Exhibit 3.152
BY-LAWS
OF
SIMBA INFORMATION, INC.
ARTICLE I
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. A meeting of shareholders shall be held
annually for the election of directors and the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before the meeting on the second Tuesday in March
in each and every year, unless such day shall fall on a legal holiday, in which
case such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day, at 10:00
a.m. local time where the meeting is to be held.
SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for any
purpose may be called by the Board of Directors or the President, and shall be
called by the President at the written request of the holders of record of not
less than one-tenth of the voting power of all outstanding shares of the
Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Special meetings shall be held at
such time as may be fixed in the call and stated in the notice of meeting or
waiver thereof. At any such special meeting only such business may be transacted
as is related to the purposes set forth in the notice of meeting.
SECTION 3. Place of Meetings. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at
such place, within or without the State of Connecticut or the United States of
America, as may be fixed in the call and notice of meeting or waiver thereof.
SECTION 4. Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of shareholders
shall be given in writing and shall state the place, date and hour of the
meeting and, in the case of special meetings, (i) the purpose or purposes for
which the meeting is called and (ii) at whose direction the notice is being
issued.
A copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail,
not less than seven nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, to
each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, notice is given
when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid.
SECTION 5. Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting need not be given to
any shareholder who submits a signed waiver of notice, in person or by proxy,
whether before or after the meeting. The attendance of any shareholder at a
meeting, in person or by proxy, without protesting prior to the conclusion of
the meeting the lack of notice of such meeting, shall constitute a waiver of
notice by him.
SECTION 6. Closing of Transfer Books or Fixing of Record Date. For the
purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any
meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or shareholders entitled to
receive payment of any dividends, or in order to make a determination of
shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors of the
Corporation may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a
stated period but not to exceed, in any case, seventy days. If the stock
transfer books shall be closed
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for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at
a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten full days
immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing stock transfer books, the
Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date of any such
determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than seventy
days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten full days
prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of
shareholders is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no
record date is fixed for a determination of shareholders entitled to notice of
or to vote at a meeting of shareholders or a determination of shareholders
entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the
meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors
declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date
for determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled
to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this
section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof. A record
date, or date for closing the stock transfer books, is effective as of the close
of business on such date unless another hour is designated by the resolution of
the Board of Directors.
SECTION 7. Voting Lists. The officer or agent having charge of the stock
transfer books for shares of the Corporation
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shall make a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting
of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order with
the address of and the number of shares by each. Such list or other equivalent
record shall, for a period of five days prior to such meeting, be kept on file
at the principal office of the Corporation or at the office or place of business
of a transfer agent in this state and shall be subject to inspection by any
shareholder during usual business hours for any proper purpose. Such list or
other equivalent record shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of
the meeting and shall be subject for any such proper purpose to such inspection
during the whole time of the meeting.
SECTION 8. Qualification of Voters. Except as may otherwise be provided in
the Certificate of Incorporation, every shareholder of record shall be entitled
at every meeting of shareholders to one vote for every share standing in his
name on the record of shareholders.
Shares of the Corporation standing in the name of another domestic or
foreign corporation of any type or kind may be voted by such officer, agent or
proxy as the by-laws or similar regulations of such corporation may provide, or
in the absence of such provision, as the Board of Directors of such corporation
may determine.
Treasury shares shall not be shares entitled to vote or to be counted in
determining the total number of outstanding shares of the Corporation.
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SECTION 9. Quorum. At any meeting of the shareholders the presence, in
person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote
thereat shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business except
where a greater number is otherwise provided by law. When a quorum is once
present to organize a meeting, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of
any shareholders. A majority of the shareholders present, in person or by proxy,
may adjourn the meeting despite the absence of a quorum.
SECTION 10. Proxies. Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of
shareholders, to waive notice of such meeting or to express consent or dissent
without meeting may authorize another person or persons in writing to act for
him by proxy. Every proxy must be signed by the shareholder or his
attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven
months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy, provided in
no event shall a proxy be valid after ten years from its date of execution.
Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the shareholder executing it,
except as otherwise provided therein and as permitted by law. The attendance at
any meeting by the shareholder who shall have previously given a proxy
applicable thereto shall not, as such, have the effect of revoking the proxy.
The Corporation may treat any proxy as not revoked and in full force and effect
until it receives a duly executed instrument revoking it or a proxy bearing a
later date
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or, in the event of death or incapacity of the shareholder executing the same,
written notice of such death or incapacity.
SECTION 12. Action Without a Meeting. Whenever the shareholders are
required or permitted to take any action by vote, such action may be taken
without a meeting on written consent, setting forth the action so taken, signed
by the holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.
ARTICLE II.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. Power of Board and Qualification of Directors. The business,
properties and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the
direction of the Board of Directors, each of whom shall be at least eighteen
years of age.
SECTION 2. Number of Directors. The number of directors constituting the
entire Board of Directors shall be such number not less than three nor more than
nine as may be fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by the shareholders
or by the Board. In the absence of such resolution, the number of
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directors shall be the number of directors elected at the preceding annual
meeting of shareholders. The reduction of the number of directors shall not
remove any director in office or shorten his term. When all of the shares are
owned by less than three shareholders, the number of directors may be less than
three but not less than the number of shareholders.
SECTION 3. Election and Term of Directors. At each annual meeting of
shareholders, directors shall be elected to hold office until the next annual
meeting. Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term for
which he is elected, and until his successor has been elected and qualified.
SECTION 4. Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any
time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the President or
the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time
specified therein; and unless otherwise specified therein the acceptance of such
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
SECTION 5. Removal of Directors. Any or all of the directors may be
removed with or without cause and with or without notice or hearing by
vote of the shareholders.
SECTION 6. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Newly created
directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors by
resolution adopted by the shareholders or the Board of Directors, shall
be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring in the Board
of Directors for
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any other reason whatsoever, including the removal of directors without cause,
shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. A director elected to fill a
vacancy or a newly created directorship shall be elected to hold office until
the next annual meeting of shareholders, and until his successor has been
elected and qualified.
SECTION 7. Executive and Other Committees of Directors. The Board of
Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may
designate from among its members an executive committee and other committees to
serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, each consisting of two or more
directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as
alternate members of any such committee, who may replace any absent member or
members at any meeting of such committee.
The designation of such executive committee or other committee shall not
operate to relieve the Board of Directors, or any member thereof, of any
responsibility imposed by law. The executive committee, when the Board of
Directors is not in session, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of
the Board of Directors except to the extent, if any, that such authority shall
be limited by these By-Laws, by the resolution appointing the executive
committee or by law. Each such other committee shall have and may exercise such
powers as may be authorized in the resolution appointing such other committee
and permitted by law. Neither the executive committee nor such other
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committees shall have the authority of the Board of Directors with respect to
amending the certificate of incorporation, adopting a plan of merger or
consolidation, recommending to the shareholders a voluntary dissolution of the
Corporation or a revocation thereof, or amending the By-Laws of the
Corporation.
SECTION 8. Compensation of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have
authority to fix the compensation of directors for services in any capacity, or
to allow a fixed sum plus expenses, if any, for attendance at meetings of the
Board or of committees of directors.
ARTICLE III.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD
SECTION 1. Directors' Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of the
shareholders, and at such other times as the Board of Directors may determine.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held with or without notice at
such times and places, within or without the State of Connecticut or the United
States of America, as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. Special
meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place, within or
without the State of Connecticut or the United States of America, upon the call
of the President by oral, telegraphic or written notice, or sent by other public
instrumentality, duly given to or sent or mailed to each director by an officer
of the Corporation not less than forty-eight (48) hours before such meeting. The
notice shall state the place,
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date and hour of the meeting and indicate at whose direction the notice is being
issued. Such notice shall be deemed given, if mailed, three days after being
deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, or if oral, telegraphic or
by other public instrumentality or method of delivery, when received or when
deposited with the telegraph company or other public instrumentality, as the
case may be. Special meetings shall be called by the President upon the written
request of any two directors or of one director if there shall be less than
three directors.
SECTION 2. Waiver of Notice. Notice of a special meeting or of a regular
meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given to any director who submits
a signed waiver of notice whether before or after the meeting, or who attends
the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack
of notice to him.
A notice, or waiver of notice, need not specify the purpose or purposes of
any special meeting or regular meeting of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3. Quorum; Action by the Board; Adjournment. At all meetings of
the Board of Directors, a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except that when the number
of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors shall be an even number,
one-half of that number shall constitute a quorum,
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provided that a quorum shall be not less than two (unless there is only one
directorship).
The vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at the time
of the vote, if a quorum is then present, shall be the act of the Board of
Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by the Certificate
of Incorporation, by these By-Laws or by law.
A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present,
may adjourn any meeting to another time and place.
SECTION 4. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to
be taken by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without
a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or of the committee consent
in writing to the adoption of a resolution authorizing the action, provided that
the number of directors then in office or serving on such committee and taking
such action shall constitute a quorum for such action. Such resolution and the
written consent thereto by the members of the Board of Directors or the
committee shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of
Directors or the committee.
SECTION 5. Presumption of Assent. A director of the Corporation who is
present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof at
which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented
to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the
meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with
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the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof
or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the
Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to
dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.
SECTION 6. Conference Telephone. Any one or more members of the Board of
Directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of
Directors or the committee by means of a conference telephone 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.
ARTICLE IV.
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected or
appointed by the Board of Directors and shall be a President, Treasurer and a
Secretary. The Board of Directors may also elect or appoint, from time to time,
one or more Assistant Treasurers, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more
Assistant Secretaries and such other officers with such duties as may be
delegated to them, as the Board of Directors may determine. The officers of the
Corporation need not be directors, and any one person may hold two or more
offices, provided that the offices of President and Secretary shall not be held
by the same person.
SECTION 2. Term of Office; Removal. Each officer shall hold office at the
pleasure of the Board of Directors for such
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term as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors and until his successor has
been elected or appointed and qualified. Any officer may be removed by the Board
of Directors with or without cause. The removal of an officer without cause
shall be without prejudice to his contract rights, if any. The election or
appointment of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights. Vacancies
among the officers by reason of death, resignation, removal or other causes
shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3. Powers and Duties. The officers of the Corporation shall each
have such powers and authority and perform such duties in the management of the
property and affairs of the Corporation as are imposed by these By-Laws and from
time to time prescribed by the Board of Directors. To the extent not so imposed
or prescribed, the officers of the Corporation shall each have such powers and
authority and perform such duties in the management of the affairs and property
of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, as
generally pertain to their respective offices.
Securities of other corporations held by the Corporation may be voted on
behalf of the Corporation by any officer designated by the Board of Directors
and, in the absence of any such designation, by the President, any Vice
President, the Secretary or the Treasurer.
The Board may require any officer to give security for the faithful
performance of his duties.
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SECTION 4. President. The President shall preside at all meetings of the
Board of Directors and shareholders. He shall be the Chief Executive Officer of
the Corporation and shall have general charge and direction of the business of
the Corporation subject to the control of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5. Vice-Presidents. The Vice-President, if any, or, if there
shall be more than one, the Vice-Presidents in the order of seniority or in any
other order determined by the Board of Directors shall, in the event of the
absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the President. The Vice-President or Vice-Presidents shall assist the
President in the performance of his duties.
SECTION 6. Treasurer. The Treasurer, if any, shall keep the fiscal
accounts of the Corporation, including an account of all moneys received or
disbursed. At intervals of not more than twelve (12) months, he shall prepare or
have prepared for the Corporation a balance sheet showing the financial
condition of the Corporation as of a date not more than four (4) months prior
thereto, and a profit and loss statement respecting its operation for the twelve
(12) months preceding such date. The balance sheet and the profit and loss
statement shall be deposited at the principal office of the Corporation and
shall be kept by the Corporation for at least ten (10) years from such date. In
addition, within thirty (30) days after the preparation of each such balance
sheet and profit and loss statement, the Corporation shall mail a copy thereof
to each shareholder of
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record. He may endorse for and on behalf of the Corporation, checks, notes and
other obligations and shall deposit the same and all moneys and valuables in the
name of, and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks and depositories as
the Board of Directors shall designate. The Treasurer shall have custody of and
shall have the power to endorse for transfer on behalf of the Corporation,
stock, securities or other investment instruments owned by the Corporation.
SECTION 7. Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, if any, shall
assist the Treasurer in the performance of his duties and shall carry out the
duties of the Treasurer whenever the Treasurer is unable to perform such duties.
SECTION 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings
of shareholders and the Board of Directors and shall give notice of all such
meetings as required in these By-Laws. He shall have custody of the seal of the
Corporation and all books, records and papers of the Corporation, except those
in the custody of the Treasurer or some other person authorized to have custody
and possession thereof by a resolution of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 9. Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary, if any, shall
assist the Secretary in the performance of his duties and shall carry out the
duties of the Secretary whenever the Secretary is unable to perform such duties.
SECTION 10. Compensation. The compensation of all officers of the
Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from
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time to time, or by the President, if the Board of Directors shall delegate the
authority to fix compensation of officers to the President. No officer shall be
prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a
director of the Corporation.
ARTICLE V.
INDEMNITY
SECTION 1. Indemnification of Shareholders, Officers, Directors and
Certain Other Parties. The Corporation shall be bound by and comply with the
provisions of Section 33-320a of the Connecticut Stock Corporation Act,
pertaining to indemnification of corporate shareholders, officers, directors,
employees, agents and eligible outside parties (as defined in said Section).
ARTICLE VI.
SHARE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 1. Form of Share Certificates. The shares of the stock of the
Corporation shall be represented by certificates, in such form as the Board of
Directors may from time to time prescribe, signed by the President or a Vice
President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, and shall be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a
facsimile thereof. All certificates shall be consecutively numbered and the name
of the person owning the shares represented thereby and the number of such
shares and the date of issue shall be entered upon the Corporation's books.
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SECTION 2. Registration of Transfers. Shares of the stock of the
Corporation shall be transferable upon the books of the Corporation, only by the
person specified in the certificate representing such shares or by special
indorsement to be entitled to such shares, or by the duly authorized attorney or
legal representative of such person. A new certificate shall be issued to the
purchaser or assignee upon surrender of the original share certificate properly
endorsed.
In case of loss or destruction of a share certificate, another may be
issued in its place upon proof of loss or destruction and the giving of such
security as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon
the name of the Corporation, the state and year of its incorporation and shall
be in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
SECTION 2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the
twelve months ending December 31 or such other period as may be fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3. Checks and Notes. 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 shall
be thereunto authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE VIII.
AMENDMENTS
The foregoing is a true copy of the By-Laws of Simba Information, Inc.,
adopted by the incorporator and ratified by the Board of Directors as of the
22nd day of September, 1989.
/s/ Joyce A. Brigish
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Joyce A. Brigish
Secretary
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SIMBA INFORMATION, INC.
BY-LAWS, RIDER A
ARTICLE I
"SECTION 11. Voting. Directors shall be elected by a majority
of the votes cast by the shareholders entitled to vote in the election, in
person or by proxy, at a meeting of shareholders when a quorum is present.
Whenever any corporate action, other than the election of directors, is to
be taken by a vote of shareholders, it shall, except as otherwise required
by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, be authorized by a majority of
the votes cast in person or by proxy at a meeting when a quorum is
present."
ARTICLE VIII
"SECTION 1. Power to Amend. These By-Laws may be amended,
altered or repealed, and new By-Laws may be adopted, in accordance with
the Certificate of Incorporation. Any notice of a meeting of shareholders
at which these By-Laws are to be amended, altered or repealed or at which
new By-Laws are to be adopted, shall include a specific description
notice of such proposed action."
COWLES/SIMBA INFORMATION, INC. BY-LAWS
(as amended September 25, 1997)
ARTICLE VII
SECTION 1. Corporate Seal. The Corporation shall have no corporate seal.
SECTION 2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the
twelve months ending each year on the Saturday nearest to the last day of March
or such other period as may be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.