HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT COMPANY
AMENDED AND RESTATEDBY-LAWS
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
As used in theseBy-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:
1.1 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
1.2 “By-Laws” means theBy-Laws of the Corporation, as in effect from time to time.
1.3 “Certificate of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (including any certificates of designations), as amended or restated from time to time.
1.4 “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
1.5 “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.
1.6 “Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor governmental agency.
1.7 “Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.
1.8 “Control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
1.9 “Corporation” means Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company.
1.10 “DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended.
1.11 “Derivative” has the meaning set forth inSection 2.2(D)(iii).
1.12 “Directors” means the directors of the Corporation.
1.13 “electronic transmission” has the meaning set forth in Section 232 of the DGCL.
1.14 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor law or statute.
1.15 “law” means any U.S. ornon-U.S., federal, state or local law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated