EXHIBIT 3.10
MELRU CORPORATION
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BY - LAWS
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ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. The registered office shall be located in Trenton, New Jersey.
Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both
within and without the State of New Jersey as the board of directors may from
time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of directors
shall be held at a such place as to be determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Annual meetings of shareholders, commencing with the year 1984,
shall be held at such date and time as to be determined by the Board of
Directors, at which the shareholders 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 time, place,
and purpose or purposes of the meeting shall be delivered not less than ten nor
more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by
mail, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.
ARTICLE III
SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the
election of directors may be held at such time and place within or without the
State of New Jersey as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly
executed waiver of notice thereof.
Section 2. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or
purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation, may be called by the president, the board of directors, or the
holders of not less than Fifty (50%) percent of all the shares entitled to vote
at the meeting. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called also by the
chairman of the board of directors.
Section 3. Written notice of a special meeting stating the time, place,
and purpose or purposes of the meeting for which the meeting is called, shall be
delivered not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of
the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the
president, the secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each
shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.
Section 4. Business transacted at any special meeting shall be confined to
the purpose or purposes stated in the notice thereof.
ARTICLE IV
QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK
Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders 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 shareholders, the shareholders 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.
Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of
the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the
shareholders unless the vote
of a greater number of shares of stock is required by law or the certificate of
incorporation.
Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be
entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of
shareholders, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation. A
shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the
shareholder or by his agent.
In all elections for directors every shareholder, entitled to vote, shall
have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock
owned by him, for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for
whose election he has a right to vote, or, if the certificate of incorporation
so provides, to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate as many
votes as the number of directors multiplied by the aggregate number of his votes
shall equal, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many
candidates as he may see fit.
Section 4. Subject to statutory provisions, any action required to be
taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a
consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of
the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.
Except as provided in the certificate of incorporation and subject to the
statutory provisions and upon compliance therewith any action required to be
taken at a
meeting of shareholders, other than the annual election of directors, may be
taken without a meeting upon the written consent of shareholders who would have
been entitled to cast the minimum number of votes which would be necessary to
authorize such action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote
thereon were present and voting.
ARTICLE V
DIRECTORS
Section 1. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole board
of directors, other than the first board of directors, shall be Two (2).
Directors need not be residents of the State of New Jersey nor shareholders of
the corporation. The directors, other than the first board of directors, shall
be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, and each director elected
shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his successor
shall have been elected and qualified. The first board of directors shall hold
office until the first annual meeting of shareholders.
Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation,
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. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for
the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in office.
Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of
directors shall be filled by election at an annual meeting or at a special
meeting of shareholders called for that purpose. A director elected to fill a
newly created directorship shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting
of shareholders and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.
Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by 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 by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done
by the shareholders.
Section 4. The directors may keep the books and records of the
corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state,
outside of the State of New Jersey, at such place or places as they may from
time to time determine.
Section 5. The board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of
any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of
all directors for services to the corporation as directors, officers or
otherwise.
ARTICLE VI
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be
held either within or without the State of New Jersey.
Section 2. 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
shareholders 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, or it may convene at such place and
time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the directors.
Section 3. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held upon
such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from
time to time be determined by the board.
Section 4. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the
president on One (1) days notice to each director, either personally or by mail
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 two directors.
Notice need not be given to any director who signs a waiver of notice, whether
before or after the meeting.
Section 5. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a
waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the
express purpose of objecting
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 board of directors need be specified in the
notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
Section 6. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business unless a greater or lesser number is required by statute
or by the certificate of incorporation. The act of a majority of the directors
present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the
board of directors, unless the act of a greater or lesser number is required by
statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present
at any meeting 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.
Section 7. Unless otherwise provided by the certificate of incorporation,
any action required to be taken at a meeting of the board, or any committee
thereof, shall be deemed the action of the board of directors or of a committee
thereof, if all directors or committee members, as the case may be, execute
either before or after the action is taken, a written consent thereto, and the
consent is filed with the records of the corporation.
ARTICLE VII
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Section 1. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of
the number of directors fixed by the by-laws or otherwise, may designate one or
more directors to constitute an executive committee, which committee, to the
extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority
of the board of directors in the management of the corporation, except as
otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be
filled by the board of directors at a regular or special meeting of the board of
directors. The executive committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings
and report the same to the board when required.
ARTICLE VIII
NOTICES
Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the
certificate of incorporation or of these by-laws, notice is required to be given
to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal
notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such
director or shareholder, 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 whatever is required to be given under the
provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws, a waiver thereof 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 IX
OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of
directors and shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a
treasurer. The board of directors may also choose additional vice-presidents,
and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers.
Section 2. The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual
meeting of shareholders shall choose a president, one or more vice-presidents, a
secretary and a treasurer, none of whom need be a member of the board.
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 chosen and qualify. 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
shall be filled by the board of directors.
THE PRESIDENT
Section 6. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the
corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of
directors, 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 7. He 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 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.
THE VICE-PRESIDENTS
Section 8. The vice-president, or if there shall be
more than one, the vice-presidents in the order determined by the board of
directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the
duties and exercise the powers of the president and 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 SECRETARIES
Section 9. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of
directors and all meetings of the shareholders 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. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of
the shareholders 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. He shall have custody of the
corporate seal of the corporation and he, or an assistant secretary, shall have
authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed,
it may be 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 10. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the
assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors, shall,
in the absence or disability of the secretary, 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 11. 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 12. He 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.
Section 13. If required by the board of directors, he shall give the
corporation a bond 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 14. The assistant treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one,
the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors,
shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, 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 X
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES
Section 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by
certificates signed by, the chairman or vice-chairman of the board, or the
president or a vice-president and by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or
the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed
with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof.
When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class
there shall be set forth upon the face or back of the certificate, or the
certificate shall have a statement that the corporation will furnish to any
shareholder upon request and without charge, a full statement of the
designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each
class authorized to be issued and, if the corporation is authorized to issue any
preferred or special class in series, the variations in the relative rights and
preferences between the shares of each such series so far as the same have been
fixed and determined and the authority of the board of directors to fix and
determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series.
Section 2. The signatures of the officers of the corporation upon a
certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer
agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an
employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose
facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to
be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the
corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its
issue.
LOST CERTIFICATES
Section 3. The board of directors may direct a new certificate to be
issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged
to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new
certificate, the board of directors, in its discretion and as a condition
precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it
deems expedient, and may
require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from
any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate
alleged to have been lost or destroyed.
TRANSFERS OF SHARES
Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the
corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by
proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new
certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old
certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the
corporation.
CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS
Section 5. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice
of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof or
entitled to receive payment of any dividend or allotment of any right, or
entitled to give a written consent to any action without a meeting, or in order
to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the board
of directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a
stated period but not to exceed, in any case, sixty 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 shareholders, such books shall be closed
for at least ten days
immediately preceding such meeting. If the stock transfer book shall be closed
for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to give a written consent
to any action without a meeting, such books may not be closed for more than
sixty days before the date fixed for tabulation of consents or if no date has
been fixed for tabulation, the books may not be closed for more than sixty days
before the last day on which consents received may be counted. 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 days and, in case of a meeting of
shareholders, not less than ten days prior to the date on which the particular
action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken and, in
case of determining shareholders entitled to give a written consent the record
date may not be more than sixty days before the date fixed for tabulation of the
consents or if no date has been fixed for the tabulation, more than sixty days
before the last day on which consents may be counted. If the stock transfer
books are not closed and no record date is fixed, the record date for a
shareholders' meeting shall be the close of business on the day next preceding
the day on which notice is given, or, if no notice is given, the day next
preceding the day on which the meeting is held; and the record date for
determining shareholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business
on the day on which the resolution of the board relating thereto is
adopted. When a determination of shareholders of record for a shareholders'
meeting has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall
apply to any adjournment thereof unless the board fixes a new record date for
the adjourned meeting.
REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS
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 not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of New
Jersey.
LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 7. The officer or agent having charge of the transfer books for
shares shall make, and certify a complete list of the shareholders entitled to
vote at a shareholders' meeting, or adjournment thereof, arranged in
alphabetical order within each class, series, or group of shareholders
maintained by the corporation for convenience of reference, with the address of,
and the number of shares held by each shareholder, which list shall 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. Such list shall be
prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such
list or to vote at any meeting of the shareholders.
ARTICLE XI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVIDENDS
Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation
relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the board of directors at
any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash,
in its bonds, in its own shares or other property including the shares or bonds
of other corporations subject to any provisions of law and of the certificate of
incorporation.
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 fund 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.
FISCAL YEAR
Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution
of the board of directors.
SEAL
Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the
corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, New
Jersey". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These by-laws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new
by-laws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of
directors at any regular or special meeting of the board, subject to any
provision in the certificate of incorporation reserving to the shareholders the
power to adopt, amend, or repeal by-laws, but by-laws made by the board may be
altered or repealed and new by-laws made by the shareholders. The shareholders
may prescribe that any
by-law made by them shall not be altered or repealed by the board.