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BYLAWS
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ARTICLE I CORPORATE OFFICES................................................................. 1
1.1 Registered Office............................................................ 1
1.2 Other Offices................................................................ 1
ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS......................................................... 1
2.1 Place of Meetings............................................................ 1
2.2 Annual Meeting............................................................... 1
2.3 Special Meeting.............................................................. 3
2.4 Notice of Stockholders' Meetings............................................. 4
2.5 Manner of Giving Notice; Affidavit of Notice................................. 4
2.6 Quorum....................................................................... 4
2.7 Adjourned Meeting; Notice.................................................... 5
2.8 Conduct of Business.......................................................... 5
2.9 Voting....................................................................... 5
2.10 Waiver of Notice............................................................. 5
2.11 Stockholder Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting...................... 6
2.12 Record Date for Stockholder Notice; Voting; Giving Consents.................. 6
2.13 Proxies...................................................................... 7
2.14 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote........................................ 7
ARTICLE III Directors....................................................................... 7
3.1 Powers....................................................................... 7
3.2 Number of Directors.......................................................... 7
3.3 Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors...................... 7
3.4 Resignation and Vacancies.................................................... 8
3.5 Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone..................................... 8
3.6 Regular Meetings............................................................. 9
3.7 Special Meetings; Notice..................................................... 9
3.8 Quorum....................................................................... 9
3.9 Waiver of Notice............................................................. 9
3.10 Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting............................ 10
3.11 Fees and Compensation of Directors........................................... 10
3.12 Approval of Loans to Officers................................................ 10
3.13 Removal of Directors......................................................... 10
ARTICLE IV Committees....................................................................... 10
4.1 Committees of Directors...................................................... 10
4.2 Committee Minutes............................................................ 11
4.3 Meetings and Action of Committees............................................ 11
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ARTICLE V Officers.......................................................................... 11
5.1 Officers..................................................................... 11
5.2 Appointment of Officers...................................................... 11
5.3 Subordinate Officers......................................................... 12
5.4 Removal and Resignation of Officers.......................................... 12
5.5 Vacancies in Offices......................................................... 12
5.6 Chairman of the Board........................................................ 12
5.7 President.................................................................... 12
5.8 Vice Presidents.............................................................. 12
5.9 Secretary.................................................................... 12
5.10 Chief Financial Officer...................................................... 13
5.11 Representation of Shares of Other Corporations............................... 13
5.12 Authority and Duties of Officers............................................. 13
ARTICLE VI Indemnity........................................................................ 14
6.1 Third Party Actions.......................................................... 14
6.2 Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation................................ 14
6.3 Successful Defense........................................................... 14
6.4 Determination of Conduct..................................................... 14
6.5 Payment of Expenses in Advance............................................... 15
6.6 Indemnity Not Exclusive...................................................... 15
6.7 Insurance Indemnification.................................................... 15
6.8 The Corporation.............................................................. 15
6.9 Employee Benefit Plans....................................................... 15
6.10 Continuation of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.................. 16
ARTICLE VII Records and Reports............................................................. 16
7.1 Maintenance and Inspection of Records........................................ 16
7.2 Inspection by Directors...................................................... 16
7.3 Annual Statement to Stockholders............................................. 16
ARTICLE VIII General Matters................................................................ 17
8.1 Checks....................................................................... 17
8.2 Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments............................. 17
8.3 Stock Certificates; Partly Paid Shares....................................... 17
8.4 Special Designation on Certificates.......................................... 17
8.5 Lost Certificates............................................................ 18
8.6 Construction; Definitions.................................................... 18
8.7 Dividends.................................................................... 18
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8.8 Fiscal Year.................................................................. 18
8.9 Seal......................................................................... 18
8.10 Transfer of Stock............................................................ 19
8.11 Stock Transfer Agreements.................................................... 19
8.12 Registered Stockholders...................................................... 19
ARTICLE IX Amendments....................................................................... 19
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation shall be
in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware. The name of
the registered agent of the corporation at such location is the Corporation
Trust Company.
1.2 Other Offices. The board of directors may at any time establish
other offices at any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do
business.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any
place, within or outside the State of Delaware, designated by the board of
directors. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall
be held at the registered office of the corporation.
2.2 Annual Meeting.
(a) The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on
a date and at a time designated by the board of directors. At the meeting,
directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted.
(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 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 less than one hundred twenty
(120) calendar days in advance of the date of the current year corresponding to
the date of the corporation's proxy statement released to stockholders in
connection with the previous year's annual meeting of stockholders; provided,
however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous
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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 later
than the close of business on the later of one hundred twenty (120) calendar
days in advance of such annual meeting or ten (10) calendar days following the
date on which public announcement of the date of the meeting is first made. 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 or she should so determine, he or she 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 2.2. 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 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 elections 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 2.2. At the request of the board of directors, any
person nominated by a
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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 or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the
meeting, and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
2.3 Special Meeting.
(a) A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any
time by the board of directors, or by the chairman of the board, or by the
president, or by one or more stockholders holding shares in the aggregate
entitled to cast not less than ten percent of the votes at that meeting.
(b) For a special meeting of the stockholders to be properly
called by any person or persons other than the board of directors, the person or
persons calling the meeting must have given timely notice thereof in writing to
the secretary of the corporation and the business proposed to be conducted at
such meeting must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be
timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at
the principal executive officers of the corporation not later than the close of
business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day
prior to the date of the meeting proposed by the person or persons calling the
meeting. A stockholder's notice to the secretary shall set forth (i) the
proposed date and time of the meeting, (ii) as to each matter the stockholder
proposes to bring before the meeting: (A) a brief description of the business
desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such
business at the meeting, (B) the name and address, as they appear on the
corporation's books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (C) the class
and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the
stockholder, (D) any material interest of the stockholder in such business, and
(E) any other information that is required to be provided by the stockholder
pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act, in his capacity as a proponent to
a stockholder proposal, and (iii) 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 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 elections 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). No business may
be transacted at such special meeting otherwise than specified in such notice.
Upon notice meeting the requirements of this paragraph (b) by any person or
persons entitled to call a special meeting of stockholders, the corporation
shall cause notice to be promptly given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.4 and 2.5 of this Article II, that
a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person or persons who called
the meeting,
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not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the
receipt of the request. If the notice is not given within twenty (20) days after
the receipt of the request, the person or persons requesting the meeting may
give the notice. Nothing contained in this paragraph of this Section 2.3 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.
Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be
conducted at any special meeting except in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this paragraph (b) and no person shall be eligible for election at a
special meeting as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (b). The chairman of the 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), or that a nomination was not made in
accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he or she
should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the meeting, and any such
business was not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted and
the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
2.4 Notice of Stockholders' Meetings. All notices of meetings with
stockholders shall be in writing and shall be sent or otherwise given in
accordance with Section 2.5 of these bylaws 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. The notice shall specify the place, date, and hour of the
meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for
which the meeting is called.
2.5 Manner of Giving Notice; Affidavit of Notice. Written notice of any
meeting of stockholders, if mailed, is given when deposited in the United States
mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholders at his address as it appears
on the records of the corporation. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant
secretary or of the transfer agent of the corporation that the notice has been
given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts
stated therein.
2.6 Quorum. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the
transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the
certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum is not present or
represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (i) the Chairman of
the meeting or (ii) the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person
or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to
time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is
present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present
or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted
at the meetings as originally noticed.
2.7 Adjourned Meeting; Notice. When a meeting is adjourned to another
time or place, unless these bylaws otherwise require, 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 that 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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2.8 Conduct of Business. The Chairman of any meeting of stockholders
shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting,
including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of business.
2.9 Voting. The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of
stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.12 of these bylaws, subject to the provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries,
pledgors and joint owners of stock and to voting trusts and other voting
agreements).
Except as provided in the last paragraph of this Section 2.9, or as may
be otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder
shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such
stockholder.
At the stockholders' meeting at which directors are to be elected, each
stockholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes (i.e., cast for any candidate a
number of votes greater than the number of votes which such stockholder normally
is entitled to cast) if the candidates' names have been properly placed in
nomination (in accordance with these bylaws) prior to commencement of the voting
and the stockholder requesting cumulative voting has given notice prior to
commencement of the voting of the stockholder's intention to cumulate votes. If
cumulative voting is properly requested, each holder of stock, or of any class
or classes or of a series or series thereof, who elects to cumulate votes shall
be entitled to as many votes as equals the number of votes which (absent this
provision as to cumulative voting) he would be entitled to cast for the election
of directors with respect to his shares of stock multiplied by the number of
directors to be elected by him, and he may cast all of such votes for a single
director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for, or for any two
or more of them, as he may see fit.
2.10 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under any
provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person
entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be
deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person 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. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any
regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written
waiver of notice unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these
bylaws.
2.11 Stockholder Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting. Unless
otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action required by
this chapter to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a
corporation, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of
such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and
without a vote if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is
signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum
number of votes that would be
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necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares
entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by
less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who
have not consented in writing. If the action which is consented to is such as
would have required the filing of a certificate under any section of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware if such action had been voted on by stockholders at
a meeting thereof, then the certificate filed under such section shall state, in
lieu of any statement required by such section concerning any vote of
stockholders, that written notice and written consent have been given as
provided in Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
2.12 Record Date for Stockholder Notice; Voting; Giving Consents. 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, or
entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or
entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment
of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any 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 shall not be
more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such
meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date:
(i) 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.
(ii) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to
express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior
action by the board of directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the
first written consent is expressed.
(iii) The record date for determining stockholders for any other
purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of
directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
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.
2.13 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of
stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by a
written proxy, signed by the stockholder and filed with the secretary of the
corporation, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3)
years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy
shall be deemed signed if the stockholder's name is placed on the proxy (whether
by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission or
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otherwise) by the stockholder or the stockholder's attorney-in-fact. The
revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be
governed by the provisions of Section 212(c) of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware.
2.14 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer who has charge
of the stock ledger of a corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10)
days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders
entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the
address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of
each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder,
for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a
period of at least 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 so specified, at the place where the meeting
is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of
the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any
stockholder who is present. Such list shall presumptively determine the identity
of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares
held by each of them.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
3.1 Powers. Subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware and any limitations in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws
relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders or by the
outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed
and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the
board of directors.
3.2 Number of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of seven
(7) persons until changed by a proper amendment of this Section 3.2.
3.3 Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors. Except as
provided in Section 3.4 of these bylaws, directors shall be elected at each
annual meeting of stockholders to hold office until the next annual meeting.
Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, wherein other qualification for directors may be
prescribed. Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall
hold office until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier
resignation or removal.
Election of directors need not be by written ballot.
3.4 Resignation and Vacancies. Any director may resign at any time upon
written notice to the attention of the Secretary of the corporation. When one or
more directors so resigns and the resignation is 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
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when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director
so chosen shall hold office as provided in this section in the filling of other
vacancies.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these
bylaws:
(i) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from
any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the
stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a
majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a
sole remaining director.
(ii) Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or
series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of
the certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of
such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors
elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole
remaining director so elected.
If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the
corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any
stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder,
or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate
of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with
the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, or may apply
to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided
in Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created
directorship, the directors then in office constitute less than a majority of
the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), then
the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders
holding at least ten (10) percent of the total number of the shares at the time
outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an
election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships,
or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office as aforesaid,
which election shall be governed by the provisions of Section 211 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware as far as applicable.
3.5 Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone. The board of directors of
the corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or
outside the State of Delaware.
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these
bylaws, members of the board of directors, or any committee designated by the
board of directors, may participate in a meeting of the board of directors, or
any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear
each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in
person at the meeting.
3.6 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be
held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be
determined by the board.
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3.7 Special Meetings; Notice. Special meetings of the board of directors
for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairman of the
board, the president, any vice president, the secretary or any two (2)
directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered
personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail or
telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that director's address
as it is shown on the records of the corporation. If the notice is mailed, it
shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the
time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is delivered personally or by
telephone or by telegram, it shall be delivered personally or by telephone or to
the telegraph company at least forty-eight (48) hours before the time of the
holding of the meeting. Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be
communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director
who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate
it to the director. The notice need not specify the purpose or the place of the
meeting, if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the
corporation.
3.8 Quorum. At all meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the
authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at
which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors, except as
may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the board of
directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time
to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum
is present.
A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to
transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action
taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that
meeting.
3.9 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under any
provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person
entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be
deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person 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. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any
regular or special meeting of the directors, or members of a committee of
directors, need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required
by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
3.10 Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise
restricted by the certificate of incorporation of 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 or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing and the
writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or
committee.
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3.11 Fees and Compensation of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by
the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the board of directors shall
have the authority to fix the compensation of directors.
3.12 Approval of 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 subsidiary, including any officer or
employee who is a director of the corporation or its subsidiary, whenever, in
the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably
be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guaranty 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 this section contained shall
be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the
corporation at common law or under any statute.
3.13 Removal of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by statute, by
the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws, any director or the entire
board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a
majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors;
provided, however, that, so long as shareholders of the corporation are entitled
to cumulative voting, if less than the entire board is to be removed, no
director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal
would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of
the entire board of directors.
No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect
of removing any director prior to the expiration of such director's term of
office.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
4.1 Committees of Directors. The board of directors may, by resolution
passed by a majority of the whole board, 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. In the absence or disqualification of a
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. Any such
committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors or
in the bylaws of the corporation, 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 that may require it; but not such committee shall have the
power or authority to (i) amend the certificate of incorporation (except that a
committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions
providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board of directors
as provided in Section 151(a) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, fix
the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to
dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of
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assets of the corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares
for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any
other class or classes of stock of the corporation or fix the number of shares
of any series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the
corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the
increase or decrease of the shares of any series), (ii) adopt an agreement of
merger or consolidation under Sections 251 or 252 of the General Corporation Law
of Delaware, (iii) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of
all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, (iv)
recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation
of a dissolution, or (v) amend the bylaws of the corporation; and, unless the
board resolution establishing the committee, the bylaws or the certificate of
incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or
authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt
a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware.
4.2 Committee Minutes. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its
meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required.
4.3 Meetings and Action of Committees. Meetings and actions of
committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the
provisions of Article III of these bylaws, Section 3.5 (place of meetings and
meeting by telephone), Section 3.6 (regular meetings), Section 3.7 (special
meetings and notice), Section 3.8 (quorum), Section 3.9 (waiver of notice), and
Section 3.10 (action without a meeting), with such changes in the context of
those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for
the board of directors and its members; provided, however, that the time of
regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the
board of directors or by resolution of the committee, that special meetings of
committees may also be called by resolution of the board of directors and that
notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate
members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The
board of directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not
inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
5.1 Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be a president, a
secretary, and a chief financial officer. The corporation may also have, at the
discretion of the board of directors, a chairman of the board, one or more vice
presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers,
and any such other officers as may be held by the same person.
5.2 Appointment of Officers. The officers of the corporation, except
such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections
5.3 or 5.5 of these bylaws, shall be appointed by the board of directors,
subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.
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5.3 Subordinate Officers. The board of directors may appoint, or empower
the president to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the
corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have
such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as
the board of directors may from time to time determine.
5.4 Removal and Resignation of Officers. Subject to the rights, if any,
of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed,
either with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the
board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board or, except in
the case of an officer chosen by the board of directors, by any officer upon
whom such power of removal may be conferred by the board of directors.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the
corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of
that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise
specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be
necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the
rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a
party.
5.5 Vacancies in Offices. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the
corporation shall be filled by the board of directors.
5.6 Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board, if such an officer
be elected, shall, if present, preside at meetings of the board of directors and
exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may from time to time be
assigned to him by the board of directors or as may be prescribed by these
bylaws.
5.7 President. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be
given by the board of directors to the chairman of the board, if there be such
an officer, the president shall be the chief executive officer of the
corporation and shall, subject to the control of the board of directors, have
general supervision, direction, and control of the business and the officers of
the corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of stockholders and, in the
absence or nonexistence of a chairman of the board, at all meetings of the board
of directors. He shall have the general powers and duties of management usually
vested in the office of president of a corporation and shall have such other
powers and duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or these
bylaws.
5.8 Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the president, the
vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the board of
directors or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the board of
directors, shall perform all the duties of the president and when so acting
shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the
president. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such
other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the
board of directors, these bylaws, the president or the chairman of the board.
5.9 Secretary. The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the
principal executive office of the corporation or such other place as the board
of directors may direct, a book of minutes
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of all meetings and actions of directors, committees of directors, and
stockholders. The minutes shall show the time and place of each meeting, whether
regular or special (and, if special, how authorized and the notice given), the
names of those present at directors' meetings or committee meetings, the number
of shares present or represented at stockholders' meetings, and the proceedings
thereof.
The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive
office of the corporation or at the office of the corporation's transfer agent
or registrar, as determined by resolution of the board of directors, a share
register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all stockholders
and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number
and date of certificates evidencing such shares, and the number and date of
cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings
of the stockholders and of the board of directors required to be given by law or
by these bylaws. He shall keep the seal of the corporation, if one be adopted,
in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by the board of directors or by these bylaws.
5.10 Chief Financial Officer. The chief financial officer shall keep and
maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and
records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the
corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts,
disbursements, gains, losses, capital retained earnings, and shares. The books
of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.
The chief financial officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables
in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such depositories as may
be designated by the board of directors. He shall disburse the funds of the
corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, shall render to the
president and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all his
transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the
corporation, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by the board of directors or the bylaws.
5.11 Representation of Shares of Other Corporations. The chairman of the
board, the president, any vice president, the treasurer, the secretary or
assistant secretary of this corporation, or any other person authorized by the
board of directors or the president or vice president, is authorized to vote,
represent, and exercise on behalf of this corporation all rights incident to any
and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of
this corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such
person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of
attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.
5.12 Authority and Duties of Officers. In addition to the foregoing
authority and duties, all officers of the corporation shall respectively have
such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the
corporation as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or
the stockholders.
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ARTICLE VI
INDEMNITY
6.1 Third Party Actions. The corporation shall indemnify 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 (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
6.2 Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation. The corporation shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation, to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be
made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have
been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was
brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware
Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
6.3 Successful Defense. To the extent that a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 6.1 and 6.2,
or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
him in connection therewith.
6.4 Determination of Conduct. Any indemnification under Sections 6.1 and
6.2 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that the indemnification of
the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because
he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 6.1 and
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6.2. Such determination shall be made (1) by the Board of Directors or the
Executive Committee by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who
were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding or (2) or if such quorum is
not obtainable or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so
directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the
stockholders.
6.5 Payment of Expenses in Advance. Expenses incurred in defending a
civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in
advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt
of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled
to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article VI.
6.6 Indemnity Not Exclusive. The indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided or granted pursuant to the other subsections of this section
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as
to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office.
6.7 Insurance Indemnification. The corporation shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was, a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation, as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such
capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation
would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the
provisions of this Article VI.
6.8 The Corporation. For purposes of this Article VI, references to "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 and subject to the provisions of this
Article VI (including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 6.4) with
respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect
to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
6.9 Employee Benefit Plans. For purposes of this Article VI, 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
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
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of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to be in the interest of the
participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to
have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as
referred to in this Article VI.
6.10 Continuation of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to,
this Article VI shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified,
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators
of such a person.
ARTICLE VII
RECORDS AND REPORTS
7.1 Maintenance and Inspection of Records. The corporation shall, either
at its principal executive office or at such place or places as designated by
the board of directors, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names
and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder, a
copy of these bylaws as amended to date, accounting books, and other records.
Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent,
shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the
right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the
corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and
records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a
purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every
instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to
inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or
such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on
behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the
corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal place of
business.
7.2 Inspection by Directors. Any director shall have the right to
examine the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its
other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to his position as a
director. The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with the exclusive jurisdiction
to determine whether a director is entitled to the inspection sought. The Court
may summarily order the corporation to permit the director to inspect any and
all books and records, the stock ledger, and the stock list and to make copies
or extracts therefrom. The Court may, in its discretion, prescribe any
limitations or conditions with reference to the inspection, or award such other
and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.
7.3 Annual Statement to Stockholders. The board of directors shall
present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders
when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the
business and condition of the corporation.
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ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL MATTERS
8.1 Checks. From time to time, the board of directors shall determine by
resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other
orders for payment; of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are
issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, and only the persons so
authorized shall sign or endorse those instruments.
8.2 Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments. The board of
directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any
officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute
any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation: such authority
may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or
ratified by the board of directors or within the agency power of an officer, no
officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the
corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render
it liable for any purposes or for any amount.
8.3 Stock Certificates; Partly Paid Shares. The shares of a corporation
shall be represented by certificates, provided that the board of directors of
the corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any
or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such
resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such
certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of
such a resolution by the board of directors, every holder of stock represented
by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be
entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation by
the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, or the president or
vice-president, and by the chief financial officer or an assistant treasurer, or
the secretary or an assistant secretary of such corporation representing the
number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on
the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before
such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same
effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such
certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect
as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
The corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly
paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid
therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent
any such partly paid shares, upon the books and records of the corporation in
the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount of the
consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated.
Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the corporation shall
declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the
basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.
8.4 Special Designation on Certificates. If the corporation is
authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any
class, then the powers, the designations, the
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preferences, and the 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 shall be set forth in full or
summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall
issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that,
except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the
face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent
such class or series of stock a statement that the corporation will furnish
without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations,
the preferences, and the 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.
8.5 Lost Certificates. Except as provided in this Section 8.5, no new
certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued
certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the corporation and cancelled at
the same time. The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or
uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it,
alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed and the corporation may require
the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal
representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it
against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss,
theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new
certificate or uncertificated shares.
8.6 Construction; Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise,
the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the Delaware
General Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without
limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the
plural, and the plural number includes the singular, and the term "person"
includes both a corporation and a natural person.
8.7 Dividends. The directors of the corporation, subject to any
restrictions contained in (i) the General Corporation Law of Delaware or (ii)
the certificate of incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares
of its capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares
of the corporation's capital stock.
The directors of the corporation may set apart out of any of the funds
of the corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper
purpose and may abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be
limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the
corporation, and meeting contingencies.
8.8 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by
resolution of the board of directors and may be changed by the board of
directors.
8.9 Seal. The corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which may be
altered at pleasure, and may use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof,
to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
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8.10 Transfer of Stock. Upon surrender to the corporation or the
transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or
accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to
transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to
the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the
transaction in its books.
8.11 Stock Transfer Agreements. 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.
8.12 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, shall be entitled to
hold liable for calls and assessments the person registered on its books as the
owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other
claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another person,
whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as
otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
The bylaws of the corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by the
stockholders entitled to vote: provided, however, that the corporation may, in
its certificate of incorporation, confer the power to adopt, amend or repeal
bylaws upon the directors. The fact that such power has been so conferred upon
the directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their
power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.
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