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Exhibit 3.2
BYLAWS
OF
RADYNE COMSTREAM INC.
REFERENCES TO CERTAIN TERMS AND CONSTRUCTION
1.01. Certain References. Any reference herein made to law will be
deemed to refer to the law of the State of Delaware, including any applicable
provision of Chapter 1 of Title 8 of the Delaware Statutes, or any successor
statutes, as from time to time amended and in effect (sometimes referred to
herein as the "Delaware General Corporation Law"). Any reference herein made to
the corporation's Certificate will be deemed to refer to its Certificate of
Incorporation and all amendments thereto as at any given time on file with the
Delaware Secretary of State (any reference herein to that office being intended
to include any successor to the incorporating and related functions being
performed by that office at the date of the initial adoption of these Bylaws).
Except as otherwise required by law, the term "stockholder" as used herein shall
mean one who is a holder of record of shares of the corporation.
1.02. Seniority. The law and the Certificate (in that order of
precedence) will in all respects be considered senior and superior to these
Bylaws, with any inconsistency to be resolved in favor of the law and such
Certificate (in that order of precedence), and with these Bylaws to be deemed
automatically amended from time to time to eliminate any such inconsistency
which may then exist.
1.03. Computation of Time. The time during which an act is required to
be done, including the time for the giving of any required notice herein, shall
be computed by excluding the first day or hour, as the case may be, and
including the last day or hour.
II. OFFICES
2.01. Principal Office. The principal office or place of business of
the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be the registered office of the
corporation in the State of Delaware. The corporation may change its registered
office from time to time in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
Delaware General Corporation Law. The corporation may have such other offices,
either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may
designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.
III. STOCKHOLDERS
3.01. Annual Stockholder Meeting. The annual meeting of the
stockholders shall be held on such date and at such time and place, either
within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be fixed by the Board of
Directors or, in the absence of action by the Board, as set forth in the notice
given or waiver signed with respect to such meeting pursuant to Section 3.03
below, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come before the meeting. If any annual meeting is
for any reason not held on the date determined as aforesaid, a deferred annual
meeting
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may thereafter be called and held in lieu thereof, at which the same
proceedings may be conducted. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a
legal holiday in the State of Delaware such meeting shall be held on the next
succeeding business day.
3.02. Special Stockholder Meetings. Special meetings of the
stockholders may be held whenever and wherever, either within or without the
State of Delaware, called for by or at the direction of the Chief Executive
Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, or the Board of Directors.
3.03. Notice of Stockholders Meetings.
(a) Required Notice. Except as otherwise allowed or required by law,
written notice stating the place, day and hour of any annual or special
stockholders meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty
(60) days before the date of the meeting by or at the direction of the person or
persons calling the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such
meeting and to any other stockholder entitled to receive notice of the meeting
by law or the Certificate. Such notice may be given either personally or by
sending a copy thereof through the mail, by telegraph, by private delivery
service (including overnight courier), or by facsimile transmission, charges
prepaid, to each stockholder at his/her address as it appears on the records of
the corporation. If the notice is sent by mail, by telegraph or by private
delivery service, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled
thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office or
private delivery service for transmission to such person. If the notice is sent
by facsimile transmission, it shall be deemed to have been given upon
transmission, if transmission occurs before 12:00 noon at the place of receipt,
and upon the day following transmission, if transmission occurs after 12:00
noon.
(b) Adjourned Meeting. If any stockholders meeting is adjourned to a
different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time,
and place, if the new date, time, and place are announced at the meeting at
which the adjournment is taken. But 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, then notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to such notice pursuant to Section 3.03(a) above.
(c) Waiver of Notice. Any stockholder may waive notice of a meeting (or
any notice of any other action required to be given by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, the corporation's Certificate, or these Bylaws), at any time
before, during, or after the meeting or other action, by a writing signed by the
stockholder entitled to the notice. Each such waiver shall be delivered to the
corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records.
Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of
the meeting, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express
purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any
business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
(d) Contents of Notice. The notice of each special stockholders meeting
shall include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is
called. Except as required by law or the corporation's Certificate, the notice
of an annual stockholders meeting need not include a description of the purpose
or purposes for which the meeting is called.
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3.04. 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 in order to make a determination of stockholders for
any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors may fix a date as the 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. In the case of
determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or any adjournment thereof, such record date shall not be more than
sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such meeting.
In the case of determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action
in writing without a meeting, the record date shall not be more than ten (10)
days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted
by the Board of Directors. In the case of determining 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 record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If
no record date is so fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for the
determination of stockholders shall be as provided in the Delaware General
Corporation Law.
When a determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote
at any meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this Section, such
determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the Board of
Directors fixes a new record date.
3.05. Stockholder List. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger
of the corporation shall make, at least ten (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 and the number
of shares held by each. The stockholder list shall be available for inspection
by any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary
business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting at a
place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be
specified in the meeting notice, or, if not so specified, at the place where the
meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and
place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any
stockholder who is present. Except as otherwise provided by law, failure to
comply with this section shall not affect the validity of any action taken at
the meeting.
3.06. Stockholder Quorum and Voting Requirements. Unless otherwise
provided in the Certificate or required by law,
(a) a majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person
or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders;
(b) in all matters other than the election of directors, the
affirmative vote of the majority of shares voting for or against the subject
matter shall be the act of the stockholders;
(c) directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the
shares present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting and entitled to
vote on the election of directors; and
(d) where a separate vote by a class or classes is required, a
majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes, present in person
or represented by proxy, shall constitute
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a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter and
the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present
in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class.
Except as provided below, voting will be by ballot on any question as
to which a ballot vote is demanded prior to the time the voting begins by any
person entitled to vote on such question; otherwise, a voice vote will suffice.
Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate, all elections of directors will be
by written ballot. No ballot or change of vote will be accepted after the polls
have been declared closed following the ending of the announced time for voting.
3.07. Proxies. At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote
in person or by proxy duly executed in writing by the stockholder or the
stockholder's duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall comply with law
and shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation or other person
authorized to tabulate votes before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy
shall be valid after three (3) years from the date of its execution unless
otherwise provided in the proxy. The burden of proving the validity of any
undated, irrevocable, or otherwise contested proxy at a meeting of the
stockholders will rest with the person seeking to exercise the same. A facsimile
appearing to have been transmitted by a stockholder or by such stockholder's
duly authorized attorney-in-fact may be accepted as a sufficiently written and
executed proxy.
3.08. Voting of Shares. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate or
the Delaware General Corporation Law, each outstanding share entitled to vote
shall be entitled to one (1) vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a
meeting of stockholders.
3.09. Election Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any
meeting of the stockholders, may appoint an election inspector or inspectors to
act at such meeting (and at any adjournment thereof). If an election inspector
or inspectors are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, or upon
request of any person entitled to vote at the meeting will, make such
appointment. If any person appointed as an inspector fails to appear or to act,
a substitute may be appointed by the chairman of the meeting. If appointed, the
election inspector or inspectors (acting through a majority of them if there be
more than one) will determine the number of shares outstanding, the
authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies, the credentials of persons
purporting to be stockholders or persons named or referred to in proxies, and
the number of shares represented at the meeting in person and by proxy; will
receive and count votes, ballots, and consents and announce the results thereof;
will hear and determine all challenges and questions pertaining to proxies and
voting; and, in general, will perform such acts as may be proper to conduct
elections and voting with complete fairness to all stockholders. No such
election inspector need be a stockholder of the corporation.
3.10. Organization and Conduct of Meetings. Each meeting of the
stockholders will be called to order and thereafter chaired by the Chairman of
the Board of Directors if there is one, or, if not, or if the Chairman of the
Board is absent or so requests, then by the Chief Executive Officer, or if both
the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer are unavailable, then
by such other officer of the corporation or such stockholder as may be appointed
by the Board of Directors. The corporation's Secretary or in his or her absence,
an Assistant Secretary will act as secretary of each meeting of the
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stockholders. If neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is in
attendance, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person (whether a
stockholder or not) to act as secretary for the meeting. After calling a meeting
to order, the chairman thereof may require the registration of all stockholders
intending to vote in person and the filing of all proxies with the election
inspector or inspectors, if one or more have been appointed (or, if not, with
the secretary of the meeting). After the announced time for such filing of
proxies has ended, no further proxies or changes, substitutions, or revocations
of proxies will be accepted. If directors are to be elected, a tabulation of the
proxies so filed will, if any person entitled to vote in such election so
requests, be announced at the meeting (or adjournment thereof) prior to the
closing of the election polls. Absent a showing of bad faith on his or her part,
the chairman of a meeting will, among other things, have absolute authority to
fix the period of time allowed for the registration of stockholders and the
filing of proxies, to determine the order of business to be conducted at such
meeting, and to establish reasonable rules for expediting the business of the
meeting and preserving the orderly conduct thereof (including any informal, or
question and answer portions thereof).
3.11. Stockholder Approval or Ratification. The Board of Directors may
submit any contract or act for approval or ratification of the stockholders at a
duly constituted meeting of the stockholders. Except as otherwise required by
law, if any contract or act so submitted is approved or ratified by a majority
of the votes cast thereon at such meeting, the same will be valid and as binding
upon the corporation and all of its stockholders as it would be if it were the
act of its stockholders.
3.12. Informalities and Irregularities. All informalities or
irregularities in any call or notice of a meeting of the stockholders or in the
areas of credentials, proxies, quorums, voting, and similar matters, will be
deemed waived if no objection is made at the meeting.
3.13. Stockholder Action by Written Consent. Any action required or
permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a
meeting if one (1) or more consents 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. Each consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who
signs the consent. The consents shall be delivered to the corporation in
accordance with law for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate
record. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by
less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who
have not consented to the action.
IV. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
4.01. General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall
be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
4.02. Number, Tenure, and Qualification of Directors. Unless otherwise
provided in the Certificate, the authorized number of directors shall be not
less than one (1) nor more than nine (9). The number of directors in office from
time to time shall be within the limits specified above, as prescribed initially
in the Certificate, or by the incorporator or incorporators of the corporation,
or by the initial director or directors of the corporation and thereafter as
prescribed from time to time by resolution
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adopted by either the stockholders or the Board of Directors. The directors will
regularly be elected at each annual meeting of the stockholders, but directors
may be elected at any other meeting of the stockholders. Each director shall
hold office until his/her successor shall have been elected and qualified or
until his/her earlier resignation or removal. Unless required by the
Certificate, directors do not need to be residents of the State of Delaware or
stockholders of the corporation.
4.03. Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors. A regular annual
meeting of the Board of Directors is to be held as soon as practicable after the
adjournment of each annual meeting of the stockholders, either at the place of
the stockholders meeting or at such other place as the directors elected at the
stockholders meeting may have been informed of at or prior to the time of their
election. Additional regular meetings may be held at regular intervals at such
places and at such times as the Board of Directors may determine.
4.04. Special Meetings of the Board of Directors. Special meetings of
the Board of Directors may be held whenever and wherever called for by the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the number of directors
that would be required to constitute a quorum.
4.05. Notice of, and Waiver of Notice for, Directors Meetings. No
notice need be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of
the time and place (but not necessarily the purpose or all of the purposes) of
any special meeting will be given to each director in person or by telephone, or
via mail or facsimile transmission. Notice to any director of any such special
meeting will be deemed given sufficiently in advance when (i), if given by mail,
the same is deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before
the meeting date, with postage thereon prepaid, (ii), if given by facsimile
transmission, the same is transmitted at least 24 hours prior to the convening
of the meeting, or (iii), if personally delivered (including by overnight
courier) or given by telephone, the same is handed, or the substance thereof is
communicated over the telephone to the director or to an adult member of his or
her office staff or household, at least 24 hours prior to the convening of the
meeting. Any director may waive notice of any meeting and any adjournment
thereof at any time before, during, or after it is held, as provided by law.
Except as provided in the next sentence below, the waiver must be in writing,
signed by the director entitled to the notice, and filed with the minutes or
corporate records. The attendance of a director 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.
4.06. Director Quorum. A majority of the total number of directors then
in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any
meeting of the Board of Directors, unless the Certificate requires a greater
number.
4.07. Directors, Manner of Acting.
(a) The affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present
at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of
Directors unless the Certificate or these Bylaws require a greater percentage
and except as otherwise required by law.
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(b) Unless the Certificate provides otherwise, any or all
directors may participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the
meeting through the use of, conference telephone or similar communications
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear
each other, in which case any required notice of such meeting may generally
describe the arrangements (rather than or in addition to the place) for the
holding thereof. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed
to be present in person at the meeting.
(c) A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of
Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors when corporate action is
taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless: (1) the director
objects at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon his/her arrival) to
holding it or transacting business at the meeting; or (2) his/her dissent or
abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or
(3) he/she delivers written notice of his/her dissent or abstention to the
presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the corporation
before 5:00 p.m. on the next business day after the meeting. The right of
dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the
action taken.
4.08. Director Action Without a Meeting. Unless the Certificate
provides otherwise, any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of
Directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by
unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors as evidenced by one (1) or
more written consents describing the action taken, signed by each director and
filed with the minutes or proceedings of the Board of Directors.
4.09. Removal of Directors by Stockholders. Except as limited by the
Certificate or by law, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be
removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares
entitled to vote at an election of directors.
4.10. Board of Director Vacancies. Unless the Certificates provides
otherwise and except as otherwise provided by law, any vacancy or newly created
directorship may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office,
although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.
4.11. Director Compensation. Unless otherwise provided in the
Certificate, by resolution of the Board of Directors, each director may be paid
his/her expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of
Directors or any committee thereof, and may be paid a stated salary as director
or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or any
committee thereof, or both. No such payment shall preclude any director from
serving the corporation in any capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
4.12. Director Committees.
(a) Creation of Committees. Unless the Certificate provides
otherwise, the Board of Directors may create one (1) or more committees and
appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Each committee shall
have one (1) or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors.
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(b) Selection of Members. The creation of a committee and
appointment of members to it shall be approved by the greater of (1) a majority
of all the directors in office when the action is taken or (2) the number of
directors required by the Certificate to take such action. The Board of
Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any
committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of
the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee,
the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from
voting, whether or not he/she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously
appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the
place of any such absent or disqualified member.
(c) Required Procedures. Sections 4.03 through 4.08 of this
Article IV, which govern meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of
notice, and quorum and voting requirements of the Board of Directors, apply to
committees and their members.
(d) Authority. Unless limited by the Certificate and except to
the extent limited by law, each committee may exercise those aspects of the
authority of the Board of Directors which the Board of Directors confers upon
such committee in the resolution creating the committee.
4.13. Director Resignations. Any director or committee member may
resign from his or her office at any time by written notice delivered to the
corporation as required by law. Any such resignation will be effective upon its
receipt unless some later time is therein fixed, and then from that time. The
acceptance of a resignation will not be required to make it effective.
V. OFFICERS
5.01. Number of Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be a
Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, a Secretary, and a
Treasurer, each of whom shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. Such other
officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary, including any Vice
Presidents, may be appointed by the Board of Directors. If specifically
authorized by the Board of Directors, an officer may appoint one (1) or more
other officers or assistant officers. The same individual may simultaneously
hold more than one (1) office in the corporation.
5.02. Appointment and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation
shall be appointed by the Board of Directors for a term as determined by the
Board of Directors. The designation of a specified term grants to the officer no
contract rights, and the Board of Directors can remove the officer at any time
prior to the termination of such term. If no term is specified, an officer of
the corporation shall hold office until he or she resigns, dies, or until he or
she is removed in the manner provided by law or in Section 5.03 of this Article
V. The regular election or appointment of officers will take place at each
annual meeting of the Board of Directors, but elections of officers may be held
at any other meeting of the Board.
5.03. Resignation and Removal of Officers. An officer may resign at any
time by delivering written notice to the corporation. A resignation is effective
when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date
or event. Any officer may be removed by the Board of Directors
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at any time, with or without cause. Such removal shall be without prejudice to
the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Appointment of an officer
shall not of itself create contract rights.
5.04. Duties of Officers. Officers of the corporation shall have
authority to perform such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by law,
in these Bylaws, or by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or
the superior officer of any such officer. Each officer of the corporation (in
the order designated herein or by the Board) will be vested with all of the
powers and charged with all of the duties of his or her superior officer in the
event of such superior officer's absence, death, or disability.
5.05. Bonds and Other Requirements. The Board of Directors may require
any officer to give bond to the corporation (with sufficient surety and
conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office) and
to comply with such other conditions as may from time to time be required of him
or her by the Board of Directors.
5.06. Chief Executive Officer. Unless otherwise specified by resolution
of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall be the principal
executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of
Directors, shall supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the
corporation and the performance by all of its other officers of their respective
duties and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of Chief
Executive Officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of
Directors from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer shall, when present,
and in the absence of a Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer will be
a proper officer to sign on behalf of the corporation any deed, bill of sale,
assignment, option, mortgage, pledge, note, bond, evidence of indebtedness,
application, consent (to service of process or otherwise), agreement, indenture,
contract, or other instrument, except in each such case where the signing and
execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by
these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be
required by law to be otherwise signed or executed. The Chief Executive Officer
may represent the corporation at any meeting of the stockholders or members of
any other corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, or other entity
in which the corporation then holds shares of capital stock or has an interest,
and may vote such shares of capital stock or other interest in person or by
proxy appointed by him or her, provided that the Board of Directors may from
time to time confer the foregoing authority upon any other person or persons.
5.07. The Vice-President. If appointed, in the absence of the Chief
Executive Officer or in the event of his/her death or disability, the
Vice-President (or in the event there be more than one Vice-President, the
Vice-Presidents in the order designated at the time of their election, or in the
absence of any such designation, then in the order of their appointment) shall
perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer, and when so acting, shall
have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief
Executive Officer. If there is no Vice-President or in the event of the death or
disability of all Vice-Presidents, then the Treasurer shall perform such duties
of the Chief Executive Officer in the event of his or her absence, death, or
disability. Each Vice-President will be a proper officer to sign on behalf of
the corporation any deed, bill of sale, assignment, option, mortgage, pledge,
note, bond, evidence of indebtedness, application, consent (to service of
process or otherwise),
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agreement, indenture, contract, or other instrument, except in each such case
where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the
Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the
corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed. Any
Vice-President may represent the corporation at any meeting of the stockholders
or members of any other corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, or
other entity in which the corporation then holds shares of capital stock or has
an interest, and may vote such shares of capital stock or other interest in
person or by proxy appointed by him or her, provided that the Board of Directors
may from time to time confer the foregoing authority upon any other person or
persons. A Vice-President shall perform such other duties as from time to time
may be assigned to him/her by the Chief Executive Officer or by the Board of
Directors.
5.08. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the
proceedings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and any committee
of the Board of Directors and all unanimous written consents of the
stockholders, Board of Directors, and any committee of the Board of Directors in
one (1) or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are
duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by
law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of any seal of the
corporation; (d) when requested or required, authenticate any records of the
corporation; (e) keep a register of the address of each stockholder which shall
be furnished to the Secretary by such stockholder; and (f) in general perform
all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from
time to time may be assigned to him/her by the Chief Executive Officer or by the
Board of Directors. Except as may otherwise be specifically provided in a
resolution of the Board of Directors, the Secretary will be a proper officer to
take charge of the corporation's stock transfer books and to compile the voting
record pursuant to Section 3.05 above, and to impress the corporation's seal, if
any, on any instrument signed by the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice
President, or any other duly authorized person, and to attest to the same. In
the absence of the Secretary, a secretary pro tempore may be chosen by the
directors or stockholders as appropriate to perform the duties of the Secretary.
5.09. The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody
of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; (b)
receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any
source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in
such bank, trust companies, or other depositories as shall be selected by the
Board of Directors or any proper officer; (c) keep full and accurate accounts of
receipts and disbursements in books and records of the corporation; and (d) in
general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such
other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him/her by the Chief
Executive Officer or by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer will render to the
Chief Executive Officer, the directors, and the stockholders at proper times an
account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial
condition of the corporation. The Treasurer shall be responsible for preparing
and filing such financial reports, financial statements, and returns as may be
required by law.
5.10. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant
Secretaries and the Assistant Treasurers, when authorized by the Board of
Directors, may sign with the Chief Executive Officer or a Vice-President
certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have
been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. The Assistant
Secretaries and Assistant
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Treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them
by the Secretary or the Treasurer, respectively, or by the Chief Executive
Officer or the Board of Directors.
5.11. Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may elect a
Chairman to serve as a general executive officer of the corporation, and, if
specifically designated as such by the Board of Directors, as the chief
executive officer of the corporation. If elected, the Chairman will preside at
all meetings of the Board of Directors and be vested with such other powers and
duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time delegate to him or her.
5.12. Salaries. The salaries of the officers of the corporation may be
fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors or (except as to the Chief
Executive Officer's own) left to the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer.
No officer will be prevented from receiving a salary by reason of the fact that
he or she is also a director of the corporation.
5.13. Additional Appointments. In addition to the officers contemplated
in this Article V, the Board of Directors may appoint other agents of the
corporation with such authority to perform such duties as may be prescribed from
time to time by the Board of Directors.
VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
6.01. Certificates for Shares.
(a) Content. Certificates representing shares of the corporation
shall, at a minimum, state on their face the name of the issuing corporation and
that it is formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, the name of the
person to whom issued, and the number and class of shares and the designation of
the series, if any, the certificate represents. Such certificates shall be
signed (either manually or by facsimile to the extent allowable by law) by any
of the Chairman of the Board (if any), the Chief Executive Officer, or any
Vice-President and by the Secretary or any assistant secretary or the Treasurer
or any assistant treasurer of the corporation, and may be sealed with a
corporate seal or a facsimile thereof. Each certificate for shares shall be
consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and will exhibit such information
as may be required by law. If a supply of unissued certificates bearing the
facsimile signature of a person remains when that person ceases to hold the
office of the corporation indicated on such certificates or ceases to be the
transfer agent or registrar of the corporation, they may still be issued by the
corporation and countersigned, registered, issued, and delivered by the
corporation's transfer agent and/or registrar thereafter, as though such person
had continued to hold the office indicated on such certificate.
(b) Legend as to Class or Series. If the corporation is
authorized to issue different classes of shares or different series within a
class, the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating,
optional, or other special rights applicable to each class or series and the
qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preference and/or rights
shall be set forth in full or summarized on the front or back of each
certificate as required by law. Alternatively, each certificate may state on its
front or back that the corporation will furnish a stockholder this information
on request and without charge.
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(c) Stockholder List. The name and address of the person to whom
shares are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered
on the stock transfer books of the corporation.
(d) Lost Certificates. In the event of the loss, theft, or
destruction of any certificate representing shares of the corporation or of any
predecessor corporation, the corporation may issue (or, in the case of any such
shares as to which a transfer agent and/or registrar have been appointed, may
direct such transfer agent and/or registrar to countersign, register, and issue)
a new certificate, and cause the same to be delivered to the registered owner of
the shares represented thereby; provided that such owner shall have submitted
such evidence showing the circumstances of the alleged loss, theft, or
destruction, and his, her, or its ownership of the certificate, as the
corporation considers satisfactory, together with any other facts that the
corporation considers pertinent; and further provided that, if so required by
the corporation, the owner shall provide a bond or other indemnity in form and
amount satisfactory to the corporation (and to its transfer agent and/or
registrar, if applicable).
6.02. Registration of the Transfer of Shares. Registration of the
transfer of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer
books of the corporation. In order to register a transfer, the record owner
shall surrender the shares to the corporation for cancellation, properly
endorsed by the appropriate person or persons with reasonable assurances that
the endorsements are genuine and effective. Unless the corporation has
established a procedure by which a beneficial owner of shares held by a nominee
is to be recognized by the corporation as the owner, the corporation will be
entitled to treat the registered owner of any share of the capital stock of the
corporation as the absolute owner thereof and, accordingly, will not be bound to
recognize any beneficial, equitable, or other claim to, or interest in, such
share on the part of any other person, whether or not it has notice thereof,
except as may expressly be provided by applicable law, including as may be
contemplated by Title 6, Subtitle I, Article 8 of the Delaware code (or any
comparable successor statutes), as in effect from time to time.
6.03. Shares Without Certificates. The Board of Directors may authorize
the issuance of uncertificated shares by the corporation and may prescribe
procedures for the issuance and registration of transfer thereof and with
respect to such other matters as the Board of Directors shall deem necessary or
appropriate.
VII. DISTRIBUTIONS
7.01. Distributions. Subject to such restrictions or requirements as
may be imposed by applicable law or the corporation's Certificate or as may
otherwise be binding upon the corporation, the Board of Directors may from time
to time declare, and the corporation may pay or make, dividends or other
distributions to its stockholders.
VIII. CORPORATE SEAL
8.01. Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide for a
corporate seal of the corporation that will have inscribed thereon any
designation including the name of the corporation, Delaware as the state of
incorporation, the year of incorporation, and the words "Corporate Seal."
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IX. AMENDMENTS
9.01. Amendments. If the Certificate so provides, the corporation's
Board of Directors may amend or repeal the corporation's Bylaws unless the
Certificate or the Delaware General Corporation Law reserve any particular
exercise of this power exclusively to the stockholders in whole or part. The
corporation's stockholders may amend or repeal the corporation's Bylaws even
though the Bylaws may also be amended or repealed by its Board of Directors.
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