be such other or
subordinate officers, agents and employees as may be appointed in accordance
with the provisions of Section 6.3.
Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person,
except that the office of Secretary shall be held by a person other than the
person holding the office of Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or President.
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Section 6.2. Election,
Qualifications and Term of Office. Each officer of the Corporation, except such
officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.3,
shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors and shall hold office until
his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his death,
or until he shall have resigned or shall have been removed in the manner herein
provided. The Chairman shall be and
remain a director.
Section 6.3. Other
Officers. The Corporation may have such other officers,
agents, and employees as the Board of Directors may deem necessary, including a
Chief Operating Officer, a Treasurer, a Controller, one or more Assistant
Controllers, one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant
Secretaries, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such
authority, and perform such duties as the Board of Directors, any committee of
the Board designated by it to so act, or the Chairman or President may from
time to time determine. The Board of
Directors may delegate to any principal officer the power to appoint or remove
any such subordinate officers, agents or employees.
Section 6.4. Removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or
without cause, by the vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors or,
except in case of any officer elected by the Board of Directors, by the
Chairman, President, any committee of officers upon whom the power of removal
may be conferred by the Board of Directors.
Section 6.5. Resignation. Any officer may resign at any time by giving
written notice to the Board of Directors or the Chairman, the Chief Executive
Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation.
Any such designation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such
notice or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified
therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.
Section 6.6. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled for
the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for
regular election or appointment to such office.
Section 6.7. Chairman
of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be a director
and shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and
shareholders. Subject to determination
by the Board of Directors, the Chairman shall have general executive powers and
such specific powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred or
assigned by the Board of Directors. In
the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, the director, if any,
who may have been designated Lead Director by the Board of Directors pursuant
to Section 6.16 shall be the Chairman of the Board until such time as the
Board of Directors shall appoint a successor.
Section 6.8. Chief Executive Officer. Subject to
such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to
the Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer, the Chief Executive
Officer of the corporation shall, subject to the control of the Board of
Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and
the officers of the corporation. He
shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the
office of president of a corporation and shall have such other powers and
duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these bylaws. In the
absence or disability of both the Chief Executive Officer and the President,
the Board of Directors shall promptly determine who shall serve as Chief
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Officer. In the interim,
pending determination by the Board of Directors, the director who may have been
designated Lead Director by the Board of Directors shall serve as Chief
Executive Officer
Section 6.9. President. Subject to the discretion of the Board of
Directors to appoint or not appoint a President and to the supervisory powers
of the Chief Executive Officer in the event of such appointment, the President
shall act in a general executive capacity and shall assist the Chief Executive
Officer in the administration and operation of the corporations business and
general supervision of its policies and affairs. The President shall have such other powers
and be subject to such other duties as the Board of Directors or the Chief
Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe. In the absence or disability of the Chief
Executive Officer, or if there be no such officer, then the President shall
have the powers and be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.8.
Section 6.10. Vice
Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers
and perform such duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned
to him by the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board designated by it
to so act, or by the Chairman or Chief Executive Officer.
Section 6.11. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief
Financial Officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained,
adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and
business transaction of the corporation, including accounts of its assets,
liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings
and shares. The books of account shall
at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.
The Chief Financial
Officer shall deposit all money and other valuables in the name and to the
credit of the corporation with such depositories as may be designated by the
Board of Directors. He shall disburse
the funds of corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall
render to the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors, whenever they
request it, an account of all transactions as Chief Financial officer and of
the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have such other powers
and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or
these bylaws.
Section 6.12. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody
of, and be responsible for, all funds and securities of the Corporation, and
shall deposit all such funds to the credit of the Corporation in such banks,
trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with
the provisions of these Bylaws; he shall disburse the funds of the Corporation
as may be ordered by the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board
designated by it so to act, or by the Chairman or President, making proper
vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors or
the stockholders, whenever the Board may require him so to do, a statement of
all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the
Corporation; and, in general, he shall perform all the duties as from time to
time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors or any committee of the
Board designated by it so to act, or by the Chairman or President.
Section 6.13. Secretary. The Secretary shall record or cause to be
recorded in books provided for the purpose the minutes of the meetings of the
stockholders, the Board of Directors, and all committees of which a secretary
shall not have been appointed; shall see that all notices are duly given in
accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws and as required by law; shall be
custodian
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of all corporate records
(other than financial) and of the seal of the Corporation and see that the seal
is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation
under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of these
Bylaws; shall keep, or cause to be kept, the list of stockholders as required
by Section 2.9, which shall include the mailing addresses of the
stockholders and the number of shares held by them, respectively, and shall
make or cause to be made, all proper changes therein, shall see that the books,
reports, statements, certificates and all other documents and records required
by law are properly kept and filed; and, in general, shall perform all duties
incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may from time to
time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board
designated by it so to act, or by the Chairman or President.
Section 6.14. The
Assistant Secretaries. At the request, or in absence or disability,
of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Board of Directors
shall perform all the duties of the Secretary and, when so acting, shall have
all the powers of the Secretary. The
Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties as from time to time may
be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board
designated by it so to act, or by the President, the Chairman or the Secretary.
Section 6.15. Salaries. The salaries of the principal officers of the
Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors or a
special committee thereof, and none of such officers shall be prevented from
receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he is a director of the
Corporation.
Section 6.16. Lead Director. The Board may
designate a Lead Director who shall be a non-management director and who shall
preside over executive sessions of the Board of Directors in which management
and management directors do not participate, shall work with the Chairman of
the Board and the chairs of the committees of the Board of Directors to
establish agendas for meetings of the Board of Directors and its committees and
shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time
assign in order to help it fulfill its responsibilities.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
Section 7.1. 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 an officer of the Corporation or is
or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer or trustee 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), whether
the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a
director, officer or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a
director, officer or trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the
Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, 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
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rights
than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment),
against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments,
fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement)
reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith;
provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 7.3 of this Article VII
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.
Section 7.2. Right
to Advancement of Expenses. In
addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 7.1 of this Article VII,
an indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation the
expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred in defending any such proceeding
in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an advancement of expenses);
provided, however, that, if the DGCL 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 7.2 or otherwise.
Section 7.3. Right
of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 7.1 or 7.2 of
this Article VII is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60)
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 (20) 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 (i) 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 (ii) in any suit brought 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 DGCL.
Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are
not parties to such action, a committee of such 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 DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation
(including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of
such 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 brought 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
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indemnified,
or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VII or otherwise
shall be on the Corporation.
Section 7.4. Non-Exclusivity
of Rights. The rights to indemnification and to the
advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VII shall not be
exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws,
agreement, vote of stockholders or directors or otherwise.
Section 7.5. 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 DGCL.
Section 7.6. Indemnification
of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized
from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification
and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation
to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VII with respect
to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of
the Corporation.
Section 7.7. Nature
of Rights. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this
Article VII shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to
an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer or trustee and shall
inure to the benefit of the indemnitees heirs, executors and
administrators. Any amendment,
alteration or repeal of this Article VII that adversely affects any right
of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not
limit or eliminate any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any
occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took
place prior to such amendment or repeal.
ARTICLE VIII
CONTRACTS, CHECKS, DRAFTS, BANK ACCOUNTS, ETC.
Section 8.1. Execution
of Contracts. As authorized by the Board of Directors, the
Chairman or President, any Vice President, or the Treasurer, may enter into any
contract or execute any contract or other instrument in the name and on behalf
of the Corporation. The Board of
Directors, or any committee designated thereby with power so to act, except as
otherwise provided in these Bylaws, may authorize any other or additional
officer or officers or agent or agents of the Corporation, and such authority
may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless authorized to do so by these Bylaws or
by the Board of Directors, or by any such committee, no officer, agent or
employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract
or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable pecuniarily for
any purpose or to any amount.
Section 8.2. Loans. No loan shall be contracted on behalf of the
Corporation, and no evidence of indebtedness for borrowed money shall be
issued, endorsed or accepted in its name, unless authorized by the Board of
Directors or any committee of the Board designated by it so to act.
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Such
authority may be general or confined to specific instances. When so authorized, the officer or officers
thereunto authorized may effect loans and advances at any time for the
Corporation from any bank, trust company or other institution, or from any
firm, Corporation or individual, and for such loans and advances may make,
execute and deliver promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the
Corporation, and, when authorized as aforesaid, as security for the payment of
any and all loans, advances, indebtedness and liabilities of the Corporation,
may mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or transfer any real or personal property at
any time owned or held by the Corporation, and to that end execute instruments
of mortgage or pledge or otherwise transfer such property.
Section 8.3. Checks,
Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts, bills of exchange or
other orders for the payment of money, obligations, notes, or other evidence of
indebtedness, bills of lading, warehouse receipts and insurance certificates of
the Corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by such officer or officers, agent
or agents, attorney or attorneys, employee or employees, of the Corporation as
shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors
or any committee of the Board designated by it so to act.
Section 8.4. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise
employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation
in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors
or any committee of the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board
designated by it so to act may from time to time designate, or as may be
designated by any officer or officers or agent or agents of the Corporation to
whom such power may be delegated by the Board of Directors or any committee of
the Board designated by it so to act and, for the purpose of such deposit and
for the purposes of collection for the account of the Corporation, may be
endorsed, assigned and delivered by any officer, agent or employee of the
Corporation or in such other manner as may from time to time be designated or determined
by resolution of the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board
designated by it so to act.
Section 8.5. Proxies
in Respect of Securities of Other Corporations. Unless otherwise provided by resolution
adopted by the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board designated by
it to so act, the Chairman, the President, or any Vice President may from time
to time appoint an 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, association or trust any of whose stock or other
securities may be held by the Corporation, at meetings of the holders of the
stock or other securities of such other Corporation, association or trust, or
to consent in writing, in the name of the Corporation as such holder, to any
action by such other Corporation, association or trust, 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 IX
BOOKS AND RECORDS
Section 9.1. Place. The books and records of the Corporation may
be kept at such places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine.
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The
stock record books and the blank stock certificate books shall be kept by the
Secretary or by any other officer or agent designated by the Board of
Directors.
Section 9.2. Addresses
of Stockholders. Each stockholder shall furnish to the
Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent of the Corporation an
address at which notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be
served upon or mailed to him, and if any stockholder shall fail to designate
such address, corporate notices may be served upon him by mail, postage
prepaid, to him at his mailing address last known to the Secretary or to the
transfer agent of the Corporation or by transmitting a notice thereof to him at
such address by telegraph, cable, electronic transmission or other available
method.
Section 9.3. Record
Dates. In order that the
Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at
any meeting of stockholders, or to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of any rights or 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, except as otherwise required by law,
fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted and which record date shall not be
more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any
meeting of stockholders, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the time for
such other action as hereinbefore described; provided, however, that 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, and, for determining
stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution
or allotment of rights or to exercise any rights of change, conversion or
exchange of stock or for any other purpose, the record date shall be at the
close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts a
resolution relating thereto.
A determination of
stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however,
that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned
meeting.
Section 9.4. Audit
of Books and Accounts. The books and accounts of the Corporation
shall be audited at least once in each fiscal year by certified public
accountants of good standing selected by the Board of Directors.
Section 9.5. Inspection
of Records.
(a) Any
stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon
written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during
the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the Corporations
stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records and
to make copies or extracts therefrom. A
proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such persons
interest as a stockholder. In every
instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to
inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney
or such other writing that authorizes the attorney
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or other agent so to act
on behalf of the stockholder. The demand
under oath shall be directed to the Corporation at its registered office in
Delaware or at its principal executive office.
(b) Any
director shall have the right to examine the Corporations stock ledger, a list
of its stockholders, and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably
related to his or her position as a director.
The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with the exclusive jurisdiction
to determine whether a director is entitled to the inspection sought. The Court may summarily order the Corporation
to permit the director to inspect any and all books and records, the stock
ledger, and the stock list and to make copies or extracts therefrom. The Court may, in its discretion, prescribe
any limitations or conditions with reference to the inspection, or award such
other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.
ARTICLE X
SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section 10.1. Certificates
of Stock; Uncertificated Shares. Any or all shares of a class or series of
stock of the Corporation shall be eligible to be issued and traded in
uncertificated (book entry) form through a direct registration system. Until such time as the Corporation shall have
implemented uncertificated (book entry) trading with respect to a class or
series of stock, every owner of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to
have a certificate certifying the number of shares owned by such owner in the
Corporation and designating the class of stock to which such shares belong,
which shall otherwise be in such form as the Board of Directors shall
prescribe. Every such certificate shall
be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may prescribe,
or, if not so prescribed, by the Chairman or the President or a Vice President
and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer of the Corporation; provided, however, that where such certificate is
signed or countersigned by a transfer agent or registrar, the signatures of
such officers of the Corporation and the seal of the Corporation may be in
facsimile form. In case any officer or
officers who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures
shall have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be
such officer or officers of the Corporation, whether because of death,
resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have
been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may
nevertheless be issued and delivered by the Corporation as though the person or
persons who signed such certificate or whose facsimile signature or signatures
shall have been used thereof had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the
Corporation. At such time as the
Corporation shall have implemented uncertificated (book entry) trading with
respect to a class or series of stock, outstanding shares of such class or
series that are represented by a certificate shall not be issued or traded in
uncertificated form until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation or
its agent.
Section 10.2. Record. A record shall be kept of the name of the
person, firm or Corporation owning the stock, whether represented by a
certificate or not, for stock of the Corporation issued, the number of shares
held by such owner and, in the case of certificated shares, represented by each
such certificate, and the date thereof, and, in case of cancellation, the date
of cancellation. The person in whose
name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the
owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation.
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Section 10.3. Transfer
of Stock. Transfers of shares of the stock of the
Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the
registered holder thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized, and, in the
case of shares represented by certificate, on the surrender of the certificate
or certificates for such shares properly endorsed.
Section 10.4. Transfer
Agent and Registrar; Regulations. The Corporation shall, if and whenever the
Board of Directors shall so determine, maintain one or more transfer offices or
agencies, each in charge of a transfer agent designated by the Board of
Directors, where the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be
directly transferable, and also if and whenever the Board of Directors shall so
determine, maintain one or more registrar offices designated by the Board of
Directors, where such shares of stock shall be registered. The Board of Directors may make such rules and
regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with these Bylaws,
concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of
the capital stock of the Corporation.
Section 10.5. Lost,
Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates. In case of the alleged loss or destruction or
the mutilation of a certificate representing capital stock of the Corporation,
a new certificate may be issued in place thereof, in the manner and upon such
terms as the Board of Directors may prescribe.
ARTICLE XI
SEAL
The Board of Directors
shall provide a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and
shall bear the name of the Corporation and the words and figures Incorporated
1992, Delaware.
ARTICLE XII
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the
Corporation shall commence on the first day of January, except as otherwise
provided from time to time by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XIII
WAIVER OF NOTICE
Whenever notice is
required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled
to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to
notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be
given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.
Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice
of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express
purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any
business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor
the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be
specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic
transmission unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws.
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ARTICLE
XIV
AMENDMENTS
In furtherance and not in
limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Board of Directors is expressly
authorized to adopt, amend and repeal these Bylaws subject to the power of the
holders of capital stock of the Corporation to adopt, amend or repeal the
Bylaws; provided, however, that, with respect to the power of holders of
capital stock to adopt, amend and repeal Bylaws of the Corporation,
notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws or any provision of law
which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any
affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of the
capital stock of the Corporation required by law, these Bylaws or any preferred
stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least fifty (50) percent of
the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares 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.
ARTICLE XV
NOTICE
BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Section 15.1. Notice
By Electronic Transmission.
Without limiting
the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders
pursuant to the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any
notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the
DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if
given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to
whom the notice is given. Any such
consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the
Corporation. Any such consent shall be
deemed revoked if:
(i) the Corporation is unable to deliver by
electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in
accordance with such consent; and
(ii) such inability becomes known to the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer
agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice. However, the inadvertent failure to treat
such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other
action.
Any notice given
pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given:
(i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when
directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;
(ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to
an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive
notice;
(iii) if
by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the
stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting
and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and
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(iv) if by any other form of electronic
transmission, when directed to the stockholder.
An affidavit of
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent
of the Corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic
transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the
facts stated therein.
Section 15.2. Definition
Of Electronic Transmission.
An electronic
transmission means any form of communication, not directly involving the
physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained,
retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly
reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
Section 15.3. Inapplicability.
Notice by a form
of electronic transmission shall not apply to Sections 164, 296, 311, 312 or
324 of the DGCL.
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