not, with respect to stockholder meetings, be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, or, with respect to stockholder consents, more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors.
(b) If the Board of Directors does not fix a record date, the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be as of the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice of such meeting is given, or, if notice is waived as provided herein, on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, where no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the close of business day on which the first signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation. The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day the resolution of the Board of Directors relating thereto is adopted.
5.6
Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President or any director. Written notice of any special meeting, specifying the time and place of the meeting and, at the option of the person calling the meeting, the purpose of the meeting, shall be given to each director at least two (2) days prior thereto. Such notice may be delivered by facsimile transmission.
5.7
Notice of Meeting; Waiver of Notice. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place as shall be designated in the notice of meetings. Notice of any meeting need not be given to any director who signs a waiver of notice before or after the meeting.
5.8
Quorum. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors.
5.9
Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken pursuant to authorization voted at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to such action, all of the directors consent thereto in writing. Such written consents may be executed in counterparts, and shall be filed with the minutes of the Corporation.
5.10
Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors, including a vacancy caused by an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors, even though less than a quorum.
ARTICLE VI – OFFICERS
6.1
Election. At its regular meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall elect a President, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and such other officers or agents as it shall deem necessary or desirable. One person may hold two or more offices. Any officer may be removed by the Board of Directors with or without cause at any time.
6.2
Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring among the officers, however caused, may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
6.3
President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, all other officers shall be subject to the authority and supervision of the President. The President may enter into and execute, in the name of the Corporation, contracts or other instruments in the regular course of business, or contracts or other instruments not in the regular course of business which are authorized, either generally or specifically, by the Board of Directors. The President shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of the President of a corporation.
6.4
Vice President. If any are elected, the Vice President(s) shall perform such duties
and have such authority as may be delegated to them from time to time by the President or by the Board of Directors. In the absence of the President or in the event of his death, inability, or refusal to act, the Vice President(s), in order assigned, shall perform the duties and be vested with the authority of the President.
6.5
Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation, shall keep regular books of account for the corporation and shall perform such other duties and possess such other powers as are incident to the office of treasurer or as shall be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.
6.6
Secretary. The Secretary shall cause notices of all meetings to be served as prescribed in these by-laws or by statute, shall keep or cause to be kept the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, shall have charge of the corporate records and seal of the corporation and shall keep a register of the post office address of each stockholder. The Secretary shall perform such other duties as are consistent with the office of Secretary or as assigned by the President or the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VII – EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS
7.1
Commercial Paper. All checks, notes, drafts and other commercial paper of the Corporation shall be signed by the President or any Vice President of the Corporation or by such other person or persons as the board of Directors may from time to time designate.
7.2
Other Instruments. All contracts, deeds, mortgages and other documents and instruments shall be executed by the President or any Vice President of the Corporation, and, if deemed necessary or advisable, by the Secretary, or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
ARTICLE VIII – FISCAL YEAR
8.1
Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the same as the calendar year unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise direct.
ARTICLE IX – CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES OF STOCK
9.1
Execution. Certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and shall be executed by the President or Vice President and by the Secretary or the Treasurer, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise direct.
9.2
Fixing Record Date. For the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to or dissent from any proposal without any meeting or for the purpose of
determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or allotment of any right, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other purpose, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders. Such date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action.
ARTICLE X – DIVIDENDS
10.1
Dividends. The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the corporation may pay dividends or make other distributions on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or by statute.
ARTICLE XI – INDEMNIFIATION
11.1
Indemnification. Any corporate agent shall be indemnified by the Corporation to the full extent permitted by law in connection with any proceeding involving the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been such a corporate agent. Any corporate agent may be insured by insurance purchased by and maintained by the Corporation against any expenses incurred in any proceeding and any liability asserted against him in his capacity as corporate agent, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability.
11.2
Definitions. For purposes of this Article XI, the following definitions shall apply:
(a). “Corporate Agent” shall mean any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or any constituent corporation absorbed by the Corporation in consolidation or merger on any person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of any other enterprise, serving as such constituent corporation, or the legal representative of any such director, officer, trustee, employee or agent. Furthermore, any corporate agent also serving as a “fiduciary” of an employee benefit plan governed by the Act of Congress entitled “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974” (ERISA) as amended from time to time, shall serve in such capacity as a corporate agent, if the Corporation shall have requested any such person to serve. The Corporation shall be deemed to have requested such person to serve as fiduciary of any employee benefit plan, only where the performance of such person of his duties to the Corporation also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by , such person to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan.
(b). “Other Enterprises” shall mean any domestic or foreign corporation other than the Corporation, and any partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust or other enterprise (including employee benefit plans governed by ERISA), whether or not for profit served by a corporate agent.
ARTICLE XII – LOANS TO AND GUARANTEES OF OBLIGATIONS OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
12.1
Loans to Guarantees. The Corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist, any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation or of any subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guarantee or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the Corporation. Such loan, guarantee or assistance must be authorized by a majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any such loan, guarantee or other assistance may be made with or without interest, and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including without limitation, a pledge of shares of the Corporation, and may be made upon such other terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may determine.
ARTICLE XIII – AMENDMENTS
13.1
Amendments. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new by-laws may be adopted by a majority of the votes cast at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, if notice of the proposed alteration or amendment be contained in the notice of meeting, or by a majority of the Board of Directors, unless the resolution of the stockholders adopting the by-laws expressly reserves to the stockholders the right to amend it, at a regular meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose.