AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
ANVIL KNITWEAR, INC.
(as of January 30, 1995)
ARTICLE I - OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office in the State of
Delaware shall be at 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of
Castle. The name of the corporation's registered agent at such address shall be
The Corporation Trust Company. The registered office or registered agent of the
corporation may be changed from time to time by action of the board of directors
on the filing of a certificate or certificates as required by law.
Section 2. Other Offices. The corporation may also have offices at
such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the board
of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation
may require.
ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Place and Time of Meetings. An annual meeting of the
stockholders shall be held each year, beginning in the year 1995, prior to the
last day of June. At such meeting, the stockholders shall elect the directors of
the corporation and conduct such other business as may come before the meeting.
The time and place of the annual meeting shall be determined by the board of
directors. Special meetings of the stockholders for any other purpose may be
held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall
be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice
thereof. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called by the president or
the chairman of the board for any purpose and shall be called by the secretary
if directed by the board of directors.
Section 2. Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted
to take action at a meeting, written or printed notice of every annual or
special meeting of the stockholders, stating the place, date, time, and, in the
case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes, of such meeting, shall be
given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than l0 nor
more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. All such notices shall be
delivered, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the board of
directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president
or the secretary, and if mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered
when deposited in the United States mail with postage prepaid and addressed to
the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the
corporation.
Section 3. Stockholders List. The officer having charge of the stock
ledger of the corporation shall make, at least l0 days before every meeting of
the stockholders, a complete list arranged in alphabetical order of the
stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, specifying the address of 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, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least l0 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 4. Quorum. The holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereat, whether present in person or
represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the
stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation. If a quorum is not present, the holders of the shares present in
person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereat shall
have the power, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of such
shares, to adjourn the meeting to another time or place. Unless the adjournment
is for more than thirty days or unless a new record date is set for the
adjourned meeting, no notice of the adjourned meeting need be given to any
stockholder, provided that the time and place of the adjourned meeting were
announced at the meeting at which the adjournment was taken. At the adjourned
meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been
transacted at the original meeting.
Section 5. Vote Required. When a quorum is present or represented by
proxy at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares
present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on
the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the question is
one upon which by express provisions of an applicable statute or of the
certificate of incorporation a different vote is required, in which case such
express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
Section 6. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by the
Delaware General Corporation Law or by the certificate of incorporation of the
corporation or any amendments thereto and subject to Section 3 of Article VI
hereof, each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled
to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of capital stock held by such
stockholder.
Section 7. Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting
of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her
by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from
its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
Section 8. Action by Written Consent. Any action required to be
taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or
any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such
stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a
vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be
signed by the
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holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes
that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which
all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and shall be
delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State
of Delaware or the corporation's principal place of business or an officer or
agent of the corporation having custody of the books in which proceedings of
meetings are recorded. All consents delivered in accordance with this section
shall be deemed to be recorded when so delivered. No written consent shall be
effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty
days of the earliest date consent delivered to the corporation as required by
this section, written consents signed by the holders of a sufficient number of
shares to take such corporate action are recorded. Prompt notice of the taking
of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent
shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Any
action taken pursuant to such written consent of the stockholders shall have the
same force and effect as if taken by the stockholders at a meeting thereof.
ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS
Section 1. Number, Election and Term of Office. The board of
directors shall be eight (8) in number. The directors shall be elected at the
annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in Section 3 of this Article
III, and each director elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting
of stockholders and until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his
or her death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. Removal and Resignation. Any director or the entire board
of directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the holders
of a majority of the shares of stock of the corporation then entitled to vote at
an election of directors, except as otherwise provided by statute. Any director
may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation.
Section 3. Vacancies. Vacancies and newly created directorships
resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled
only by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock of the corporation then
entitled to vote at an election of directors at an annual or special meeting of
stockholders, and each director so chosen shall hold office until the next
annual meeting of stockholders and until a successor is duly elected and
qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as
hereinafter provided.
Section 4. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of each newly elected
board of directors shall be held without other notice than this bylaw
immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of stockholders.
Section 5. Other Meetings and Notice. Regular meetings, other than
the annual meeting, of the board of directors may be held without notice at such
time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of
the board. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the
request of the chairman, the chief executive officer or the president on at
least 24 hours notice to each director, either personally, by telephone, by
mail, or by
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telegraph; in like manner and on like notice the secretary must call a special
meeting on the written request of a majority of directors.
Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the total number of directors shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of
directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of
the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the
board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from
time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a
quorum shall be present.
Section 7. Committees. The board of directors may, by resolution
passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees. Each
committee shall consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation,
which, to the extent provided in such resolution and not otherwise limited by
statute, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the
management and affairs of the corporation including without limitation the power
to declare a dividend and to authorize the issuance of stock. The board of
directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any
committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of
the committee. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may
be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.
Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to
the directors when required.
Section 8. Committee Rules. Each committee of the board of directors
may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by
such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by the resolution of the board
of directors designating such committee, but in all cases the presence of at
least a majority of the members of such committee shall be necessary to
constitute a quorum. In the event that a member and that member's alternate, if
alternates are designated by the board of directors as provided in Section 7 of
this Article III, of such committee is/are absent or disqualified, the member or
members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether
or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint
another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of any
such absent or disqualified member.
Section 9. Communications Equipment. Members of the board of
directors or any committee thereof may participate in and act at any meeting of
such board or committee through the use of a conference telephone or other
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other, and participation in the meeting pursuant to this
section shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Section 10. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors, or of any
committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board or
committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or
committee.
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ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS
Section 1. Number. The officers of the corporation shall be elected
by the board of directors and shall consist of a chairman, a chief executive
officer, a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and
such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary or
desirable by the board of directors. Any number of offices may be held by the
same person. In its discretion, the board of directors may choose not to fill
any office for any period as it may deem advisable, except the offices of
president and secretary.
Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the
corporation shall be elected annually by the board of directors at the meeting
of the board of directors held after each annual meeting of stockholders. If the
election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be
held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Vacancies may be filled or new
offices created and filled at any meeting of the board of directors. Each
officer shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the board of
directors and until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or
her earlier death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.
Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent elected by the board of
directors may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the
best interest of the corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall
be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.
Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the board
of directors for the unexpired portion of the term by the board of directors
then in office.
Section 5. Compensation. Compensation of all officers shall be fixed
by the board of directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such
compensation by virtue of the fact that he or she is also a director of the
corporation.
Section 6. Chairman of the Board. The chairman shall preside at all
meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders and
shall have such other powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be
assigned to him by the board of directors. In the event there is a deadlock
among directors, the chairman shall be empowered to cast the deciding vote.
Section 7. The Chief Executive Officer. The chief executive officer
of the corporation shall have such powers and perform such duties as are
specified in these bylaws and as may from time to time be assigned to him by the
board of directors.
The chief executive officer shall have overall management of the
business of the corporation and its subsidiaries and shall see that all orders
and resolutions of the boards of directors of the corporation and its
subsidiaries are carried into effect. The chief executive officer shall execute
bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the
corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed
and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be
expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other
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officer or agent of the corporation. The chief executive officer shall have
general powers of supervision and shall be the final arbitrator of all
differences among officers of the corporation and its subsidiaries, and such
decision as to any matter affecting the corporation and its subsidiaries subject
only to the boards of directors.
Section 8. The President. The president shall have such powers and
perform such duties as are specified in these bylaws and as may from time to
time be assigned to him by the board of directors.
The president shall have general and active management of the
business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of
the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute
bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the
corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed
and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be
expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of
the corporation. The president shall have general powers of supervision and
shall be the final arbitrator of all differences between officers of the
corporation, and such decision as to any matter affecting the corporation
subject only to the board of directors.
Section 9. Vice Presidents. The vice-president, or if there shall be
more than one, the vice-presidents in the order determined by the board of
directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the
duties and exercise the powers of the president and shall perform such other
duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may, from time to
time, determine or these bylaws may prescribe.
Section 10. The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The secretary
shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the
stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation
and the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall
perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The secretary
shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and
special meetings of the board of directors; perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by the board of directors or president, under whose supervision he or
she shall be; shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and
the secretary, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same
to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or
her signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The board of
directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of
the corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. The
assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in
the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or
disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the
board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
Section 11. The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The treasurer
shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities; shall keep full
and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the
corporation; shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and
to the credit of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors,
taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; and shall render to the president
and the board of
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directors, at its regular meeting or when the board of directors so
requires, an account of the corporation. If required by the board of directors,
the treasurer shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be rendered every
six years) in such sums and with such surety or sureties as shall be
satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the
duties of the office of treasurer and for the restoration to the corporation, in
case of death, resignation, retirement, or removal from office, of all books,
papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in the possession
or under the control of the treasurer belonging to the corporation. The
assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the assistant
treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors, shall in the
absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
Section 12. Other Officers, Assistant Officers and Agents. Officers,
assistant officers and agents, if any, other than those whose duties are
provided for in these bylaws, shall have such authority and perform such duties
as may from time to time be prescribed by resolution of the board of directors.
ARTICLE V - INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND OTHERS
Section 1. Each 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 he or she 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 shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the
fullest extent which it is empowered to do so by the Delaware General
Corporation Law against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith
and in a manner he or she 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 the person did not act in good
faith and in a manner which he or she 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.
Section 2. 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 or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she 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
expenses (including attorney's fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or
her in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or
she
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acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was
brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court
shall deem proper.
Section 3. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent
of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of
any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article V
or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him or her in connection therewith.
Section 4. Any indemnification under Sections 1 and 2 of this
Article V (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the
director, officer, employee, or agent is proper in the circumstances because he
or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 1 and 2
of this Article V. Such determination shall be made (1) by the board of
directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not
parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such a quorum is not
obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so
directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the
stockholders.
Section 5. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal
action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee, or agent to
create an obligation to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined
that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as
authorized in this Article V.
Section 6. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
by or granted pursuant to the other sections of this Article V shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any other bylaw, agreement, vote
of stockholders, of disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in
his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office.
Section 7. The corporation shall have power to 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
him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of
his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power
to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this
Article V.
Section 8. For purposes of this Article V, references to "the
corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any
constituent corporation (including any
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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, employees and 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 V with respect to the resulting or surviving
corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation
if its separate existence had continued.
Section 9. For purposes of this Article V, 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 he 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 V.
Section 10. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
by, or granted pursuant to this Article V 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.
ARTICLE VI - CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
Section 1. Form. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be
entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by
the president or a vice-president, and the secretary or an assistant secretary
of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him or her in the
corporation. Where a certificate is signed (l) by a transfer agent or an
assistant transfer agent other than the corporation or its employee or (2) by a
registrar, other than the corporation or its employee, the signature of any such
president, vice-president, secretary, or assistant secretary may be facsimile.
In case any officer or officers have signed a certificate or certificates, or
whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on 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 have been delivered by the corporation, such certificate or
certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered as though the person or
persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature
or signatures have been used on such certificate or certificates had not ceased
to be such officer or officers of the corporation. All certificates for shares
shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name of the person
to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and
date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the corporation. All
certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be cancelled,
and no new certificate shall be issued in replacement until the former
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certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered or
cancelled, except as otherwise provided in Section 2 with respect to lost,
stolen or destroyed certificates.
Section 2. Lost Certificates. The board of directors may direct a
new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost,
stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. When
authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the board of
directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance
thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or
certificates, or his or her legal representative, to give the corporation a bond
in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made
against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been
lost, stolen or destroyed.
Section 3. Fixing a Record Date. The board of directors may fix in
advance a record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice
of, and to vote at, any meeting of stockholders and any adjournment thereof;
stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a
meeting; stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of rights or entitled to exercise any rights in
respect to any change, conversion or exchange of stock; or, for the purpose of
any other lawful action, which record date may not precede the date on which the
resolution fixing such record date is adopted by the board of directors. The
record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to
vote at, a meeting of stockholders shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor
less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. The record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which
the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors. The
record date for the determination of stockholders with respect to any other
action shall not be more than sixty (60) days before the date of such action. If
no record date is fixed: the record date for determining stockholders entitled
to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of
business on the day next preceding the day on which notice 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; the record date for determining stockholders entitled
to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting when no prior action
by the board of directors is required by the Delaware General Corporation Law,
shall be the first date 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; and, the record
date for determining stockholders with respect to any other action shall be the
close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the
resolution relating thereto.
ARTICLE VII - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the
corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if
any, may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special
meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or
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in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of
incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any
funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the
directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, equalize dividends, repair or
maintain any property of the corporation, or for any other purpose, and the
directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was
created.
Section 2. Checks, Drafts or Orders. All checks, drafts, or other
orders for the payment of money by or to the corporation and all 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 by resolution of the board of directors or a duly
authorized committee thereof.
Section 3. Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any
officer or officers, or any agent or agents, of the corporation to enter into
any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on
behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to
specific instances.
Section 4. Loans. The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee
any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the
corporation or of its subsidiary, including any officer or employee who is a
director of the corporation or its subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the
directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to
benefit the corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or
without interest, and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the board
of directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of
stock of the corporation. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to
deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at
common law or under any statute.
Section 5. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be
fixed by resolution of the board of directors.
Section 6. Corporate Seal. The board of directors shall provide a
corporate seal which shall be in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed
thereon the name of the corporation and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware."
The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or
affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
Section 7. Voting Securities Owned by Corporation. Voting securities
in any other corporation held by the corporation shall be voted by the president
or the vice president, unless the board of directors specifically confers
authority to vote with respect thereto, upon some other person or officer. Any
person authorized to vote securities shall have the power to appoint proxies,
with general power of substitution.
Section 8. Inspection of Books and Records. Any stockholder of
record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand upon
oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours of
business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation's stock
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ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make
copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean any purpose reasonably
related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an
attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection,
the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other
writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the
stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its
registered office in the State of Delaware or at its principal place of
business.
Section 9. Section Headings. Section headings in these bylaws are
for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect
in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.
Section 10. Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision
of these bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the certificate
of incorporation, the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable
law, the provision of these bylaws shall not be given any effect to the extent
of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.
ARTICLE VIII - AMENDMENTS
These bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed and new bylaws
adopted at any meeting of the board of directors by a majority vote, provided
that the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of stock of
the corporation then entitled to vote shall be required to adopt any provision
inconsistent with, or to amend or repeal any provision of, Section 1 or 3 of
Article III or this Article VIII. The fact that the power to adopt, amend, alter
or repeal the bylaws has been conferred upon the board of directors shall not
divest the stockholders of the same powers.
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