Lost Certificates
Section 6.4 The board of directors may direct a new Certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the snaking of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation or its transfer agent or registrar with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
Transfers of Stock
Section 6.5 Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person or persons entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
Registered Stockholders
Section 6.6 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 to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, 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 the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
Conflict of Interests
Section 7.1 No contract or transaction between the corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board of committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:
(3) The material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the board of directors or the committee, and the board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or
(4) The material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or
(5) The contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the board of directors, a committee thereof, or the stockholders.
Section 7.2 Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE VIII
General Provisions
Dividends
Section 8.1 Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock or rights to acquire the same, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation.
Section 8.2 Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it is created.
Checks
Section 8.3 All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate.
Fiscal Year
Section 8.4 The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.
Seal
Section 8.5 The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or otherwise reproduced.
ARTICLE IX
Amendments
These by-laws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new by-laws may be adopted only in the manner provided in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation.
(Dated as of March 1, 1993)
AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS
OF
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Sections 2.11 of the By-laws was amended to read in its entirety as follows:
Section 2.11. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock present in person or by proxy and cast affirmatively or negatively, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
The last sentence of Section 2.12 of the By-laws was amended to read in its entirety as follows:
All elections shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast, and except as otherwise required by law or by the certificate of incorporation, all other matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively.
(Dated as of March 7, 2002)
AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS
OF
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Sections 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 of the By-laws were amended to read in their entirety as follows:
Section 2.2. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held on the third Tuesday in May, if not a legal holiday, or if a legal holiday, then on the next business day following, or on such other date as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which stockholders shall elect directors to hold office for the term provided in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and conduct such other business as shall be considered.
Section 2.4. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be transacted by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice with respect to such meeting, (ii) by, or at the direction of, the Board of Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of record of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice provided for in the following paragraph, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Article II, Section 2.4.
For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of the foregoing paragraph, (a) the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (b) such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), (c) if the stockholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is made, has provided the Corporation with a Solicitation Notice, as that term is defined in this Article II, Section 2.4, such stockholder or beneficial owner must, in the case of a proposal, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry any such proposal, or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of a percentage of the Corporation’s voting shares reasonably believed by such stockholder or beneficial holder to be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such stockholder (the number of voting shares required to carry the proposal or elect the nominees being the “Required Number”), and must, in either case, have included in such materials the Solicitation Notice and (d) if no Solicitation Notice relating thereto has been timely provided pursuant to this Article II, Section 2.4, the stockholder or beneficial owner proposing such business or nomination must not have solicited proxies for a number of shares equal to or greater than the Required Number. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than forty-five (45) nor more than seventy-five (75) days prior to the first anniversary (the “Anniversary”) of the date on which the Corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days prior to, or delayed by more than thirty (30) days after, the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or (ii) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, all information relating to such person as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of such nominee as a director pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and such person’s written consent to serve as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of such business, 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 (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of the
Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, and (iii) whether either such stockholder or such beneficial owner intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in the case of a proposal, at least the percentage of the Corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, a sufficient number of holders of the Corporation’s voting shares to elect such nominee or nominees (an affirmative statement of such intent, a “Solicitation Notice”).
Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of the second paragraph of this Article II, Section 2.4 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least fifty-five (55) days prior to the Anniversary, a stockholder’s notice required by these By-laws 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 of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
Only persons nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article II, Section 2.4 shall be eligible to serve as directors, and only such business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article II, Section 2.4. The chair of the meeting shall have the power and the duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting has been made in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-laws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these By-laws, to declare that such defective proposed business or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article II, Section 2.4, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth in this Article II, Section 2.4. Nothing in this Article II, Section 2.4 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
For purposes of these By-laws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, PR Newswire, Business Wire or a 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.
Section 2.5. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called and conducted only in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. 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.
Section 2.6. 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 (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of record of the Corporation who complies with the notice procedures set forth in Article II, Section 2.4 and who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving such notice, and who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting. Nominations by stockholders of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at such a special meeting of stockholders if the stockholder’s notice required by the second paragraph of Article II, Section 2.4 shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 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 to be elected at such meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article II, Section 2.6, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth in this Article II, Section 2.6.
Section 3.1. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be under the direction of, and managed by, a board comprised of directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws to be done by the stockholders. Directors need not be residents of the State of Delaware or stockholders of the Corporation. The number of directors shall be determined in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 3.2. Directors shall be elected and serve in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors and newly created directorships shall be filled in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 3.3. Expect as otherwise provided by law, directors may be removed only in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
(Dated as of April 16, 2003)
AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS
OF
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Section 3.1 of the By-laws was amended to read in its entirety as follows:
Section 3.1. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors consisting of not less than 2 nor more than 11 directors. The exact number shall be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office at the time of adoption of such resolution.
(Dated as of July 24, 2003)
AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS
OF
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
The first sentence of Section 6.1 of the By-laws was deleted and replaced with the following:
Certificates shall represent the shares of the corporation, provided that the board of directors of the corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the board of directors, uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation by the chairperson or vice-chairperson of the board of directors, or the president or vice-president, and by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of such corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form.