Exhibit 3.160
BYLAWS
OF
TSECRP, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE. The board of directors shall fix
the location of the principal executive office of the corporation at any place
within or outside the State of California, and is hereby granted full power and
authority to change the principal executive office from one location to another.
If the principal executive office is located outside this state, and the
corporation has one or more business offices in this state, the board of
directors shall fix and designate a principal business office in the State of
California.
Section 2. OTHER OFFICES. The board of directors may at any time establish
branch or subordinate offices at any place or places.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at
any place within or outside the State of California designated by the board of
directors. In the absence of any such designation, shareholders' meeting shall
be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.
Section 2. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be
held on the third Thursday or such other date or such other time as may be
designated by the board of directors. However, if this day falls on a legal
holiday, then the meeting shall be held at the same time and place on the next
succeeding full business day. At such meeting, directors shall be elected, and
any other proper business may be transacted.
Section 3. SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the shareholders may be
called at any time by the board of directors, by the chairman of the board, by
the president, or by one or more shareholders entitled to cast not less than ten
percent (10%) of the votes at such meeting.
If a special meeting is called by any person or persons other than
the board of directors, the request shall be in writing,
specifying the time of such meeting and the general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by
registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmissions to the
chairman of the board, the president, any vice president, or the secretary of
the corporation. The officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be
promptly given to the shareholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 4 and 5 of this Article II, that a meeting will be held
at the time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting, not less
than thirty-five (35) nor more than sixty (60) days after the receipt of the
request. If the notice is not given within twenty (20) days after receipt of the
request, the person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice.
Nothing contained in this paragraph of this Section 3 shall be construed as
limiting, fixing or affecting the time when a meeting of shareholders called by
action of the board of directors may be held.
Section 4. NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS. All notices of meeting of
shareholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 5 of
this Article II not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting. The notice shall specify the place, date and hour of the
meeting and (i) in the case of a special meeting, the general nature of the
business to be transacted, and no other business may be transacted; or (ii) in
the case of the annual meeting, those matters which the board of directors, at
the time of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the
shareholders, but subject to the provisions of applicable law, any proper matter
may be presented at the meeting for such action. The notice of any meeting at
which directors are to be elected shall include the name of any nominee or
nominees whom, at the time of the notice, management intends to present for
election.
If action is proposed to be taken at any meeting for approval of (i)
a contract or transaction in which a director has a direct or indirect financial
interest, pursuant to Section 310 of the Corporations Code of California; (ii)
an amendment of the articles of incorporation, pursuant to Section 902 of that
Code; (iii) a reorganization of the corporation, pursuant to Section 1201 of
that Code; (iv) a voluntary dissolution of the corporation, pursuant to Section
1900 of that Code; or (v) a distribution in dissolution other than in accordance
with the rights of outstanding preferred shares, pursuant to Section 2007 of
that Code, the notice shall also state the general nature of that proposal.
Section 5. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE. Notice of any
meeting of shareholders shall be given either personally or by first-class mail
or telegraphic or other written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to the
shareholder at the address of that shareholder appearing on the books of the
corporation or given by the shareholder to the corporation for the purpose of
notice. If no such address appears on the corporation's books or is given,
notice shall be deemed to have been given if
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sent to that shareholder by first-class mail or telegraphic or other written
communication to the corporation's principal executive office, or if published
at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where that
office is located. Notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when
delivered personally or deposited in the mail or sent by telegram or other means
of written communication.
If any notice addressed to a shareholder at the address of that
shareholder appearing on the books of the corporation is returned to the
corporation by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the
United States Postal Service is unable to deliver the notice to the shareholder
at that address, all future notices or reports shall be deemed to have been duly
given without further mailing if these shall be available to the shareholder on
written demand of the shareholder at the principal executive office of the
corporation for a period of one year from the date of the giving of the notice.
An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of
any shareholders' meeting shall be executed by the secretary, assistant
secretary, or any transfer agent of the corporation giving the notice, and shall
be filed and maintained in the minute book of the corporation.
Section 6. QUORUM. The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a
majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The shareholders present at
a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do
business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough
shareholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than
adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to
constitute a quorum.
Section 7. ADJOURNED MEETING, NOTICE. Any shareholders' meeting, annual or
special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time
by the vote of the majority of the shares represented at that meeting, either in
person or by proxy, but in the absence of a quorum, no other business may be
transacted at that meeting, except as provided in Section 6 of this Article II.
When any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, is
adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned
meeting if the time and place are announced at a meeting at which the
adjournment is taken, unless a new record date for the adjourned meeting is
fixed or unless the adjournment is for more than forty-five (45) days from the
date set for the original meeting, in which case the board of directors shall
set a new record date. Notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given to
each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 4
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and 5 of this Article II. At any adjourned meeting the corporation may transact
any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
Section 8. VOTING. The shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of
shareholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11
of this Article II, subject to the provisions of Section 702 to 704, inclusive,
of the Corporations Code of California (relating to voting shares held by a
fiduciary, in the name of a corporation, or in joint ownership). The
shareholder's vote may be by voice vote or by ballot; provided, however, that
any election for directors must be by ballot if demanded by any shareholder
before the voting has begun. On any matter other than elections of directors,
any shareholder may vote part of the shares in favor of the proposal and refrain
from voting the remaining shares or vote them against the proposal, but, if the
shareholder fails to specify the number of shares which the shareholder is
voting affirmatively, it will be conclusively presumed that the shareholder's
approving vote is with respect to all shares that the shareholder is entitled to
vote. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares
represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on any matter (other than the
election of directors) shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of
a greater number or voting by classes is required by California General
Corporation Law or by the articles of incorporation.
At a shareholders' meeting at which directors are to be elected, no
shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes (i.e., cast for any one or more
candidates a number of votes greater than the number of the shareholder's
shares) unless the candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to
commencement of the voting and a shareholder has given notice prior to
commencement of the voting of the shareholder's intention to cumulate votes. If
any shareholder has given such a notice, then every shareholder entitled to vote
may cumulate votes for candidates in nomination and give one candidate a number
of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number
of votes to which that shareholder's shares are entitled, or distribute the
shareholder's votes in the same principle amount among any or all of the
candidates, as the shareholder thinks fit. The candidates receiving the highest
number of votes, up to the number of directors to be elected, shall be elected.
Section 9. WAIVER OF NOTICE OR CONSENT BY ABSENT SHAREHOLDERS. The
transactions of any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, however
called and noticed, and wherever held, 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 person
entitled to vote, who was not present in person or by proxy, signs a written
waiver of notice or a consent to a holding of the meeting, or an approval of the
minutes. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular
or special meeting of
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shareholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice, except as
provided in Section 601(f) of the California General Corporation Law. All such
waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made
a part of the minutes of the meeting.
Attendance by a person at a meeting shall also constitute a waiver
of notice of that meeting, except when the person objects, at the beginning of
the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not
lawfully called or convened, and except that attendance at a meeting is not a
waiver of any right to object to the consideration of matters not included in
the notice of the meeting if that objection is expressly made at the meeting.
Section 10. SHAREHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING. Any
action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may
be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing,
setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding
shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary
to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to
vote on that action were present and voted. In the case of election of
directors, such a consent shall be effective only if signed by the holders of
all outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors; provided,
however, that a director may be elected at any time to fill a vacancy on the
board of directors that has not been filled by the directors, by the written
consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote
for the election of directors. All such consents shall be filed with the
secretary of the corporation and shall be maintained in the corporate records.
Any shareholder giving a written consent, or the shareholder's proxy holders, or
a transferee of the shares or a personal representative of the shareholder of
their respective proxy holders, may revoke the consent by a writing received by
the secretary of the corporation before written consents of the number of shares
required to authorize the proposed action have been filed with the secretary.
If the consents of all shareholders entitled to vote have not been
solicited in writing, and if the unanimous written consent of all such
shareholders shall not have been received, the secretary shall give prompt
notice of the corporate action approved by the shareholders without a meeting.
This notice shall be given in the manner specified in Section 5 of this Article
II. In the case of approval of (i) contracts or transactions in which a director
has a direct or indirect financial interest, pursuant to Section 310 of the
Corporations Code of California; (ii) indemnification of agents of the
corporation, pursuant to Section 317 of that Code; (iii) a reorganization of the
corporation, pursuant to Section 1201 of that Code; and (iv) a distribution in
dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding preferred
shares, pursuant to Section 2007 of that Code, the notice shall be
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given at least ten (10) days before the consummation of any action authorized by
that approval.
Section 11. RECORD DATE FOR SHAREHOLDER NOTICE, VOTING, AND GIVING
CONSENTS. For purposes of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of any
meeting or to vote or entitled to give consent to corporate action without a
meeting, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall
not be more than sixty (60) days not less than ten (10) days before the date of
any such meeting nor more than sixty (60) days before any such action without a
meeting, and in this event only shareholders of record on the date so fixed are
entitled to notice and to vote or to give consents, as the case may be,
notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after
the record date, except as otherwise provided in the California General
Corporation Law.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date:
(a) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice
of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on
the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice
is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day
on which the meeting is held.
(b) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to give
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, (i) when no prior
action by the board has been taken, shall be the day on which the first written
consent is given; or (ii) when the prior action of the board has been taken,
shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts the
resolution relating to that action, or the sixtieth (60th) day before the date
of such other action, whichever is later.
Section 12. PROXIES. Every person entitled to vote for directors or on any
other matter shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more
agents authorized by a written proxy signed by the person and filed with the
secretary of the corporation. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the
shareholder's name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature,
typewriting, telegraphic transmission, or otherwise) by the shareholder or the
shareholder's attorney in fact. A validly executed proxy which does not state
that it is irrevocable shall continue in full force and effect unless (i)
revoked by the person executing it, before the vote pursuant to that proxy, by a
writing delivered to the corporation stating that the proxy is revoked, or by a
subsequent proxy executed by, or attendance at the meeting and voting in person
by, the person executing the proxy; or (ii) written notice of the death or
incapacity of the maker of that proxy is received by the corporation before the
vote pursuant to that proxy is counted; provided, however, that no proxy shall
be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of the proxy,
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unless otherwise provided in the proxy. The revocability of a proxy that states
on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of
Sections 702(e) and 705(f) of the Corporations Code of California.
Section 13. INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. Before any meeting of shareholders,
the board of directors may appoint any persons other than nominees for office to
act as inspectors of election at the meeting or its adjournment. If no
inspectors of election are so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, and on
the request of any shareholder or a shareholder's proxy shall, appoint
inspectors of election at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either
one (1) or three (3). If inspectors are appointed at a meeting on the request of
one or more shareholders or proxies, the holders of a majority of shares or
their proxies present at the meeting shall determine whether one (1) or three
(3) inspectors are to be appointed. If any person appointed as inspector fails
to appear or fails or refuses to act, the chairman of the meeting may, and upon
the request of any shareholder or a shareholder's proxy shall, appoint a person
to fill that vacancy.
These inspectors shall:
(a) Determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power
of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and
the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies;
(b) Receive votes, ballots, or consents;
(c) Hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way
arising in connection with the right to vote;
(d) Count and tabulate all votes or consents;
(e) Determine when the polls shall close;
(f) Determine the result; and
(g) Do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election or
vote with fairness to all shareholders.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. POWERS. Subject to the provisions of the California General
Corporation Law and any limitations in the articles of incorporation and these
bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the shareholders or by the
outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be
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managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of
the board of directors.
Without prejudice to these general powers, and subject to the same
limitations, the directors shall have the power to:
(a) Select and remove all officers, agents, and employees of the
corporation; prescribe any powers and duties for them that are consistent with
law, with the articles of incorporation, and with these bylaws; and fix their
compensation.
(b) Change the principal executive office or the principal business
office in the State of California from one location to another; cause the
corporation to be qualified to do business in any other state, territory,
dependency, or country and conduct business within or without the State of
California; and designate any place within or without the State of California
for the holding of any shareholders' meeting, or meetings, including annual
meetings.
(c) Adopt, make and use a corporate seal; prescribe the forms of
certificates of stocks; and alter the form of the seal and certificates.
(d) Authorize the issuance of shares of stock of the corporation on
any lawful terms, in consideration of money paid, labor done, services actually
rendered, debts or securities cancelled, or tangible or intangible property
actually received.
(e) Borrow money and incur indebtedness on behalf of the
corporation, and cause to be executed and delivered for the corporation's
purposes, in the corporate name, promissory notes, bonds, debentures, deeds of
trust, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations, and other evidences of debt and
securities.
Section 2. NUMBER AND QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS. The authorized number of
directors shall be four (4) until changed by a duly adopted amendment to the
articles of incorporation or by an amendment to this bylaw adopted by the vote
of written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled
to vote; provided, however, that an amendment reducing the number of directors
to a number less than five (5) cannot be adopted if the votes cast against its
adoption at a meeting, or the shares not consenting in the case of action by
written consent, are equal to more than sixteen and two-thirds percent (16-2/3%)
of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.
Section 3. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. The directors shall be elected at
each annual meeting of shareholders but 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 shareholders held for that purpose. Each director shall hold
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office until the next annual meeting and until a successor has been elected and
qualified.
Section 4. VACANCIES. Vacancies in the board of directors may be filled by
a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, or by a sole
remaining director, except that a vacancy created by the removal of a director
by the vote or written consent of the shareholders or by court order may be
filled only by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote represented
at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present, or by the written consent
of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Each
director so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the
shareholders and until a successor has been elected and qualified.
A vacancy or vacancies in the board of directors shall be deemed to
exist in the event of the death, resignation, or removal of any director, or if
the board of directors by resolution declares vacant the office of a director
who has been declared of unsound mind by an order of court or convicted of a
felony, or if the authorized number of directors is increased, or if the
shareholders fail, at any meeting of shareholders at which any director or
directors are elected, to elect the number of directors to be voted for at that
meeting.
The shareholders may elect a director or directors at any time to
fill any vacancy or vacancies not filled by the directors, but any such election
by written consent shall require the consent of a majority of the outstanding
shares entitled to vote.
Any director may resign effective on giving written notice to the
chairman of the board, the president, the secretary, or the board of directors,
unless the notice specifies a later time for that resignation to become
effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the
board of directors may elect a successor to take office when the resignation
becomes effective.
No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the
effect of removing any director before that director's term of office expires.
Section 5. PLACE OF MEETINGS AND MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE. Regular meetings
of the board of directors may be held at any place within or outside the State
of California that has been designated from time to time by resolution of the
board. In the absence of such a designation, regular meetings shall be held at
the principal executive office of the corporation. Special meetings of the board
shall be held at any place within or outside the State of California that has
been designated in the notice of the meeting or, if not stated in the notice or
there is not notice, at the principal executive office of the corporation. Any
meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone or similar
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communication equipment, so long as all directors participating in the meeting
can hear one another, and all such directors shall be deemed to be present in
person at the meeting.
Section 6. ANNUAL MEETING. Immediately following each annual meeting of
shareholders, the board of directors shall hold a regular meeting for the
purpose of organization, any desired election of officers, and the transactions
of other business. Notice of this meeting shall not be required.
Section 7. OTHER REGULAR MEETINGS. Other regular meetings of the board of
directors shall be held without call at such time as shall from time to time be
fixed by the board of directors. Such regular meetings may be held without
notice.
Section 8. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board of directors
for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairman of the
board or the president or any vice president or the secretary or any two
directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered
personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail or
telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that director's address
as it is shown on the records of the corporation. In case the notice is mailed,
it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before
the time of the holding of the meeting. In case the notice is delivered
personally, or by telephone or telegram, it shall be delivered personally or by
telephone or to the telegraph company at least forty-eight (48) hours before the
time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice given personally or by
telephone may be communicated either to the director or to a person at the
office of the director who the person giving the notice has reason to believe
will promptly communicate it to the director. The notice need not specify the
purpose of the meeting nor the place if the meeting is to be held at the
principal executive office of the corporation.
Section 9. QUORUM. A majority of the authorized number of directors shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as
provided in Section 11 of this Article III. 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, subject to
the provisions of Section 310 of the Corporations Code of California (as to
approval of contracts or transactions in which a director has a direct or
indirect material financial interest), Section 311 of that Code (as to
appointment of committees), Section 317(e) of that Code (as to indemnification
of directors). A meeting, at which a quorum is initially present may continue to
transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action
taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that
meeting.
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Section 10. WAIVER OF NOTICE. The transactions of any meeting of the board
of directors, however called and noticed or whenever held, shall be as valid as
though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is
present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not
present signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding the meeting or an
approval of the minutes. The waiver of notice or consent need not specify the
purpose of the meeting. All such waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed
with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Notice
of a meeting shall also be deemed given to any director who attends the meeting
without protesting before or at its commencement, the lack of notice to that
director.
Section 11. ADJOURNMENT. A majority of the directors present, whether or
not constituting a quorum, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place.
Section 12. NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT. Notice of the time and place of holding
an adjourned meeting need not be given, unless the meeting is adjourned for more
than twenty-four (24) hours which case notice of the time and place shall be
given before the time of the adjourned meeting, in the manner specified in
Section 8 of this Article III, to the directors who were not present at the time
of the adjournment.
Section 13. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be
taken by the board of directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members
of the board shall individually or collectively consent in writing to that
action. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a
unanimous vote of the board of directors. Such written consent or consents shall
be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board.
Section 14. FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. Directors and members of
committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services, and such
reimbursement of expenses, as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the
board of directors. This Section 14 shall not be construed to preclude any
director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer,
agent, employee, or otherwise, and receiving compensation for those services.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
Section 1. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors may, by
resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors,
designate one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, to
serve at the pleasure of the board. The
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board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee,
who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee. Any
committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board, shall have all
the authority of the board, except with respect to:
(a) The approval of any action which, under the General Corporation
Law of California, also requires shareholders' approval or approval of the
outstanding shares;
(b) The filling of vacancies on the board of directors or in any
committee;
(c) The fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the
board or on any committee;
(d) The amendment or repeal of bylaws or the adoption of new bylaws;
(e) The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the board of
directors which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable;
(f) A distribution to the shareholders of the corporation, except at
a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the board
of directors; or
(g) The appointment of any other committees of the board of
directors or the members of these committee.
Section 2. MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES. Meetings and action of
committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the
provisions of Article III of these bylaws, Sections 5 (place of meetings), 7
(regular meetings), 8 (special meetings and notice), 9 (quorum), 10 (waiver of
notice), 11 (adjournment), 12 (notice of adjournment), and 13 (action without
meeting) , with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to
substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors and its
members, except that the time of regular meetings of committees may be
determined either by resolution of the board of directors or by resolution of
the committee; special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution
of the board of directors; and notice of special meetings of committees shall
also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all
meetings of the committee. The board of directors may adopt rules for the
government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these
bylaws.
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ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation shall be a president,
a secretary, and a chief financial officer. The corporation may also have, at
the discretion of the board of directors, a chairman of the board, one of more
vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant
treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with
provisions of Section 3 of this Article V. Any number of officers may be held by
the same person.
Section 2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation, except
such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3
or Section 5 of this Article V, shall be chosen by the board of directors, and
each shall serve at the pleasure of the board, subject to the rights, if any, of
an officer under any contract employment.
Section 3. 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 the bylaws or as the
board of directors may from time to time determine.
Section 4. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. Subject to the rights, if
any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed,
either with or without cause, by the board of directors, 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
corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of
that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise
specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be
necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the
rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a
party.
Section 5. VACANCIES IN OFFICES. 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 that office.
Section 6. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The chairman of the board, if such an
officer be elected, if present, shall preside at meetings of the board of
directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from
time to time assigned to him by
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the board of directors or prescribed by the bylaws. If there is no president,
the chairman of the board shall in addition be the chief executive officer of
the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 7 of
this Article V.
Section 7. PRESIDENT. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may
be given by the board of directors to the chairman of the board, 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 the officers of
the corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in
the absence of the chairman of the board, or if there be none, at all meetings
of the board of directors. He shall have the general powers and duties of
management usually vested in the office of the president of a corporation, and
shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the board of
directors or the bylaws.
Section 8. VICE PRESIDENTS. In the absence or disability of the president,
the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the board of
directors, or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the board of
directors, shall perform all the duties of the 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 from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the
board of directors or the bylaws, and the president, or the chairman of the
board.
Section 9. SECRETARY. The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the
principal executive office or such other place as the board of directors may
direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors, committees
of directors, and shareholders, with the time and place of holding, whether
regular or special, and, if special, how authorized, the notice given, the names
of those present at directors' meetings or committee meetings, the number of
shares present or represented at shareholders' meetings, and the proceedings.
The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal
executive office or at the office of the corporation's transfer agent or
registrar, as determined by resolution of the board of directors, a share
register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all shareholders
and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number
and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all
meetings of the shareholders and of the board of directors required by the
bylaws or by law to be given, and he shall keep the seal of the corporation if
one be adopted, in safe custody, and
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shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed
by the board of directors or by the bylaws.
Section 10. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The chief financial officer shall
keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct
books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the
corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts,
disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings, and shares. The books
of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.
The chief financial officer shall deposit all moneys and other
valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such
depositories as may be designated by 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 his transactions as chief financial officer and
of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have other powers and
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the
bylaws.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS
The corporation may at its option, to the maximum extent permitted by the
California General Corporation Law, indemnify each of its agents against
expenses, judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the
fact that such person is or was an agent of the corporation. For the purposes of
this Section, an "agent" of the corporation includes a person who is or was a
Director, officer, employee or other agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a Director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation which
was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of any other enterprise at
the request of such predecessor corporation.
ARTICLE VII
RECORDS AND REPORTS
Section 1. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF REGISTER. The corporation shall
keep at its principal executive office, or at the office of its transfer agent
or registrar, if either be appointed and as determined by resolution of the
board of
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directors, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of all
shareholders and the number and class of shares held by each shareholder.
A shareholder or shareholders of the corporation holding at least
five percent (5%) in the aggregate of the outstanding voting shares of the
corporation may (i) inspect and copy the records of shareholders' names and
addresses and shareholdings during usual business hours on five days prior
written demand on the corporation; and (ii) obtain from the transfer agent of
the corporation, on written demand and on the tender of such transfer agent's
usual charges for such list, a list of the shareholders' names and addresses,
who are entitled to vote for the election of directors, and their shareholdings,
as of the most recent record date for which that list has been compiled or as of
a date specified by the shareholder after the date of demand. This list shall be
made available to any such shareholder by the transfer agent on or before the
later of five (5) days after the demand is received or the date specified in the
demand as the date as of which the list is to be compiled. The record of
shareholders shall also be open to inspection on the written demand of any
shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, at any time during usual
business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to the holder's interest as a
shareholder or as the holder of a voting trust certificate. Any inspection and
copying under this Section 1 may be made in person or by an agent or attorney of
the shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate making the demand.
Section 2. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF BYLAWS. The corporation shall
keep at its principal executive office, or if its principal executive office is
not in the State of California, at its principal business office in this state,
the original or a copy of the bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to
inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours. If
the principal executive office of the corporation is outside the State of
California and the corporation has no principal business office in this state,
the Secretary shall, upon the written request of any shareholder, furnish to
that shareholder a copy of the bylaws as amended to date.
Section 3. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF OTHER CORPORATE RECORDS. The
accounting books and records and minutes of proceedings of the shareholders and
the board of directors and any committee or committees of the board of directors
shall be kept at such place or places designated by the board of directors, or,
in the absence of such designation, at the principal executive office of the
corporation. The minutes shall be kept in written form and the accounting books
and records shall be kept either in written form or in any other form capable of
being converted into written form. The minutes and accounting books and records
shall be open to inspection upon the written demand of any shareholder or holder
of a voting trust certificate, at any reasonable time during usual business
hours, for a purpose reasonably related to the holder's
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interests as a shareholder or as the holder of a voting trust certificate. The
inspection may be made in person or by an agent or attorney, and shall include
the right to copy and make extracts. These rights of inspection shall extend to
the records of each subsidiary corporation of the corporation.
Section 4. INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS. Every director shall have the absolute
right at any reasonable time to inspect all books, records, and documents of
every kind and the physical properties of the corporation and each of its
subsidiary corporations. This inspection by a director may be made in person or
by an agent or attorney and the right of inspection includes the right to copy
and make extracts of documents.
Section 5. ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS. The annual report to
shareholders referred to in Section 1501 of the California General Corporation
Law is expressly dispensed with, but nothing herein shall be interpreted as
prohibiting the board of directors from issuing annual or other periodic reports
to the shareholders of the corporation as they consider appropriate.
Section 6. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. A copy of any annual financial statement
and any income statement of the corporation for each quarterly period of each
fiscal year, and any accompanying balance sheet of the corporation as of the end
of each such period, that has been prepared by the corporation shall be kept on
file in the principal executive office of the corporation for twelve (12) months
and each such statement shall be exhibited at all reasonable times to any
shareholder demanding an examination of any such statement or a copy shall be
mailed to any such shareholder.
If a shareholder or shareholders holding at least five percent (5%)
of the outstanding shares of any class of the stock of the corporation makes a
written request to the corporation for an income statement of the corporation
for the three-month, six- month or nine-month period of the then current fiscal
year ended more than thirty (30) days before the date of the request, and a
balance sheet of the corporation as of the end of that period, the chief
financial officer shall cause that statement to be prepared, if not already
prepared, and shall deliver personally or mail that statement or statements to
the person making the request within thirty (30) days after the receipt of the
request. If the corporation has not sent to the shareholders its annual report
for the last fiscal year, this report shall likewise be delivered or mailed to
the shareholder or shareholders within thirty (30) days after the request.
The corporation shall also, on the written request of any
shareholder, mail to the shareholder a copy of the last annual, semi-annual, or
quarterly income statement which it has prepared, and a balance sheet as of the
end of that period.
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The quarterly income statements and balance sheets referred to in
this section shall be accompanied by the report, if any, of any independent
accountants engaged by the corporation or the certificate of an authorized
officer of the corporation that the financial statements were prepared without
audit from the books and records of the corporation.
Section 7. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF GENERAL INFORMATION. The Corporation shall,
within the ninety days after filing its original articles, and every year
thereafter during the calendar month of original filing or within the five
calendar months preceding the month of original filing, file on the prescribed
form a statement setting forth the presently authorized number of directors of
the corporation, the names and complete business or residence addresses of all
the incumbent directors, the names and complete business or residence addresses
of the chief executive officer, secretary, and chief financial officer, the
street address of its principal executive office or principal business office in
this state, and the general type of business constituting the principal business
activity of the corporation, together with a designation of the agent of the
corporation for the purpose of service of process, all in compliance with
Section 1502 of the Corporations Code of California.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL CORPORATE MATTERS
Section 1. RECORD DATE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN NOTICE AND VOTING. For
purposes of determining the shareholders 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 other lawful action (other than action by
shareholders by written consent without a meeting), the board of directors may
fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days
before any such action, and in that case only shareholders of record on the date
so fixed are entitled 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 on the books of the corporation after the record date so
fixed, except as otherwise provided in the California General Corporation Law.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, the record
date for determining shareholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of
business on the day on which the board adopts the applicable resolution or the
sixtieth (60th) day before the date of that action, whichever is later.
Section 2. CHECKS, DRAFTS, EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS. All checks, drafts,
or other orders for payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness,
issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, shall be signed or endorsed
by such person or
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persons and in such manner as, from time to time, shall be determined by
resolution of the board of directors.
Section 3. CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS: HOW EXECUTED. The board of
directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any
officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any
instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and this authority
may be general or confined to specific instances; and, unless so authorized or
ratified by the board of directors or within the agency power of an officer, no
officer, agent, or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the
corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render
it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
Section 4. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES. A certificate or certificates for
shares of the capital stock of the corporation shall be issued to each
shareholder when any of these shares are fully paid, and the board of directors
may authorize the issuance of certificates or shares as partly paid provided
that these certificates shall state the amount of the consideration to be paid
for them and the amount paid. All certificates shall be signed in the name of
the corporation by the chairman of the board or vice chairman of the board or
the president or vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary,
certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by the
shareholder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile.
Section 5. LOST CERTIFICATES. Except as provided in this Section 5, no new
certificates for shares shall be issued to replace an old certificate unless the
latter is surrendered to the corporation and cancelled at the same time. The
board of directors may, in case any share certificate or certificate for any
other security is lost, stolen, or destroyed, authorize the issuance of a
replacement certificate on such terms and conditions as the board may require,
including provision for indemnification of the corporation secured by a bond or
other adequate security sufficient to protect the corporation against any claim
that may be made against it, including any expense or liability, on account of
the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of the certificate or the issuance of
the replacement certificate.
Section 6. REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS. The chairman of
the board, the president, or any vice president, or any other person authorized
by resolution of the board of directors or by any of the foregoing designated
officers, is authorized to vote on behalf of the corporation, foreign or
domestic, standing in the name of the corporation. The authority granted to
these officers to vote or represent on behalf of the corporation any and all
shares held by the corporation in any other corporation or corporations may be
exercised by any of these officers in person or by any person authorized to do
so by a proxy duly executed by these officers.
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Section 7. CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS. Unless the context requires
otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the
California General Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these
bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number
includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term
"person" included both a corporation and a natural person.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. AMENDMENT BY SHAREHOLDERS. New bylaws may be adopted or these
bylaws may be amended or repealed by the vote or written consent of holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote; provided, however, that if
the articles of incorporation of the corporation set forth the number of
authorized directors of the corporation, the authorized number of directors may
be changed only by an amendment of the articles of incorporation.
Section 2. AMENDMENT BY DIRECTORS. Subject to the rights of the
shareholders as provided in Section 1 of this Article IX, bylaws, other than a
bylaw or an amendment of a bylaw changing the authorized number of directors,
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 and acting secretary of TSECRP, Inc., a
California corporation; and
(2) That the foregoing Bylaws of said corporation were adopted by Action
of Incorporator of said corporation on January 2, 1990.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed seal of the
corporation this 29th day of January, 1990, at Los Angeles, California.
/s/ Denise Novoselski
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DENISE NOVOSELSKI
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