Exhibit 3.17
CODE OF BYLAWS OF
MRA LICENSING CORP.
ARTICLE 1
Identification
Section 1.01. Name. The name of the Corporation is MRA LICENSING CORP.
Section 1.02. Resident Agent and Address. The name of the Resident
Agent and the agent's address ("Registered Office") where process may be
served upon the Corporation are: The Corporation Trust Company of Nevada,
One East First Street, Reno, Nevada 89501. The Resident Agent shall maintain
at the Registered Office:
(a) A copy certified by the Secretary of State of the Corporation's
Articles of Incorporation, and all amendments thereto;
(b) A copy certified by an Officer of the Corporation of its Bylaws and
all amendments thereto; and
(c) A stock ledger or duplicate stock ledger, revised annually,
containing the names, alphabetically arranged, of all persons who are
stockholders of the Corporation, showing their places of residence, if known,
and the number of shares of stock held by them respectively. In lieu of the
stock ledger or duplicate stock ledger, the agent may keep a statement
setting out the name of the custodian of the stock ledger or duplicate stock
ledger, and the present and complete post office address, including street
and number, if any, where the stock ledger or duplicate stock ledger is kept.
Section 1.03. Other Offices. Other offices may at any time be
established by the Board of Directors at any place or places within or
without the State of Nevada where the Corporation is authorized to do
business.
Section 1.04. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be
determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 2
Capital Stock
Section 2.01. Consideration for Shares of Stock. The Corporation may
issue and dispose of its authorized shares of stock for such consideration,
as the Board of Directors determines is adequate.
Section 2.02. Certificates Representing Shares of Stock. Each holder
of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to a certificate
signed by the President or a Vice President, and the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, and sealed with the seal of the
Corporation, certifying the number of shares of stock owned by the holder in
the Corporation.
Section 2.03. Transfer of Stock. The Corporation shall register a transfer
of a stock certificate presented to it for transfer if the following
conditions have been fulfilled:
(a) Endorsement. The certificate is properly endorsed by the
registered holder or by the holder's duly authorized attorney.
(b) Witnessing. The endorsement or endorsements are witnessed by one
witness unless this requirement is waived by the Secretary of the Corporation.
(c) Adverse Claims. The Corporation has no notice of any adverse
claims or has discharged any duty to inquire into any such claims.
(d) Collection of Taxes. There has been compliance with any applicable
law relating to the collection of taxes.
ARTICLE 3
The Stockholders
Section 3.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the
Corporation shall be held at 875 North Michigan, Suite 3650, Chicago,
Illinois (the "Place of Meeting"), or at such other place as may be
designated by the President or the Board of Directors, or by the written
consent of all stockholders entitled to vote thereat given either before or
after the meeting and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation.
Section 3.02. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders
shall be held on the date and time and at the place set by the board of
directors. Failure to hold the annual meeting shall not cause a forfeiture
or dissolution of the Corporation.
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Section 3.03. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders
may be called by the President, the Board of Directors, or the holder or
holders of not less than one-tenth of all the shares of stock entitled to
vote at the meeting.
Section 3.04. Notice of Meetings -- Waiver. Written notice stating the
place, day and hour of the meeting and in the case of a special meeting, the
purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not
less than ten (10), nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the
meeting, either personally, or by mail, or by other means of written
communication, charges prepaid, by or at the direction of the President, the
Secretary, or the Officer or persons calling the meeting, to each registered
holder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be
considered to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed
to the registered holder at the holder's address as it appears on the stock
transfer books of the Corporation, with postage prepaid. If a stockholder
gives no address, notice shall be deemed to have been given if sent by mail
or other written communication addressed to the Resident Agent of the
Corporation, or if published at least once in some newspaper of general
circulation in the county in which said office is located. Waiver by a
stockholder in writing of notice of a stockholders' meeting, shall be
equivalent to giving such notice. Attendance by a stockholder, without
objection to the notice, whether in person or by proxy, at a stockholders'
meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting.
Section 3.05. Quorum. A majority of the shares of stock entitled to
vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a
meeting of stockholders. The stockholders present at a duly organized
meeting may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the
withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
Section 3.06. Adjourned Meeting and Notice Thereof. Any stockholders'
meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be
adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the shares of stock,
the holders of which are either present in person or represented by proxy
thereat, but in the absence of a quorum no other business may be transacted
at any such meeting.
When any stockholders' meeting, either annual or special, is adjourned
for thirty (30) days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given
as in the case of an original meeting. Save as aforesaid, it shall not be
necessary to give any notice of the time and place of the adjourned meeting
or of the business to be transacted thereat, other than by announcement at
the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.
Section 3.07. Entry of Notice. An entry in the minutes of any meeting
of stockholders, whether annual or special, to the effect that notice has
been duly given, shall be
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conclusive and incontrovertible evidence that due notice of such meeting was
given to all stockholders as required by law and these Bylaws.
Section 3.08. Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, only
persons in whose names shares of stock entitled to vote stand on the stock
records of the Corporation on the day three (3) days prior to any meeting of
stockholders, or, if, a record date for voting purposes is fixed as provided
in Article 6, Section 6.01, of these Bylaws, then on such record date, shall
be entitled to vote at such meeting.
The vote of the stockholders shall mean the unanimous written action or
ratification of action of the stockholders or the vote of a majority of the
voting power of the stockholders present in person or by proxy at a telephone
or other meeting of the stockholders, having a quorum and called upon proper
notice or waiver of notice.
Section 3.09. Consent of Absentees. The transactions of any meeting of
stockholders, either annual or special and however called and noticed, shall
be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and
notice if a quorum be present either in person or by proxy and if, either
before or after the meeting, each of the stockholders entitled to vote, not
present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice, or a consent
to the holding of such meeting, or an approval of the minutes thereof, all
such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records
or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
Section 3.10. Action or Ratification of Action Without Meeting. Any
action which may be taken or ratified at a meeting of the stockholders, may
be taken or ratified without a meeting if authorized in writing by
stockholders holding the percentage of the voting power required by law for
taking such action by written consent and such writing is filed with the
Secretary of the Corporation.
Section 3.11. Proxies. Every person entitled to vote or execute
consents shall have the right to do so either in person or by an agent or
agents authorized by a written proxy executed by such person or the person's
duly authorized agent and reasonable evidence of which is filed with the
Secretary of the Corporation; provided that no such proxy shall be valid
after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of its execution
unless the person executing it specified therein the length of time for which
such proxy is to continue in force, which in no event shall exceed seven (7)
years from the date of its execution.
Section 3.12. Telephone meetings. Stockholders may participate in a
meeting of stockholders by means of a telephone conference or similar method
of communication by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear
each other. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this section constitutes
presence in person at the meeting.
Section 3.13. Definition of "Stockholder". As used in these Bylaws,
the term
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"stockholder", and any term of like import, shall include all persons
entitled to vote the shares of stock held by a stockholder, unless the
context in which such term is used indicates that a different meaning is
intended.
ARTICLE 4
The Board of Directors
Section 4.01. Number of Directors. The Board of Directors of the
Corporation shall consist of three (3) members. The members of the Board of
Directors need not be stockholders. The number of members of the Board of
Directors may be increased or decreased from time to time as provided in
Section 4.02 below.
Section 4.02. Increase or Decrease of Directors. The number of
Directors of the Corporation may be increased or decreased from time to time,
at a meeting of the stockholders, by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation; provided,
however, that the Board shall consist of not more than twenty-one (21)
members, and of less than three (3) members only if all of the issued and
outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation are owned beneficially and of
record by less than three (3) stockholders, in which case the number of
Directors may be less than three (3), but not less than the number of
beneficial and record owners of shares of stock. This Section of the Code of
Bylaws may be amended only by the affirmative vote at a meeting of the
stockholders, of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of
the Corporation.
Section 4.03. Election. Members of the initial Board of Directors
shall hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until
their successors shall have been elected and qualified. At the first annual
meeting of stockholders and at each annual meeting thereafter, the
stockholders shall elect Directors to hold office until the next succeeding
annual meeting. If any such annual meeting is not held, or the Directors are
not elected thereat, the Directors may be elected at any special meeting of
the stockholders held for that purpose. Each Director shall hold office for
the term for which the Director is elected or until the Director's successor
shall be elected and qualified.
Section 4.04. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of
Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
remaining Directors though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or
by a sole remaining Director. A Director elected to fill a vacancy shall be
elected for the unexpired term of the Director's predecessor in office.
A vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to
exist in case of the death, resignation or removal of any Directors, or if
the authorized number of Directors be increased, or if the stockholders fail
at any annual or special meeting of stockholders at which any Director or
Directors are elected to elect the full authorized number of Directors to be
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voted for at that meeting, or if a vacancy is declared by the Board of
Directors for any reason permitted by law.
The stockholders may elect a Director or Directors at any time to fill
any vacancy or vacancies not filled by the Directors. If the Board of
Directors accepts the resignation of a Director tendered to take effect at a
future time, the Board or the stockholders shall have power to elect a
successor to take office when the resignation is to become effective.
No reduction of the authorized number of Directors shall have the effect
of removing any Director prior to the expiration of the Director's term of
office.
Section 4.05. Place of Meetings. Immediately after the annual meeting
of the stockholders, at the same place as the meeting of the stockholders,
the Board of Directors shall meet each year for the purpose of organization,
election of Officers, and consideration of any other business that may
properly be brought before the meeting. No notice of any kind to either old
or new members of the Board of Directors for this annual meeting shall be
necessary unless the meeting is to be held at a place other than the Place of
Meeting provided in Section 3.01, in which case notice of the place of the
meeting shall be given as provided in Section 4.07.
Section 4.06. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held at such times and places within or without the State
of Nevada as may be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board
or by written consent of all members of the Board. No notice of any kind to
members of the Board for these regular meetings shall be necessary unless the
meeting is to be held at a place other than the Place of Meeting provided in
Section 3.01, in which case notice of the place of the meeting shall be given
as provided in Section 4.07.
Section 4.07. Other Meetings. Other meetings of the Board of Directors
for any purpose or purposes may be held at any time upon call by the
President or, if the President is absent or unable to or refuses to act, by
any Vice President or by any two (2) Directors. Such meetings may be held at
any place within or without the State of Nevada as may be designated from
time to time by resolution of the Board or by written consent of all members
of the Board.
Written notice of the time and place of other meetings shall be
delivered personally to each Director or sent to each Director by mail or
other form of written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to the
Director at the Director's address as it is shown upon the records of the
Corporation or, if it is not so shown on such records or is not readily
ascertainable, at the place in which the meetings of the Directors are
regularly held. In case such notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the
United States Mail at least one hundred twenty (120) hours prior to the time
of the holding of the meeting. In case such notice is
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personally delivered, it shall be so delivered at least twenty-four (24)
hours prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. Such mailing or
delivery as above provided shall constitute due, legal and personal notice to
such Director.
Section 4.08. Notice of Adjourned Meetings. Notice of the time and
place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given to absent Directors
if the time and place be fixed at the meeting adjourned.
Section 4.09. Entry of Notice. An entry in the minutes of any special
meeting of the Board of Directors to the effect that notice has been duly
given shall be conclusive and incontrovertible evidence that due notice of
such special meeting was given to all Directors as required by law and by
these Bylaws.
Section 4.10. Waiver of Notice. The transactions of any meeting of the
Board of Directors, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as
valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if
a quorum be present, and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the
Directors not present signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to
holding such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such
waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or
made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
Section 4.11. Quorum. A majority of the authorized number of Directors
shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business,
except to adjourn as hereinafter provided. Every act or decision done or
made by a majority of the Directors present at a meeting, duly held at which
a quorum is present, shall be regarded as the act of the Board of Directors
unless a greater number be required by law or by the Articles of
Incorporation.
Section 4.12. Adjournment. A quorum of the Directors may adjourn any
Directors' meeting to meet again at a stated day and hour; provided, however,
that in the absence of a quorum, a majority of the Directors present at any
Directors' meeting either regular or special, may adjourn from time to time
until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of the Board.
Section 4.13. Action Without Meeting. Any action which may be taken or
ratified at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken or ratified
without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors shall individually
or collectively consent, in writing, to such action. Such action by written
consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of such
Directors. Such written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes
of the proceedings of the Board.
Section 4.14. Telephone Meetings. Members of the board of directors or
of any committee designated by the board may participate in a meeting of the
board or committee by
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means of a telephone conference or similar method of communication by which
all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation
in a meeting pursuant to this section constitutes presence in person at the
meeting.
Section 4.15. Voting. The vote of the directors shall mean the unanimous
written action or ratification of action of the directors or the vote of a
majority of the voting power of the directors present in person or by proxy at a
telephone or other meeting of the directors, having a quorum and called upon
proper notice or waiver of notice.
Section 4.16. Fees and Compensation. Directors shall not receive any
stated salary for their services as Directors or as members of committees, but,
by resolution of the Board, a fixed fee, with or without expenses of attendance,
may be allowed to Directors for such services. Nothing herein contained shall
be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other
capacity as an Officer, agent, employee or otherwise, and receiving compensation
therefor.
Section 4.17. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The following
provisions are in addition to any other rights and remedies of a person for
advancement of expenses or indemnification by law or contract, or as determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction. A director or officer of the corporation,
or a director, officer, partner, manager, or trustee of another corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business venture serving
at the request of the corporation (in this section, "Person") may be eligible
for indemnification or advancement of expenses. Expenses subject to
indemnification or advancement include expenses incurred because the Person 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, whether or not by or in the right of the corporation, by reason
of the fact of the Person's duties to or on behalf of the corporation (in this
section, "Litigation"). The character of expenses subject to indemnification or
advancement include attorneys' fees, costs, judgments, fines, and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the Person in connection with
the Litigation (in this section, "Costs"), but exclude judgments in favor of the
corporation and amounts paid in settlement with the corporation and attorneys'
fees and costs incurred in connection with such judgments or settlements. The
corporation shall pay the Costs of Persons incurred in Litigation as they are
incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the Litigation, upon receipt
of an undertaking by or on behalf of the person to repay the amount if it is
ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the person is
not entitled to indemnification by the corporation. The corporation shall
indemnify the Costs of Persons incurred in Litigation, regardless of the conduct
of the Person, unless a final adjudication establishes that the Person's acts
or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of
the law and was material to the cause of action.
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Section 4.18. Powers of Directors. Subject to limitations of the Articles
of Incorporation, of these Bylaws, and of applicable law as to action to be
authorized or approved by the stockholders and subject to the duties of
Directors as prescribed by these Bylaws, all corporate powers shall be exercised
by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation
shall be controlled by, the Board of Directors. Without prejudice to such
general powers, but subject to the same limitations, it is hereby expressly
declared that the Directors shall have the following powers, to-wit:
First: To select and remove all Officers, agents and employees of the
Corporation, prescribe such powers and duties for them as may not be
inconsistent with law, with the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws, fix
their compensation, and require from them security for faithful service.
Second: To conduct, manage and control the affairs and business of the
Corporation and to make such rules and regulations therefor not inconsistent
with law, with the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, as they may deem
best.
Third: To change the Resident Agent or the Registered Office; to change
the Place of Meeting provided in Section 3.01; to fix and locate from time to
time one or more other offices of the Corporation, within or without the State
of Nevada as provided in Article 1, Section 1.03, hereof; to designate any place
within or without the State of Nevada for the holding of any stockholders'
meeting or meetings; and to adopt, make and use a corporate seal, and to
prescribe the forms of certificates of stock, and to alter the form of such seal
and of such certificates from time to time, as in their judgment they may deem
best, provided such seal and such certificates shall at all times comply with
the provisions of law.
Fourth: To borrow money and incur indebtedness for the purposes of the
Corporation, and to cause to be executed and delivered therefor, in the
corporate name, promissory notes, bonds, debentures, deeds of trust, mortgages,
pledges, hypothecations or other evidences of debt and securities therefor.
Fifth: To authorize the issue of shares of stock of the Corporation for
such consideration as the Board of Directors determines is adequate.
Sixth: To adopt and administer, or provide for the administration of,
employee stock purchase plans, employee stock option plans and any other plans
or arrangements whereby Directors, Officers, employees or agents of the
Corporation or any other entity may be entitled to acquire authorized but
unissued or treasury stock or other securities of the Corporation, upon such
terms and conditions as may from time to time be permitted by law.
Seventh: To appoint an Executive Committee and other committees, and to
delegate to such Executive Committee any of the powers and authority of the
Board in the management of
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the business and affairs of the Corporation, except the power to declare
distributions and to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws. The Board of Directors
shall have the power to prescribe the manner in which proceedings of the
Executive Committee and other committees shall be conducted. The committees
shall keep regular minutes of their meetings and report the same to the Board
when required. Any such Executive Committee shall be composed of two (2) or
more Directors.
Eighth: To lend money in furtherance of any of the purposes of the
Corporation; to invest the funds of the Corporation from time to time; and to
take and hold any property as security for the payment of funds so loaned or
invested.
Ninth: To lend money to employees, Officers and Directors, and to
otherwise assist employees, Officers and Directors. A loan to a member of
the Board of Directors shall be made only upon the approval of a majority of
the Board of Directors excluding the Director to whom the loan is to be made.
Tenth: To declare distributions upon the capital stock of the
Corporation in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject
to the limitation of the Articles of Incorporation and of applicable law.
Before payment of any distribution, there may be set aside out of the funds
of the Corporation available for distributions, such sum or sums as the
Directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing distributions,
or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such
other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the
Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the
manner in which it was created.
ARTICLE 5
The Officers
Section 5.01. Officers. The Officers of the Corporation shall be a
President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and each of them shall be appointed
by the Board of Directors. The Corporation may also have such other
executive officers, including one (1) or more Vice Presidents, one (1) or
more Assistant Secretaries and one (1) or more Assistant Treasurers, as may
be appointed by the Board of Directors, and such subordinate Officers as may
be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 of this
Article 5. Officers, other than the President, need not be Directors. One
person may hold two (2) or more offices, except those of President and
Secretary. However, if the Corporation only has one stockholder, then one
person may hold the offices of both President and Secretary.
Section 5.02. Election. The Officers of the Corporation, except such
Officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section
5.03 or Section 5.05 of this Article,
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shall be chosen annually by the Board of Directors, and each shall hold
office until the Officer shall resign or shall be removed or otherwise
disqualified to serve, or the Officer's successor shall be elected and
qualified to serve; provided that Officers may be appointed at any time by
the Board of Directors, or, as permitted by Section 5.03 of this Article, by
the President, for the purpose of initially filling an office or filling a
newly created or vacant office.
Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers. The Board of Directors may
appoint, and may empower the President to appoint, such other Officers as the
business of the Corporation may require, 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.
Section 5.04. Removal and Resignation. Any Officer may, subject to any
contractual arrangements between the Officer and the Corporation, be removed,
either with or without cause, by a majority of the Directors in office at the
time, at any regular or special meeting of the Board, or, except in 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.
Any Officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board
of Directors or to the President, or to the Secretary of the Corporation.
Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such
notice or at any later time specified therein, and, unless otherwise
specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary
to make it effective.
Section 5.05. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in
the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for regular appointments to such office.
Section 5.06. President. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any,
as may be given by the Board of Directors to an Officer senior to the
President, if there be such an Officer, the President shall be the chief
executive officer of the Corporation and shall, subject to the control of the
Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the
business and Officers of the Corporation. The President shall preside at all
meetings of the stockholders, and, in the absence of the Chairman of the
Board, or Officer senior to the President, or if there be none, at all
meetings of the Board of Directors. The President shall be ex officio a
member of all the standing committees, including the Executive Committee, if
any, and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually
vested in the office of president of a Corporation, and such other powers and
duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.
Section 5.07. Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the
President, the Vice Presidents, in order of their rank, as fixed by the Board
of Directors, or if not ranked, the
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Vice President designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform all the
duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and
be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents
shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be
prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or
these Bylaws.
Section 5.08. Secretary. The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept,
at the Registered Office or such other place as the Board of Directors may
order, a book of minutes of all meetings of Directors and stockholders, with
the time and place of holding, whether regular or special, and, if special,
how authorized, the notice thereof given, the names of those present at
Directors' meetings, the number of shares of stock present or represented at
stockholders' meetings, and the proceedings thereof.
The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, in any form permitted by
law, at the Registered Office or at the office of the Corporation's transfer
agent, a stock ledger, or a duplicate stock ledger, showing the names of the
stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares of stock
held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for shares of stock,
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 the
meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors required by these
Bylaws or by law to be given, and shall keep the seal of the Corporation in
safe custody, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the President or these Bylaws.
Section 5.09. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall keep and maintain, or
cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct accounts of the
properties and business transactions of the Corporation, including accounts
of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital,
surplus and shares of stock. Any surplus, including earned surplus, paid-in
surplus and surplus arising from a reduction of stated capital, shall be
classified according to source and shown in a separate account. The books of
account shall at all times be open to inspection by any Director.
The Treasurer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name
and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositories as may be
designated by the Board of Directors; shall disburse the funds of the
Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors; shall render to the
President and Directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of
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, the President or these Bylaws. If
required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation
a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be
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satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the
duties of the office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of
the Treasurer's death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all
books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the
possession or control of the Treasurer and belonging to the Corporation.
Section 5.10. Corporate Bank Accounts. Bank accounts in the name of
the Corporation may be opened without the approval of the Board of Directors
if opened with the consent of both the President and Treasurer of the
Corporation. The Treasurer shall inform the Board of Directors of any bank
account opened by the President and Treasurer of the Corporation pursuant to
the authority granted in this section at the next meeting of the Board of
Directors.
Section 5.11. Transfers of Authority. In case of the absence of any
Officer of the Corporation, or for any reason that the Board of Directors may
consider sufficient, the Board of Directors may transfer the powers or duties
of that Officer to any other Officer or to any Director or employee of the
Corporation, provided a majority of the full Board of Directors concurs.
Section 5.12. Resident Agent and Registered Office. The Resident Agent
and/or Registered Office of the Corporation may be changed by two Officers,
one of whom must be either the President or the Secretary of the Corporation,
without the approval of the Board of Directors. One of the Officers shall
inform the Board of Directors of any change pursuant to the authority granted
in this section at the next meeting of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 6
Miscellaneous
Section 6.01. Record Date and Closing Stock Books. The Board of
Directors may fix a time in the future, as a record date for the
determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any
meeting of stockholders, or entitled to receive any dividend or distribution,
or any allotment of rights, or to exercise rights in respect to any change,
conversion or exchange of shares of stock. The record date so fixed shall
not be more than fifty (50) days prior to the date of the meeting or event
for the purposes of which it is fixed. When a record date is so fixed, only
stockholders of record on that date shall be entitled to notice of and to
vote at the meeting, or to receive the dividend, distribution or allotment of
rights, or to exercise the rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any
transfer of any shares of stock on the books of the Corporation after the
record date. The Board of Directors may close the books of the Corporation
against transfers of shares of stock during the whole or any part of any such
fifty (50) day period.
Section 6.02. Inspection of Corporate Records. The stock ledger or
duplicate stock
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ledger, the books of account and minutes of proceedings of the stockholders
and the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, if any, shall be open
to inspection upon the written demand of any stockholder or holder of a
voting trust certificate, at any reasonable time, and for a purpose
reasonably related to the interests of the holder as a stockholder or as the
holder of a voting trust certificate, and shall be exhibited at any time when
required by the demand at any stockholders' meeting of ten percent (10%) of
the shares of stock represented at the meeting. Such inspection may be made
in person or by an agent or attorney, and shall include the right to make
extracts. Demand of inspection other than at a stockholders' meeting shall be
made in writing upon the President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary or
general manager, if any, of the Corporation.
Section 6.03. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts, bonds, bill of
exchange, or other orders for payment of money, notes, or other evidences of
indebtedness issued in the name or payable to the Corporation shall be signed
or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner as, from time to
time, shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 6.04. Contracts, Etc., How Executed. The Board of Directors,
except as in these Bylaws otherwise provided, may authorize any Officer or
Officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any
instrument or document in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and
such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless
otherwise specifically determined by the Board of Directors or otherwise
required by law, formal contracts, promissory notes and other evidences of
indebtedness, deeds of trust, mortgages and corporate instruments or
documents requiring the corporate seal, and certificates for shares of stock
owned by the Corporation shall be executed, signed or endorsed by the
President or any Vice President and by the Secretary (or any Assistant
Secretary) or the Treasurer (or any Assistant Treasurer). The Board of
Directors may, however, authorize any one (1) of such Officers to sign any of
such instruments for and on behalf of the Corporation, without necessity of
countersignature; may designate Officers or employees of the Corporation,
other than those named above, who may, in the name of the Corporation, sign
such instruments; and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any of
such persons. 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 to render it liable for any purpose or to any amount except as
specifically authorized in these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors in
accordance with these Bylaws.
Section 6.05. Certificates of Stock. A certificate or certificates for
shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be issued to each
stockholder when any such shares of stock are fully paid up. All such
certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or be authenticated by facsimiles of the
signatures of the President and Secretary or by a facsimile of the signature
of the President and the written signature of the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary. Before it becomes effective every certificate authenticated by a
facsimile of a signature must be counter signed by a
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transfer agent or transfer clerk and registered by an incorporated bank or
trust company, either domestic or foreign, as registrar of transfers, as
required or permitted by law.
In case any Officer or Officers who shall have signed, or whose
facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on, any such
certificate or certificates shall cease to be such Officer or Officers of the
Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such
certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the Corporation,
such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the
Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or person who
signed such certificate or certificates, or whose facsimile signature or
signatures shall have been used thereon, had not ceased to be the Officer or
Officers of such Corporation.
Section 6.06. Lost Certificates of Stock. The Board of Directors may direct
a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost,
destroyed, or stolen, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the
person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When
authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of
Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the
issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or
certificates, or the owner's legal representative, to advertise the same in
such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such
sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against
the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or
destroyed.
Section 6.07. Representation of Shares of Stock of Other Corporations.
The President or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary of this Corporation are authorized to vote, represent and exercise
on behalf of this Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of
stock of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this
Corporation. The authority herein granted to said Officers to vote or
represent on behalf of this Corporation any and all shares of stock held by
this Corporation in any other corporation or corporations may be exercised
either by such Officers in person or by any persons authorized so to do by
proxy or power of attorney duly executed by said Officers.
Section 6.08. Inspection of Bylaws. The Corporation shall keep at the
Registered Office the original or a copy of the Bylaws as amended or
otherwise altered to date, certified by the Secretary, which shall be open to
inspection by the stockholders at all reasonable times during office hours.
Section 6.09. Conflict. In the event of any conflict between any
provision in these Bylaws and in the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation,
the provision in the Articles shall control.
ARTICLE 7
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Amendments
Section 7.01. Power of Stockholders. New Bylaws may be adopted or these
Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the vote or written assent of stockholders
entitled to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation, except
as otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Incorporation.
Section 7.02. Power of Directors. Subject to the right of stockholders as
provided in Section 7.01 of this Article 7 to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws,
Bylaws may be adopted, amended, or repealed by the Board of Directors; provided,
however, that a Bylaw or amendment thereof changing the authorized number of
Directors may be adopted, amended or repealed only by the stockholders, except
that if a flexible number of Directors is authorized by the Articles of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, a Bylaw or amendment thereof fixing the exact
number of Directors within the limits specified in the Articles of Incorporation
or these Bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.
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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify:
1. That I am the duly elected Secretary of MRA Licensing Corp.
2. That the foregoing Bylaws, comprising eighteen (18) pages,
excluding this page, constitute the Bylaws of said Corporation as duly
adopted by Unanimous Consent of the Board of Directors thereof on the ____
day April, 1998.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal
of said Corporation this ____ day of April, 1998.
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Terrence J. Leahy, Secretary
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