Exhibit 3.17
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
EVERGREEN HELICOPTERS OF ALASKA, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
The principal office of the corporation in the state of Alaska shall
be located in the city of Anchorage. The corporation may have such other
offices, either within or without the state of Alaska, as the board of directors
may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to
time.
The registered office of the corporation required by the Alaska
Corporations Code to be maintained in the state of Alaska may be, but need not
be, identical with the principal office in the state of Alaska, and the address
of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the board of
directors.
ARTICLE II
SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders
shall be held on the first Monday in April in each year, at the hour of 2:00
p.m., for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before the meeting. If the annual meeting shall not
be held at said time, the president or the board of directors shall call the
annual meeting at a time fixed by them by proper notice designating the meeting
as the annual meeting.
Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for
any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called
by the president or by the board of directors, and shall be called by the
president at the request of the holders of not less than one fifth of all the
outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 3. Place of Meeting. The principal office of the corporation
in the state of Alaska shall be the place of meeting for all annual and special
meetings of the shareholders. A waiver of notice signed by all shareholders
entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any other place, either within or
without the state of Alaska, as the place for the holding of such meeting.
Section 4. Notice of Meeting. Written or printed notice stating the
place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the
purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less
than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, either
personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, or the
secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of
record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed
to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the
shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the
corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.
Section 5. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the
corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. If less than a majority of the
outstanding shares is
represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn
the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting
at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be
transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally
noticed.
Section 6. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may
vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized
attorney in fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the
corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after
eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the
proxy.
Section 7. Voting of Shares. Each outstanding share of the
corporation's common stock shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter
submitted to a vote at a meeting of the shareholders.
Section 8. Informal Action by Shareholders. Any action required to be
taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken
at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in
writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all the
shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation
shall be managed by its board of directors.
Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors
of the corporation shall be no less than three and no more than nine. Each
director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and
until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Directors need not be
residents of the state of Alaska or shareholders of the corporation.
Section 3. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the board of
directors shall be held without other notice than this bylaw immediately after,
and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The board of
directors may provide by resolution the time and place, either within or without
the state of Alaska, for the holding of additional regular meetings without
other notice than such resolution.
Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of
directors may be called by or at the request of the president or any two
directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the
board of directors may fix any place, either within or without the state of
Alaska, as the place for holding any special meeting of the board of directors
called by them.
Section 5. Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given at
least twenty-four hours previously thereto by written notice delivered
personally or mailed to each director at his business address, or by telegram.
If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the
United States mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be
given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram
is delivered to the telegraph company. Any director may waive notice of any
meeting. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a
meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to
be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the
board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such
meeting.
Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors fixed by
Section 2 of this Article III shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at any meeting of the board of directors, but, if less than such
majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may
adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
Section 7. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board
of directors.
Section 8. Action without a Meeting. Action which may be taken at a
meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in
writing setting forth the action taken is signed by all of the directors
entitled to vote.
Section 9. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors
may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors
though less than a quorum of the board of directors. A director elected to fill
a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office.
Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of
directors or by reason of the removal
of one or more directors shall be filled by election at an annual meeting or at
a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose.
Section 10. Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who
is present at a meeting of the board of directors at which action on any
corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action
taken, unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting, or
unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting
as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof, or shall forward
such dissent by registered mail to the secretary of the corporation immediately
after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a
director who voted in favor of such action.
Section 11. Removal of Directors. All or any number of the directors
may be removed with or without cause at a meeting expressly called for that
purpose by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to
vote at an election of directors.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. Number. The officers of the corporation shall be chairman
of the board, a president, one or more vice-presidents (the number thereof to be
determined by the board of directors), a secretary and a treasurer, each of whom
shall be elected by the board of directors. Such other officers and assistant
officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the board of
directors. Any two or
more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and
secretary.
Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the
corporation to be elected by the board of directors shall be elected annually by
the board of directors at the first meeting of the board of directors held after
each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of officers shall not
be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as
conveniently may be. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall
have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he
shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.
Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the
board of directors may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its
judgment the best interests of the corporation would be served thereby, but such
removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person
so removed.
Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the board
of directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
Section 5. Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board, under the
direction of the board of directors, shall have general direction of its
business, policies and affairs. He shall preside, when present, at all meetings
of the board of directors. He and the president shall each have general power to
sign, with the secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation
authorized by the board of directors, any
deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments which the board of
directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and
execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors or by
these bylaws or by statute to some other officer or agent of the corporation;
and in general he shall perform all duties incident to the office of chairman of
the board and such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors
from time to time.
Section 6. President. The president shall have, subject to the
direction of the chairman of the board and the board of directors, general
management of its business, properties and affairs.
Section 7. Vice-Presidents. In the absence of the president, or in the
event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the vice-president (or, in the
event there be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents in the order
designated at the time of their election, or, in the absence of any designation,
then in the order of their election) shall perform 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. Any vice-president may sign, with the secretary
or an assistant secretary, certificates for shares of the corporation and shall
perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the
chairman of the board, by the president or by the board of directors.
Section 8. Secretary. The secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the
shareholders' and of the board of directors' meetings in one or more books
provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance
with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of
the corporate records and of the
seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to
all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its
seal is duly authorized; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each
shareholder, which shall be furnished to the secretary by such shareholder; (e)
sign with the chairman of the board, or the president, or a vice-president,
certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have
been authorized by resolution of the board of directors; (f) have general charge
of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all
duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to
time may be assigned to him by the chairman of the board, by the president or by
the board of directors.
Section 9. Treasurer. If required by the board of directors, the
treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum
and with such surety or sureties as the board of directors shall determine. He
shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and
securities of the corporation, receive and give receipts for moneys due and
payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such
moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other
depositories as shall be selected by the board of directors; and (b) in general
perform all the duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties
as from time to time may be assigned to him by the chairman of the board, by the
president or by the board of directors.
Section 10. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The
assistant secretaries, when authorized by the board of directors, may sign with
the chairman of the board, or the president, or a vice-president certificates
for shares of the
corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of
the board of directors. The assistant treasurers shall respectively, if required
by the board of directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties
in such sums and with such sureties as the board of directors shall determine.
The assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, in general, shall perform
such duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary or the treasurer,
respectively, or by the chairman of the board, by the president or by the board
of directors.
Section 11. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from
time to time by the board of directors and no officer shall be prevented from
receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the
corporation.
ARTICLE V
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares
of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the board of
directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the chairman of the board,
president or a vice-president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or
facsimile signatures of said officers shall be affixed to such certificates. All
certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified.
The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are
issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the
stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the
corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be
issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been
surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated
certificate a
new one may be issued therefor on such terms and indemnity to the corporation as
the board of directors may prescribe.
Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the corporation
shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the corporation by the holder
of record thereof or by his legal representative, who shall furnish proper
evidence of authority to transfer, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by
power of attorney duly executed and filed with the secretary of the corporation,
and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person
in whose name shares stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed by
the corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.
ARTICLE VI
SEAL
The seal, the impression of which appears in the margin opposite this
article, is hereby adopted as the official seal of this corporation.
ARTICLE VII
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The board of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the full
board may appoint an executive committee to consist of a chairman and one or
more other directors. The chairman of the committee shall be a director and
shall be selected by the board of directors from the members of the executive
committee. The designation of such committee and the delegation thereto of
authority shall not operate to relieve the board of directors, or any member
thereof, of any responsibility imposed by law.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new bylaws may be
adopted by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board
of directors.