Exhibit 3.4
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
NEENAH ENTERPRISES, INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
(adopted by the Board of Directors on July 26, 2007, effective as of August 3, 2007)
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ARTICLE I CORPORATE OFFICES | 1 | |||
Section 1.1 Registered Office | 1 | |||
Section 1.2 Other Offices | 1 | |||
ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS | 1 | |||
Section 2.1 Annual Meetings | 1 | |||
Section 2.2 Special Meetings | 1 | |||
Section 2.3 Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings | 1 | |||
Section 2.4 Organization | 3 | |||
Section 2.5 List of Stockholders | 3 | |||
Section 2.6 Quorum | 3 | |||
Section 2.7 Adjourned Meeting | 4 | |||
Section 2.8 Voting | 5 | |||
Section 2.9 Proxies | 5 | |||
Section 2.10 Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees for Director and Other Stockholder Proposals | 5 | |||
Section 2.11 Inspectors of Election; Opening and Closing the Polls | 8 | |||
Section 2.12 Meetings by Remote Communications | 9 | |||
ARTICLE III DIRECTORS | 9 | |||
Section 3.1 Powers | 9 | |||
Section 3.2 Number; Election; Term of Office | 9 | |||
Section 3.3 Vacancies | 10 | |||
Section 3.4 Resignations and Removal | 10 | |||
Section 3.5 Regular Meetings | 10 | |||
Section 3.6 Special Meetings | 11 | |||
Section 3.7 Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone | 11 | |||
Section 3.8 Quorum | 11 | |||
Section 3.9 Action by Directors Without a Meeting | 11 | |||
Section 3.10 Rules and Regulations | 11 | |||
Section 3.11 Fees and Compensation of Directors | 12 | |||
Section 3.12 Emergency Bylaws | 12 |
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ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES | 12 | |||
Section 4.1 Committees of the Board of Directors | 12 | |||
Section 4.2 Meetings and Action of Committees | 12 | |||
ARTICLE V OFFICERS | 13 | |||
Section 5.1 Officers | 13 | |||
Section 5.2 Compensation | 13 | |||
Section 5.3 Removal, Resignation and Vacancies | 13 | |||
Section 5.4 Chairman of the Board/Executive Chairman | 13 | |||
Section 5.5 Chief Executive Officer | 14 | |||
Section 5.6 Chief Financial Officer | 14 | |||
Section 5.7 President | 14 | |||
Section 5.8 Vice Presidents | 14 | |||
Section 5.9 Treasurer | 14 | |||
Section 5.10 Secretary | 14 | |||
Section 5.11 Assistant Officers | 15 | |||
Section 5.12 Checks; Drafts; Evidences of Indebtedness | 15 | |||
Section 5.13 Corporate Contracts and Instruments; How Executed | 15 | |||
Section 5.14 Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations | 15 | |||
ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION | 15 | |||
Section 6.1 Right to Indemnification | 15 | |||
Section 6.2 Right to Advancement of Expenses | 16 | |||
Section 6.3 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit | 16 | |||
Section 6.4 Non-Exclusivity of Rights | 17 | |||
Section 6.5 Insurance | 17 | |||
Section 6.6 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation | 17 | |||
Section 6.7 Nature of Rights | 17 | |||
Section 6.8 Settlement of Claims | 17 | |||
Section 6.9 Subrogation | 18 |
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ARTICLE VII CAPITAL STOCK | 18 | |||
Section 7.1 Stock Certificates | 18 | |||
Section 7.2 Special Designation on Certificates | 18 | |||
Section 7.3 Transfers of Stock | 18 | |||
Section 7.4 Lost Certificates | 19 | |||
Section 7.5 Addresses of Stockholders | 19 | |||
Section 7.6 Registered Stockholders | 19 | |||
Section 7.7 Record Date for Determining Stockholders | 19 | |||
Section 7.8 Regulations | 20 | |||
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL MATTERS | 20 | |||
Section 8.1 Fiscal Year | 20 | |||
Section 8.2 Facsimile Signatures | 20 | |||
Section 8.3 Corporate Seal | 20 | |||
Section 8.4 Maintenance and Inspection of Records | 20 | |||
Section 8.5 Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records | 20 | |||
Section 8.6 Time Periods | 21 | |||
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS | 21 | |||
Section 9.1 Amendments | 21 |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
NEENAH ENTERPRISES, INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE OFFICES
Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation shall be fixed in the certificate of incorporation of the corporation, as amended from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).
Section 1.2 Other Offices. The corporation may also have an office or offices, and keep the books and records of the corporation, except as may otherwise be required by law, at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 2.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders, for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, if any, on such date, and at such time as may be determined by the board of directors.
Section 2.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called only as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and shall be held at such place, if any, on such date and at such time as is set forth in the notice of meeting.
Section 2.3 Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings.
(a) Notice of the place, if any, date, and time of all meetings of the stockholders, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date on which the meeting is to be held to each
stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law. Each such notice shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice may be given personally, by mail or by electronic transmission in accordance with Section 232 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). If mailed, such notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to each stockholder at such stockholder’s address appearing on the books of the corporation or given by the stockholder for such purpose. Notice by electronic transmission shall be deemed given as provided in Section 232 of the DGCL. An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any stockholders’ meeting, executed by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any transfer agent of the corporation giving the notice, shall be prima facie evidence of the giving of such notice. Notice shall be deemed to have been given to all stockholders of record who share an address if notice is given in accordance with the “householding” rules set forth in Rule 14a-3(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Section 233 of the DGCL.
(b) When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, 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 proxyholders 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 date of any adjourned meeting is more than thirty (30) days after the date for which the meeting was originally called, or if a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the place, if any, date, and time of the adjourned meeting and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting shall be given in conformity herewith. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
(c) Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, either before or after the meeting, and to the extent permitted by law, will be waived by any stockholder by attendance thereat, in person or by proxy, except when the person objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
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Section 2.4 Organization.
(a) Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by a person designated by the board of directors, or in the absence of a person so designated by the board of directors, by a chairman chosen at the meeting by the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy. The Secretary, or in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, a person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint, shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep a record of the proceedings thereof.
(b) The board of directors shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the board of directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for each item upon which a vote is to be taken.
Section 2.5 List of Stockholders. A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in such stockholder’s name, shall be prepared by the Secretary or other officer having charge of the stock ledger and shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting in the manner provided by law. The stock list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting as provided by law. Such list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to examine the list required by this Section 2.5.
Section 2.6 Quorum. At any meeting of stockholders, the holders of a majority in voting power of all issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business;
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provided, that where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, the holders of a majority in voting power of all issued and outstanding stock of such class or classes or series entitled to vote on such matter, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to such matter. If a quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, then the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in accordance with Section 2.7, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented. If a quorum initially is present at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum, but if a quorum is not present at least initially, no business other than adjournment may be transacted.
Section 2.7 Adjourned Meeting. Any annual or special meeting of stockholders, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned for any reason from time to time by either the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum may be present, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
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Section 2.8 Voting. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware establishing the terms of a class or series of preferred stock), each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot unless so directed by the chairman of the meeting or the board of directors. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. In all other matters, unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the corporation or pursuant to any other regulation applicable to the corporation or its stockholders, at each meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present, all corporate actions to be taken by the vote of the stockholders shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter. Where a separate vote by class or classes of stock or series thereof is required (by the provisions of any certificate filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware establishing the terms of a class or series, or otherwise), if a quorum of such class or classes or series is present at the meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority (or, in the case of an election of directors, a plurality) in voting power of such class or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of such class or classes or series, except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
Section 2.9 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy in any manner that is authorized by the DGCL, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power, regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary.
Section 2.10 Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees for Director and Other Stockholder Proposals.
(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (a) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the board of directors, or (c) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided
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for in this Section 2.10, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.10.
(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 2.10(A)(1)(c), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (which anniversary date, in the case of the 2008 annual meeting, shall be deemed to be January 25, 2008); provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act and Schedule 14A thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and all information relating to such person’s independence and transactions with the corporation, its other directors and such stockholder as may be required by law, by the independence requirements of any exchange on which the corporation’s securities are listed or by the corporation’s public policies or corporate governance guidelines; (ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (x) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner and (y) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner. The proposal shall also include a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the independence and eligibility of the proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation.
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(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 2.10(A)(2) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the board of directors of the corporation is increased and there is no public announcement by the corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased board of directors at least seventy (70) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.10 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation.
(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting (a) by or at the direction of the board of directors or (b) provided that the board of directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 2.10, who shall be entitled to vote upon such election at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.10. In the event a special meeting of stockholders is properly called for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the board of directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by Section 2.10(A)(2) shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the board of directors or proposed by any stockholder or group of stockholders requesting such special meeting to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.
(C) General.
(1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.10 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.10. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or
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proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.10 and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 2.10, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.10, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.10, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing executed by the stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(2) For purposes of this Section 2.10, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.10, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.10. Nothing in this Section 2.10 shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors under specified circumstances.
Section 2.11 Inspectors of Election; Opening and Closing the Polls. Prior to any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any other officer designated by the board of directors shall appoint one or more inspectors, who shall have the powers and duties set forth in Section 231 of the DGCL as currently in effect or as the same may hereafter be amended or replaced, which inspectors may include individuals who serve the corporation in other capacities, including, without limitation, as officers, employees, agents or representatives, to act at such meeting and make a written report thereof and may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate has been appointed to act or is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before discharging his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall have the duties prescribed by law. The chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce at the meeting the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting.
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Section 2.12 Meetings by Remote Communications. The board of directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the DGCL. If authorized by the board of directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the board of directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication (a) participate in a meeting of stockholders and (b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (i) the corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder; (ii) the corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and (iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the corporation.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 3.1 Powers. Subject to the provisions of the DGCL and to any limitations in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the board of directors. In addition to the powers and authorities these Bylaws expressly confer upon them, the board of directors may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 3.2 Number; Election; Term of Office. As provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed from time to time solely by the board of directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by the vote of a majority of the directors then in office at a meeting at which a quorum is present, and may not be fixed by any other person or persons, provided that the number of directors shall be no less than three and no more than nine (plus such number of directors, if any, as may be elected from time to time pursuant to the terms of any preferred stock that may be issued and outstanding from time to time). Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or applicable law, the directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, wherein other qualifications for directors may be prescribed.
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Section 3.3 Vacancies. Any vacancy on the board of directors resulting from death, retirement, resignation, disqualification or removal from office or other cause, as well as any vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors which occurs between annual meetings of the stockholders at which directors are elected, shall be filled only by a majority vote of the remaining directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director (and not by the stockholders, unless there shall be no remaining directors). The directors chosen to fill vacancies shall hold office for a term expiring at the end of the next annual meeting of stockholders, but shall continue to serve despite the expiration of the director’s term until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the board of directors shall shorten or eliminate the term of any incumbent director. Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled by the Certificate of Incorporation to elect one or more directors, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by, and only by, a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series then in office, or by the sole remaining director so elected. If the office of any director becomes vacant and there are no remaining directors, the stockholders, by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares constituting a majority of the voting power of the corporation entitled to vote in the election of such director, at an annual meeting or a special meeting called for such purpose, may appoint any qualified person to fill such vacancy.
Section 3.4 Resignations and Removal.
(a) Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein (and if no time is specified, at the time of its receipt by the board of directors) and unless otherwise specified therein no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make it effective.
(b) Unless otherwise restricted by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, and subject to the notice requirements in Section 2.10 of these Bylaws, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, by the holders of a majority in voting power of all issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote at an election of directors.
Section 3.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such place or places, on such date or dates and at such time or times, as shall have been established by the board of directors and publicized among all directors; provided that no fewer than one regular meeting per year shall be held. A notice of each regular meeting shall not be required.
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Section 3.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the board of directors may fix the place and time of such meetings. Notice of each such meeting shall be given to each director, if by mail, addressed to such director at his or her residence or usual place of business, at least five (5) days before the day on which such meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to such director at such place by telecopy, telegraph, electronic transmission or other form of recorded communication, or be delivered personally or by telephone, in each case at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time set for such meeting. Notice of any meeting need not be given to any director who shall, either before or after the meeting, submit a waiver of such notice or who shall attend such meeting without protesting, prior to or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such director. A notice of special meeting need not state the purpose of such meeting, and, unless indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.
Section 3.7 Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone. Members of the board of directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of such board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 3.8 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the authorized number of directors fixed in accordance with Section 3.2 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors, and the vote of a majority of the directors present at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the board of directors. The chairman of the meeting or a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting to another time and place whether or not a quorum is present. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
Section 3.9 Action by Directors Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, provided that all members of the board of directors or of such committee, as the case may be, consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee, as applicable. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the board of directors or committee, as the case may be.
Section 3.10 Rules and Regulations. The board of directors shall adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of law, the Certificate of
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Incorporation or these Bylaws for the conduct of its meetings and management of the affairs of the corporation as the board of directors shall deem proper.
Section 3.11 Fees and Compensation of Directors. Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services and such reimbursement of expenses as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the board of directors. This Section 3.11 shall not be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee or otherwise and receiving compensation for those services.
Section 3.12 Emergency Bylaws. In the event of any emergency, disaster or catastrophe, as referred to in Section 110 of the DGCL, or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the board of directors or a standing committee of the board of directors cannot readily be convened for action, then the director or directors in attendance at the meeting shall constitute a quorum. Such director or directors in attendance may further take action to appoint one or more of themselves or other directors to membership on any standing or temporary committees of the board of directors as they shall deem necessary and appropriate.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
Section 4.1 Committees of the Board of Directors. The corporation elects to be governed by the provisions of Section 141(c)(2) of the DGCL. The board of directors may from time to time designate committees of the board of directors, with such lawfully delegable powers and duties as it thereby confers, to serve at the pleasure of the board of directors and shall, for those committees and any others provided for herein, elect a director or directors to serve as the member or members, designating, if it desires, other directors as alternate members who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. The board of directors may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the board of directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death, disqualification, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee and any alternate member in his or her place, the member or members of the committee present at the meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or she or they constitute a quorum, may by unanimous vote appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified member.
Section 4.2 Meetings and Action of Committees. Any committee of the Board may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the conduct of its meetings as such committee may deem proper.
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ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 5.1 Officers. The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Chairman of the Board, if any is elected, who may also be designated as an Executive Chairman, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (any one or more of which may be designated as an Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Corporate Vice President or other designation), a Secretary, and a Treasurer and such other officers as the board of directors may from time to time determine, each of whom shall be elected by the board of directors, each to have such authority, functions or duties as set forth in these Bylaws or as determined either by the board of directors or as provided in these Bylaws. Each officer shall be chosen by the board of directors and shall hold office for such term as may be prescribed by the board of directors and until such person’s successor shall have been duly chosen and qualified, or until such person’s earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. Any two or more of such offices may be held by the same person; provided, however, that no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity if such instrument is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be executed, acknowledged or verified by two or more officers.
Section 5.2 Compensation. The salaries of the officers of the corporation and the manner and time of the payment of such salaries shall be fixed and determined by the board of directors and may be altered by the board of directors from time to time as it deems appropriate, subject to the rights, if any, of such officers under any contract of employment.
Section 5.3 Removal, Resignation and Vacancies. Any officer of the corporation may be removed, with or without cause, by the board of directors, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of such officer under any contract to which the corporation is a party. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which such officer is a party. If any vacancy occurs in any office of the corporation, the board of directors may elect a successor to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term and until a successor shall have been duly chosen and qualified.
Section 5.4 Chairman of the Board/Executive Chairman. The Chairman of the Board or Executive Chairman, if there is one, shall be a member of the board of directors, shall be deemed to be an officer of the corporation, subject to the control of the board of directors, shall report directly to the board of directors, and shall perform such duties as the board of directors may from time to time determine. References to the Chairman of the Board shall include the Executive Chairman if the Chairman of the Board is so designated. The Chairman of the Board may or may not be an employee of the corporation. If present, the Chairman of the Board, if one shall have been elected, shall preside at each meeting of the board of directors or stockholders.
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Section 5.5 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervision and direction of the business and affairs of the corporation, shall be responsible for corporate policy and strategy, and shall report directly to the board of directors. Unless otherwise provided in these Bylaws, all other officers of the corporation shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer or as otherwise determined by the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 5.6 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall exercise all the powers and perform the duties of the office of the chief financial officer and in general shall have overall supervision of the financial operations of the corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the corporation and shall perform such other duties as such officer may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or as the board of directors may from time to time determine.
Section 5.7 President. The President shall have general responsibility for the management and control of the operations of the corporation. The President shall have the power to affix the signature of the corporation to all contracts that have been authorized by the board of directors or the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the corporation and shall perform such other duties as such officer may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or as the board of directors may from time to time determine.
Section 5.8 Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and duties as shall be prescribed by his or her superior officer or the Chief Executive Officer. A Vice President shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the corporation and shall perform such other duties as such officer may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or as the board of directors may from time to time determine.
Section 5.9 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall supervise and be responsible for all the funds and securities of the corporation, the deposit of all moneys and other valuables to the credit of the corporation in depositories of the corporation, borrowings and compliance with the provisions of all indentures, agreements and instruments governing such borrowings to which the corporation is a party, the disbursement of funds of the corporation and the investment of its funds, and in general shall perform all of the duties incident to the office of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the corporation and shall perform such other duties as such officer may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or as the board of directors may from time to time determine.
Section 5.10 Secretary. The powers and duties of the Secretary are: (i) to act as Secretary at all meetings of the board of directors, of the committees of the board of directors and of the stockholders and to record the proceedings of such meetings in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; (ii) to see that all notices required to be given by the corporation are duly given and served; (iii) to act as custodian of the seal of the corporation and affix the seal or cause it to be affixed to all certificates of stock of the corporation and to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws;
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(iv) to have charge of the books, records and papers of the corporation and see that the reports, statements and other documents required by law to be kept and filed are properly kept and filed; and (v) to perform all of the duties incident to the office of Secretary. The Secretary shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the corporation and shall perform such other duties as such officer may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or as the board of directors may from time to time determine.
Section 5.11 Assistant Officers. In addition to the board of directors having such authority, each of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the corporation shall have the authority to designate employees or agents of the corporation to have the title of Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary. Any employee or agent so designated shall have the powers and duties determined by the board of directors or by the officer making such designation.
Section 5.12 Checks; Drafts; Evidences of Indebtedness. From time to time, the board of directors shall determine by resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes, bonds, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable by the corporation, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse such instruments.
Section 5.13 Corporate Contracts and Instruments; How Executed. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, the board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, employee or employees, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 5.14 Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer or any other officer of the corporation authorized by the board of directors or the Chief Executive Officer is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of the corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of the corporation. The authority herein granted may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by the person having such authority.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 6.1 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism, inquiry, administrative or legislative hearing, investigation or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, including any and all appeals, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the corporation or, while an officer or director of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to
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an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 6.3 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or ratified by the board of directors of the corporation.
Section 6.2 Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 6.1, an indemnitee shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, also have the right to be paid by the corporation the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 6.2 or otherwise.
Section 6.3 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 6.1 or 6.2 of this Article VI is not paid in full by the corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter file suit to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (a) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (b) any suit brought by the corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, in the case of either (a) or (b) above, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the corporation
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(including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VI or otherwise shall be on the corporation.
Section 6.4 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or directors, provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws or otherwise.
Section 6.5 Insurance. The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.
Section 6.6 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the board of directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VI with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the corporation.
Section 6.7 Nature of Rights. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Article VI shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VI that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit or eliminate any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.
Section 6.8 Settlement of Claims. The corporation shall not be liable to indemnify any indemnitee under this Article VI for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim effected without the corporation’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, or for any judicial award if the corporation was not given a reasonable and timely opportunity, at its expense, to participate in the defense of such action.
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Section 6.9 Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Article VI, the corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the corporation effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.
ARTICLE VII
CAPITAL STOCK
Section 7.1 Stock Certificates. There shall be issued to each holder of fully paid shares of the capital stock of the corporation a certificate or certificates representing such shares; provided that the board of directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the board of directors, pursuant to the DGCL, every holder of shares of the corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of, the corporation by the Chairman of the Board or the President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all such signatures may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 7.2 Special Designation on Certificates. If the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
Section 7.3 Transfers of Stock. Transfers of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only on the books of the corporation upon authorization by the registered holder thereof or by such holder’s attorney thereunto authorized by a power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary or a transfer agent for such stock, and if such shares are represented by a certificate, upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed stock transfer power and the payment of any taxes thereon; provided, however, that the corporation shall be entitled to recognize and enforce any lawful restriction on transfer.
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Section 7.4 Lost Certificates. The corporation may issue a new share certificate or new certificate for any other security in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or the owner’s legal representative to give the corporation a bond (or other adequate security) sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it (including any expense or liability) on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. The board of directors may adopt such other provisions and restrictions with reference to lost certificates, not inconsistent with applicable law, as it shall in its discretion deem appropriate.
Section 7.5 Addresses of Stockholders. Each stockholder shall designate to the Secretary an address at which notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be served or mailed to such stockholder and, if any stockholder shall fail to so designate such an address, corporate notices may be served upon such stockholder by mail directed to the mailing address, if any, as the same appears in the stock ledger of the corporation or at the last known mailing address of such stockholder.
Section 7.6 Registered Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.
Section 7.7 Record Date for Determining Stockholders.
(a) For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote thereat, or to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the time for such other action as herein described, as the case may be. In that case, only stockholders of record at the close of business on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice and to vote, or to receive the dividend, distribution or allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date so fixed, except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
(b) If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, (i) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be
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at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held and (ii) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, shall be the close of business on the business day on which the board of directors adopts a resolution relating thereto or the sixtieth (60th) day before the date of the relevant action, whichever is later.
(c) A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting, but the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Section 7.8 Regulations. The board of directors may make such additional rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock of the corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL MATTERS
Section 8.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of October of each year and end on the last day of September of the following year.
Section 8.2 Facsimile Signatures. In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer or officers of the corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the board of directors or a committee thereof.
Section 8.3 Corporate Seal. The board of directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the name of the corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary. If and when so directed by the board of directors or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Treasurer or by an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.
Section 8.4 Maintenance and Inspection of Records. The corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at such place or places as designated by the board of directors, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class and series, if applicable, of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these Bylaws as amended to date, accounting books and other records.
Section 8.5 Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records. Each director, each member of any committee designated by the board of directors, and each officer of the corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the corporation and upon such
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information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the board of directors so designated, or by any other person as to matters which such director, committee member or officer reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the corporation.
Section 8.6 Time Periods. In applying any provision of these Bylaws which requires that an act be done or not be done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 9.1 Amendments. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the board of directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws. In addition to any requirements of law and any other provision of these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation, and notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least majority in voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, any provision of these Bylaws.
The foregoing Bylaws were adopted by the board of directors on July 26, 2007, to become effective when the corporation’s fourth amended and restated certificate of incorporation becomes effective pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law.
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