EXHIBIT 3.2
BYLAWS
OF
SYBASE, INC.
(as amended February 4, 2004)
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE
The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall
be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware. The name
of the registered agent of the corporation at such location is The Prentice-Hall
Corporation System, Inc.
1.2 OTHER OFFICES
The board of directors may at any time establish other offices at any
place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS
Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal executive
offices of the corporation, or at any other place, within or outside the State
of Delaware, designated by the board of directors. The board may, in its sole
discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any
place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as
authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
"DGCL"). In the absence of any such designation or determination, stockholders'
meetings shall be held at the corporation's principal
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executive office.
2.2 ANNUAL MEETING
An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of
directors at such date, time and place, either within or without the State of
Delaware, as may be designated by resolution of the board of directors from time
to time. Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting.
2.3 SPECIAL MEETINGS
A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by the
board of directors, chairperson of the board, chief executive officer or
president (in the absence of a chief executive officer), but such special
meetings may not be called by any other person or persons.
No business may be transacted at such special meeting other than the
business specified in such notice to stockholders.
2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS
All notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall
be sent or otherwise given in accordance with either Section 2.6 or Section 12.1
of these bylaws not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. The
notice shall specify the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means
of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be
deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a
special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.
2.5 ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS
(i) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business
shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be
properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be: (a) specified in
the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction
of the board of directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by
or at the direction of the board of directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought
before the meeting by a stockholder. For business to be properly brought before
an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely
notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a
stockholder's notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the
principal executive offices of the corporation not less than one hundred twenty
(120) calendar days before the one year anniversary of the date on which the
corporation first mailed its proxy statement to stockholders in connection with
the previous year's annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in
the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of
the annual meeting has been changed by more than thirty (30) days from the date
of the prior year's meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so
received not later than the close of
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business on the later of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in advance of
such annual meeting and ten (10) calendar days following the date on which
public announcement of the date of the meeting is first made. A stockholder's
notice to the secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder
proposes to bring before the annual meeting: (a) a brief description of the
business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for
conducting such business at the annual meeting, (b) the name and address, as
they appear on the corporation's books, of the stockholder proposing such
business, (c) the class and number of shares of the corporation that are
beneficially owned by the stockholder, (d) any material interest of the
stockholder in such business, and (e) any other information that is required to
be provided by the stockholder pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), in his capacity as a
proponent to a stockholder proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to
include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy
statement and form of proxy for a stockholder's meeting, stockholders must
provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act.
Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be
conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this paragraph (i). The chairman of the annual meeting shall, if the
facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that business was not
properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of
this paragraph (i), and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the
meeting that any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not
be transacted.
(ii) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this paragraph (ii) shall be eligible for election as
directors. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the
corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of
the board of directors or by any stockholder of the corporation entitled to vote
in the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice
procedures set forth in this paragraph (ii). Such nominations, other than those
made by or at the direction of the board of directors, shall be made pursuant to
timely notice in writing to the secretary of the corporation in accordance with
the provisions of paragraph (i) of this Section 2.5. Such stockholder's notice
shall set forth (a) as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to
nominate for election or re-election as a director: (A) the name, age, business
address and residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or
employment of such person, (C) the class and number of shares of the corporation
that are beneficially owned by such person, (D) a description of all
arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any
other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the
nominations are to be made by the stockholder, and (E) any other information
relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of
proxies for elections of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case
pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act (including without limitation such
person's written consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a
nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (b) as to such stockholder
giving notice, the information required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (i)
of this Section 2.5. At the request of the board of directors, any person
nominated by a stockholder for election as a director shall furnish to the
secretary of the corporation that information required to be set forth in the
stockholder's notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. No person
shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated
in accordance with the procedures set forth
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in this paragraph (ii). The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant,
determine and declare at the meeting that a nomination was not made in
accordance with the procedures prescribed by these bylaws, and if he should so
determine, he shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective nomination
shall be disregarded.
These provisions shall not prevent the consideration and approval or
disapproval at an annual meeting of reports of officers, directors and
committees of the board of directors, but in connection therewith no new
business shall be acted upon at any such meeting unless stated, filed and
received as herein provided. Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the
contrary, no business brought before a meeting by a stockholder shall be
conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Section 2.5.
2.6 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE
Written notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given:
(i) if mailed, when deposited in the United States mail, postage
prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records
of the corporation; or
(ii) if electronically transmitted as provided in Section 12.1 of
these bylaws.
An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the
transfer agent or other agent of the corporation that the notice has been given
by mail or by a form of electronic transmission, as applicable, shall, in the
absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
2.7 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 statute or by the certificate of
incorporation. If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any
meeting of the stockholders, then either (i) the chairman of the meeting or (ii)
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 is present or
represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or
represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at
the meeting as originally noticed.
When a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of the
holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or
represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting,
unless the question is one upon which, by express provisions of the statutes or
of the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case
such express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.
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2.8 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless these
bylaws otherwise require, 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. At the adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business
that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is
for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is
fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be
given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
2.9 VOTING
The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall
be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.12 and Section 2.14
of these bylaws, subject to the provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the DGCL
(relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock
and to voting trusts and other voting agreements).
Except as may otherwise be provided in the certificate of incorporation
or these bylaws, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share
of capital stock held by such stockholder.
2.10 WAIVER OF NOTICE
Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL
or of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a written waiver
thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic
transmission 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 stockholders need be specified
in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless
so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
2.11 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
Subject to the rights of the holders of the shares of any series of
Preferred Stock or any other class of stock or series thereof having a
preference over the Common Stock as dividend or upon liquidation, any action
required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the corporation must be
effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the
corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such
stockholders.
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2.12 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING; GIVING CONSENTS
In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled
to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment
thereof or entitled to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting (if otherwise permitted by these bylaws and the corporation's
certificate of incorporation), or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or
other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights
in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of
any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record
date, which shall be not more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before
the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other
action.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, the fixing of
such record date shall be governed by the provisions of Section 213 of the DGCL.
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.
2.13 PROXIES
Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may
authorize another person or persons to act for him by a written proxy, signed by
the stockholder and filed with the secretary of the corporation, but no such
proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless
the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the
stockholder's name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature,
typewriting, telegraphic transmission or otherwise) by the stockholder or the
stockholder's attorney-in-fact. The revocability of a proxy that states on its
face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section
212(c) of the DGCL.
2.14 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE
The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall
prepare and make, at least 10 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. The corporation shall not
be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact
information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any
stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least 10
days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network,
provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided
with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the
corporation's principal executive office. In the event that the corporation
determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation
may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to
stockholders of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then
the list
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shall 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. If the
meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list
shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time
of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the
information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of
the meeting. Such list shall presumptively determine the identity of the
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by
each of them.
2.15 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION
A written proxy may be in the form of a telegram, cablegram, or other
means of electronic transmission which sets forth or is submitted with
information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram, or
other means of electronic transmission was authorized by the person.
Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors shall
appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its
adjournment. The number of inspectors shall be either one (1) or three (3). If
any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails or refuses to act,
then the chairperson of the meeting may, and upon the request of any stockholder
or a stockholder's proxy shall, appoint a person to fill that vacancy.
Such inspectors shall:
(i) determine the number of shares outstanding and the
voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the
existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies;
(ii) receive votes, ballots or consents;
(iii) hear and determine all challenges and questions in
any way arising in connection with the right to vote;
(iv) count and tabulate all votes or consents;
(v) determine when the polls shall close;
(vi) determine the result; and (vii) do any other acts
that may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all
stockholders.
The inspectors of election shall perform their duties impartially, in
good faith, to the best of their ability and as expeditiously as is practical.
If there are three (3) inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate
of a majority is effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate
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all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie
evidence of the facts stated therein.
2.16 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the chairman of the
board, if any, or in his absence by the president, or in his absence by a vice
president, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairman designated
by the board of directors, or in the absence of such designation by a chairman
chosen at the meeting. The secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but
in his absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as
secretary of the meeting. The chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall
determine the order of business and the procedures at the meeting, including
such matters as the regulation of the manner of voting and conduct of business.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
3.1 POWERS
Subject to the provisions of the DGCL and any limitations in the
certificate of incorporation or these bylaws relating to action required to be
approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and
affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be
exercised by or under the direction of the board of directors.
3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
The number of directors of the corporation is fixed at eight (8), of
which two shall be designated as Class I directors, three shall be designated as
Class II directors and three shall be designated as Class III directors. No
reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of
removing any director before that director's term of office expires.
3.3 ELECTION QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS
Each director shall hold office until his successor is elected and
qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal. Directors need not be
stockholders unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these
bylaws. Election of directors need not be by written ballot.
3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES
Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the
corporation. Stockholders may remove directors only for cause. Any vacancy
occurring in the board of directors with or without cause may be filled by a
majority of the remaining members of the board of directors,
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although such majority is less than a quorum, or by a plurality of the votes
cast at a meeting of stockholders, and each director so elected shall hold
office until the expiration of the term of office of the director whom he has
replaced.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these
bylaws:
(i) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting
from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the
stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a
majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a
sole remaining director.
(ii) Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock
or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions
of the certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships
of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors
elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole
remaining director so elected.
If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the
corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any
stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder,
or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate
of a stockholder may apply to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily
ordering an election as provided in Section 211 of the DGCL.
If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created
directorship, the directors then in office constitute less than a majority of
the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), then
the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders
holding at least ten (10) percent of the total number of the shares at the time
outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an
election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships,
or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office as aforesaid,
which election shall be governed by the provisions of Section 211 of the DGCL as
far as applicable.
3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE
The board of directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both
regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or
these bylaws, 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 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.
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3.6 FIRST MEETINGS
The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be
held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders at
the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly
elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum
shall be present. In the event of the failure of the stockholders to fix the
time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected board of directors, or
in the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the
stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be
specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the
board of directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all
of the directors.
3.7 REGULAR MEETINGS
Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice
at such time and at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, as
shall from time to time be determined by the board.
3.8 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE
Special meetings of the board of directors may be held at such time and
at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, whenever called by the
chairman of the board, by the president, by the secretary or by any two
directors.
When given by the chairman of the board, the president or the
secretary, notice of the time and place of special meeting shall be delivered
personally or by telephone or facsimile to each director at least 24 hours in
advance of the date and time of the special meeting.
When given by any two directors, notice of the time and place of the
special meeting shall be delivered personally or by telephone or facsimile to
each director or sent by first-class mail to them, charges prepaid addressed to
each director at that director's address as it is shown on the records of the
Corporation. Such notice shall be given at least four days before the time of
the holding of the meeting. If the notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in
the United States mail at least six days before the time of the holding of the
meeting. If the notice is delivered personally or by telephone, facsimile or by
telegram, it shall be delivered personally or by telephone, facsimile or to the
telegraph company at least four days before the time of the holding of the
meeting.
Any oral notice (when given by either the chairman, the president, the
secretary or any two directors) given either personally or by telephone may be
communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director
whom the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly
communicate it to the director. No notice need specify the place for the meeting
if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the
Corporation.
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3.9 QUORUM
At all meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the number of
authorized directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business
and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there
is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be
otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation.
3.10 WAIVER OF NOTICE
Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL
or of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a written waiver
thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic
transmission 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 or any
waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws.
3.11 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE
If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the board of directors,
then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time,
without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is
present.
3.12 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
Meetings of the board of directors shall be presided over by the
chairman of the board, if any, or in his absence by the president, or in their
absence by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The secretary shall act as
secretary of the meeting, but in his absence the chairman of the meeting may
appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. The chairman of any
meeting shall determine the order of business and the procedures at the meeting.
3.13 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or
these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
board of directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting
if all 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.
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3.14 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or
these bylaws, the board of directors shall have the authority to fix the
compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of
attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and may be paid a fixed sum
for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or a stated salary as
director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members
of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending
committee meetings.
3.15 APPROVAL OF LOANS TO OFFICERS
Subject to any restrictions on loans to directors or executive officers
under applicable law, including but not limited to Section 402 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any
obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the
corporation or of its subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the directors,
such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the
corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without
interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the board of
directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of
stock of the corporation. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to deny, limit
or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law
or under any statute.
3.16 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Any director may be removed from office by the stockholders of the
corporation only for cause.
No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the
effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such director's term
of office.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the
whole board, designate one or more committees, with 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
present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or
they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of
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any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent
provided in the resolution of the board of directors or in the bylaws of the
corporation, 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 that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or
authority to (i) amend the certificate of incorporation (except that a committee
may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the
issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board of directors as provided in
Section 151(a) of the DGCL, fix any of the preferences or rights of such shares
relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of
the corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for,
shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any
other class or classes of stock of the corporation), (ii) adopt an agreement of
merger or consolidation under Sections 251 or 252 of the DGCL, (iii) recommend
to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of
the corporation's property and assets (iv) recommend to the stockholders a
dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or (v) amend
the bylaws of the corporation; and, unless the board resolution establishing the
committee, the bylaws or the certificate of incorporation expressly so provide,
no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to
authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and
merger pursuant to Section 253 of the DGCL.
4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES
Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report
the same to the board of directors when required.
4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES
Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and
taken in accordance with, the provisions of Article III of these bylaws, Section
3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone), Section 3.7 (regular
meetings), Section 3.8 (special meetings and notice), Section 3.9 (quorum),
Section 3.10 (waiver of notice), Section 3.11 (adjournment and notice of
adjournment), Section 3.12 (conduct of business) and Section 3.13 (action
without a meeting), with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are
necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors
and its members; provided, however, that the time of regular meetings of
committees may also be called by resolution of the board of directors and that
notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate
members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The
board of directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not
inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws.
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ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
5.1 OFFICERS
The officers of the corporation shall be a president and a secretary.
The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the board of directors, a
chairperson of the board, a vice chairperson of the board, a chief executive
officer, a chief financial officer or treasurer, one or more vice presidents,
one or more assistant vice presidents, one or more assistant treasurers, one or
more assistant secretaries, and any such other officers as may be appointed in
accordance with the provisions of these bylaws. Any number of offices may be
held by the same person.
5.2 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
The board of directors shall appoint the officers of the corporation,
except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 5.3 and 5.5 of these bylaws, subject to the rights, if any, of an
officer under any contract of employment.
5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS
The board of directors may appoint, or empower the chief executive
officer or, in the absence of a chief executive officer, the president, to
appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the corporation may
require. Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period,
have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or
as the board may from time to time determine.
5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS
Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of
employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an
affirmative vote of the majority of the board of directors at any regular or
special meeting of the board or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the
board of directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be
conferred by the board.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the
corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of
that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise
specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall
not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to
the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer
is a party.
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5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled
by the board of directors or as provided in Section 5.2.
5.6 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS
The chairperson of the board, the president, any vice president, the
treasurer, the secretary or assistant secretary of this corporation, or any
other person authorized by the board of directors or the president or a vice
president, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this
corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation
or corporations standing in the name of this corporation. The authority granted
herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person
authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person
having the authority.
5.7 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
All officers of the corporation shall respectively have such authority
and perform such duties in the management of the business of the corporation as
may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or the
stockholders and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their
respective offices, subject to the control of the board.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNITY
6.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The corporation shall, to the maximum extent and in the manner
permitted by the DGCL, indemnify each of its directors and officers against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, settlements, and other
amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding,
arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the
corporation. For purposes of this Section 6.1, a "director" or "officer" of the
corporation includes any person (i) who is or was a director or officer of the
corporation, (ii) who is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, including, without limitation, any direct or indirect
subsidiary of the corporation, or (iii) who was a director or officer of a
corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another
enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.
6.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS
The corporation shall have the power, to the extent and in the manner
permitted by the DGCL, to indemnify each of its employees and agents (other than
directors and officers) against
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expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, settlements, and other
amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding,
arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the
corporation. For purposes of this Section 6.2, an "employee" or "agent" of the
corporation (other than a director or officer) includes any person (i) who is or
was an employee or agent of the corporation, (ii) who is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as an employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including, without
limitation, any direct or indirect subsidiary of the corporation, or (iii) who
was an employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of
the corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor
corporation.
6.3 INSURANCE
The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was 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 any liability asserted against him and incurred by him
in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under
the provisions of the DGCL.
ARTICLE VII
RECORDS AND REPORTS
7.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS
The corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at
such place or places as designated by the board of directors, keep a record of
its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of
shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these bylaws as amended to date,
accounting books, and other records.
Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent,
shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the
right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the
corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and
records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a
purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every
instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to
inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or
such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on
behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the
corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal place of
business.
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7.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS
Any director shall have the right to examine the corporation's stock
ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records for a
purpose reasonably related to his position as a director. The Court of Chancery
is hereby vested with the exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a director
is entitled to the inspection sought. The Court may summarily order the
corporation to permit the director to inspect any and all books and records, the
stock ledger, and the stock list and to make copies or extracts therefrom. The
Court may, in its discretion, prescribe any limitations or conditions with
reference to the inspection, or award such other and further relief as the Court
may deem just and proper.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL MATTERS
8.1 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES
The shares of a corporation shall be represented by certificates,
provided that the board of directors of the corporation may provide by
resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of
its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to
shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the
corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the board of
directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and, upon request,
every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to have a certificate
signed by, or in the name of the corporation by the chairman or vice-chairman of
the board of directors, or the president or vice-president, and by the treasurer
or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of such
corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form.
Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any
officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature
has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent
or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the
corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or
registrar at the date of issue.
The corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly
paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid
therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent
any such partly paid shares, or upon the books and records of the corporation in
the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount of the
consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated.
Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the corporation shall
declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the
basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.
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8.2 LOST CERTIFICATES
Except as provided in this Section 8.2, no new certificates for shares
shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is
surrendered to the corporation and cancelled at the same time. The corporation
may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of
any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or
destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the corporation a
bond sufficient to indemnity it against any claim that may be made against it on
account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the
issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
8.3 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS
Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of
construction, and definitions in the DGCL shall govern the construction of these
bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number
includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term
"person" includes both a corporation and a natural person.
8.4 DIVIDENDS
The directors of the corporation, subject to any restrictions contained
in the certificate of incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the
shares of its capital stock pursuant to the DGCL. Dividends may be paid in cash,
in property, or in shares of the corporation's capital stock.
The directors of the corporation may set apart out of any of the funds
of the corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper
purpose and may abolish any such reserve.
8.5 FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the
board of directors and may be changed by the board of directors.
8.6 SEAL
The corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which may be altered at
pleasure, and may use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
8.7 TRANSFER OF STOCK
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, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the
duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled
thereto,
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cancel the old certificate, and record the transaction in its books.
8.8 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS
The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any
agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of
the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation
of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not
prohibited by the DGCL.
8.9 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a
person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and
to vote as such owner, shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and
assessments the person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of
Delaware.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
These bylaws of the corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by
the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however, that the corporation may,
in its certificate of incorporation, confer the power to adopt, amend or repeal
bylaws upon the directors. The fact that such power has been so conferred upon
the directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their
power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.
Notwithstanding any other provision of these bylaws or any provision of
law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to
any affirmative vote of the holders of the capital stock required by law or by
these bylaws, the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the combined
voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the corporation entitled
to vote shall be required to alter, amend or repeal Article II, Section 2.9 or
Section 2.11 of these bylaws or this Article IX or any provision thereof, or to
add or amend any other bylaw in order to change or nullify the effect of such
provisions, unless such amendment shall be approved by a majority of the
directors of the corporation not affiliated or associated with any person or
entity holding (or which has announced an intent to obtain) 26% or more of the
voting power of the corporation's outstanding capital stock.
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ARTICLE X
DISSOLUTION
If it should be deemed advisable in the judgment of the board of
directors of the corporation that the corporation should be dissolved, the
board, after the adoption of a resolution to that effect by a majority of the
whole board at any meeting called for that purpose, shall cause notice to be
mailed to each stockholder entitled to vote thereon of the adoption of the
resolution and of a meeting of stockholders to take action upon the resolution.
At the meeting a vote shall be taken for and against the proposed
dissolution. If a majority of the outstanding stock of the corporation entitled
to vote thereon votes for the proposed dissolution, then a certificate stating
that the dissolution has been authorized in accordance with the provisions of
Section 275 of the DGCL and setting forth the names and residences of the
directors and officers shall be executed, acknowledged, and filed and shall
become effective in accordance with Section 103 of the DGCL. Upon such
certificate's becoming effective in accordance with Section 103 of the DGCL, the
corporation shall be dissolved.
ARTICLE XI
CUSTODIAN
11.1 APPOINTMENT OF A CUSTODIAN IN CERTAIN CASES
The Court of Chancery, upon application of any stockholder, may appoint
one or more persons to be custodians and, if the corporation is insolvent, to be
receivers, of and for the corporation when:
(i) at any meeting held for the election of directors the
stockholders are so divided that they have failed to elect successors to
directors whose terms have expired or would have expired upon qualification of
their successors; or
(ii) the business of the corporation is suffering or is threatened
with irreparable injury because the directors are so divided respecting the
management of the affairs of the corporation that the required vote for action
by the board of directors cannot be obtained and the stockholders are unable to
terminate this division; or
(iii) the corporation has abandoned its business and has failed
within a reasonable time to take steps to dissolve, liquidate or distribute its
assets.
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11.2 DUTIES OF CUSTODIAN
The custodian shall have all the powers and title of a receiver
appointed under Section 291 of the DGCL, but the authority of the custodian
shall be to continue the business of the corporation and not to liquidate its
affairs and distribute its assets, except when the Court of Chancery otherwise
orders and except in cases arising under Sections 226(a)(3) or 352(a)(2) of the
DGCL.
ARTICLE XII
NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
12.1 NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given
effectively to stockholders pursuant to the DGCL, the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, any notice to stockholders given by the
corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or
these bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission
consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent
shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any
such consent shall be deemed revoked if:
(i) the corporation is unable to deliver by electronic
transmission two consecutive notices given by the corporation in accordance with
such consent; and
(ii) such inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant
secretary of the corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person
responsible for the giving of notice.
However, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall
not invalidate any meeting or other action.
Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed
given:
(i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number
at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;
(ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail
address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;
(iii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with
separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of
(A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and
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(iv) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed
to the stockholder.
An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the
transfer agent or other agent of the corporation that the notice has been given
by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima
facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
12.2 DEFINITION OF ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
An "electronic transmission" means any form of communication, not
directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record
that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that
may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an
automated process.
12.3 INAPPLICABILITY
Notice by a form of electronic transmission shall not apply to Sections
164, 296, 311, 312 or 324 of the DGCL.
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