EXHIBIT 3.6
AMENDED BYLAWS
OF
SEMITOOL, INC.
(May 20, 1998)
ARTICLE I.
Offices
The principal office of the corporation in the State of Montana shall
be located in the City of Kalispell, County of Flathead. The corporation may
have such other offices, either within or without the State of Montana as the
Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may
require from time to time.
The registered office of the corporation required by the Montana
Business Corporation Act to be maintained in the State of Montana may be, but
need not be, identical with the principal office in the State of Montana, and
the registered agent and the address of the registered office may be changed
from time to time by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE II.
Shareholders
Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall
be held in the month of February, beginning with the year 1996, and at such
date, and at such hour, and at such place as shall be determined by the Board of
Directors, and such meeting shall be held for the purpose of electing directors
and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting.
If the election of directors shall not be held on the date designated by the
action of the Board of Directors at the annual meeting of the shareholders, or
at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to
be held at a special annual meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as
conveniently may be and as determined by the Board of Directors in accordance
with the statutes of the State of Montana.
Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for
any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called
by the Chairman of the Board, President, Vice President, Secretary, or by the
Board of Directors, or by the holders of not less than one-fourth of all shares
entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 3. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any
place either within or without the State of Montana, as the place of meeting for
any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors.
A Waiver of Notice signed by all shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may
designate any place, either within or without the State of Montana, as the place
for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special
meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the registered office
of the corporation in the State of Montana.
Section 4. Notice of Meeting. Written or printed notice stating the
place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting the purpose
or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than
ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either
personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board,
President, or the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to
each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such
notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail,
addressed to the shareholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock
transfer books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.
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Section 5. Closing of Transfer Books or Fixing of Record Date. For the
purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any
meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof or shareholders entitled to
receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of
shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors of the
corporation may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a
stated period, but not to exceed, in any case, sixty (60) days. If the stock
transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the shareholders, such books
shall be closed for a period of at least ten (10) days immediately preceding
such meeting and not to exceed sixty (60) days preceding such meeting. In lieu
of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a
date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in
any case to be not more than sixty (60) days and, in case of a meeting of
shareholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the
particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken.
If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the
determination of shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the
date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend
is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination
of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any
meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such
determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.
Section 6. Voting Right. The officer or agent having charge of the
stock transfer books for shares of the corporation shall make, at least ten (10)
days before each meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the
shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, or any adjournment thereof,
arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares
held by each, which list, for a period of ten (10) days prior to such meeting,
shall be kept on file at the registered office of the corporation and shall be
subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business
hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of
the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the
whole time of the meeting. The original stock transfer book shall be prima facie
evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or
transfer books or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.
Section 7. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the
corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at a meeting of the shareholders, but in no event shall a
quorum consist of less than one-third (1/3) of the shares entitled to vote at
the meeting. If a meeting cannot be organized because a quorum has not attended,
those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is
present, at which time any business may be transacted that may have been
transacted at the meeting as originally called. The shareholders present at a
duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment,
notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a
quorum.
Section 8. Voting of Shares. Subject to the provisions of Section 10 of
this Article II, each outstanding share shall be entitled to one vote, and each
fractional share shall be entitled to a corresponding fractional vote, on each
matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. Neither treasury shares
nor shares of its own stock held by the corporation in a fiduciary capacity nor
shares held by another corporation if a majority of the shares entitled to vote
for the election of director of such other corporation is held by the
corporation shall be voted at any meeting or counted in determining the total
number of outstanding shares at any given time.
Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may
be voted by him or her, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such
shares into his or her name. Shares standing in the name of the trustee may be
voted by him or her, either in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be
entitled to vote shares held by him or her without a transfer of such shares
into his or her name.
Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such
receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by
such receiver without the transfer thereof into his or her name if authority so
to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver
was appointed.
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A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such
shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and
thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.
Shares of its own stock belonging to the corporation or held by it in a
fiduciary capacity shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting,
and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares
at any given time.
Section 9. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may
vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his or her duly
authorized attorney in fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the
corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after
eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in
the proxy.
Section 10. Cumulative Voting. At each election for directors every
shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote, in
person or by proxy, the number of shares and fractional shares owned by him or
her for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose
election he or she has a right to vote, or to cumulate his or her votes by
giving a candidate as many votes as the number of such directors multiplied by
the number of his or her shares including fractional shares shall equal, or by
distributing such votes and fractional votes on the same principal among any
number of candidates.
ARTICLE III.
Board of Directors
Section 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation
shall be managed by its Board of Directors.
Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors
of the corporation shall be seven (7). Each director shall hold office until the
next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor shall have
been elected and qualified. Directors need not be residents of the State of
Montana or shareholders of the corporation.
Section 3. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be held without other notice than this Bylaw immediately after, and at the
same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders.
Section 3a. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held at such time as shall be determined by the Chairman of
the Board, President, or by resolution of the Board. No notice need be given of
meetings held pursuant to the determination by the Chairman of the Board,
President, or by resolution of the Board.
Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors
may be called by or at the request of the Chairman of the Board, President, or
any two directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of
the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or without the State of
Montana, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors
called by them.
Section 5. Notice. Notice of any Special Meeting shall be given at
least two (2) days previously thereto by written notice delivered personally,
mailed or faxed to each director at his or her business address, or by telegram.
If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the
United States mail so addressed, with postage prepaid thereon. If notice is
given by fax, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the fax is sent to
the fax number maintained in the records of the corporation for each director.
If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when
the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Any director may waive
notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a
meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. The notice is not
required to describe the purpose of the meeting.
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Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors fixed by
Section 2 of this Article III shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but if less than such
majority is present at the meeting, a majority of the directors present may
adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
Section 7. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors
may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors
though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors.
Section 8. Compensation. By resolution of the Board of Directors,
directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of
the Board of Directors, and non-employee directors may be paid an annual
retainer plus a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of
Directors. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
ARTICLE IV.
Officers
Section 1. Number. The officers of the corporation shall be the
Chairman of the Board, a President, and such Vice Presidents (the number,
qualification and titles thereof to be determined by the Board of Directors from
time to time, and who may or may not be directors), as in the opinion of the
Board the business of the corporation requires, a Secretary, and a Treasurer.
Such other officers, assistant officers, and agents as may be necessary may be
elected or appointed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any two or
more offices may be held by the same person, except for the offices of President
and Secretary.
Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation
to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually by the Board
of Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each
annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of officers shall not be
held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as
conveniently may be. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor
shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his or her death
or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner
hereinafter provided.
Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the
Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its
judgment the best interests 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. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not in itself
create contract rights.
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.
Section 5. Chairman of the Board. If the Chairman of the Board is in
office, he or she shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the
Board of Directors. During the absence or disability of the Chairman of the
Board, or during a vacancy in the office of the Chairman of the Board, the
President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of
Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to
time by the Board of Directors or the Bylaws.
Section 6. President. The President shall be the principal executive
officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors
shall, in general, supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the
corporation. He or she shall, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of
the Board, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of
Directors. He or she may sign, with the Secretary or any other proper officer of
the corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for
shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other
instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except
in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by
the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the
corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed;
and, in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of President
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and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time
to time.
Section 7. Vice President. In the absence of the President or in the
event of his or her death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or
in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the
order designated at the time of their election, or in the absence of any
designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of
the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject
to all the restrictions upon the President.
Section 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the
shareholders and the Board of Directors' meetings in one or more books provided
for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the
provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the
corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of
the corporation is affixed to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of
the corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) keep a register of the
post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the
Secretary by such shareholder; (e) sign with the President, or a Vice President,
certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have
been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge
of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general, perform all
duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to
time may be assigned to him or her by the President or by the Board of
Directors.
Section 9. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge and supervision
and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation and shall
have charge and supervision of the deposits of all monies due and payable to the
corporation from any source whatsoever in such banks or depositories as shall be
selected by the Board of Directors, and shall, in general, perform all the
duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to
time may be assigned to him or her by the President or by the Board of
Directors.
Section 10. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The
Assistant Secretaries shall exercise the duties of the Secretary and those
duties incident to the office of the Secretary when the Secretary is absent or
not available and such other duties as shall be assigned by the President or by
the Board of Directors. The Assistant Treasurers shall perform those duties
incident to the office of Treasurer and those assigned to the Treasurer in the
absence or unavailability of the Treasurer and such other duties as from time to
time may be assigned to him or her by the President or by the Board of
Directors.
Section 11. Exercise of Rights as Stockholders. Unless otherwise
ordered by the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President thereunto
duly authorized by the President, shall have full power and authority on behalf
of the corporation to attend and to vote at any meeting of stockholders of any
corporation in which this corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf
of this corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the
ownership of such stock at any such meeting, and shall have power and authority
to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of this corporation in
connection with the exercise by this corporation of the rights and powers
incident to the ownership of such stock. The Board of Directors, from time to
time, may confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
ARTICLE V.
Certificates for Shares and Their Transfer
Section 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of
the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of
Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice
President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. The names and
addresses of the persons to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with
the number of shares and dates of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer
books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for
transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the
former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and
canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate, a
new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation
as the Board of Directors may prescribe.
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Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the corporation
shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the corporation by the holder
of record thereof or by his or her legal representative, who shall furnish
proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his or her attorney thereunto
authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of
the corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such
shares. The person in whose name shares stand on the books of the corporation
shall be deemed by the corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.
ARTICLE VI.
Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the 1st day of
October and end on the 30th day of September in each year.
ARTICLE VII.
Dividends
The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the
corporation may pay dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon
the terms and conditions provided by law.
ARTICLE VIII.
Seal
The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be
circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation
and the state of incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal".
ARTICLE IX.
Waiver of Notice
Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or
director of the corporation under the provisions of these Bylaws or under the
provisions of the Montana Business Corporation Act, a waiver therefor in
writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before
or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of
such notice.
ARTICLE X.
Action Without a Meeting
Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders or
directors of the corporation or any action which may be taken at a meeting of
the shareholders or directors, may be taken without a meeting if a consent, in
writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all the
shareholders or directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter
thereof. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote and may be
stated in any articles or documents filed with the Secretary of State under the
Montana Business Corporation Act.
ARTICLE XI.
Amendments
These Amended Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws
may be adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of
the Board of Directors.
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We, the undersigned, being all of the directors of SEMITOOL, INC., do
hereby formally and regularly adopt, ratify and sign the foregoing Amended
Bylaws as the Bylaws of this corporation for the guidance of the corporation and
regulation of its business and as evidence of such adoption and ratification, we
do hereby set our hands this 20th day of May, 1998.
/s/R. Thompson /s/C.S. Robinson
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Raymon F. Thompson C.S. Robinson
/s/Daniel Eigeman /s/Richard Dasen
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Daniel Eigeman Richard Dasen
/s/Howard Bateman /s/John Osborne
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Howard Bateman John Osborne
/s/Timothy C. Dodkin
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Timothy C. Dodkin
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