Exhibit 1.16
BY-LAWS
OF
CE PHILADELPHIA REAL ESTATE, INC.
A Delaware Corporation
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section
1. Registered Office.
The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall
be located at 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New
Castle. The name of the corporations
registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. The registered office and registered agent
of the corporation may be changed from time to time by action of the board of directors.
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2. Other Offices.
The corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within
and without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors may from time to
time determine or as the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF
STOCKHOLDERS
Section
1. Place and Time of Meetings.
An annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held each year for the
purpose of electing directors and conducting such other proper business as may
come before the meeting. The date, time
and place of the annual meeting may be determined by resolution of the board of
directors or by the chief executive officer of the corporation.
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2. Special Meetings.
Special meetings of stockholders may be called for any purpose (including,
without limitation, the filling of board vacancies and newly created
directorships), and may be held at such time and place, within or without the
State of Delaware, as shall be stated in a notice of meeting or in a duly
executed waiver of notice thereof. Such
meetings may be called at any time by the board of directors or the chief
executive officer and shall be called by the chief executive officer upon the
written request of holders of shares entitled to cast not less than twenty
percent (20%) of the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be
considered at the meeting.
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3. Place of Meetings.
The board of directors may designate any place, either within or without
the State of Delaware, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for
any special meeting called by the board of directors. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise
called, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive office of the
corporation.
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4. Notice.
Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take action at a
meeting, written or printed notice stating the place, date, time, and, in the
case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes, of such meeting, shall be
given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor
more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. All such notices shall be delivered, either personally or by
mail, by or at the direction of the board of directors, the chief executive
officer or the secretary, and if mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be
delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed
to the stockholder at his, her or its address as the same appears on the
records of the corporation. Attendance
of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting,
except when the person attends 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.
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5. Stockholders List.
The officer having charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall
make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete
list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting arranged in
alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of
shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder,
for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period
of at least 10 days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city
where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice
of the meeting or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be
held. The list shall also be produced
and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof,
and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
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6. Quorum.
Except as otherwise provided by applicable law or by the Certificate of
Incorporation, a majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled
to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a
meeting of stockholders. If less than a
majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of
the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time in
accordance with Section 7 of this Article, until a quorum shall be present or
represented.
Section
7. Adjourned Meetings.
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be
given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at
the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.
At the adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which
might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the
adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of
the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to
vote at the meeting.
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8. Vote Required.
When a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares
present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote
on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the question
is one upon which by express provisions of an applicable law or of the
certificate of incorporation a different vote is required, in which case such
express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Where a separate vote by class is required,
the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class present in person
or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class.
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Section
9. Voting Rights.
Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware or by the certificate of incorporation of the corporation or any
amendments thereto and subject to Section 3 of Article VI hereof, every
stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote
in person or by proxy for each share of common stock held by such stockholder.
Section
10. Proxies.
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 him, her or it by proxy. Every proxy must be signed by the
stockholder granting the proxy or by his, her or its attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after
three years from its date, unless the 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.
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11. Action by Written Consent.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any
action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of
the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special
meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior
notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth
the action so taken and bearing the dates of signature of the stockholders who
signed the consent or consents, 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 and shall be delivered to the corporation
by delivery to its registered office in the state of Delaware, or the
corporations principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the
corporation having custody of the book or books in which proceedings of
meetings of the stockholders are recorded.
Delivery made to the corporations registered office shall be by hand or
by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; provided, however,
that no consent or consents delivered by certified or registered mail shall be
deemed delivered until such consent or consents are actually received at the
registered office. All consents
properly delivered in accordance with this section shall be deemed to be
recorded when so delivered. No written
consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein
unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the
corporation as required by this section, written consents signed by the holders
of a sufficient number of shares to take such corporate action are so recorded. 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 and who, if the action
had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting
if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents
signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered
to the corporation as provided by this by-law.
Any action taken pursuant to such written consent or consents of the
stockholders shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the
stockholders at a meeting thereof.
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ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section
1. General Powers.
The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under
the direction of the board of directors.
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2. Number, Election and Term of Office.
The number of directors which shall constitute the first board shall be
one (1). Thereafter, the number of
directors shall be established from time to time by resolution of the
board. The 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 in the election of directors. The directors shall be elected in this
manner at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section
4 of this Article III. Each director
elected shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or
until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.
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3. Removal and Resignation.
Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed at any
time, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then
entitled to vote at an election of directors.
Whenever the holders of any class or series are entitled to elect one or
more directors by the provisions of the corporations certificate of
incorporation, the provisions of this section shall apply, in respect to the
removal without cause or a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the
holders of the outstanding shares of that class or series and not to the vote
of the outstanding shares as a whole.
Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the
corporation.
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4. Vacancies.
Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation of the
corporation or any amendments thereto, vacancies and newly created
directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors
may be filled by a majority vote of the directors then in office. Each director so chosen shall hold office
until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier
death, resignation or removal as herein provided.
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5. Annual Meetings.
The annual meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be
held without other notice than this by-law immediately after, and at the same
place as, the annual meeting of stockholders.
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6. Other Meetings and Notice.
Regular meetings, other than the annual meeting, of the board of
directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall
from time to time be determined by resolution of the board. Special meetings of the board of directors
may be called by or at the request of the chief executive officer or the
Chairman of the Board on at least eight (8) hours notice to each director,
either personally, by telephone, by mail, or by telegraph; in like manner and
on like notice the chief executive officer must call a special meeting on the
written request of at least a majority of the directors.
Section
7. Quorum, Required Vote and
Adjournment. A majority of the total number of directors
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of directors present
at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the
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board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of
directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to
time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum
shall be present.
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8. Committees.
The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the
whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one
or more of the directors of the corporation, which to the extent provided in
such resolution or these by-laws shall have and may exercise the powers of the
board of directors in the management and affairs of the corporation except as
otherwise limited by law. 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. Such committee or committees
shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by
resolution adopted by the board of directors.
Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the
same to the board of directors when required.
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9. Committee Rules.
Each committee of the board of directors may fix its own rules of
procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may
otherwise be provided by a resolution of the board of directors designating
such committee. Unless otherwise
provided in such a resolution, the presence of at least a majority of the
members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. In the event that a member and that members
alternate, if alternates are designated by the board of directors as provided
in Section 8 of this Article III, of such committee is or are absent or
disqualified for three (3) consecutive meetings, the member or members thereof
present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such
member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member
of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or
disqualified member.
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10. Communications Equipment.
Members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may
participate in and act at any meeting of such board or committee through the
use of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of
which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation
in the meeting pursuant to this by-law shall constitute presence in person at
the meeting.
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11. Waiver of Notice and Presumption of
Assent. Any member of the board of directors or any
committee thereof who is present at a meeting shall be conclusively presumed to
have waived notice of such meeting except when such member attends 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. Such member shall be conclusively presumed to
have assented to any action taken unless his or her dissent shall be entered in
the minutes of the meeting or unless his or her written dissent to such action
shall be filed with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before
the adjournment thereof or shall be forwarded by registered mail to the
secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the
meeting. Such right to dissent shall
not apply to any member who voted in favor of such action.
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12. Action by Written Consent.
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation, any
action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
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board of directors, 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, and the writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section
1. Number.
The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the board of
directors and shall consist of a chairman, if any is elected, a chief executive
officer, a president, one or more vice presidents, if any are elected, a secretary,
a treasurer, and such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed
necessary or desirable by the board of directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. In its discretion, the board of directors
may choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem advisable.
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2. Election and Term of Office.
The officers of the corporation shall be elected annually by the board
of directors at its first meeting held after each annual meeting of
stockholders or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. The chief executive officer may appoint
other officers to serve for such terms as he or she deems desirable. Vacancies may be filled or new offices
created and filled at any meeting of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold office until a
successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death,
resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.
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3. Removal.
Any officer or agent elected by the board of directors may be removed by
the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the
corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without
prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.
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4. Vacancies.
Any vacancy occurring in any office because of death, resignation,
removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the board of directors
for the unexpired portion of the term by the board of directors then in office.
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5. Compensation.
Compensation of all officers shall be fixed by the board of directors,
and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by virtue of
his or her also being a director of the corporation.
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6. The Chairman of the Board.
The Chairman of the Board, if one shall have been elected, shall be a
member of the board, an officer of the Corporation, and, if present, shall
preside at each meeting of the board of directors or shareholders. The Chairman of the Board shall, in the absence
or disability of the chief executive officer, act with all of the powers and be
subject to all the restrictions of the chief executive officer. He shall advise the chief executive officer,
and in the chief executive officers absence, other officers of the
Corporation, and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be
assigned to him by the board of directors.
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7. The Co-Chairman.
The Co-Chairman, if one shall have been elected, shall be a member of
the board and an officer of the Corporation.
The Co-Chairman shall assist the Chairman of the Board, as directed by
the board of directors or the Chairman of
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the Board.
In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Co-Chairman shall
preside at all meetings of the stockholders and board of directors at which he
or she is present, subject to the powers of the board of directors. The Co-Chairman shall have such other powers
and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors,
the Chairman of the Board or these by-laws from time to time.
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8. The Chief Executive Officer.
The chief executive officer shall, subject to the direction and
supervision of the board of directors, be the most senior officer of the
corporation and shall have primary and general control of the business, affairs
and property of the corporation, and control over its officers, agents and
employees, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of
directors are carried into effect. In
the absence of both the Chairman of the Board and the Co-Chairman, if one shall
have been elected, or if neither a Chairman of the Board nor a Co-Chairman
shall have been elected, the chief executive officer shall preside at all
meetings of the stockholders and board of directors at which he or she is
present, subject to the powers of the board of directors. The chief executive officer shall have such
other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of
directors or as may be provided in these by-laws.
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9. The President.
The president shall assist the chief executive officer, as directed by
the board of directors or the chief executive officer, and shall perform such
duties as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the board of directors
or the chief executive officer. If the
office of chief executive officer is vacant, the president shall have the
powers and perform the duties of chief executive officer until such vacancy is
filled by the board of directors.
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10. Vice-presidents.
The vice-president, if any, or if there shall be more than one, the
vice-presidents in the order determined by the board of directors shall, in the
absence or disability of the president, act with all of the powers and be
subject to all the restrictions of the president. The vice-presidents shall also perform such other duties and have
such other powers as the board of directors, the chief executive officer or
these by-laws may, from time to time, prescribe.
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11. The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.
The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors, all
meetings of the committees thereof and all meetings of the stockholders and
record all the proceedings of the meetings in a book or books to be kept for
that purpose. Under the chief executive
officers supervision, the secretary shall give, or cause to be given, all
notices required to be given by these by-laws or by law; shall have such powers
and perform such duties as the board of directors, the chief executive officer
or these by-laws may, from time to time, prescribe; and shall have custody of
the corporate seal of the corporation.
The secretary shall have authority to affix the corporate seal to any
instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her
signature. The board of directors may
give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the
corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. The assistant secretary, or if there be more
than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of
directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the
duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other
duties and have such other powers as the board of directors, the chief
executive officer, or secretary may, from time to time, prescribe.
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Section
12. The Treasurer and Assistant
Treasurers. The treasurer shall have the custody of the
corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate accounts of
receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation; shall deposit
all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the
corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors; shall cause the funds
of the corporation to be disbursed when such disbursements have been duly
authorized, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; and shall render to
the chief executive officer and the board of directors, at each regular meeting
of the board of directors or when the board of directors so requires, an
account of the corporation; shall have such powers and perform such duties as
the board of directors, the chief executive officer or these by-laws may, from
time to time, prescribe. If required by
the board of directors, the treasurer shall give the corporation a bond in such
sums and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of
directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of treasurer
and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of death, resignation,
retirement, or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and
other property of whatever kind in the possession or under the control of the
treasurer belonging to the corporation.
The assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the
assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors, shall
in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise
the powers of the treasurer. The
assistant treasurers shall perform such other duties and have such other powers
as the board of directors, the chief executive officer or treasurer may, from
time to time, prescribe.
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13. Other Officers, Assistant Officers
and Agents. Officers, assistant officers and agents, if
any, other than those whose duties are provided for in these by-laws, shall
have such authority and perform such duties as may from time to time be
prescribed by resolution of the board of directors.
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14. Absence or Disability of Officers.
In the case of the absence or disability of any officer of the
corporation and of any person hereby authorized to act in such officers place
during such officers absence or disability, the board of directors may by
resolution delegate the powers and duties of such officer to any other officer
or to any director, or to any other person whom it may select.
ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION
OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND OTHERS
Section
1. Nature of Indemnity.
Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a
party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a proceeding), by
reason of the fact that he or a person of whom he is the legal representative,
is or was a director or officer, of the corporation or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or
agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether
the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a
director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent or in any other capacity while
serving as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent to which
it is empowered to do so by the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, as the same exists
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or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case
of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the
corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted
the corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against all expense,
liability and loss (including attorneys fees actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with such proceeding and such indemnification
shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators;
provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 2 hereof, the
corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in
connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if such proceeding
was authorized by the board of directors of the corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in
this Article V shall be a contract right and, subject to Sections 2 and 5
hereof, shall include the right to be paid by the corporation the expenses
incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final
disposition. The corporation may, by
action of its board of directors, provide indemnification to employees and
agents of the corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing
indemnification of directors and officers.
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2. Procedure for Indemnification of
Directors and Officers. Any
indemnification of a director or officer of the corporation under Section 1 of
this Article V or advance of expenses under Section 5 of this Article V shall
be made promptly, and in any event within 30 days, upon the written request of
such director or officer. If a
determination by the corporation that the director or officer is entitled to
indemnification pursuant to this Article V is required, and the corporation
fails to respond within 60 days to a written request for indemnity, the
corporation shall be deemed to have approved the request. If the corporation denies a written request
for indemnification or advancing of expenses, in whole or in part, or if
payment in full pursuant to such request is not made within 30 days, the right
to indemnification or advances as granted by this Article V shall be
enforceable by the director or officer in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such persons costs and expenses incurred in
connection with successfully establishing his or her right to indemnification,
in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the
corporation. It shall be a defense to
any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses
incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where
the required undertaking, if any, has been tendered to the corporation) that
the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for the corporation
to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of such
defense shall be on the corporation.
Neither the failure of the corporation (including its board of
directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of
the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including
its board of directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that
the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a
defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the
applicable standard of conduct.
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3. Nonexclusivity of Article V.
The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in
defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this
Article V shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have
or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of
incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise.
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Section
4. Insurance.
The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its own behalf
and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee,
fiduciary, or agent of the corporation or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted
against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, whether or
not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under this Article V.
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5. Expenses.
Expenses incurred by any person described in Section 1 of this Article V
in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of such
proceedings final disposition unless otherwise determined by the board of
directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf
of the director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the
corporation. Such expenses incurred by
other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if
any, as the board of directors deems appropriate.
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6. Employees and Agents.
Persons who are not covered by the foregoing provisions of this Article
V and who are or were employees or agents of the corporation, or who are or
were serving at the request of the corporation as employees or agents of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, may
be indemnified to the extent authorized at any time or from time to time by the
board of directors.
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7. Contract Rights.
The provisions of this Article V shall be deemed to be a contract right
between the corporation and each director or officer who serves in any such
capacity at any time while this Article V and the relevant provisions of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or other applicable law are in
effect, and any repeal or modification of this Article V or any such law shall
not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of
facts or proceeding then existing.
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8. Merger or Consolidation.
For purposes of this Article V, references to the corporation shall
include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation
(including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or
merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and
authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so
that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such
constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand
in the same position under this Article V with respect to the resulting or
surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent
corporation if its separate existence had continued.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES
OF STOCK
Section
1. Form.
Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a
certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by the chairman of
the board or the chief executive officer or the president or a vice-president
and the secretary or an assistant
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secretary of the corporation, certifying the
number of shares owned by such holder in the corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the
certificate may be facsimiles. In case
any officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or
signatures 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 have been
delivered by the corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless
be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such
certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have
been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the
corporation. All certificates for
shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name of the person to whom the shares represented
thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be
entered on the books of the corporation.
Shares of stock of the corporation shall only be transferred on the
books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by such holders
attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the corporation of the
certificate or certificates for such shares endorsed by the appropriate person
or persons, with such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement,
transfer, authorization, and other matters as the corporation may reasonably
require, and accompanied by all necessary stock transfer stamps. In that event, it shall be the duty of the
corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel
the old certificate or certificates, and record the transaction on its
books. The board of directors may
appoint a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States
or any state thereof to act as its transfer agent or registrar, or both in
connection with the transfer of any class or series of securities of the corporation.
Section
2. Lost Certificates.
The board of directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to
be issued in place of any certificate or certificates previously issued by the
corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of
an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be
lost, stolen, or destroyed. When
authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the board of
directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance
thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or
certificates, or his or her legal representative, to give the corporation a
bond sufficient to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made
against the corporation on account of the loss, theft or destruction of any
such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
Section
3. Fixing a Record Date for Stockholder
Meetings. 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 the close of business on the next day 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.
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Section
4. Fixing a Record Date for Action by
Written Consent. 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. If no record
date has been fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining
stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a
meeting, when no prior action by the board of directors is required by statute,
shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the
action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by
delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place
of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the
book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporations
registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested. If no record date
has been fixed by the board of directors and prior action by the board of
directors is required by statute, the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be
at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the
resolution taking such prior action.
Section
5. Fixing a Record Date for Other
Purposes. In order that the corporation may determine
the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment or any rights or the stockholders entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock,
or for the purposes 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.
Section
6. Subscriptions for Stock.
Unless otherwise provided for in the subscription agreement,
subscriptions for shares shall be paid in full at such time, or in such
installments and at such times, as shall be determined by the board of
directors. Any call made by the board
of directors for payment on subscriptions shall be uniform as to all shares of
the same class or as to all shares of the same series. In case of default in the payment of any
installment or call when such payment is due, the corporation may proceed to
collect the amount due in the same manner as any debt due the corporation.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Section
1. Dividends.
Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the
provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by the
board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property,
or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate
of incorporation. Before payment of any
dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available
for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their
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absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for
repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or any other purpose
and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which
it was created.
Section
2. Checks, Drafts or Orders.
All checks, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money by or to
the corporation and all notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued in the
name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or
agents of the corporation, and in such manner, as shall be determined by
resolution of the board of directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.
Section
3. Contracts.
The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, or any
agent or agents, of the corporation to enter into any contract or to execute
and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and
such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section
4. Loans.
The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or
otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or of its
subsidiary, including any officer or employee who is a director of the
corporation or its subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such
loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the
corporation. The loan, guaranty or
other assistance may be with or without interest, and may be unsecured, or
secured in such manner as the board of directors shall approve, including,
without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in this section contained shall be
deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the
corporation at common law or under any statute.
Section
5. Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the
board of directors.
Section
6. Corporate Seal.
The board of directors may provide a corporate seal which shall be in
the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the
corporation and the words Corporate Seal, Delaware. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
Section
7. Voting Securities Owned By
Corporation. Voting securities in any other corporation
held by the corporation shall be voted by the chief executive officer, unless
the board of directors specifically confers authority to vote with respect
thereto, which authority may be general or confined to specific instances, upon
some other person or officer. Any
person authorized to vote securities shall have the power to appoint proxies
with general power of substitution.
Section
8. Inspection of Books and Records.
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 any purpose reasonably related to
such persons interest as a stockholder.
In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person
who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied
by
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a power of attorney or such other writing
which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the
stockholder. The demand under oath
shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in the State of
Delaware or at its principal place of business.
Section
9. Section Headings.
Section headings in these by-laws are for convenience of reference only
and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise
construing any provision herein.
Section
10. Inconsistent Provisions.
In the event that any provision of these by-laws is or becomes
inconsistent with any provision of the certificate of incorporation, the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other applicable law,
the provision of these by-laws shall not be given any effect to the extent of
such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
These by-laws
may be amended, altered, or repealed and new by-laws adopted at any meeting of
the board of directors by a majority vote.
The fact that the power to adopt, amend, alter, or repeal the by-laws
has been conferred upon the board of directors shall not divest the
stockholders of the same powers.
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