Exhibit 3.11
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
YELLOW RELOCATION SERVICES, INC.
Adopted as of November 14, 2003
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1.01 Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation
in the State of Kansas shall be in the City of Topeka, County of Shawnee, and
the name of its registered agent shall be The Corporation Company, Inc.
SECTION 1.02 Other Offices. The corporation may also have offices at
such other places both within and without the State of Kansas as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may
require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 2.01 Place of Meeting. All meetings of stockholders for the
election of directors shall be held at such place, either within or without the
State of Kansas, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of
Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.
SECTION 2.02 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be
held at such date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board
of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.
SECTION 2.03 Voting List. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger
of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting
of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the
meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and 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
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, or if not
so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also
be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time
thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
SECTION 2.04 Special Meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders, for
any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board, if one
is elected, or by the President of the corporation or by the Board of Directors
or by written order of a majority of the directors
and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at the request in writing
of stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the
corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall
state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. The Chairman of the Board
or the President of the corporation or directors so calling, or the stockholders
so requesting, any such meeting shall fix the time and any place, either within
or without the State of Kansas, as the place for holding such meeting.
SECTION 2.05 Notice of Meeting. Written notice of the annual, and each
special meeting of stockholders, stating the time, place, and purpose or
purposes thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat,
not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the meeting.
SECTION 2.06 Quorum. The holders of a majority of the shares of the
corporation's capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat,
present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any
meeting of stockholders for the transaction of business, except as otherwise
provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding the
other provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the
holders of a majority of the shares of the corporation's capital stock entitled
to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, whether or not a
quorum is present, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time,
without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be
present or represented. If the adjournment is for more than 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. 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 notified.
SECTION 2.07 Voting. When a quorum is present at any meeting of the
stockholders, the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the
corporation's capital stock having voting power present in person or represented
by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the
question is one upon which, by express provision of the statutes, of the
Certificate of Incorporation or of these bylaws, a different vote is required,
in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of
such question. Every stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to
vote in person, or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by
such stockholder, bearing a date not more than three years prior to voting,
unless such instrument provides for a longer period, and filed with the
Secretary of the corporation before, or at the time of, the meeting. If such
instrument shall designate two or more persons to act as proxies, unless such
instrument shall provide the contrary, a majority of such persons present at any
meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may
exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or if
only one be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one; or, if an
even number attend and a majority do not agree on any particular issue, each
proxy so attending shall be entitled to exercise such powers in respect of the
same portion of the shares as he is of the proxies representing such shares.
SECTION 2.08 Consent of Stockholders. Whenever the vote of stockholders at
a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with
any corporate
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action by any provision of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders
may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to
vote upon the action if such meeting were held shall consent in writing to such
corporate action being taken; or on the written consent of the holders of shares
of the corporation's capital stock having not less than the minimum percentage
of the vote required by statute for the proposed corporate action, and provided
that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate
action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent. Any copy,
facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be
substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for
which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or
other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original
writing. Consents of stockholders may also be given by telegram, cablegram or
other electronic transmission in accordance with and subject to the provisions
of Section 17-6518 of the Kansas General Corporation Code.
SECTION 2.09 Voting of Stock of Certain Holders. Shares of the
corporation's capital stock standing in the name of another corporation,
domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent, or proxy as the bylaws
of such corporation may prescribe, or in the absence of such provision, as the
Board of Directors of such corporation may determine. Shares standing in the
name of a deceased person may be voted by the executor or administrator of such
deceased person, either in person or by proxy. Shares standing in the name of a
guardian, conservator, or trustee may be voted by such fiduciary, either in
person or by proxy, but no such fiduciary shall be entitled to vote shares held
in such fiduciary capacity without a transfer of such shares into the name of
such fiduciary. Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such
receiver. A stockholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such
shares, unless in the transfer by the pledgor on the books of the corporation,
he has expressly empowered the pledgee to vote thereon, in which case only the
pledgee, or his proxy, may represent the stock and vote thereon.
SECTION 2.10 Treasury Stock. The corporation shall not vote, directly or
indirectly, shares of its own capital stock owned by it; and such shares shall
not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares of the
corporation's capital stock.
SECTION 2.11 Fixing Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix in advance
a date, which shall not be more than 60 days nor less than 10 days preceding the
date of any meeting of stockholders, nor more than 60 days preceding the date
for payment of any dividend or distribution, or the date for the allotment of
rights, or the date when any change, or conversion or exchange of capital stock
shall go into effect, or a date in connection with obtaining a consent, as a
record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and
to vote at, any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive
payment of any such dividend or distribution, or to receive any such allotment
of rights, or to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion
or exchange of capital stock, or to give such consent, and in such case such
stockholders and only such stockholders as shall be stockholders of record on
the date so fixed, shall be entitled to such notice of, and to vote at, any such
meeting and any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend or
distribution, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such
rights, or to give such consent, as the case may be, notwithstanding any
transfer of any stock on the books of the corporation after any such record date
fixed as aforesaid.
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ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 3.01 Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be
managed by its Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the
corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by
the Certificate of Incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be
exercised or done by the stockholders.
SECTION 3.02 Number, Election and Term. The number of directors that shall
constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time as
determined by resolution of the Board adopted by a majority of the whole Board,
but shall consist of not less than one (1) member. The number of directors of
the whole Board shall be set forth in the notice of any meeting of stockholders
held for the purpose of electing directors. The directors shall be elected at
the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in Section 3.03, and each
director elected shall hold office until his successor shall be elected and
shall qualify. Directors need not be residents of Kansas or stockholders of the
corporation.
SECTION 3.03 Vacancies, Additional Directors, and Removal From Office. If
any vacancy occurs in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation,
retirement, disqualification, or removal from office of any director, or
otherwise, or if any new directorship is created by an increase in the
authorized number of directors, a majority of the directors then in office,
though less than a quorum, or a sole remaining director, may choose a successor
or fill the newly created directorship; and a director so chosen shall hold
office until the next election and until his successor shall be duly elected and
shall qualify, unless sooner displaced. Any director may be removed either for
or without cause at any special meeting of stockholders duly called and held for
such purpose.
SECTION 3.04 Regular Meeting. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be held each year, without other notice than this bylaw, at the place of,
and immediately following, the annual meeting of stockholders; and other regular
meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held each year, at such time and
place as the Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, either within or
without the State of Kansas, without other notice than such resolution.
SECTION 3.05 Special Meeting. A special meeting of the Board of Directors
may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, or
by the President of the corporation and shall be called by the Secretary on the
written request of any two directors. The Chairman or President so calling, or
the directors so requesting, any such meeting shall fix the time and any place,
either within or without the State of Kansas, as the place for holding such
meeting.
SECTION 3.06 Notice of Special Meeting. Written notice of special meetings
of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least 48 hours
prior to the time of such meeting. Any director may waive notice of any meeting.
The attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice
of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the purpose of
objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not
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lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the
purpose of, any special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in
the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, except that notice shall be
given of any proposed amendment to the bylaws if it is to be adopted at any
special meeting or with respect to any other matter where notice is required by
statute.
SECTION 3.07 Quorum. A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of
Directors, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at
which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as
may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by these bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any
meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the
meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the
meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
SECTION 3.08 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 as provided in Article IV of these bylaws, may be taken without a
meeting, if all members 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 or by electronic
transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or
transmissions are filed with the minutes or proceedings of the Board of
Directors, or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are
maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are
maintained in electronic form. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable
reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the
original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could
be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a
complete reproduction of the entire original writing.
SECTION 3.09 Compensation. Directors, as such, shall not be entitled to
any stated salary for their services unless voted by the stockholders or the
Board of Directors; but by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and
expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or
special meeting of the Board of Directors or any meeting of a committee of
directors. No provision of these bylaws shall be construed to preclude any
director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving
compensation therefor.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEE OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 4.01 Designation, Powers and Name. The Board of Directors may, by
resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one
or more committees, including, if they shall so determine, an Executive
Committee, each such committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the
corporation. The committee shall have and may exercise such of the powers of the
Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
corporation as may be provided in such resolution. The committee may authorize
the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it. The
Board of Directors
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may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who
may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee.
In the absence or disqualification of any member of such committee or
committees, 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. Such committee
or committees shall have such name or names and such limitations of authority as
may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 4.02 Minutes. Each committee of directors shall keep regular
minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when
required.
SECTION 4.03 Compensation. Members of special or standing committees may
be allowed compensation for attending committee meetings, if the Board of
Directors shall so determine.
ARTICLE V
NOTICE
SECTION 5.01 Methods of Giving Notice. Whenever, under the provisions of
applicable statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, notice is
required to be given to any director, member of any committee, or stockholder,
such notice may be given in writing and delivered personally or mailed to such
director, member, or stockholder; provided that in the case of a director or a
member of any committee such notice may be given orally or by telephone. If
mailed, notice to a director, member of a committee, or stockholder shall be
deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail first class in a
sealed envelope, with postage thereon prepaid, addressed, in the case of a
stockholder, to the stockholder at the stockholder's address as it appears on
the records of the corporation or, in the case of a director or a member of a
committee, to such person at his business address. Notice to directors and
stockholders may also be given by facsimile telecommunication. Notice may also
be given to any director, member of any committee or stockholder by a form of
electronic transmission.
SECTION 5.02 Written Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given
under the provisions of an applicable statute, the Certificate of Incorporation,
or these bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons
entitled to said notice or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person
entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be
deemed equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE VI
OFFICERS
SECTION 6.01 Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be a
President, one or more Vice Presidents, any one or more of which may be
designated Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President, a Secretary and a
Treasurer. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents,
including a Chairman of the Board, Assistant Vice Presidents,
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Assistant Secretaries, and Assistant Treasurers, in each case as the Board of
Directors shall deem necessary, who shall hold their offices for such terms and
shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined by the
Board. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. The Chairman of
the Board, if one is elected, shall be elected from among the directors. With
the foregoing exceptions, none of the other officers need be a director, and
none of the officers need be a stockholder of the corporation.
SECTION 6.02 Election and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation
shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first regular meeting
held after the annual meeting of stockholders or as soon thereafter as
conveniently possible. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall
have been chosen and shall have qualified or until his death or the effective
date of his resignation or removal, or until he shall cease to be a director in
the case of the Chairman.
SECTION 6.03 Removal and Resignation. Any officer or agent elected or
appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed without cause by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors whenever, in its
judgment, the best interests of the corporation shall be served thereby, but
such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights, if any, of
the person so removed. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written
notice to the corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of
the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein, and unless
otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be
necessary to make it effective.
SECTION 6.04 Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the
corporation by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, may be filled by the
Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
SECTION 6.05 Salaries. The salaries of all officers and agents of the
corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or pursuant to its
direction; and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by
reason of his also being a director.
SECTION 6.06 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if one is
elected, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors or of the
stockholders of the corporation. The Chairman shall formulate and submit to the
Board of Directors or the Executive Committee matters of general policy for the
corporation and shall perform such other duties as usually appertain to the
office or as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Executive
Committee.
SECTION 6.07 President. The President shall be the chief executive officer
of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall
in general supervise and control the business and affairs of the corporation. In
the absence of the Chairman of the Board (if one is elected), the President
shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders.
He may also preside at any such meeting attended by the Chairman if he is so
designated by the Chairman. He shall have the power to appoint and remove
subordinate officers, agents and employees, except those elected or appointed by
the Board of Directors. The President shall keep the Board of Directors and the
Executive Committee fully informed and shall consult them concerning the
business of the corporation. He may sign with the Secretary or
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any other officer of the corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of
Directors, certificates for shares of the corporation and any deeds, bonds,
mortgages, contracts, checks, notes, drafts, or other instruments that the Board
of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing
and execution thereof has been expressly delegated by these bylaws or by the
Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall
be required by law to be otherwise executed. He shall vote, or give a proxy to
any other officer of the corporation to vote, all shares of stock of any other
corporation standing in the name of the corporation and in general he shall
perform all other duties normally incident to the office of President and such
other duties as may be prescribed by the stockholders, the Board of Directors,
or the Executive Committee from time to time.
SECTION 6.08 Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President, or in the
event of his inability or refusal to act, the Executive Vice President (or in
the event there shall be no Vice President designated Executive Vice President,
any Vice President designated by the Board) shall perform the duties and
exercise the powers of the President. Any Vice President may sign, with the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certificates for shares of the corporation.
The Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be
assigned to them by the President, the Board of Directors or the Executive
Committee.
SECTION 6.09 Secretary. The Secretary shall (a) keep the minutes of the
meetings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and committees of
directors; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the
provisions of these bylaws and 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 or a facsimile thereof is affixed to all certificates for shares
prior to the issue thereof and to all documents, the execution of which on
behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with
the provisions of these bylaws; (d) keep or cause to be kept a register of the
post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished by such
stockholder; (e) sign with the President, or an Executive Vice President or Vice
President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issue 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 normally incident to the office of Secretary and such other
duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President, the Board
of Directors or the Executive Committee.
SECTION 6.10 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; (b) 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 in accordance with the provisions of Section
7.03 of these bylaws; (c) prepare, or cause to be prepared, for submission at
each regular meeting of the Board of Directors, at each annual meeting of the
stockholders, and at such other times as may be required by the Board of
Directors, the President or the Executive Committee, a statement of financial
condition of the corporation in such detail as may be required; and (d) 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 President, the
Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.
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SECTION 6.11 Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. The Assistant Secretaries
and Assistant Treasurers shall, in general, perform such duties as shall be
assigned to them by the Secretary or the Treasurer, respectively, or by the
President, the Board of Directors, or the Executive Committee. The Assistant
Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers shall, in the absence of the Secretary or
Treasurer, respectively, perform all functions and duties which such absent
officers may delegate, but such delegation shall not relieve the absent officer
from the responsibilities and liabilities of his office. The Assistant
Secretaries may sign, with the President or a Vice President, certificates for
shares of the corporation, the issue 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.
ARTICLE VII
CONTRACTS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS
SECTION 7.01 Contracts. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the
Board of Directors may authorize any officer, officers, agent, or agents, to
enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and
on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to
specific instances.
SECTION 7.02 Checks. All checks, demands, drafts, or other orders for the
payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name
of the corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers or such agent or
agents of the corporation, and in such manner, as shall be determined by the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 7.03 Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed
shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such
banks, trust companies, or other depositories as the Board of Directors may
select.
ARTICLE VIII
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
SECTION 8.01 Issuance. Each stockholder of this corporation shall be
entitled to a certificate or certificates showing the number of shares of
capital stock registered in his name on the books of the corporation. The
certificates shall be in such form as may be determined by the Board of
Directors, shall be issued in numerical order and shall be entered in the books
of the corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder's name and
number of shares and shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. If any certificate is countersigned (1)
by a transfer agent other than the corporation or any employee of the
corporation, or (2) by a registrar other than the corporation or any employee of
the corporation, any other signature on the certificate may be a facsimile. If
the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or
more than one series of any class, the 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 rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or
back of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such
class of stock; provided that, except as otherwise provided by statute, in lieu
of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the
certificate which the
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corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement
that the corporation will furnish to each stockholder who so requests the
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 rights. 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 the case of a
lost, stolen, destroyed, or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued
therefor upon such terms and with such indemnity, if any, to the corporation as
the Board of Directors may prescribe. Certificates shall not be issued
representing fractional shares of stock.
SECTION 8.02 Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new
certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost,
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. When
authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of
Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance
thereof, require (1) the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or
certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner
as it shall require, (2) such owner to give the corporation a bond in such sum
as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the
corporation with respect to the certificate or certificates alleged to have been
lost, stolen, or destroyed, or (3) both.
SECTION 8.03 Transfers. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer
agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or
accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to
transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to
the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the
transaction upon its books. Transfers of shares shall be made only on the books
of the corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his attorney
thereunto authorized by power of attorney and filed with the Secretary of the
corporation or the Transfer Agent.
SECTION 8.04 Registered Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled to
treat the holder of record of any share or shares of the corporation's capital
stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, 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 the State of Kansas.
ARTICLE IX
DIVIDENDS
SECTION 9.01 Declaration. Dividends with respect to the shares of the
corporation's capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular
or special meeting, pursuant to applicable law. Dividends may be paid in cash,
in property, or in shares of capital stock, subject to the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation.
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SECTION 9.02 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
interest 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
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 10.01 Third Party Actions. The corporation shall indemnify any
director or officer of the corporation, and may indemnify any other 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 (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit, or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
SECTION 10.02 Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation. The
corporation shall indemnify any director or officer and may indemnify any other
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is
or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other
enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or
suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as
the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
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SECTION 10.03 Mandatory Indemnification. To the extent that a director,
officer, employee, or agent of the corporation has been successful on the merits
or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in
Sections 10.01 and 10.02, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein,
he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
SECTION 10.04 Determination of Conduct. The determination that a director,
officer, employee, or agent has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth
in Sections 10.01 and 10.02 (unless indemnification is ordered by a court) shall
be made (1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting
of directors who were not parties to such action, suit, or proceeding, or (2) 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, or (3)
by the stockholders.
SECTION 10.05 Payment of Expenses in Advance. Expenses incurred in
defending a civil or criminal action, suit, or proceeding shall be paid by the
corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director,
officer, employee, or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as
authorized in this Article X.
SECTION 10.06 Indemnity Not Exclusive. The indemnification and advancement
of expenses provided or granted hereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses
may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation, any other bylaw,
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 such office.
SECTION 10.07 Definitions. For purposes of this Article X:
(a) "the corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting
corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a
constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger that, if its separate
existence had continued, would have had power 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 this Article
X with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with
respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued;
(b) "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans;
(c) "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with
respect to any employee benefit plan;
(d) "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any
service as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation that
imposes duties on, or
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involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to
an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and
(e) 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 Article X.
SECTION 10.08 Continuation of Indemnity. The indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided or granted hereunder shall, unless otherwise
provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to
be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01 Seal. The corporate seal, if one is authorized by the Board
of Directors, shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, and the
words "Corporate Seal, Kansas." The seal may be used by causing it or a
facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.
SECTION 11.02 Books. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to
any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Kansas at the
offices of the corporation, or at such other place or places as may be
designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENT
These bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by a majority of the
number of directors then constituting the Board of Directors at any regular
meeting of the Board of Directors without prior notice, or at any special
meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, or
repeal be contained in the notice of such special meeting.
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