AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
MULTEX.COM, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I - Offices..........................................................1
1.1 Registered Office................................................1
1.2 Other Offices....................................................1
ARTICLE II - Meetings of Stockholders........................................1
2.1 Place of Meetings................................................1
2.2 Annual Meeting...................................................2
2.3 Special Meeting..................................................2
2.4 Notice of Stockholder's Meeting..................................2
2.5 Fixing Record Date for Stockholder Notice........................2
2.6 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote............................3
2.7 Adjournments; Notice.............................................3
2.8 Waiver of Notice.................................................3
2.9 Quorum...........................................................3
2.10 Voting and Proxies...............................................4
2.11 Action at Meeting................................................4
2.12 General..........................................................4
ARTICLE III - Directors......................................................5
3.1 General Powers...................................................5
3.2 Number; Election and Qualification...............................5
3.3 Enlargement or Reduction of the Board............................5
3.4 Tenure...........................................................5
3.5 Vacancies........................................................5
3.6 Resignation......................................................5
3.7 Regular Meetings.................................................5
3.8 Special Meetings.................................................5
3.9 Notice of Special Meetings.......................................6
3.10 Waiver of Notice.................................................6
3.11 Meetings by Telephone Conference Calls...........................6
3.12 Quorum...........................................................6
3.13 Adjourned Meeting................................................6
3.14 Action at Meeting................................................6
3.15 Action by Consent................................................6
3.16 Fees and Compensation of Directors...............................7
3.17 Approval of Loans to Officers....................................7
3.18 Removal..........................................................7
ARTICLE IV - Committees......................................................7
4.1 Enumeration of Committees........................................7
4.2 Committee Minutes................................................8
4.3 Meetings and Action of Committees................................8
ARTICLE V - Officers.........................................................8
5.1 Enumeration of Officers..........................................8
5.2 Election of Officers.............................................8
5.3 Qualification and Tenure.........................................8
5.4 Subordinate Officers.............................................8
5.5 Resignation and Removal..........................................8
5.6 Vacancies........................................................9
5.7 Chairman of the Board and Vice Chairman of the Board.............9
5.8 President........................................................9
5.9 Vice Presidents..................................................9
5.10 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries..............................9
5.11 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers..............................10
5.12 Authority and Duties of Officers................................10
5.13 Salaries........................................................10
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ARTICLE VI - Capital Stock..................................................10
6.1 Stock Certificates..............................................10
6.2 Special Designation on Certificates.............................11
6.3 Lost Certificates...............................................11
6.4 Transfer of Stock...............................................11
6.5 Registered Stockholders.........................................11
6.6 Dividends.......................................................12
ARTICLE VII - Records and Reports...........................................12
7.1 Maintenance and Inspection of Records...........................12
7.2 Inspection by Directors.........................................12
7.3 Annual Statement to Stockholders................................13
7.4 Representation of Shares of Other Corporations..................13
ARTICLE VIII - Indemnification..............................................13
8.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers.......................13
8.2 Indemnification of Others.......................................14
8.3 Insurance.......................................................14
ARTICLE IX - General Provisions.............................................15
9.1 Checks..........................................................15
9.2 Fiscal Year.....................................................15
9.3 Seal............................................................15
9.4 Manner of Giving Notice.........................................15
9.5 Transactions with Interested Parties............................15
ARTICLE X - Amendments......................................................16
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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
MULTEX.COM, INC.
ARTICLE I - Offices
1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of Multex.com, Inc.
(the "Corporation") shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle,
State of Delaware. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation at such
location is Corporation Service Company.
1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such
other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of
Directors (or the "Board") may from time to time determine or the business of
the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II - Meetings of Stockholders
2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders for the
election of directors shall be held 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. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall be
held at the registered office of the Corporation.
2.2 Annual Meeting. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at
such 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 each annual meeting, the
stockholders shall elect directors to succeed those whose terms expire in that
year and shall transact such other business as may properly be brought before
the meeting.
Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be
made at an annual meeting of stockholders (a) pursuant to the Corporation's
notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c)
by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the
time of giving of notice, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who
complies with the notice provisions set forth in the following sentence. For
nominations to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder
pursuant to clause (c) in the preceding sentence, the stockholder must have
given notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation not later
than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day preceding
the meeting nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred fiftieth
(150th) day preceding the meeting and such notice must include the information
relating to such nominee(s) that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of
proxies for election of directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including such
person's written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and
to serving as a director if elected.
2.3 Special Meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any
purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, may be called only by the Board. Business
transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the
purposes stated in the notice.
2.4 Notice of Stockholder's Meeting. Written notice of meetings with
stockholders shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and shall be
given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not fewer than ten
(10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. The notice
shall specify the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a
special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.
2.5 Fixing Record Date for Stockholder Notice. 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
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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.
2.6 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer who has
charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least
ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order,
and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered
in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of
any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary
business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting,
either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place
shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the
place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept
at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be
inspected by any stockholder who is present.
2.7 Adjournments; Notice. Any meeting of stockholders may be
adjourned to any other time and to any other place at which a meeting of
stockholders may be held under these Bylaws by the stockholders present or
represented at the meeting and entitled to vote, although less than a quorum,
or, if no stockholder is present, by any officer entitled to preside at or to
act as Secretary of such meeting. It shall not be necessary to notify any
stockholder of any adjournment of less than thirty (30) days if the time and
place of the adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which adjournment
is taken. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the
adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of
the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to
vote at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be
present or represented by proxy, the Corporation may transact any business which
might have been transacted at the original meeting.
2.8 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under
any provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person
entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be
deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a
meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting,
to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any
regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written
waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws.
2.9 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, the holders of 50% 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. 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
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time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a
quorum shall be present or represented.
2.10 Voting and Proxies. Each stockholder shall have one (1) vote
for each share of stock entitled to vote held of record by such stockholder and
a proportionate vote for each fractional share so held, unless otherwise
provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may vote or express such consent
or dissent in person or may authorize another person or persons to vote or act
for him by written proxy executed by the stockholder or his authorized agent and
delivered to the secretary of the Corporation. No such proxy shall be voted or
acted upon after three (3) years from the date of its execution, unless the
proxy expressly provides for a longer period.
2.11 Action at Meeting. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the
holders of shares of stock representing a majority of the votes cast on a matter
(or if there are two (2) or more classes of stock entitled to vote as separate
classes, then in the case of each such class, the holders of shares of stock of
that class representing a majority of the votes cast on a matter) shall decide
any matter to be voted upon by the stockholders at such meeting, except when a
different vote is required by express provision of law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws. When a quorum is present at any meeting, any
election by stockholders shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast on
the election.
2.12 General. Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Article II shall be eligible to serve as
directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders
as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Article II. Except as otherwise provided by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall
have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business
proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may
be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article II and, if any
proposed nomination or business is not in compliance herewith, to declare that
such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article II, a
stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set
forth herein. Nothing in this Article II shall be deemed to affect any rights
(a) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation's proxy
statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (b) of the holders of
any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser
percentage may be specified by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at
least 66.67% of the votes which all the stockholders would be entitled to cast
at any annual election of directors or class of directors shall be required to
amend or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article II.
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ARTICLE III - Directors
3.1 General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation
shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors, who may
exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except as otherwise provided by
law or the Certificate of Incorporation. 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.
3.2 Number; Election and Qualification. The number of directors
which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be determined by
resolution of the stockholders or the Board of Directors, but in no event shall
be less than three (3). The Board shall be divided into three (3) classes as
nearly equal in number as possible. The members of each class shall be elected
for a term of three (3) years and until their successors are elected and
qualified. The Board of Directors shall be classified in accordance with the
provisions of the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not
be stockholders of the Corporation.
3.3 Enlargement or Reduction of the Board. The number of directors
may only be increased or decreased if at least 66.67% of the outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the
stockholders called for that purpose approve such increase or decrease;
provided, however, that no decrease in the number of directors shall have the
effect of shortening the term of an incumbent director.
3.4 Tenure. Each director shall hold office in accordance with the
provisions of the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation.
3.5 Vacancies. Vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors for any
reason and newly created directorships shall be filled by a vote of a majority
of the remaining members of the Board, although less than a quorum, at any
meeting of the Board of Directors. A director so chosen shall hold office for
the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created
or occurred and until such director's successor shall have been duly elected and
qualified. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors
may be held in the manner provided by statute.
3.6 Resignation. Any director may resign by delivering his written
resignation to the Corporation at its principal office or to the president or
secretary. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is
specified to be effective at some other time or upon the happening of some other
event.
3.7 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may
be held without notice at such time and place, either within or without the
State of Delaware, as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of
Directors; provided that any director who is absent when such a determination is
made shall be given notice of the determination. A regular meeting of the Board
of Directors may be held without notice immediately after, and at the same place
as, the annual meeting of stockholders.
3.8 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may
be held at any time and place, within or without the State of Delaware,
designated in a call by the
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Chairman of the Board, president, two (2) or more directors, or by one (1)
director in the event that there is only a single director in office.
3.9 Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of any special meeting of
directors shall be given to each director by the secretary or by the officer or
one of the directors calling the meeting. Notice shall be duly given to each
director (a) by giving notice to such director in person or by telephone at
least 48 hours in advance of the meeting, (b) by sending a facsimile, telegram
or telex, or delivering written notice by hand, to his last known business or
home address at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting, or (c) by mailing
written notice to his last known business or home address at least 72 hours in
advance of the meeting. A notice or waiver of notice of a meeting of the Board
of Directors need not specify the purposes of the meeting.
3.10 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under
any provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the Certificate
of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person
entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be
deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a
meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting,
to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any
regular or special meeting of the directors, or members of a committee of
directors, need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required
by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
3.11 Meetings by Telephone Conference Calls. Directors or any
members of any committee designated by the directors may participate in a
meeting of the Board of Directors or such 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 participation by such
means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
3.12 Quorum. A majority of the authorized number of directors shall
constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the event one
or more of the directors shall be disqualified to vote at any meeting, then the
required quorum shall be reduced by one for each such director so disqualified;
provided, however, that in no case shall less than one-third (1/3) of the
authorized number constitute a quorum.
3.13 Adjourned Meeting. If a quorum is not present at any regular or
special meeting of the Board of Directors, then the directors present thereat
may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
3.14 Action at Meeting. At any meeting of the Board of Directors at
which a quorum is present, the vote of a majority of those present shall be
sufficient to take any action, unless a different vote is specified by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or any contractual arrangements among
the stockholders.
3.15 Action by Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted
to be taken at any meeting of the
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Board of Directors or of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken
without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be,
consent to the action in writing, and the written consents are filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.
3.16 Fees and Compensation of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted
by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, directors may be paid such
compensation for their services and such reimbursement for expenses of
attendance at meetings as the Board of Directors may from time to time
determine. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
Corporation or any of its parent or subsidiary corporations in any other
capacity and receiving compensation for such service.
3.17 Approval of Loans to Officers. The Corporation may lend money
to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other
employee of the Corporation or of its subsidiary, including any officer or
employee who is a director of the Corporation or its subsidiary, whenever, in
the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably
be expected to benefit the Corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance
may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner
as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge
of shares of stock of the Corporation. Nothing in this section contained shall
be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the
Corporation at common law or under any statute.
3.18 Removal. Except as otherwise provided by the General
Corporation Law of Delaware, a director or the entire Board of Directors may
only be removed in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation's
Certificate of Incorporation.
ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES
4.1 Enumeration of Committees. The Board of Directors may, by
resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one (1) or more
committees, each committee to consist of one (1) or more of the directors of the
Corporation. The Board may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate
members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at
any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of
a committee, the member or members of the committee present at any meeting and
not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such
committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors
and subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, shall
have and may exercise 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.
Each such committee shall keep minutes and make such reports as the Board of
Directors may from time to time request. Except as the Board of Directors may
otherwise determine, any committee may make rules for the conduct of its
business, but unless otherwise provided by the directors or in such rules, its
business shall be conducted as nearly as possible in the same manner as is
provided in these Bylaws for the Board of Directors.
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4.2 Committee Minutes. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of
its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
4.3 Meetings and Action of Committees. Meetings and action of
committee shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the
provisions of Article III of these Bylaws, Section 3.7 (regular meetings),
Section 3.8 (special meetings), Section 3.9 (notice of special meetings),
Section 3.10 (waiver of notice), Section 3.11 (meetings by telephone conference
calls), Section 3.12 (quorum), Section 3.13 (adjourned meeting), Section 3.14
(action at meeting) and Section 3.15 (action by consent), with such changes in
the context of these Bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its
members for the Board of Directors and its members; provided, however, that the
time of regular meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the
Board of Directors and that notice of special meetings of committees shall also
be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all
meetings of the committee. The Board of Directors may adopt rules for the
government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these
Bylaws.
ARTICLE V - Officers
5.1 Enumeration of Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall
be chosen by the Board of Directors and consist of a president, one or more vice
presidents, a secretary and a treasurer or chief financial officer. The Board of
Directors may elect from among its members a Chairman of the Board and a Vice
Chairman of the Board.
5.2 Election of Officers. The Officers of the Corporation, except
such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section
5.4 or 5.6 of these Bylaws, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors, subject
to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.
5.3 Qualification and Tenure. No officer need be a stockholder. Any
two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person. Except as otherwise
provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, each
officer shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified, unless a
different term is specified in the vote choosing or appointing him, or until his
earlier death, resignation or removal.
5.4 Subordinate Officers. The Board of Directors may appoint, or
empower the president to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business
of the Corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period,
have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or
as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
5.5 Resignation and Removal. Any officer may resign by delivering
his written resignation to the Corporation at its principal office or to the
president or secretary. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless
it is specified to be effective at some other time or upon the happening of some
other event.
Subject to the rights, if any of an officer under any contract of
employment, any officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by
vote of a majority of the entire number of directors then in office.
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Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise determine, no officer
who resigns or is removed shall have any right to any compensation as an officer
for any period following his resignation or removal, or any right to damages on
account of such removal, whether his compensation be by the month or by the year
or otherwise, unless such compensation is expressly provided in a duly
authorized written agreement with the Corporation.
5.6 Vacancies. The Board of Directors may fill any vacancy occurring
in any office for any reason and may, in its discretion, leave unfilled for such
period as it may determine any offices other than those of president, treasurer
and secretary. Each such successor shall hold office for the unexpired term of
his predecessor and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his
earlier death, resignation or removal.
5.7 Chairman of the Board and Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board
of Directors may appoint a Chairman of the Board and may, but is not obligated
to, designate the Chairman of the Board as chief executive officer. If the Board
of Directors appoints a Chairman of the Board, he shall perform such duties and
possess such powers as are assigned to 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.
5.8 President. The president shall, subject to the direction of the
Board of Directors, have general charge and supervision of the business of the
Corporation. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, he shall
preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, if he is a director, at all
meetings of the Board of Directors. Unless the Board of Directors has designated
the Chairman of the Board or another officer as chief executive officer, the
president shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. The president
shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers as the Board of
Directors may from time to time prescribe.
5.9 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 (1), 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.
5.10 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 stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, to
attend all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors and keep a record
of the proceedings, to maintain a stock ledger and prepare lists of stockholders
and their addresses as required, to be
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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 to act of
the secretary, the assistant secretary, (or if there shall be more than one (1),
the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the Board of 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 stockholders or directors, the person presiding at the meeting shall
designate a temporary secretary to keep a record of the meeting.
5.11 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. The treasurer 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. In addition, the treasurer or
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 Bylaws, 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 assistant treasurers shall perform such duties and possess such
powers as the Board of Directors, the president or the treasurer may from time
to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of
the treasurer, the assistant treasurer, (or if there shall be more than one (1),
the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors)
shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer.
5.12 Authority and Duties of Officers. In addition to the foregoing
authority and duties, all officers of the Corporation shall respectively have
such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the
Corporation as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or
the stockholders.
5.13 Salaries. Officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to such
salaries, compensation or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time
to time by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI - Capital Stock
6.1 Stock Certificates. The shares of the Corporation shall be
represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors of the
Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or
all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such
resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such
certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of
such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented
by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares 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
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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 such holder in the Corporation. Any of or all the
signatures on the certificate may be facsimile signature(s). 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 officer,
transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued
by the Corporation with the same effect as if such individual were such officer,
transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
6.2 Special Designation on Certificates. 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 or 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.
6.3 Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new
certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When
authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of
Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance
thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or
certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner
as it shall require and/or 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.
6.4 Transfer of Stock. 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 thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the
transaction upon its books.
6.5 Registered Stockholders. 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 not
it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by
the laws of Delaware.
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6.6 Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation,
subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be
declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant
to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital
stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.
Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any
funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the
directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for
repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other
purposes 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.
ARTICLE VII - Records and Reports
7.1 Maintenance and Inspection of Records. The Corporation shall,
either at its principal executive office or at such place or places as
designated by the Board of Directors, keep a record of its stockholders listing
their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each
stockholder, a copy of these Bylaws as amended to date, accounting books, and
other records.
Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent,
shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the
right during the usual hours of business to inspect for any proper purpose the
Corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and
records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a
purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every
instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to
inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or
such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on
behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the
Corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal place of
business.
The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation
shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the
meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each
stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.
Such list shall be opened to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose
germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least
ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the
meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the
meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.
The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting
during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is
present.
7.2 Inspection by Directors. Any director shall have the right to
examine the Corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its
other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to his position as a
director. The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with the exclusive jurisdiction
to determine whether a director is entitled to the inspection
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sought. The Court may summarily order the Corporation to permit the director to
inspect any and all books and records, the stock ledger, and the stock list and
to make copies or extracts therefrom. The Court may, in its discretion,
prescribe any limitations or conditions with reference to the inspection, or
award such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.
7.3 Annual Statement to Stockholders. The Board of Directors or, if
designated by the Board of Directors, the president, shall present at each
annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for
by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and
condition of the Corporation.
7.4 Representation of Shares of Other Corporations. The Chairman of
the Board of Directors, the president, any vice president, the treasurer, the
secretary or assistant secretary of the Corporation, or any other person
authorized by the Board of Directors or the president or a vice president, is
authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this Corporation all
rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations
standing in the name of this Corporation. The authority granted herein may be
exercised either by such person directly or by any other persons authorized to
do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the
authority.
ARTICLE VIII - INDEMNIFICATION
8.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Corporation
shall, to the fullest extent authorized under the laws of the State of Delaware,
as those laws may be amended and supplemented from time to time, indemnify any
director or officer made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or
proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason
of being a director or officer of the Corporation or a predecessor corporation.
The indemnification provided for in this Section 8.1 shall: (a) not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under
any bylaw, agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, both as to action in their official capacities and as to action in
another capacity while holding such office, (b) continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director, and (c) inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors
and administrators of such a person. The Corporation's obligation to provide
indemnification under this Section 8.1 shall be offset to the extent of any
other source of indemnification or any otherwise applicable insurance coverage
under a policy maintained by the Corporation or any other person.
Expenses incurred by a director or officer of the Corporation in
defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact
that such individual is or was a director 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 to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such
individual is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized by
relevant sections of the General Corporation Law of Delaware. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to advance such expenses to
an agent who is a party to an action, suit or proceeding brought by the
Corporation and approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation which alleges willful misappropriation of corporate assets by such
agent, disclosure of confidential
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information in violation of such agent's fiduciary or contractual obligations to
the Corporation or any other willful and deliberate breach in bad faith of such
agent's duty to the Corporation or its stockholders.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 8.1 shall be deemed to be a
contract between the Corporation and each director who serves in such capacity
at any time while this bylaw is in effect, and any repeal or modification
thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to
any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any action, suit or
proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought based in whole or in part upon any
such state of facts.
To assure indemnification under this Section 8.1 of all directors
and officers who are determined by the Corporation or otherwise to be or to have
been "fiduciaries" of any employee benefit plan of the Corporation which may
exist from time to time, Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware
shall, for the purposes of this Article VIII, be interpreted as follows: an
"other enterprise" shall be deemed to include such an employee benefit plan,
including, without limitation, any plan of the Corporation which is governed by
the Act of Congress entitled "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,"
as amended from time to time; the Corporation shall be deemed to have requested
a person to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance by such person
of his duties to the Corporation also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves
services by, such person to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the
plan; excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan
pursuant to such Act of Congress shall be deemed "fines."
8.2 Indemnification of Others. The Corporation shall have the power,
to the extent and in the manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of
Delaware, to indemnify each of its employees and agents (other than directors
and officers) against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines,
settlements, and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an
agent of the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 8.2, an "employee" or
"agent" of the Corporation (other than a director or officer) includes any
person (a) who is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation, (b) who is or
was serving at the request of the Corporation as an employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (c) who
was an employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of
the Corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor
corporation.
8.3 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him
and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such,
whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
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ARTICLE IX - General Provisions
9.1 Checks. 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.
9.2 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on
December 31, unless otherwise fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
9.3 Seal. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal having
inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and
the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware." The seal may be used by causing it or a
facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
9.4 Manner of Giving Notice. Whenever, under the provisions of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or 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. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the
transfer agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the
absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
9.5 Transactions with Interested Parties. No contract or transaction
between the Corporation and one (1) or more of the directors or officers, or
between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or
other organization in which one or more of the directors or officers are
directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable
solely for this reason, or solely because such director or officer is present at
or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee of the
Board of Directors which authorizes the contract or transaction or solely
because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:
(1) The material facts as to his or her relationship or
interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the
Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board or committee in good faith
authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less
than a quorum;
(2) The material facts as to his or her relationship or
interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the
stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is
specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or
(3) The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation
as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of
Directors, a committee of the Board of Directors, or the stockholders. Common or
interested directors may be counted in determining
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the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a
committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE X - Amendments
The original or other bylaws of the Corporation may be adopted,
amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however,
that the Corporation may, in its Certificate of Incorporation, confer the power
to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws upon the directors. The fact that such power
has been so conferred upon the directors shall not divest the stockholders of
the power, nor limit the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.
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CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION BY THE
SECRETARY OF
MULTEX.COM, INC.
The undersigned, Philip Callaghan, hereby certifies that he is the
duly elected and acting Secretary of Multex.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Corporation"), and that the Bylaws attached hereto constitute the Bylaws
of said Corporation as duly adopted by the Board of Directors on January 27,
1999 and approved by the stockholders of the Corporation on January 27, 1999.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto subscribed his name
this 22nd day of March, 1999.
/s/ PHILIP CALLAGHAN
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Philip Callaghan
Secretary