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BY-LAWS
OF
Aqua-Chem, Inc.
(A Delaware Corporation)
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
As used in these By-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the
term:
1.1 "Assistant Secretary" means an Assistant Secretary of the
Corporation.
1.2 "Assistant Treasurer" means an Assistant Treasurer of the
Corporation.
1.3 "Board" means the Board of the Corporation.
1.4 "By-laws" means the initial by-laws of the Corporation, as amended
from time to time.
1.5 "Certificate of Incorporation" means the initial certificate of
incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, supplemented or restated from time
to time.
1.6 "Corporation" means Aqua-Chem, Inc.
1.7 "Directors" means directors of the Corporation.
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1.8 "General Corporation Law" means the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.
1.9 "Office of the Corporation" means executive office of the
Corporation, anything in Section 131 of the General Corporation Law to the
contrary notwithstanding.
1.10 "President" means the President of the Corporation.
1.11 "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Corporation.
1.12 "Stockholders" means stockholders of the Corporation.
1.13 "Treasurer" means the Treasurer of the Corporation.
ARTICLE 2
STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Place of Meetings. Every meeting of the stockholders shall be held
at the office of the Corporation or at such other place within or without the
State of Delaware as shall be specified or fixed in the notice of such meeting
or in the waiver of notice thereof.
2.2 Annual Meeting. A meeting of stockholders shall be held annually
for the election of directors or the transaction of other business at such hour
and on such business day in December or January as may be determined by the
Board and designated in the notice of meeting.
2.3 Deferred Meeting for Election of Directors, Etc. If the annual
meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of
other business is not held on the date fixed in Section 2.2, the Board shall
call a meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction
of other business as soon thereafter as convenient.
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2.4 Other Special Meetings. A special meeting of stockholders (other
than a special meeting for the election of directors), unless otherwise
prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the Board or by the
President or by the Secretary. At any special meeting of stockholders only such
business may be transacted which is related to the purpose or purposes of such
meeting set forth in the notice thereof given pursuant to Section 2.6 of the
By-laws or in any waiver of notice thereof given pursuant to Section 2.7 of the
By-laws.
2.5 Fixing Record Date. For the purpose of determining the stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any
adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to
receive payment of any dividend of the 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 may fix, in advance, a
date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders. Such date
shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such
meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no such record
date is fixed:
2.5.1 The record date for determining stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of
business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if
notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on
which the meeting is held;
2.5.2 The record date for determining stockholders entitled to
express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior
action by the Board is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written
consent is expressed;
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2.5.3 The record date for determining stockholders for any purpose
other than that specified in Sections 2.5.1 and 2.5.2 shall be at the close of
business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.
When a determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any
meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this Section 2.5, such
determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof unless the Board fixes a
new record date for the adjourned meeting.
2.6 Notice of Meetings of Stockholders. Except as otherwise provided in
Sections 2.5 and 2.7 of the By-laws, whenever under the General Corporation Law
or the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws, stockholders are required or
permitted to take any action at a meeting, written notice shall be given stating
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. A copy of the notice of
any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail, not less than ten nor more
than sixty days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to
notice of or to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to
be given when deposited in the United States mail, with postage prepaid,
directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the
Corporation. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the
transfer agent of the Corporation that the notice required by this section has
been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts
stated therein. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice
need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are
announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, and at the adjourned
meeting any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the
meeting as originally called. If, however, the adjournment is for more than
thirty days, or if after
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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.
2.7 Waivers of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given to any
stockholder under any provision of the General Corporation Law or of the
Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws, a written waiver thereof, signed by
the stockholder entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated
therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a stockholder at a
meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the
stockholder 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.
2.8 List of Stockholders. The Secretary shall prepare and
make, or cause to be prepared and made, at least ten days before every meeting
of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the
meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each
stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.
Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose
germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least
ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the
meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the
meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.
The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting
during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is
present.
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2.9 Quorum of Stockholders; Adjournment. The holders of one-third of
the shares of stock entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, present in
person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
any business at such meeting. When a quorum is once present to organize a
meeting of stockholders, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any
stockholders. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock present in person
or represented by proxy at any meeting of stockholders, including an adjourned
meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn such meeting to another
time and place.
2.10 Voting; Proxies. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation every stockholder of record shall be entitled at every meeting of
stockholders to one vote for each share of capital stock standing in his or her
name on the record of stockholders determined in accordance with Section 2.5 of
the By-laws. If the Certificate of Incorporation provides for more or less than
one vote for any share on any matter, every reference in the By-laws or the
General Corporation Law to a majority or other proportion of stock shall refer
to such majority or other proportion of the votes of such stock. The provisions
of Sections 212 and 217 of the General Corporation Law shall apply in
determining whether any shares of capital stock may be voted and the persons, if
any, entitled to vote such shares; but the Corporation shall be protected in
treating the persons in whose names shares of capital stock stand on the record
of stockholders as owners thereof for all purposes. At any meeting of
stockholders (at which a quorum was present to organize the meeting), all
matters, except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by the By-laws, shall be decided by a majority of the votes
cast at such meeting by the holders of shares present in person or represented
by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, whether or not a quorum is present when
the vote is taken. All elections
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of directors shall be written ballot unless otherwise provided in the
Certificate of Incorporation. In voting on any other question on which a vote by
ballot is required by law or is demanded by any stockholder entitled to vote,
the voting shall be by ballot. Each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder
voting or by his proxy, and shall state the number of shares voted. On all other
questions, the voting may be viva voce. Every stockholder entitled to vote at a
meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent without a meeting may
authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy. The validity and
enforceability of any proxy shall be determined in accordance with Section 212
of the General Corporation Law.
2.11 Selection and Duties of the Inspectors at Meetings of
Stockholders. The Board, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, may appoint
one or more inspectors to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If
inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at such meeting may, and
on the request of any stockholder entitled to vote thereat shall, appoint one or
more inspectors. In case any person appointed fails to appear or act, the
vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the Board in advance of the meeting
or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, before
entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath
faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict
impartiality and according to the best of such inspector's ability. The
inspector or inspectors shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the
voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a
quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or
consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection
with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents,
determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or
vote with fairness to all
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stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting or any
stockholder entitled to vote thereat, the inspector or inspectors shall make a
report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by such
inspector(s) and execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector(s).
Any report or certificate made by the inspector(s) shall be prima facie evidence
of the facts stated and of the vote as certified by such inspector(s).
2.12 Organization. At every meeting of stockholders, the President, or
in the absence of the President a Vice President, and in case more than one Vice
President shall be present, that Vice President designated by the Board (or in
the absence of any such designation, the most senior Vice President, based on
age, present) shall act as chairperson of the meeting. The Secretary, or in his
or her absence one of the Assistant Secretaries, shall act as secretary of the
meeting. In case none of the officers above designated to act as chairperson or
secretary of the meeting, respectively, shall be present, a chairperson or
secretary of the meeting, as the case may be, shall be chosen by a majority of
the votes cast at such meeting by the holders of shares of capital stock present
in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting.
2.13 Order of Business. The order of business at all meetings of
stockholders shall be determined by the chairperson of the meeting, but the
order of business to be followed at any meeting at which a quorum is present may
be changed by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting by the holders of
shares of capital stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled
to vote at the meeting.
2.14 Written Consent of Stockholders Without a Meeting. Unless
otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required by
the General Corporation Law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation, or any action
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which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be
taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent
in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of
outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be
necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares
entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of
the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent
shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.
ARTICLE 3
DIRECTORS
3.1 General Powers. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by
or under the direction of the Board. The Board may adopt such rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation or the
By-laws or applicable laws, as it may deem proper for the conduct of its
meetings and the management of the Corporation. In addition to the powers
expressly conferred by the By-laws, the Board may exercise all powers and
perform all acts which are not required, by the By-laws or the Certificate of
Incorporation or by law, to be exercised and performed by the stockholders.
3.2 Number; Qualification; Term of Office. The Board shall initially
consist of six (6) members. The number of directors may hereafter be changed
from time to time by a amendment pursuant to Section 13 of the By-laws.
Directors need not be stockholders. Each
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director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified
or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
3.3 Election. Directors shall, except as otherwise required by law or
by the Certificate of Incorporation, be elected by a plurality of the votes cast
at a meeting of stockholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the
election.
3.4 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Unless otherwise
provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, newly created directorships
resulting from an increase in the number of directors and vacancies occurring in
the Board for any reason, including the removal of directors without cause, may
be filled by vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less
than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, any meeting of the Board or may
be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of shares of capital
stock entitled to vote in the election at a special meeting of stockholders
called for that purpose. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected
to hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his
or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
3.5 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time by written notice
to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time therein
specified, and, unless otherwise specified, the acceptance of such resignation
shall not be necessary to make it effective.
3.6 Removal of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, any or
all of the directors may be removed with or without cause, by vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of
directors.
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3.7 Compensation. Each director, in consideration of his or her service
as such, shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation such amount per annum
or such fees for attendance at directors' meetings, or both, as the Board may
from time to time determine, together with reimbursement for the reasonable
expenses incurred by him or her in connection with the performance of such
director's duties. Each director who shall serve as a member of any committee of
directors in consideration of his or her serving as such shall be entitled to
such additional amount per annum or such fees for attendance at committee
meetings, or both, as the Board may from time to time determine, together with
reimbursement for the reasonable expenses incurred by him or her in the
performance of such director's duties. Nothing in this section contained shall
preclude any director from serving the Corporation or its subsidiaries in any
other capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.
3.8 Place and Time of Meetings of the Board. Meetings of the Board,
regular or special, may be held at any place within or without the State of
Delaware. The times and places for holding meetings of the Board may be fixed
from time to time by resolution of the Board or (unless contrary to resolution
of the Board) in the notice of the meeting.
3.9 Annual Meetings. On the day when and at the place where the annual
meeting of stockholders for the election of directors is held, and as soon as
practicable thereafter, the Board may hold its annual meeting, without notice of
such meeting, for the purpose of organization, the election of officers and the
transaction of other business. The annual meeting of the Board may be held at
any other time and place specified in a notice given as provided in Section 3.11
of the By-laws for special meetings of the Board or in a waiver of notice
thereof.
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3.10 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held at
such times and places as may be fixed from time to time by the Board. Unless
otherwise required by the Board, regular meetings of the Board may be held
without notice. If any day fixed for a regular meeting of the Board be a
Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday at the place where such meeting is to be
held, then such meeting shall be held at the same hour at the same place on the
first business day thereafter which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
3.11 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board shall be held
whenever called by the President or the Secretary or by any two or more
directors. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall, if mailed, be
addressed to each director at the address designated by him or her for that
purpose or, if none is designated, at such director's last known address at
least two days before the date on which the meeting is to be held; or such
notice shall be sent to each director at such address by telegraph, cable or
wireless, or be delivered to him or her personally, not later than the day
before the date on which such meeting is to be held. Every such notice shall
state the time and place of the meeting but need not state the purposes of the
meeting, except to the extent required by law. If mailed, each notice shall be
deemed given when deposited, with postage thereon prepaid, in a post office or
official depository under the exclusive care and custody of the United States
Postal Service. Such mailing shall be by first class mail.
3.12 Adjourned Meetings. A majority of the directors present at any
meeting of the Board, including an adjourned meeting, whether or not a quorum is
present, may adjourn such meeting to another time and place. Notice of any
adjourned meeting of the Board need not be given to any director whether or not
present at the time of the adjournment. Any business
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may be transacted at any adjourned meeting that might have been transacted at
the meeting as originally called.
3.13 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given to any
director or member of a committee of directors under any provision of the
General Corporation Law or the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, 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.
3.14 Organization. At each meeting of the Board, the President of the
Corporation, or in the absence of the President, a chairperson chosen by the
majority of the directors present, shall preside. The Secretary shall act as
secretary at each meeting of the Board. In case the Secretary shall be absent
from any meeting of the Board, an Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties
of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the
Secretary and Assistant Secretaries, the person presiding at the meeting may
appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
3.15 Quorum of Directors. A majority of the directors then in office
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or of any specified
item of business at any meeting of the Board.
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3.16 Action by the Board. All corporate action taken by the Board or
any committee thereof shall be taken at a meeting of the Board, or of such
committee, as the case may be, except that any action required or permitted to
be taken at any meeting of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may be taken
without a meeting if all members of the Board 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 or committee. Members of the Board, or any
committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board, or
of such committee, as the case may be, 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 in a meeting pursuant to this
Section 3.16 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Except as
otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, the vote of a
majority of the directors present (including those who participate by means of
conference telephone or similar communications equipment) at the time of the
vote, if a quorum is present at such time, shall be the act of the Board.
ARTICLE 4
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board,
designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of
the directors of the corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors
as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or
disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or
disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof
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present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such
member(s) constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the
Board 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, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in
the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize
the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it;
but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending
the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or
consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of
all or substantially all of the Corporation's property and assets, recommending
to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or revocation of a
dissolution, or amending the By-laws of the Corporation; and unless the
resolution designating it expressly so provides, no such committee shall have
the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of
stock.
ARTICLE 5
OFFICERS
5.1 Officers. The Board shall elect a President, a Secretary
and a Treasurer, and may elect or appoint one or more Vice Presidents and such
other officers as it may determine. The Board may designate one or more Vice
Presidents as Executive Vice Presidents, and may use descriptive words or
phrases to designate the standing, seniority or area of special competence of
the Vice Presidents elected by appointed by it. Each officer shall hold his
office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until such
officer's earlier death, resignation
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or removal in the manner provided in Section 5.2 of the By-laws. Any two or more
offices may be held in the same person. The Board may require any officer to
give a bond or other security for the faithful performance of his duties, in
such amount and with such sureties as the Board may determine. All officers, as
between themselves and the Corporation, shall have such authority and perform
such duties in the management of the Corporation as may be provided in the
By-laws or as the Board may from time to time determine.
5.2 Removal of Officers. Any officers elected or appointed by Board may
be removed by the Board with or without cause. The removal of an officer without
cause shall be without prejudice to such officer's contract rights, if any. The
election or appointment of an officer shall not of itself create contract
rights.
5.3 Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time in writing by
notifying the Board or the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall
take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at such later time as is
therein specified, and, unless otherwise specified, the acceptance of such
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. The resignation of an
officer shall be without prejudice to the contract rights of the Corporation, if
any.
5.4 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation,
removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled for the unexpired
portion of the term in the manner prescribed in the By-laws for the regular
election or appointment to such office.
5.5 Compensation. Salaries or other compensation of the officers may be
fixed from time to time by the Board. No officer shall be prevented from
receiving a salary or other compensation by reason of the fact that such officer
is also a director.
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5.6 President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of
the Corporation and shall have general supervision over the business of the
Corporation, subject, however, to the control of the Board and of any duly
authorized committee of directors. The President shall, if present, preside at
all meetings of the stockholders and at all meetings of the Board. The President
may, with the Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or an
Assistant Treasurer, sign certificates for shares of capital stock of the
Corporation. The President may sign and execute in the name of the Corporation
deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts and other instruments, except in cases where
the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or
by the By-laws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be
required by law otherwise to be signed or executed; and, in general the
President shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such
other duties as from time to time may be assigned to the President by the Board.
5.7 Vice Presidents. At the request of the President, or in
the President's absence, at the request of the Board, the Vice Presidents shall
(in such order as may be designated by the Board or in the absence of any such
designation in order of seniority based on age) perform all of the duties of the
President and so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all
restrictions upon the President. Any Vice President may also, with the Secretary
or Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer, sign
certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation; may sign and
execute in the name of the Corporation deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or
other instruments authorized by the Board, except in cases where the signing and
execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by the By-laws to
some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law
otherwise to be signed
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or executed; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be
assigned to him or her by the Board or by the President.
5.8 Secretary. The Secretary, if present, shall act as secretary of all
meetings of the stockholders and of the Board, and shall keep the minutes
thereof in the proper book or books to be provided for that purpose; the
Secretary shall see that all notices required to be given by the Corporation are
duly given and served; the Secretary may, with the President or Vice President,
sign certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation; the Secretary
shall be custodian of the seal of the Corporation, or facsimile thereof, all
certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation and all documents
the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its corporate seal is
authorized in accordance with the provisions of the By-laws; the Secretary shall
have charge of the stock ledger and also of the other books, records and papers
of the Corporation relating to its organization and management as a Corporation,
and shall see that the reports, statements and other documents required by law
are properly kept and filed; and shall, in general, perform all the duties
incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time
may be assigned to the Secretary by the Board or by the President.
5.9 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and be
responsible for, all funds, securities and notes of the Corporation; receive and
give receipts for moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any sources
whatsoever; deposit all such moneys in the name of the Corporation in such
banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected in accordance
with these By-laws; against proper vouchers, cause such funds to be disbursed by
checks or drafts on the authorized depositaries of the Corporation signed in
such manner as shall be determined in accordance with any provisions of the
By-laws, and be
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responsible for the accuracy of the amounts of all moneys so disbursed;
regularly enter or cause to be entered in books to be kept by the Treasurer or
under the Treasurer's direction full and adequate account of all moneys received
or paid by the Treasurer for the account of the Corporation; have the right to
require, from time to time, reports or statements giving such information as the
Treasurer may desire with respect to any and all financial transactions of the
Corporation from the officers or agents transacting the same; render to the
President or the Board, whenever the President or the Board, respectively, shall
require the Treasurer so to do, an account of the financial condition of the
Corporation and of all his or her transactions as Treasurer; exhibit at all
reasonable times his or her books of account and other records to any of the
directors upon application at the office of the Corporation where such books and
records are kept; and in general, perform all the duties incident to the office
or Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to the
Treasurer by the Board or by the President; and the Treasurer may sign, with the
President, or a Vice President certificates for shares of capital stock of the
Corporation.
5.10 Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Assistant
Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties as shall be
assigned to them by the Secretary or by the Treasurer, respectively, or by the
Board or by the President. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers may,
with the President or a Vice President, sign certificates for shares of capital
stock of the Corporation.
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ARTICLE 6
CONTRACTS, CHECKS, DRAFTS, BANK ACCOUNTS, ETC.
6.1 Execution of Contracts. The Board may authorize any officer,
employee or agent, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into
any contract or execute and satisfy any instruments, and any such authority may
be general or confined to specific instances, or otherwise limited.
6.2 Loans. The President or any other officer, employee or agent
authorized by the By-laws or by the Board may effect loans and advances at any
time for the Corporation from any bank, trust company or other institution or
from any firm, corporation or individual and for such loans and advances may
make, execute and deliver promissory notes, bonds or other certificates or
evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, and when authorized so to do may
pledge and hypothecate or transfer any securities or other property of the
Corporation as security for any such loans or advances. Such authority conferred
by the Board may be general or confined to specific instances or otherwise
limited.
6.3 Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts and other orders for the
payment of money out of the funds of the Corporation and all notes or other
evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation shall be signed on behalf of the
Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by
resolution of the Board.
6.4 Deposits. The funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall
be deposited from time to time to the order of the Corporation in such banks,
trust companies or other depositaries as the Board may select or as may be
selected by an officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to whom such power
may from time to time be delegated by the Board.
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ARTICLE 7
STOCK AND DIVIDENDS
7.1 Certificates Representing Shares. The shares of capital stock of
the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in such form (consistent
with the provisions of Section 158 of the General Corporation Law) as shall be
approved by the Board. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a
Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer
or an Assistant Treasurer, and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or
a facsimile thereof. The signatures of the officers upon a certificate may be
facsimiles, if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registrar
or other than the Corporation itself or its employee. In case any officer,
transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been
placed upon any certificate shall have ceased to be such offices, transfer agent
or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may, unless
otherwise ordered by the Board, be issued by the Corporation with the same
effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the
date of issue.
7.2 Transfer of Shares. Transfers of shares of capital stock of the
Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder
thereof or by such holder's duly authorized attorney appointed by a power of
attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary or a transfer agent of the
Corporation, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates representing
such shares of capital stock properly endorsed for transfer and upon payment of
all necessary transfer taxes. Every certificate exchanged, returned or
surrendered to the Corporation shall be marked "Canceled," with the date of
cancellation, by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the transfer agent
of the Corporation. A person in whose name shares of capital stock shall stand
on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof to receive
dividends, to vote as such owner and for all other purposes as respects the
Corporation. No transfer of shares of capital
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stock shall be valid as against the Corporation, its stockholders and creditors
for any purpose, except to render the transferee liable for the debts of the
Corporation to the extent provided by law, until such transfer shall have been
entered on the books of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom
transferred.
7.3 Transfer and Registry Agents. The Corporation may from time to time
maintain one or more transfer offices or agent and registry offices or agents at
such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the Board.
7.4 Lost, Destroyed, Stolen and Mutilated Certificates. The
holder of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall immediately
notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, theft or mutilation of the
certificate representing such shares, and the Corporation may issue a new
certificate to replace the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or
mutilated. The Board may, in its discretion, as a condition to the issue of any
such new certificate require the owner of the lost, stolen or mutilated
certificate, or such owner's legal representatives, to make proof satisfactory
to the Board of such loss, destruction, theft or mutilation and to advertise
such fact in such manner as the Board may require, and to give the Corporation
and its transfer agents and registrars, or such of them as the Board may
require, a bond in such form, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as
the Board may direct, to indemnify the Corporation and its transfer agents and
registrars against any claims that may be made against any of them on account of
the continued existence of any such certificate so alleged
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to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated and against any expense in
connection with such claim.
7.5 Regulations. The Board may make such rules and regulations as it
may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the By-laws or with the Certificate of
Incorporation, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates
representing shares of its capital stock.
7.6 Restriction on Transfer of Stock. A written restriction on the
transfer or registration of transfer of capital stock of the Corporation, if
permitted by Section 202 of the General Corporation Law and noted conspicuously
on the certificate representing such capital stock, may be enforced against the
holder of the restricted capital stock or any successor or transferee of the
holder including an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other
fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of the
holder. Unless noted conspicuously on the certificate representing such capital
stock, a restriction, even though permitted by Section 202 of the General
Corporation Law, shall be ineffective except against a person with actual
knowledge of the restriction. A restriction on the transfer or registration of
transfer of capital stock of the Corporation may be imposed either by the
Certificate of Incorporation or by an agreement among any number of stockholders
or among such stockholders and the Corporation. No restriction so imposed shall
be binding with respect to capital stock issued prior to the adoption of the
restriction unless the holders of such capital stock are parties to an agreement
or voted in favor of the restriction.
7.7 Dividends, Surplus, Etc. Subject to the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation and of law, the Board:
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7.7.1 May declare and pay dividends or make other distributions on
the outstanding shares of capital stock in such amounts and at such time or
times as, in its discretion, the condition of the affairs of the Corporation
shall render advisable;
7.7.2 May use and apply, in its discretion, any of the surplus of
the Corporation in purchasing or acquiring any shares of capital stock of the
Corporation, or purchase warrants therefor, in accordance with law, or any of
its bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other securities or evidences of
indebtedness;
7.7.3 May set aside from time to time out of such surplus or net
profits such sum or sums as, in its discretion, it may think proper, as a
reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends or for the
purpose of maintaining or increasing the property or business of the
Corporation, or for any purpose it may think conducive to the best interests of
the Corporation.
ARTICLE 8
INDEMNIFICATION
8.1 Indemnification of Officers and Directors. 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, by reason of the fact
that such person is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation, 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 to the fullest extent and in the manner set forth in
and permitted by the General
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Corporation Law, and any other applicable law, as from time to time in effect.
Such right of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
to which such director or officer may be entitled apart from the foregoing
provisions. The foregoing provisions of this Section 8.1 shall be deemed to be a
contract between the Corporation and each director and officer who serves in
such capacity at any time while this Article 8 and the relevant provisions of
the General Corporation Law and other applicable law, if any, are 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 or threatened
based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts.
8.2 Indemnification of Other Persons. The Corporation may 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 by reason of the fact that he is or
was an 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
expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding to the extent and in the manner set forth in and
permitted by the General Corporation Law, and any other applicable law, as from
time to time in effect. Such right of indemnification shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which such person may be entitled apart from
the foregoing provisions.
8.3 Insurance. The Corporation shall have power to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the
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Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation or 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 power to indemnify him against such
liability under the provisions of Section 8.1 and 8.2 of the By-laws or under
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law or any other provision of Law.
ARTICLE 9
BOOKS AND RECORDS
9.1 Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete
books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of the
stockholders, the Board and any committee of the Board. The Corporation shall
keep at the office designated in the Certificate of Incorporation or at the
office of the transfer agent or registrar of the Corporation in Delaware, a
record containing the names and addresses of all stockholders, the number and
class of shares held by each and the dates when they respectively became the
owners of record thereof.
9.2 Form of Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the
regular course of its business including its stock ledger, books of account, and
minute books, may be kept on, or be in the form of, diskettes, magnetic tape,
photographs, microphotographs, or any other information storage device, provided
that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible written form
within a reasonable time. The Corporation shall so convert any records so kept
upon the request of any person entitled to inspect the same.
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9.3 Inspection of Books and Records. Except as otherwise provided by
law, the Board shall determine from time to time whether, and, if allowed, when
and under what conditions and regulations the accounts, books, minutes and other
records of the Corporation shall be open to the inspection of any stockholder or
director.
ARTICLE 10
SEAL
The Board may adopt a corporate seal which shall be in the form of a
circle and shall bear the full name of the Corporation, the year of its
incorporation and the word "Delaware."
ARTICLE 11
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined, and may be
changed, by resolution of the Board.
ARTICLE 12
VOTING OF SHARES HELD
Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board, the President
may, from time to time, appoint one or more attorneys or agents of the
Corporation, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to cast the votes
which the Corporation may be entitled to cast as a stockholder or otherwise in
any other corporation, any of whose shares or securities may be held
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by the Corporation, at meetings of the holders of stock or other securities of
such other corporation, or to consent in writing to any action by any such other
corporation, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the
manner of casting such votes or giving such consent, and may execute or cause to
be executed on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal, or
otherwise, such written proxies, consents, waivers or other instruments as the
President may deem necessary or proper in the premises; or the President may
attend in person any meeting of the holders of the stock or other securities of
any such other corporation and thereat vote or exercise any or all other powers
of the Corporation as the holder of such stock or other securities of such other
corporation.
ARTICLE 13
AMENDMENTS
The By-laws may be altered, amended, supplemented or repealed, or new
By-laws may be adopted, by vote of the holders of the shares entitled to vote in
the election of directors. The By-laws may be altered, amended, supplemented,
repealed, or new By-laws may be adopted, by the Board, provided that the vote of
a majority of the entire Board shall be required to change the number of
authorized directors. Any By-laws adopted, altered, amended or supplemented by
the Board may be altered, amended or supplemented or repealed by the
stockholders entitled to vote thereon.
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