former directors and officers employees or agents of the Corporation may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
Section 4.6 Indemnification Not Exclusive. The provision of indemnification to, or the advancement of expenses and costs to, any person under this Article, or the entitlement of any person to indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs under this Article, shall not limit or restrict in any way the power of the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses and costs to such person in any other way permitted by law or be deemed exclusive of, or invalidate, any right to which any person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs may be entitled under any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's capacity as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Corporation and as to action to any other capacity while holding any such position.
Section 4.7 Accrual of Claims; Successors. The indemnification provided or permitted under this Article shall apply in respect of any expense, cost, judgment, fine, penalty or amount paid in settlement, whether or not the claim or cause of action in respect thereof accrued or arose before or after the effective date of this Article. The right of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to indemnification under this Article shall continue after he shall have ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, distributes, executors, administrators and other legal representatives of such person.
Section 4.8 Corporate Obligations; Reliance. This Article shall be deemed to create a binding obligation on the part of the Corporation to its current and former officers, directors, employees and agents and their heirs, distributes, executors, administrators and other legal representatives, and such persons in acting in such capacities shall be entitled to rely on the provisions of this Article, without giving notice thereof to the Corporation.
Section 4.9 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of, or to represent the interests of, the Corporation as a Subsidiary Officer of any Affiliated Entity, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article or applicable law.
Section 4.10 Definitions of Certain Terms. (a) For purposes of this Article, references to "the Corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its corporate existence had continued, would have been permitted under applicable law to indemnify its directors, officers employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request, or to represent the interests of, such
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constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of any Affiliated Entity shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Article, references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; references to "serving at the request of the Corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, fiduciary, employee or agent-with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries: and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation" as referred to in this Article.
Section 4.11 Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article IV shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE V
Officers
Section 5.1 Principal Officers. The principal officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, one or more Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, each of whom shall have the authority to perform the duties provided in these By-Laws and such other duties, and may have such other authority and powers, as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or as the Chairman of the Board may from time to time delegate. One person may hold two or more offices, except that the Secretary may not also hold the office of President.
Section 5.2 Subordinate Officers. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, one or more Vice Chairmen, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require, each of whom shall have the authority and perform the duties as may be provided in these By-Laws or as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.
Section 5.3 Appointment of the Corporation's Officers. The Board of Directors shall appoint the officers of the Corporation, each such officer to hold his office until the earlier of his death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Thereafter, the Board of Directors may, from time to time, appoint other officers of the
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Corporation to fill a vacancy in any office or otherwise, each such officer to hold his office until the earlier of his death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.
Section 5.4 Removal and Resignation. (a) Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors or by a majority of the directors at the time in office, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.
(b) Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 5.5 Chairman of the Board. (a) The Chairman of the Board shall, subject to the ultimate direction of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation.
(b) The Chairman of the Board shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation.
(c) The Chairman of the Board shall provide the general and active management of the business operations of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.
(d) The Chairman of the Board shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.
Section 5.6 President. (a) A President, unless a Chairman of the Board is elected by the Board of Directors, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of stockholders or directors.
Section 5.7 Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, the minute book of the Corporation at the principal executive office of the Corporation, or such other place as the Board of Directors may order, of all meetings of stockholders, the Board of Directors and its committees, with the time and place of holding, whether regular or special and if special, how authorized and the notice thereof given, the names of those present at Board of Directors and committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at stockholders' meetings and the proceedings thereof.
(b) The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at the office of the Corporation's transfer agent, a share register, or a
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duplicate share register, showing the names of the stockholders and their addresses; the number and classes of shares held by each; the number and date of certificates issued for the same; and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
Section 5.8 Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall deposit or cause the deposit of all monies and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.
(b) The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements of the Corporation.
(c) The Treasurer shall be responsible for effecting the properly authorized disbursement of funds of the Corporation and shall provide appropriate and timely accounting of his transactions as Treasurer to the Chairman of the Board and to the Board of Directors.
(d) The Treasurer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, additional paid-in capital and retained earnings. Capital and additional paid-in capital shall be classified according to source and shown in separate accounts.
(e) The Treasurer shall provide appropriate and timely reports on the financial condition of and the results of operations of the Corporation to the Chairman of the Board and to the Board of Directors.
Section 5.9 Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents, if any, shall exercise and perform such powers and duties with respect to the administration of the business affairs and operations of the Corporation as may from time to time be assigned to each of them by the Chairman of the Board, a President or the Board of Directors, or if not ranked, a Vice President designated by the Board of Directors, may perform all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board and when so acting shall have all of the powers of and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the Chairman of the Board.
Section 5.10 Assistant Secretaries. The Assistant Secretaries, if any, may, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform all of the duties of the Secretary and when so acting shall have all of the powers of and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the Secretary.
Section 5.11 Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Treasurers, if any, may, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform all of the duties of the Treasurer and when so acting shall have all of the powers of and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the Treasurer.
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Section 5.12 Compensation. The compensation, if any, of the officers and agents shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
Amendments
Section 6.1 By-Laws. These By-Laws may be altered or repealed, and new By-Laws adopted by the Board of Directors, but the stockholders may make additional By-Laws and may alter and repeal any By-Laws whether adopted by them or otherwise.
ARTICLE VII
General Provisions
Section 7.1 Seal. The Board of Directors shall adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation and words and figures showing that the Corporation was incorporated in the State of Delaware and the date of incorporation.
Section 7.2 Method. Whenever by statute, the Certificate, these By-Laws, or otherwise, notice is required to be given to a director, committee member or stockholder, and no provision is made as to how the notice shall be given, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but any such notice may be given: (a) in writing by mail, first-class postage prepaid, addressed to the director, committee member, or stockholder and the address appearing on the books of the Corporation; (b) facsimile transmission; or (c) in any other method permitted by law. Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be deemed given at the time when the same is deposited in accordance with the terms of this Section in the United States mails.
Section 7.3 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-Laws or the Certificate or by law, the person entitled to said notice may waive such notice in writing, either before or after the time stated herein, and such waiver shall be deemed equivalent to notice.
Section 7.4 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the 30th day of September in each year.
Section 7.5 Construction. Whenever the context so requires, the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and the singular shall include the plural, and conversely. If any portion of these By-Laws shall be invalid or inoperative, then, so far as is reasonable and possible: (a) the remainder of these By-Laws shall be
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considered valid and operative; and (b) effect shall be given to the intent manifested by the portion held invalid or inoperative.
Section 7.6 Headings. The headings set forth in these By-Laws are for organization, convenience and clarity. In interpreting these By-Laws, they shall be subordinated in importance to other written material.
Section 7.7 Relation to the Certificate of Incorporation. These By-Laws are subject to, and governed by the Certificate and any written agreement by a majority in interest of the stockholders filed with the Corporation at its principal place of business.
Section 7.8 Form of Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be kept on, or be in the form of, punch cards, magnetic tape, diskettes, hard disk drives, photographs, microphotographs, or any other information storage device, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible form within a reasonable time.
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