Exhibit 3.2
BY-LAWS
OF
MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.
RESTATED AS LAST AMENDED
MAY 18, 2000
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PAGE NUMBER
ARTICLE I
Offices............................................. 1
ARTICLE II
Meetings of the Stockholders........................ 1
ARTICLE III
Directors........................................... 9
ARTICLE IV
Officers............................................ 12
ARTICLE V
Committees.......................................... 15
ARTICLE VI
Indemnification..................................... 20
ARTICLE VII
Checks, Contracts, Other Instruments................ 25
ARTICLE VIII
Capital Stock....................................... 26
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous....................................... 29
ARTICLE X
Amendments.......................................... 30
BY-LAWS
OF
MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
The principal office of the Corporation in Delaware shall be at
Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County
of New Castle, in the State of Delaware, and The Corporation Trust Company shall
be the resident agent of the Corporation in charge thereof. The Corporation may
also have such other offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may
from time to time designate or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of the stockholders may be
held at such place as the Board of Directors may determine.
SECTION 2. ANNUAL MEETINGS. The annual meeting of the stockholders
shall be held on the third Thursday of May in each year, or such other day in
May as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, at such
time and place as the Board of Directors may designate. At said meeting the
stockholders shall elect a Board of Directors and transact any other business
authorized or required to be transacted by the stockholders.
SECTION 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders,
except as otherwise provided by law, shall be called by the Chairman of the
Board, or whenever the Board of Directors shall so direct, the Secretary.
SECTION 4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Except as otherwise provided by law,
written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting, and in
the case of a special meeting the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is
called, shall be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, at least ten
(10) days but not more than sixty (60) days before such meeting to each
stockholder at such address as appears on the stock books of the Corporation.
SECTION 5. FIXING OF RECORD DATE. In order to determine the
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the 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 of Directors may fix, in advance,
a record date which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10)
days before the date of such meeting, and no more than sixty (60) days prior to
any other action.
If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date
for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall be at the close
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of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice of the meeting is
given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next
preceding the day on which the meeting is held, and such date for any other
purpose shall be the date on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution
relating thereto. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice
of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the
meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record
date for the adjourned meeting.
SECTION 6. QUORUM. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and
outstanding present in person or represented by proxy shall be requisite and
shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the
transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by law, by the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation or by these by-laws. If, however, such majority
shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the
stockholders present in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn the
meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting
until the requisite amount of stock shall be represented. At such adjourned
meeting at which the requisite amount of stock shall be represented, any
business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally called.
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SECTION 7. VOTING. Each stockholder entitled to vote in accordance
with the terms of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance
with the provisions of these by-laws shall be entitled to one vote, in person or
by proxy, for each share of stock entitled to vote held by such stockholder, but
no proxy shall be voted after three years from its date unless such proxy
provides for a longer period. The vote for directors and, upon demand of any
stockholder, the vote upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot.
All elections of directors shall be decided by plurality vote; all other
questions shall be decided by a majority of the shares present in person or
represented by proxy at the meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the
subject matter, except as otherwise provided in the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or by law or regulation.
SECTION 8. INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. All elections of directors and all
votes where a ballot is required shall be conducted by two inspectors of
election who shall be appointed by the Board of Directors; but in the absence of
such appointment by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the meeting shall
appoint such inspectors who shall not be directors or candidates for the office
of director.
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SECTION 9. VOTING LIST. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least
ten days before every election of directors, a complete list of the stockholders
entitled to vote, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each
stockholder and the number of shares registered in his name. Such list shall be
open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the
meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior
to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be
held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so
specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. 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.
SECTION 10. STOCKHOLDER NOMINATIONS OF DIRECTORS. Only persons who are
nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for
election as directors at a meeting of stockholders. Nominations of persons for
election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting
of stockholders by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, by any person
appointed by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of the Corporation
entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting who complies with
the notice procedures set forth in this Section 10. Such nominations, other than
those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors
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or by any person appointed by the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to
timely notice in writing to the Secretary, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. To
be timely, a stockholder's notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received
at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, in the case of an Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, not less than 90 days prior to the anniversary date of
the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however,
that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not
within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the Stockholder
in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business
on the 15th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual
meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting
was made, whichever first occurs; and in the case of a special meeting of
stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the
close of business on the 15th day following the day on which notice of the date
of the special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the
special meeting was made, whichever first occurs. Such stockholder's notice to
the Secretary shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder
proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (i) the name,
age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal
occupation or employment of the person, (iii) the class and number
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of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by
the person and (iv) any other information relating to the person that is
required to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies for election of directors
pursuant to Rule 14a under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and record address of
the stockholder and (ii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the
Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder. The Corporation may
require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably
be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed
nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation. No person shall be eligible
for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance
with the procedures set forth herein.
The Chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and
declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the
foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the
meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
SECTION 11. ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSED BUSINESS AT ANNUAL
MEETINGS. At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be
conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly
brought before an annual meeting, business must be specified in the notice of
meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors, otherwise properly brought
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before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or
otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder. In addition to
any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an
annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice
thereof in writing to the Secretary, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. To be
timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at
the principal executive offices of the Corporation, not less than 90 days prior
to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of
stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is
called for a date that is not within 30 days before or after such anniversary
date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not
later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which such
notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of
the date of the annual meeting was made. A stockholder's notice to the Secretary
shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the
annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought
before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the
annual meeting, (ii) the name and record address of the stockholder proposing
such business, (iii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the
Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, and (iv) any
material interest of the stockholder in such business.
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Notwithstanding anything in these by-laws to the contrary, no business
shall be conducted at the annual meeting except in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 11, provided, however, that nothing in this
Section 11 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any
business properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with said
procedure.
The Chairman of an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine
and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the
meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section, and if he should so
determine, he shall so declare to the meeting, and any such business not
properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. POWERS, NUMBER, TENURE, QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPENSATION.
The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of
Directors which shall consist of the number of members set forth in Article
FIFTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, none of whom need be
stockholders, but no person shall be eligible to be nominated or elected a
director of the Corporation who has attained the age of 72 years. In addition to
the powers and duties by these by-laws expressly conferred upon them, the Board
of Directors may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such
lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Restated Certificate of
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Incorporation or by these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done
by the stockholders. The Board of Directors may provide for compensation of
directors who are not otherwise compensated by the Corporation or any subsidiary
thereof.
SECTION 2. MEETINGS AND NOTICE. The Board shall, for the purposes of
organization, the election and appointment of officers and the transaction of
other business, hold a meeting as soon as convenient after the annual meeting of
stockholders. Regular meetings of the directors may be held without notice at
such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of
the directors. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman of
the Board on at least twenty-four (24) hours' notice to each director,
personally or by mail or by telegram or by telephone. Special meetings shall
also be called in like manner on the written request of any three (3) directors.
The attendance of a director at any meeting shall dispense with notice to him of
the meeting. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of
the Board 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 pursuant to this section shall constitute
presence in person at such meeting.
SECTION 3. OFFICES, BOOKS, PLACE OF MEETING. The Board of Directors
may have one or more offices and keep the books of the Corporation outside of
Delaware, and may hold its meetings at such places as it may from time to time
determine.
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SECTION 4. QUORUM. At all meetings of the Board of Directors
one-third (1/3) of the total number of directors shall be necessary and
sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act
of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum
shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise
specifically provided by statute or by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
or by these by-laws.
SECTION 5. INFORMAL ACTION. The Board of Directors shall, except as
otherwise provided by law, have power to act in the following manner: A
resolution in writing, signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors
shall be deemed to be action by such Board to the effect therein expressed with
the same force and effect as if the same had been duly passed at a duly convened
meeting, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Corporation to record
any such resolution in the minute book of the Corporation, under its proper
date.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. ELECTION. The Board of Directors shall elect officers of
the Corporation, including a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Chairmen,
one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and a Controller.
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SECTION 2. TERM AND REMOVAL. Each officer of the Corporation
designated in SECTION 1 of this Article IV shall hold office until such
officer's successor is elected and qualified or until such officer's earlier
resignation or removal. Any officer may be removed at any time, with or without
cause, by the Board of Directors. Any officer who may be elected or appointed by
the Executive Committee may also be removed at any time, with or without cause
by said Committee.
SECTION 3. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board of
Directors shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and, subject
to the control of the Board of Directors and of the committees exercising
functions of the Board of Directors, shall have general supervision over the
business and property of the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall
preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The
Chairman of the Board shall review and recommend to the Board of Directors both
short-term objectives and long-term planning for the business. The Chairman of
the Board shall also preside at meetings of any committee of which the Chairman
of the Board is a member which is not attended by the chairman of such
committee. The Chairman of the Board or an appointed delegate may take any
action on behalf of the Corporation with respect to the shares owned by the
Corporation in other corporations in such manner as they deem advisable unless
otherwise directed by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall
have full authority to take other action on behalf of the Corporation in
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respect of shares of stock in other corporations owned by the Corporation,
directly or indirectly, including the obtaining of information and reports.
SECTION 4. VICE CHAIRMAN. A Vice Chairman shall, subject to the
control of the Board of Directors and of the committees exercising functions of
the Board of Directors, perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned
to the Vice Chairman by the Chairman. A Vice Chairman shall also preside at all
meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors not attended by the
Chairman of the Board. If two or more Vice Chairmen hold office concurrently,
the Vice Chairman who shall preside at a meeting of the Stockholders or the
Board of Directors not attended by the Chairman of the Board shall be determined
in the order of their election.
SECTION 5. VICE PRESIDENTS. A Vice President shall have such powers,
duties, supplementary titles and other designations as the Board of Directors
may from time to time determine.
SECTION 6. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the
stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall, at the invitation
of the chairman thereof, attend meetings of the committees elected by the Board
or established by these by-laws. The Secretary shall record all votes and
minutes of all proceedings which the Secretary attends and receive and maintain
custody of all votes and minutes of all such proceedings. Votes and minutes of
meetings of the Compensation and Audit Committees shall be recorded and
maintained as each such committee
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shall determine. The Secretary shall give or cause to be given notice of
meetings of the stockholders, Board of Directors and, when instructed to do so
by the Chairman thereof, committees of the Board of Directors, and shall have
such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by appropriate authority. The
Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and shall affix
the seal to any instrument requiring the same. The Assistant Secretaries shall
have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by appropriate
authority.
SECTION 7. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have such powers and perform
such duties as are usually incident to the office of Treasurer or which may be
assigned to the Treasurer by the Board of Directors or other appropriate
authority. The Assistant Treasurers shall have such powers and perform such
duties as may be prescribed by the chief financial officer or the Treasurer.
SECTION 8. CONTROLLER. The Controller shall be the chief accounting
officer of the Corporation. The Controller shall keep or cause to be kept all
books of account and accounting records of the Corporation and shall render to
the Chairman, the chief financial officer and the Board of Directors whenever
they may require it, a report of the financial condition of the Corporation. The
Controller shall have such other powers and duties as shall be assigned to him
by appropriate authority. The Assistant Controllers shall have such powers and
perform such duties as may be prescribed by the chief financial officer or the
Controller.
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SECTION 9. BOND. The Board of Directors may, or the Chairman may,
require any officers, agents or employees of the Corporation to furnish bonds
conditioned on the faithful performance of their respective duties with a surety
company satisfactory to the Board of Directors or the Chairman as surety. The
expenses of such bond shall be paid by the Corporation.
ARTICLE V
COMMITTEES
SECTION 1. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. An Executive Committee, composed of
the Chairman of the Board and such other directors as the Board of Directors may
determine from time to time shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Except
as provided hereinafter or in resolutions of the Board of Directors, the
Executive Committee shall have, and may exercise when the Board of Directors is
not in session, all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors 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. The
Executive Committee shall not, however, have power or authority in reference to
(a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or
matter expressly required by the provisions of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware to be submitted to stockholders for approval, (b) adopting, amending or
repealing any by-laws of the Corporation, (c) electing or appointing the
Chairman of the Board of the Corporation, or (d) declaring a dividend.
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SECTION 2. COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. A Compensation Committee, including
a chairman, having such number of directors as the Board of Directors shall
determine from time to time, shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Each
member of the Compensation Committee should be a "non-employee director" within
the meaning of Rule 16b-(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and an
outside director for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Compensation Committee shall fix the compensation of the chief executive
officer of the Corporation and approve the compensation of senior executives of
the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries designated under procedures
established by the Committee from time to time. The Compensation Committee will
approve, disapprove or modify the retention by the Corporation of advisors or
consultants on matters relating to the compensation of the chief executive
officer and senior executives of the Corporation. The Compensation Committee
shall also satisfy itself, if in its opinion circumstances make it desirable to
do so, that the general compensation policies and practices followed by the
Corporation and its subsidiaries are in the Corporation's best interests. The
Compensation Committee shall have such other duties as may be set forth in the
Corporation's compensation and benefit plans as they may exist from time to
time, or otherwise as provided by the Board of Directors. The Compensation
Committee shall report to the Board at least annually and whenever the Board may
require respecting the discharge of the committee's duties and responsibilities.
The term "compensation" as used in this Section shall mean salaries, bonuses,
agreements to pay deferred
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compensation, and discretionary benefits such as stock options, but shall not
include payments to or under any employee pension, retirement, profit sharing,
stock investment, or similar plan.
SECTION 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE. An Audit Committee, including a chairman,
having such number of directors as the Board of Directors may determine from
time to time, shall be elected by the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee
shall have such duties as may be set forth in the Corporation's Audit Committee
Charter as it may exist from time to time, or as otherwise provided by the Board
of Directors. The Audit Committee shall, as it may deem appropriate from time to
time, report and make recommendations to the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4. REPORTS. The Executive Committee shall report to each
regular meeting and, if directed, to each special meeting of the Board of
Directors all action taken by such committee subsequent to the date of its last
report, and other committees shall report to the Board of Directors at least
annually.
SECTION 5. OTHER COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may appoint such
other committee or committees as it deems desirable.
SECTION 6. ELECTION AND TERM. The Chairman and each member of every
committee shall be a member of and, except as provided in Section 7 of this
Article V, elected by the Board of Directors and shall serve until such person
shall cease to be a member of the Board of Directors or such person's membership
on the committee shall be terminated by the Board.
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SECTION 7. MEETINGS, QUORUM AND NOTICE. The Chairman of any committee
shall be the presiding officer thereof. Any committee may meet at such time or
times on notice to all the members thereof by the Chairman or by a majority of
the members or by the Secretary of the Corporation and at such place or places
as such notice may specify. At least twenty-four (24) hours' notice of the
meeting shall be given but such notice may be waived. Such notice may be given
by mail, electronic media, telephone or personally. Each committee shall cause
minutes to be kept of its meetings which record all actions taken. Such minutes
shall be placed in the custody of the Secretary of the Corporation except that
the Compensation and Audit Committees shall each determine who shall maintain
custody of its minutes or portions thereof. Any committee may, except as
otherwise provided by law, act in its discretion by a resolution or resolutions
in writing signed by all the members of such committee with the same force and
effect as if duly passed by a duly convened meeting. Any such resolution or
resolutions shall be recorded in the minute book of the committee under the
proper date thereof. Members of any committee may also participate in a meeting
of such committee 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 the meeting pursuant to this provision shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting. A majority of the members of each
committee shall constitute a quorum. In the absence or disqualification of a
member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not
disqualified from
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voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint
another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of
any such absent or disqualified member.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 1. RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who was or is made a
party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (hereinafter, a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that, on or
after May 21, 1987, he or she is serving or had served as a director, officer or
employee of the Corporation or, while serving as such director, officer or
employee, is serving or had served at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of, or in any other capacity with respect
to, another corporation or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity
or enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans
(hereinafter, an "indemnitee"), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged
action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in
any other capacity while serving as a director, officer or employee of the
Corporation, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the
fullest extent authorized by Delaware law, as the same exists or may hereafter
be changed or amended (but, in the case of any such change or amendment, only to
the extent that such change or amendment permits the Corporation to provide
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broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto), against all
expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA
excise taxes or penalties and amounts to be paid in settlement) reasonably
incurred or suffered by an indemnitee in connection therewith and such
indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a
director, officer or employee of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit
of the indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
except as provided in Section 3 of this Article with respect to proceedings
seeking to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify an
indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by the
indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board
of directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this
Article shall be a contract right.
SECTION 2. ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. An indemnitee who is a director or
officer of the Corporation, and any other indemnitee to the extent authorized
from time to time by the board of directors of the Corporation, shall have the
right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such
proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter, an "advancement of
expenses"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law
requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her
capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which
service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without
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limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon
delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter, an "undertaking"),
by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no
further right to appeal (hereinafter, a "final adjudication") that such
indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this
Article or otherwise.
SECTION 3. RIGHT OF INDEMNITEE TO BRING SUIT. If a claim under Section
1 or Section 2 of this Article is not paid in full by the Corporation within
sixty days in the case of Section 1 and twenty days in the case of Section 2
after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may
at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid
amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a
suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant
to terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the
expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the
indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (other than a suit
brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses), it
shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit by the Corporation to recover an
advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the Corporation
shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the
indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the
Delaware General Corporation Law. Neither the
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failure of the Corporation (including its board of directors, independent legal
counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the
commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in
the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual
determination by the Corporation (including its board of directors, independent
legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such
applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee
has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit
brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to the action. In any suit brought by
the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of
expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses
pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the
indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of
expenses, under this Article or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
SECTION 4. INDEMNIFICATION OF AGENTS OF THE CORPORATION. The
Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by its board of
directors, grant rights to indemnification, and to be paid by the Corporation
the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
disposition, to any agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the
provisions of this Article with respect to the
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indemnification of directors, officers and employees of the Corporation and
advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.
SECTION 5. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. The right to indemnification and
to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article shall not be exclusive
of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any
statute, the Corporation's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these by-laws,
any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
SECTION 6. INSURANCE. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its
expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the
Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense,
liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
SECTION 7. SURVIVAL OF PRIOR INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS; EFFECT OF
SUBSEQUENT CHANGE ON EXISTING RIGHTS. Nothing contained in this Article shall be
construed as altering or eliminating the rights to indemnification existing, or
based upon service by an indemnitee, prior to May 21, 1987. Any repeal or
modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection
of a director, officer or employee of the Corporation existing at the time of
such repeal or modification.
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ARTICLE VII
CHECKS, CONTRACTS, OTHER INSTRUMENTS
SECTION 1. DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS NOT REQUIRING SEAL. All checks,
notes, drafts, acceptances, bills of exchange, orders for the payment of money,
and all written contracts and instruments of every kind which do not require a
seal shall be signed by such officer or officers, or person or persons as these
by-laws, or the Board of Directors or Executive Committee by resolution, may
from time to time prescribe.
SECTION 2. DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS REQUIRING SEAL. All bonds, deeds,
mortgages, leases, written contracts and instruments of every kind which require
the corporate seal of the Corporation to be affixed thereto, shall be signed and
attested by such officer or officers as these by-laws, or the Board of Directors
or Executive Committee, by resolution, may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE VIII
CAPITAL STOCK
SECTION 1. STOCK CERTIFICATES. The certificates for shares of the
capital stock of the Corporation shall be in such form, not inconsistent with
the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as shall be approved by the Board of
Directors. Each certificate shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of
Directors or a Vice President and also by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary,
the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, provided, however, that any such
signature of an officer of the Corporation or of the Transfer Agent, Assistant
Transfer Agent,
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Registrar or Assistant Registrar, or any of them, may be a facsimile. In case
any officer or officers who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or
signatures shall have been used on any such certificate or certificates shall
cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation, whether because of
death, resignation or otherwise before such certificate or certificates shall
have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may
nevertheless be issued by the Corporation and be used and delivered as though
the officer or officers who signed the said certificate or certificates or whose
facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used thereon had not ceased to
be said officer or officers of the Corporation. All certificates shall be
consecutively numbered, shall bear the corporate seal and the names and
addresses of all persons owning shares of capital stock of the Corporation with
the number of shares owned by each; and, the date or dates of issue of the
shares of stock held by each shall be entered in books kept for that purpose by
the proper officers or agents of the Corporation.
SECTION 2. RECOGNITION OF HOLDERS OF RECORD. The Corporation shall be
entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the
holder in fact thereof, and, accordingly, 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 has actual or other notice thereof, save as
expressly provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.
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SECTION 3. LOST CERTIFICATES. Except in cases of lost or destroyed
certificates, and in that case only after conforming to the requirements
hereinafter provided, no new certificates shall be issued until the former
certificate for the shares represented thereby shall have been surrendered and
cancelled. 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 or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate or certificates to
be lost or destroyed; and the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a
condition precedent to the issuance of any such new certificate or certificates,
require (i) that the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or
certificates, or his legal representative give the Corporation and its transfer
agent or agents, registrar or registrars a bond in such form and amount as the
Board of Directors may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made
against the Corporation and its transfer agent or agents, registrar or
registrars, or (ii) that the person requesting such new certificate or
certificates obtain a final order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction
as to his right to receive such new certificate or certificates.
SECTION 4. TRANSFER OF SHARES. Shares of stock shall be transferred on
the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof or by his attorney thereunto
duly authorized upon the surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like
number of shares.
SECTION 5. REGULATIONS GOVERNING TRANSFER OF Shares. The Board of
Directors may make such regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the
issue, transfer and registration of stock.
SECTION 6. APPOINTMENT OF TRANSFER AGENT, REGISTRAR. The Board may
appoint a Transfer Agent or Transfer Agents and Registrar or Registrars for
transfers and may require all certificates to bear the signature of either or
both.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 1. INSPECTION OF BOOKS. The Board of Directors or the
Executive Committee shall determine from time to time whether and, if allowed,
when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the
Corporation (except such as may by statute be specifically open to inspection),
or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders, and the
stockholders' rights in this respect are and shall be restricted and limited
accordingly.
SECTION 2. CORPORATE SEAL. The corporate seal shall have inscribed
thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization, and the words
"Corporate Seal, Delaware".
SECTION 3. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year shall begin on the first day
of January of each year.
SECTION 4. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever by statute, the provisions of
the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, or these by-laws, the stockholders,
the Board of Directors or any committee established by the Board of Directors in
accordance with these by-laws are authorized to take any action after notice,
such notice may be waived, in writing, before or after the holding of the
meeting at which such action is to be taken, by the person or persons entitled
to such notice or, in the case of a stockholder, by his attorney thereunto
authorized.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1. BY STOCKHOLDERS. These by-laws, or any of them, may be
amended, altered, changed, added to or repealed at any regular or special
meeting of the stockholders, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares
of stock then issued and outstanding.
SECTION 2. BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors, by
affirmative vote of a majority of its members, may, at any regular or special
meeting, amend, alter, change, add to or repeal these by-laws, or any of them,
but any by-laws made by the Directors may be amended, altered, changed, added to
or repealed by the stockholders.