Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I | | |
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OFFICES | | |
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SECTION 1.01. | | Registered Office | | 1 |
SECTION 1.02. | | Other Offices | | 1 |
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ARTICLE II | | |
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MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS | | |
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SECTION 2.01. | | Place of Meetings | | 1 |
SECTION 2.02. | | Annual Meetings | | 1 |
SECTION 2.03. | | Special Meetings | | 2 |
SECTION 2.04. | | Notice and Business of Meetings | | 2 |
SECTION 2.05. | | Waiver of Notice | | 7 |
SECTION 2.06. | | Adjournments | | 7 |
SECTION 2.07. | | Quorum; Action at Meeting | | 7 |
SECTION 2.08. | | Voting | | 8 |
SECTION 2.09. | | Consent Solicitation | | 8 |
SECTION 2.10. | | Organization | | 9 |
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ARTICLE III | | |
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BOARD | | |
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SECTION 3.01. | | General Powers | | 11 |
SECTION 3.02. | | Number; Election and Term of Office | | 11 |
SECTION 3.03. | | Resignation | | 11 |
SECTION 3.04. | | Removal | | 11 |
SECTION 3.05. | | Vacancies | | 11 |
SECTION 3.06. | | Meetings | | 11 |
SECTION 3.07. | | Committees of the Board | | 13 |
SECTION 3.08. | | Directors’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting | | 13 |
SECTION 3.09. | | Compensation | | 13 |
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ARTICLE IV | | |
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OFFICERS | | |
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SECTION 4.01. | | Officers | | 14 |
SECTION 4.02. | | Authority and Duties | | 14 |
SECTION 4.03. | | Election; Term of Office; Resignation and Removal | | 14 |
SECTION 4.04. | | Vacancies | | 14 |
SECTION 4.05. | | The Chairman of the Board | | 15 |
SECTION 4.06. | | The Chief Executive Officer; President | | 15 |
SECTION 4.07. | | Vice Presidents | | 15 |
SECTION 4.08. | | The Secretary | | 15 |
SECTION 4.09. | | Assistant Secretaries | | 16 |
SECTION 4.10. | | The Treasurer | | 16 |
SECTION 4.11. | | Assistant Treasurers | | 16 |
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ARTICLE V | | |
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CHECKS, DRAFTS, NOTES, AND PROXIES | | |
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SECTION 5.01. | | Checks, Drafts and Notes | | 16 |
SECTION 5.02. | | Execution of Proxies | | 16 |
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ARTICLE VI | | |
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SHARES AND TRANSFERS OF SHARES | | |
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SECTION 6.01. | | Certificates Evidencing Shares | | 17 |
SECTION 6.02. | | Stock Ledger | | 17 |
SECTION 6.03. | | Transfers of Shares | | 17 |
SECTION 6.04. | | Addresses of Stockholders | | 18 |
SECTION 6.05. | | Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates | | 18 |
SECTION 6.06. | | Regulations | | 18 |
SECTION 6.07. | | Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record | | 18 |
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ARTICLE VII | | |
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SEAL | | |
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SECTION 7.01. | | Seal | | 19 |
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ARTICLE VIII | | |
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FISCAL YEAR | | |
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SECTION 8.01. | | Fiscal Year | | 19 |
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ARTICLE IX | | |
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INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE | | |
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SECTION 9.01. | | Indemnification | | 19 |
SECTION 9.02. | | Insurance for Indemnification | | 23 |
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ARTICLE X | | |
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AMENDMENTS | | |
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SECTION 10.01. | | Amendments | | 23 |
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ARTICLE XI | | |
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SECTION 11.01. | | Evidence of Authority | | 24 |
SECTION 11.02. | | Certificate of Incorporation | | 24 |
SECTION 11.03. | | Severability | | 24 |
SECTION 11.04. | | Pronouns | | 24 |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1.01.Registered Office. The registered office of Interactive Data Corporation (the “Corporation”) in the State of Delaware shall be at the principal office of The Corporation Trust Company, located at 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, and the registered agent in charge thereof shall be The Corporation Trust Company.
SECTION 1.02.Other Offices. The Corporation may also have an office or offices at any other place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 2.01.Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place as may be designated from time to time by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or, if not so designated, at the principal office of the Corporation. The Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead by held solely by means of remote communication in a manner consistent with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“General Corporation Law”).
SECTION 2.02.Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors of the Corporation, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before such meeting, shall be held at such place, if any, date and time as shall be fixed by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President (which date shall not be a legal holiday in the place where the meeting is to be held) and designated in the notice or waiver of notice of such annual meeting.
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SECTION 2.03.Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the Board (pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by a majority of the members of the entire Board), the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President to be held at such place, if any, date and time as shall be designated in the notice or waiver of notice thereof. Only business within the purposes described in the notice required by Section 2.04 of this Article II may be conducted at the special meeting. The ability of the stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation is specifically denied.
SECTION 2.04.Notice and Business of Meetings. (a) General. Except as otherwise provided by law, written notice of each meeting of stockholders shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given to stockholders, any notice shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to (in a manner consistent with the General Corporation Law) by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. If notice is given by electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed given at the time specified in Section 232 of the General Corporation Law. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder in a postage-prepaid envelope at his address as it appears on the stock books of the Corporation unless, prior to the time of mailing, he shall have filed with the Secretary a written request that notices intended for him be mailed to some other address, in which case it shall be mailed to the address designated in such request and such notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail. Notice of each meeting of stockholders shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, the date and time when and the place , if any, where it is to be held, 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, and shall be delivered personally or in the form of electronic transmission or mailed not more than sixty (60) days and not less than ten (10) days before the day of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the business which may be transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall consist of and be limited to the purpose or purposes so stated in such notice. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the transfer agent of the Corporation shall, after giving such notice, make an affidavit stating that notice has been given, which shall be filed with the minutes of such meeting.
(b)Advance Notice Provisions for Business to be Transacted at Annual Meeting. (i) No business may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than business that is either (A) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (B) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (C) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation who (1) is a stockholder of record on both (x) the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.04 and (y) the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (2) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.04(b).
(ii) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.
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(A) To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting;provided,however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days or delayed by more than sixty (60) days from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be delivered not earlier than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) 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;providedfurther that for purposes of the annual meeting of stockholders held following the end of the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2006, the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting shall be deemed to be May 17, 2006.
(B) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the text relating to the business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (2) the name and record address of such stockholder and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (3) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, (4) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and such beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in such business, (5) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting and (6) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal. As used in these Bylaws, “beneficially owned” means all shares which such person is deemed to beneficially own pursuant to Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
(iii) No business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of stockholders except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.04,provided,however, that, once business has been properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 2.04 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business,providedfurther, any stockholder proposal which complies with Rule 14a-8 of the proxy rules (or any successor provision) promulgated under the Exchange Act, and is to be included in the Corporation’s proxy statement for an annual meeting of stockholders shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this Section 2.04(b). A stockholder shall not have complied with this Section 2.04(b) if the stockholder (or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made)
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solicits or does not solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s proposal in contravention of the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 2.04(b). If the chairman of an annual meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s proposal in compliance with the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 2.04(b)), the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present business, such business shall not be considered, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.04, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a written instrument executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as a proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such written instrument or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the written instrument or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(c)Advance Notice Provisions for Election of Directors. (i) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination for election of a director to be made by a stockholder of the Corporation, such stockholder must (A) be a stockholder of record on both (1) the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.04 and (2) the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (B) have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation. If a stockholder is entitled to vote only for a specific class or category of directors at a meeting of the stockholders, such stockholder’s right to nominate one or more persons for election as a director at the meeting shall be limited to such class or category of directors.
(ii) To be timely in connection with the annual meeting of the stockholders, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting;provided,however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days or delayed by more than sixty (60) days from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be delivered not earlier than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) 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;providedfurther, that for purposes of the annual meeting of stockholders held following the end of the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2006, the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting shall be deemed to be May 17, 2006. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any stockholder entitled to vote for the election of such director(s) at such meeting and satisfying the requirements specified in Section 2.04(c)(i) may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as are specified in the Corporation’s notice of such
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meeting, but only if the stockholder notice required by Section 2.04(c)(iii) hereof shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the first day on which the date of the special meeting and either the names of all nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting or the number of directors to be elected shall have been publicly announced.
(iii) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be set forth (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (1) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (2) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (3) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation, if any, which are owned beneficially or of record by the person and (4) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (B) as to the stockholder giving notice (1) the name and record address of such stockholder, (2) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder, (3) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (4) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to nominate the person(s) named in its notice, (5) any other information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and (6)a representation whether the stockholder intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to elect the nominee and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such nomination; and (C) as to the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made (1) such beneficial owner’s name and address, (2) the class and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such beneficial owner, (3) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such beneficial owner and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made and (4) a representation whether the beneficial owner intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock requirement to elect the nominee and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such nomination. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation. A stockholder shall not have complied with this Section 2.04(c) if the stockholder (or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made) solicits or does not solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee in contravention of the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 2.04(c).
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(iv) Except for directors elected by or at the direction of the Board or pursuant to procedures for directors entitled to be elected by the holders of Preferred Stock, no person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.04(c). If the chairman of an annual meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee in compliance with the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 2.04), the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.
(v) Except as otherwise required by law, nothing in this Section 2.04(c) shall obligate the Corporation or the Board to include in any proxy statement or other stockholder communication distributed on behalf of the Corporation or the Board information with respect to any nominee for director submitted by a stockholder.
(vi) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c), 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, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.04(c), to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a written instrument executed by such 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 written instrument or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the written instrument or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(vii) This Section 2.04(c) shall not apply to any nomination of a director in an election in which only the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation issued pursuant to Article FOURTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) are entitled to vote (unless otherwise provided in the terms of such series of Preferred Stock).
(d)Adjournment. In no event shall the adjournment of an annual or special meeting of the stockholders, or any announcement thereof, commence a new period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice under this Section 2.04.
(e)Definition of Publicly Announced. For purposes of this Section 2.04, a matter shall be deemed to have been “publicly announced” if such matter is disclosed in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, the Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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SECTION 2.05.Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice of an annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders is required to be given by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, a written waiver signed by the stockholder entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the stockholder entitled to notice, whether before, at or after such meeting, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice thereof. Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting, in person or by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the notice of such meeting was inadequate or improperly given.
SECTION 2.06.Adjournments. Whenever a meeting of stockholders, annual or special, is adjourned to another date, time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the date, time and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communication, 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. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat. At the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
SECTION 2.07.Quorum; Action at Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the recordholders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat, present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board in its sole discretion or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders, whether annual or special. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, either by the chairman of the meeting or by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, all action taken by the holders of a majority of the vote cast at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid and binding upon the Corporation; provided, however, that directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board in its sole discretion or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except where otherwise provided by the applicable statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes or series, present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board in its sole discretion or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter and, except where otherwise provided by the applicable statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority (plurality, in the case of the election of directors) of the votes cast by the holders of shares of such class or classes or series shall be the act of such class or classes or series.
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SECTION 2.08.Voting. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, 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 and a proportionate vote for each fractional share so held. The ability of the stockholders to engage in cumulative voting is specifically denied. If the Certificate of Incorporation provides for more or less than one vote for any share on any matter, every reference in these Bylaws to a majority or other proportion of shares of stock shall refer to such majority or other proportion of the votes of such shares of stock. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may vote in person (including by means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders may be deemed present in person and vote at such meeting) or may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy executed or transmitted in a manner permitted by the General Corporation Law by the stockholder or such stockholder’s authorized agent and delivered (including by electronic transmission) to the Secretary of the Corporation, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary before such meeting of stockholders. 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 which 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 2.09.Consent Solicitation. (a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary, request the Board to fix a record date. The Board shall promptly, but in all events within 10 days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date (unless a record date has previously been fixed by the Board pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.09(a)). If no record date has been fixed by the Board pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.09(a) or otherwise within 10 days of the date on which such a written request is received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board is required by applicable law, shall be the first date after the expiration of such 10-day time period on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board and prior action by the Board is required by law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
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(b) In the event of the delivery, in the manner provided by this Section 2.09 and applicable law, to the Corporation of a written consent or consents purporting to authorize or take corporate action and/or related revocations (such written consent or consents together with any related revocations is referred to in this section as a “Consent”), the Secretary shall provide for the safekeeping of such Consent and shall immediately appoint duly qualified and independent inspectors to: (i) conduct promptly such reasonable ministerial review as such inspectors deem necessary or appropriate for the purpose of ascertaining the sufficiency and validity of such Consent and all matters incident thereto, including whether holders of shares having the requisite voting power to authorize or take the action specified in the Consent have given consent; and (ii) deliver to the Secretary a written report regarding the foregoing. For the purpose of permitting the inspector or inspectors to perform such review, no action by written consent and without a meeting shall be effective until such inspector or inspectors have completed their review, determined that the requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents delivered to the corporation in accordance with this Section 2.09 and applicable law have been obtained to authorize or take the action specified in the consents, and certified such determination for entry in the records of the corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of stockholders. If after such investigation and report the Secretary shall determine that the Consent is valid and that holders of shares having the requisite voting power to authorize or take the action specified in the Consent have given consent, that fact shall be certified on the records of the corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of stockholders, and the Consent shall be filed in such records, at which time the Consent shall become effective as stockholder action. Nothing contained in this Section 2.09 shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Board or any stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any consent or revocation thereof, whether before or after such certification by the independent inspector or inspectors, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).
SECTION 2.10.Organization. (a) At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the Chief Executive Officer, or, if the Chief Executive Officer is absent, the President, or, if the President is absent, a chairman of the meeting designated by the Board or in the absence of such designation, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board in its sole discretion or represented by proxy, shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary, or, in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the Assistant Secretary’s absence, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
(b) The Board shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient, including, without limitation, such guidelines and procedures as it may deem appropriate regarding the participation by means of remote communication of stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board, 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,
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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 such meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman of the meeting 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 balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.
(c) The chairman of the meeting shall announce at the meeting when the polls for each matter to be voted upon at the meeting will be opened and closed. If no announcement is made, the polls shall be deemed to have opened when the meeting is convened and closed upon the final adjournment of the meeting. After the polls close, no ballots, proxies or votes or any revocations or changes thereto may be accepted.
(d) In advance of any meeting of stockholders, the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President shall appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is present, ready and willing to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Unless otherwise required by law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the Corporation. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and shall take charge of the polls and, when the vote in completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by law.
SECTION 2.11Voting List. The Secretary shall prepare, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting; (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.
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ARTICLE III
BOARD
SECTION 3.01.General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, which 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 directed or required to be exercised or done by stockholders.
SECTION 3.02.Number; Election and Term of Office. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the number of directors shall be ten or such other number as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders by such stockholders as have the right to vote on such election. Each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Election of directors need not be by written ballot. Directors need not be stockholders.
SECTION 3.03.Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his resignation in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some later time or upon the happening of such later event. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
SECTION 3.04.Removal. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any director, or the entire Board, may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of record of outstanding shares representing at least a majority of the voting power of all the shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
SECTION 3.05.Vacancies. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes, and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, shall be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. A vacancy on the Board shall be deemed to exist under this Bylaw in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director.
SECTION 3.06.Meetings. (a) Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and place as shall be determined from time to time by the Board; provided that any director who is absent when such a determination is made
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shall be given notice of the determination. A regular meeting of the Board may be held without notice immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders.
(b)Special Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board may be held at any time and place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or two or more directors.
(c)Telephone Meetings. Any member of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
(d)Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of the time and place of all special meetings of the Board shall be given (i) orally or in writing, in person or by telephone, facsimile, electronic mail, telegraph or telex, during normal business hours, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the date and time of the meeting, (ii) by sending written notice via reputable overnight courier at least forty-eight (48) hours before the date and time of the meeting, or (iii) sent in writing to each director by first class mail, charges prepaid, at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. A notice or waiver of notice of a meeting of the Board need not specify the purposes of the meeting.
(e)Waiver of Notice. The transaction of all business at any meeting of the Board, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present shall sign a written waiver of notice or send a waiver by electronic transmission. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
(f)Quorum and Manner of Acting. A majority of the total number of directors then in office shall be present in person at any meeting of the Board in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting. In the absence of a quorum for any such meeting, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn such meeting from time to time without further notice other than an announcement at the meeting until a quorum shall be present.
(g)Action at Meeting. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Board unless a greater number is required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
(h)Organization. At each meeting of the Board, one of the following shall act as chairman of the meeting and preside, in the following order of precedence:
(i) the Chairman of the Board;
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(ii) the Chief Executive Officer;
(iii) any director chosen by a majority of the directors present.
The Secretary or, in the case of his absence, any person (who shall be an Assistant Secretary, if an Assistant Secretary is present) whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint shall act as secretary of such meeting and keep the minutes thereof.
SECTION 3.07.Committees of the Board. The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more directors. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another director to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board designating such committee and subject to the provisions of law, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Each committee of the Board shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when so requested by the Board. Except as the Board may otherwise determine, any committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise provided by the directors or in such rules, its business shall be conducted as nearly as possible in the same manner as is provided in these Bylaws for the Board. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the resolution of the Board designating the committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.
SECTION 3.08.Directors’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all the members of the Board or such committee and such consent or electronic transmission or transmissions is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or such committee. 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.
SECTION 3.09.Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may determine the compensation of directors. In addition, as determined by the Board, directors may be reimbursed by the Corporation for their expenses, if any, reasonably incurred in the performance of their duties as directors. No such compensation or reimbursement shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation or any of its parent or subsidiary entities in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
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ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 4.01.Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Treasurer and the Secretary. The Board or the Chief Executive Officer may, from time to time, appoint such other officers as it or he or she may deem appropriate, including without limitation, one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. No officer need be a stockholder. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
SECTION 4.02.Authority and Duties. All officers shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as may be provided in these Bylaws or, to the extent not so provided, by resolution of the Board.
SECTION 4.03.Election; Term of Office; Resignation and Removal. (a) The Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected annually by the Board at its first meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders. If for any reason the election of officers does not occur at such meeting, the election of officers shall occur by unanimous written consent or at a meeting of the Board as soon thereafter as practicable. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, each officer shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. The Board may require any officer to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.
(b) Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some later time or upon the happening of such later event. Unless otherwise specified therein, acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
(c) All officers shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the directors then in office.
(d) Except as the Board may otherwise determine, no officer who resigns or is removed shall have any right to any compensation as an officer for any period following such officer’s resignation or removal, or any right to damages on account of such removal, whether such officer’s compensation be by the month or by the year or otherwise, unless such compensation is expressly provided for in a duly authorized written agreement with the Corporation.
SECTION 4.04.Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation, for any reason, may be filled by action of the Board. The Board may, in its discretion, leave unfilled for such period as it may determine any offices other than those of Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary. Unless earlier removed pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof, any officer appointed by the Board to fill any such vacancy shall serve the
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unexpired term of such officer’s predecessor and until a successor is elected and qualified, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal.
SECTION 4.05.The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, who need not be an employee or officer of the Corporation, shall have the power to call special meetings of stockholders, to call special meetings of the Board and, if present, to preside at all meetings of stockholders and all meetings of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall perform all duties incident to the office of Chairman of the Board and all such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board or these Bylaws. If the Chairman of the Board is also designated as the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, he or she shall have the powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer prescribed in Section 4.06 of these Bylaws.
SECTION 4.06.The Chief Executive Officer; President. Unless the Board has designated the Chairman of the Board or another person as the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have general and active management and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control and direction of the Board, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. The President shall perform all such other duties and shall have such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board, or the Chief Executive Officer (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer) or these Bylaws. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Chief Executive Officer or the President (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer), the Vice President (or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order determined by the Board) shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer and when so performing such duties shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer.
SECTION 4.07.Vice Presidents. Vice Presidents, if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order, shall generally assist the Chief Executive Officer and President and perform such other duties as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer shall prescribe. Vice Presidents may be assigned the title of Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or other title.
SECTION 4.08.The Secretary. The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, attend all meetings of the Board and all meetings of stockholders and shall record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform the same duties for any committee of the Board when so requested by such committee. He shall give or cause to be given notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and affix the same to any instrument that requires that the seal be affixed to it and which shall have been duly authorized for signature in the name of the Corporation and, when so affixed, the seal shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of the Treasurer of the Corporation or an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation. He shall keep in safe custody the certificate books and stockholder records and such other books and records of the Corporation as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may direct and shall perform all other duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
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SECTION 4.09.Assistant Secretaries. Assistant Secretaries of the Corporation, if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board, shall generally assist the Secretary and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary shall prescribe, and, in the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Secretary, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.
SECTION 4.10.The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of all the funds of the Corporation and shall deposit such funds in such banks or other depositories as the Board, or any officer or officers, or any officer and agent jointly, duly authorized by the Board, shall, from time to time, direct or approve. He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation under the direction of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer. He shall keep a full and accurate account of all moneys received and paid on account of the Corporation and shall render a statement of his accounts and of the financial condition of the Corporation whenever the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer shall so request. He shall perform all other necessary actions and duties in connection with the administration of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall generally perform all the duties usually appertaining to the office of treasurer of a corporation and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. When required by the Board, he shall give bonds for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board shall approve.
SECTION 4.11.Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers of the Corporation , if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board, shall generally assist the Treasurer and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Treasurer shall prescribe, and, in the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Treasurer, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE V
CHECKS, DRAFTS, NOTES, AND PROXIES
SECTION 5.01.Checks, Drafts and Notes. All checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money, notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall be determined, from time to time, by resolution of the Board.
SECTION 5.02.Execution of Proxies. Except as the Board may otherwise designate, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Treasurer may authorize, from time to time, the execution and issuance of proxies to vote shares of stock or other securities of other corporations held of record by the Corporation and the execution of consents to action taken or to be taken by any such corporation and may waive notice of any meeting of any such entity. All such proxies, consents and waivers unless otherwise authorized by the Board, shall be signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer.
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ARTICLE VI
SHARES AND TRANSFERS OF SHARES
SECTION 6.01.Certificates Evidencing Shares. Shares shall be evidenced by certificates in such form or forms as shall be approved by the Board; provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any class or classes or series of stock shall be uncertified shares; provided further that any such resolution shall not apply to any shares represented by a certificate theretofore issued until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board, upon request, every holder of uncertified shares shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation (as provided below) representing the number of shares in registered certificate form. Certificates shall be issued in consecutive order and shall be numbered in the order of their issue, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or any Vice President and by the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In the event any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to hold such office, serve as transfer agent or registrar or to be employed by the Corporation before such certificate is issued, such certificate may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer had held such office on the date of issue. Certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation may bear such legends regarding restrictions on transfer or other matters as any officer or officers of the Corporation may determine to be lawful or appropriate. The Corporation shall not have the power to issue a certificate in bearer form.
SECTION 6.02.Stock Ledger. A stock ledger in one or more counterparts shall be kept by the Secretary, in which shall be recorded the name and address of each person, firm or corporation owning the shares evidenced by each certificate evidencing shares issued by the Corporation, the number of shares evidenced by each such certificate, the date of issuance thereof and, in the case of cancellation, the date of cancellation. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, the person in whose name shares stand on the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner and recordholder thereof for all purposes.
SECTION 6.03.Transfers of Shares. Except as otherwise established by rules and regulations adopted by the Board, and subject to applicable law, shares of stock may be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate representing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, and with such proof of authority or the authenticity of signature as the Corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require. Except as may be otherwise required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, the Corporation shall be entitled to treat the recordholder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to vote with respect to such stock, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock until the shares have been transferred on the books of the Corporation in accordance with the requirements of these Bylaws.
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SECTION 6.04.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 6.05.Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates. Each recordholder of shares shall promptly notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction or mutilation of any certificate or certificates evidencing any share or shares of which he is the recordholder. The Board may, in its discretion, cause the Corporation to issue a new certificate in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it and alleged to have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate or, in the case of loss, theft or destruction of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss, theft or destruction, and the Board may, in its discretion, require the recordholder of the shares evidenced by the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or his legal representative to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation or any transfer agent or registrar against any claim made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
SECTION 6.06.Regulations. The Board may make such other rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with these Bylaws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates evidencing shares.
SECTION 6.07.Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other such action. A determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of such meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day before the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day before the day on which the meeting is held. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose (other than stockholder action by consent) shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating to such purpose.
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ARTICLE VII
SEAL
SECTION 7.01.Seal. The Board may approve and adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the full name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal Delaware”.
ARTICLE VIII
FISCAL YEAR
SECTION 8.01.Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the thirty-first day of December of each year unless changed by resolution of the Board.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
SECTION 9.01.Indemnification. (a) The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was, or has agreed to become, a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons being referred to hereafter as an “Indemnitee”), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therefrom, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
(b) The Corporation shall indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was, or has agreed to become, a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, partner, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or
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omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made under this Section 9.01(b) in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation, unless, and only to the extent, that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article IX, to the extent that an Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise (including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice or the settlement of an action without admission of liability), in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 9.01(a) and (b) of these Bylaws, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, or on appeal from any such action, suit, or proceeding, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection therewith.
(d) As a condition precedent to an Indemnitee’s right to be indemnified, such Indemnitee must notify the Corporation in writing as soon as practicable of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnitee for which indemnity will or could be sought. With respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation of which the Corporation is so notified, the Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its own expense and/or to assume the defense thereof at its own expense, with legal counsel reasonably acceptable to Indemnitee. After notice from the Corporation to Indemnitee of its election so to assume such defense, the Corporation shall not be liable to Indemnitee for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, other than as provided below in this Section 9.01(d). Indemnitee shall have the right to employ his or her own counsel in connection with such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, but the fees and expenses of such counsel incurred after notice from the Corporation of its assumption of the defense thereof shall be at the expense of Indemnitee unless (i) the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Corporation, (ii) counsel to Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest or position on any significant issue between the Corporation and Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of such action, suit, proceeding or investigation or (iii) the Corporation shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel for Indemnitee shall be at the expense of the Corporation, except as otherwise expressly provided by this Article IX. The Corporation shall not be entitled, without the consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Corporation or as to which counsel for Indemnitee shall have reasonably made the conclusion provided for in clause (ii) above. The Corporation shall not be required to indemnify Indemnitee under this Article IX for any amounts paid in settlement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation effected without its written consent.
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The Corporation shall not settle any action, suit, proceeding or investigation in any manner which would impose any penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s written consent. Neither the Corporation nor Indemnitee will unreasonably withhold or delay its consent to any proposed settlement.
(e) In order to obtain indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to Section 9.01(a), (b), (c) or (f) of this Article IX, an Indemnitee shall submit to the Corporation a written request. Any such advancement of expenses shall be made promptly, and in any event within 60 days after receipt by the Corporation of the written request of Indemnitee, unless (i) the Corporation has assumed the defense pursuant to Section 9.01(d) of this Article IX (and none of the circumstances described in Section 9.01(d) of this Article IX that would nonetheless entitle the Indemnitee to indemnification for the fees and expenses of separate counsel have occurred) or (ii) the Corporation determines within such 60-day period that Indemnitee did not meet the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 9.01(a), (b) or (f) of this Article IX, as the case may be. Any indemnification under Sections 9.01(a) or (b) of these Bylaws (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination by the Corporation that indemnification of an Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 9.01(a) and (b) of these Bylaws, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made in each instance, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding (“disinterested directors”), even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such disinterested directors designated by majority vote of such disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such disinterested directors, or if such disinterested directors so direct, by independent legal counsel (who may, to the extent permitted by law, be regular counsel to the Corporation) in a written opinion, or (iv) by the stockholders of the Corporation.
(f) Subject to the provisions of Section 9.01(e) of this Article IX, in the event of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation of which the Corporation receives notice under this Article, any expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by or on behalf of an Indemnitee in defending an action, suit or proceeding or investigation, or any appeal therefrom shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such matter;provided,however, that the payment of such expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in advance of the final disposition of such matter shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnitee to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation pursuant to this Article IX; and further provided that no such advancement of expenses shall be made under this Article IX if it is determined (in the manner described in Section 9.01(e)) that (i) Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, or (ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Such undertaking shall be accepted without reference to the financial ability of Indemnitee to make such repayment. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an Indemnitee may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate.
(g) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other Sections of this Article IX shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
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rights to which an Indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in Indemnitee’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office for the Corporation. Nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit, and the Corporation is specifically authorized to enter into, agreements with officers, directors, employees and agents providing indemnification rights and procedures different from those set forth in this Article IX.
(h) For purposes of this Article IX, references to “the Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article IX with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(i) For purposes of this Article IX, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article IX.
(j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article IX shall, unless otherwise provided, when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
(k) The right to indemnification or advancement of expenses as granted by this Article IX shall be enforceable by Indemnitee in any court of competent jurisdiction. Neither the failure of the Corporation to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Corporation pursuant to Section 9.01(e) of this Article IX that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. Indemnitee’s expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred in connection with successfully establishing Indemnitee’s right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such proceeding shall also be indemnified by the Corporation.
(l) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article, except as set forth in Section 9.01(k) of the Article IX, the Corporation shall not indemnify an Indemnitee pursuant
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to this Article IX in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee unless the initiation thereof was approved by the Board. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article, the Corporation shall not indemnify an Indemnitee to the extent such Indemnitee is reimbursed from the proceeds of insurance, and in the event the Corporation makes any indemnification payments to an Indemnitee and such Indemnitee is subsequently reimbursed from the proceeds of insurance, such Indemnitee shall promptly refund indemnification payments to the Corporation to the extent of such insurance reimbursement.
(m) No amendment, termination or repeal of this Article IX or of the relevant provisions of the General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws shall affect or diminish in any way the rights of any Indemnitee to indemnification under the provisions hereof with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation arising out of or relating to any actions, transactions or facts occurring prior to the final adoption of such amendment, termination or repeal.
(n) If an Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Article IX to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of the expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any action, suit, proceeding or investigation and any appeal therefrom but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement to which Indemnitee is entitled.
(o) If this Article IX or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each Indemnitee as to any expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article IX that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
SECTION 9.02.Insurance for Indemnification. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 10.01.Amendments. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of holders of shares of stock entitled to vote thereon by a vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the voting
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power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, or by the Board at any valid meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board, provided that in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, notice of such proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be included in the notice of meeting.
ARTICLE XI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.01.Evidence of Authority. A certificate by the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, or a temporary Secretary, as to any action taken by the stockholders, directors, a committee or any officer or representative of the Corporation shall as to all persons who rely on the certificate in good faith be conclusive evidence of such action.
SECTION 11.02.Certificate of Incorporation. All references in these Bylaws to the Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and in effect from time to time.
SECTION 11.03.Severability. Any determination that any provision of these Bylaws is for any reason inapplicable, illegal or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of these Bylaws.
SECTION 11.04.Pronouns. All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may require.
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