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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 1999
Registration No.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF ISSUER AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 95-4035997
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
10889 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90024
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
1995 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
(FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)
DONALD P. DE BRIER, ESQ., GENERAL COUNSEL
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
10889 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
(310) 208-8800
(NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
Maximum Proposed
Title of Offering Maximum
Securities Amount Price Aggregate
to be to be Per Offering Amount of
Registered Registered Share(1) Price(1) Registration Fee
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Common
Stock, $.20
par value 10,000,000(2) $20.438 $204,380,000 $56,817.64
(including
Preferred
Stock
Purchase
Rights)
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(1) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 solely for the purpose of calculating the
amount of the registration fee based on the average of the high and low
price for the Common Stock on May 5, 1999.
(2) Includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
the plan as the results of any future stock split, stock dividend or
similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock of the Registrant.
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PART II
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
(a) The Annual Report on Form 10-K of Occidental Petroleum Corporation
("Occidental" or the "Registrant") for the year ended December 31, 1998;
(b) Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 20, 1999 (filed April 21,
1999); and
(c) The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-B, dated June 26, 1986 (as amended by Form 8, dated December
22, 1986, Form 8, dated February 3, 1988, Form 8-B/A, dated July 12, 1993, Form
8-B/A, dated March 21, 1994, and Form 8-B/A, dated November 2, 1995 and
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
descriptions subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement).
All documents filed by the Registrant or the Occidental Petroleum
Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after
the date hereof prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
the securities covered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of delivery of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently
filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein,
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of the Common Stock registered pursuant hereto has been
passed upon by Linda S. Peterson, an Assistant General Counsel of the
Registrant. Ms. Peterson beneficially owns, and has rights to acquire under
employee stock options, an aggregate of less than 1% of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock of Occidental.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court
to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors
and officers under certain circumstances for liabilities incurred in connection
with their activities in such capacities (including reimbursement for expenses
incurred). Occidental's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
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amended, provides for the elimination of personal liability of its directors to
the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law and Occidental
has entered into indemnification agreements with each director and certain
officers providing for additional indemnification. Article VIII of Occidental's
By-laws provides that Occidental shall indemnify directors and officers under
certain circumstances for liabilities and expenses incurred by reason of their
activities in such capacities. In addition, Occidental has insurance policies
that provide liability coverage to directors and officers while acting in such
capacities.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
3.(i) (a) Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Occidental, together with
all certificates amendatory thereof filed with the Secretary of State
of Delaware, as amended to date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.(i) to Occidental's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1994, File No. 1-9210, except for Exhibits 3.1(i)(b)
and 3.(i)(c) described below).
(b) Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of Occidental dated April 25, 1997 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.(i)(b) to Occidental's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1997).
(c) Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of Occidental dated April 30, 1999.
3.(ii) By-laws of Occidental, as amended through April 30, 1999.
5.1 Opinion of Linda S. Peterson, Esq.
23.1 Consent of Linda S. Peterson, Esq. (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
24.1 Power of Attorney (Reference is hereby made to page 5).
99.1 Occidental Petroleum Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended
April 30, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit B to the Proxy
Statement of Occidental for its April 30, 1999, Annual Meeting of
Stockholders).
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof)
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which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the registration
statement.
2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
Donald P. de Brier, Robert E. Sawyer and Linda S. Peterson his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all Amendments (including
Post-Effective Amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, here ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting along, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Occidental
Petroleum Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on May 7,
1999.
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
By: /s/ RAY R. IRANI
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Ray R. Irani
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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Chairman of the Board
/s/ RAY R. IRANI of Directors and
- ---------------------------- Chief Executive Officer May 7, 1999
Ray R. Irani
Chief Financial Officer and
/s/ STEPHEN I. CHAZEN Executive Vice President-
- ---------------------------- Corporate Development May 7, 1999
Stephen I. Chazen
Vice President and
/s/ SAMUEL P. DOMINICK, JR. Controller (Chief
- ---------------------------- Accounting Officer) May 7, 1999
Samuel P. Dominick, Jr.
- ---------------------------- Director May 7, 1999
Ronald W. Burkle
/s/ JOHN S. CHALSTY
- ---------------------------- Director May 7, 1999
John S. Chalsty
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/s/ EDWARD P. DJEREJIAN
- ---------------------------- Director May 7, 1999
Edward P. Djerejian
/s/ JOHN E. FEICK
- ---------------------------- Director May 7, 1999
John E. Feick
/s/ J. ROGER HIRL
- ---------------------------- Director May 7, 1999
J. Roger Hirl
/s/ JOHN W. KLUGE
- ---------------------------- Director May 7, 1999
John W. Kluge
/s/ DALE R. LAURANCE
- ---------------------------- Director May 7, 1999
Dale R. Laurance
/s/ IRWIN W. MALONEY
- ---------------------------- Director May 7, 1999
Irwin W. Maloney
/s/ RUDOLFO SEGOVIA
- ---------------------------- Director May 7, 1999
Rudolfo Segovia
/s/ AZIZ SYRIANI
- ---------------------------- Director May 7, 1999
Aziz Syriani
/s/ ROSEMARY TOMICH
- ---------------------------- Director May 7, 1999
Rosemary Tomich
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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3.(i) (a) Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Occidental, together
with all certificates amendatory thereof filed with the Secretary
of State of Delaware, as amended to date (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.(i) to Occidental's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, File No. 1-9210,
except for Exhibits 3.(i)(b) and 3.(i)(c) described below).
(b) Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Occidental dated April 25, 1997 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.(i)(b) to Occidental's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997).
(c) Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Occidental dated April 30, 1999.
3.(ii) By-laws of Occidental, as amended through April 30, 1999.
5.1 Opinion of Linda S. Peterson, Esq.
23.1 Consent of Linda S. Peterson, Esq. (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
24.1 Power of Attorney (Reference is hereby made to page 6).
99.1 Occidental Petroleum Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Plan, as
amended April 30, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit B to
the Proxy Statement of Occidental for its April 30, 1999, Annual
Meeting of Stockholders).
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EXHIBIT 3.(I)(C)
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a corporation organized and existing
under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
"Corporation"),
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
FIRST: That at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
on February 18, 1999, at which a quorum was present and acted throughout,
resolutions were duly adopted setting forth a proposed amendment of the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation to permit the number of
directors to be determined from time to time in the manner provided in the
By-laws (the "Amendment"), declaring the Amendment to be advisable, and
directing that the Amendment be considered at the next annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Corporation.
SECOND: That thereafter on April 30, 1999, the 1999 annual meeting of
the Corporation was duly held in accordance with the by-laws of the Corporation
and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, at which meeting the
necessary number of shares of stock as required by statute were voted in favor
of the following resolution adopting the Amendment:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Paragraph A of Article VI of
the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of this Corporation
be amended so that in its entirety the said Section A shall read as set
forth below:
"A. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed
by or under the direction of a Board of Directors. The number of directors
which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed by, or
in such manner as may be provided in, the By-laws of the Corporation. All
directors shall be of one class and serve for a term ending at the annual
meeting following the annual meeting at which the director was elected. In
no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any
incumbent director. Each director shall hold office after the annual
meeting at which his term is scheduled to end until his successor shall be
elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation,
disqualification or removal from office. Any newly created directorship
resulting from an increase in the number of directors or any other vacancy
on the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of
Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole
remaining director.
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"Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or
more classes or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation shall
have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at
an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office,
filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be
governed by the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation applicable
thereto, and such directors so elected shall be in addition to the number
of directors provided for in the By-laws of the Corporation."
THIRD: That the Amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the
provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of
Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by Donald P. de
Brier, its Executive Vice President and Secretary, this 30th day of April, 1999.
By /s/ DONALD P. DE BRIER
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Donald P. de Brier
Executive Vice President
and Secretary
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EXHIBIT 3.(II)
[AS AMENDED APRIL 30, 1999]
BY-LAWS
OF
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "CORPORATION")
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the
Corporation shall be in the State of Delaware.
SECTION 2. Other Offices. The Corporation 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.
ARTICLE II
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 1. Place and Conduct of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders
for the election of directors or for the transaction of only such other business
as may properly be brought before the meeting in accordance with these By-laws
shall be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of
Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and
stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice
thereof. The Chairman of such meetings shall have plenary power and authority
with respect to all matters relating to the conduct thereof including, without
limitation, the authority to limit the amount of time which may be taken by any
stockholder or stockholders, the authority to appoint and be advised by a
parliamentarian, and the authority to appoint and to instruct a sergeant or
sergeants at arms.
SECTION 2. Annual Meetings. The Annual Meetings of Stockholders shall
be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time
by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, for the
purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of only such other
business as may properly be brought before the meeting in accordance with these
By-laws.
To be properly brought before the Annual Meeting, business must be
either (a) specified in the notice of Annual Meeting (or any supplement thereto)
given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise properly
brought before the Annual Meeting by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by a
stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of
the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2 and on the record date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such Annual Meeting
and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.
In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be
properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must
have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the
Corporation.
To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to or mailed to
and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, not less
than seventy (70) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the anniversary
date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting; provided, however, that in the
event that the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty
(30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be
timely must be so received not later than the close of
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business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the
date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made,
whichever first occurs. In no event shall the public announcement of an
adjournment of an Annual Meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a
stockholder's notice as described above.
To be in proper written form, 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, the reasons for conducting such business at the
Annual Meeting and any material interest in such business of the stockholder and
the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (ii) the
name and record address of the stockholder proposing such business, (iii) the
class, series and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially
owned by the stockholder, (iv) a description of all arrangements or
understandings between the stockholder and any other person or persons
(including their names) in connection with such business, (v) whether the
stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which
intends to distribute proxy materials, and (vi) a representation that the
stockholder intends to appear, in person or by another person authorized in
accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware to act as
proxy for the stockholder, at the Annual Meeting to present such business.
Notwithstanding anything in the By-laws to the contrary, no business
shall be conducted at the Annual Meeting except in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 2; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section 2 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any
business properly brought before the Annual Meeting.
The Chairman of an Annual Meeting shall, if the facts warrant,
determine and declare to the Annual Meeting that business was not properly
brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 2, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the Annual
Meeting and any such business not properly brought before the Annual Meeting
shall not be transacted.
Written notice of the Annual Meeting stating the place, date and hour
of the Annual Meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at
such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting.
SECTION 3. Special Meetings. Unless otherwise prescribed by law or by
the Certificate of Incorporation, Special Meetings of Stockholders, for any
purpose or purposes, may be called by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of
the Board. Written notice of a Special Meeting stating the place, date and hour
of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall
be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the
meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.
SECTION 4. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the capital 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. If, however, such quorum shall not
be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, 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 shall be present or represented. At
such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any
business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than thirty 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 entitled to vote at
the meeting.
SECTION 5. Voting. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these By-laws, any question brought before any meeting of
stockholders shall be decided by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
shares present in person or by proxy at the meeting for the purposes of
determining the
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presence of a quorum at such meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the
Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder represented at a meeting of
stockholders shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of the capital
stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. Such votes may be cast
in person or by proxy but no proxy shall be voted on or after three years from
its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. No vote at any meeting
of stockholders need be by written ballot unless the Board of Directors, in its
discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at the meeting, in his
discretion, specifically directs the use of a written ballot.
SECTION 6. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer of the
Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare
and make, at least ten 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 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 of the Corporation who is
present.
SECTION 7. Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be
the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock
ledger, the list required by Section 6 of this Article II or the books of the
Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
SECTION 8. Voting Procedures and Inspectors of Election. The
corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or
more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The
corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace
any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a
meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one
or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon
the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute
the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of
his ability.
The inspectors shall (i) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and
the voting power of each, (ii) determine the shares represented at a meeting and
the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv)
determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any
challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their
determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting, and their
count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other
persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of the duties of
the inspectors.
The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each
matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at
the meeting.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. Number and Election of Directors. Subject to the rights, if
any, of holders of preferred stock issued by the Corporation to elect directors
of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall consist of one or more
directors, the number of which shall be eleven (11) until changed by resolution
duly adopted by the Board of Directors from time to time. Except as provided in
Section 2 of this Article III, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the
votes cast at Annual Meetings of Stockholders, and each director so elected
shall hold office until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until
his earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. No person shall be
eligible for election as a director of the Corporation who shall have reached
the age of seventy-two (72) at the date of such election. Any director
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may resign at any time effective upon giving written notice to the Corporation,
unless the notice specifies a later time for such resignation to become
effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the
Board of Directors may elect a successor prior to such effective time to take
office when such resignation becomes effective. Directors need not be
stockholders.
SECTION 2. Nominations of Directors. Only persons who are nominated in
accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as
directors, except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation with respect to the right of holders of
preferred stock of the Corporation to nominate and elect a specified number of
directors in certain circumstances. Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at any Annual Meeting (a) by
or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee
thereof) or (b) by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder
of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2
and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at
the Annual Meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in
this Section 2.
In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to
be made by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof
in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.
To be timely, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary must be delivered
to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation
not less than seventy (70) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the
anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting; provided, however,
that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not
within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the
stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of
business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the
date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made, whichever
first occurs. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an
Annual Meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder's
notice as described above.
To be in proper written form, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary
must set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate
for election or re-election as a director, (i) the name, age, business address
and residence address of the person, (ii) principal occupation or employment of
the person, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of
the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the person, and
(iv) any other information relating to the person that is required to be
disclosed in solicitations for proxies for election of directors pursuant to the
Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 14
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and (b)
as to the stockholder giving the notice, (i) the name and record address of such
stockholder, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of
the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, (iii) a
description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder or the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made and each
proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names)
pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by such stockholder, (iv)
whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a
group which intends to distribute proxy materials, (v) a representation that the
stockholder intends to appear, in person or by another person authorized in
accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware to act as
proxy for the stockholder, at the Annual Meeting to nominate the persons named
in the stockholder's notice, and (vi) any other information relating to the
person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies for
election of directors pursuant to the Rules and Regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission under Section 14 of the Exchange Act. Such notice must
be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a
nominee and to serve as a director if elected.
No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the
Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 2. If the Chairman of the Annual Meeting determines that a nomination
was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, the Chairman
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shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and the defective
nomination shall be disregarded.
SECTION 3. Vacancies. Any newly created directorship resulting from an
increase in the number of directors or any other vacancy on the Board of
Directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office,
even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director
elected to fill a newly created directorship resulting from an increase in the
number of directors or any other vacancy shall hold office for a term that shall
expire at the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
SECTION 4. Duties and Powers. The business of the Corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise
all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are
not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-laws
directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
SECTION 5. Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold
meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of
Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice
at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the
Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by
the Chairman, if there be one, the President, or any three directors. Notice
thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each
director either by mail not less than forty-eight hours before the date of the
meeting, by telephone, telegram or telecopy on twenty-four hours notice, or on
such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem
necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.
SECTION 6. Quorum. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by
law, at all meetings of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, a
majority of the members of the entire Board of Directors or of the said
committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and the act
of a majority of the directors or members of the committee present at any
meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors or
of the said committee, as the case may be. A meeting at which a quorum is
initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the
withdrawal of directors or members of the committee if any action taken is
approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting. If a
quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any
committee thereof, the directors or members of the committee present thereat may
adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at
the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
SECTION 7. Actions of Board. 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 the members of the Board of Directors 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 of Directors or
committee.
SECTION 8. Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Members of the
Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board
of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such
committee by means of a 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 pursuant to this Section 8 shall constitute
presence in person at such meeting.
SECTION 9. Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or more
committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the
Corporation. 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 any such committee. In the absence or disqualification
of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of
Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member,
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 absent or disqualified member.
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Any committee, to the extent allowed by law and provided in the resolution
establishing such committee, 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. Meetings of any committee may be called by the
Chairman of such committee, if there be one, or by any two members thereof other
than such Chairman. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the
meeting shall be given to each member by mail not less than forty-eight hours
before the date of the meeting; by telephone, telegram or telecopy on
twenty-four hours notice; or on such shorter notice as the person or persons
calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.
Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors
when required.
SECTION 10. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses, if
any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a
fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and/or a
stated annual fee as a director. No such payment shall preclude any director
from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like
compensation for attending committee meetings.
SECTION 11. Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between
the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the
Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other
organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or
officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for
this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or
participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which
authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are
counted for such purpose if (i) the material facts as to his or their
relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or
are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors
or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the
affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the
disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to
his or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are
disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the
contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the
stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation
as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors,
a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be
counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of
Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. General. The officers of this Corporation shall be chosen by
the Board of Directors and shall be a Chairman of the Board, who shall be the
Chief Executive Officer, any number of Vice Chairmen, a President, a Senior
Operating Officer, any number of Executive Vice Presidents, one or more of whom
may be designated Senior Executive Vice President, any number of Vice Presidents
with such rank as the Board of Directors may designate, a Secretary, any number
of Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer, and any number of Assistant Treasurers.
One of such Executive Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents shall be designated
Chief Financial Officer and shall have responsibility, subject to the direction
of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board and the President, for the
management of the Corporation's financial affairs. Any number of offices may be
held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these By-laws. The officers of the Corporation need not be
stockholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, need such officers be directors of the Corporation.
SECTION 2. Election. The Board of Directors at its first meeting held
after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall elect the officers of the
Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such
powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the
Board of Directors; and all officers of the Corporation shall hold office until
their successors are chosen and
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qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal. Any officer elected by
the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in an office of the
Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3. Remuneration. The Board of Directors shall have the power
to fix and determine the salaries and other remuneration, and the terms and
conditions thereof, of all executive officers of the Corporation.
SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the
Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the
Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, if any, shall have general and
active management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, shall have
plenary power to issue orders and instructions to all officers and employees of
the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of
Directors and the Executive Committee, if any, are carried into effect. He shall
be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and except where by law the
signature of the President is required, the Chairman of the Board of Directors
shall possess the power to enter into and sign all contracts, certificates and
other instruments of the Corporation, and shall have the power to delegate any
portion of his authority under these By-laws to any other officer of the
Corporation. During the absence or disability of the President, the Chairman of
the Board of Directors shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the
duties of the President. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also
perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to
time may be assigned to him by these By-laws or by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5. Vice Chairmen of the Board of Directors. The Vice Chairman
of the Board of Directors or Vice Chairmen of the Board of Directors, if there
is more than one (in the order designated by the Board of Directors), shall
perform such duties and may exercise such powers as from time to time may be
assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 6. President. The President shall perform such duties and have
such powers as the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board may from time
to time prescribe. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, or if there be none, the President shall preside at all meetings of
the stockholders and the Board of Directors. If there be no Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation. The President shall also perform such other duties and may exercise
such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him by these By-laws,
by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 7. Senior Operating Officer. The Senior Operating Officer shall
perform such duties and have such powers as are prescribed for Executive Vice
Presidents and Vice Presidents under these By-laws and under any resolution of
the Board of Directors and shall perform such additional duties and have such
additional powers as the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of
Directors may from time to time prescribe. The Senior Operating Officer shall
also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time
to time may be assigned to him by these By-laws, by the Board of Directors, or
by the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 8. Executive Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents. At the
request of the President or in his absence or in the event of his inability or
refusal to act (and if there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors), the
Executive Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents (in the order designated by the
Board of Directors) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so
acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon
the President. Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such
other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors
from time to time may prescribe. If there be no Chairman of the Board of
Directors and no Vice President, the Board of Directors shall designate the
officer of the Corporation who, in the absence of the President or in the event
of the inability or refusal of the President to act, shall perform the duties of
the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject
to all the restrictions upon the President.
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SECTION 9. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the
Board of Directors and all meetings of stockholders and record all the
proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the
Secretary shall also perform like duties for the standing committees of the
Board of Directors when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be
given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the
Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by
the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors, under whose
supervision he shall be. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to
cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special
meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then
either the Board of Directors or the President may choose another officer to
cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of
the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be any,
shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when
so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the
signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give
general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and
to attest the affixing by his signature. The Secretary shall see that all books,
reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by
law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.
SECTION 10. Treasurer. Subject to the direction of the Chief Financial
Officer, the Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and
securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and
disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys
and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in
such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer
shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of
Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to
the Chairman of the Board and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings,
or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions
as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by
the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such
sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of
Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the
restoration to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or
removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of
whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the
Corporation.
SECTION 11. Assistant Secretaries. Except as may be otherwise provided
in these By-laws, Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such
duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the
Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any
Vice President, if there be any, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the
Secretary or in the event of his disability or refusal to act, shall perform the
duties of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be
subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.
SECTION 12. Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be
any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be
assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the President, any Vice President, if there be any, or the Treasurer,
and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of his disability or refusal
to act, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall
have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, an Assistant Treasurer shall
give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as
shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of
the duties of his office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of
his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers,
vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under
his control belonging to the Corporation.
SECTION 13. Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of
Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time
to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to
choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.
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SECTION 14. Officers of Divisions. The officers of divisions of the
Corporation shall perform such duties and may exercise such powers as the
Chairman of the Board may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
SECTION 1. Form of Certificates. Every holder of stock in the
Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed, in the name of the
Corporation (i) by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or a
Vice President and (ii) by the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation.
SECTION 2. Signatures. Where a certificate is countersigned by (i) a
transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or (ii) a registrar
other than the Corporation or its employee, any other signature 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
shall have 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 at the date of issue.
SECTION 3. Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new
certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the
Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of
an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be
lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the
Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the
issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed
certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner
as the Board of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in
such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made
against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been
lost, stolen or destroyed.
SECTION 4. Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in
the manner prescribed by law and in these By-laws. Transfers of stock shall be
made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate
or by his attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the
certificate therefor, which shall be cancelled before a new certificate shall be
issued.
SECTION 5. Record Date. 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 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 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 days nor less than ten days before the date of such
meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. 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.
SECTION 6. Beneficial Owners. 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 to hold liable
for calls and assessments a 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 any other person, whether or not
it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by
law.
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ARTICLE VI
NOTICES
SECTION 1. Notices. Whenever written notice is required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, to be given to any director,
member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail,
addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at his address
as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid,
and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be
deposited in the United States mail. Written notice may also be given personally
or by telegram, telex or cable or by facsimile or other electronic transmission.
Notice given by any such means shall be deemed to have been given at the time
delivered, sent or transmitted.
SECTION 2. Waivers of Notice. Whenever any notice is required by law,
the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, to be given to any director,
member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the
person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. 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 at any regular or special
meeting, and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital
stock. 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 its absolute discretion, deems 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 any proper
purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.
SECTION 2. Disbursements. All checks or demands for money and notes of
the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person
or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
SECTION 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be
fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed
thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words
"Corporate Seal, Delaware". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile
thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
SECTION 5. Stock Held by Corporation. Powers of attorney, proxies,
waivers of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned
by the Corporation may be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation
by the Chairman of the Board, or such other officer or officers as the Board of
Directors or the Chairman of the Board may designate, and any such officer shall
have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by
proxy, to attend, and to act and vote at, any meeting of stockholders of any
corporation in which the Corporation may hold securities, and at any such
meeting shall possess, and may exercise, any and all of the rights and powers
incident to the ownership of such securities.
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ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 1. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other
than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this
Article VIII, 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
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of
itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
SECTION 2. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in
the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, 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 the
Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite 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 Court of Chancery or such other court
shall deem proper.
SECTION 3. Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under
this Article VIII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation
only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
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
Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be. Such
determination shall be made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of
a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a
quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders. To the extent, however, 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 Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, 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, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.
SECTION 4. Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under
Section 3 of this Article VIII, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or
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proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful,
if his action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or
another enterprise, or on information, opinions, reports or statements supplied
to him by the officers or employees of the Corporation or another enterprise in
the course of their duties, or by a committee of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another
enterprise or on information or records given or reports or statements made to
the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public
accountant, by an appraiser or by another person selected with reasonable care
by or on behalf of the Corporation or another enterprise as to matters such
person reasonably believes are within such certified public accountant's,
appraiser's, or other person's professional or expert competence. The term
"another enterprise" as used in this Section 4 shall mean any other corporation
or any partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise of which such
person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent. The provisions of this Section 4 shall not be deemed
to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may
be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 1
or 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be.
SECTION 5. Indemnification by a Court. Notwithstanding any contrary
determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII, and
notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director,
officer, employee or agent may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction in
the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible
under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VIII. The basis of such indemnification
by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the
director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he
has met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Sections 1 or 2 of this
Article VIII, as the case may be. Notice of any application for indemnification
pursuant to this Section 5 shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the
filing of such application.
SECTION 6. Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses incurred in defending
or investigating a threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding may 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 VIII.
SECTION 7. Non-exclusivity and Survival of Indemnification. The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article VIII shall
not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any By-law,
agreement, contract, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or pursuant
to the direction (howsoever embodied) of any court of competent jurisdiction or
otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in
another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the
Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Sections 1 and 2 of
this Article VIII shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The
provisions of this Article VIII shall not be deemed to preclude the
indemnification of any person who is not specified in Sections 1 or 2 of this
Article VIII but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify
under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or
otherwise. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this
Article VIII shall 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 person.
SECTION 8. Insurance. The Corporation may 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 or the obligation to
indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII.
SECTION 9. Meaning of "Corporation" for Purposes of Article VIII. For
purposes of this Article VIII, references to "the Corporation" shall include, in
addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent
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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 Article VIII with
respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect
to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
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EXHIBIT 5.1
10889 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD
(LOGO) OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90024
TELEPHONE (310) 208-8800
FACSIMILE (310) 443-6690
LINDA S. PETERSON
ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL
Direct Telephone (310) 443-6189
Direct Facsimile (310) 443-6737
E-Mail [email protected]
May 7, 1999
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
10889 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Re: Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-8
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
1995 Incentive Stock Plan
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am an Assistant General Counsel of Occidental Petroleum Corporation,
a Delaware corporation ("Occidental"), and have acted as counsel to Occidental
in connection with the preparation of the above-referenced Registration
Statement on Form S-8, filed by Occidental with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("Commission") on May 7, 1999 (the "Registration Statement"). The
Registration Statement relates to the registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), of 10,000,000 shares (the "Shares") of Common
Stock, par value $.20 per share, of Occidental. The Shares are to be issued in
accordance with the Occidental Petroleum Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Plan
(the "Plan").
In connection with this opinion, I have examined and am familiar with
originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of
such records of Occidental and all such agreements, certificates of public
officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of Occidental and
others and such other documents, certificates and records as I have deemed
necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein,
including, without limitation, (i) the Registration Statement (together with the
form of prospectus forming a part thereof), (ii) the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and By-laws of Occidental, as amended to date, (iii) copies of the
resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of Occidental, relating to the
adoption of the Plan, the filing of the Registration Statement and any
amendments or supplements thereto, and the issuance of the Shares and related
matters, and (iv) the Plan. In my examination, I have assumed the genuineness of
all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of
all documents submitted to me as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and
the authenticity of the originals of such copies. As to any facts material to
the opinions expressed herein which I have not independently established or
verified, I have relied upon statements and representations of officers and
other representatives of Occidental and others.
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Occidental Petroleum Corporation
May 7, 1999
Page 2
I am a member of the California and New York Bars and for purposes of
this opinion do not hold myself out as an expert on, nor do I express any
opinion as to, the laws of any jurisdiction other than the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the
Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance
with the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
This opinion is delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item
601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the 1933 Act and is furnished to you solely
for your benefit in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement and
is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other
purpose without my prior written consent. I hereby consent to the filing of this
opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement. I also
consent to the reference to me under the heading "Legal Matters" in the
Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not thereby admit that I am
included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ LINDA S. PETERSON
Linda S. Peterson
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this registration statement of our reports dated February 19,
1999 (except with respect to the matter discussed in Note 19, as to which the
date is March 2, 1999), included in Occidental Petroleum Corporation's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 and to all references
to our Firm included in this registration statement.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Los Angeles, California
May 7, 1999
