EXHIBIT 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
DYADIC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION
FORMERLY KNOWN AS CCP WORLDWIDE, INC.)
EFFECTIVE AS OF November 1, 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. OFFICES..........................................................1
Section 1.01 Registered Office...................................1
Section 1.02 Other Offices.......................................1
ARTICLE II. CORPORATE SEAL...................................................1
Section 2.01 Corporate Seal....................................1
ARTICLE III. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS...........................................1
Section 3.01 Place Of Meetings...................................1
Section 3.02 Annual Meetings.....................................1
Section 3.03 Special Meetings....................................4
Section 3.04 Notice Of Meetings..................................4
Section 3.05 Quorum..............................................5
Section 3.06 Adjournment and Notice Of Adjourned Meetings........5
Section 3.07 Voting Rights.......................................5
Section 3.08 Joint Owners Of Stock...............................5
Section 3.09 List Of Stockholders................................6
Section 3.10 Action Without Meeting..............................6
Section 3.11 Organization........................................6
Section 3.12 Supermajority Vote Requirement......................7
ARTICLE IV. DIRECTORS..........................................................7
Section 4.01 Number..............................................7
Section 4.02 Powers..............................................7
Section 4.03 Classes of Directors................................7
Section 4.04 Vacancies...........................................8
Section 4.05 Resignation.........................................9
Section 4.06 Removal.............................................9
Section 4.07 Meetings............................................9
Section 4.08 Quorum And Voting..................................10
Section 4.09 Action Without Meeting.............................10
Section 4.10 Fees and Compensation..............................10
Section 4.11 Committees.........................................10
Section 4.12 Organization.......................................12
ARTICLE V. OFFICERS........................................................12
Section 5.01 Officers Designated................................12
Section 5.02 Tenure And Duties Of Officers......................12
Section 5.03 Delegation Of Authority............................14
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Section 5.04 Resignations.......................................14
Section 5.05 Removal............................................14
ARTICLE VI. EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF
SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION...............................14
Section 6.01 Execution Of Corporate Instruments.................14
Section 6.02 Voting Of Securities Owned By The Corporation......15
ARTICLE VII. SHARES OF STOCK.................................................15
Section 7.01 Form And Execution Of Certificates.................15
Section 7.02 Lost Certificates..................................16
Section 7.03 Transfers..........................................16
Section 7.04 Fixing Record Dates................................16
Section 7.05 Registered Stockholders............................17
ARTICLE VIII. OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION.............................17
Section 8.01 Execution Of Other Securities......................17
ARTICLE IX. DIVIDENDS.......................................................17
Section 9.01 Declaration Of Dividends...........................17
Section 9.02 Dividend Reserve...................................18
ARTICLE X. FISCAL YEAR.....................................................18
Section 10.01 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation
shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors..........18
ARTICLE XI. INDEMNIFICATION.................................................18
Section 11.01 Indemnification Of Directors, Officers,
Employees And Other Agents......................................18
ARTICLE XII. NOTICES.........................................................21
Section 12.01 Notices...........................................21
ARTICLE XIII. AMENDMENTS.....................................................23
Section 13.01 Amendments........................................23
ARTICLE XIV. LOANS TO OFFICERS...............................................23
Section 14.01 Loans To Officers................................23
ARTICLE XV. EFFECTIVENESS OF AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS....................23
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BYLAWS
OF
DYADIC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
ARTICLE I.
OFFICES
Section 1.01 Registered Office. The registered office of the
corporation in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County
of New Castle.
Section 1.02 Other Offices. The corporation shall also have and
maintain an office or principal place of business at such place as may be fixed
by the Board of Directors, and may also have offices at such other places, both
within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time
to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II.
CORPORATE SEAL
Section 2.01 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall consist of a
die bearing the name of the corporation and the inscription, "Corporate Seal-
Delaware." Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE III
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS
Section 3.01 Place Of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the
corporation shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of
Delaware, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, or,
if not so designated, then at the office of the corporation required to be
maintained pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof.
Section 3.02 Annual Meetings.
(a) The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, for
the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully
come before it, shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated
from time to time by the Board of Directors. Nominations of persons for election
to the Board of Directors of the corporation shall be, and the proposal of
business to be considered by the stockholders may be, made at an annual meeting
of stockholders pursuant to the corporation's notice of meeting of stockholders
(i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors; or (ii) by any stockholder
of the corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of
notice provided for in the following paragraph, who is entitled to vote at the
meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section
3.02.
(b) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business
shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. For
nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by
a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 3.02(a) of these Bylaws, (i)
the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the
Secretary of the corporation, (ii) such other business must be a proper matter
for stockholder action under the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"),
(iii) if the stockholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such
proposal or nomination is made, has provided the corporation with a Solicitation
Notice (as defined in this Section 3.02(b)), such stockholder or beneficial
owner must, in the case of a proposal, have delivered a proxy statement and form
of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation's voting
shares required under applicable law to carry any such proposal, or, in the case
of a nomination or nominations, have delivered a proxy statement and form of
proxy to holders of a percentage of the corporation's voting shares reasonably
believed by such stockholder or beneficial owner to be sufficient to elect the
nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such stockholder, and must, in
either case, have included in such materials the Solicitation Notice, and (iv)
if no Solicitation Notice relating thereto has been timely provided pursuant to
this section, the stockholder or beneficial owner proposing such business or
nomination must not have solicited a number of proxies sufficient to have
required the delivery of such a Solicitation Notice under this Section 3.02. To
be timely, a stockholder's notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of
business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on
the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the
preceding year's annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the
date of the annual meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days prior to or
delayed by more than thirty (30) days after the anniversary of the preceding
year's annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so
delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth
(120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of
business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting
or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the
date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall the public announcement of
an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of
a stockholder's notice as described above. Such stockholder's notice shall set
forth: (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposed to nominate for
election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person
that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of
directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case
pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "1934 Act") and Rule 14a-11 thereunder (including such person's written
consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a
director if elected); (B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes
to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be
brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the
meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (C) as to
the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose
behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such
stockholder, as they appear on the corporation's books, and of such beneficial
owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are owned
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beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, and
(iii) whether either such stockholder or beneficial owner intends to deliver a
proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in the case of the proposal, at
least the percentage of the corporation's voting shares required under
applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or
nominations, a sufficient number of holders of the corporation's voting shares
to elect such nominee or nominees (an affirmative statement of such intent, a
"Solicitation Notice").
(c) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section
3.02(b) of these Bylaws to the contrary, in the event that the number of
directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the corporation is
increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for
director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the
corporation at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of
the preceding year's annual meeting, a stockholder's notice required by this
Section 3.02 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees
for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the
Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than
the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such
public announcement is first made by the corporation.
(d) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 3.02 shall be eligible to serve as
directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders
as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 3.02. Except as otherwise provided by law, the
Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a
nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made,
or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in
these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance
with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall
not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.02, in
order to include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy
statement and form of proxy prepared by the corporation for a stockholder's
meeting, stockholders must provide notice as required by the regulations
promulgated under the 1934 Act. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to
affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the
corporation's proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act or the
disclosure obligations of the corporation arising under Regulation 14A under the
1934 Act, including without limitation those arising under Item 7 of Schedule
14A.
(f) For purposes of this Section 3.02, "public announcement" shall
mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service,
Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly
filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.
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Section 3.03 Special Meetings.
(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may only
be called, for any purpose or purposes, by (i) the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, or (iii) the Board of Directors
pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized
directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized
directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board of
Directors for adoption).
(b) The Board of Directors shall determine the time and place of each
special meeting. Upon determination of the time and place of the meeting, the
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary shall
cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3.04 of these Bylaws. No business may be
transacted at a special meeting except for the business specified in the notice
of the meeting.
(c) In the event a special meeting of stockholders is called for the
purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, nominations
of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made (i) by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the
corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving notice provided
for in these Bylaws who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who
complies with the notice procedures set forth in the next sentence. Any such
stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election
to such position(s) as specified in the corporation's notice of meeting, by
giving the notice required by Section 3.02(b) of these Bylaws to the Secretary
at the principal executive offices of the corporation except that such notice
will be deemed to be timely received by the corporation only if it is received
by the Secretary not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day
following the earlier of (i) the day on which public announcement is first made
of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of
Directors to be elected at such meeting, or (ii) the mailing by the corporation
to stockholders of the notice for the meeting. In no event shall the public
announcement of an adjournment of a special meeting commence a new time period
for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described above.
Section 3.04 Notice Of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law
or the Certificate of Incorporation, written notice of each meeting of
stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days
before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such
meeting, such notice to specify the place, date and hour and purpose or purposes
of the meeting. Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of
stockholders may be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice
thereof, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any
stockholder by his attendance thereat in person or by proxy, except when the
stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the
beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting
is not lawfully called or convened. Any stockholder so waiving notice of such
meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as
if due notice thereof had been given.
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Section 3.05 Quorum. At all meetings of stockholders, except where
otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by
these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy duly authorized, of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum,
any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, either by the
chairman of the meeting or by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares
represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting.
The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum
is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding
the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as
otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws,
in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the
majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and
entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders.
Except as otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the
shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to
vote on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or classes
or series is required, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding
shares of such class or classes or series, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that
vote on that matter and, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the
majority (plurality, in the case of the election of directors) of the votes cast
by the holders of shares of such class or classes or series shall be the act of
such class or classes or series.
Section 3.06 Adjournment and Notice Of Adjourned Meetings. Any
meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time
to time either by the chairman of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of
the shares casting votes. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place,
notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof
are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned
meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been
transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty
(30) days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the
adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 3.07 Voting Rights. For the purpose of determining those
stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, except as
otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares stand on the stock
records of the corporation on the record date, as provided in Section 3.09 of
these Bylaws, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Every
person entitled to vote shall have the right to do so either in person or by an
agent or agents authorized by a proxy granted in accordance with Delaware law.
An agent so appointed need not be a stockholder. No proxy shall be voted after
three (3) years from its date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer
period.
Section 3.08 Joint Owners Of Stock. If shares or other securities
having voting power stand of record in the names of two (2) or more persons,
whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common,
tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, or if two (2) or more persons have the
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same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary is
given written notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the
instrument or order appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is
so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect:
(a) if only one (1) votes, his act binds all; (b) if more than one (1) votes,
the act of the majority so voting binds all; or (c) if more than one (1) votes,
but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the
securities in question proportionally, or may apply to the Delaware Court of
Chancery for relief as provided in the DGCL, Section 217(b). If the instrument
filed with the Secretary shows that any such tenancy is held in unequal
interests, a majority or even-split for the purpose of subsection (c) shall be a
majority or even-split in interest.
Section 3.09 List Of Stockholders. The Secretary shall prepare and
make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete
list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in
alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of
shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to
the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting,
during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to
the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held,
which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not
specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall be
produced and kept at the time and place of meeting during the whole time thereof
and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
Section 3.10 Action Without Meeting. No action shall be taken by the
stockholders except at an annual or special meeting of stockholders called in
accordance with these Bylaws, and no action shall be taken by the stockholders
by written consent.
Section 3.11 Organization.
(a) At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the President,
or, if the President is absent, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority
in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy,
shall act as chairman. The Secretary, or, in his absence, an Assistant Secretary
directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.
(b) The Board of Directors of the corporation shall be entitled to
make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it
shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and
regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall
have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures
and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary,
appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including,
without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting,
rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of
those present, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of
record of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and
such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the
meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the
time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the
opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted
on by ballot. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or
the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to
be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.
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Section 3.12 Supermajority Vote Requirement. Notwithstanding any
other provisions of these Bylaws or any provision of law which might otherwise
permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the
holders of any particular class or series of the voting stock of the corporation
required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the terms of any series of
Preferred Stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then outstanding
shares of the voting stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required
to approve any of the following actions if such action is not affirmatively
recommended by the Board of Directors:
(a) the merger or consolidation of the corporation with any other
corporation or entity;
(b) the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of the corporation;
(c) the conversion of the corporation into another type of
corporation or entity; or
(d) the amendment, repeal or amendment of any provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation (except that as to Articles VI, VII, VIII, IX and
XII of the Certificate of Incorporation, such affirmative stockholder vote shall
be required regardless of whether the Board of Directors does or does not
affirmatively recommend the action).
ARTICLE IV.
DIRECTORS
Section 4.01 Number. The authorized number of directors of the
corporation shall be fixed in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation.
Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of
Incorporation.
Section 4.02 Powers. The powers of the corporation shall be
exercised, its business conducted and its property controlled by the Board of
Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate
of Incorporation.
Section 4.03 Classes of Directors.
(a) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred
Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the Board of
Directors shall be divided into three classes designated as Class I, Class II
and Class III, respectively. Promptly following the effectiveness of this
Section 4.03, directors shall be assigned to each class in accordance with a
resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors. Each class shall
consist, as nearly as possible, of one-third (1/3) of the total number of
directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The term of office of the
Class I directors shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held
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in 2005, and, at that meeting, Class I directors shall be elected for a full
term of three years. At the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2006,
the term of office of the Class II directors shall expire, and Class II
directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At the annual meeting
of stockholders to be held in 2007, the term of office of the Class III
directors shall expire, and Class III directors shall be elected for a full term
of three years. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, directors
shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years to succeed the directors of
the class whose terms expire at such annual meeting. If the number of directors
is changed, an increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as
to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible,
and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting
from an increase in such class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of
directors remove or shorten the term of any incumbent director.
(b) In the event that the corporation is unable to have a classified
Board of Directors under applicable law, Section 4.03(a) of these Bylaws shall
not apply and all directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of
stockholders to hold office until the next annual meeting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, each
director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until
his death, resignation or removal.
(d) No stockholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes in the
election of directors.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or
more series of Preferred Stock issued by the corporation shall have the right,
voting separately by series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting
of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other
features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of the series of
Preferred Stock applicable thereto, and such directors so elected shall not be
divided into classes pursuant to this Section 4.03 unless expressly provided by
such terms.
Section 4.04 Vacancies.
(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation,
any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation,
disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships
resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall, unless the Board
of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created
directorships shall be filled by stockholders, except as otherwise provided by
law, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then
in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, and not by
the stockholders. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence
shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which
the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director's successor shall
have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be
deemed to exist under this Section 4.04 in the case of the death, removal or
resignation of any director.
(b) If at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created
directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority
of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the
Delaware Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or
stockholders holding at least ten percent (10%) of the total number of the
shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors,
summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly
created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then
in offices as aforesaid, which election shall be governed by Section 211 of the
DGCL.
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Section 4.05 Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by
delivering his written resignation to the Secretary, such resignation to specify
whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary
or at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made,
it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one
or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a
future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who
have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote
thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become
effective, and each Director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired
portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be vacated and until his
successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
Section 4.06 Removal. Directors may only be removed for cause, as
provided in Section 141(k)(1) of the DGCL.
Section 4.07 Meetings.
(a) Regular Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate
of Incorporation, regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any
time or date and at any place within or without the State of Delaware which has
been designated by the Board of Directors and publicized among all directors. No
formal notice shall be required for regular meetings of the Board of Directors.
(b) Special Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate
of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any
time and place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the
Chairman of the Board, the President or any two of the directors.
(c) Telephone Meetings. Any member of the Board of Directors, or of
any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference
telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting
by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
(d) Notice of Meetings. Notice of the time and place of all special
meetings of the Board of Directors shall be orally or in writing, by telephone,
including a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to
record and communicate messages, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic
mail or other electronic means, during normal business hours, at least
twenty-four (24) hours before the date and time of the meeting, or sent in
writing to each director by first class mail, charges prepaid, at least three
(3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived in
writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any
director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends the meeting for
the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened.
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(e) Waiver of Notice. The transaction of all business at any meeting
of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or 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 shall sign a written waiver of
notice. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a
part of the minutes of the meeting.
Section 4.08 Quorum And Voting.
(a) Unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires a greater number
and except with respect to indemnification questions arising under Section 11.01
hereof, for which a quorum shall be one-third of the total number of directors
fixed from time to time in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation, a
quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the total number
of directors fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance
with the Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however, at any meeting whether
a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may
adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of
the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the
meeting.
(b) At each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is
present, all questions and business shall be determined by the affirmative vote
of a majority of the directors present, unless a different vote be required by
law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
Section 4.09 Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by
the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any
committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of
Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and such
writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of
Directors or committee.
Section 4.10 Fees and Compensation. Directors shall be entitled to
such compensation for their services as may be approved by the Board of
Directors, including, if so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a
fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or
special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of
the Board of Directors. 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 4.11 Committees.
(a) Executive Committee. The Board of Directors may appoint an
Executive Committee to consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of
Directors. The Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided
in the resolution of the Board of Directors shall have and may exercise all the
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powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business
and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to
be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have
the power or authority in reference to (i) approving or adopting, or
recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the
DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopting, amending or
repealing any bylaw of the corporation.
(b) Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, from time to time,
appoint such other committees as may be permitted by law. Such other committees
appointed by the Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) or more members of
the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may
be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees, but in
no event shall any such committee have the powers denied to the Executive
Committee in these Bylaws.
(c) Term. Each member of a committee of the Board of Directors shall
serve a term on the committee coexistent with such member's term on the Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors, subject to any requirements of any
outstanding series of Preferred Stock and the provisions of subsections (a) or
(b) of this Bylaw, may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of
a committee or terminate the existence of a committee. The membership of a
committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or voluntary
resignation from the committee or from the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member
and the Board of Directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death,
resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. The
Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of
any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting
of the committee, and, in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any
member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and
not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
(d) Meetings. Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide,
regular meetings of the Executive Committee or any other committee appointed
pursuant to this Section 4.11 shall be held at such times and places as are
determined by the Board of Directors, or by any such committee, and when notice
thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of
such regular meetings need be given thereafter. Special meetings of any such
committee may be held at any place which has been determined from time to time
by such committee, and may be called by any director who is a member of such
committee, upon written notice to the members of such committee of the time and
place of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of
written notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of
special meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of any special meeting of any
committee may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and
will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director
attends such special meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the
beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting
is not lawfully called or convened. A majority of the authorized number of
members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at which a
quorum is present shall be the act of such committee.
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Section 4.12 Organization. At every meeting of the directors, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or
is absent, the President (if a director), or if the President is absent, the
most senior Vice President (if a director), or, in the absence of any such
person, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present,
shall preside over the meeting. The Secretary, or in his absence, any Assistant
Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the
meeting.
ARTICLE V.
OFFICERS
Section 5.01 Officers Designated. The officers of the corporation
shall include, if and when designated by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of
the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, one or more
Vice Presidents, the Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer and
the Controller, all of whom shall be elected at the annual organizational
meeting of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also appoint one
or more Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and
such other officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall deem
necessary. The Board of Directors may assign such additional titles to one or
more of the officers as it shall deem appropriate. Any one person may hold any
number of offices of the corporation at any one time unless specifically
prohibited therefrom by law. The salaries and other compensation of the officers
of the corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner designated by the Board of
Directors.
Section 5.02 Tenure And Duties Of Officers.
(a) General. All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the
Board of Directors and until their successors shall have been duly elected and
qualified, unless sooner removed. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board
of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. If the office
of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the
Board of Directors.
(b) Duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the
Board of Directors, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors
shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also
perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board of Directors
shall designate from time to time. If there is no Chief Executive Officer or
President, then the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also serve as the
Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties
prescribed in paragraph (c) of this Section 5.02.
(c) Duties of Chief Executive Officer. If the corporation has a Chief
Executive Officer, the Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive
officer of the corporation and shall have all of the authority, powers and
duties provided for or reserved to the President in paragraph (d) of this
Section 5.02 in lieu of the President, and the President shall be the Chief
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Operating Officer of the corporation charged with the duty and power to manage
the operations of the business of the corporation but subject to the overall
direction of the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors. In the
absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, or in the event of his
inability or refusal to act, the President shall perform the duties and have the
authority and exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer. (d) Duties of
President. The President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and
at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Chairman of the Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer has been appointed and is present.
Unless some other person has been elected Chief Executive Officer of the
corporation, 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 perform other duties commonly incident to his
office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as
the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.
(e) Duties of Chief Operating Officer. Unless the Board of Directors
appoints a Chief Operating Officer that is separate from the President, the
President shall be the Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation charged with
the duty and power to manage the operations of the business of the Corporation
but subject to the overall direction of the Chief Executive Officer and the
Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors appoints a Chief Operating Officer
that is separate from the President, the Board of Directors shall determine the
relative duties and powers of the President and the Chief Operating Officer, and
each will be subject to the overall direction of the Chief Executive Officer and
the Board of Directors.
(f) Duties of Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents may assume and
perform the duties of the President in the absence or disability of the
President or whenever the office of President is vacant. The Vice Presidents
shall perform other duties commonly incident to their office and shall also
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors
or the Chief Executive Officer, or, in his absence or disability, the President,
shall designate from time to time.
(g) Duties of Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of
the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall record all acts and
proceedings thereof in the minute book of the corporation. The Secretary shall
give notice in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders
and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof
requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform all other duties given him in
these Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also
perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board of Directors
shall designate from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer or, in his
absence or disability, the President may direct any Assistant Secretary to
assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of
the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform other duties commonly
incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such
other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, or, in
his absence or disability, the President, shall designate from time to time.
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(h) Duties of Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer
shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the corporation in a
thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs
of the corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, or, in his absence or disability, the
President. The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of the Board of
Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the
corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform other duties commonly
incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such
other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, or, in
his absence or disability, the President, shall designate from time to time. The
Chief Executive Officer, or, in his absence or disability, the President, may
direct the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the Controller or any
Assistant Controller to assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial
Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each
Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and each Controller and Assistant Controller
shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors
or the Chief Executive Officer, or, in his absence or disability, the President,
shall designate from time to time.
Section 5.03 Delegation Of Authority. The Board of Directors may from
time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer
or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.
Section 5.04 Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by
giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the President or to the
Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person
or persons to whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified
therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at such later
time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any such
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall
be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any
contract with the resigning officer.
Section 5.05 Removal. Any officer may be removed from office at any
time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
directors in office at the time, or by the unanimous written consent of the
directors in office at the time, or by any committee or superior officers upon
whom such power of removal may have been conferred by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI.
EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF SECURITIES
OWNED BY THE CORPORATION
Section 6.01 Execution Of Corporate Instruments.
(a) The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, determine the
method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or
persons, to execute on behalf of the corporation any corporate instrument or
document, or to sign on behalf of the corporation the corporate name without
limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the corporation, except
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where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and such execution or signature
shall be binding upon the corporation.
(b) All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on
funds to the credit of the corporation or in special accounts of the corporation
shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors shall
authorize so to do.
(c) Unless 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 6.02 Voting Of Securities Owned By The Corporation. All stock
and other securities of other corporations owned or held by the corporation for
itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies
with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by
resolution of the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization,
by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, or any Vice President.
ARTICLE VII.
SHARES OF STOCK
Section 7.01 Form And Execution Of Certificates. Certificates for the
shares of stock of the corporation shall be in such form as is consistent with
the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in
the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name
of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President
or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him
in the corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be
facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or
whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased
to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is
issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he were such officer,
transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Each certificate shall state
upon the face or back thereof, in full or in summary, all of the powers,
designations, preferences, and rights, and the limitations or restrictions of
the shares authorized to be issued or shall, except as otherwise required by
law, set forth on the face or back a statement that the corporation will furnish
without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of
each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after
the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to
the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information
required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this section or
otherwise required by law or with respect to this section a statement that the
corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the
powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other
special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as
otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders
of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be
identical.
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Section 7.02 Lost Certificates. A new certificate or certificates
shall be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued
by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the
making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of
stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. The corporation may require, as a
condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the
owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his
legal representative, to agree to indemnify the corporation in such manner as it
shall require or to give the corporation a surety bond in such form and amount
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, stolen,
or destroyed.
Section 7.03 Transfers.
(a) Transfers of record of shares of stock of the corporation shall
be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney
duly authorized, and upon the surrender of a properly endorsed certificate or
certificates for a like number of shares.
(b) The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any
agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of
the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation
of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not
prohibited by the DGCL.
Section 7.04 Fixing Record Dates.
(a) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any
adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date,
which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing
the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date
shall, subject to applicable law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten
(10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the
Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of
business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if
notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on
which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment
of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new
record date for the adjourned meeting.
(b) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders
entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment
of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of
any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other
lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which
record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the
record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60)
days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for
determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business
on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating
thereto.
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Section 7.05 Registered Stockholders. The corporation shall be
entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as
the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of
Delaware.
ARTICLE VIII.
OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION
Section 8.01 Execution Of Other Securities. All bonds, debentures and
other corporate securities of the corporation, other than stock certificates
(covered in Section 7.01), may be signed by the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the President or any Vice President, or such other person as may be
authorized by the Board of Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon
or a facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer or
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer; provided, however, that where any such
bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual
signature, or where permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under an
indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate security
shall be issued, the signatures of the persons signing and attesting the
corporate seal on such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the
imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons
appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security,
authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer of the corporation or such other person as may be authorized
by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of
such person. In case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond,
debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear
thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer
before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested
shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security
nevertheless may be adopted by the corporation and issued and delivered as
though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have
been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the corporation.
ARTICLE IX.
DIVIDENDS
Section 9.01 Declaration Of Dividends. Dividends upon the capital
stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation and applicable law, if any, may be declared by the Board of
Directors pursuant to law at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be
paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.
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Section 9.02 Dividend Reserve. Before payment of any dividend, there
may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends
such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in their absolute
discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for
equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the
corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think
conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the Board of Directors may
modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
ARTICLE X.
FISCAL YEAR
Section 10.01 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall
be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XI.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 11.01 Indemnification Of Directors, Officers, Employees And
Other Agents.
(a) Directors And Officers. The corporation shall indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or any
other applicable law; provided, however, that the corporation may modify the
extent of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and
officers; and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to
indemnify any director or officer in connection with any proceeding (or part
thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly
required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of
Directors of the corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the
corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the
corporation under the DGCL or any other applicable law or (iv) such
indemnification is required to be made under subsection (d).
(b) Employees and Other Agents. The corporation shall have power to
indemnify its employees and other agents as set forth in the DGCL or any other
applicable law. The Board of Directors shall have the power to delegate the
determination of whether indemnification shall be given to any such person to
such officers or other persons as the Board of Directors shall determine, to the
extent not prohibited by the DGCL.
(c) Expenses. The corporation shall advance to any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer, of
the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director or executive officer of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the
proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any
director or officer in connection with such proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay said amounts if it should be
determined ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under
this Section 11.01 or otherwise.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant
to paragraph (e) of this Section 11.01, no advance shall be made by the
corporation to an officer of the corporation (except by reason of the fact that
such officer is or was a director of the corporation in which event this
paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and
promptly made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum
consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, or (ii) if such
quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested
directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that
the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is
made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or
in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation.
(d) Enforcement. Without the necessity of entering into an express
contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and officers
under this Bylaw shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to
the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the corporation and
the director or officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by
this Section 11.01 to a director or officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf
of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i)
the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or
(ii) no disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90) days of request
therefor. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in
part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting his claim. In
connection with any claim for indemnification, the corporation shall be entitled
to raise as a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the
standards of conduct that make it permissible under the DGCL or any other
applicable law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount
claimed. In connection with any claim by an officer of the corporation (except
in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a
director of the corporation) for advances, the corporation shall be entitled to
raise a defense as to any such action clear and convincing evidence that such
person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding that such person acted without reasonable
cause to believe that his conduct was lawful. Neither the failure of the
corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its
stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances
because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL or
any other applicable law, nor an actual determination by the corporation
(including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its
stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct,
shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not
met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by a director or
officer to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses
hereunder, the burden of proving that the director or officer is not entitled to
be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Section 11.01 or
otherwise shall be on the corporation.
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(e) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by
this Bylaw shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have
or hereafter acquire under any applicable statute, provision of the Certificate
of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding office. The corporation is specifically
authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors,
officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the
fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law, or by any
other applicable law.
(f) Survival of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this
Bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or other agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors
and administrators of such a person.
(g) Insurance. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL or any
other applicable law, the corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors,
may purchase insurance on behalf of any person required or permitted to be
indemnified pursuant to this Section 11.01.
(h) Amendments. Any repeal or modification of this Section 11.01
shall only be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this Bylaw in
effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act
that is the cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation.
(i) Saving Clause. If this Bylaw or any portion hereof shall be
invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the
corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and officer to the full
extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Section 11.01 that shall
not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law. If this Section 11.01
shall be invalid due to the application of the indemnification provisions of
another jurisdiction, then the corporation shall indemnify each director and
officer to the full extent under any other applicable law.
(j) Certain Definitions. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the
following definitions shall apply:
(i) The term "proceeding" shall be broadly construed and
shall include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation,
prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the
giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative.
(ii) The term "expenses" shall be broadly construed and
shall include, without limitation, court costs, attorneys' fees,
witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any
other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection
with any proceeding.
(iii) The term "corporation" shall include, in addition to
the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any
constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger
which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power
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and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or
agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position
under the provisions of this Section 11.01 with respect to the
resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to
such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(iv) References to a "director," "executive officer,"
"officer," "employee," or "agent" of the corporation shall include,
without limitation, situations where such person is serving at the
request of the corporation as, respectively, a director, executive
officer, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
(v) References to "other enterprises" shall include
employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any
excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit
plan; and references to "serving at the request of the corporation"
shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent
of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by,
such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an
employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a
person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an
employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in
this Section 11.01.
ARTICLE XII.
NOTICES
Section 12.01 Notices.
(a) Notice To Stockholders. Whenever, under any provisions of these
Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, it shall be given in
writing, timely and duly deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid,
and addressed to his last known post office address as shown by the stock record
of the corporation or its transfer agent.
(b) Notice To Directors. Any notice required to be given to any
director may be given by the method stated in subsection (a), or by overnight
delivery service, facsimile, telex or telegram, except that such notice other
than one which is delivered personally shall be sent to such address as such
director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary, or, in the absence of
such filing, to the last known post office address of such director.
(c) Affidavit Of Mailing. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly
authorized and competent employee of the corporation or its transfer agent
appointed with respect to the class of stock affected, specifying the name and
address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or
director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and
the time and method of giving the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima
facie evidence of the facts therein contained.
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(d) Time Notices Deemed Given. All notices given by mail or by
overnight delivery service, as above provided, shall be deemed to have been
given as at the time of mailing, and all notices given by facsimile, telex or
telegram shall be deemed to have been given as of the sending time recorded at
time of transmission.
(e) Methods of Notice. It shall not be necessary that the same method
of giving notice be employed in respect of all directors, but one permissible
method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible
method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others.
(f) Failure To Receive Notice. The period or limitation of time
within which any stockholder may exercise any option or right, or enjoy any
privilege or benefit, or be required to act, or within which any director may
exercise any power or right, or enjoy any privilege, pursuant to any notice sent
him in the manner above provided, shall not be affected or extended in any
manner by the failure of such stockholder or such director to receive such
notice.
(g) Notice To Person With Whom Communication Is Unlawful. Whenever
notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or of the Certificate
of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any person with whom
communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be
required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or
agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or
meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom
communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice
had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is
such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the DGCL,
the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that
notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons
with whom communication is unlawful.
(h) Notice To Person With Undeliverable Address. Whenever notice is
required to be given, under any provision of law or the Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any stockholder to whom (i)
notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the
taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such person during the
period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least
two, payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on
securities during a twelve-month period, have been mailed addressed to such
person at his address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been
returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be
required. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to
such person shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly
given. If any such person shall deliver to the corporation a written notice
setting forth his then current address, the requirement that notice be given to
such person shall be reinstated. In the event that the action taken by the
corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any
provision of the DGCL, the certificate need not state that notice was not given
to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to this
paragraph.
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ARTICLE XIII.
AMENDMENTS
Section 13.01 Amendments. Subject to paragraph (h) of Section 11.01
of the Bylaws, the Bylaws may be repealed, altered or amended or new Bylaws
adopted by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent
(66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of the
voting stock of the corporation entitled to vote. The Board of Directors shall
also have the power to adopt, amend, or repeal Bylaws.
ARTICLE XIV.
LOANS TO OFFICERS
Section 14.01 Loans To Officers. The corporation may lend money to,
or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other
employee of the corporation or of its subsidiaries, including any officer or
employee who is a Director of the corporation or its subsidiaries, whenever, in
the judgment of the Board of Directors, such loan, guarantee or assistance may
reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guarantee or other
assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in
such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without
limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in these
Bylaws shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or
warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute.
ARTICLE XV.
EFFECTIVENESS OF AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
These Amended and Restated Bylaws shall be effective as of the
effectiveness of the filing of the corporation's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation dated as of October 29, 2004, which shall be filed
with the Delaware Secretary of State following the effective time of the merger
of the corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, CCP Acquisition Corp., a Florida
corporation, with and into Dyadic International, Inc., a Florida corporation.
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