Exhibit 3.3
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1.1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of Allis-Chalmers
Corporation (the "Corporation") within the State of Delaware shall be located at
the principal place of business in said State of such corporation or individual
acting as the Corporation's registered agent in Delaware.
SECTION 1.2. OTHER OFFICES. The Corporation may also have offices and
places of business at such other places 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 2.1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. All meetings of stockholders shall be
held at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such other 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 2.2. ANNUAL MEETINGS. The annual meeting of stockholders for
the election of directors shall be held at such time on such day, other than a
legal holiday, as the Board of Directors in each such year determines. At the
annual meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote for the election of directors
shall elect, by a plurality vote, a Board of Directors and transact such other
business as may properly come before the meeting.
SECTION 2.3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of stockholders, for
any purpose or purposes, may be called by a majority of the Board of Directors.
Any such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. At
any special meeting of stockholders, only such business may be transacted as is
related to the purpose or purposes set forth in the notice of such meeting.
SECTION 2.4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Written notice of every meeting of
stockholders, stating the place, date and hour thereof and, in the case of a
special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes thereof and the person
or persons by whom or at whose direction such meeting has been called and such
notice is being issued, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than
sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by
or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, Secretary, or the persons
calling the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such
meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in
the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his
address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. Nothing
herein contained shall preclude the stockholders from waiving notice as provided
in Section 4.1 hereof.
SECTION 2.5. QUORUM. The holders of a majority of the issued and
outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, represented in
person or by proxy, shall be necessary to and shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders. If, however, such quorum
shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the
stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice
other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or
represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or
represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at
the meeting as originally noticed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if after any
such adjournment the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for the
adjourned meeting, or if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a
notice of such adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 2.4 of
these By-Laws, but such notice may be waived as provided in Section 4.1 hereof.
SECTION 2.6. VOTING. At each meeting of stockholders, each holder of
record of shares of stock entitled to vote shall be entitled to vote in person
or by proxy, and each such holder shall be entitled to one vote for every share
standing in his name on the books of the Corporation as of the record date fixed
by the Board of Directors or prescribed by law and, if a quorum is present, a
majority of the shares of such stock present or represented at any meeting of
stockholders shall be the vote of the stockholders with respect to any item of
business, unless otherwise provided by any applicable provision of law, by these
By-Laws or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as in effect
(the "Certificate of Incorporation").
SECTION 2.7. PROXIES. Every stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting
or by consent without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act
for him by proxy. Each proxy shall be in writing executed by the stockholder
giving the proxy or by his duly authorized attorney. No proxy shall be valid
after the expiration of three (3) years from its date, unless a longer period is
provided for in the proxy. Unless and until voted, every proxy shall be
revocable at the pleasure of the person who executed it, or his legal
representatives or assigns except in those cases where an irrevocable proxy
permitted by statute has been given.
SECTION 2.8. CONSENTS. Whenever a vote of stockholders at a meeting
thereof is required or permitted to be taken in connection with any corporate
action by any provision of statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these
By-Laws, the meeting, prior notice thereof and vote of stockholders may be
dispensed with if the holders of shares having not less than the minimum number
of votes that would have been necessary to authorize or take such action at a
meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted
shall consent in writing to the taking of such action. Where corporate action is
taken in such matter by less than unanimous written consent, prompt written
notice of the taking of such action shall be given to all stockholders.
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SECTION 2.9. STOCK RECORDS. The Secretary or agent having charge of the
stock transfer books shall make, at least ten (10) days before each meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such
meeting or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order and showing
the address of and the number and class and series, if any, of shares held by
each. Such list, for a period of ten (10) days prior to such meeting, shall be
kept at the principal place of business of the Corporation or at the office of
the transfer agent or registrar of the Corporation and such other places as
required by statute and shall be subject to inspection by any stockholder at any
time during usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open
at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of
any stockholder at any time during the meeting.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
SECTION 3.1. NUMBER. The number of directors of the Corporation which
shall constitute the entire Board of Directors shall initially be fixed by the
Incorporator and thereafter from time to time by a vote of a majority of the
entire Board and shall be not less than three nor more than fifteen.
SECTION 3.2. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL. Any director may resign at any
time upon notice of resignation to the Corporation. Any director may be removed
at any time by vote of the stockholders then entitled to vote for the election
of directors at a special meeting called for that purpose, either with or
without cause.
SECTION 3.3. NEWLY CREATED DIRECTORSHIP AND VACANCIES. Newly created
directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and
vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors for any reason whatsoever shall be
filled by vote of the Board. If the number of directors then in office is less
than a quorum, such newly created directorships and vacancies may be filled by a
vote of a majority of the directors then in office. Any director elected to fill
a vacancy shall be elected until the next meeting of stockholders at which the
election of directors is in the regular course of business, and until his
successor has been elected and qualified.
SECTION 3.4. POWERS AND DUTIES. Subject to the applicable provisions of
law, these By-Laws or the Certificate of Incorporation, but in furtherance and
not in limitation of any rights therein conferred, the Board of Directors shall
have the control and management of the business and affairs of the Corporation
and shall exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful
acts and things as may be exercised by the Corporation.
SECTION 3.5. PLACE OF MEETINGS. All meetings of the Board of Directors
may be held either within or without the State of Delaware.
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SECTION 3.6. ANNUAL MEETINGS. An annual meeting of each newly elected
Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of
stockholders, and no notice of such meeting to the newly elected directors shall
be necessary in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall
be present, or the newly elected directors may meet at such time and place as
shall be fixed by the written consent of all of such directors.
SECTION 3.7. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors may be held upon such notice or without notice, and at such time and
at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.
SECTION 3.8. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by a majority of the Board of Directors. Neither the
business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting
of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of
such meeting.
SECTION 3.9. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Notice of each special meeting of the
Board (and of each regular meeting for which notice shall be required) shall be
given by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and shall state the place, date
and time of the meeting. Notice of each such meeting shall be given orally or
shall be mailed to each director at his residence or usual place of business. If
notice of less than three (3) days is given, it shall be oral, whether by
telephone or in person, or sent by special delivery mail or telegraph. If
mailed, the notice shall be given when deposited in the United States mail,
postage prepaid. Notice of any adjourned meeting, including the place, date and
time of the new meeting, shall be given to all directors not present at the time
of the adjournment, as well as to the other directors unless the place, date and
time of the new meeting is announced at the adjourned meeting. Nothing herein
contained shall preclude the directors from waiving notice as provided in
Section 4.1 hereof.
SECTION 3.10. QUORUM AND VOTING. At all meetings of the Board of
Directors, a majority of the entire Board shall be necessary to, and shall
constitute a quorum for, the transaction of business at any meeting of
directors, unless otherwise provided by any applicable provision of law, by
these By-Laws, or by the Certificate of Incorporation. The act of a majority of
the directors present at the time of the vote, if a quorum is present at such
time, shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless otherwise provided by
an applicable provision of law, by these By-Laws 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, until a quorum shall be present.
SECTION 3.11. COMPENSATION. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and irrespective of any
personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish
reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the Corporation as
directors, officers or otherwise.
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SECTION 3.12. BOOKS AND RECORDS. The directors may keep the books of
the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state,
outside of the State of Delaware, at such place or places as they may from time
to time determine.
SECTION 3.13. ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action required or
permitted to be taken by the Board, or by a committee of the Board, may be taken
without a meeting if all members of the Board or the committee, as the case may
be, consent in writing to the adoption of a resolution authorizing the action.
Any such resolution and the written consents thereto by the members of the Board
or committee shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or
committee.
SECTION 3.14. TELEPHONE PARTICIPATION. Any one or more members of the
Board, or any committee of the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board
or committee by means of a conference telephone call or similar communications
equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other
at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in
person at a meeting.
SECTION 3.15. COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD. The Board, by resolution adopted
by a majority of the entire Board, may designate one or more committees, each
consisting of one or more directors. The Board may designate one or more
directors as alternate members of any such committee. Such alternate members may
replace any absent member or members at any meeting of such committee. Each
committee (including the members thereof) shall serve at the pleasure of the
Board and shall keep minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board.
Except as otherwise provided by law, each such committee, to the extent provided
in the resolution establishing it, shall have and may exercise all the authority
of the Board with respect to all matters.
ARTICLE IV
WAIVER
SECTION 4.1. WAIVER. Whenever a notice is required to be given by any
provision of law, by these By-Laws, or by the Certificate of Incorporation, a
waiver thereof in writing, whether before or after the time stated therein,
shall be deemed equivalent to such notice. In addition, any stockholder
attending a meeting of stockholders in person or by proxy without protesting
prior to the conclusion of the meeting the lack of notice thereof to him or her,
and any director attending a meeting of the Board of Directors without
protesting prior to the meeting or at its commencement such lack of notice,
shall be conclusively deemed to have waived notice of such meeting.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
SECTION 5.1. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. The officers of the Corporation shall
be a President or Chief Executive Officer, a Secretary and a Treasurer. Any
person may hold two or more of such offices. The officers of the Corporation
shall be elected annually (and from time to time by the Board of Directors, as
vacancies occur), at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors following the
meeting of stockholders at which the Board of Directors was elected.
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SECTION 5.2. OTHER OFFICERS. The Board of Directors may appoint such
other officers and agents, including Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents,
Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, as it shall at any time or from
time to time deem necessary or advisable.
SECTION 5.3. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES. All officers, as between
themselves and the Corporation, shall have such authority and perform such
duties in the management of business and affairs of the Corporation as may be
provided in these By-Laws, or, to the extent not so provided, as may be
prescribed by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5.4. TENURE AND REMOVAL. The officers of the Corporation shall
be elected or appointed to hold office until their respective successors are
elected or appointed. All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the
Board of Directors, and any officer elected or appointed by the Board of
Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors for cause or
without cause at any regular or special meeting.
SECTION 5.5. VACANCIES. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the
Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or removal, with or without
cause, or any other reason, shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5.6. COMPENSATION. The salaries and other compensation of all
officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner
prescribed by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5.7. PRESIDENT; CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The President or Chief
Executive Officer shall have general charge of the business and affairs of the
Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and shall preside
at all meetings of the stockholders and directors. The President or Chief
Executive Officer shall perform such other duties as are properly required by
him or her by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5.8. VICE PRESIDENT. Each Vice President, if any, shall perform
such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 5.9. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the
stockholders and all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall record all
proceedings taken at such meetings in a book to be kept for that purpose; the
Secretary shall see that all notices of meetings of stockholders and meetings of
the Board of Directors are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these
By-Laws or as required by law; the Secretary shall be the custodian of the
records and of the corporate seal or seals of the Corporation; the Secretary
shall have authority to affix the corporate seal or seals to all documents, the
execution of which, on behalf of the Corporation, under its seal, is duly
authorized, and when so affixed it may be attested by the Secretary's signature;
and in general, the Secretary shall perform all duties incident to the office of
the Secretary of a corporation, and such other duties as the Board of Directors
may from time to time prescribe.
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SECTION 5.10. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have charge of and be
responsible for all funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the
Corporation and shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in the name and to the
credit of the Corporation, all moneys and valuable effects in such banks, trust
companies, or other depositories as shall from time to time be selected by the
Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall keep full and accurate accounts of
receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation; the Treasurer
shall render to the President or Chief Executive Officer and to each member of
the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of all of his
transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation; and
in general, the Treasurer shall perform all of the duties incident to the office
of the Treasurer of a corporation, and such other duties as the Board of
Directors may from time to time prescribe.
SECTION 5.11. OTHER OFFICERS. The Board of Directors may also elect or
may delegate to the President or Chief Executive Officer the power to appoint
such other officers as it may at any time or from time to time deem advisable,
and any officers so elected or appointed shall have such authority and perform
such duties as the Board of Directors or the President or the Chief Executive
Officer, if he or she shall have appointed them, may from time to time
prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
PROVISIONS RELATING TO STOCK CERTIFICATES AND STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 6.1. FORM AND SIGNATURE. The shares of the Corporation shall be
represented by a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board or President or
Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President and by the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, and shall bear
the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. Each certificate
representing shares shall state upon its face (a) that the Corporation is formed
under the laws of the State of Delaware, (b) the name of the person or persons
to whom it is issued, (c) the number of shares which such certificate represents
and (d) the par value, if any, of each share represented by such certificate.
SECTION 6.2. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS. The Corporation shall be entitled
to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the
owner of shares of stock to receive dividends or other distributions, and to
vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person
registered on its books as the owner of stock, and shall not be bound to
recognize any equitable or legal claim to or interest in such shares on the part
of any other person.
SECTION 6.3. TRANSFER OF STOCK. Upon surrender to the Corporation or
the appropriate transfer agent, if any, of the Corporation, of a certificate
representing shares of stock duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of
succession, assignment or authority to transfer, and, in the event that the
certificate refers to any agreement restricting transfer of the shares which it
represents, proper evidence of compliance with such agreement, a new certificate
shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate
cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation.
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SECTION 6.4. LOST CERTIFICATES, ETC. The Corporation may issue a new
certificate for shares in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it,
alleged to have been lost, mutilated, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of
Directors may require the owner of such lost, mutilated, stolen or destroyed
certificate, or such owner's legal representatives, to make an affidavit of the
fact 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 on account
of the alleged loss, mutilation, theft or destruction of any such certificate or
the issuance of any such new certificate.
SECTION 6.5. RECORD DATE. For the purpose of determining the
stockholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of stockholders
or any adjournment thereof, or to express written consent to any corporate
action without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining stockholders
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 may fix, in advance, a record date. Such date shall not be more than
sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any such meeting, nor
more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action.
SECTION 6.6. REGULATIONS. Except as otherwise provided by law, the
Board may make such additional rules and regulations, not inconsistent with
these By-Laws, as it may deem expedient, concerning the issue, transfer and
registration of certificates for the securities of the Corporation. The Board
may appoint, or authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more
transfer agents and one or more registrars and may require all certificates for
shares of capital stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 7.1. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. Dividends and other
distributions upon or with respect to outstanding shares of stock of the
Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special
meeting, and may be paid in cash, bonds, property, or in stock of the
Corporation. The Board shall have full power and discretion, subject to the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the terms of any other
corporate document or instrument to determine what, if any, dividends or
distributions shall be declared and paid or made.
SECTION 7.2. CHECKS, ETC. All checks or demands for money and notes or
other instruments evidencing indebtedness or obligations of the Corporation
shall be signed by such officer or officers or other person or persons as may
from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 7.3. SEAL. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the
name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words "Corporate
Seal Delaware". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.
SECTION 7.4. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be
determined by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 7.5. GENERAL AND SPECIAL BANK ACCOUNTS. The Board may authorize
from time to time the opening and keeping of general and special bank accounts
with such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board may
designate or as may be designated by any officer or officers of the Corporation
to whom such power of designation may be delegated by the Board from time to
time. The Board may make such special rules and regulations with respect to such
bank accounts, not inconsistent with the provisions of these By-Laws, as it may
deem expedient.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHER PERSONS
SECTION 8.1. INDEMNIFICATION BY CORPORATION. To the extent permitted by
law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any
such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation
to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the
Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) the Corporation shall indemnify
any person against any and all judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settling or
otherwise disposing of actions or threatened actions, and expenses in connection
therewith, incurred by reason of the fact that such person, such person's
testator or intestate is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or of
any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, which such
person served in any capacity at the request of the Corporation. To the extent
permitted by law, expenses so incurred by any such person in defending a civil
or criminal action or proceeding shall at such person's request be paid by the
Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding.
ARTICLE IX
ADOPTION AND AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.1. POWER TO AMEND. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed
and any new By-Laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors; provided that
these By-Laws and any other By-Laws amended or adopted by the Board of Directors
may be amended, may be reinstated, and new By-Laws may be adopted, by the
stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote at the time for the election of
directors.
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