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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 2, 1998
DATAWORKS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
0-26814 33-0209937
(Commission File No.) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
5910 PACIFIC CENTER BLVD., SUITE 300
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92121
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (619) 546-9600
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Item 5. Other Events.
REINCORPORATION.
Pursuant to shareholder approval obtained at the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of DataWorks Corporation (the "Company") held June 18, 1998, the
Company completed its reincorporation in Delaware on October 2, 1998.
The Agreement and Plan of Merger, filed with the Delaware Secretary of
State to effect the reincorporation, and the Company's Delaware Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws have been filed as Exhibits 2.1, 99.1 and 99.2,
respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
MERGER AGREEMENT WITH PLATINUM SOFTWARE CORPORATION.
On October 13, 1998, the Company announced that it had entered into a
definitive Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the "Merger Agreement") with
Platinum Software Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Platinum"), pursuant to
which the Company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Platinum in a
stock-for-stock merger intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization within
the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
The Merger Agreement has been filed as Exhibit 2.2 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K. The Company hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the news
release announcing the signing of the Merger Agreement filed as Exhibit 99.3 to
this report.
Item 7. Exhibits.
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger between DataWorks Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, and DataWorks Corporation, a California
corporation.
2.2 Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of October 13,
1998, by and among Platinum, Zoo Acquisition Corp. and
DataWorks.(1)
99.1 Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation.
99.2 Registrant's Bylaws.
99.3 Press Release dated October 13, 1998 announcing the signing of
the Merger Agreement between the Company and Platinum.
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(1) Incorporated by reference to the Schedule 13D, dated as of October 13,
1998, filed by Platinum Software Corporation with respect to the Common
Stock of DataWorks Corporation.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
DATAWORKS CORPORATION
Dated: October 23, 1998 By: /s/ Stuart W. Clifton
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Stuart W. Clifton
President and Chief
Executive Officer
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger between DataWorks Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, and DataWorks Corporation, a California
corporation.
2.2 Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of October 13,
1998, by and among Platinum, Zoo Acquisition Corp. and
DataWorks.(1)
99.1 Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation.
99.2 Registrant's Bylaws.
99.3 Press Release dated October 13, 1998 announcing the signing of
the Merger Agreement between the Company and Platinum.
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(1) Incorporated by reference to the Schedule 13D, dated as of October 13,
1998, filed by Platinum Software Corporation with respect to the Common
Stock of DataWorks Corporation.
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EXHIBIT 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (hereinafter called the "Merger
Agreement") is made as of September 24, 1998, by and between DataWorks
Corporation, a California corporation ("DataWorks California"), and DataWorks
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("DataWorks Delaware"). DataWorks California
and DataWorks Delaware are sometimes referred to as the "Constituent
Corporations."
The authorized capital stock of DataWorks California consists of thirty
million (30,000,000) shares, of which twenty-five million (25,000,000) shares
are designated Common Stock, no par value, and five million (5,000,000) shares
are designated Preferred Stock, no par value. The authorized capital stock of
DataWorks Delaware consists of fifty million (50,000,000) shares of Common
Stock, $.001 par value, and five million (5,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock,
$.001 par value per share.
The directors of the Constituent Corporations deem it advisable and to
the advantage of said corporations that DataWorks California merge into
DataWorks Delaware upon the terms and conditions herein provided.
Following the Merger (as defined below) the subsidiaries of DataWorks
California shall be the subsidiaries of DataWorks Delaware.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby adopt the plan of reorganization
encompassed by this Merger Agreement and do hereby agree that DataWorks
California shall merge into DataWorks Delaware on the following terms,
conditions and other provisions:
1. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.1 MERGER. DataWorks California shall be merged with and into DataWorks
Delaware (the "Merger"), and DataWorks Delaware shall be the surviving
corporation (the "Surviving Corporation") effective at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific
Daylight Time) on October 2, 1998 (the "Effective Time").
1.2 SUCCESSION. At the Effective Time, DataWorks Delaware shall continue
its corporate existence under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the
separate existence and corporate organization of DataWorks California, except
insofar as it may be continued by operation of law, shall be terminated and
cease.
1.3 TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. At the Effective Time, the
rights, privileges, powers and franchises, both of a public as well as of a
private nature, of each of the Constituent Corporations shall be vested in and
possessed by the Surviving Corporation, subject to all of the disabilities,
duties and restrictions of or upon each of the Constituent Corporations; and all
and singular rights, privileges, powers and franchises of each of the
Constituent Corporations, and all property, real, personal and mixed, of each of
the Constituent Corporations, and all debts due to each of the Constituent
Corporations on whatever account, and all things in action or belonging to each
of the Constituent Corporations shall be transferred to and vested in the
Surviving Corporation; and all property, rights, privileges, powers and
franchises, and all and every other interest, shall be thereafter the property
of the Surviving Corporation as they were of the
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Constituent Corporations, and the title to any real estate vested by deed or
otherwise in either of the Constituent Corporations shall not revert or be in
any way impaired by reason of the Merger; provided, however, that the
liabilities of the Constituent Corporations and of their shareholders, directors
and officers shall not be affected and all rights of creditors and all liens
upon any property of either of the Constituent Corporations shall be preserved
unimpaired, and any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by or against
either of the Constituent Corporations may be prosecuted to judgment as if the
Merger had not taken place except as they may be modified with the consent of
such creditors and all debts, liabilities and duties of or upon each of the
Constituent Corporations shall attach to the Surviving Corporation, and may be
enforced against it to the same extent as if such debts, liabilities and duties
had been incurred or contracted by it.
1.4 COMMON STOCK OF DATAWORKS CALIFORNIA AND DATAWORKS DELAWARE. At the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the
part of the Constituent Corporations or their shareholders, (i) each share of
Common Stock of DataWorks California issued and outstanding immediately prior
thereto shall be changed and converted into one fully paid and nonassessable
share of Common Stock of DataWorks Delaware; and (ii) each share of Common Stock
of DataWorks Delaware issued and outstanding immediately prior thereto shall be
canceled and returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares.
1.5 STOCK CERTIFICATES. At and after the Effective Time, all of the
outstanding certificates which prior to that time represented shares of the
Common Stock of DataWorks California shall be deemed for all purposes to
evidence ownership of and to represent the shares of DataWorks Delaware into
which the shares of DataWorks California represented by such certificates have
been converted as herein provided and shall be so registered on the books and
records of the Surviving Corporation or its transfer agents. The registered
owner of any such outstanding stock certificate shall, until such certificate
shall have been surrendered for transfer or conversion or otherwise accounted
for to the Surviving Corporation or its transfer agent, have and be entitled to
exercise any voting and other rights with respect to and to receive any dividend
and other distributions upon the shares of DataWorks Delaware evidenced by such
outstanding certificate as above provided.
1.6 OPTIONS OF DATAWORKS CALIFORNIA. At the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation will assume and continue all of DataWorks California's
stock option plans in existence at the Effective Time, including without
limitation all options outstanding under such stock option plans and any other
outstanding options shall be converted into options of DataWorks Delaware, such
that an option for one (1) share of DataWorks California shall be converted into
an option for (1) share of DataWorks Delaware, with no change in the exercise
price of the DataWorks Delaware option. No other changes in the terms and
conditions of such options will occur. Effective at the Effective Time,
DataWorks Delaware hereby assumes the outstanding and unexercised portions of
such options and the obligations of DataWorks California with respect thereto.
1.7 WARRANTS. On the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will
assume and continue warrants of DataWorks California and the outstanding and
unexercised portions of all warrants, including without limitation all warrants
to purchase shares of Common Stock outstanding and any other outstanding
warrants, shall be converted into warrants of DataWorks Delaware, such that a
warrant for one (1) share of DataWorks California shall be converted into
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a warrant for one (1) share of DataWorks Delaware, with no change in the
exercise price of the DataWorks Delaware warrant. No other changes in the terms
and conditions of such warrants will occur. Effective on the Effective Date,
DataWorks Delaware hereby assumes the outstanding and unexercised portions of
such warrants and the obligations of DataWorks California with respect thereto.
1.8 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS. At the Effective Time, the Surviving
Corporation shall assume all obligations of DataWorks California under any and
all employee benefit plans in effect as of the Effective Time with respect to
which employee rights or accrued benefits are outstanding as of such time,
including but not limited to the Company's 401(k) Plan provided, however, that
one share Common Stock of DataWorks Delaware shall be substituted for each share
of Common Stock of DataWorks California (if any) thereunder. At the Effective
Time, the Surviving Corporation shall adopt and continue in effect all such
employee benefit plans upon the same terms and conditions as were in effect
immediately prior to the Merger and shall reserve that number of shares of
DataWorks Delaware Common Stock with respect to each such employee benefit plan
as is equal to the number of shares of DataWorks California Common Stock (if
any) so reserved at the Effective Time.
2. CHARTER DOCUMENTS, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
2.1 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS. The Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws of DataWorks Delaware in effect at the Effective Time
shall continue to be the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation.
2.2 DIRECTORS. The directors of DataWorks California immediately
preceding the Effective Time shall become the directors of the Surviving
Corporation at and after the Effective Time to serve until the expiration of
their terms and until their successors are elected and qualified.
2.3 OFFICERS. The officers of DataWorks California immediately preceding
the Effective Time shall become the officers of the Surviving Corporation at and
after the Effective Time to serve at the pleasure of its Board of Directors.
3. MISCELLANEOUS
3.1 FURTHER ASSURANCES. From time to time, and when required by the
Surviving Corporation or by its successors and assigns, there shall be executed
and delivered on behalf of DataWorks California such deeds and other
instruments, and there shall be taken or caused to be taken by it such further
and other action, as shall be appropriate or necessary in order to vest or
perfect in or to conform of record or otherwise, in the Surviving Corporation
the title to and possession of all the property, interests, assets, rights,
privileges, immunities, powers, franchises and authority of DataWorks California
and otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Merger Agreement, and the
officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation are fully authorized in the
name and on behalf of DataWorks California or otherwise to take any and all such
action and to execute and deliver any and all such deeds and other instruments.
3.2 AMENDMENT. At any time before or after approval by the shareholders
of DataWorks California, this Merger Agreement may be amended in any manner
(except that, after
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the approval of the Merger Agreement by the shareholders of DataWorks
California, the principal terms may not be amended without the further approval
of the shareholders of DataWorks California) as may be determined in the
judgment of the respective Board of Directors of DataWorks Delaware and
DataWorks California to be necessary, desirable, or expedient in order to
clarify the intention of the parties hereto or to effect or facilitate the
purpose and intent of this Merger Agreement.
3.3 CONDITIONS TO MERGER. The obligation of the Constituent Corporations
to effect the transactions contemplated hereby is subject to satisfaction of the
following conditions (any or all of which may be waived by either of the
Constituent Corporations in its sole discretion to the extent permitted by law):
(a) the Merger shall have been approved by the shareholders of
DataWorks California in accordance with applicable provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of California; and
(b) DataWorks California, as sole stockholder of DataWorks
Delaware, shall have approved the Merger in accordance with the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; and
(c) any and all consents, permits, authorizations, approvals, and
orders deemed in the sole discretion of DataWorks California to be material to
consummation of the Merger shall have been obtained.
3.4 ABANDONMENT OR DEFERRAL. At any time before the Effective Time, this
Merger Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned by the Board
of Directors of either DataWorks California or DataWorks Delaware or both,
notwithstanding the approval of this Merger Agreement by the shareholders of
DataWorks California or DataWorks Delaware or the prior filing of this Merger
Agreement with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or the
consummation of the Merger may be deferred for a reasonable period of time if,
in the opinion of the Boards of Directors of DataWorks California and DataWorks
Delaware, such action would be in the best interest of such corporations. In the
event of termination of this Merger Agreement, this Merger Agreement shall
become void and of no effect and there shall be no liability on the part of
either Constituent Corporation or its Board of Directors or shareholders with
respect thereto, except that DataWorks California shall pay all expenses
incurred in connection with the Merger or in respect of this Merger Agreement or
relating thereto.
3.5 COUNTERPARTS. In order to facilitate the filing and recording of
this Merger Agreement, the same may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Merger Agreement, having first been fully
approved by the Board of Directors of DataWorks California and DataWorks
Delaware, is hereby executed on behalf of each said corporation and attested by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
DATAWORKS CORPORATION
a California corporation
By: /s/ Stuart W. Clifton
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Stuart W. Clifton
President and Chief
Executive Officer
ATTEST:
/s/ Bradley J. Thies
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Bradley J. Thies
Secretary
DATAWORKS CORPORATION
a Delaware Corporation
By: /s/ Stuart W. Clifton
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Stuart W. Clifton
President and Chief
Executive Officer
ATTEST:
/s/ Bradley J. Thies
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Bradley J. Thies
Secretary
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EXHIBIT 99.1
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
DATAWORKS CORPORATION
The undersigned, a natural person (the "Sole Incorporator"), for the
purpose of organizing a corporation to conduct the business and promote the
purposes hereinafter stated, under the provisions and subject to the
requirements of the laws of the State of Delaware hereby certifies that:
I.
The name of this corporation is DATAWORKS CORPORATION.
II.
The address of the registered office of the corporation in the State of
Delaware is 9 East Loockerman Street, Dover, Delaware 19901, County of Kent, and
the name of the registered agent of the corporation in the State of Delaware at
such address is the National Registered Agents, Inc.
III.
The purpose of this corporation is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware.
IV.
A. CLASSES OF STOCK. This corporation is authorized to issue two classes
of stock to be designated, respectively, "Common Stock" and "Preferred Stock."
The total number of shares which the corporation is authorized to issue is
fifty-five million (55,000,000) shares. Fifty million (50,000,000) shares shall
be Common Stock, each having a par value of one-tenth of one cent ($.001). Five
million (5,000,000) shares shall be Preferred Stock, each having a par value of
one-tenth of one cent ($.001).
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The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more
series. The Board of Directors is hereby authorized, by filing a certificate (a
"Preferred Stock Designation") pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law,
to fix or alter from time to time the designation, powers, preferences and
rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, and to establish
from time to time the number of shares constituting any such series or any of
them; and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series subsequent
to the issuance of shares of that series, but not below the number of shares of
such series then outstanding. In case the number of shares of any series shall
be decreased in accordance with the foregoing sentence, the shares constituting
such decrease shall resume the status that they had prior to the adoption of the
resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.
V.
For the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of
the corporation, and in further definition, limitation and regulation of the
powers of the corporation, of its directors and of its stockholders or any class
thereof, as the case may be, it is further provided that:
A.
1. The management of the business and the conduct of the affairs
of the corporation shall be vested in its Board of Directors. The number of
directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed
exclusively by one or more resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors.
2. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances,
directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders for a term of
one year. Each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and
qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number
of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any
incumbent director.
3. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors or any individual director may be
removed from office at any time (i) with cause by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of
voting stock of the corporation, entitled to vote at an election of directors
(the "Voting Stock") or (ii) without cause by the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting
power of all the then-outstanding shares of the Voting Stock.
4. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
Preferred Stock, 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
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directors, shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that
any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by the
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.
B.
1. Subject to paragraph (h) of Section 43 of the Bylaws, the
Bylaws may be 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. The Board of Directors
shall also have the power to adopt, amend, or repeal Bylaws.
2. The directors of the corporation need not be elected by
written ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.
3. No action shall be taken by the stockholders of the
corporation except at an annual or special meeting of stockholders called in
accordance with the Bylaws.
Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called,
for any purpose or purposes, by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii)
the Chief Executive Officer or President, 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), and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at
such time as the Board of Directors shall fix.
4. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of
directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of
the stockholders of the corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the
Bylaws of the corporation.
VI.
A. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended after
approval by the stockholders of this Article to authorize corporate action
further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then
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the liability of a director shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General corporation Law, as so amended.
B. Any repeal or modification of this Article VI shall be prospective
and shall not affect the rights under this Article VI in effect at the time of
the alleged occurrence of any act or omission to act giving rise to liability or
indemnification.
VII.
A. The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal
any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now
or hereafter prescribed by statute, except as provided in paragraph B. of this
Article VII, and all rights conferred upon the stockholders herein are granted
subject to this reservation.
B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Certificate of
Incorporation 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 required by law, this Certificate
of Incorporation or any Preferred Stock Designation, 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 alter, amend or repeal sections V, VI
and VII of the Certificate of Incorporation.
VIII.
The name and the mailing address of the Sole Incorporator is as follows:
NAME MAILING ADDRESS
Jane K. Adams Cooley Godward LLP
4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100
San Diego, CA 92121-2128
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate has been subscribed this 14th day
of September, 1998 by the undersigned who affirms that the statements made
herein are true and correct.
/s/ Jane K. Adams
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JANE K. ADAMS
Sole Incorporator
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EXHIBIT 99.2
BYLAWS
OF
DATAWORKS CORPORATION
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
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Article I Offices.......................................................................1
Section 1. Registered Office......................................................1
Section 2. Other Offices..........................................................1
Article II Corporate Seal................................................................1
Section 3. Corporate Seal.........................................................1
Article III Stockholders' Meetings........................................................1
Section 4. Place Of Meetings......................................................1
Section 5. Annual Meetings........................................................1
Section 6. Special Meetings.......................................................3
Section 7. Notice Of Meetings.....................................................4
Section 8. Quorum.................................................................4
Section 9. Adjournment And Notice Of Adjourned Meetings...........................4
Section 10. Voting Rights..........................................................5
Section 11. Joint Owners Of Stock..................................................5
Section 12. List Of Stockholders...................................................5
Section 13. Action Without Meeting.................................................5
Section 14. Organization...........................................................5
Article IV Directors.....................................................................6
Section 15. Number.................................................................6
Section 16. Powers.................................................................6
Section 17. Term of Office.........................................................6
Section 18. Vacancies..............................................................6
Section 19. Resignation............................................................7
Section 20. Removal................................................................7
Section 21. Meetings...............................................................7
(a) Annual Meetings.................................................7
(b) Regular Meetings................................................7
(c) Special Meetings................................................7
(d) Telephone Meetings..............................................7
(e) Notice Of Meetings..............................................8
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(f) Waiver Of Notice................................................8
Section 22. Quorum And Voting......................................................8
Section 23. Action Without Meeting.................................................8
Section 24. Fees And Compensation..................................................8
Section 25. Committees.............................................................9
(a) Executive Committee.............................................9
(b) Other Committees................................................9
(c) Term............................................................9
(d) Meetings........................................................9
Section 26. Organization..........................................................10
Article V Officers.....................................................................10
Section 27. Officers Designated...................................................10
Section 28. Tenure And Duties Of Officers.........................................10
(a) General........................................................10
(b) Duties Of Chairman Of The Board Of Directors...................10
(c) Duties Of President............................................11
(d) Duties Of Vice Presidents......................................11
(e) Duties Of Secretary............................................11
(f) Duties Of Chief Financial Officer..............................11
Section 29. Delegation Of Authority...............................................12
Section 30. Resignations..........................................................12
Section 31. Removal...............................................................12
Article VI Execution Of Corporate Instruments And Voting Of Securities Owned By
The Corporation..............................................................12
Section 32. Execution Of Corporate Instruments....................................12
Section 33. Voting Of Securities Owned By The Corporation.........................13
Article VII Shares Of Stock..............................................................13
Section 34. Form And Execution Of Certificates....................................13
Section 35. Lost Certificates.....................................................13
Section 36. Transfers.............................................................14
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Section 37. Fixing Record Dates...................................................14
Section 38. Registered Stockholders...............................................14
Article VIII Other Securities Of The Corporation..........................................14
Section 39. Execution Of Other Securities.........................................14
Article IX Dividends....................................................................15
Section 40. Declaration Of Dividends..............................................15
Section 41. Dividend Reserve......................................................15
Article X Fiscal Year..................................................................15
Section 42. Fiscal Year...........................................................15
Article XI Indemnification..............................................................16
Section 43. Indemnification Of Directors, Executive Officers, Other
Officers, Employees And Other Agents..................................16
(a) Directors And Executive Officers...............................16
(b) Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents.....................16
(c) Expenses.......................................................16
(d) Enforcement....................................................17
(e) Non-Exclusivity Of Rights......................................17
(f) Survival Of Rights.............................................17
(g) Insurance......................................................17
(h) Amendments.....................................................18
(i) Saving Clause..................................................18
(j) Certain Definitions............................................18
Article XII Notices......................................................................19
Section 44. Notices...............................................................19
(a) Notice To Stockholders.........................................19
(b) Notice To Directors............................................19
(c) Affidavit Of Mailing...........................................19
(d) Time Notices Deemed Given......................................19
(e) Methods Of Notice..............................................19
(f) Failure To Receive Notice......................................19
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(g) Notice To Person With Whom Communication Is Unlawful...........19
(h) Notice To Person With Undeliverable Address....................20
Article XIII Amendments...................................................................20
Section 45. Amendments............................................................20
Article XIV Loans To Officers............................................................20
Section 46. Loans To Officers.....................................................20
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BYLAWS
OF
DATAWORKS CORPORAITON
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of the corporation
in the State of Delaware shall be 9 East Loockerman Street, Dover, Delaware
19901, County of Kent.
SECTION 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 2 hereof.
SECTION 5. 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.
(B) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business
shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be
properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be: (A) specified in
the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction
of the Board of Directors, (B) otherwise properly
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brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or
(C) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder. For business
to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the
stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of
the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to or
mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation not
later than the close of business on the sixtieth (60th) day nor earlier than the
close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the first anniversary of
the preceding year's annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that
no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual
meeting has been changed by more than thirty (30) days from the date
contemplated at the time of the previous year's proxy statement, notice by the
stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than the close of
business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later
than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) day prior to such
annual meeting or, in the event public announcement of the date of such annual
meeting is first made by the corporation fewer than seventy (70) days prior to
the date of such annual meeting, the close of business on the tenth (10th) day
following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is
first made by the corporation. A stockholder's notice to the Secretary shall set
forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual
meeting: (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before
the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual
meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's books,
of the stockholder proposing such business, (iii) the class and number of shares
of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, (iv) any
material interest of the stockholder in such business and (v) any other
information that is required to be provided by the stockholder pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act"), in his capacity as a proponent to a stockholder proposal. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder
proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholder's meeting,
stockholders must provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated
under the 1934 Act. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no
business shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this paragraph (b). The chairman of the annual meeting
shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that business
was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph (b), and, if he should so determine, he shall so
declare at the meeting that any such business not properly brought before the
meeting shall not be transacted.
(C) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this paragraph (c) shall be eligible for election as
directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the
corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of the corporation entitled to vote
in the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice
procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). Such nominations, other than those
made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to
timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the corporation in accordance with
the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 5. Such stockholder's notice
shall set forth (i) as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to
nominate for election or re-election as a director: (A) the name, age, business
address and residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or
employment of such person, (C) the class and number of shares of the corporation
which are beneficially owned by such
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person, (D) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the
stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person
or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder,
and (E) any other information relating to such person that is required to be
disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise
required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act (including
without limitation such person's written consent to being named in the proxy
statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and
(ii) as to such stockholder giving notice, the information required to be
provided pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 5. At the request of the
Board of Directors, any person nominated by a stockholder for election as a
director shall furnish to the Secretary of the corporation that information
required to be set forth in the stockholder's notice of nomination which
pertains to the nominee. No person shall be eligible for election as a director
of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth
in this paragraph (c). The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant,
determine and declare at the meeting that a nomination was not made in
accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he should so
determine, he shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective nomination
shall be disregarded.
(D) For purposes of this Section 5, "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.
SECTION 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS.
(A) Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may
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) and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at
such time as the Board of Directors, shall fix.
(B) If a special meeting is called by any person or persons other
than the Board of Directors, the request shall be in writing, specifying the
general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered
personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile
transmission to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer, or the Secretary of the corporation. No business may be transacted at
such special meeting otherwise than specified in such notice. The Board of
Directors shall determine the time and place of such special meeting, which
shall be held not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than one hundred twenty
(120) days after the date of the receipt of the request. Upon determination of
the time and place of the meeting, the officer receiving the request shall cause
notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7 of these Bylaws. If the notice is not given within sixty
(60) days after the receipt of the request, the person or persons requesting the
meeting may set the time and place of the meeting and give the notice. Nothing
contained in this paragraph (b) shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or
affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board
of Directors may be held.
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SECTION 7. 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.
SECTION 8. 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 law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, all
action taken by the holders of a majority of the vote cast, excluding
abstentions, at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid and
binding upon the corporation; provided, however, that 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 the 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 the 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, including abstentions, by the
holders of shares of such class or classes or series shall be the act of such
class or classes or series
SECTION 9. 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, excluding abstentions. 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.
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SECTION 10. 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 12 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 11. 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 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; (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 General Corporation Law of Delaware, 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 12. 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 13. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Effective upon the effective date of
the merger between the Corporation and DataWorks Corporation, a California
corporation, 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 14. 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.
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(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.
ARTICLE IV
DIRECTORS
SECTION 15. 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. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at an
annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a
special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner
provided in these Bylaws.
SECTION 16. 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 17. TERM OF OFFICE. Subject to the rights of the holders of any
series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified
circumstances, directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders
for a term of one year. Each director shall serve until his successor is duly
elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. No decrease in
the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the
term of any incumbent director.
SECTION 18. VACANCIES. 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, 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. 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
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the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this Bylaw in the case of
the death, removal or resignation of any director.
SECTION 19. 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 20. REMOVAL. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series
of Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors or any individual director may be
removed from office at any time (i) with cause by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of
voting stock of the corporation entitled to vote at an election of directors
(the "Voting Stock") or (ii) without cause by the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting
power of all the then-outstanding shares of the Voting Stock.
SECTION 21. MEETINGS.
(A) ANNUAL MEETINGS. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be held immediately before or after the annual meeting of stockholders and
at the place where such meeting is held. No notice of an annual meeting of the
Board of Directors shall be necessary and such meeting shall be held for the
purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may lawfully
come before it.
(B) REGULAR MEETINGS. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided,
regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held in the office of the
corporation required to be maintained pursuant to Section 2 hereof. Unless
otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, regular meetings of
the Board of Directors may also be held at any place within or without the State
of Delaware which has been designated by resolution of the Board of Directors or
the written consent of all directors.
(C) 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
(D) 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.
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(E) 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.
(F) 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 22. QUORUM AND VOTING.
(A) Unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires a greater
number and except with respect to indemnification questions arising under
Section 43 hereof, for which a quorum shall be one-third of the exact 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 exact 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 23. 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 24. 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
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to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as
an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor.
SECTION 25. 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
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
Delaware the General Corporation Law 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 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 25 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
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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
SECTION 26. 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, or if the President is absent, the most senior Vice
President, or, in the absence of any such officer, a chairman of the meeting
chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting.
The Secretary, or in his absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by
the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
SECTION 27. 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 28. 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 President, then the Chairman
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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 28.
(C) 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 has been appointed and is present.
Unless some other officer 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.
(D) 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 President shall designate from time to time.
(E) 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 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 President shall
designate from time to time.
(F) 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 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 President shall designate from
time to time. 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 President shall designate from time to
time.
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SECTION 29. 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 30. 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 31. 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 32. EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS. 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 where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and
such execution or signature shall be binding upon the corporation.
Unless otherwise specifically determined by the Board of Directors or otherwise
required by law, promissory notes, deeds of trust, mortgages and other evidences
of indebtedness of the corporation, and other corporate instruments or documents
requiring the corporate seal, and certificates of shares of stock owned by the
corporation, shall be executed, signed or endorsed by the Chairman of the Board
of Directors, or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or
Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer. All other
instruments and documents requiring the corporate signature, but not requiring
the corporate seal, may be executed as aforesaid or in such other manner as may
be directed by the Board of Directors.
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.
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.
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SECTION 33. 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 34. 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.
SECTION 35. 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 advertise the same 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.
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SECTION 36. 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 General Corporation Law of Delaware
SECTION 37. 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 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.
SECTION 38. 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 39. EXECUTION OF OTHER SECURITIES. All bonds, debentures and
other corporate securities of the corporation, other than stock certificates
(covered in Section 34), may
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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 40. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. Dividends upon the capital stock
of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation, 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.
SECTION 41. 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 42. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be
fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE XI
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 43. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, OTHER
OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS.
(A) DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. The corporation shall
indemnify its directors and executive officers (for the purposes of this Article
XI, "executive officers" shall have the meaning defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated
under the 1934 Act) to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General
Corporation Law; provided, however, that the corporation may modify the extent
of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and executive
officers; and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to
indemnify any director or executive 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 Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) such
indemnification is required to be made under subsection (d).
(B) OTHER OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS. The corporation
shall have power to indemnify its other officers, employees and other agents as
set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law.
(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 executive
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 executive 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 Bylaw or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to
paragraph (e) of this Bylaw, no advance shall be made by the corporation to an
executive officer of the corporation (except by reason of the fact that such
executive 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.
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(D) ENFORCEMENT. Without the necessity of entering into an
express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and
executive 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 executive officer. Any right to indemnification
or advances granted by this Bylaw to a director or executive 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
Delaware General Corporation Law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant
for the amount claimed. In connection with any claim by an executive 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 Delaware General Corporation 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.
(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 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.
(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 Delaware
General Corporation 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 Bylaw.
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(H) AMENDMENTS. Any repeal or modification of this Bylaw 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 executive officer to
the full extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Bylaw that
shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law.
(J) CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the
following definitions shall apply:
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) The term 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 which, 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
the provisions of this Bylaw with respect to the resulting or surviving
corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its
separate existence had continued.
(4) 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.
(5) 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
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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 Bylaw.
ARTICLE XII
NOTICES
SECTION 44. 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 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
(D) TIME NOTICES DEEMED GIVEN. All notices given by mail, 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
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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 Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 Delaware General Corporation Law, 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.
ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 45. AMENDMENTS. Subject to paragraph (h) of Section 43 of the
Bylaws, the Bylaws may be 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. The
Board of Directors shall also have the power to adopt, amend, or repeal Bylaws.
ARTICLE XIV
LOANS TO OFFICERS
SECTION 46. 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).
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EXHIBIT 99.3
Platinum Software Corporation and DataWorks Corporation to Merge
IRVINE, Calif. and SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Oct. 13, 1998 -- Platinum Software
Corporation (Nasdaq: PSQL - news) and DataWorks Corporation (Nasdaq: DWRX -
news), today jointly announced a definitive merger agreement to create a
combined company offering leading enterprise resource planning software to the
middle market. The transaction reflects the desires of both companies to become
stronger and more recognized vendors in the worldwide ERP middle market.
Following the merger, DataWorks will become a wholly owned subsidiary of
Platinum and headquarters for the combined companies will be in Irvine,
California.
The resulting organization will combine the enterprise business applications
expertise of the two companies. The new company will carry Platinum's concept of
"customer-centric" ERP applications to new levels, combining its "front office"
sales and marketing, and customer relationship management applications, with its
highly regarded financial applications and the manufacturing solutions expertise
of DataWorks.
"Looking ahead into the next millennium, we see an opportunity to accelerate our
growth and build critical mass right in our own backyard," remarked George
Klaus, Chairman, President and CEO of Platinum. "Being Southern
California-based, the chance to combine forces with another successful team
attacking the ERP market space with great products that are synergistic with
ours is very compelling. After looking at the sales and marketing strength we
will have both domestically and internationally, plus the combined technical
resources which include professional services and product research and
development, we are creating a new organization that the competition is going to
have to take very seriously," Klaus added.
DataWorks' CEO and President, Stuart Clifton, who after the merger will assume
the role of Vice Chairman and Director of Platinum, commented, "Faced with stiff
global competition, today's mid-size customers need much more than the
traditional ERP application suite. The combination of DataWorks and Platinum
allows us to meet these new customer functionality requirements -- and increase
our worldwide market opportunity -- by delivering expanded enterprise business
applications, services and support to a broad global market. Since we share a
similar business model and Microsoft-based technologies targeted at the rapidly
growing mid-market, companies up to $500 million in revenues, there is potential
for substantial product, sales and marketing synergy between the two
organizations. While we both have experience with customers above the $500
million range, having a business model, including company-direct services and
support, that is tuned to the specific needs of the mid-market is clearly a
differentiating factor going forward. Also, because there is virtually no
overlap within our respective large customer bases, we believe significant
complementary revenue opportunities exist for the combined company."
The new company's customer base will exceed 10,000 customers to whom it provides
the "front office" and "back office" enterprise applications. The combined
company will continue to sell and support Platinum and DataWorks' current
product lines. Integration of current product offerings will occur as the
combined company continues to introduce value added products that
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utilize integration backbones, data warehouses and analytical tools. Both
companies have previously laid out plans to systematically re-vamp their product
lines around advanced methodologies and technologies including Microsoft
Component Object Model (COM). The combined company will be able to now focus its
substantial consolidated research and development resources on the creation of
modular, component-based application software that combines the best practices,
subject matter expertise and intellectual property of both entities.
The combined organization will number approximately 2,000 employees with some
reduction in force expected. The combined company is expected to maintain
facilities in the Irvine Spectrum and in San Diego as part of its operations.
Some office facilities will be consolidated after the transaction closes.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, shares of Platinum common stock will be
exchanged for all outstanding shares and options of DataWorks on the basis of
.794 shares of Platinum for each share of DataWorks. The transaction is
structured to qualify as a tax free reorganization. The transaction is subject
to customary conditions and will require regulatory approvals and shareholder
approval by the shareholders of both companies. The transaction is expected to
close during the fourth calendar quarter of 1998. The combined company expects
to recognize a one-time charge related to certain merger costs and related
expenses in the fourth calendar quarter of 1998.
About DataWorks Corporation
DataWorks Corporation is one of the largest suppliers of manufacturing software
for mid-size companies. The company's solutions deliver a balance of price and
functionality to suit job shops, mid-range repetitive and mixed mode
manufacturers. DataWorks' products feature advanced ERP system functionality
combined with open system technologies, including client/server architecture,
relational database and easy-to-use, Windows-based graphical user interfaces.
The company also offers rapid deployment and guarantees the cost of its mid-
range implementations. With offices throughout the United States, Canada, Europe
and Australia, DataWorks has over 4,500 customer sites worldwide. More
information about DataWorks Corporation and its products and services is
available at DataWorks' Web site www.dataworks.com.
About Platinum Software Corporation
Platinum Software Corporation develops client/server enterprise resource
planning software, including customer service and support, sales force
automation, financial accounting, budgeting, manufacturing, and distribution for
midmarket corporations worldwide. Founded in 1984, Platinum is based in Irvine,
California. More information about Platinum and its products and services is
available at Platinum's Web site www.platsoft.com.
Platinum is a registered trademark of Platinum Software Corporation. All other
company and product names mentioned in this document are trademarks of the
respective companies with which they are associated and are acknowledged. The
preceding contains forward looking statements, including statements
contemplating the closing of the proposed merger and the
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business of the combined company following such closing. These forward looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties including risks that the
proposed transaction is not consummated, risks that the synergies contemplated
in connection with the proposed transaction are not achieved and risks that the
proposed transaction will result in damage to the relationships of Platinum and
DataWorks with their respective customers, employees, distributors, suppliers
and other business partners.
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