Exhibit 3.2
BYLAWS
OF
AVANEX CORPORATION
a Delaware Corporation
As Amended
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ARTICLE I CORPORATE OFFICES................................................................ 1
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1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE........................................................ 1
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1.2 OTHER OFFICES............................................................ 1
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ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS........................................................ 1
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2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS........................................................ 1
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2.2 ANNUAL MEETING........................................................... 1
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2.3 SPECIAL MEETING.......................................................... 2
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2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS......................................... 2
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2.5 ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER NOMINEES AND STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS.......... 2
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2.6 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE............................. 3
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2.7 QUORUM................................................................... 4
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2.8 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE................................................ 4
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2.9 VOTING................................................................... 4
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2.10 WAIVER OF NOTICE......................................................... 5
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2.11 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING.................. 5
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2.12 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING; GIVING CONSENTS.............. 5
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2.13 PROXIES.................................................................. 5
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2.14 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE.................................... 6
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2.15 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION................................................... 6
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2.16 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS...................................................... 7
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ARTICLE III DIRECTORS...................................................................... 7
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3.1 POWERS................................................................... 7
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3.2 NUMBER................................................................... 8
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3.3 CLASSES OF DIRECTORS..................................................... 8
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3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES................................................ 8
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3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE................................. 9
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3.6 REGULAR MEETINGS......................................................... 9
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3.7 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE................................................. 9
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3.8 QUORUM................................................................... 10
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3.9 WAIVER OF NOTICE......................................................... 10
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3.10 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE................................................ 10
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3.11 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS...................................................... 10
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3.12 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING........................ 11
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3.13 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS....................................... 11
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3.14 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.................................................. 11
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ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES................................................................... 11
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4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS............................................... 11
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4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES..................................................... 12
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4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES..................................... 12
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ARTICLE V OFFICERS...................................................................... 12
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5.1 OFFICERS.............................................................. 12
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5.2 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS............................................... 12
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5.3 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS................................... 13
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5.4 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD................................................. 13
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5.5 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER............................................... 13
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5.6 PRESIDENT............................................................. 14
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5.7 VICE PRESIDENT........................................................ 14
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5.8 SECRETARY............................................................. 14
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5.9 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER............................................... 15
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5.10 ASSISTANT SECRETARY................................................... 15
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5.11 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS...................................... 15
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ARTICLE VI INDEMNITY.................................................................... 15
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6.1 THIRD PARTY ACTIONS................................................... 15
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6.2 ACTIONS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION......................... 16
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6.3 SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE.................................................... 16
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6.4 DETERMINATION OF CONDUCT.............................................. 16
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6.5 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES IN ADVANCE........................................ 17
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6.6 INDEMNITY NOT EXCLUSIVE............................................... 17
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6.7 INSURANCE INDEMNIFICATION............................................. 17
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6.8 THE CORPORATION....................................................... 17
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6.9 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS................................................ 17
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6.10 CONTINUATION OF INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES........... 18
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ARTICLE VII RECORDS AND REPORTS......................................................... 18
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7.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS................................. 18
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7.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS............................................... 18
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7.3 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS........................ 19
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ARTICLE VIII GENERAL MATTERS............................................................ 19
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8.1 CHECKS................................................................ 19
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8.2 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS............................. 19
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8.3 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES....................................... 19
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8.4 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES.......................................... 20
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8.5 LOST CERTIFICATES............................................................ 20
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8.6 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS.................................................... 21
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8.7 DIVIDENDS.................................................................... 21
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8.8 FISCAL YEAR.................................................................. 21
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8.9 SEAL......................................................................... 21
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8.10 TRANSFER OF STOCK............................................................ 21
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8.11 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS.................................................... 21
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8.12 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS...................................................... 22
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ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS.......................................................................... 22
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ARTICLE X DISSOLUTION.......................................................................... 22
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ARTICLE XI CUSTODIAN........................................................................... 23
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11.1 APPOINTMENT OF A CUSTODIAN IN CERTAIN CASES.................................. 23
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11.2 DUTIES OF CUSTODIAN.......................................................... 23
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ARTICLE XII LOANS TO OFFICERS.................................................................. 23
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BYLAWS
OF
AVANEX CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE
The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, in
the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware, 19801. The name
of the registered agent of the Corporation at such location is The Corporation
Trust Company.
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 any place, within or outside the
State of Delaware, designated by the board of directors. The board of directors
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 of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall
be held at the registered office of the Corporation.
2.2 ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and at
a time designated by the board of directors. At the meeting, directors shall be
elected and any other proper business may be transacted.
2.3 SPECIAL MEETING
A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by the (i)
board of directors, (ii) the chairman of the board, (iii) the president or (iv)
the chief executive officer, but such special meetings may not be called by any
other person or persons.
2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS
All notices of meetings with stockholders shall be in writing and shall be
sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 2.6 of these Bylaws not less
than 10 nor more than 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 NOMINEES AND STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS
(a) 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: (i) specified in
the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction
of the board of directors, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by
or at the direction of the board of directors, or (iii) 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. 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, 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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 (a). 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
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paragraph (a), 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.
(b) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this paragraph (b) 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 (b). 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 (a) of this Section 2.5. Such stockholder's notice shall set forth
(i) 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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
(ii) as to such stockholder giving notice, the information required to be
provided pursuant to paragraph (a) 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
in this paragraph (b). 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 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 either (i)
personally, (ii) by private courier, (iii) by first- or third-class United
States mail, (iv) by other written communication or (v) by other electronic or
wireless means. Notices not personally delivered shall be sent changes
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prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the
records of the Corporation or given by the stockholder to the corporation for
the purpose of notice. Notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time
when delivered personally or by courier or deposited in the mail or sent by
other means of written communication or other electronic or wireless means. An
affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent or
any other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given 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.
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, place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by
which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and
vote at such adjourned meeting, 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 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 of these Bylaws,
subject to the provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the General Corporation Law
of Delaware (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners
of stock and to voting trusts and other voting agreements).
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Except as may be otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation,
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 General
Corporation Law of Delaware or of the certificate of incorporation or these
Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed 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 unless so
required by the certificate of incorporation or these Bylaws.
2.11 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
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.
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 to corporate action in writing without a meeting
(if permitted), 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 not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such
meeting, nor more than 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 General
Corporation Law of Delaware.
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 or to
express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may
authorize another person or persons to act for him or her 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 3 years from its date, unless
the proxy expressly provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be deemed signed
if the stockholder's
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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(e) of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware.
2.14 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE
The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of a 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, during ordinary business
hours, 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 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. The stock ledger
shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine
the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or
to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders and of the number
of shares held by each such stockholder.
2.15 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION
Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint an
inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment. If
no inspector of election is so appointed, then the chairman of the meeting may,
and on the request of any stockholder or a stockholder's proxy shall, appoint an
inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting. The number of
inspectors shall be either one (1) or three (3). If inspectors are appointed at
a meeting pursuant to the request of one (1) or more stockholders or proxies,
then the holders of a majority of the voting power of shares or their proxies
present at the meeting shall determine whether one (1) or three (3) inspectors
are to be appointed. 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:
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(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.
2.16 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the chairman of the
board, if any, or in his or her absence by the president, or in his or her
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 or her 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 General Corporation Law of Delaware 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.
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3.2 NUMBER
The authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be seven
(7). 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 CLASSES OF DIRECTORS
At such time as a Registration Statement regarding the sale of the
Corporation's Common Stock to the public is declared effective by the Securities
and Exchange Commission, the Directors shall be divided into three classes
designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. Directors shall be
assigned to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by
the Board of Directors. At the first annual meeting of stockholders following
the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the term of office of the Class I
Directors shall expire and Class I Directors shall be elected for a full term of
three years. At the second annual meeting of stockholders following the closing
of the Initial Public Offering, the term of office of the Class II Directors
shall expire and Class II Directors shall be elected for a full term of three
years. At the third annual meeting of stockholders following the closing of the
Initial Public Offering, the term of office of the Class III Directors shall
expire and Class III Directors shall be elected for a full term of three years.
At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, Directors shall be elected
for a full term of three years to succeed the Directors of the class whose terms
expire at such annual meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, each Director
shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his
earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders unless
so required by the certificate of incorporation or these Bylaws. The certificate
of incorporation or these Bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for
directors. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the Board of
Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director.
3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES
Any director may resign effective upon giving notice in writing or by
electronic transmission to the Corporation, unless the notice specifies a later
time for that resignation to become effective. Stockholders may remove directors
with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors as a
result of any removal or resignation of a director, and any newly created
directorship resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors,
may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although such
majority is less than a quorum, by a sole remaining director, or by a plurality
of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders, and each director so elected
shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director
shall have been chosen, and until such director's successor shall have been
elected and qualified.
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
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of a stockholder, may apply to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily
ordering an election as provided in Section 211 of the General Corporation Law
of Delaware.
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 10% 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 General
Corporation Law of Delaware 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.
3.6 REGULAR MEETINGS
Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice
at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the
board.
3.7 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE
Special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes
may be called at any time by the chairman of the board, the chief executive
officer, the president, any vice president, the secretary or any two directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be (i) delivered
personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by United States
first-class mail, postage prepaid (iii) sent by facsimile, or (iv) sent by
electronic mail or other electronic or wireless means, charges prepaid,
addressed to each director at that director's address, telephone number,
facsimile number or electronic mail address, as the case may be, as it is shown
on the records of the Corporation. If the notice is (i) delivered personally by
hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by facsimile or (iii) sent by
electronic mail or other electronic or wireless means, it shall be delivered or
sent at least 24 hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the
notice is sent by United States mail, it shall be deposited in the United States
mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any
oral notice given personally or by telephone may be communicated either to the
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director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving the
notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the director. The
notice need not specify the purpose or the place of the meeting, if the meeting
is to be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation.
3.8 QUORUM
At all meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the authorized
number of 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.
A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to
transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action
taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that
meeting.
3.9 WAIVER OF NOTICE
Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the certificate of incorporation or
these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed 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 unless so required by the certificate of
incorporation or these Bylaws.
3.10 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.
3.11 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
Meetings of the board of directors shall be presided over by the
chairman of the board, if any, or in his or her absence by the chief executive
officer, or in their absence by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The secretary
shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her 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.
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3.12 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.
3.13 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.
3.14 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Unless otherwise restricted by statute, by the certificate of
incorporation or by these Bylaws, any director or the entire board of directors
may be removed from office by the stockholders of the Corporation only for
cause.
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
constituting 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 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) approve or adopt or
recommend to the stockholders any action or matter that requires the approval of
the stockholders, (ii) amend the certificate of incorporation (except that a
committee may, to the extent authorized in
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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 General
Corporation Law of Delaware, 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), or (iii) adopt, amend, or
repeal any Bylaw of the Corporation.
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 3.6 (regular
meetings), Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice), Section 3.8 (quorum),
Section 3.9 (waiver of notice), Section 3.10 (adjournment and notice of
adjournment), Section 3.11 (conduct of business) and 3.12 (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.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
5.1 OFFICERS
The officers of the Corporation shall be a chief executive officer, one
or more vice presidents, a secretary and a chief financial officer. The
Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the board of directors, a
chairman of the board, a president, a chief operating officer, one or more
executive, senior or assistant vice presidents, assistant secretaries and any
such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5.2 of these Bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same
person.
5.2 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.2, the officers of the
Corporation shall be appointed by the board of directors, subject to the rights,
if any, of an officer under any contract of employment. The board of directors
may appoint, or empower an officer to appoint, such officers
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and agents of the business as the Corporation may require (whether or not such
officer or agent is described in this Article V), each of whom shall hold office
for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in
these Bylaws or as the board of directors may from time to time determine. Any
vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the board
of directors or may be filled by the officer, if any, who appointed such
officer. Each officer shall hold office until such officer's successor is
elected and qualified or until such officer's earlier resignation or removal.
5.3 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 of directors or, in the case of an officer appointed by
another officer, by such other officer.
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; and, unless otherwise
specified in that notice, 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.
5.4 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
The chairman of the board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if
present, preside at meetings of the board of directors and exercise and perform
such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her
by the board of directors or as may be prescribed by these Bylaws. If there is
no chief executive officer, then the chairman of the board shall also be the
chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have the powers and duties
prescribed in Section 5.5 of these Bylaws.
5.5 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall, subject to the
control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and
control of the business and the officers of the Corporation. He or she shall
preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence or nonexistence
of a Chairman of the Board at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He or she
shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the
chief executive officer of a Corporation, including general supervision,
direction and control of the business and supervision of other officers of the
Corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by
the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.
The Chief Executive Officer shall, without limitation, have the
authority to execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal,
under the seal of the Corporation, except where
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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.
5.6 PRESIDENT
Subject to such supervisory powers as may be given by these Bylaws or
the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive
Officer, if there be such officers, the president shall have general
supervision, direction and control of the business and supervision of other
officers of the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may
be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws. In the event a Chief
Executive Officer shall not be appointed, the President shall have the duties of
such office.
5.7 VICE PRESIDENT
In the absence or disability of the president, the vice presidents, if
any, in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors or, if not
ranked, a vice president designated by the board of directors, shall perform all
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. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other
duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the board
of directors, these Bylaws, the chief executive officer or the chairman of the
board.
5.8 SECRETARY
The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal
executive office of the Corporation or such other place as the board of
directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of
directors, committees of directors, and stockholders. The minutes shall show the
time and place of each meeting, whether regular or special (and, if special, how
authorized and the notice given), the names of those present at directors'
meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at
stockholders' meetings, and the proceedings thereof.
The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal
executive office of the Corporation or at the office of the Corporation's
transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the board of
directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of
all stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by
each, the number and date of certificates evidencing such shares, and the number
and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings
of the stockholders and of the board of directors required to be given by law or
by these Bylaws. He or she shall keep the seal of the Corporation, if one be
adopted, in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform such other
duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or by these Bylaws.
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5.9 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
The chief financial officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be
kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the
properties and business transactions of the Corporation, including accounts of
its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital,
retained earnings and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times
be open to inspection by any director.
The chief financial officer shall deposit all money and other valuables
in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositaries as may
be designated by the board of directors. He or she shall disburse the funds of
the Corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, shall render to the
chief executive officer and directors, whenever they request it, an account of
all of his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of
the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by the board of directors or these Bylaws.
5.10 ASSISTANT SECRETARY
The assistant secretary, or, if there is more than one, the assistant
secretaries in the order determined by the stockholders or 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 or her 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 or the stockholders may from time to time prescribe.
5.11 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
In addition to the foregoing authority and duties, 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.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNITY
6.1 THIRD PARTY ACTIONS
The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person 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 expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by him in
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connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the
Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
6.2 ACTIONS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION
The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of 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 expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith
and in manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
6.3 SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE
To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 6.1 and 6.2, or in defense of
any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or
her in connection therewith.
6.4 DETERMINATION OF CONDUCT
Any indemnification under Sections 6.1 and 6.2 (unless ordered by a
court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case
upon a determination that the indemnification of the director, officer, employee
or agent is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2. Such determination shall
be made (1) by the board of Directors or the Executive Committee by a majority
vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action,
suit or proceeding, or (2) or if such quorum is not obtainable or, even if
obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal
counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the stockholders.
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6.5 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES IN ADVANCE
Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or
proceeding 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 the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it
shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified
by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VI.
6.6 INDEMNITY NOT EXCLUSIVE
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided or granted
pursuant to the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive
of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of
expenses may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official
capacity and as to action in another while holding such office.
6.7 INSURANCE INDEMNIFICATION
The Corporation shall have the power to 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 or
her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or
her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Article
VI.
6.8 THE CORPORATION
For purposes of this Article VI, references to "the Corporation" shall
include, in addition to the resulting Corporation, any constituent corporation
(including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or
merger that, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and
authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that
any person who is was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under
and subject to the provisions of this Article VI (including, without limitation
the provisions of Section 6.4) with respect to the resulting or surviving
corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its
separate existence had continued.
6.9 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
For purposes of this Article VI, references to "other enterprises"
shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any
excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and
references to "serving at the request of the Corporation" shall include
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any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation that
imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or
agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or
beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
reasonably deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests
of the Corporation" as referred to in this Article VI.
6.10 CONTINUATION OF INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES
The indemnification and advance of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to, this Article VI shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or
ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
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.
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 or her 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
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limitations or conditions with reference to the inspection, or award such other
and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.
7.3 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS
The chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president,
any vice president, the chief financial officer, the secretary or assistant
secretary of this Corporation, or any other person authorized by the board of
directors or the chief executive officer 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.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL MATTERS
8.1 CHECKS
From time to time, the board of directors shall determine by resolution
which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for
payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in
the name of or payable to the Corporation, and only the persons so authorized
shall sign or endorse those instruments.
8.2 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS
The board of directors, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws,
may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any
contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the
Corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Unless so authorized or ratified by the board of directors or within the agency
power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or
authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its
credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
8.3 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,
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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 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, 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.
8.4 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES
If the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock
or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the
preferences, and the 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 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, however, 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, the designations,
the preferences, and the 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.
8.5 LOST CERTIFICATES
Except as provided in this Section 8.5, 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 or her legal representative, to give the
Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify 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.
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8.6 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS
Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of
construction, and definitions in the Delaware General Corporation Law 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.
8.7 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 General Corporation Law of Delaware.
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. Such purposes shall include but not be
limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the
Corporation, and meeting contingencies.
8.8 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.
8.9 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.
8.10 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, cancel the old certificate, and record the transaction in its books.
8.11 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 General Corporation Law of Delaware.
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8.12 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
The original or other 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.
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 General Corporation Law of Delaware 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 General Corporation Law of Delaware. Upon such certificate's becoming
effective in accordance with Section 103 of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware, the Corporation shall be dissolved.
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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.
11.2 DUTIES OF CUSTODIAN
The custodian shall have all the powers and title of a receiver
appointed under Section 291 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, 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 General Corporation Law of Delaware.
ARTICLE XII
LOANS TO OFFICERS
Subject to the last sentence hereof, the Corporation may lend money to,
or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any employee of the
Corporation or of its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of the Board of
Directors, such loan, guarantee or assistance may reasonably be expected to
benefit the Corporation. The loan, guarantee 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 Bylaw shall be deemed to deny, limit
or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the Corporation at common law
or under any statute. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall in no
event make any new loan to any director or executive officer or make any
material modification to any existing loan.
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