claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other Persons, whether or not it has actual or other notice thereof, except as provided by law.
other institution) and for such loans and advances may make, execute and deliver promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, and, when authorized as aforesaid, as security for the payment of any and all loans and advances may make, execute and deliver promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness and liabilities of the Corporation, may mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or transfer any real or personal property at any time owned or held by the Corporation, and to that end execute instruments of mortgage or pledge or otherwise transfer such property.
SECTION 3.Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts, bills of exchange or other orders for the payment of money, obligations, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, bills of lading, warehouse receipts and insurance certificates of the Corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, the President and Chief Operating Officer or such other Executive Officer or Other Officer, agent, attorney, or employee of the Corporation as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer or the President and Chief Operating Officer.
SECTION 4.Proxies in Respect of Securities of Other Corporations. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, the President and Chief Operating Officer and such other Executive or Other Officers as are designated by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer or the President and Chief Operating Officer are authorized to vote by casting a ballot in person or by voting by proxy on behalf of the Corporation the shares owned by the Corporation of the stock or other securities in any other Corporation at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporation, or to consent in writing, in the name of the Corporation as such holder, to any action by such other corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
Indemnification
The Corporation shall, and by reason of the enactment of this By-Law hereby does, indemnify each and every individual (including his or her heirs, executors and assigns) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, Executive Officer or Other Officer of the Corporation, or, while a director, Executive Officer or Other Officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter as “Indemnitee”), against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent that it has the power to do so under Delaware Law. Such indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation or under any agreement, contract of insurance, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, or of the broader power of the Corporation to indemnify a director, Executive Officer, Other Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation as authorized by Delaware Law.
ARTICLE IX
Definitions
For purposes of these By-Laws, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Certificate of Incorporation” shall mean the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as from time to time amended.
“Corporation” shall mean Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc.
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“Delaware Law” shall mean the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.
“Executive Officers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 of Article V of these By-Laws.
“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 of Article VIII of these By-Laws.
“Other Officer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2 of Article V of these By-Laws.
“Person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other entity.
“Proceeding” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 of Article VIII of these By-Laws.
“Voting Shares” shall mean any issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
SECTION 1.Books and Records. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. The stock record books and the blank stock certificate books shall be kept by the Secretary or by any other officer or agent designated by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2.Dividends and Reserves. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may determine whether any, and, if any, what part of the net profits of the Corporation, or of its net assets in excess of its capital, available therefor pursuant to law and the Certificate of Incorporation, shall be declared by it as dividends on the stock of the Corporation. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, in lieu of declaring any such dividend, may use and apply any of such net profits or net assets as a reserve for working capital, to meet contingencies, for the purpose of maintaining or increasing the property or business of the Corporation or for any other lawful purpose which it may think conducive to the best interests of the Corporation.
SECTION 3.Seal. The corporate seal of the Corporation shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation and the year and state of its incorporation.
SECTION 4.Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the Sunday that is closest to December 31 of each year unless the Board of Directors shall determine otherwise.
ARTICLE XI
Amendments
All By-laws of the Corporation shall be subject to alteration, amendment or repeal, in whole or in part, and new By-laws not inconsistent with Delaware law or any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation may be made by a vote of two-thirds of the entire Board of Directors that would be in office if no vacancy existed, whether or not present at a meeting;provided,however, that any By-laws made, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors may be amended or repealed, and any By-laws may be made, by the stockholders of the Corporation by vote of a majority of the holders of shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Corporation.
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