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EXHIBIT 3.3
AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
(hereinafter called the "Corporation")
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the
Corporation shall be in the City of Dover, County of Kent, State of Delaware.
Section 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 may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for
the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time
and 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 or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
Section 2. Annual Meetings. The Annual Meetings of
Stockholders shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated
from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the
meeting, at which meetings the stockholders shall elect by a plurality vote a
Board of Directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought
before the meeting. 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 nor more than sixty days before the date of the
meeting.
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Section 3. Special Meetings. Unless otherwise prescribed by
law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation, Special Meetings of Stockholders,
for any purpose or purposes, may be called by (i) the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer or (iii) the President, and shall be
called by any such officer at the request in writing of a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors or upon the affirmative vote, verified in
writing, of the holders of fifty-one percent (51%) of the outstanding shares
entitled to vote. 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 nor more than sixty days before the date
of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.
Section 4. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or by
the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the "Certificate of
Incorporation") the holders of a majority of the capital 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 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
noticed. If the adjournment is for 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 entitled to vote at the
meeting.
Section 5. Voting. Unless otherwise required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any question brought before any
meeting of stockholders shall be
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decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock represented and
entitled to vote thereat. Each holder of Class A Common Stock represented at a
meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of
Class A Common Stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. Each
holder of Class B Common Stock represented at a meeting of stockholders shall be
entitled to cast ten votes for each share of Class B Common Stock entitled to
vote thereat held by such stockholder. Such votes may be cast in person or by
proxy but no proxy shall be voted on or after three years from its date, unless
such proxy provides for a longer period. The Board of Directors, in its
discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of
stockholders, in his discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting
shall be cast by written ballot.
Section 6. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless
otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or
permitted to be taken at any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders of the
Corporation, 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.
Such written consent shall be deemed effective upon receipt by the Secretary of
the Corporation of a copy of such written consent executed by each stockholder
of record by facsimile, telex, telegram or cable. 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 7. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer
of the Corporation 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
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meetings 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 of the
Corporation who is present.
Section 8. Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation
shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine
the stock ledger, the list required by Section 7 of this Article II or the books
of the Corporation, or, to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of
stockholders.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Number and Election of Directors. The Board of
Directors shall consist of not less than three and not more than nine members
(at least two of which shall be independent directors), as such number shall be
established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as
provided in Section 2 of this Article, directors shall be elected by a majority
of the votes cast at Annual Meetings of Stockholders, and each director so
elected shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting and until his successor
is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal. Any
director may resign at any time upon notice to the Corporation. Directors need
not be stockholders.
Section 2. Removal and Vacancies. At any time, the
stockholders may remove any director or the entire Board of Directors and elect
directors to fill the vacancies created by such
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removal, unless otherwise provided by law. A director may be so removed, with or
without cause, at any time.
In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board of
Directors at any time, if not filled by the Board of Directors, the stockholders
shall meet or act by consent as promptly as practicable, and in any event within
twenty (20) days of the occurrence of such vacancy, for the purpose of electing
a new director.
Section 3. Duties and Powers. The business, operations and
affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors; provided,
however, that the Board of Directors may delegate such management
responsibilities to such officer(s) as it may appoint to the extent permitted by
the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws and the laws of the State of
Delaware.
Section 4. Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation
may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State
of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without
notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by
the Board of Directors. Any one or more members of the Board of Directors, or
the stockholders, acting by a majority vote, may call a meeting of the Board of
Directors or require action by consent for the Directors, including a meeting by
written consent, at any time. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of
the meeting shall be given to each director either by mail not less than
forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting, by telephone or telegram
on twenty-four (24) hours' notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or
persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the
circumstances.
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Section 5. Quorum. Except as may be otherwise specifically
provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at all
meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the entire Board of 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. 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.
Section 6. Actions of Board. Unless otherwise provided 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 the members of the Board of Directors or
committee, 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. Such written consent shall be deemed effective upon receipt by the
Secretary of the Corporation of a copy of such written consent by facsimile,
telex, telegram or cable executed by each director.
Section 7. Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Unless
otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members
of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the
Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or
such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear
each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 7 shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 8. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by
resolution passed by a majority of the entire Board of Directors, designate one
or more committees, each committee to
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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
any such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a
committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an
alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or
members thereof 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 absent or
disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent allowed by law and provided in
the resolution establishing such committee, 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. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and
report to the Board of Directors when required.
Section 9. Compensation. The directors may be paid their
expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and
may, in the case of non-employee directors, receive such compensation as the
Board of Directors determines for attendance at each meeting of the Board of
Directors. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members
of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending
committee meetings.
Section 10. Interested Directors. No contract or transaction
between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between
the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other
organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or
officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for
this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or
participates in the meeting of the
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Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or
transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose
if (i) the material facts as to his or their 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 of Directors 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; or (ii) the material facts as to his or their 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 a majority vote of the stockholders; or
(iii) 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
thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in
determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or
of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. General. The officers of the Corporation shall be
chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chairman of the Board, a
President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors, in its
discretion, may also choose one or more Vice-Presidents, Assistant Secretaries,
Assistant Treasurers and other officers. Any number of offices may be held by
the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws. The officers of the Corporation need not be
stockholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, need such officers be directors of the Corporation.
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Section 2. Election. The Board of Directors at its first
meeting held after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall elect the officers
of the Corporation 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; and all officers of the Corporation shall hold
office until their successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier
resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be
removed in accordance with the terms of the employment agreement with such
officer, and if no such agreement exists, then 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
salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of
Directors.
Section 3. Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers
of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other
instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in
the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the
President or any Vice-President and any such officer may, in the name of and on
behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem
advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of
any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such
meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to
the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the
Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of
Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any
other person or persons.
Section 4. Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of
the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of
Directors. Except where by law the signature of the President is required, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors shall possess the same
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power as the President to sign all Contracts, certificates and other instruments
of the Corporation which may be authorized by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive
Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. He shall have
general active management responsibility for the business of the Corporation and
shall be responsible for carrying out the orders and resolutions of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation. In addition, he shall have such powers and perform
such duties as are prescribed by the Board of Directors. Subject to the control
and direction of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer may enter
into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on
behalf of the Corporation. In general, he shall make reports to the Board of
Directors and stockholder and shall perform any and all other duties incident to
the office of Chief Executive Officer, as herein defined, and all such other
duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.
During the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of
the Chairman of the Board (providing that the Chief Executive Officer is a
member of the Board of Directors).
Section 6. President. The President shall be the chief
operating officer of the Corporation. He shall have general supervision of the
affairs of the Corporation, shall sign or countersign all certificates,
contracts or other instruments of the Corporation as authorized by the Board of
Directors, shall make reports to the Board of Directors and stockholders and
shall perform any and all other duties as are incident to the office of
President or are properly assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the Chief
Executive Officer. During the absence or disability of the Chief Executive
Officer, the President shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the
duties of the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall also perform such
other duties and may exercise such other
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powers as from time to time may be assigned to him by these Bylaws, the Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 7. Vice-Presidents. Each Vice-President shall perform
such duties and have such powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief
Executive Officer may prescribe. If there is no Chief Executive Officer, then at
the request of the President or in his absence or in the event of the
President's inability or refusal to act, the Vice-President or the
Vice-Presidents if there is more than one (in the order designated by the Board
of Directors) 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. If there is no Chief Executive Officer and no Vice-President, the
Board of Directors shall designate the officer of the Corporation who, in the
absence of the President or in the event of the inability or refusal of the
President to act, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting,
shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
President.
Section 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings
of the stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to
be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for the
Board of Directors and for 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. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to
cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special
meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then
either the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may choose another
officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of
the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if
there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring
it and
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when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the
signature of any 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. The Secretary shall see that all books,
reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by
law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.
Section 9. Treasurer. 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. 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. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer 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, moneys and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under
his control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 10. Assistant Secretaries. Except as may be otherwise
provided in these Bylaws, Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform
such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by
the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer,
the President, any Vice-President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the
absence of the Secretary or in the event of his disability or refusal to act,
shall perform the
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duties of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be
subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.
Section 11. Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if
there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to
time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice-President, if there
be one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of
his disability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer, and
when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the
restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, an
Assistant Treasurer 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, moneys and other property of whatever
kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 12. Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board
of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from
time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of' Directors. The Board of
Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to
choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 1. Form of Certificates. Every holder of stock in the
Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed, in the name of the
Corporation (i) by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or a Vice-President and (ii) by the
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Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the
Corporation.
Section 2. Signatures. Where a certificate is countersigned by
(i) a transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or (ii) a
registrar other than the Corporation or its employee, any other signature on the
certificate may be a 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 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.
Section 3. Lost Certificates. 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, 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, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition
precedent the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or
destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in
such manner as the Board of Directors 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.
Section 4. Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be
transferable in the manner prescribed by law, the Certificate of Incorporation
and in these Bylaws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the
Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by his attorney
lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate
therefor, which shall be cancelled before a new certificate shall be issued.
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Section 5. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may
determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled 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 days nor less than
ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty 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.
Section 6. Beneficial Owners. 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 law.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICES
Section 1. Notices. Whenever written notice is required by
law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any
director, member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by
mail, addressed to such director, member of a committee 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
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in the United States mail. Written notice may also be given personally or by
facsimile, telex, telegram or cable.
Section 2. Waivers of Notice. Whenever any notice is required
by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be given to any
director, member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing,
signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after
the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. 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, and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital
stock. 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 Board of
Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems 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 any proper
purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.
Section 2. Disbursements. 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.
Section 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation
shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have
inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization, and
the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware".
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The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or
affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings
other than those by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of
this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation,
or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of
the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
Section 2. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings
by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article
VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify any
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person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is
or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or
officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
Section 3. Authorization of Indemnification. Any
indemnification under this Article VIII (unless ordered by a court) shall be
made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a
determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent
is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case
may be. Such determination shall be made (i) by the Board of Directors by a
majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the
action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even
if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders. To the extent,
however, that a director officer, employee or
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agent of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the
defense of any action, suit or proceeding described in Sections 1 and 2 of this
Article VIII, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall
be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith, without the necessity of
authorization in the specific case.
Section 4. Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any
determination under Section 3 of this Article VIII, a person shall be deemed to
have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe that
his conduct was unlawful, if his action is based on the records or books of
account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to
him by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of
their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another
enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation
or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an
appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or
another enterprise. The term "another enterprise" as used in this Section 4
shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving
at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent. The
provisions of this Section 4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in
any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or 2 of this Article VIII,
as the case may be.
Section 5. Indemnification by a Court. Notwithstanding any
contrary determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article
VIII, and notwithstanding the
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absence of any determination thereunder, any director, officer, employee or
agent may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware
for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Sections 1 and 2
of this Article VIII. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a
determination by such court that indemnification of the director, officer,
employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the
applicable standards of conduct set forth in Section 1 or 2 of this Article
VIII, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case
under Section 3 of this Article VIII nor the absence of any determination
thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that
the director, officer, employee or agent seeking indemnification has not met any
applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for indemnification
pursuant to this Section 5 shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the
filing of such application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director,
officer, employee or agent seeking indemnification shall also be entitled to be
paid the expenses of prosecuting such application.
Section 6. Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses (including
attorneys' fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may 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
officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article
VIII.
Section 7. Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement
of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or
granted pursuant to this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which an individual seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses
may be entitled under any Bylaw, agreement, contract,
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vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or pursuant to the direction
(howsoever embodied) of any court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, both
as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification
of the persons specified in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VIII shall be made
to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article VIII
shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not
specified in Section 1 or 2 of this Article VIII but whom the Corporation has
the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or otherwise.
Section 8. 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 a director or officer of the
Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan 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 or the obligation to
indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII.
Section 9. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article
VIII, references to "the Corporation" shall include, in addition to the
resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of
a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate
existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its
directors, officers, employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or
was a director or officer of such constituent corporation serving at the request
of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
other enterprise, shall
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stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VIII with
respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect
to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. For
purposes of this Article VIII, references to "fines" shall include any excise
taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan and
references to "serving at the request of the Corporation" shall include any
service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which
imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or
agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or
beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonable believed to be in the interests of the participants and the
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation" as referred to in
this Article VIII.
Section 10. Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of
Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall, unless otherwise provided when
authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such person.
Section 11. Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Article VIII to the contrary, except for proceedings
to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 5
hereof) , the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director,
officer, employee or agent in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof)
initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized
or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Section 12. Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The
Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of
Directors, provide rights to indemnification
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and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation
similar to those conferred in this Article VIII to directors and officers of the
Corporation.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed,
in whole or in part, or new Bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the
Board of Directors; provided, however, that notice of such alteration,
amendment, repeal or adoption of new Bylaws be contained in the notice of such
meeting of stockholders or Board of Directors, as the case may be. All such
amendments must be approved by either the holders of a majority of the
outstanding capital stock entitled to vote thereon or by a majority of the
entire Board of Directors then in office.
Section 2. Entire Board of Directors. As used in this Article
IX and in these Bylaws generally, the term "entire Board of Directors" means the
total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no
vacancies.
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