AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
HOSPITALITY WORLDWIDE SERVICES, INC.
(F/K/A LIGHT SAVERS U.S.A, INC.)
(FORMED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK) (AS AMENDED AND RESTATED ON JULY 14, 1997 AND JULY 6, 1998)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. OFFICES. The Corporation may have offices at such places
both within or without the State of New York as the Board of Directors may from
time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of shareholders for the
election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may
properly be brought before the meeting shall be held at a time fixed by the
Board of Directors. If this date shall fall upon a legal holiday at the place of
the meeting, then such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day
at the same hour. If no annual meeting is held in accordance with the foregoing
provisions, the Board of Directors shall cause the meeting to be held as soon
thereafter as convenient.
Section 2. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the shareholders may
be called by the Board of Directors. Any such meeting shall be held at such time
and at such place, within or without the New York, as shall be determined by the
Board and as shall be stated in the notice of such meeting. At such meetings the
only business which may be transacted is that relating to the purpose or
purposes set forth in the notice thereof.
Section 3. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at
such place, within or without the State of New York, as may be fixed by the
Board of Directors. If no place is so fixed, such meetings shall be held at the
office of the Corporation in the State of New York.
Section 4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Notice of each meeting of shareholders
shall be given in writing and shall state the place, date and hour of the
meeting and the purpose or purposes
for which the meeting is called. Notice of a special meeting shall indicate that
it is being issued by or at the direction of the person or persons calling or
requesting the meeting.
If, at any meeting, action is proposed to be taken which
would, if taken, entitle objecting shareholders to receive payment for their
shares, the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect.
A copy of the notice of each meeting shall be given,
personally or by first class mail, not less than ten nor more than 50 days
before the date of the meeting, to each shareholder entitled to vote at such
meeting. If mailed, such notice is given when deposited in the United States
mail, with postage thereon prepaid, directed to the shareholder at his address
as it appears on the record of shareholders, or, if he shall have filed with the
Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices to him be mailed to
some other address, then directed to him at such other address.
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, it shall
not be necessary to give any notice of the adjourned meeting if the time and
place to which the meeting is adjourned are announced at the meeting at which
the adjournment is taken, and at the adjourned meeting any business may be
transacted that might have been transacted on the original date of the meeting.
However, if after the adjournment the Board of Directors fixes a new record date
for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to
each shareholder of record on the new record date entitled to notice under the
preceding paragraphs of this Section 4.
Section 5. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Notice of meeting need not be given to any
shareholder who submits a signed waiver of notice, in person or by proxy,
whether before or after the meeting. The attendance of any shareholder at a
meeting, in person or by proxy, without protesting prior to the conclusion of
the meeting the lack of notice of such meeting, shall constitute a waiver of
notice by him.
Section 6. INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. The Board of Directors, in advance
of any shareholders' meeting, may appoint one or more inspectors to act at the
meeting or any adjournment thereof. If inspectors are not so appointed, the
person presiding at a shareholders' meeting may, and on the request of any
shareholder entitled to vote thereat shall, appoint two inspectors. In case any
person appointed fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by
appointment made by the Board in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the
person presiding thereat. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of
his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of
inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of
his ability.
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The inspectors shall determine the number of shares
outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting,
the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and shall
receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and
questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all
votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper
to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. On request of
the person presiding at the meeting or any shareholder entitled to vote thereat,
the inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or
matter determined by them and execute a certificate of any fact found by them.
Any report or certificate made by them shall be prima facie evidence of the
facts stated and of the vote as certified by them.
Section 7. LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS AT MEETINGS. A list of shareholders as
of the record date, certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or by
a transfer agent, shall be produced at any meeting of shareholders upon the
request thereat or prior thereto of any shareholder. If the right to vote at any
meeting is challenged, the inspectors of election, or person presiding thereat,
shall require such list of shareholders to be produced as evidence of the right
of the persons challenged to vote at such meeting, and all persons who appear
from such list to be shareholders entitled to vote thereat may vote at such
meeting.
Section 8. QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS. Unless otherwise provided in the
certificate of incorporation, every shareholder of record shall be entitled at
every meeting of shareholders to one vote for every share standing in his name
on the record of shareholders.
Treasury shares as of the record date and shares held as of
the record date by another domestic or foreign corporation of any type or kind,
if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of
such other corporation is held as of the record date by the Corporation, shall
not be shares entitled to vote or to be counted in determining the total number
of outstanding shares.
Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian,
conservator, committee, or other fiduciary, except a trustee, may be voted by
him, either in person or by proxy, without transfer of such shares into his
name. Shares held by a trustee may be voted by him, either in person or by
proxy, only after the shares have been transferred into his name as trustee or
into the name of his nominee.
Shares standing in the name of another domestic or foreign
corporation of any type or kind may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as
the by-laws of such corporation may provide, or, in the absence of such
provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine.
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A shareholder shall not sell his vote or issue a proxy to vote
to any person for any sum of money or anything of value except as permitted by
law.
Section 9. QUORUM OF SHAREHOLDERS. The holders of a majority of the
shares entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of
shareholders for the transaction of any business, provided that when a specified
item of business is required to be voted on by a class or series, voting as a
class, the holders of a majority of the shares of such class or series shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of such specified item of business.
When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it is not
broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any shareholders.
The shareholders who are present in person or by proxy and who
are entitled to vote may, by a majority of votes cast, adjourn the meeting
despite the absence of a quorum.
Section 10. PROXIES. Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of
shareholders or to express consent or dissent without a meeting may authorize
another person or persons to act for him by proxy.
Every proxy must be signed by the shareholder or his
attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from
the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be
revocable at the pleasure of the shareholder executing it, except as otherwise
provided by law.
The authority of the holder of a proxy to act shall not be
revoked by the incompetence or death of the shareholder who executed the proxy
unless before the authority is exercised, written notice of an adjudication of
such incompetence or of such death is received by the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary.
Section 11. VOTE OR CONSENT OF SHAREHOLDERS. Directors shall,
except as otherwise required by law, be elected by a plurality of the votes cast
at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the
election.
Whenever any corporate action, other than the election of
directors, is to be taken by vote of the shareholders, it shall, except as
otherwise required by law, be authorized by a majority of the votes cast at a
meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon.
Whenever shareholders are required or permitted to take any
action by vote, such action may be taken without a meeting on written consent,
setting forth the action so taken, signed by the holders of all outstanding
shares entitled to vote thereon. Written consent thus given by the holders of
all outstanding shares
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entitled to vote shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote of shareholders.
Section 12. FIXING RECORD DATE. For the purpose of determining the
shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or
any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to or dissent from any proposal
without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to
receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any rights, or for the
purpose of any other action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date
as the record date for any such determination of shareholders. Such date shall
not be more than 50 nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor
more than 50 days prior to any other action.
When a determination of shareholders of record entitled to
notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in
this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless
the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. POWER OF BOARD AND QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS. The business
of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors, who may exercise
all of the powers of the corporation except as otherwise provided by law, the
certificate of incorporation or these by-laws. Each director shall be at least
18 years of age.
Section 2. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The number of directors constituting
the entire Board of Directors shall be the number, not less than three nor more
than fifteen, fixed from time to time by a majority of the total number of
directors which the Corporation would have, prior to any increase or decrease,
if there were no vacancies, provided, however, that no decrease shall shorten
the term of an incumbent director, and provided further, however, that if all of
the shares of the Corporation are owned beneficially and of record by less than
three shareholders, the number of directors may be less than three but not less
than the number of shareholders. Any newly created directorships or any decrease
in directorships shall be so apportioned among the classes as to make all
classes as nearly equal in number as possible.
Section 3. ELECTION AND TERM. The directors shall be divided into three
classes, each with, as nearly as possible, one-third of the members of the Board
of Directors, and designated as Class I, Class II and Class III. Class I
directors shall be initially elected at the 1998 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
for a term expiring at the 1999 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; Class II
directors shall be initially elected at the 1998 Annual Meeting of
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Shareholders for a term expiring at the 2000 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; and
Class III directors shall be initially elected at the 1998 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders for a term expiring at the 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. At
each succeeding annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation, the
successors of the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be
elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders held in the
third year following the year of their election, and until their successors are
elected and qualified.
Section 4. QUORUM OF DIRECTORS AND ACTION BY THE BOARD. A majority of
the entire Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and, except where otherwise provided by these by-laws, the vote of a
majority of the directors present at a meeting at the time of such vote, if a
quorum is then present, shall be the act of the Board.
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of
Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members
of the Board or the committee consent in writing to the adoption of a resolution
authorizing the action. The resolution and the written consent thereto by the
members of the Board or committee shall be filed with the minutes of the
proceedings of the Board or committee.
Section 5. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. An annual meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be held in each year directly after the annual meeting of
shareholders. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such times as may
be fixed by the Board. Special meetings of the Board may be held at any time
upon the call of the Chairman or any two directors.
Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such
places as may be fixed by the Board for annual and regular meetings and in the
notice of meeting for special meetings. If no place is so fixed, meetings of the
Board shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation. Any one or more
members of the Board of Directors may participate in meetings by means of a
conference telephone or similar communications equipment.
No notice need be given of annual or regular meetings of the
Board of Directors. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall be given
to each director either by mail not later than noon, New York time, on the third
day prior to the meeting or by telegram, written message or orally to the
director not later than noon, New York time, on the day prior to the meeting.
Notices are deemed to have been given: by mail, when deposited in the United
States mail; by telegram at the time of filing; and by messenger at the time of
delivery. Notices by mail, telegram or messenger shall be sent to each director
at the address designated by him for that purpose, or, if none has been so
designated, at his last known residence or business address.
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Notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not be
given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice whether before or
after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto
or at its commencement, the lack of notice to him.
A notice, or waiver of notice, need not specify the purpose of
any meeting of the Board of Directors.
A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum
is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. Notice of any
adjournment of a meeting to another time or place shall be given, in the manner
described above, to the directors who were not present at the time of the
adjournment and, unless such time and place are announced at the meeting, to the
other directors.
Section 6. RESIGNATIONS. Any director of the Corporation may resign at
any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the President
or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at
the time specified therein; and unless otherwise specified therein the
acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 7. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. Any one or more of the directors may
be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.
Section 8. NEWLY CREATED DIRECTORSHIPS AND VACANCIES. Newly created
directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and
vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors for any reason except the removal
of directors by shareholders may be filled by vote of a majority of the
directors then in office, although less than a quorum exists. Vacancies
occurring as a result of the removal of directors by shareholders shall be
filled by the shareholders. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be
elected to hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor. A director
elected to fill a vacancy for a newly created directorship shall be elected to
hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his
successor has been elected and qualified. For any new Board created directorship
that is filled by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office, there
shall not be any classification of the additional director until the next annual
meeting of shareholders. In the event of a vacancy in the Board of Directors,
the remaining directors, except as otherwise provided by law, may exercise the
powers of the full Board until the vacancy is filled.
Section 9. EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS. The Board of
Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may
designate from among its members an executive committee and other committees
each consisting of
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three or more directors and each of which, to the extent provided in the
resolution, shall have all the authority of the Board, except that no such
committee shall have authority as to the following matters:
(1) The submission to shareholders of any action
that needs shareholders' approval;
(2) The filling of vacancies in the Board or in
any committee;
(3) The fixing of compensation of the directors
for serving on the Board or on any committee;
(4) The amendment or repeal of the by-laws, or the
adoption of new by-laws;
(5) The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the
Board which, by its term, shall not be so amendable
or repealable; or
(6) The removal or indemnification of directors.
The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as
alternate members of any such committee, who may replace any absent member or
members at any meeting of such committee.
Unless a greater proportion is required by the resolution
designating a committee, a majority of the entire authorized number of members
of such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and
the vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting at the time of such
vote, if a quorum is then present shall be the act of such committee.
Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board
of Directors.
Section 10. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors shall
have authority to fix the compensation of directors for services in any
capacity.
Section 11. INTEREST OF DIRECTORS IN A TRANSACTION. Unless shown to be
unfair and unreasonable as to the Corporation, no contract or other transaction
between the Corporation and one or more of its directors, or between the
Corporation and any other corporation, firm, association or other entity in
which one or more of the directors are directors or officers, or are financially
interested shall be either void or voidable, irrespective of whether such
interested director or directors are present at a meeting of the Board of
Directors, or of a committee thereof, which authorizes such contract or
transaction and irrespective of whether his or their votes are counted for such
purpose. In the absence of fraud any such contract or transaction may be
conclusively authorized or approved as fair and reasonable by:
(1) The Board of Directors or a duly empowered
committee thereof, by a vote sufficient for such purpose
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without counting the vote or votes of such interested director or
directors (although he or they may be counted in determining the
presence of a quorum at the meeting which authorizes such contract or
transaction), if the fact of such common directorship, officership or
financial interest is disclosed or known to the Board or committee (as
the case may be); or
(2) The shareholders entitled to vote for the election of
directors, if such common directorship, officership or financial
interest is disclosed or known to such shareholders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no loan, except advances in
connection with indemnification, shall be made by the Corporation to any
director unless it is authorized by vote of the shareholders without counting
any shares of the director who would be the borrower.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. OFFICERS. The Board of Directors, as soon as may be
practicable after the annual election of directors, shall elect a Chairman of
the Board, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Chief Financial Officer
and a Secretary, and from time to time may elect or appoint such other officers
as it may determine. When all of the issued and outstanding stock of the
Corporation is owned by one person, such person may hold all or any combination
of offices.
Section 2. OTHER OFFICERS. The Board of Directors may appoint such
other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their
offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as
shall be determined from time to time by the Board.
Section 3. COMPENSATION. The salaries of all officers and agents of the
Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
Section 4. TERM OF OFFICE AND REMOVAL. Each officer shall hold office
for the term for which he is elected or appointed, and until his successor has
been elected or appointed and qualified. Unless otherwise provided in the
resolution of the Board of Directors electing or appointing an officer, his term
of office shall extend to and expire at the meeting of the Board following the
next annual meeting of shareholders. Any officer may be removed by the Board,
with or without cause, at any time. Removal of an officer without cause shall be
without prejudice to his contract rights, if any, and the election or
appointment of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.
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Section 5. POWERS AND DUTIES.
(a) CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. If the Board
of Directors appoints a Chairman of the Board, he shall, when present, preside
at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall perform such duties and
possess such powers as are usually vested in the office of the Chairman of the
Board or as may be vested in him by the Board of Directors. If the Board of
Directors appoints a Vice Chairman of the Board, he shall, in the absence or
disability of the Chairman of the Board, perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the Chairman of the Board and shall perform such other duties and
possess such other powers as may from time to time be vested in him by the Board
of Directors.
(b) PRESIDENT. The President shall, subject to the direction of the
Board of Directors, have general supervision and control of the business of the
Corporation. Unless otherwise provided by the directors, he shall preside at all
meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors (except as provided
in Section 5(a) above). The President shall perform such other duties and shall
have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time
prescribe.
(c) VICE PRESIDENTS. Any Vice President shall perform such duties and
possess such powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to
time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the
President, the Vice President (or if there shall be more than one, the Vice
Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the
duties of the President and when so performing shall have all the powers of and
be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Board of Directors
may assign to any Vice President the title of Executive Vice President, Senior
Vice President or any other title selected by the Board of Directors.
(d) SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. The Secretary shall perform
such duties and shall have such powers as the Board of Directors or the
President may from time to time prescribe. In addition, the Secretary shall
perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the office of the
secretary, including without limitation the duty and power to give notices of
all meetings of shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, to
attend all meetings of shareholders and the Board of Directors and keep a record
of the proceedings, to maintain a stock ledger and prepare lists of shareholders
and their addresses as required, to be custodian of corporate records and the
corporate seal and to affix and attest to the same on documents.
Any Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties and possess
such powers as the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary may from
time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal or
refusal to act of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, (or if there shall be
more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of
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Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.
In the absence of the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary at
any meeting of shareholders or directors, the person presiding at the meeting
shall designate a temporary secretary to keep a record of the meeting.
(e) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND CONTROLLER. The Chief Financial Officer
shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as may from time to time be
assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the President. The Chief Financial
Officer shall also be the Treasurer of the Corporation unless the Board of
Directors has appointed another person as the Treasurer. In addition, the Chief
Financial Officer shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident
to the office of treasurer, including without limitation the duty and power to
keep and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation, to
deposit funds of the Corporation in depositories selected in accordance with
these By-Laws, to disburse such funds as ordered by the Board of Directors, to
make proper accounts of such funds, and to render as required by the Board of
Directors statements of all such transactions and of the financial condition of
the Corporation.
The Controller shall perform such duties and possess such
powers as the Board of Directors, the President or the Chief Financial Officer
may from time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or
refusal to act of the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller, (or if there
shall be more than one, the Controllers in the order determined by the Board of
Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief
Financial Officer.
Section 6. BONDED OFFICERS. The Board of Directors may require any
officer to give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or
sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors upon such terms and
conditions as the Board of Directors may specify, including without limitation a
bond for the faithful performance of his duties and for the restoration to the
Corporation of all property in his possession or under his control belonging to
the Corporation.
Section 7. BOOKS TO BE KEPT. The Corporation shall keep (a) correct and
complete books and records of account, (b) minutes of the proceedings of the
shareholders, Board of Directors and any committees of directors, and (c) a
current list of the directors and officers and their residence addresses. The
Corporation shall also keep at its office in the State of New York or at the
office of its transfer agent or registrar in the State of New York, if any, a
record containing the names and addresses of all shareholders, the number and
class of shares held by each and the dates when they respectively became the
owners of record thereof.
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The Board of Directors may determine whether and to what
extent and at what times and places and under what conditions and regulations
any accounts, books, records or other documents of the Corporation shall be open
to inspection, and no creditor, security holder or other person shall have any
right to inspect any accounts, books, records or other documents of the
Corporation except as conferred by statute or as so authorized by the Board.
Section 8. CHECKS. NOTES, ETC. All checks and drafts on, and
withdrawals from the Corporation's accounts with banks or other financial
institutions, and all bills of exchange, notes and other instruments for the
payment of money, drawn, made, indorsed, or accepted by the Corporation, shall
be signed on its behalf by the person or persons thereunto authorized by, or
pursuant to resolution of, the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V
FORMS OF CERTIFICATES AND LOSS AND
TRANSFER OF SHARES
Section 1. FORMS OF SHARE CERTIFICATES. The shares of the Corporation
shall be represented by certificates, in such forms as the Board of Directors
may prescribe, signed by the Chairman or the President or a Vice-President and
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer, and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile
thereof. The signatures of the officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles if
the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a
registrar other than the Corporation or its employee. 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.
Each certificate representing shares issued by the Corporation
shall set forth upon the face or back of the certificate, or shall state that
the Corporation will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge,
a full statement of the designation, relative rights, preferences and
limitations of the shares of each class of shares, if more than one, authorized
to be issued and the designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations
of each series of any class of preferred shares authorized to be issued so far
as the same have been fixed, and the authority of the Board of Directors to
designate and fix the relative rights, preferences and limitations of other
series.
Each certificate representing shares shall state upon the face
thereof:
(1) That the Corporation is formed under the laws
of the State of New York;
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(2) The name of the person or persons to whom
issued; and
(3) The number and class of shares, and the designation
of the series, if any, which such certificate
represents.
Section 2. TRANSFERS OF SHARES. Shares of the Corporation shall be
transferable on the record of shareholders upon presentment to the Corporation
or a transfer agent of a certificate or certificates representing the shares
requested to be transferred, with proper indorsement on the certificate or on a
separate accompanying document, together with such evidence of the payment of
transfer taxes and compliance with other provisions of law as the Corporation or
its transfer agent may require.
Section 3. LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED SHARE CERTIFICATES. No certificate
for shares of the Corporation shall be issued in place of any certificate
alleged to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, except, if and to the
extent required by the Board of Directors, upon:
(1) Production of evidence of loss, destruction or
wrongful taking;
(2) Delivery of a bond indemnifying the Corporation and
its agents against any claim that may be made against
it or them on account of the alleged loss,
destruction or wrongful taking of the replaced
certificate or the issuance of the new certificate;
(3) Payment of the expense of the Corporation and its
agents incurred in connection with the issuance of
the new certificate; and
(4) Compliance with such other reasonable requirements as
may be imposed.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
(a) The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent now or hereafter
permitted by the New York Business Corporation Law, indemnify any director or
officer who is or was made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or
proceeding, whether civil or criminal, whether involving any actual or alleged
breach of duty, neglect or error, any accountability, or any actual or alleged
misstatement, misleading statement or other act or omission and whether brought
or threatened in any court or administrative or legislative body or agency,
including an action by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment
in its favor and an action by or in the right of any other corporation of any
type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which any director or
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officer of the Corporation is serving or served in any capacity at the request
of the Corporation, or is serving or served such other corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity,
against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement, and costs, charges and
expenses, including attorneys' fees, or any appeal therein; provided, however,
that no indemnification shall be provided to any such director or officer if a
judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer
establishes that (i) his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of
active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause
of action so adjudicated, or (ii) he personally gained in fact a financial
profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.
(b) The Corporation may indemnify any other person (including, without
limitation, corporate personnel other than directors or officers) to whom the
Corporation is permitted to provide indemnification or the advancement of
expenses by applicable law, whether pursuant to rights granted pursuant to, or
provided by, the New York Business Corporation Law or other rights created by
(i) a resolution of shareholders, (ii) a resolution of directors, or (iii) an
agreement providing for such indemnification, it being expressly intended that
these By-Laws authorize the creation of other rights in any such manner.
(c) The Corporation shall, from time to time, reimburse or advance to
any person referred to in Section (a) the funds necessary for payment of
expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with any action or
proceeding referred to in Section (a), upon receipt of a written undertaking by
or on behalf of such person to repay such amount(s) if a judgment or other final
adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that (i) his acts
were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate
dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so
adjudicated, or (ii) he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other
advantage to which he was not legally entitled.
(d) The right to indemnification conferred by Section (a) shall not be
retroactive to events occurring prior to the adoption of this Article VI.
(e) This Article VI may be amended, modified or repealed either by
action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or by the vote of the
shareholders. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this
Article VI shall not adversely affect any right or protection of any person in
respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or
modification.
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ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. CORPORATE SEAL. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate
seal, alter such seal at pleasure, and authorize it to be used by causing it or
a facsimile to be affixed or impressed or reproduced in any other manner.
Section 2. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be
such period as may be fixed by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS. The President, the Chief Executive
Officer or the Chief Financial Officer shall have power to execute and deliver
on behalf and in the name of the Corporation any instrument requiring the
signature of an officer of the Corporation, except as otherwise provided in
these by-laws, or where the execution and delivery of such an instrument shall
be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent
of the Corporation.
Section 4. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever any notice whatsoever is required
to be given by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws, a
waiver of such notice either in writing signed by the person entitled to such
notice or such person's duly authorized attorney, or by telegraph, cable or any
other available method, whether before, at or after the time stated in such
waiver, or the appearance of such person or persons at such meeting in person or
by proxy, shall be deemed equivalent to such notice.
Section 5. VOTING OF SECURITIES. Except as the directors may otherwise
designate, the President or Treasurer may waive notice of, and act as or appoint
any person or persons to act as, proxy or attorney fact for this Corporation
(with or without power of substitution) at, any meeting of shareholders or
shareholders of any other corporation or organization, the securities of which
may be held by this Corporation.
Section 6. EVIDENCE OF AUTHORITY. A certificate by the Secretary, or an
Assistant Secretary, or a temporary Secretary, as to any action taken by the
shareholders, directors, a committee or any officer or representative of the
Corporation shall as to all persons who rely on the certificate in good faith be
conclusive evidence of such action.
Section 7. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. All references in these
by-laws to the certificate of incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the
certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and in effect from
time to time.
Section 8. SEVERABILITY. Any determination that any provision of these
by-laws is for any reason inapplicable, illegal
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or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of these
By-Laws.
Section 9. PRONOUNS. All pronouns used in these by- laws shall be
deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the
identity of the person or persons may require.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. These by-laws may be altered,
amended or replaced or new by-laws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the directors present at any regular or special meeting of the Board
of Directors at which a quorum is present except when a different vote is
required by express provision of law, the certificate of incorporation or these
by-laws.
Section 2. BY THE SHAREHOLDERS. These by-laws may be altered, amended
or repealed or new by-laws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote at any regular meeting of shareholders, or at
any special meeting of shareholders, except when a different vote is required by
express provision of law, the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws,
provided notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new by-laws
shall have been stated in the notice of such special meeting.
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