EXHIBIT 3.2
BYLAWS
OF
COMPUTER ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington,
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County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places
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both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from
time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of
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directors shall be held at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the
Board of Directors, or at such other place either within or without the State of
Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and
stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any other
purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of
Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed
waiver of notice thereof.
Section 2. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at such date
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and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and
stated in the notice of the meeting. At each annual meeting, the stockholders
shall elect directors to succeed those directors whose terms expire in that year
and shall transact such other business as may properly be brought before the
meeting.
Section 3. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place,
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date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote
at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting.
Section 4. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the
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corporation shall prepare and make available, 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 of
each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each
stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for
any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period
of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the
city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the
notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting
is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place
of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any
stockholder who is present.
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Section 5. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or
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purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation, may only be called by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place,
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date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting
is called, shall be given not fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days
before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such
meeting.
Section 7. Business transacted at any special meeting of
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stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
Section 8. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and
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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 shall not be present or
represented at any meeting of the stockholders, either the Chairman of the Board
of Directors, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or
represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time,
without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be
present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be
present or represented any business may be transacted that might have been
transacted at the meeting as originally notified. 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.
Section 9. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the
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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 provision 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 such question.
Section 10. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of
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incorporation, each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be
entitled to one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital
stock having voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted
on after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer
period.
Section 11. Nominations for election to the Board of Directors must
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be made by the Board of Directors or by a committee appointed by the Board of
Directors for such purpose or by any stockholder of any outstanding class of
capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors.
Nominations by stockholders must be preceded by notification in writing received
by the secretary of the corporation not less than one-hundred twenty (120) days
prior to any meeting of stockholders called for the election of directors. Such
notification shall contain the written consent of each proposed nominee to serve
as a director if so elected and the following information as to each proposed
nominee and as to each person, acting alone or in conjunction with one or more
other persons as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or
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other group, who participates or is expected to participate in making such
nomination or in organizing, directing or financing such nomination or
solicitation of proxies to vote for the nominee:
(a) the name, age, residence, address, and business address of
each proposed nominee and of each such person;
(b) the principal occupation or employment, the name, type of
business and address of the corporation or other organization in which such
employment is carried on of each proposed nominee and of each such person;
(c) the amount of stock of the corporation owned beneficially,
either directly or indirectly, by each proposed nominee and each such person;
and
(d) a description of any arrangement or understanding of each
proposed nominee and of each such person with each other or any other person
regarding future employment or any future transaction to which the corporation
will or may be a party.
The presiding officer of the meeting shall have the authority to
determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination not preceded by
notification made in accordance with the foregoing procedure shall be
disregarded.
Section 12. At any meeting of the stockholders, only such business
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shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting (a) pursuant to
the corporation's notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the corporation who is a stockholder of
record at the time of giving of the notice provided for in this Bylaw, who shall
be entitled to vote at such meeting and who complies with the notice procedures
set forth in this Bylaw.
For business to be properly brought before any meeting by a
stockholder pursuant to clause (c) above of this Section 12, 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) days prior to the date of the meeting. A
stockholder's notice to the secretary shall set forth as to each matter the
stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting (a) a brief description of the
business desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting
such business at the meeting, (b) the name and address, as they appear on the
corporation's books, of the stockholder proposing such business, and the name
and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is
made, (c) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are owned
beneficially and of record by such stockholder of record and by the beneficial
owner, if any, on whose behalf of the proposal is made and (d) any material
interest of such stockholder of record and the beneficial owner, if any, on
whose behalf the proposal is made in such business.
Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business
shall be conducted at a meeting except in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Section 12. The presiding officer of the meeting shall, if the
facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not
properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the
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procedures prescribed by this Section 12, and if such person should so
determine, such person shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not
properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 12, a stockholder shall also comply with
all applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth
in this Section 12.
Section 13. Effective upon the closing of the corporation's initial
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public offering of securities pursuant to a registration statement filed under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the stockholders of the Corporation may
not take action by written consent without a meeting but must take any such
actions at a duly called annual or special meeting in accordance with these
Bylaws and the Certificate of Incorporation.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. The number of directors of this corporation that shall
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constitute the whole board shall be determined by resolution of the Board of
Directors; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of directors shall
have the effect of shortening the term of an incumbent director. The Board of
Directors shall be classified, with respect to the time for which they severally
hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, as
determined by the Board of Directors, one class ("Class I") to hold office
initially for a term expiring at the annual meeting to be held in 2001, another
class ("Class II") to hold office initially for a term expiring at the annual
meeting of stockholders held in 2002 and another class ("Class III") to hold
office initially for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be
held in 2003, with the members of each class to hold office until their
successors are elected and qualified. At each annual meeting of stockholders,
the successors of the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting
shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of
stockholders held in the third year following the year of their election.
Section 2. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from
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any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority
of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole
remaining director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next
election of the class for which such directors were chosen and until their
successors are duly elected and qualified or until earlier resignation or
removal. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may
be held in the manner provided by statute.
Section 3. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or
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under the direction of its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers
of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute
or by the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required
to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Meetings of the Board of Directors
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Section 4. The Board of Directors of the corporation may hold
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meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of
Delaware.
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Section 5. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors
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shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders 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 the meeting is not held immediately following the annual meeting of
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.
Section 6. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held
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without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be
determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 7. Special meetings of the board may be called by the
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Chairman of the Board or the President on twelve (12) hours' notice to each
director either personally or by telephone, telegram, facsimile or electronic
mail; special meetings shall be called by the President or secretary in like
manner and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the Board of
Directors unless the Board of Directors consists of only one (1) director, in
which case special meetings shall be called by the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the President or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the
written request of the sole director. A written waiver of notice, signed by the
person entitled thereto, whether before or after the time of the meeting stated
therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.
Section 8. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of
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the 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. If a
quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the
directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without
notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 9. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
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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 of Directors 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.
Section 10. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
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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.
Committees of Directors
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Section 11. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
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majority of the whole board, designate one (1) or more committees, each
committee to consist of one (1) or
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more of the directors of the corporation. The board may designate one (1) 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 of 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 Directors to act at the meeting in the place of
any such absent or disqualified member.
Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the
Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of
the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all
papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or
authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation, adopting an
agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale,
lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and
assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a
revocation of a dissolution, or amending the bylaws of the corporation; and,
unless the resolution or the certificate of incorporation expressly so provide,
no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to
authorize the issuance of stock. Such committee or committees shall have such
name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by
the Board of Directors.
Section 12. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings
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and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
Compensation of Directors
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Section 13. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
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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.
Removal of Directors
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Section 14. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
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incorporation or bylaws, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be
removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of shares entitled
to vote at an election of directors.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the
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certificate of incorporation or of these bylaws, notice is required to be given
to any director or stockholder, it
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shall not be construed to mean personal notice (except as provided in Section 7
of Article III of these Bylaws), but such notice may be given in writing, by
mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on
the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice
shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the
United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telephone, telegram
or facsimile.
Section 2. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the
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provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these
bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to
said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed
equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the
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Board of Directors and shall be a President, a chief financial officer and a
secretary. The Board of Directors may elect from among its members a Chairman
of the Board. The Board of Directors may also choose one or more vice-
presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Any number of
offices may be held by the same person, unless the certificate of incorporation
or these bylaws otherwise provide.
Section 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each
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annual meeting of stockholders shall choose a president, a chief financial
officer, and a secretary and may choose vice presidents.
Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and
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agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms
and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined
from time to time by the board.
Section 4. The salaries of all officers of the corporation shall be
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fixed by the Board of Directors or any committee established by the Board of
Directors for such purpose. The salaries of agents of the corporation shall,
unless fixed by the Board of Directors, be fixed by the president or any vice-
president of the corporation.
Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until
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their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by
the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the
corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Section 6. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all
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meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he/she shall
be present. He/she shall have and may exercise such powers as are, from time to
time, assigned to him/her by the Board and as may be provided by law.
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Section 7. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the
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president, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the
stockholders at which he shall be present. He shall have and may exercise such
powers as are, from time to time, assigned to him by the Board and as may be
provided by law.
The President and Vice Presidents
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Section 8. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the
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corporation unless such title is assigned to another officer of the corporation;
and in the absence of the Chairman of the Board he/she shall preside at all
meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors; he/she shall have
general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see
that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into
effect.
Section 9. The president or any vice president shall execute bonds,
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mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the
corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed
and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be
expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of
the corporation.
Section 10. In the absence of the president or in the event of his
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inability or refusal to act, the vice-president, if any, (or in the event there
be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents in the order designated by
the directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their
election) shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall
have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
president. The vice-presidents shall perform such other duties and have such
other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
The Secretary and Assistant Secretary
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Section 11. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of
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Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of
the meetings of the corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be
kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees
when required. He/she shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings
of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or
president, under whose supervision he/she shall be. He/she shall have custody
of the corporate seal of the corporation and he/she, or an assistant secretary,
shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when
so affixed, it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such
assistant secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any
other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by
his signature.
Section 12. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one,
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the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or
if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall,
in the absence of the secretary or in the event of his inability or refusal to
act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors
may from time to time prescribe.
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The Chief Financial Officer
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Section 13. The chief financial officer shall be the chief financial
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officer and treasurer of the corporation, shall have the custody of the
corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of
receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall
deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of
the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of
Directors.
Section 14. He/she shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may
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be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such
disbursements, and shall render to the president and the Board of Directors, at
its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of
all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the
corporation.
Section 15. Along with the president or any vice president, he/she
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shall be authorized to execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a
seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by
law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and
execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some
other officer or agent of the corporation.
Section 16. If required by the Board of Directors, he/she shall give
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the corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and
with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors
for the faithful performance of the duties of his/her office and for the
restoration to the corporation, in case of his/her death, resignation,
retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and
other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his/her control
belonging to the corporation.
Section 17. The assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than
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one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors
(or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election)
shall, in the absence of the chief financial officer or in the event of his
inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
chief financial officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATE OF STOCK
Section 1. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be
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entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by,
the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the president or a vice-president and
the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant
secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him/her
in the corporation.
Certificates may be issued for partly paid shares and in such case
upon the face or back of the certificates issued to represent any such partly
paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor, and the
amount paid thereon shall be specified.
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If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of
stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or
summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall
issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as
otherwise provided in section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in
lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back
of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or
series of stock, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to
each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock
or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights.
Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In
case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have 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/she were such
officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Lost Certificates
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Section 2. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or
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certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates
theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming
the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such
issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its
discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the
owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her
legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require
and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the
certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
Transfer of Stock
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Section 3. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of
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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, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
Fixing Record Date
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Section 4. In order that the corporation may determine the
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stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or
any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, or 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
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action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall
not be 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. 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.
Registered Stockholders
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Section 5. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the
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exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to
receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and
assessments a 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 any other person, whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of
Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Dividends
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Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation,
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subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be
declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant
to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital
stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation.
Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out
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of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the
directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for
repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other
purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the
corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the
manner in which it was created.
Checks
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Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the
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corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or
persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
Fiscal Year
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Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by
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resolution of the Board of Directors.
Seal
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Section 5. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal having
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inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and
the words "Corporate Seal,
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Delaware." The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
Indemnification
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Section 6. The corporation shall, to the fullest extent authorized
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under the laws of the State of Delaware, as those laws may be amended and
supplemented from time to time, indemnify any director made, or threatened to be
made, a party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil,
administrative or investigative, by reason of being a director of the
corporation or a predecessor corporation or, at the corporation's request, a
director or officer of another corporation, provided, however, that the
corporation shall indemnify any such agent in connection with a proceeding
initiated by such agent only if such proceeding was authorized by the Board of
Directors of the corporation. The indemnification provided for in this Section
6 shall: (i) not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those
indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement or vote of stockholders
or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in their official
capacities and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, (ii)
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, and (iii) inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. The
corporation's obligation to provide indemnification under this Section 6 shall
be offset to the extent of any other source of indemnification or any otherwise
applicable insurance coverage under a policy maintained by the corporation or
any other person.
Expenses incurred by a director of the corporation in defending a
civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or
was a director of the corporation (or was serving at the corporation's request
as a director or officer of another corporation) shall be paid by the
corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled
to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized by relevant sections of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
corporation shall not be required to advance such expenses to an agent who is a
party to an action, suit or proceeding brought by the corporation and approved
by a majority of the Board of Directors of the corporation which alleges willful
misappropriation of corporate assets by such agent, disclosure of confidential
information in violation of such agent's fiduciary or contractual obligations to
the corporation or any other willful and deliberate breach in bad faith of such
agent's duty to the corporation or its stockholders.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 6 shall be deemed to be a
contract between the corporation and each director who serves in such capacity
at any time while this bylaw is in effect, and any repeal or modification
thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to
any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any action, suit or
proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought based in whole or in part upon any
such state of facts.
The Board of Directors in its discretion shall have power on behalf of
the corporation to indemnify any person, other than a director, made a party to
any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he, his testator or
intestate, is or was an officer or employee of the corporation.
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To assure indemnification under this Section 6 of all directors,
officers and employees who are determined by the corporation or otherwise to be
or to have been "fiduciaries" of any employee benefit plan of the corporation
which may exist from time to time, Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware shall, for the purposes of this Section 6, be interpreted as follows:
an "other enterprise" shall be deemed to include such an employee benefit plan,
including without limitation, any plan of the corporation which is governed by
the Act of Congress entitled "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,"
as amended from time to time; the corporation shall be deemed to have requested
a person to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance by such person
of his duties to the corporation also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves
services by, such person to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the
plan; excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan
pursuant to such Act of Congress shall be deemed "fines."
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new
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bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66-2/3%
vote of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation. These bylaws may also
be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the Board of
Directors, when such power is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the
certificate of incorporation. The foregoing may occur at any regular meeting of
the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the
stockholders or of the Board of Directors if notice of such alteration,
amendment, repeal or adoption of new bylaws be contained in the notice of such
special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws is conferred
upon the Board of Directors by the certificate of incorporation it shall not
divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.
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CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION BY THE
SECRETARY OF
COMPUTER ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
The undersigned, Dennis W. Evans, hereby certifies that he is the duly
elected and acting Secretary of Computer Access Technology Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), and that the Bylaws attached hereto
constitute the Bylaws of said Corporation as duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and the Stockholders of the Corporation and as in effect on the date
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto subscribed his name
this 1st day of August, 2000
/s/ Dennis W. Evans
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Dennis W. Evans
Secretary
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