EXHIBIT 3
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS OF
BANKATLANTIC BANCORP, INC.
ARTICLE I
STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. All annual and special meetings of
stockholders shall be held at the place designated by the board of directors and
may be held within or without the State of Florida.
SECTION 2. ANNUAL MEETING. A meeting of the stockholders of the
Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other
business of the Corporation as may properly come before the meeting shall be
held annually, within 120 days after the end of the Corporation's fiscal year,
or at such other date and time no later than 90 days after such 120 day period
as the board of directors may determine.
SECTION 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders for
any purpose or purposes shall be held when called by the chairman of the board,
the president, or a majority of the board of directors and when called by the
chairman of the board, the president or the secretary upon the written request
of the holders of not less than ten percent of all the outstanding shares
entitled to vote at the meeting. Such written request shall state the purpose of
the meeting and shall be delivered at the principal office of the Corporation
addressed to the chairman of the board, the president or the secretary. No
business other than that stated in the notice of a special meeting shall be
transacted thereat.
SECTION 4. CONDUCT OF MEETINGS. Annual and special meetings shall be
conducted in accordance with the most current edition of Robert's Rules of Order
unless otherwise prescribed by these bylaws. The board of directors shall
designate a chairman to preside at such meetings.
SECTION 5. NOTICE OF MEETING. Written notice stating the place, day and
hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called
shall be delivered not less than twenty nor more than fifty days before the date
of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the
chairman of the board, the president, or the secretary, or the directors calling
the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If
mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the U.S.
mail, addressed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the stock
transfer books or records of the Corporation as of the record date prescribed in
Section 6 of this Article I, with postage thereon prepaid. When any
stockholders' meeting, either annual or special, is adjourned for thirty days or
more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an
original meeting. It shall not be necessary to give any
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notice of the time and place of any meeting adjourned for less than thirty days
or of the business to be transacted thereat, other than an announcement at the
meeting at which such adjournment is taken.
SECTION 6. FIXING OF RECORD DATE. For the purpose of determining
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or
any adjournment thereof or stockholders entitled to receive payment of any
dividend, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other
proper purpose, the board of directors shall fix in advance a date as the record
date for any such determination of stockholders. Such date in any case shall be
not more than sixty days and, in case of a meeting of stockholders, not less
than twenty days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring
such determination of stockholders, is to be taken. When a determination of
stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as
provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment
thereof.
SECTION 7. VOTING LISTS. The officer or agent having charge of the
stock transfer books for shares of the Corporation shall make at least twenty
days before each meeting of the stockholders a complete list of the stockholders
entitled to vote at such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, arranged in
alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each.
The list shall be kept on file at the principal office of the Corporation and
shall be subject to inspection by any stockholder at any time during usual
business hours, for a period of twenty days prior to such meeting. Such list
shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and
shall be subject to the inspection of any stockholder at any time during the
meeting. The original stock transfer books shall be prima facie evidence as to
who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or transfer books or to
vote at any meeting of stockholders.
SECTION 8. QUORUM. A majority of the outstanding shares of the
Corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. When a specified item of
business is required to be voted on by a class or series of stock, a majority of
the shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of such item of business by that class or series. If less than a majority of the
outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so
represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At
such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any
business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally notified. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may
continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal
of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
SECTION 9. PROXIES. At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may
vote by proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized
attorney in fact. Proxies solicited on behalf of the management shall be voted
as directed by the stockholder or, in the absence of such direction, as
determined by a majority of the board of directors. No proxy shall be valid
after eleven months from the date of its execution except for a proxy coupled
with an interest.
SECTION 10. VOTING OF SHARES IN THE NAME OF TWO OR MORE PERSONS. When
ownership stands in the name of two or more persons, in the absence of written
directions to the Corporation to
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the contrary, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation any one or
more of such stockholders may cast, in person or by proxy, all votes to which
such ownership is entitled. In the event an attempt is made to cast conflicting
votes, in person or by proxy, by the several persons in whose names shares of
stock stand, the vote or votes to which those persons are entitled shall be cast
as directed by a majority of those holding such stock and present in person or
by proxy at such meeting, but no votes shall be cast for such stock if a
majority cannot agree.
SECTION 11. VOTING OF SHARES BY CERTAIN HOLDERS. Shares standing in the
name of another corporation may be voted by any officer, agent or proxy as the
bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision,
as the board of directors of such corporation may determine. Shares held by an
administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him, either in
person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares
standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by him, either in person or by
proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him without a
transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a receiver
may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a
receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into his
name if authority so to do is contained in an appropriate order of the court or
other public authority by which such receiver is appointed.
A stockholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such
shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and
thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.
Neither treasury shares of its own stock held by the Corporation, nor
shares held by another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote
for the election of directors of such other corporation are held by the
Corporation, shall be voted at any meeting or counted in determining the total
number of outstanding shares at any given time for purposes of any meeting.
SECTION 12. INFORMAL ACTION BY STOCKHOLDERS. Any action required to be
taken at a meeting of the stockholders, or any other action which may be taken
at a meeting of the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior
notice and without a vote if 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. Within ten days after obtaining such authorization by written
consent, notice shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in
writing. The notice shall fairly summarize the material features of the
authorized action and, if the action is of a type for which dissenters' rights
are provided for by statute, the notice shall contain a clear statement of the
right of stockholders dissenting therefrom to be paid the fair value of their
shares upon compliance with further provisions of such statute regarding the
rights of dissenting stockholders.
SECTION 13. INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. In advance of any meeting of
stockholders, the board of directors may appoint any persons other than nominees
for office as inspectors of election to act at
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such meeting or any adjournment thereof. The number of inspectors shall be
either one or three. If the board of directors so appoints either one or three
such inspectors, that appointment shall not be altered at the meeting. If
inspectors of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the board or the
president may, and on the request of not less than ten percent of the votes
represented at the meeting shall, make such appointment at the meeting. If
appointed at the meeting, the majority of the votes present shall determine
whether one or three inspectors are to be appointed. In case any person
appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy
may be filled by appointment by the board of directors in advance of the meeting
or at the meeting by the chairman of the board or the president.
The duties of such inspectors shall include: determining the number of
shares of stock and the voting power of each share, the shares of stock
represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity,
validity and effect of proxies; receiving votes, ballots or consents; hearing
and determining all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection
with the right to vote; counting and tabulating all votes or consents;
determining the result; and such acts as may be proper to conduct the election
or vote with fairness to all stockholders.
SECTION 14. NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS.
(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the
following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the
Corporation, except as may be otherwise provided in the Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the
board of directors may be made at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any
special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors,
(i) by or at the direction of the board of directors (or any duly authorized
committee thereof) or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation (A) who is a
stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in
this Section 14 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders
entitled to vote at such meeting and (B) who complies with the notice procedures
set forth in this Section 14. In addition to any other applicable requirements,
for a nomination to be made by a stockholder pursuant to clause (ii) of this
Section 14(a), such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper
written form to the secretary of the Corporation.
(b) To be timely, a stockholder's notice to the secretary
pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 14(a) must be delivered to or mailed and
received at the principal office of the Corporation (i) in the case of an annual
meeting, not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the anniversary
date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided,
however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is
not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the
stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close
of business on the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the date
of the annual meeting is mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the
annual meeting is made, whichever first occurs, or (ii) in the case of a special
meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later
than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which
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notice of the date of the special meeting is mailed or public disclosure of the
date of the special meeting is made, whichever first occurs.
(c) To be in proper written form, a stockholder's notice
to the secretary pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 14(a) must set forth (i) as
to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a
director, (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the
person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (C) the class
or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are
owned beneficially or of record by the person and (D) any other information
relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy
statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations
of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the
notice, (A) the name and record address of such stockholder, (B) the class or
series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned
beneficially or of record by such shareholder, together with evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the secretary of such beneficial ownership, (C) a description of
all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed
nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to
which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (D) a representation
that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to
nominate the persons named in its notice and (E) any other information relating
to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement
or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies
for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(d) No person shall be eligible for election as a
director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 14. If the chairman of the meeting determines that a
nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, then the
chairman of the meeting shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was
defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.
SECTION 15. NEW BUSINESS.
(a) To be properly brought before the annual meeting of
stockholders, business must be either (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or
any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the board of directors
(or any duly authorized committee thereof), (ii) otherwise properly brought
before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors (or any duly
authorized committee thereof) or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the
meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (A) who is a stockholder of record
on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 15 and on
the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such
meeting and (B) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
Section 15. In addition to any other applicable requirements, including but not
limited to the requirements of Rule 14a-8 promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act, for business to be properly brought
before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of this
Section
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15(a), such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written
form to the secretary of the Corporation.
(b) To be timely, a stockholder's notice to the secretary
pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 15(a) must be delivered to or mailed and
received at the principal office of the Corporation, not less than 90 days nor
more than 120 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding
annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the
annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 30 days before or after
such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be
so received no later than the close of business on the tenth day following the
day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting is mailed or such
public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting is made, whichever first
occurs.
(c) To be in proper written form, a stockholder's notice
to the secretary pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 15(a) must set forth as to
each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a
brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and
the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, (ii) the name and
record address of such stockholder, (iii) the class or series and number of
shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of
record by such stockholder, together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to
the secretary of such beneficial ownership, (iv) a description of all
arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or
persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business
by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in such
business, (v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person
or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting and
(vi) any material interest of the stockholder proposing to bring such business
before such meeting (or any other stockholders known to be supporting such
proposal) in such proposal.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in these By-laws to the
contrary, no business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of stockholders
except business brought before such meeting in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 15; provided, however, that, once business has been
properly brought before such meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing
in this Section 15 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of
any such business. If the chairman of such meeting determines that business was
not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the foregoing
procedures, then the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the business was
not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be
transacted.
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ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. GENERAL POWERS. The business and affairs of the Corporation
shall be under the direction of its board of directors. The board of directors
shall annually elect a chairman of the board and a president from among its
members and shall designate, when present, either the chairman of the board or
the president to preside at its meetings.
SECTION 2. MEMBERS AND TERMS. The board of directors shall consist of
no less than seven and no more than twelve members and shall be divided into
three classes. The specific number of members may be set from time to time by
resolution of the board of directors. The members of each class shall be elected
for a term of three years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
One class shall be elected by ballot annually.
SECTION 3. QUALIFICATION. Directors need not be stockholders of the
Corporation nor residents of the State of Florida.
SECTION 4. REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the board
of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall
from time to time be determined by the board of directors or by the chairman of
the board or president.
Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the
request of the chairman of the board, the president or one-third of the
directors. Written notice of any special meeting shall be given to each director
at least two days previously thereto delivered personally or by telegram or
facsimile transmission or at least five days previously thereto delivered by
mail at the address at which the director is most likely to be reached. Such
notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the U.S. mail so
addressed with postage thereon prepaid if mailed or when delivered to the
telegraph company if sent by telegram or transmitted via facsimile.
Any director may waive notice of any meeting by a writing filed with
the secretary. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute waiver
of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the
meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be
transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the board of directors need be
specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, but any such notice
shall specify the place of the meeting.
Members of the board of directors may participate in special meetings
by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by which
all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Such participation
shall constitute presence in person but shall not constitute attendance for the
purpose of compensation pursuant to Section 10 of this article.
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SECTION 5. QUORUM. A majority of the number of directors then serving
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the
board of directors, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a
majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time and
to another place without notice other than announcement at the meeting.
SECTION 6. MANNER OF ACTING. The act of the majority of the directors
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board
of directors, unless a greater number is prescribed by statute, the Articles of
Incorporation or these Bylaws.
SECTION 7. ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action required or permitted
to be taken by the board of directors at a meeting may be taken without a
meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be
signed by all of the directors. The written consent shall be filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the board of directors.
SECTION 8. RESIGNATION. Any director may resign at any time by sending
a written notice of such resignation to the principal office of the Corporation
addressed to the chairman of the board or the president. Unless otherwise
specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by
the chairman of the board or the president. More than three consecutive absences
from regular meetings of the board of directors, unless excused by resolution of
the board of directors, shall automatically constitute a resignation, effective
when such resignation is accepted by the board of directors.
SECTION 9. VACANCIES. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors
may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining
directors although less than a quorum of the board of directors, or by a sole
remaining director or by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of all the votes
entitled to be cast by the stockholders of the Corporation. A director elected
to fill a vacancy shall be elected to serve until the next election of directors
by the stockholders.
SECTION 10. COMPENSATION. Directors, as such, may receive a stated
salary for their services. By resolution of the board of directors, a reasonable
fixed sum, and reasonable expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for
actual attendance at each regular or special meeting of the board of directors.
Members of either standing or special committees may be allowed such
compensation for actual attendance at committee meetings as the board of
directors may determine.
SECTION 11. PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT. A director of the Corporation who is
present at a meeting of the board of directors at which action on any matter is
taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent
or abstention shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall
file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary
of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by
registered mail to the secretary of the Corporation within five days after the
date he receives a copy of the minutes of the meeting. Such right to dissent
shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.
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SECTION 12. ADVISORY DIRECTORS. The board of directors, by resolution
adopted by a majority of the full board, may appoint advisory directors to the
board, who shall serve as directors emeritus, and shall have such authority and
receive such compensation and reimbursement as the board of directors shall
provide. Advisory directors shall not have the authority to participate by vote
in the transaction of business.
ARTICLE III
EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES
SECTION 1. APPOINTMENT. The board of directors, by resolution adopted
by a majority of the full board, may designate the chief executive officer and
two or more of the other directors to constitute an executive committee. The
designation of any committee pursuant to this Article III and the delegation of
authority thereto shall not operate to relieve the board of directors, or any
director, of any responsibility imposed by law or regulation. The executive
committee may designate a member to serve as "Chairman" of the executive
committee.
SECTION 2. AUTHORITY. The executive committee, when the board of
directors is not in session, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of
the board of directors, except to the extent, if any, that such authority is
limited by the resolution appointing the executive committee; and except also
that the executive committee shall not have the authority of the board of
directors with reference to the amendment of the charter or bylaws of the
Corporation, or recommending to the stockholders a plan of merger,
consolidation, or conversion; the sale, lease or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation otherwise than
in the usual and regular course of its business; a voluntary dissolution of the
Corporation; a revocation of any of the foregoing; or the approval of a
transaction in which any member of the executive committee, directly or
indirectly, has any material beneficial interest.
SECTION 3. TENURE. Subject to the provisions of Section 8 of this
Article III each member of the executive committee shall hold office until the
next regular annual meeting of the board of directors following his designation
and until his successor is designated as a member of the executive committee.
SECTION 4. MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the executive committee may be
held without notice at such times and places as the executive committee may fix
from time to time by resolution. Special meetings of the executive committee may
be called by any member thereof upon not less than one day's notice stating the
place, date and hour of the meeting, which notice may be written or oral. Any
member of the executive committee may waive notice of any meeting and no notice
of any meeting need be given to any member thereof who attends in person. The
notice of a meeting of the executive committee need not state the business
proposed to be transacted at the meeting.
SECTION 5. QUORUM. A majority of the members of the executive committee
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting
thereof, and action of the executive
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committee must be authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.
SECTION 6. ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action required or permitted
to be taken by the executive committee at a meeting may be taken without a
meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be
signed by all of the members of the executive committee.
SECTION 7. VACANCIES. Any vacancy in the executive committee may be
filled by a resolution adopted by a majority of the full board of directors.
SECTION 8. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATIONS. Any member of the executive
committee may be removed at any time with or without cause by resolution adopted
by a majority of the full board of directors. Any members of the executive
committee may resign from the executive committee at any time by giving written
notice to the president or secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise
specified thereon, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt. The
acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
SECTION 9. PROCEDURE. The executive committee shall elect a presiding
officer from its members and may fix its own rules of procedure which shall not
be inconsistent with these bylaws. It shall keep regular minutes of its
proceedings and report the same to the board of directors for its information at
the meeting thereof held next after the proceedings shall have been taken.
SECTION 10. OTHER COMMITTEES. The board of directors may by resolution
establish an audit committee, a loan committee or other committees composed of
directors as they may determine to be necessary or appropriate for the conduct
of the business of the Corporation and may prescribe the duties, constitution
and procedures thereof. The limitations on authority set forth in Section 2 of
this Article III shall apply to any committee established hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. POSITIONS. The officers of the Corporation shall be a
chairman of the board, a president, a secretary and a chief financial officer,
each of whom shall be elected by the board of directors. The chairman of the
board shall be the chief executive officer. The office of secretary may be held
by any other officer. The board of directors may designate one or more vice
presidents as senior executive vice president, executive vice president or
senior vice president. The board of directors may also elect or authorize the
appointment of such other officers as the business of the Corporation may
require. The officers shall have such authority and perform such duties as the
board of directors may from time to time authorize or determine. In the absence
of action by the board of directors, the officers shall have such powers and
duties as generally pertain to their respective offices.
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SECTION 2. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. The officers of the Corporation
shall be elected annually at the first meeting of the board of directors after
each annual meeting of the stockholders. If the election of officers is not held
at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as possible.
Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected
and qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been
removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Election or appointment of an
officer, employee or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.
SECTION 3. REMOVAL. Any officer may be removed by the board of
directors whenever, in its judgment, the best interests of the Corporation will
be served thereby, but such removal, other than for cause, shall be without
prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.
SECTION 4. VACANCIES. A vacancy in any office because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the board
of directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
SECTION 5. REMUNERATION. The remuneration of the officers shall be
fixed from time to time by the board of directors.
ARTICLE V
CONTRACTS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS
SECTION 1. CONTRACTS. Except as otherwise prescribed by these bylaws
with respect to certificates for shares, the board of directors may authorize
any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to enter into any contract or
execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the
Corporation. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
SECTION 2. CHECKS, DRAFTS, ETC. All checks, drafts or other orders for
the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the
name of the Corporation shall be signed by one or more officers, employees or
agents of the Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be
determined by the board of directors.
SECTION 3. DEPOSITS. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise
employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation
in any of its duly authorized depositories as the board of directors may select.
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ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
SECTION 1. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES. Certificates representing shares of
capital stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by
the board of directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the chief executive
officer or by any other officer of the Corporation authorized by the board of
directors, attested by the secretary or an assistant secretary, and may be
sealed with the corporate seal or a facsimile thereof. The signatures of such
officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is manually
signed on behalf of a transfer agent or a registrar, other than the Corporation
itself or one of its employees. Each certificate for shares of capital stock
shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of
the person to whom the shares are issued, with the number or shares and date of
issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. All
certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be cancelled and
no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like
number of shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled, except that in the
case of a lost or destroyed certificate, a new certificate may be issued
therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the Corporation as the board of
directors may prescribe.
SECTION 2. TRANSFER OF SHARES. Transfers of shares of capital stock of
the Corporation shall be made only on its stock transfer books. Authority for
such transfer shall be given only by the holder of record thereof or by his
legal representative, who shall furnish evidence of such authority, or by his
attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with
the Corporation. Such transfer shall be made only on surrender for cancellation
of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares of capital
stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation
to be the owner therefor for all purposes and the Corporation shall not be bound
to recognize any equitable or other claim to interest in such capital stock on
the part of any other person, whether or not the Corporation shall have express
or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.
ARTICLE VII
BOOKS AND RECORDS
SECTION 1. MAINTENANCE OF BOOKS AND RECORDS. The Corporation
shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall keep
minutes of the proceedings of its stockholders, board of directors and
committees of directors. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office or
principal place of business or at the office of its transfer agent a record of
its stockholders, giving the names and addresses of all stockholders and the
number, class and series, if any, of the shares held by each. Any books, records
and minutes may be in written form or in any other form capable of being
converted into written form within a reasonable time.
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SECTION 2. STOCKHOLDER INSPECTION RIGHTS. Any person who shall
have been a holder of record of shares or of voting certificates therefor at
least six months immediately preceding his demand or shall be the holder of
record of or the holder of record of voting trust certificates for at least five
percent of the outstanding shares of any class or series of the Corporation,
upon written demand stating the purpose thereof, shall have the right to
examine, in person or by agent or attorney, at any reasonable time or times, for
any proper purpose, its relevant books and records of accounts, minutes and
records of stockholders and to make extracts therefrom.
ARTICLE VIII
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the 31st day of
December of each year or at such other time as may be fixed from time to time by
resolution of the board of directors. The Corporation shall be subject to an
annual audit as of the end of its fiscal year by independent public accountants
appointed by and responsible to the board of directors.
ARTICLE IX
DIVIDENDS
Subject to the terms of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation,
the board of directors may, from time to time, declare, and the Corporation may
pay, dividends on its outstanding shares of capital stock.
ARTICLE X
CORPORATE SEAL
The board of directors may adopt a corporate seal for the Corporation.
The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and
the words "Corporate Seal, Florida." The seal may be used by causing it or a
facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced on any document.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the failure to affix the seal of the
Corporation to a document shall not affect the validity thereof.
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ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENTS
The Bylaws may be amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, by
action of either the stockholders or the board of directors. The stockholders
may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws which may not
be altered or repealed by the board of directors.
ARTICLE XII
INDEMNIFICATION
The Corporation, to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the
provisions of Section 607.0850 (other than Section 607.0850(7) thereof) of the
Florida Business Corporation Act, as amended (the "Corporation Act"), (or any
amendment or successor provision thereof or any other statutory provision
authorizing or permitting such indemnification or advancement of expenses which
is adopted after the date this Article XII is adopted), shall indemnify against
liability, and advance expenses to, any person, and his heirs, executors,
administrators and legal representatives, who is or was a party to any
proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving as a director,
officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise at the request of the Corporation. Officers and
directors who are so entitled to be indemnified shall be paid their expenses in
advance of a final disposition of the proceeding to the maximum extent
authorized or permitted by the provisions of 607.0850(6) of the Corporation Act
or any amended or successor section.
This Article XII shall not be construed to mean that indemnification
and advancement of expenses by the Corporation pursuant to 607.0850(7) of the
Corporation Act is not permitted. The Corporation may indemnify and advance
expenses to any person pursuant to Section 607.0850(7) of the Corporation Act,
or any amended or successor section, to the extent and in the manner desired by
the Corporation and permitted by law.
Terms used in this Article XII shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in 607.0850(11) of the Corporation Act or any amended or successor section.
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