Exhibit 3.1
ATMI, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
(Effective as of December 17, 2008)
ARTICLE I
Offices
1.1Registered Office. The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
1.2Other Offices. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors of the corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
Meetings of Stockholders
2.1Place of Meetings.
A. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors shall be held at such place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
B. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that the meeting of the stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law. If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication, (a) participate in a meeting of stockholders and (b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication;provided that (i) the corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder; (ii) the corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and (iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the corporation.
2.2Annual Meeting. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held on such date no more than 13 months following the date of the preceding annual meeting (which date shall not be a legal holiday in the place where the meeting is to be held) and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which (subject to the quorum requirements set forth in Section 2.6), except as otherwise provided by law or the certificate of incorporation, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the stockholders shall elect, by a plurality vote of the shares represented in person or by proxy, directors to succeed those whose terms are expiring, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
2.3Notice of Meetings.
A. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, written notice of each meeting of stockholders, specifying the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting; the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting; and the purpose or purposes of the meeting, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat, directed to the stockholder in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article IV hereof. Notice shall be deemed to have been given to all stockholders of record who share an address if notice is given in accordance with the “householding” rules set forth in Rule 14a-3(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”).
B. If at any meeting action is proposed to be taken which, if taken, would entitle stockholders fulfilling the requirements of Section 262(d) of the Delaware General Corporation Law to an appraisal of the fair value of their shares, the notice of such meeting shall contain a statement of that purpose and to that effect and shall be accompanied by a copy of that statutory section.
C. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken unless the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or unless after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, in which event a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
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D. Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, either before or after such meeting, and to the extent permitted by law, will be waived by any stockholder by his attendance thereat, in person or by proxy. Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.
2.4Voting List. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (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. In accordance with Section 219 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, nothing contained in this Section 2.4 shall be construed to require the corporation 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, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (a) 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 (b) at the principal executive office of the corporation. 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 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. This list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of the shares held by each of them. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, 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.
2.5Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board (or, if none is designated, the President) and shall be called by the President or Secretary at the request in writing of (a) a majority of the entire Board of Directors then in office or (b) the Chairman of the Board (or, if none is designated, the President). Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting and business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
2.6Quorum; Adjournments. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, a majority of the shares represented thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) 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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2.7Voting and Proxies.
A. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy at any meeting shall decide any matter brought before such meeting (subject to Section 2.5 in the case of any special meeting of stockholders), unless the matter is one upon which by an express provision of law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such matter.
B. Except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares entitled to vote stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting shall be entitled to vote at such meeting. Shares standing in the names of two or more persons shall be voted or represented in accordance with the determination of the majority of such persons, or, if only one of such persons is present in person or represented by proxy, such person shall have the right to vote such shares and such shares shall be deemed to be represented for the purpose of determining a quorum.
C. Every person entitled to vote at a meeting shall have the right to do so either in person or by an agent or agents authorized by a written proxy executed by such person or his duly authorized agent, which proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation at or before the meeting at which it is to be used. Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy pursuant to the previous sentence, a writing signed by the stockholder, a facsimile signed by the stockholder or other electronic transmission from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority.Said proxy so appointed need not be a stockholder. No proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall at any meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by written proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder.
D. Unless and until voted, every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the person who executed it or of his legal representatives or assigns, except in those cases where an irrevocable proxy permitted by statute has been given.
2.8No Stockholder Action By Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such stockholders and no action by the stockholders may be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting.
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2.9Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
A. Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (a) if specified in the corporation’s notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in thisSection 2.9, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in thisSection 2.9.
(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant toSection 2.9(A)(1)(c) (any such stockholder, the “proponent”), the proponent must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation, and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a proponent’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the sixtieth (60th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting;provided,however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such an anniversary date, notice by the proponent to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) day prior to such annual meeting or the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the corporation. Such proponent’s written notice shall set forth the following:
(a)Information Regarding Proponent.As to the proponent and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made: (i) the name and address of the proponent, and of any holder of record of the proponent’s shares as they appear on the corporation’s books, (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are owned by the proponent (beneficially and of record) and owned by any holder of record of the proponent’s shares, as of the date of the proponent’s notice, and a representation that the proponent will notify the corporation in writing of the class and number of such shares owned of record and beneficially as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (iii) any material interest of the proponent in such business or nomination, (iv) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to such business or nomination between or among the proponent and any of its affiliates or associates, and any others (including their names) acting in concert with any of the foregoing, and a representation that the proponent will notify the corporation in writing of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (v) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the proponent’s notice by, or on behalf of, the proponent or any of its affiliates or associates, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of the proponent or any of its affiliates or associates with respect to shares of stock of the corporation, and a representation that the proponent will notify the corporation in writing of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (vi) a representation that the proponent is a holder of record or beneficial owner of shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the annual meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business, and (vii) a representation whether the proponent intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s outstanding shares required to approve the proposal and/or otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of the proposal;
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(b)Information as to Proposal.As to any business other than nomination of a director or directors, that the proponent proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting (which shall include, without limitation, copies of any resolutions proposed to be passed at the meeting and copies of any proposed amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of the proponent and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and
(c)Information in Connection with Board Nominations.As to each person whom the proponent proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director: (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (iii) the number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are owned of record and beneficially by such person, (iv) a questionnaire, representation and agreement as required by paragraph 3.15 of Article III completed and signed by such person, (v) such other information concerning such as would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of such nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or that is otherwise required to be disclosed, under the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence ofSection 2.9(A)(2) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the corporation is increased and there is no public announcement by the corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least seventy (70) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (or, if the annual meeting is held more than thirty (30) days before or sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, at least seventy (70) days prior to such annual meeting), a stockholder’s notice required by thisSection 2.9 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the corporation.
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B. Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice of the special meeting, who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section. In the event the corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required bySection 2.9(A)(2) shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not earlier than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting nor later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) day prior to such special meeting, or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting.
C.General.
(1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in thisSection 2.9 shall be eligible to serve as directors, and only such business as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in thisSection 2.9 shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders. Except as otherwise provided by law or these bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in thisSection 2.9 and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance herewith to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded. The requirements of thisSection 2.9 shall apply to any business or director nomination to be brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder whether such business is to be included in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act or presented to stockholders by means of an independently financed proxy solicitation. The requirements of thisSection 2.9are included to provide the corporation notice of a stockholder’s intention to bring business before an annual meeting and shall in no event be construed as imposing upon any stockholder the requirement to seek approval from the corporation as a condition precedent to bringing any such business before an annual meeting.
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(2) For purposes of thisSection 2.9, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of thisSection 2.9, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth herein. Nothing in thisSection 2.9 shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances.
ARTICLE III
Directors
3.1Number; Election and Qualification. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be not less than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15). Thereafter, within the limits above specified, the number of directors shall be increased or decreased upon the approval of a majority of the directors then in office. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided inSection 3.6, and each director elected shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified. Directors need not be stockholders.
3.2Classes of Directors. The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, Class I, Class II and Class III, as nearly equal in number as reasonably possible. No one class shall have more than one director more than any other class.
3.3Terms in Office. Each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the third succeeding annual meeting following the annual meeting at which such director was elected.
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3.4Allocation of Directors Among Classes in the Event of Increases or Decreases in the Number of Directors. In the event of any increase or decrease in the authorized number of directors, (i) each director then serving as such shall nevertheless continue as director of the class of which he or she is a member until the expiration of such director’s current term or such director’s prior death, retirement, removal or resignation and (ii) the newly created or eliminated directorships resulting from such increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board of Directors among the three classes of directors, subject toSection 3.2 and the following sentence. To the extent reasonably possible, consistent with the foregoing, any newly created directorships shall be added to those classes whose terms of office are to expire at the latest dates following such allocation and newly eliminated directorships shall be subtracted from those classes whose terms of office are to expire at the earliest dates following such allocation, unless otherwise provided for from time to time by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the full Board of Directors shall shorten the term of an incumbent director.
3.5Tenure. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation or removal.
3.6Filling of Vacancies. Except as otherwise prescribed by law, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office, and a director chosen to fill a position resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders at which directors of the class to which such position belongs are to be elected and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation or removal. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by law.
3.7Powers of the Board. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. In the event of a vacancy in the Board of Directors, the remaining directors, except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, may exercise the powers of the full Board of Directors until the vacancy is filled.
3.8Resignation. Any director may resign by delivering his or her written resignation (including, without limitation, an electronic transmission) to the corporation at its principal office or to the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or Secretary. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some other time or upon the happening of some other event.
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3.9Meetings.
A. The Board of Directors may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
B. Regular meetings 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 the Board of Directors.
C. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or the Secretary on five (5) days’ notice to each director, either personally, by mail, by telegram, by facsimile, or by electronic mail; special meetings shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two or more directors (or one director if the Board of Directors consists of only one or two directors). Notice of any meeting may be deemed waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat. A notice or waiver of notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not specify the purposes of the meeting.
3.10Quorum; Voting. At all meetings of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, a majority of the directors of the full Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, as the case may be, except as a different vote may be otherwise specifically provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or committee, 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.
3.11Action by Written Consent. 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 of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors 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 of Directors or committee.
3.12Meetings by Telephone Conference Call. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
3.13Committees.
A. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the full Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. 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.
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B. 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.
C. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors and subject to provisions of law, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it;provided that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending these bylaws and, unless the resolution or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.
D. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
3.14Compensation of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors and to make grants and awards to directors under any stock option, restricted stock, or any other benefit plan in which directors may participate from time to time. Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, directors may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated fee as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation in connection with committee service.
3.15Submission of Questionnaire; Representation and Agreement. To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the corporation, a person must deliver to the Secretary of the corporation at the principal executive offices of the corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (i) is not and will not become a party to (A) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “voting commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the corporation or (B) any voting commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (ii) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein, and (iii) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the corporation, and will comply with, applicable law and all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, corporate opportunities, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the corporation.
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ARTICLE IV
Notices
4.1Notice to Stockholders. Whenever, under any provision of law or these bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, the same shall be given in writing, either (a) timely and duly deposited in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to the stockholder’s last known post office address as shown by the stock record of the corporation or its transfer agent or (b) by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given, except to the extent prohibited by Section 232(e) of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Any consent to receive notice by electronic transmission 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;provided,however, that the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.
4.2Notice to Directors. Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by the method stated inSection 4.1. Any such notice, other than one which is delivered personally, shall be sent to such post office address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as such director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary of the corporation, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office address of such director. The Secretary of the corporation shall make reasonable efforts to maintain updated contact information for each director. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all directors, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others.
4.3No Known Address. If no post office address of a stockholder or director be known, such notice may be sent to the principal executive office of the corporation. An affidavit executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the corporation or the transfer agent or other agent of the corporation appointed with respect to the class of stock affected, specifying the name and post office address or the names and post office addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving the same (or, for any stockholder or director to whom notice has been directed by electronic transmission, the form of electronic transmission and the facsimile number, electronic mail address or other location to which such notice was directed and the time at which such notice was directed to each such director or stockholder), shall be prima facie evidence of the statements therein contained.
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4.4Timing. All notices given by mail, as above provided, shall be deemed to have been given as at the time of mailing. All notices given to stockholders by a form of electronic transmission, as above provided, shall be deemed to have been given: (a) if by facsimile, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (b) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (c) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (i) such posting and (ii) the giving of such separate notice; and (d) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. All notices given to directors by a form of electronic transmission, as above provided, shall be deemed to have been given when directed to the electronic mail address, facsimile number, or other location filed in writing by the director with the Secretary of the corporation.
4.5Effect of Failure to Receive Notice. The period or limitation of time within which any stockholder may exercise any option or right, or enjoy any privilege or benefit, or be required to act, or within which any director may exercise any power or right, or enjoy any privilege, pursuant to any notice sent him in the manner above provided, shall not be affected or extended in any manner by the failure of such a stockholder or such director to receive such notice.
4.6Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent notice and shall constitute a waiver thereof.
4.7Notice to the Corporation. Whenever notice is to be given to the corporation by a stockholder under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the corporation, such notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation.
ARTICLE V
Officers
5.1Election of Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the stockholders and shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws otherwise provide.
5.2Other Officers. The Board of Directors may also appoint a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers and such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall be elected from the members of the Board of Directors.
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5.3Salaries of Officers. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.
5.4Successors. Each officer of the corporation shall hold office until his or her successor is chosen and qualified, unless such officer (i) shall have been sooner removed by the Board of Directors or (ii) shall have sooner resigned. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
5.5Chairman of the Board. If provided by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, and, if designated as the chief executive officer of the corporation, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The Chairman of the Board may execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.
5.6President. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board or in the event of the Chairman of the Board’s inability or refusal to act, the President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President may execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.
5.7Vice President. In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
5.8Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be. The Secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of such assistant secretary. 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 such officer’s signature.
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5.9Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability or refusal to act, 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 may from time to time prescribe.
5.10Treasurer.
(a) Corporate Accounts. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.
(b) Disbursements. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.
5.11Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
Stock
6.1Certificated or Uncertificated Shares. Shares of the corporation’s stock may be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock or may be issued in uncertificated form in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law. The issuance of shares in uncertificated form shall not affect shares already represented by a certificate until the certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Every holder of stock in the corporation that is represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed) or vice chairman of the Board of Directors, or by the President or any Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the corporation and registered in certificate form.
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6.2Stock Legends. Shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws or any agreement to which the corporation is a party, shall have conspicuously noted on the face or back of the certificate, or, in the case of uncertificated shares, included in each statement with respect to such shares that may be sent to the stockholder, either the full text of the restriction or a statement of the existence of such restriction and a statement that the corporation will furnish a copy thereof to the stockholder upon written request and without charge. When the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class or series of stock, every certificate issued and every statement that may be sent to a holder of uncertificated shares, shall set forth either the full text of the preferences, voting powers, qualifications and special and relative rights of the shares of each class and series authorized to be issued or a statement of the existence of such preferences, powers, qualifications and rights and a statement that the corporation will furnish a copy thereof to the holder of such certificate upon written request and without charge.
6.3Signatures on Certificates. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
6.4Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore 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 issuance 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 the owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
6.5Transfer of Stock. Transfers of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made on the books of the corporation after receipt of a request with proper evidence of succession, assignation, or authority to transfer by the record holder of such stock, or by an attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and in the case of stock represented by a certificate, upon surrender of the certificate. Subject to the foregoing, the Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary or appropriate concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock of the corporation, and to appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers.
6.6Fixing Record Date. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. 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 or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action shall be at the close of business on the day immediately prior to the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day immediately prior to the date 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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6.7Registered Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
General Provisions
7.1Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of capital stock, subject to the provisions of applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation.
7.2Reserves to Meet Contingencies. 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 Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall deem conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
7.3Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
7.4Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
7.5Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Seal” and “Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
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ARTICLE VIII
Indemnification
8.1Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII:
(1) “authorized representative” shall mean any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, any person serving at the request of the corporation (as defined below) and any person designated as an authorized representative by the board of directors or any officer of the corporation to whom the board of directors has delegated the authority to make such designations;
(2) “corporate proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, proceeding under an alternative dispute mechanism, inquiry, administrative or legislative hearing or investigation, including any and all appeals, by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor;
(3) “criminal third party proceeding” shall include any action or investigation which could or does lead to a criminal third party proceeding;
(4) “expenses” shall include attorneys’ fees and disbursements;
(5) “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;
(6) actions “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” shall include without limitation actions taken in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan;
(7) “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans;
(8) “party” shall include the giving of testimony or similar involvement;
(9) “serving at the request of the corporation” shall mean any person serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including without limitation any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and
(10) “third party proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism, inquiry, administrative or legislative hearing or investigation, including any and all appeals, whether civil, criminal or administrative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation.
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8.2Indemnification of Authorized Representatives in Third Party Proceedings. As further set forth in this paragraph, the corporation (i) shall indemnify any director, officer, or other authorized representative who is not a director or an officer but is otherwise serving at the request of the corporation, and (ii) may, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, indemnify any authorized representative not identified in clause (i) above. Such indemnification applies to an authorized representative who was or is a party to or is involved in (as a party, witness or otherwise), or is threatened to be made a party to or involved in (as a party, witness or otherwise), any third party proceeding by reason of the fact that such person was or is a director, an officer, an authorized representative other than a director or an officer serving at the request of the corporation, or any other authorized representative, as the case may be, of the corporation, against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, being a witness in, or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing, such third party proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal third party proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. The termination of any third party proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not of itself create a presumption that the authorized representative did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or, with respect to any criminal third party proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful.
8.3Indemnification of Authorized Representatives in Corporate Proceedings. As further set forth in this paragraph, the corporation (i) shall indemnify any director, officer, or other authorized representative who is not a director or an officer but is otherwise serving at the request of the corporation, and (ii) may, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, indemnify any authorized representative not identified in clause (i) above. Such indemnification applies to an authorized representative who was or is a party to or is involved in (as a party, witness or otherwise), or is threatened to be made a party to or involved in (as a party, witness or otherwise), any corporate proceeding by reason of the fact that such person was or is a director, an officer, an authorized representative other than a director or an officer serving at the request of the corporation, or any other authorized representative, as the case may be, of the corporation, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, being a witness in, or participating in (including on appeal) such corporate proceeding, or preparing for any of the foregoing, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation;provided,however, that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation except and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such corporate proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or such other court shall deem proper.
8.4Mandatory Indemnification of Authorized Representatives. To the extent that an authorized representative entitled to indemnification pursuant to 8.2 or 8.3 above has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any third party proceeding or corporate proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
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8.5Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification. Any indemnification under this Article VIII,Sections 8.2,8.3 or8.4 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination by the board or directors that indemnification is proper in the circumstances. Such determination shall be made:
A. by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such third party proceeding or corporate proceeding; or
B. by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; or
C. if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or
D. by the stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of the corporation’s stockholders holding at least 50% of the then issued and outstanding shares of voting capital stock of the corporation.
8.6Advancing Expenses. Expenses actually and reasonably incurred in defending a third party proceeding or corporate proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such third party proceeding or corporate proceeding and within thirty (30) days of receipt by the secretary of the corporation, if required by law, an undertaking by or on behalf of the authorized representative to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the authorized representative is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article VIII or otherwise. Such expenses shall be so paid upon such other reasonable terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate. The financial ability of any authorized representative to make a repayment contemplated by this section shall not be a prerequisite to the making of an advance.
8.7Insurance. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was an authorized representative against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII.
8.8Scope of Article VIII. The indemnification of authorized representatives and advancement of expenses, as authorized by the preceding provisions of this Article VIII, shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article VIII shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be an authorized representative and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
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8.9Reliance on Provisions. Each person who shall act as an authorized representative of the corporation shall be deemed to be doing so in reliance upon rights of indemnification provided by this Article VIII. Any repeal or modification of the provisions of this Article VIII by the stockholders of the corporation or otherwise shall not adversely affect any right or benefit of an authorized representative existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
8.10Severability. If any word, clause or provision of this Article VIII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VIII (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article VIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article VIII (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Article VIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.
8.11Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Article VIII, the corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the authorized representative, who, at the request of the corporation and at its sole cost and expense, shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the corporation effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.
8.12Intent of Article. The intent of this Article VIII is to provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. To the extent that such Section or any successor section may be amended or supplemented from time to time, this Article VIII shall be amended automatically and construed so as to permit indemnification and advancement of expenses to the fullest extent from time to time permitted by law.
ARTICLE IX
Amendments
9.1By the Board of Directors. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the bylaws of the corporation.
9.2By the Stockholders. Except as otherwise set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, these bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, or new bylaws may be adopted, by the affirmative vote of the stockholders holding at least seventy percent (70%) of the shares of capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at any regular meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of stockholders, acting as a single class, subject to any additional vote required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws, provided notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new bylaws shall have been stated in the notice of such meeting.
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ARTICLE X
Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation
All stock and other securities of other corporations or entities owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed), or by the President, or, subject to Section 5.7, by any Vice President.
ARTICLE XI
Other Securities of the Corporation
All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the corporation, other than stock certificates, may be signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President or any Vice President or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer;provided,however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the signature of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer of the corporation, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon, shall have ceased to be such officer of the corporation before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the corporation.
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