Exhibit 3.2
RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
MEASUREX CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
OFFICERS
Section 1. The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington,
County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other
places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors
may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of
directors shall be held in the City of Cupertino, State of California, at such
place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, or at such
other place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be
designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice
of the meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at
such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated
in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
Section 2. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held on the third
Thursday of April of each year if not a legal
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holiday and, if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following, at
10:00 A.M. or such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time
by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they
shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors, and transact such other
business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
Section 3. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place,
date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote
at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting.
Section 4. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the
corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten 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 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.
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Section 5. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or
purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute may only be called in the
manner set forth in the certificate of incorporation.
Section 6. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place,
date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting
is called, 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.
Section 7. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders
shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
Section 8. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the
transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the
certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or
represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to
vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to
adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at
the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned
meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be
transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally
notified. If the adjournment is for
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more than thirty 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 9. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the
holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or
represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting,
unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of
the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case
such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
Section 10. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of
incorporation each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be
entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock
having voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on
after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
At all elections of directors of the corporation each stockholder
having voting power shall be entitled to exercise the right of cumulative voting
as provided in the certificate of incorporation.
Section 11. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of
incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting
of stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any
annual or special meeting
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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 the corporate action without a meeting by
less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who
have not consented in writing.
Section 12. Nominations for election to the Board of Directors must
be made by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of any outstanding class
of capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote for the election of
directors. Nominations, other than those made by the Board of Directors of the
corporation, must be preceded by notification in writing in fact received by the
Secretary of the corporation not less than ten days prior to any meeting of
stockholders called for the election of directors. Such notification shall
contain the written consent of each proposed nominee to serve as a director if
so elected and the following information as to each proposed nominee and as to
each person, acting alone or in conjunction with one or more other persons as a
partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group, who participates or
is expected to participate in making such nomination or in organizing, directing
or financing such nomination or solicitation of proxies to vote for the nominee:
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(a) the name, age, residence, address, and business address
of each proposed nominee and of each such person;
(b) the principal occupation or employment, the name, type of
business and address of the corporation or other organization in which such
employment is carried on of each proposed nominee and of each such person;
(c) the amount of stock of the corporation owned beneficially,
either directly or indirectly, by each proposed nominee and each such person;
and
(d) a description of any arrangement or understanding of each
proposed nominee and of each such person with each other or any other person
regarding future employment or any future transaction to which the corporation
will or may be a party.
The presiding officer of the meeting shall have the authority to
determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination not preceded by
notification made in accordance with the foregoing procedure shall be
disregarded.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole
board shall be (9) nine until changed as provided in the certificate of
incorporation. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the
stockholders, except as provided in Section 1 of this Article, and each director
elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified.
Directors need not be stockholders.
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Section 1. Vacancies and new created directorships resulting from any
increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of
the directors then in office or by a sole remaining director, and a director so
chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such
director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall have been duly
elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation, removal from office,
death or incapacity.
Section 2. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or
under the direction of its board of directors which may exercise all such powers
of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute
or by the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required
to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 3. The Board of Directors of the corporation may hold
meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of
Delaware.
Section 4. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors
shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the
stockholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be
necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the
meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the
stockholders to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected
Board of Directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and
place so fixed by the
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stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be
specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the
Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all
of the directors.
Section 5. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held
without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be
determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called
by the president on five (5) days' notice to each director by mail or forty-
eight (48) hours notice to each director either personally or by telegram;
special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner
and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the Directors unless
the Board of Directors consists of only one director, in which case special
meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on
like notice on the written request of the sole director.
Section 7. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of
the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the
act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a
quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise
specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of incor-poration. If a
quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the
directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without
notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
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Section 8. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, 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 of Directors or committee
thereof, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or
committee.
Section 9. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any
committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of
the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in
the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting.
COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
Section 10. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to
consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The Board of
Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any
committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of
the committee.
Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the
Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise
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all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the
corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such
committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the
certificate of incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation,
recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or
substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, recommending to the
stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution,
or amending the bylaws of the corporation; and, unless the resolution or the
certificate of incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have
the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of
stock. Such committee or commit-tees shall have such name or names as may be
determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
Section 11. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings
and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Section 12. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority
to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses,
if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid
a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated
salary as director. No such payment shall
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preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and
receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may
be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Section 13. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, a director may be removed only for good cause
shown by a majority of shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the
certificate of incorporation or of these bylaws, notice is required to be given
to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal
notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such
director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the
corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be
given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail.
Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.
Section 2. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the
provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these
bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to
said notice, whether
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before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the
Board of Directors and shall be a president and a secretary. The Board of
Directors may elect from among its members a Chairman of the Board and a Vice
Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also choose one or more vice-
presidents, assistant secretaries, treasurers and assistant treasurers. Any
number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws otherwise provide.
Section 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each
annual meeting of stockholders shall choose a president and a secretary and may
choose a vice-president and a treasurer.
Section 3. 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 of Directors.
Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation
shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until
their successors are duly elected and qualified.
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Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any
time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any
vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation may only be filled by the
Board of Directors.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Section 6. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all
meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he shall be
present. He shall have and may exercise such powers as are, from time to time,
assigned by the Board of Directors and as may be provided by law.
Section 7. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors,
the Vice Chairman, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of
Directors and of the stockholders at which he shall be present. The Vice
Chairman shall have and may exercise such powers as are, from time to time,
assigned to him by the Board of Directors and as may be provided by law.
THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT
Section 8. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the
corporation; and in the absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board
of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of
Directors; the president shall have general and active management of the
business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the
Board of Directors are carried into effect.
Section 9. The president shall execute bonds, mortgages and other
contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where
required or permitted by law to be
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otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof
shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or
agent of the corporation.
Section 10. In the absence of the president or in the event of his
inability or refusal to act, the vice-president, if any, (or in the event there
be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents in the order designated by
the directors, 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. The vice-presidents shall perform such other duties and have such
other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Section 11. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of
Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of
the meetings of the corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be
kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees
when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all
meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and
shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors
or president, under whose supervision he shall be. The secretary shall have
custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and the secretary, or an
assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument
requiring it and when so affixed, it may be
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attested by his signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The
Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the
seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.
Section 12. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one,
the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or
if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall,
in the absence of the secretary or in the event of his or her inability or
refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and
shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of
Directors may from time to time prescribe.
THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS
Section 13. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate
funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and
disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys
and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in
such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.
Section 14. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation
as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such
disbursements, and shall render to the president and the Board of Directors, at
its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of
all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the
corporation.
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Section 15. If required by the Board of Directors, the treasurer
shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in
such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board
of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for
the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation,
retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and
other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging
to the corporation.
Section 16. The assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than
one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors
(or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election)
shall, in the absence of the treasurer or in the event of his inability or
refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and
shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of
Directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATE OF STOCK
Section 1. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled
to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the
chairman or vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, or the president or a vice-
president and the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an
assistant secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by
the shareholder in the corporation.
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Certificates may be issued for partly paid shares and in such case
upon the face or back of the certificates issued to represent any such partly
paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor, and the
amount paid thereon shall be specified.
If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of
stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or
summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the corporation shall
issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as
otherwise provided in section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in
lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back
of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or
series of stock, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to
each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock
or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights.
Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be
facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or
whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased
to be such
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officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may
be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer,
transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
LOST CERTIFICATES
Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or
certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates
theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming
the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such
issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its
discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the
owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his
legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require
and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the
certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
TRANSFER OF STOCK
Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of
the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by
proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be
the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled
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thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
FIXING RECORD DATE
Section 5. In order that the corporation may determine the
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholder 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, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date,
which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the
date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action.
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.
REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the
exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to
receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and
assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or
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not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided
by the laws of Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVIDENDS
Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation,
subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be
declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant
to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital
stock.
Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out
of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the
directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for
repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other
purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the
corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the
manner in which it was created.
CHECKS
Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the
corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or
persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
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FISCAL YEAR
Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
SEAL
Section 5. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal having
inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization.
The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or
affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 6. The corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors,
employees and agents to the full extent permitted by the General Corporation Law
of Delaware. Expenses incurred by a director or member of the Executive
Committee of the corporation in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or
proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or member of the
Executive Committee of the corporation (or was serving at the corporation's
request as a director or officer of another corporation) shall be paid by the
corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or
member of the Executive Committee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as
authorized by relevant sections of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
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BOOKS AND RECORDS
Section 7. Any stockholder or any director shall have the right to
inspect the books and records of the corporation to the full extent permitted
by, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the General Corporation Law of
Delaware.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new
bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors only in
the manner set forth in the certificate of incorporation.
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SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE
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I, Charles Van Orden, Secretary of Measurex Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation"), do hereby certify that the attached document,
consisting of 22 pages, is a true and complete copy of the Bylaws of the
Corporation as in effect on the date hereof.
Dated:
/S/ CHARLES VAN ORDEN
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Charles Van Orden, Secretary
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