STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS
1. Time and Place ofMeetings. All meetings of stockholders will be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Heron Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), from time to time or, in the absence of a designation by the Board, by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary, and stated in the notice of the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders will not be held at any place, but may instead be held by means of remote communications, subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt from time to time. The Board may cancel or reschedule to an earlier or later date any previously scheduled annual or special meeting of stockholders, except for such special meetings of stockholders called by a stockholder in accordance withBylaw 3.
2. AnnualMeetings. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholders will elect the directors to succeed those directors whose terms expire at such meeting and will transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting in accordance withBylaws 8,9,10 and11.
3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes prescribed in the notice of the meeting, may be called by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or the holders of stock entitled to cast not less thanone-tenth of the votes at the meeting, and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as they or he or she shall fix.
4. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of every meeting of stockholders, stating the place, if any, date and time thereof, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, will be given, in a form permitted byBylaw 27 and by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the “DGCL”), not less than 10 nor more than 60 calendar days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, except as otherwise provided by law. When a meeting is adjourned to another place, date, or time, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the place, if any, date and time thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken;provided,however, that if the adjournment is for more than 30 calendar days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, written notice of the place, if any, date and time thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, must be given in conformity herewith and in accordance with applicable law.
5. Inspectors. The Board will, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Board may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the presiding officer of the meeting will appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.
6. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or in a preferred stock designation, the holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, will constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders for the transaction of business thereat.
7. Voting; Proxies.
(a) General. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), or in a preferred stock designation, each stockholder will be entitled at every meeting of stockholders to one vote for each share of stock having voting power standing in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Company on the record date for purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to
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