SECTION 6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman, Lead Director, President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary or by any two (2) of the directors then in office.
SECTION 7. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or purposes of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mail, personal delivery, electronic transmission or telephone at least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting;provided,however, if notice is sent by United States Mail, it shall be deposited in the United States Mail at least five (5) days before the meeting. Notice shall be deemed to be given at the time of mailing. Notice need not be given to any director who waives such notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to him.
SECTION 8. Chairman of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or in Section 9 of this Article II, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 9. Lead Director. At any time, a Lead Director may be selected by the independent directors (within the meaning of the listing standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market or the principal stock exchange on which the Corporation’s stock is listed). If the Chairman of the Board of Directors is not present or has a conflict, the Lead Director shall chair meetings of the Board of Directors. The Lead Director shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned to the Lead Director by these Bylaws or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 10. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, or if none or in the Chairman’s absence or inability to act, the Lead Director, or if none or in the Lead Director’s absence or inability to act, the Chief Executive Officer if also a member of the Board of Directors, or in the Chief Executive Officer’s absence or inability to act, any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or if none or in such Vice-President’s absence or inability to act, a chairman chosen by the directors shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors when present, and, in the Secretary’s absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary.
SECTION 11. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon notice to the Corporation and, except for a resignation tendered pursuant to Section 8(b) of Article I, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Chief Executive Officer or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation.
SECTION 12. Vacancies. Subject to applicable law and the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to such series of Preferred Stock, if any outstanding, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may only be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office,provided, that a quorum is present, unless the Board of Directors determines that such directorships should be filled by the affirmative vote of the stockholders of record of at least a majority of the Voting Stock, and any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause may only be filled by the majority vote of
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