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State of Delaware
Office of the Secretary of State
I,HARRIET SMITH WINDSOR, SECRETARY OFSTATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT
COPY OF THE CERTIFICATEOF INCORPORATION OF
"SHEP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.",
FILED IN THISOFFICE ON THE FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D.2001, AT 9 0'CLOCK A.M.
3341012 8100 | Secretary of State |
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STATE OF DELAWARE SECRETARY OF' STATE
DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS
FILED 09:00 ~ 01/05/2001 010010002 -3341012
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
SHEP TECHNOLOGIES INC.
The undersigned, a natural person, for the purpose of organizing a corporation for conducting the business and promoting the purposes hereinafter stated, under the provisions and subject to the requirements of the laws (particularly Chapter 1, Title 8 of the Delaware Code and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and known, identified and referred to as the "Delaware General Corporation Law") hereby certifies that:
FIRST:
The name of this corporation (hereinafter called the "Corporation") is
SHEP TECHNOLOGIES INC.
SECOND:
The address, including street, number, city and country, of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808; and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation is Corporation Service Company.
THIRD:
The nature of the business and the purpose to be conducted and promoted by the Corporation, which shall be in addition to the authority of the Corporation to conduct any lawful business, is to engage in any lawful act of activity for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and to do anything which shall appear necessary or beneficial to the Corporation in connection with (a) its operation, (b) accomplishment of its purposes, or (c) exercise of its powers set forth in this Certificate.
FOURTH:
The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 50,000,000. The par value of each of such shares is $.001. 45,000,000 of such shares will be shares of common stock.
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5,000.000 of such shares shall be shares of preferred stock. The board of directors of the Corporation is hereby granted the power to authorize by resolution, duly adopted from time to time, the issuance of any or all of the preferred stock in any number of classes or series within such classes and to set all terms of such preferred stock of any class or series, including, without limitation, its powers, preferences, rights, privileges, qualifications, restrictions and/or limitations. The powers, preference, rights, privileges, qualifications, restrictions and limitations of each class or series of preferred stock, if any, may differ from those of any and all other classes or other series at any time outstanding. Any shares of any one series of preferred stock shall be identical in all respects with all other shares of such series, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to the dates from which dividends thereof shall be cumulative.
FIFTH:
The name and mailing address of the incorporator are as follows:
Patrick Lawless
504 -595 Howe Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T5
The name and mailing address ofthe person who is to serve as director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified, is as follows:
Patrick Lawless
504 -595 Howe Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T5
SIXTH:
The Corporationis tohave perpetualexistence.
SEVENTH:
Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between the Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between the Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of the Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for the Corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for the Corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of the Delaware General Corporation Law order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of the Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the sto ckholders or class of stockholders of the Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement of the Corporation as consequence and to any reorganization of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of the Corporation, as the case may be, and also on the Corporation.
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EIGHTH:
For the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and in further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and of its stockholders or any class thereof, as the case may be, it is further provided:
- The management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation shall be vested in its board of directors. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole board of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the by-laws. The phrase "whole board" and the phrase '"total number of directors" shall be deemed to have the same meanings to wit, the total Dumber of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies. No election of directors need be by written ballot.
- After the original or other by-laws of the Corporation have been adapted. Amended, or re- pealed, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of Section 109 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and after the Corporation has received any payment for any of its stock, the power to adopt, amend, or repeal the by-laws of die Corporation may be exercised by the board of directors ofthe Corporation subject to the reserved power ofthe stockholders to make, alter and repeal any by-laws adopted by the board of directors; provided, however, that any provision for the classification of directors ofthe Corporation for staggered terms pursuant co the provisions of subsection (d) of Section 141 of the Delaware General Corporation Law shall be set forth in an initial by-law or in by-law adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote.
- Whenever the Corporation shall be authorizedtoissue only one class of stock, each out-standing share shall entitle the holder thereof tonotice of, and the right to vote at, any meeting of stockholders. Whenever the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock, no outstanding share of any class of stock which is denied voting power under the provisions of this certificate of incorporation shall entitle the bolder thereof to the right to vote at any n1eeting of stockholders except as the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) to Section 242 of the Delaware Gcncra1 Corporation Law shal1 otherwise
- With the consent in writing or pursuant to a vote of the holder of a majority of the capital stock issued and outstanding, the board ofdirectors shall have the authority to dispose, in any manner, of the whole property of the Corporation.
- Corporation, or any them, shall be open to inspection by the stockholders; and no stock- holder shall have any right or inspecting any account or book or document of the Corporation, except as conferred by law or by by-laws or by resolution of the stockholders.
- The stockholders and directors shall have the power to hold their meeting and to keep the books, documents and papers ofthe Corporation outside the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to rime designated by the by-laws or by resolution of the stockholders or directors, except as otherwise required by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
- Any action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the actionsotaken, 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.
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NINTH:
The personal liability of the directors of the Corporation is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of paragraph (7) subsection (b) of Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same may be amended and supplemented.
TENTH:
The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stock- holders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action. In another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. The foregoing right of indemnification shall in no way be exclusive of any other rights of in demnification to which such person may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholder or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
ELEVENTH:
From time to time, any of the provisions of this certificate of incorporation may be amended, altered, or repealed; and other provisions authorized by the laws at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws; and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by this certificate of incorporation are granted subject to the provisions of this Article ELEVENTH.
TWELFTH:
The Corporation elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the Delaware Genera1 Corporation Law.
Signed on January 5, 2001
\s\Patrick Lawless
Patrick Lawless
Incorporator
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BY-LAWS
OF
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
- Registered Office:The registered office shall be established and maintained at and shall be the registered agent of the Corporation in charge thereof.
- Other Offices:The corporation may have other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require, provided, however, that the corporation's books and records shall be maintained at such place within the continental United States as the Board of Directors shall from time to time designate.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
2.1Place of Stockholders' Meetings:All meetings of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held at such place or places, within or outside the State of Delaware as may be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time or as shall be specified in the respective notices thereof. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead he held solely by means of remote communication. Stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication participate in a meeting of stockholders and 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, (i i) 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 stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (ill) 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.
2.2Date and Hour of Annual Meetin2s of Stockholders: Anannual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year within five months after the close of the after the close of the fiscal year of the Corporation.
2.3Purpose of Annual Meetings:At each annual meeting, the stockholders shall elect the members of the Board of Directors for the succeeding year. At any such annual meeting any further proper business may be transacted.
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2.4Special Meetings of Stockholders:Special meetings of the stockholders or of any class or series thereof entitled to vote may be called by the President or by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or at the request in writing by stockholders of record owning at least fifty (50%) percent of the issued and outstanding voting shares of common stock of thecorporation.
2.5Notice of Meetings of Stockholders:Except as otherwise expressly required or permitted by law, not less than ten days nor more than sixty days before the date of every stockholders' meeting the Secretary shall give to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, written notice, served personally by mail or by telegram, stating the place, 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, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Such notice, if mailed shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address for notices to such stockholder as it appears on the records of the corporation. Any notice to stockholders shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom n otice is to be given.
2.6Quorum of Stockholders:
- Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, at any meeting of the stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes thereat shall constitute a quorum. The withdrawal of any shareholder after the commencement of a meeting shall have no effect on the existence of a quorum, after a quorum has been established at such meeting.
- At any meeting of the stockholders at which a quorum shall be present, a majority of voting stockholders, present in person or by proxy, may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting. In the absence of a quorum, the officer presiding thereat shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. Notice of any adjourned meeting, other than announcement at the meeting, shall not be required to be given except as provided in paragraph (d) below and except where expressly required by law.
- At any adjourned session at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting originally called but only those stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting as originally noticed shall be entitled to vote at any adjournment or adjournments thereof, unless a new record date is fixed by the Board of Directors.
- If an 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.
2.7Chairman and Secretary of Meeting:The President, shall preside at meetings of the stockholders. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting or if he is not present, then the presiding officer may appoint a person to act as secretary of the meeting.
2.8Voting by Stockholders:Except as may be otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, at every meeting of the stockholders each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of voting stock standing in his name on the books of the corporation on the record date for the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by these by-laws, all elections and questions shall be decided by the vote of a majority in interest of the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting.
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2.9Proxies:Any stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders may vote either in person or by proxy. A proxy may be in writing, subscribed by the stockholder or his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. but need not be dated, sealed, witnessed or acknowledged. A stockholder may authorize another person to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting a telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission to the proxyholder, provided that any such communication must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that such communication was authorized by the stockholder.
2.10Inspectors:The election of directors and any other vote by ballot at any meeting of the stockholders shall be supervised by at least two inspectors. Such inspectors may be appointed by the presiding officer before or at the meeting; or if one or both inspectors so appointed shall refuse to serve or shall not be present, such appointment shall be made by the officer presiding at the meeting.
2.11List of Stockholders:
- At least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, the Secretary shall prepare and make 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.
- During ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, such list shall be open to examination by any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting, either at the principal place of business of the corporation or on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place where the meeting is to be held and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication. then the list shall be open to inspection of any stockholder during 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.
- The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this Section 2.11 or the books of the corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
2.12Procedure at Stockholders' Meetings: Exceptas otherwise provided by these by-laws or any resolutions adopted by the stockholders or Board of Directors, the order of business and all other matters of procedure at every meeting of stockholders shall be determined by the presiding officer.
2.13Action By Consent Without Meeting:Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. An electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this section provided that s uch electronic transmission sets forth information from which the corporation can determine that the electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder and the date on which the stockholder or proxyholder transmitted such electronic transmission. The date on which such electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by electronic transmission shall be deemed delivered until reproduced in paper and delivered to the corporation at its registered office in the state, its principal place of business or an officer having custody of the record book of stockholder meetings in the manner provided by the board of directors.
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ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
3.1Powers of Directors:The property, business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all the powers of the corporation except such as are by the law of the State of Delaware or the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
3.2Number, Method of Election, Terms of Office of Directors:The number of directors which shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be ( ) unless and until otherwise determined by a vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. Each Director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is elected and qualified, provided, however, that a director may resign at any time. Directors need not be stockholders. All elections of directors shall be by written ballot, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation; if authorized by the board of directors, such requirement of a written ballot shall be satisfied by a ballot submitted by electronic transmission, provided that any such electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder or proxyholder.
3.3Vacancies on Board of Directors: Removal:
- Any director may resign his office at any time by delivering his resignation in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chairman of the Board or to the President. It will take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified, it will be effective at the time of its receipt by the corporation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless expressly so provided in the resignation.
- Any vacancy in the authorized number of directors may be fixed by majority vote of the stockholders and any director so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors by the stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal.
- Any director may be removed with or without cause at any time by the majority vote of the stockholders given at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose.
3.4Meetings of the Board of Directors:
- The Board of Directors may hold their meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.
- Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. No notice of such regular meetings shall be required. If the date designated for any regular meeting be a legal holiday, then the meeting shall be held on the next day which is not a legal holiday.
- The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may come before it If such meeting is held at the place of the stockholders' meeting, no notice thereof shall be required.
- Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by direction of the Chairman of the Board or the President or at the written request of any one director.
- The Secretary shall give notice to each director of any special meeting of the Board of Directors by mailing the same at least three days before the meeting or by telegraphing, telexing, or delivering the same not later than the date before the meeting.
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Unless required by law, such notice need not include a statement of the business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any such meeting. Any and all business may be transacted at any meeting of the Board of Directors. No notice of any adjourned meeting need be given. No notice to or waiver by any director shall be required with respect to any meeting at which the director is present.
3.5Quorum and Action:Unless provided otherwise by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, a majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; but if there shall be less than a quorum at any meeting of the Board, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time. The vote of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be necessary to constitute the act of the Board of Directors.
3.6Presiding Officer and Secretary of the Meeting:The President, Of, in his absence a member of the Board of Directors selected by the members present, shall preside at meetings of the Board. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his absence the presiding officer may appoint a secretary of the meeting.
3.7Action by Consent Without Meeting: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 or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes or proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
3.8Action by Telephonic Conference:Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by such board, may participate in a meeting of such board or committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
3.9Committees:The Board of Directors shall, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of Directors designate may designate one or more committees, each of such committees to consist of one or more Directors of the Corporation, for such purposes as the Board shall determine. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee.
3.10Compensation of Directors:Directors shall receive such reasonable compensation for their service on the Board of Directors or any committees thereof, whether in the form of salary or a filled fee for attendance at meetings, or both, with expenses, if any, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
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ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
4.1Officers. Title. Elections. Terms:
- The elected officers of the corporation shall be a President, a Treasurer and a Secretary, and such other officers as the Board of Directors shall deem advisable. The officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors at its annual meeting following the annual meeting of the stockholders, to serve at the pleasure of the Board or otherwise as shall be specified by the Board at the time of such election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
- The Board of Directors may elect or appoint at any time, and from time to time, additional officers or agents with such duties as it may deem necessary or desirable. Such additional officers shall serve at the pleasure of the Board or otherwise as shall be specified by the Board at the time of such election or appointment. Two or more offices may be held by the same person.
- Any vacancy in any office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors.
- Any officer may resign his office at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing and shall take effect at the time specified therein or. if no time be specified. at the time of its receipt by the corporation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. unless expressly so provided in the resignation.
- The salaries of all officers of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
4.2Removal of Elected Officers:Any elected officer may be removed at any time, either with or without cause, by resolution adopted at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by a majority of the Directors then in office.
4.3Duties:
- President:The President shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall supervise and control all the business and affairs of the corporation. He shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. He shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect (unless any such order or resolution shall provide otherwise), and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.
- Treasurer:The Treasurer shall (1) have charge and custody of and be responsible forall funds and securities of the Corporation; (2) receive and give receipts formoneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever; (3) deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositaries as shall be selected by resolution of the Board of Directors; and (4) in general perform all duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors. He shall, if required by the Board of Directors, give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine.
- Secretary:The Secretary shall (1) keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors, and all committees, if any, of which a secretary shall not have been appointed, in one or more books provided for that purpose; (2) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws and as required by law; (3) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized; (4) keep a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such stockholder; (5) have general charge of stock transfer books of the Corporation; and (6) in general perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL STOCK
5.1Stock Certificates:
- 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 President and by the Treasurer or the Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him.
- If such certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent other than the corporation or its employee, or by a registrar other than the corporation or its employee, the signatures of the officers of the corporation may be facsimiles, and, if permitted by law, any other signature may be a facsimile.
- In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of issue.
- Certificates of stock shall be issued in such form not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation as shall be approved by the Board of Directors, and shall be numbered and registered in the order in which they were issued.
- All certificates surrendered to the corporation shall be canceled with the date of cancellation, and shall be retained by the Secretary, together with the powers of attorney to transfer and the assignments of the shares represented by such certificates, for such period of time as shall be prescribed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.
5.2Record Ownership:A record of the name and address of the holder of such certificate, the number of shares represented thereby and the date of issue thereof shall be made on the corporation's books. The corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of any share of stock as the holder in fact thereof, and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as required by law.
5.3Transfer of Record Ownership:Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the corporation only by direction of the person named in the certificate or his attorney, lawfully constituted in writing, and only upon the surrender of the certificate therefor and a written assignment of the shares evidenced thereby. Whenever any transfer of stock shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer if, when the certificates are presented to the corporation for transfer, both the transferor and the transferee request the corporation to do so.
5.4Lost. Stolen or Destroyed Certificates:Certificates representing shares of the stock of the corporation shall be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed in such manner and on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors from time to time may authorize.
5.5Transfer Agent; Registrar; Rules Respecting Certificates:The corporation may maintain one or more transfer offices or agencies where stock of the corporation shall be transferable. The corporation may also maintain one or more registry offices where such stock shall be registered. The Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of stock certificates.
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5.6Fixing: Record Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record:The Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or the allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or in order to make a determination of the stockholders for the purpose of any other lawful action. Such record date in any case shall be not more than sixty days nor less than ten days before the date of a meeting of the stockholders, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action requiring such determination of the stockholders. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall appl y to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for theadjourned meeting.
5.7Dividends:Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may, out of funds legally available therefor at any regular or special meeting, declare dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation as and when they deem expedient. Before declaring any dividend there may be set apart out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time in their discretion deem proper for working capital or as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends or for such other purposes as the Board of Directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the corporation.
ARTICLE VI
SECURITIES HELD BY THE CORPORATION
6.1Voting:Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise order, the President, the Secretary or the Treasurer shall have full power and authority, on behalf of the corporation, to attend, act and vote at any meeting of the stockholders of any corporation in which the corporation may hold stock, and at such meeting to exercise any or all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock, and to execute on behalf of the corporation a proxy or proxies empowering another or others to act as aforesaid. The Board of Directors from time to time may confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
6.2General Authorization to Transfer Securities Held bv the Corporation
- Any of the following officers, to wit: the President and the Treasurer shall be, and they hereby are, authorized and empowered to transfer, convert, endorse, sell, assign, set over and deliver any and all shares of stock, bonds, debentures, notes, subscription warrants, stock purchase warrants, evidence of indebtedness, or other securities now or hereafter standing in the name of or owned by the corporation, and to make, execute and deliver, under the seal of the corporation, any and all written instruments of assignment and transfer necessary or proper to effectuate the authority hereby conferred.
- Whenever there shall be annexed to any instrument of assignment and transfer executed pursuant to and in accordance with the foregoing paragraph (a). a certificate of the Secretary of the corporation in office at the date of such certificate setting forth the provisions of this Section 6.2 and stating that they are in full force and effect and setting forth the names of persons who are then officers of the corporation, then all persons to whom such instrument and annexed certificate shall thereafter come, shall be entitled, without further inquiry or investigation and regardless of the date of such certificate, to assume and to act in reliance upon the assumption that the shares of stock or other securities named in such instrument were theretofore duly and properly transferred. Endorsed, sold, assigned, set over and delivered by the corporation, and that with respect to such securities the authority of these provisions of the by-laws and of such officers is still in full force and effect.
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
7.1Signatories:All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name 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.
7.2Seal: The seal of the corporation shall be in such form and shall have such content as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine.
7.3Notice and Waiver of Notice:Whenever any notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting of the stockholders, directors or a committee is required to be given under the law of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice whether before or after the holding thereof, or actual attendance at the meeting in person Of, in the case of any stockholder, by his attorney-in-fact, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice to such persons.
7.4Indemnify:The corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent allowed by law, provided, however, that it shall be within the discretion of the Board of Directors whether to advance any funds in advance of disposition of any action, suit or proceeding, and provided further that nothing in this section 7.4 shall be deemed to obviate the necessity of the Board of Directors to make any determination that indemnification of the director, officer or employee is proper under the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
7.5Fiscal Year:Except as from time to time otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the corporation shall end on.