BY-LAWS
OF
NEW MEDIA LOTTERY SERVICES, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE. - The registered office shall be
established and maintained at c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker
Road, Suite C, Dover, Delaware 19904 and United Corporate Services, Inc. shall
be the registered agent of this corporation in charge thereof.
SECTION 2. 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.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 1. ANNUAL MEETINGS. - Annual meetings of stockholders for the
election of directors and for such other business as may be stated in the notice
of the meeting, shall be held at such place, either within or without the State
of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors, by resolution,
shall determine and as set forth in the notice of the meeting.
If the date of the annual meeting shall fall upon a legal holiday, the
meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. At each annual
meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors and
they may transact such other corporate business as shall be stated in the notice
of the meeting.
SECTION 2. OTHER MEETINGS. - Meetings of stockholders for any purpose
other than the election of directors 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.
SECTION 3. VOTING. - Each stockholder entitled to vote in accordance
with the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with the
provisions of these By-laws shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by
proxy, for each share of stock entitled to vote held by such stockholder, but no
proxy shall be voted after three years from its date unless such proxy provides
for a longer period. Upon the demand of any stockholder, the vote for directors
and the vote upon any question before the meeting, shall be by ballot. All
elections for directors shall be decided by plurality vote; all other questions
shall be decided by majority vote except as otherwise provided by the
Certificate of Incorporation or the laws of the State of Delaware.
A complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the ensuing
election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of each, and the
number of shares registered in the name of each shareholder, 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 days prior to the
meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held,
which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so
specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be
produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time
thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
SECTION 4. QUORUM. - Except as otherwise required by law, by the
Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-laws, the presence, in person or by
proxy, of stockholders holding a majority of the stock of the corporation
entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders.
In case a quorum shall not be present at any meeting, a majority in interest of
the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall
have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until the requisite amount of stock entitled to
vote shall be present. At any such adjourned meeting at which requisite amount
of stock entitled to vote shall be represented, any business may be transacted
which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed; but only
those stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting as originally noticed shall
be entitled to vote at any adjournment or adjournments thereof. 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.
SECTION 5. SPECIAL MEETINGS. - Special meetings of the stockholders for
any purpose or purposes may be called by the President or Secretary, or by
resolution of the directors.
SECTION 6. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. - Written notice, stating the place,
date and time of the meeting, and the general nature of the business to be
considered, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at his
address as it appears on the records of the corporation, not less than ten nor
more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. No business other than
that stated in the notice shall be transacted at any meeting without the
unanimous consent of all the stockholders entitled to vote thereat.
SECTION 7. ACTION 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.
SECTION 8. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL. At an annual meeting of the
stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly
brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting,
business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement
thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise
properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a
stockholder. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
stockholder (other than the nomination of a person for election as a director,
which is governed by Section 13 of Article III of these by-laws), the
stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of
the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to or
mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (1) 60
days in advance of such meeting if such meeting is to be held on a day which is
within 30 days preceding the anniversary of the previous year's annual meeting
or 90 days in advance of such meeting if such meeting is to be held on or after
the anniversary of the previous year's annual meeting; and (2) with respect to
any other annual meeting of stockholders, the close of business on the tenth day
following the date of public disclosure of the date of such meeting. (For
purposes of this Section 8 of Article II of these By-laws, public disclosure
shall be deemed to include a disclosure made in a press release reported by the
Dow Jones News Services, Associated Press or a comparable national news service
or in a document filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended). A stockholder's notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to
each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a
brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual
meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (b)
the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation's books, of the
stockholder proposing such business, (c) the class and number of shares of the
Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, and (d) any
material interest of the stockholder in such business. Notwithstanding anything
in the by-laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual
meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 8 of
Article I. The chair of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant,
determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought
before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8 of
Article II, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to
the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall
not be transacted.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. NUMBER AND TERM. - The number of directors which shall
constitute the whole Board shall not be less than three, nor more than seven,
the exact number within said limits to be fixed from time to time solely by
resolution of the Board,
acting by the vote of not less than a majority of the directors then in office.
The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders and
each director shall be elected to serve until his successor shall be elected and
shall qualify. A director need not be a stockholder.
SECTION 2. RESIGNATIONS. - Any director, member of a committee or other
officer may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing, and
shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at
the time of its receipt by the President or Secretary. The acceptance of a
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
SECTION 3. VACANCIES. - If the office of any director, member of a
committee or other officer becomes vacant, the remaining directors in office,
though less than a quorum, by a majority vote, may appoint any qualified person
to fill such vacancy, who shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his
successor shall be duly chosen.
SECTION 4. REMOVAL. - Any director or directors may be removed, with or
without cause, by the holders of a majority of all the shares of stock
outstanding and entitled to vote, at an election of directors. (See Title 8
ss.141(k) of the General Corporation Law for exception.)
SECTION 5. INCREASE OF NUMBER. - The number of directors may be
increased by amendment of these By-laws, by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the directors, though less than a quorum, or, by the affirmative vote of a
majority in interest of the stockholders, at the annual meeting or at a special
meeting called for that purpose, and by like vote the additional directors may
be chosen at such meeting to hold office until the next annual election and
until their successors are elected and qualified.
SECTION 6. POWERS. - The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the
powers of the corporation except such as are conferred upon or reserved to the
stockholders by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation
or by these By-laws.
SECTION 7. COMMITTEES. - The Board of Directors may, by resolution or
resolutions passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more
committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the
corporation. 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 the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member or
such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any such
meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a
quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act
at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the
Board of Directors, or in these By-laws, 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; but no such committee shall have the power of
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 the By-laws of the corporation; and
unless the resolution, these By-laws, or the Certificate of Incorporation
expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to
declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.
SECTION 8. MEETINGS. - The newly elected Board of Directors may hold
their first meeting for the purpose of organization and the transaction of
business, if a quorum be present, immediately after the annual meeting of the
stockholders; or the time and place of such meeting may be fixed by consent, in
writing, of all the directors.
Unless restricted by the incorporation document or elsewhere in these
By-laws, 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 similar communications equipment allowing all persons
participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation
by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be scheduled by a
resolution adopted by the Board. The Chairman of the Board or the President or
Secretary may call, and if requested by any two directors, must call a special
meeting of the Board and give five (5) days notice by mail, or two (2) days
notice personally or by telegraph or cable to each director. The Board of
Directors may hold an annual meeting, without notice, immediately after the
annual meeting of shareholders.
SECTION 9. QUORUM. - A majority of the directors shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of the Board there
shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the
meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained, and no further notice
thereof need be given other than by announcement at the meeting which shall be
so adjourned.
SECTION 10. COMPENSATION. - Directors shall not receive any stated
salary for their services as directors or as members of committees, but by
resolution of the Board a fixed fee and expenses of attendance may be allowed
for attendance at each meeting. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to
preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an
officer, agent or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor.
SECTION 11. ACTION 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 prior to such action a written
consent thereto
is signed by all members of the Board, or of such committee as the case may be,
and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board
or committee.
SECTION 12. ELIGIBILITY TO MAKE NOMINATIONS. Nominations of candidates
for election as directors at any meeting of stockholders called for election of
directors (an "Election Meeting") may be made (1) by any stockholder entitled to
vote at such Election Meeting only in accordance with the procedures established
by Section 12 of this Article III, or (2) by the Board of Directors. In order to
be eligible for election as a director, any director nominee must first be
nominated in accordance with the provisions of these By-laws.
SECTION 13. PROCEDURE FOR NOMINATIONS BY STOCKHOLDERS. Any stockholder
entitled to vote for the election of a director at an Election Meeting may
nominate one or more persons for such election only if written notice of such
stockholder's intent to make such nomination is delivered to or mailed and
received by the Secretary of the Corporation. Such notice must be received by
the Secretary not later than the following dates: (1) with respect to an annual
meeting of stockholders, 60 days in advance of such meeting if such meeting is
to be held on a day which is within 30 days preceding the anniversary of the
previous year's annual meeting or 90 days in advance of such meeting if such
meeting is to be held on or after the anniversary of the previous year's annual
meeting; and (2) with respect to any other annual meeting of stockholders or a
special meeting of stockholders, the close of business on the tenth day
following the date of public disclosure of the date of such meeting. (For
purposes of this Section 13 of Article III of these By-laws, public disclosure
shall be deemed to include a disclosure made in a press release reported by a
national news service or in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.) The written notice shall set forth: (i) the name, age,
business address and residence address of each nominee proposed in such notice,
(ii) the principal occupation or employment of each such nominee, (iii) the
number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially
owned by each such nominee, and (iv) such other information concerning each such
nominee as would be required, under the rules of the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election
of such nominee as a director. Such notice shall include a signed consent of
each such nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation, if elected.
SECTION 14. COMPLIANCE WITH PROCEDURES. If the Chair of the Election
Meeting determines that a nomination of any candidate for election as a director
was not made in accordance with the applicable provisions of these By-laws, such
nomination shall be void, provided, however, that nothing in these By-laws shall
be deemed to limit any class voting rights upon the occurrence of dividend
arrearages provided to holders of Preferred Stock.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. OFFICERS. - The officers of the corporation shall be a
President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary, all of whom shall be elected by the
Board of Directors and who shall hold office until their successors are elected
and qualified. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect a Chairman, one or
more Vice-Presidents and such Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as
they may deem proper. None of the officers of the corporation need be directors.
The officers shall be elected at the first meeting of the Board of Directors and
thereafter at each annual meeting. More than two offices may be held by the same
person.
SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICERS AND AGENTS. - The Board of Directors may
appoint such other officers and agents as it may deem advisable, 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.
SECTION 3. CHAIRMAN. - The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one
be elected, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and he shall
have and perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him
by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4. PRESIDENT. - The President shall be the chief executive
officer of the corporation and shall have the general powers and duties of
supervision and management usually vested in the office of the President of a
corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders if present
thereat, and in the absence or non-election of the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall have general
supervision, direction and control of the business of the corporation. Except as
the Board of Directors shall authorize the execution thereof in some other
manner, he shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts on behalf of the
corporation, and shall cause the seal to be affixed to any instrument requiring
it and when so affixed the seal shall be attested by the signature of the
Secretary or the Treasurer or Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer.
SECTION 5. VICE-PRESIDENT. - Each Vice-President shall have such powers
and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the directors.
SECTION 6. TREASURER. - The Treasurer shall have the custody of the
corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate account of
receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation. He shall
deposit all monies and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the
corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.
The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be
ordered by the Board of Directors, or the President, taking proper vouchers for
such disbursements. He shall render to the President and Board of Directors at
the regular meetings of the Board
of Directors, or whenever they may request it, an account of all his
transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If
required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the corporation a bond for the
faithful discharge of his duties in such amount and with such surety as the
Board shall prescribe.
SECTION 7. SECRETARY. - The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given,
notice of all meetings of stockholders and directors, and all other notices
required by the law or by these By-laws, and in the case of his absence or
refusal to neglect to do so, any such notice may be given by any person
thereunto directed by the President, or by the directors, or stockholder, upon
whose requisition the meeting is called as provided in these By-laws. He shall
record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the
directors in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform such other
duties as may be assigned to him by the directors or the President. He shall
have the custody of the seal of the corporation and shall affix the same to all
instruments requiring it, when authorized by the directors or the President, and
attest the same.
SECTION 8. ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. - Assistant
Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries, if any, shall be elected and shall have
such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them,
respectively, by the directors.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 1. CERTIFICATES OF STOCK. - A certificate of stock, signed by
the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, if they be elected,
President or Vice-President, and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or
Secretary or Assistant Secretary, shall be issued to each stockholder certifying
the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. When such certificates are
countersigned (1) by a transfer agent other than the corporation or its
employee, or, (2) by a registrar other than the corporation or its employee, the
signatures of such officers may be facsimiles.
SECTION 2. LOST CERTIFICATES. - A new certificate of stock may be
issued in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation,
alleged to have been lost or destroyed, and the directors may, in their
discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal
representatives, to give the corporation a bond, in such sum as they may direct,
not exceeding double the value of the stock, to indemnify the corporation
against any claim that may be against it on account of the alleged loss of any
such certificate, or the issuance of any such new certificate.
SECTION 3. TRANSFER OF SHARES. - The shares of stock of the corporation
shall be transferable only upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by
their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, and upon such transfer
the old certificate shall be surrendered to the corporation by the delivery
thereof to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers, or
to such other person as the directors may designate, by whom they shall be
cancelled, and new certificates shall
thereupon be issued. A record shall be made of each transfer and whenever a
transfer shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be
so expressed in the entry of the transfer.
SECTION 4. STOCKHOLDERS RECORD DATE. - (a) In order that the
corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at
any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors
may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which
the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. A
determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided,
however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned
meeting.
(b) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders
entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board
of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date
upon which the resolution fixing the record is adopted by the Board of
Directors.
(c) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders
entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment
of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of
any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other
lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date
shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is
adopted.
SECTION 5. DIVIDENDS. - 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 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
directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the corporation.
SECTION 6. SEAL. - The corporate seal shall be circular in form and
shall contain the name of the corporation, the year of its creation and the
words "Corporate Seal, Delaware, 2004". Said seal may be used by causing it or a
facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
SECTION 7. FISCAL YEAR. - The fiscal year of the corporation shall be
determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 8. CHECKS. - 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, agent or agents of the
corporation, and in such manner as shall be determined from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 9. NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE. - Whenever any notice is
required by these By-laws to be given, personal notice is not meant unless
expressly so stated, and any notice so required shall be deemed to be sufficient
if given by depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to the person entitled thereto at his address as it appears on the
records of the corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given
on the day of such mailing. Stockholders not entitled to vote shall not be
entitled to receive notice of any meetings except as otherwise provided by
statute.
Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given under the
provisions of any law, or under the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation of the corporation or these By-laws, a waiver thereof in writing,
signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after
the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENTS
These By-laws may be altered or repealed and By-laws may be
made at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting thereof
if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal of By-law or By-laws to be made
be contained in the notice of such special meeting, by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat; or by
the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, at any regular
meeting of the Board of Directors, or at any special meeting of the Board of
Directors, if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal of By-law or By-laws
to be made, be contained in the notice of such special meeting.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION
No director shall be liable to the corporation or any of its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except with respect to (1) a breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (2) acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3)
liability which may be specifically defined by law or (4) a transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit, it being the intention
of the foregoing provision to eliminate the liability of the corporation's
directors to the corporation or its stockholders to the fullest extent permitted
by law. The
corporation shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law each person
that such law grants the corporation the power to indemnify.