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EXHIBIT 3.5
NOVATEC INC.
BYLAWS
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BYLAWS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS...................................1
Section 1. Time and Place of Meetings.........................1
Section 2. Annual Meeting.....................................1
Section 3. Special Meetings...................................1
Section 4. Notice of Meetings.................................1
Section 5. Quorum.............................................1
Section 6. Voting.............................................1
ARTICLE II - DIRECTORS
Section 1. Powers.............................................2
Section 2. Number and Term of Office..........................2
Section 3. Vacancies and New Directorships....................2
Section 4. Regular Meetings...................................2
Section 5. Special Meetings...................................2
Section 6. Quorum.............................................2
Section 7. Written Action.....................................3
Section 8. Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone..3
Section 9. Committees.........................................3
Section 10. Compensation.......................................3
Section 11. Rules..............................................3
ARTICLE III - NOTICES
Section 1. Generally..........................................3
Section 2. Waivers............................................3
ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS
Section 1. Generally..........................................4
Section 2. Compensation.......................................4
Section 3. Succession.........................................4
Section 4. Authority and Duties...............................4
Section 5. Chairman...........................................4
Section 6. Chief Executive Officer............................4
Section 7. President..........................................4
Section 8. Execution of Documents and Action with
Respect to Securities of Other Corporations......4
Section 9. Vice President.....................................5
Section 10. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries................5
Section 11. Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers.................5
Section 12. Controller.........................................5
Section 13. General Counsel....................................5
ARTICLE V - STOCK
Section 1. Certificates.......................................6
Section 2. Transfer...........................................6
Section 3. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.............6
Section 4. Record Date........................................6
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ARTICLE VI - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Fiscal Year ............................................ 7
Section 2. Corporate Seal ......................................... 7
Section 3. Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records ............... 7
Section 4. Time Periods ........................................... 7
Section 5. Dividends .............................................. 7
Section 6. ASX Listing Rules ...................................... 7
ARTICLE VII - AMENDMENTS
Section 1. Amendments ............................................. 8
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NOVATEC INC.
BYLAWS
ARTICLE 1
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Time and Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders
for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such
time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by
the Board of Directors, or by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the
Secretary in the absence of a designation 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 Meeting. An annual meeting of the stockholders shall be
held at such date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board
of Directors, at which meeting the stockholders shall elect by a plurality vote
the directors to succeed those whose terms expire and shall transact such other
business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for
any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by law or by Certificate of
Incorporation, may be called by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the
Board or the President, and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at
the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in interest of the
entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to
vote. Such request shall be sent to the President and the Secretary and shall
state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.
Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of every meeting of the
stockholders, 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,
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, except as
otherwise provided herein or by law. When a meeting is adjourned to another
place, date or time, written notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting
if the place, date and time thereof are announced at the meeting at which the
adjournment is taken, provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more
than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the
adjourned meeting, written notice of the place, date and time of the adjourned
meeting shall be given in conformity herewith. At any adjourned meeting, any
business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original
meeting.
Section 5. Quorum. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the
transaction of business except as otherwise provided by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation. 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.
Section 6. Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall be entitled at every
meeting of the stockholders to one vote for each share of stock having voting
power standing in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation
on the record date for the meeting and such votes may be cast either in person
or by written proxy. Every proxy must be duly executed and filed with the
Secretary of the Corporation. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not
irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an
instrument
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in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later
date with the Secretary of the Corporation. The vote upon any question brought
before a meeting of the stockholders may be by voice vote, unless the holders of
a majority of the outstanding shares of all classes of stock entitled to vote
thereon present in person or by proxy at such meeting shall so determine. Every
vote taken by written ballot shall be counted by one or more inspectors of
election appointed by the Board of Directors. When a quorum is present at any
meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock which has voting
power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question
properly brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by
express provision of law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, a
different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern
and control the decision of such question.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors, which may exercise
all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as
are not by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be
exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 2. Number and Term of Office. The Board of Directors shall
consist of one or more members. The number of directors shall be fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors or by the stockholders at the annual
meeting or a special meeting. The directors shall be elected at the annual
meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 3 of this Article,
and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and
qualified, except as required by law. Any decrease in the authorized number of
directors shall not be effective until the expiration of the term of the
directors then in office, unless, at the time of such decrease, there shall be
vacancies on the Board which are being eliminated by such decrease.
Section 3. Vacancies and New Directorships. Vacancies and newly created
directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors
which occur between annual meetings of the stockholders may be filled by a
majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a
sole remaining director, and the directors so elected shall hold office until
the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are
elected and qualified, except as required by law.
Section 4. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors
may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be
determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors
may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President on one day's written
notice to each director by whom such notice is not waived, given either
personally or by mail, e-mail or fax, and shall be called by the President or
the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of any
two directors.
Section 6. Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority
of the total number of directors then in office 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 to another place, time or date, without notice other than announcement at
the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
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Section 7. Written Action. 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 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 or proceedings of the Board or Committee.
Section 8. Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone. Members
of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of
Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any such
committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment
by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person
at the meeting.
Section 9. Committees. The Board of Directors 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
and each to have such lawfully delegable powers and duties as the Board may
confer. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors. 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. Except as otherwise provided by law, any such
committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of
Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the
Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to
all papers which may require it. Any committee or committees so designated by
the Board shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to
time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise
prescribed by the Board of Directors, a majority of the members of the
committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the
act of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which there is a
quorum shall be the act of such committee. Each committee shall prescribe
its own rules for calling and holding meetings and its method of procedure,
subject to any rules prescribed by the Board of Directors, and shall keep a
written record of all actions taken by it.
Section 10. Compensation. The Board of Directors may establish such
compensation for, and reimbursement of the expenses of, directors for
attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or committees, or for other
services by directors to the Corporation, as the Board of Directors may
determine.
Section 11. Rules. The Board of Directors may adopt such special rules
and regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the management of the
affairs of the Corporation as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with law
or these bylaws.
ARTICLE III
NOTICES
Section 1. Generally. Whenever by law or under the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, notice is required to be given to
any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice,
but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or
stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation,
with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the
time when the same shall be deposited in the mail. Notice to directors may also
be given by e-mail, fax or telephone.
Section 2. Waivers. Whenever any notice is required to be given by law or
under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, a
waiver thereon in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such
notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be
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given, shall be deemed equivalent to such 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.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. Generally. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected
by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a President, a Secretary and a
Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose any or all of the following:
a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer one or more
Vice Presidents, a Controller, a General Counsel, and one or more Assistant
Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Any number of officers may be held by the
same person.
Section 2. Compensation. The compensation of all officers and agents
of the Corporation who are also directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by
the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate the power to fix
the compensation of other officers and agents of the Corporation to an officer
of the Corporation.
Section 3. Succession. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office
until their successors are elected and qualified. Any officer elected or
appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the directors. Any vacancy occurring in any
office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Authority and Duties. Each of the officers of the Corporation
shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as are stated in these
bylaws or as may be specified by the Board of Directors in a resolution which
is not inconsistent with these bylaws.
Section 5. Chairman. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and of the Board of Directors and he shall have such other duties
and responsibilities as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. The
Chairman may delegate to any qualified person authority to chair any meeting of
the stockholders, either on a temporary or a permanent basis.
Section 6. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall
be the head of the Corporation and shall have the general control and
management of all the business and affairs of the Corporation. He shall also
exercise such further powers and perform such other duties as may from time to
time be conferred upon or assigned by these bylaws or the Board of Directors. He
shall from time to time make such recommendations to the Board of Directors and
any committee of the Board of Directors as he thinks proper and shall bring
before the Board of Directors and any committee such information as may be
required, relating to the business and property of the Corporation.
Section 7. President. The President shall preside at all meetings of
the stockholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the
Chairman of the Board of Directors has been appointed and is present. He shall
sign all certificates of stock, and under the supervision of the Board of
Directors shall have general care and direction of the affairs of the
corporation. The President shall perform other duties commonly incident to his
office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as
the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.
Section 8. Execution of Documents and Action with Respect to Securities
of Other Corporations. The President shall have and is hereby given full power
and authority, except as otherwise required by
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law or directed by the Board of Directors, (a) to execute, on behalf of the
Corporation, all duly authorized contracts, agreements, deeds, conveyances or
other obligations of the Corporation, applications, consents, proxies and other
powers of attorney, and other documents and instruments, and (b) to vote and
otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any
meeting of stockholders (or with respect to any action of such stockholders) of
any other corporation in which the Corporation may hold securities and
otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which the Corporation may
possess by reason of its ownership of securities of such other corporation. In
addition, the President may delegate to other officers, employees and agents of
the Corporation the power and authority to take any action which the President
is authorized to take under this Section 7, with such limitations as the
President may specify; such authority so delegated by the President shall not
be re-delegated by the person to whom such execution authority has been
delegated.
Section 9. Vice President. Each Vice President, however titled, shall
perform such duties and services and shall have such authority and
responsibilities as shall be assigned to or required from time to time by the
Board of Directors or the President.
Section 10. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. (a) The Secretary shall
amend all meetings of the stockholders and all meetings of the Board of
Directors and record all proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and
the Board of Directors and shall perform like duties for the standing
committees when requested by the Board of Directors or the President. The
Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the
stockholders and meetings of the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall
perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the
President. The Secretary shall have charge of the seal of the Corporation and
authority to affix the seal to any instrument. The Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary may attest to the corporate seal by handwritten or facsimile
signature. The Secretary shall keep and account for all books, documents,
papers and records of the Corporation except those for which some other
officer or agent has been designated or is otherwise properly accountable. The
Secretary shall have authority to sign stock certificates.
(b) Assistant Secretaries, in the order of their seniority, shall assist
the Secretary and, if the Secretary is unavailable or fails to act, perform the
duties and exercise the authorities of the Secretary.
Section 11. Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers. (a) The Treasurer shall
have the custody of the funds and securities 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
Treasurer with the prior approval of the Board of Directors or the President.
The Treasurer shall disburse the funds and pledge the credit of the Corporation
as may be directed by the Board of Directors and shall render to the Board of
Directors and the President, as and when required by them, or any of them, an
account of all transactions by the Treasurer.
(b) Assistant Treasurers, in the order of their seniority, shall assist
the Treasurer and, if the Treasurer is unable or fails to act, perform the
duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.
Section 12. Controller. The Controller shall be the chief accounting
officer of the Corporation. The Controller shall keep full and accurate
accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation
in accordance with accepted accounting methods and procedures. The Controller
shall initiate periodic audits of the accounting records, methods and systems
of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Board of Directors and
the President as and when required by them, or any of them, a statement of the
financial condition of the Corporation.
Section 13. General Counsel. The General Counsel shall be the chief legal
officer of the Corporation. The General Counsel shall provide legal counsel and
advice to the Board of Directors and to the officers with respect to compliance
with applicable laws and regulations. The General Counsel shall
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also provide or obtain legal representation of the Corporation in proceedings by
or against the Corporation. The General Counsel shall render to the Board of
Directors and the President, as and when required by them, or any of them, a
report on the status of claims against, and pending litigation of, the
Corporation.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 1. Certificates. Certificates representing shares of stock of the
Corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of
Directors, subject to applicable legal requirements. Such certificates shall be
numbered and their issuance recorded in the books of the Corporation, and such
certificate shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares and shall
be signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board or
the President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation. Any or all of the signatures and the
seal of the Corporation, if any, upon such certificates may be facsimiles,
engraved or printed.
Section 2. Transfer. (a) Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer
agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or
accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to
transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue, or to cause its
transfer agent to issue, a new certificate to the person entitled thereto,
cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
(b) Subject to the requirements of applicable Australian law, the
Corporation shall refuse to register any transfer of "restricted" securities not
made in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S under the US Securities
Act of 1933, pursuant to registration under the Act or pursuant to an available
exemption from registration.
Section 3. Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. The Secretary may
direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any
certificate or certificates previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have
been lost, stolen or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact,
satisfactory to the Secretary, by the person claiming the certificate of stock
to be lost, stolen or destroyed. As a condition precedent to the issuance of a
new certificate or certificates the Secretary may require the owner of such
lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates to give the Corporation a
bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Secretary may direct as
indemnity against any claims that may be made against the Corporation with
respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed or the
issuance of the new certificate.
Section 4. Record Date. (a) 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, the Board of Directors may fix a
record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and
which record date shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before
the date of such meeting. If no record is fixed by the Board of Directors, 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. 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.
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(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled
to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any
rights or the stockholders 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 a record date, which record date shall
not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is
adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty days prior to such
action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining
stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day
on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed
from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate
seal and use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or
affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
Section 3. Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records. Each director, each
member of a committee designated by the Board of Directors, and each officer of
the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully
protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon
such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation
by any of the Corporation's officers or employees, or committees of the Board
of Directors, or by any other person as to matters the director, committee
member or officer believes are within such other person's professional or expert
competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of
the Corporation.
Section 4. Time Periods. In applying any provision of these bylaws which
requires that an act be done or not be done a specified number of days prior to
an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days
prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act
shall be excluded and the day of the event shall be included.
Section 5. Dividends. The Board of Directors may from time to time declare
and the Corporation may pay dividends upon its outstanding shares of capital
stock, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and the
Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 6. ASX Listing Rules. A reference to the Listing Rules in these
bylaws has effect if, and only if, at the relevant time the Corporation is
Listed, and must otherwise be disregarded. If the Corporation is Listed, the
following clauses apply:
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in these bylaws, if the Listing
Rules prohibit an act being done, the act shall not be done.
(b) Nothing contained in these bylaws shall prevent an act being done that
the Listing Rules require to be done.
(c) If the Listing Rules require an act to be done or not to be done,
authority is given for that act to be done or not to be done, as the
case may be.
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(d) If the Listing Rules require these bylaws to contain a provision and it
does not contain such a provision, then these bylaws are deemed to contain
that provision.
(e) If the Listing Rules require these bylaws not to contain a provision and
it contains such a provision, then these bylaws are deemed not to contain
that provision.
(f) If any provision of these bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with the
Listing Rules, these bylaws are deemed not to contain that provision to
the extent of the inconsistency.
"ASX" means the Australian Stock Exchange Limited.
"Listing Rules" means the Official Listing Rules of the ASX as amended from
time to time and as modified from time to time by the ASX in their application
to the Corporation.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. Amendments. These bylaws may be altered, amended or
repealed, or new bylaws may be adopted, by the stockholders or by the Board of
Directors.
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