Texas Business Corporation Act, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to consent to action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors adopts a resolution taking such prior action.
which the Texas Business Corporation Act authorizes the omission of such notice.
- VOTING LIST. The officer or agent having charge of the share transfer records for shares of the corporation shall make, at least ten days before each meeting of share-holders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of, and the number of shares held by, each. The list shall be kept on file at the registered office or principal place of business of the corporation in the State of Texas for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share transfer records shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or share transfer records or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.
- CONDUCT OF MEETING. Meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by one of the following officers in the order of seniority and if present and acting the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Vice-Chairman of the Board, if any, the President, a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is in office and present and acting, by a chairman to be chosen by the shareholders. The Secretary of the corporation, or in his absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but, if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the Chairman of the meeting shall appoint a secretary of the meeting.
- PROXY REPRESENTATION. Every shareholder may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy in all matters in which a shareholder is entitled to participate, whether for the purposes of determining his presence at a meeting, or whether by waiving notice of any meeting, voting or participating at a meeting, or expressing consent or dissent without a meeting, or otherwise. Every proxy shall be executed in writing by the shareholder. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
- INSPECTORS - APPOINTMENT. The directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares rep-resented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots, or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots, or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting or any shareholder, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by him or them and execute a certificate of any fact found by him or them.
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- QUORUM. With respect to any meeting of shareholders, a quorum shall be present for any matter to be presented at that meeting if the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at the meeting are represented at the meeting in person or by proxy. Once a quorum is present at a meeting of shareholders, the shareholders represented in person or by proxy at the meeting may conduct such business as may properly be brought before the meeting until it is adjourned, and the subsequent withdrawal from the meeting of any shareholder or the refusal of any shareholder represented in person or by proxy to vote shall not affect the presence of a quorum at the meeting. The shareholders represented in person or by proxy at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is not present may adjourn the meeting until such time and to such place as may be determined by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy at that meeting.
- VOTING. Shareholders shall not be entitled to cumulate their votes in the election of directors. In the election of directors, a plurality of the votes cast shall elect. Except as the Texas Business Corporation Act, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws may otherwise provide, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on and that voted for or against or expressly abstained with respect to that matter at a meeting of shareholders at which quorum is present shall be the act of the shareholders.
7. INFORMAL ACTION. Any action required by the Texas Business Corporation Act to be taken at a meeting of shareholders, and any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote pursuant to the provisions of Article 9.10 of the Texas Business Corporation Act.
Subject to the provisions required or permitted by the Texas Business Corporation Act for notice of meetings, shareholders may participate in and hold a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this paragraph shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1. FUNCTIONS GENERALLY. The powers of the corporation shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed under the direction of, a Board of Directors.
2. QUALIFICATIONS AND NUMBER. A director need not be a shareholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Texas. The initial Board of Directors shall consist of one person, which is the number of directors fixed in the Articles of Incorporation, and which shall be the fixed number of directors until changed. The number of directors may be increased or decreased by an amendment to these Bylaws or by other action of the directors or the shareholders, but no decrease in the number of directors shall have the effect
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of shortening the term of any incumbent director. The number of directors shall never be less than one. The full Board of Directors shall consist of the number of directors fixed herein.
3. ELECTION AND TERM. The initial Board of Directors shall consist of the directors named in the Articles of Incorporation and shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified. Thereafter, directors who are elected at an annual meeting of shareholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified. In the interim between annual meetings of share-holders or of special meetings of shareholders called for the election of directors, any vacancies in the Board of Directors, including vacancies resulting from the removal of directors by the shareholders but which are not filled by said shareholders, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remain-ing directors, although less than a quorum exists. Subject to any limitations imposed by Article 2.34 of the Texas Business Corporation Act, any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by election at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose.
- TIME. Meetings shall be held at such time as the Board shall fix, except that the first meeting of a newly elec-ted Board shall be held as soon after its election as the di-rectors may conveniently assemble.
- PLACE. Meetings shall be held at such place within or without the State of Texas as shall be fixed by the Board.
- CALL. No call shall be required for regular meet-ings for which the time and place have been fixed. Special meetings may be called by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Vice-Chairman of the Board, if any, of the President, or of a majority of the directors in office.
- NOTICE OR ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE WAIVER. No notice shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been fixed. Written, oral, or any other mode of notice of the time and place shall be given for special meet-ings in sufficient time for the convenient assembly of the directors thereat. The notice of any meeting need not specify the business to be transacted or the purpose of the meeting. Any requirement of furnishing a notice shall be waived by any director who signs a waiver of notice before or after the meeting. Attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except where the director at-tends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
- QUORUM AND ACTION. A majority of the full Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum unless a different number or portion is required by law. Except as herein otherwise provided, and except as may be otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, the act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
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- CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the following persons in the order of seniority and if present and acting - the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Vice-Chairman of the Board, if any, the President, or any other director chosen by the Board.
5. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. The entire Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office in conformance with the provisions of Article 2.32 of the Texas Business Corporation Act.
6. COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors, may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board, designate from among its members one or more committees, each of which shall be comprised of one or more of its members, and may designate one or more of its members as alternate members of any committee, who may, subject to any limitations imposed by the Board, replace absent or disqualified members at any meeting of that committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors except such authority as may not be delegated under the Texas Business Corporation Act.
7. INFORMAL ACTION. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of directors or of any committee, if any, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be.
Subject to the provisions required or permitted by the Texas Business Corporation Act for notice of meetings, members of the Board of Directors, or members of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in and hold a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this paragraph shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
The corporation shall have a President and a Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors at such time and in such manner as the Board may deem appropriate. The corporation may have such other officers, including assistant officers, and agents as may be deemed necessary, each or any of whom may be elected or appointed by the directors or may be chosen in such manner as the directors shall determine. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
Unless otherwise provided in the resolution of election or appointment, each officer shall hold office until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor has been elected and qualified.
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The officers and agents of the corporation shall have the authority and perform the duties in the management of the corporation as determined by the resolution electing or appointing them, as the case may be.
The Board of Directors may remove any officer or agent whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby.
ARTICLE IV
REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT - SHAREHOLDERS RECORD
The address of the initial registered office of the corporation and the name of the initial registered agent of the corporation are set forth in the original Articles of Incorporation.
The corporation shall keep at its registered office in the State of Texas or at its principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, if any, a record of its shareholders, as prescribed by Article 2.44 of the Texas Business Corporation Act and shall keep on file at said registered office the voting list of shareholders for a period of at least ten days prior to any meeting of share-holders.
ARTICLE V
CORPORATE SEAL
The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the Board of Directors shall determine or the law require.
ARTICLE VI
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VII
CONTROL OVER BYLAWS
After the adoption of the initial Bylaws by the initial Board of Directors, the Board of Directors may amend or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws except as otherwise provided by Article 2.23 of the Texas Business Corporation Act or any other applicable provision of law.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Bylaws of CI Sell Cars, Inc., a corporation of the State of Texas, as in effect on the date hereof.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the corporation. |
Dated: October 11, 2005
/s/ Yvette Hunsinger | |
| Yvette Hunsinger | |
| Secretary of Cruisestock, Inc. |
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