Exhibit 3.2
BY-LAWS OF
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(DELAWARE)
ARTICLE I - OFFICES
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Section 1-1. Registered Office and Registered Agent. The Corporation
shall maintain a registered office and registered agent within the State of
Delaware, which may be changed by the Board of Directors from time to time.
Section 1-2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such
other places, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE II - STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS
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Section 2-1. Place of Stockholders' Meetings. Meetings of stockholders
may be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as
may be designated by the Board of Directors from time to time. If no such
place is designated by the Board of Directors, meetings of the stockholders
shall be held at the registered office of the Corporation in the State of
Delaware.
Section 2-2. Annual Meeting. A meeting of the stockholders of the
Corporation shall be held in each calendar year, commencing with the year 1994,
on the 2nd Thursday of June at 10 o'clock a.m. if not a legal holiday, and if
such day is a legal holiday, then such meeting shall be held on the next
business day.
At such annual meeting, there shall be held an election for a Board of
Directors to serve for the ensuing year and until their respective successors
are elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.
Unless the Board of Directors shall deem it advisable, financial reports of
the Corporation's business need not be sent to the stockholders and need not be
presented at the annual meeting. If any report is deemed advisable by the
Board of Directors, such report may contain such information as the Board of
Directors shall determine and need not be certified by a Certified Public
Accountant unless the Board of Directors shall so direct.
Section 2-3. Special Meetings. Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time:
(a) By the Board of Directors; or
(b) By the President of the Corporation; or
(c) By the holders of record of not less than a majority of all the shares
outstanding and entitled to vote.
Upon the written request of any person entitled to call a special meeting,
which request shall set forth the purpose for which the meeting is desired, it
shall be the duty of the Secretary to give prompt written notice of such
meeting to be held at such time as the Secretary may fix, subject to the
provisions of Section 2-4 hereof. If the Secretary shall fail to fix such
date and give notice within ten (10) days after receipt of such request, the
person or persons making such request may do so.
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Section 2-4. Notice of Meetings and Adjourned Meetings. Written notice
stating the place, date and hour of any meeting shall be given not less than
ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each
stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, notice is given when
deposited in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, directed to the
stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
Such notice may be given by or at the direction of the person or persons
authorized to call the meeting.
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be
given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at
the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. If the adjournment is for more
than thirty (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 of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 2-5. Quorum. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation or in a By-law adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of
Directors (or the Incorporators if no first Directors were named in the
Certificate of Incorporation) at its organization meeting following the filing
of the Articles of Incorporation, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote shall
constitute a quorum but in no event shall a quorum consist of less than
one-third (1/3) of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting. The stockholders
present at a duly organized meeting can continue to do business until
adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough
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stockholders to leave less than a quorum. If a meeting cannot be organized
because of the absence of a quorum, those present may, except as otherwise
provided by law, adjourn the meeting to such time and place as they may
determine. In the case of any meeting for the election of Directors, those
stockholders who attend the second of such adjourned meetings, although less
than a quorum as fixed in this Section, shall nevertheless constitute a quorum
for the purpose of electing Directors.
Section 2-6. Voting List; Proxies. The officer who has charge of the
stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (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, during ordinary business
hours, for a period of at least ten (10) 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.
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 by proxy. All proxies shall
be
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executed in writing and shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation
not later than the day on which exercised. No proxy shall be voted or acted
upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer
period.
Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all matters coming before
the meeting shall be determined by a vote by shares. All elections of Directors
shall be by written ballot unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all other
votes may be taken by voice unless a stockholder demands that it be taken by
ballot, in which latter event the vote shall be taken by written ballot.
Section 2-7. Informal Action by Stockholders. Unless otherwise provided
by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any
annual or special meeting of stockholders, 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 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. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate
action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given
to those stockholders or members, who have not consented in writing.
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ARTICLE III - BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Section 3-1. Number. The Board of Directors shall consist of such number
of directors, not less than two (2) nor more than seven (7), as may be
determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 3-2. Place of Meeting. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be
held at such place either within or without the State of Delaware, as a majority
of the Directors may from time to time designate or as may be designated in the
notice calling the meeting.
Section 3-3. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be held annually, immediately following the annual meeting of
stockholders, at the place where such meeting of the stockholders is held or at
such other place, date and hour as a majority of the newly elected Directors may
designate. At such meeting the Board of Directors shall elect officers of the
Corporation. In addition to such regular meeting, the Board of Directors shall
have the power to fix, by resolution, the place, date and hour of other regular
meetings of the Board.
Section 3-4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors
shall be held whenever ordered by the President, by a majority of the members of
the executive committee, if any, or by a majority of the Directors in office.
Section 3-5. Notices of Meetings of Board of Directors.
(a) Regular Meetings. No notice shall be required to be given of any
regular meeting, unless the same be held at other than the time or place for
holding
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such meetings as fixed in accordance with Section 3-3 of these by-laws, in
which event one (1) day's notice shall be given of the time and place of such
meeting.
(b) Special Meetings. At least one (1) day's notice shall be given of the
time, place and purpose for which any special meeting of the Board of Directors
is to be held.
Section 3-6. Quorum. A majority of the total number of Directors shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a
majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If there be less than a quorum
present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time
and place to place and shall cause notice of each such adjourned meeting to be
given to all absent Directors.
Section 3-7. Informal Action by the Board of Directors. 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 or
committee.
Section 3-8. Powers.
(a) General Powers. The Board of Directors shall have all powers
necessary or appropriate to the management of the business and affairs of the
Corporation, and, in addition to the power and authority conferred by these
by-laws, may exercise all powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts
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and things as are not by statute, these by-laws or the Certificate of
Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
(b) Specific Powers. Without limiting the general powers conferred by the
last preceding clause and the powers conferred by the Certificate of
Incorporation and by-laws of the Corporation, it is hereby expressly declared
that the Board of Directors shall have the following powers:
(i) To confer upon any officer or officers of the Corporation the
power to choose, remove or suspend assistant officers, agents or
servants.
(ii) To appoint any person, firm or corporation to accept and hold in
trust for the Corporation any property belonging to the Corporation or
in which it is interested, and to authorize any such person, firm or
corporation to execute any documents and perform any duties that may
be requisite in relation to any such trust.
(iii) To appoint a person or persons to vote shares of another
corporation held and owned by the Corporation.
(iv) By resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board of
Directors, to designate one (1) or more of its number to constitute an
executive committee which, to the extent provided in such resolution,
shall have and may exercise the power of the Board of Directors in the
management of the business and affairs of the
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Corporation and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be
affixed.
(v) By resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of
Directors, to designate one (1) or more additional committees, each to
consist of one (1) or more Directors, to have such duties, powers and
authority as the Board of Directors shall determine. All committees
of the Board of Directors, including the executive committee, shall
have the authority to adopt their own rules of procedure. Absent the
adoption of specific procedures, the procedures applicable to the
Board of Directors shall also apply to committees thereof.
(vi) To fix the place, time and purpose of meetings of stockholders.
(vii) To purchase or otherwise acquire for the Corporation any
property, rights or privileges which the Corporation is authorized to
acquire, at such prices, on such terms and conditions and for such
consideration as it shall from time to time see fit, and, at its
discretion, to pay any property or rights acquired by the Corporation,
either wholly or partly in money or in stocks, bonds, debentures or
other securities of the Corporation.
(viii) To create, make and issue mortgages, bonds, deeds of trust,
trust agreements and negotiable or transferable instruments and
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securities, secured by mortgage or otherwise, and to do every other
act and thing necessary to effectuate the same.
(ix) To appoint and remove or suspend such subordinate officers,
agents or servants, permanently or temporarily, as it may from time to
time think fit, and to determine their duties, and fix, and from time
to time change, their salaries or emoluments, and to require security
in such instances and in such amounts as it thinks fit.
(x) To determine who shall be authorized on the Corporation's behalf
to sign bills, notes, receipts, acceptances, endorsements, checks,
releases, contracts and documents.
Section 3-9. Compensation of Directors. Compensation of Directors and
reimbursement of their expenses incurred in connection with the business of the
Corporation, if any, shall be as determined from time to time by resolution of
the Board of Directors.
Section 3-10. Removal of Directors by Stockholders. The entire Board of
Directors or any individual Director may be removed from office without
assigning any cause by a majority vote of the holders of the outstanding shares
entitled to vote. In case the Board of Directors or any one (1) or more
Directors be so removed, new Directors may be elected at the same time.
Section 3-11. Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by
submitting his written resignation to the Corporation. Such resignation shall
take
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effect at the time of its receipt by the Corporation unless another time be
fixed in the resignation, in which case it shall become effective at the time
so fixed. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it
effective.
Section 3-12. Vacancies. Vacancies and new created directorships
resulting from any increase in the authorized number of Directors elected by
all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be
filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, although less than a
quorum, or by a sole remaining Director, and each person so elected shall be a
Director until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier
resignation or removal.
Section 3-13. Participation by Conference Telephone. Directors may
participate in regular or special meetings of the Board by telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all other persons participating in
the meeting can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute
presence at the meeting.
ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS
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Section 4-1. Election and Office. The Corporation shall have a President,
a Secretary and a Treasurer who shall be elected by the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors may elect such additional officers as it may deem
proper, including a Chairman and a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors,
one (1) or more Vice Presidents, a Controller and one (1) or more assistant
or honorary officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
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Section 4-2. Term. The President, the Secretary and the Treasurer shall
each serve for a term of one (1) year and until their respective successors are
chosen and qualified, unless removed from office by the Board of Directors
during their respective tenures. The term of office of any other officer shall
be as specified by the Board of Directors.
Section 4-3. Powers and Duties of the President. Unless otherwise
determined by the Board of Directors, the President shall have the usual duties
of an executive officer with general supervision over and direction of the
affairs of the Corporation. In the exercise of these duties and subject to the
limitations of the laws of the State of Delaware, these by-laws, and the
actions of the Board of Directors, he may appoint, suspend and discharge
employees and agents, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders at
which he shall be present, and, unless there is a Chairman of the Board of
Directors, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and, unless
otherwise specified by the Board of Directors, shall be a member of all
committees. He shall also do and perform such other duties as from time to
time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the President shall
have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend and to act
and to vote at any meeting of the stockholders of any corporation in which the
Corporation may hold stock, and, at any such meeting, shall possess and may
exercise any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such
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stock and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have possessed and
exercised.
Section 4-4. Powers and Duties of the Secretary. Unless otherwise
determined by the Board of Directors, the Secretary shall record all
proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation, the Board of Directors and all
committees, in books to be kept for that purpose, and shall attend to the
giving and serving of all notices for the Corporation. He shall have charge
of the corporate seal, the certificate books, transfer books and stock ledgers,
and such other books and papers as the Board of Directors may direct. He shall
perform all other duties ordinarily incident to the office of Secretary and
shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned
to him by the Board of Directors.
Section 4-5. Powers and Duties of the Treasurer. Unless otherwise
determined by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall have charge of all
the funds and securities of the Corporation which may come into his hands.
When necessary or proper, unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors,
he shall endorse for collection on behalf of the Corporation checks, notes and
other obligations, and shall deposit the same to the credit of the Corporation
in such banks or depositories as the Board of Directors may designate and shall
sign all receipts and vouchers for payments made to the Corporation. He shall
sign all checks made by the Corporation, except when the Board of Directors
shall otherwise direct. He shall enter regularly, in books of the Corporation
to be kept by him for that purpose, a full and accurate account of all moneys
received and
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paid by him on account of the Corporation. Whenever required by the Board of
Directors, he shall render a statement of the financial condition of the
Corporation. He shall at all reasonable times exhibit his books and accounts
to any Director of the Corporation, upon application at the office of the
Corporation during business hours. He shall have such other powers and shall
perform such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the
Board of Directors. He shall give such bond, if any, for the faithful
performance of his duties as shall be required by the Board of Directors and
any such bond shall remain in the custody of the President.
Section 4-6. Powers and Duties of the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, if any, shall preside at all meetings of Directors. He
shall have such other powers and perform such further duties as may be assigned
to him by the Board of Directors, including, without limitation, acting as
Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. To be eligible to serve, the
Chairman of the Board must be a Director of the Corporation.
Section 4-7. Powers and Duties of Vice Presidents and Assistant Officers.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, each Vice President and
each assistant officer shall have the powers and perform the duties of his
respective superior officer. Vice Presidents and assistant officers shall have
such rank as shall be designated by the Board of Directors and each, in the
order of rank, shall act for such superior officer in his absence, or upon his
disability or when so directed by
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such superior officer or by the Board of Directors. Vice Presidents may be
designated as having responsibility for a specific aspect of the Corporation's
affairs, in which event each such Vice President shall be superior to the other
Vice Presidents in relation to matters within his aspect. The President shall
be the superior officer of the Vice Presidents. The Treasurer and the
Secretary shall be the superior officers of the Assistant Treasurers and
Assistant Secretaries, respectively.
Section 4-8. Delegation of Office. The Board of Directors may delegate
the powers or duties of any officer of the Corporation to any other officer or
to any Director from time to time.
Section 4-9. Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall have the power to
fill any vacancies in any office occurring from whatever reason.
Section 4-10. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by
submitting his written resignation to the Corporation. Such resignation shall
take effect at the time of its receipt by the Corporation, unless another time
be fixed in the resignation, in which case it shall become effective at the
time so fixed. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make
it effective.
Section 4-11. Designation of Chief Financial Officer. The Board of
Directors shall have the power to designate from among the Chairman, any Vice
Chairman, President, any Vice President or the Treasurer of this Corporation a
Chief Financial Officer who shall be deemed the principal financial and
accounting officer and who shall have the ultimate responsibility to oversee
the financial
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operation and performance of the Corporation. In the event that the Treasurer
is not designated by the Board of Directors as the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer shall report to the Chief Financial Officer from time to time
concerning all duties which the Treasurer is obligated to perform and the Chief
Financial Officer shall, at his election, assume such of the duties of the
Treasurer as are provided herein as he shall deem appropriate. The Chief
Financial Officer shall have the power to modify and/or amend any and all
actions taken by the Treasurer and shall have such other powers and perform
such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V - CAPITAL STOCK
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Section 5-l. Stock Certificates. Shares of the Corporation shall be
represented by certificates signed by or in the name of the Corporation by (a)
the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or a
Vice President, and (b) the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, representing the number of shares
registered in certificate form. If such certificate is countersigned (i) by a
transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or (ii) by a
registrar other than the Corporation or its employee, the signatures of the
officers of the Corporation may be facsimiles. In case any officer who has
signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall
have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be
issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at
the date of issue.
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Section 5-2. Determination of Stockholders of Record. The Board of
Directors may fix, in advance, a record date to determine the stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any
adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, 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. Such date shall be not more than sixty (60) nor less
than ten (10) days before the date of any such meeting, nor more than sixty
(60) days prior to any other action.
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 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 for any other purpose shall be
at the close of business on the day 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.
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Section 5-3. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares shall be made on the
books of the Corporation only upon surrender of the share certificate, duly
endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer, which certificate shall be
cancelled at the time of the transfer. No transfer of shares shall be made on
the books of this Corporation if such transfer is in violation of a lawful
restriction noted conspicuously on the certificate.
Section 5-4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Share Certificates. The
Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock, or uncertified shares in
place of any certificate therefore issued by it, alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost,
stolen, or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative to give the
Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against claim that may be made
against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such
certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
ARTICLE VI - NOTICES
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Section 6-l. Contents of Notice. Whenever any notice of a meeting is
required to be given pursuant to these by-laws or the Certificate of
Incorporation or otherwise, the notice shall specify the place, day and hour of
the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting or where otherwise required
by law, the general nature of the business to be transacted at such meeting.
Section 6-2. Method of Notice. All notices shall be given to each person
entitled thereto, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the
mail or
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by telegraph, charges prepaid, to his address as it appears on the records of
the Corporation, or supplied by him to the Corporation for the purpose of
notice. If notice is sent by mail or telegraph, it shall be deemed to have
been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States
Mail or with the telegraph office for transmission. If no address for a
stockholder appears on the books of the Corporation and such stockholder has
not supplied the Corporation with an address for the purpose of notice, notice
deposited in the United States Mail addressed to such stockholder care of
General Delivery in the city in which the principal office of the Corporation
is located shall be sufficient.
Section 6-3. Wavier of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given
under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws of
the Corporation, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice,
whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to
notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of
notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a 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. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any
regular or special meeting of the stockholders, Directors, or members of a
committee of Directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless
so required by the Certificate of Incorporation.
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ARTICLE VII- INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND
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OFFICERS AND OTHER PERSONS
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Section 7-l. Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify any person
who is a Director or officer of the Corporation or any Director or officer who
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 (any such person is hereinafter referred to in this Article
VII as a "Director or officer") against expenses (including, but not limited
to, attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually
and reasonably incurred by such Director or officer ("liabilities"), to the
fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law in connection with any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (as used in this Article VII,
"Proceeding" or, in the plural, "Proceedings"), brought or threatened to be
brought against such Director or officer by reason of the fact that he or she
is or was serving in any such capacity or in any other capacity on behalf of
the Corporation, its parent or any of its subsidiaries.
The Board of Directors by resolution adopted in each specific instance may
similarly indemnify any person other than a Director or officer (any such
person is hereinafter referred to in this Article VII as an "Other Person") for
liabilities incurred by him or her in connection with services rendered by him
or her for or at the request of the Corporation, its parent or any of its
subsidiaries.
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Section 7-2. Advances. Expenses (including, but not limited to,
attorneys' fees) incurred by any Director or officer in defending a Proceeding
shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such
Proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon
receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such Director or officer, to
repay such amount without interest if it shall ultimately be determined that
he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized by
law. Advance expenses (including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees) incurred
by Other Persons may be paid if the Board of Directors deems appropriate and
upon such terms and conditions, including the giving of an undertaking, as the
Board of Directors deems appropriate.
Section 7-3. Applicability; Survival. The provisions of Sections 7-1 and
7-2 shall be applicable to all Proceedings commenced before or after the
adoption of this Article VII, whether such arise out of acts or omissions which
occurred prior or subsequent to such adoption and shall continue as to a person
who has ceased to be a Director or officer (or, where and so long as the Board
of Directors has authorized indemnification or advancement of expenses to an
Other Person in accordance with this Article VII, to an Other Person who has
ceased to render services for or at the request of the Corporation its parent
or subsidiaries) and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
Section 7-4. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, officer, or Other
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Person 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 law.
Section 7-5. Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VII, shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under these bylaws, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his
or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding
such office.
ARTICLE VIII - SEAL
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The form of the seal of the Corporation,
called the corporate seal of the Corporation, [Form of Seal]
shall be as impressed adjacent hereto.
ARTICLE IX - FISCAL YEAR
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The Board of Directors shall have the power by resolution to fix the fiscal
year of the Corporation. If the Board of Directors shall fail to do so, the
President shall fix the fiscal year.
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ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS
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The original or other by-laws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the
stockholders entitled to vote thereon at any regular or special meeting or, if
the Certificate of Incorporation so provides, by the Board of Directors. The
fact that such power has been so conferred upon the Board of Directors shall
not divest the stockholders of the power nor limit their power to adopt, amend
or repeal by-laws.
ARTICLE XI - INTERPRETATION OF BY-LAWS
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All words, terms and provisions of these by-laws shall be interpreted and
defined by and in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, as amended, and as amended from time to time hereafter.
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