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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
July 1, 1999
Date of report
CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware 1-10962 95-3797580
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification
Incorporation) Number)
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2285 Rutherford Road
Carlsbad, CA 92008-8815
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(760) 931-1771
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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ITEM 5. OTHER
Reincorporation in Delaware
On July 1, 1999, Callaway Golf Company, a California corporation ("Callaway
Golf California"), completed a reincorporation in Delaware (the
"Reincorporation") through the merger of Callaway Golf California with and into
its wholly-owned subsidiary, Callaway Golf Company, a Delaware corporation
("Callaway Golf Delaware" or the "Company"). As of the effective date of the
merger, Callaway Golf California ceased to exist.
The Reincorporation effects a change in the legal domicile of the Company
and will not result in any change in the Company's business, management,
employees, fiscal year, assets or liabilities, location of any of the facilities
(including corporate headquarters) and will not result in any relocation of
management or other employees. The Reincorporation was approved by the holders
of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of Callaway Golf
California on May 5, 1999.
Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger between Callaway Golf Delaware
and Callaway Golf California, each share of Callaway Golf California's Common
Stock, $0.01 par value, was automatically converted into one share of Callaway
Golf Delaware's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share and each previously
issued share of Callaway Golf California Common Stock, $0.01 par value per
share, was cancelled on the effective date of the merger. IT IS NOT NECESSARY
FOR SHAREHOLDERS TO EXCHANGE THEIR EXISTING STOCK CERTIFICATES FOR STOCK
CERTIFICATES OF CALLAWAY GOLF DELAWARE.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired
Not applicable.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information
Not applicable.
(c) Exhibits
Set forth below is a list of exhibits included as part of this Current
Report.
Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit
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2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger between Callaway Golf Company,
a Delaware corporation, and Callaway Golf Company, a
California corporation, dated July 1, 1999
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Callaway Golf Company, a
Delaware corporation
3.2 Bylaws of Callaway Golf Company, a Delaware corporation
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: July 1, 1999
CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
By: /s/ David A Rane
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David A. Rane
Executive Vice President, Administration and
Planning, and Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit
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2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger between Callaway Golf Company,
a Delaware corporation, and Callaway Golf Company, a
California corporation, dated July 1, 1999
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Callaway Golf Company, a
Delaware corporation
3.2 Bylaws of Callaway Golf Company, a Delaware corporation
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EXHIBIT 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
OF CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY,
A DELAWARE CORPORATION,
AND
CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY,
A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated July 1, 1999 (the "Agreement") is
between Callaway Golf Company, a Delaware corporation ("Callaway Golf
Delaware"), and Callaway Golf Company, a California corporation ("Callaway Golf
California"). Callaway Golf Delaware and Callaway Golf California are sometimes
referred to herein as the "Constituent Corporations."
RECITALS
A. Callaway Golf Delaware is a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has an authorized capital of
243,000,000 shares, $.01 par value, of which 240,000,000 shares are designated
"Common Stock," and 3,000,000 shares are designated "Preferred Stock." Of the
Preferred Stock, 240,000 shares are designated Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock in connection with Callaway Golf California's Shareholders'
Rights Plan. The remaining shares of Preferred Stock of Callaway Golf Delaware
are undesignated as to series, rights, preferences, privileges or restrictions.
B. Callaway Golf California is a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of California and has an authorized capital of
243,000,000 shares, $.01 par value, of which 240,000,000 are designated "Common
Stock," and 3,000,000 shares are designated "Preferred Stock." Of the Preferred
Stock, 240,000 shares of Preferred Stock are designated Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock in connection with Callaway Golf California's
Shareholders' Rights Plan. The remaining shares of Preferred Stock of Callaway
Golf California are undesignated as to series, rights, preferences, privileges
or restrictions.
C. The Board of Directors of Callaway Golf California has determined that,
for the purpose of effecting the reincorporation of Callaway Golf California in
the State of Delaware, it is advisable and in the best interests of Callaway
Golf California and its shareholders that Callaway Golf California merge with
and into Callaway Golf Delaware upon the terms and conditions herein provided.
D. The respective Boards of Directors of Callaway Golf Delaware and
Callaway Golf California have approved this Agreement and have directed that
this Agreement be
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submitted to a vote of their respective shareholders and executed by the
undersigned officers.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants set
forth herein, Callaway Golf Delaware and Callaway Golf California hereby agree,
subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. MERGER
1.1 Merger. In accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the
Delaware General Corporation Law and the California General Corporation Law,
Callaway Golf California shall be merged with and into Callaway Golf Delaware
(the "Merger"); the separate existence of Callaway Golf California shall cease
and Callaway Golf Delaware shall survive the Merger and shall continue to be
governed by the laws of the State of Delaware; Callaway Golf Delaware shall be,
and is herein sometimes referred to as, the "Surviving Corporation;" and the
name of the Surviving Corporation shall be Callaway Golf Company.
1.2 Effectiveness. The Merger shall become effective on July 1 1999. The
date and time when the Merger shall become effective is herein called the
"Effective Date of the Merger."
1.3 Effect of the Merger. Upon the Effective Date of the Merger, the
separate existence of Callaway Golf California shall cease and Callaway Golf
Delaware, as the Surviving Corporation, (i) shall continue to possess all of its
assets, rights, powers and property as constituted immediately prior to the
Effective Date of the Merger, (ii) shall be subject to all actions previously
taken by its and Callaway Golf California's Boards of Directors, (iii) shall
succeed, without other transfer, to all of the assets, rights, powers and
property of Callaway Golf California in the manner as more fully set forth in
Section 259 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, (iv) shall continue to be
subject to all of its debts, liabilities and obligations as constituted
immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger, and (v) shall succeed,
without other transfer, to all of the debts, liabilities and obligations of
Callaway Golf California in the same manner as if Callaway Golf Delaware had
itself incurred them, all as more fully provided under the applicable provisions
of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the California General Corporation
Law.
2. CHARTER DOCUMENTS, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
2.1 Certificate of Incorporation. The Certificate of Incorporation of
Callaway Golf Delaware as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date of
the Merger shall continue in full force and effect as the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Surviving
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Corporation until duly amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and
applicable law.
2.2 Bylaws. The Bylaws of Callaway Golf Delaware as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Date of the Merger shall continue in full force and
effect as the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until duly amended in
accordance with the provisions thereof and applicable law.
2.3 Directors and Officers. The directors and officers of Callaway Golf
California immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger shall be the
directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation until their respective
successors shall have been duly elected and qualified or until as otherwise
provided by law, or the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation or the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
3. MANNER OF CONVERSION OF STOCK
3.1 Callaway Golf California Common Stock. Upon the Effective Date of the
Merger, each share of Callaway Golf California Common Stock, no par value,
issued and outstanding immediately prior thereto shall, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action by the Constituent Corporations, the holder of such
shares or any other person, be changed and converted into and exchanged for one
fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of the
Surviving Corporation.
3.2 Callaway Golf California Options and Stock Purchase Rights. Upon the
Effective Date of the Merger, the Surviving Corporation shall assume and
continue the stock option plans (including without limitation the 1996 Stock
Option Plan and the Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan) and all other
employee benefit plans (including without limitation the 1995 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan) of Callaway Golf California. Each outstanding and unexercised
option or other right to purchase or security convertible into Callaway Golf
California Common Stock shall become an option or right to purchase or a
security convertible into the Surviving Corporation's Common Stock on the basis
of one share of the Surviving Corporation's Common Stock for each share of
Callaway Golf California Common Stock issuable pursuant to any such option,
stock purchase right or convertible security, on the same terms and conditions
and at an exercise price per share equal to the exercise price applicable to any
such Callaway Golf California option, stock purchase right or convertible
security at the Effective Date of the Merger. Except as set forth in Section
3.3, there are no options, purchase rights for or securities convertible into
Preferred Stock of Callaway Golf California.
A number of shares of the Surviving Corporation's Common Stock shall
be reserved for issuance upon the exercise of options, stock purchase rights or
convertible securities equal to the number of shares of Callaway Golf California
Common Stock so reserved immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger.
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3.3 Callaway Golf California Preferred Share Purchase Rights. Upon the
Effective Date of the Merger, the Surviving Corporation shall assume and convert
the Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Rights declared by Callaway Golf
California on June 10, 1995 and the rights and obligations of Callaway Golf
California pursuant to the Rights Agreement dated as of June 21, 1995, by and
among Callaway Golf California and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services LLC (the
"Rights Agreement"). The Merger shall not be deemed a "Triggering Event" as such
term is defined in the Rights Agreement.
A number of shares of the Surviving Corporation's Common Stock and
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall be reserved for issuance
upon the exercise of stock purchase rights and convertible securities equal to
the number of shares of Callaway Golf California Common Stock and Series A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock so reserved immediately prior to the
Effective Date of the Merger.
3.4 Callaway Golf Delaware Common Stock. Upon the Effective Date of the
Merger, each share of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of Callaway Golf Delaware
issued and outstanding immediately prior thereto shall, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action by Callaway Golf Delaware, the holder of such shares or
any other person, be canceled and returned to the status of authorized but
unissued shares.
3.5 Exchange of Certificates. After the Effective Date of the Merger, each
holder of an outstanding certificate representing shares of Callaway Golf
California Common Stock may, at such stockholder's option, surrender the same
for cancellation to ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. as exchange agent
(the "Exchange Agent"), and each such holder shall be entitled to receive in
exchange therefor a certificate or certificates representing the number of
shares of the Surviving Corporation's Common Stock into which such holders'
shares of Callaway Golf California Common Stock were converted as herein
provided. Unless and until so surrendered, each outstanding certificate
theretofore representing shares of Callaway Golf California Common Stock shall
be deemed for all purposes to represent the number of whole shares of the
Surviving Corporation's Common Stock into which such shares of Callaway Golf
California Common Stock were converted in the Merger.
The registered owner on the books and records of the Surviving
Corporation or the Exchange Agent of any shares of stock represented by such
outstanding certificate shall, until such certificate shall have been
surrendered for transfer or conversion or otherwise accounted for to the
Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, have and be entitled to exercise
any voting and other rights with respect to and to receive dividends and other
distributions upon the shares of Common Stock of the Surviving Corporation
represented by such outstanding certificate as provided above.
Each certificate representing Common Stock of the Surviving
Corporation so issued in the Merger shall bear the same legends, if any, with
respect to the
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restrictions on transferability as the certificates of Callaway Golf California
so converted and given in exchange therefor, unless otherwise determined by the
Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation in compliance with applicable
laws.
If any certificate for shares of Callaway Golf Delaware stock is to be
issued in a name other than that in which the certificate surrendered in
exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of issuance thereof
that the certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed and otherwise in
proper form for transfer, that such transfer otherwise be proper and that the
person requesting such transfer pay to Callaway Golf Delaware or the Exchange
Agent any transfer or other taxes payable by reason of issuance of such new
certificate in a name other than that of the registered holder of the
certificate surrendered or establish to the satisfaction of Callaway Golf
Delaware that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
4. GENERAL
4.1 Covenants of Callaway Golf Delaware. Callaway Golf Delaware covenants
and agrees that it will, on or before the Effective Date of the Merger:
(a) Qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in the State of
California and in connection therewith irrevocably appoint an agent for
service of process as required under the provisions of Section 2105 of the
California General Corporation Law;
(b) File any and all documents with the California Franchise Tax Board
necessary for the assumption by Callaway Golf Delaware of all of the
franchise tax liabilities of Callaway Golf California; and
(c) Take such other actions as may be required by the California
General Corporation Law.
4.2 Further Assurances. From time to time, as and when required by Callaway
Golf Delaware or by its successors or assigns, there shall be executed and
delivered on behalf of Callaway Golf California such deeds and other
instruments, and there shall be taken or caused to be taken by Callaway Golf
Delaware and Callaway Golf California such further and other actions, as shall
be appropriate or necessary in order to vest or perfect in or conform of record
or otherwise by Callaway Golf Delaware the title to and possession of all the
property, interests, assets, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises
and authority of Callaway Golf California and otherwise to carry out the
purposes of this Agreement, and the officers and directors of Callaway Golf
Delaware are fully authorized in the name and on behalf of Callaway Golf
California or otherwise to take any and all such action and to execute and
deliver any and all such deeds and other instruments.
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4.3 Abandonment. At any time before the filing of this Agreement with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, this Agreement may be terminated
and the Merger may be abandoned for any reason whatsoever by the Board of
Directors of either Callaway Golf California or Callaway Golf Delaware, or both,
notwithstanding the approval of this Agreement by the shareholders of Callaway
Golf California or by the sole stockholder of Callaway Golf Delaware, or by
both.
4.4 Amendment. The Boards of Directors of the Constituent Corporations may
amend this Agreement at any time prior to the filing of this Agreement (or
certificate in lieu thereof) with the Secretaries of State of the States of
California and Delaware, provided that an amendment made subsequent to the
adoption of this Agreement by the shareholders of either Constituent Corporation
shall not: (1) alter or change the amount or kind of shares, securities, cash,
property and/or rights to be received in exchange for or on conversion of all or
any of the shares of any class or series thereof of such Constituent
Corporation, (2) alter or change any term of the Certificate of Incorporation of
the Surviving Corporation to be effected by the Merger, or (3) alter or change
any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement if such alteration or change
would adversely affect the holders of any class of shares or series thereof of
such Constituent Corporation.
4.5 Registered Office. The registered office of the Surviving Corporation
in the State of Delaware is located at 9 East Loockerman Street, Dover, Delaware
19901, County of Kent, and National Registered Agents, Inc. is the registered
agent of the Surviving Corporation at such address.
4.6 Agreement. Executed copies of this Agreement will be on file at the
principal place of business of the Surviving Corporation 2285 Rutherford Road,
Carlsbad, California 92008 and copies thereof will be furnished to any
shareholder of either Constituent Corporation, upon request and without cost.
4.7 Governing Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be construed,
interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the
State of Delaware and, so far as applicable, the merger provisions of the
California General Corporation Law.
4.8 Counterparts. In order to facilitate the filing and recording of this
Agreement, the same may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one
and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement, having first been approved by
resolutions of the Boards of Directors of Callaway Golf Delaware and Callaway
Golf California, is hereby executed on behalf of each of such two corporations
and attested by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ DAVID A. RANE
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David A. Rane,
Executive Vice President,
Administration and Planning,
and Chief Financial Officer
ATTEST:
/s/ STEVEN C. McCRACKEN
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Steven C. McCracken,
Executive Vice President, Licensing,
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY,
a California corporation
By: /s/ DAVID A. RANE
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David A. Rane,
Executive Vice President,
Administration and Planning,
and Chief Financial Officer
ATTEST:
/s/ STEVEN C. McCRACKEN
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Steven C. McCracken,
Executive Vice President, Licensing,
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
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EXHIBIT 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
ARTICLE I
NAME OF CORPORATION
The name of this Corporation is Callaway Golf Company.
ARTICLE II
REGISTERED OFFICE
The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State
of Delaware is 9 East Loockerman Street, in the City of Dover 19901, County of
Kent, and the name of its registered agent at that address is National
Registered Agents, Inc.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware (the "GCL").
ARTICLE IV
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK
SECTION 1. Number of Authorized Shares. The Corporation shall be
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authorized to issue two classes of shares of stock to be designated,
respectively, "Common Stock" and "Preferred Stock." The total number of shares
which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Hundred Forty-Three
million (243,000,000), of which Two Hundred Forty million (240,000,000) shares
shall be common stock having a par value of $0.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"), and Three million (3,000,000) shares shall be preferred stock having a
par value of $0.01 per share (the "Preferred Stock"). Of the authorized shares
of Preferred Stock,
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Two Hundred Forty Thousand (240,000) shares shall be designated Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (hereinafter referred to as the "Series A
Preferred Stock").
SECTION 2. Common Stock. The Board of Directors of the Corporation
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(the "Board of Directors") may authorize the issuance of shares of Common Stock
from time to time. Shares of Common Stock that are redeemed, purchased or
otherwise acquired by the Corporation may be reissued except as otherwise
provided by law.
SECTION 3. Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors may authorize the
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issuance of shares of Preferred Stock from time to time in one or more series.
Shares of Preferred Stock that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by
the Corporation may be reissued except as otherwise provided by law. The Board
of Directors is hereby authorized to fix or alter the designations, powers and
preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, and
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including without
limitation, dividend rights, (and whether dividends are cumulative), conversion
rights, if any, voting rights (including the number of votes, if any, per share,
as well as the number of members, if any, of the Board of Directors or the
percentage of members, if any, of the Board of Directors each class or series of
Preferred Stock may be entitled to elect), rights and terms of redemption
(including sinking fund provisions, if any), redemption price and liquidation
preferences of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, and the number of
shares constituting any such series and the designation thereof, and to increase
(but not above the total number of authorized shares of the class) or decrease
(but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number
of shares of any such series subsequent to the issuance of shares of such
series.
The relative rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted
to the Series A Preferred Stock are as follows:
A. Dividends and Distributions.
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(i) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of
any shares of any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior to the
shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if
declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the
purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the 15th day of January, April,
July and October and in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a
"Quarterly Dividend Payment Date"), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of
Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent)
equal to, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 1,000
times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 1,000 times the
aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends other
distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a
subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or
otherwise), declared on the Common Stock of the Corporation since the
immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the
first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or
fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation
shall at any time after the
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issuance of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock (a) declare any dividend on
Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (b) subdivide the outstanding
Common Stock or (c) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number
of shares, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the
preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(ii) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on
the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (i) above concurrently
with any declaration of a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other
than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock).
(iii) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A
Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record
date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on
such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or
unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after
the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to
accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but
unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series
A Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at
the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a
share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of
Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or
distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 30 days
prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.
B. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock
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shall have the following voting rights:
(i) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set
forth, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof
to 1,000 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the
Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the issuance
of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock (i) declare any dividend on Common
Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common
Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of
shares, then in each case the number of votes per share to which holders of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event
shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction the numerator of
which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such
event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that
were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
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(ii) Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holders
of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock
shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of
stockholders of the Corporation.
(iii) Except as set forth herein, holders of Series A Preferred
Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be
required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common
Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.
C. Certain Restrictions.
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(i) The Corporation shall not declare any dividend on, make any
distribution on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
any shares of Common Stock after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a
share of Series A Preferred Stock unless concurrently therewith it shall declare
a dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock as required by subsection A hereof.
(ii) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or
distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in subsection
A have been declared but not paid, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid
dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A
Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall
not
(a) declare or pay dividends on, make any other
distribution on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;
(b) declare or pay dividends on or make any other
distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends
or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred
Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all
such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to
the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;
(c) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock,
provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise
acquire shares of any such parity stock in exchange for shares of any stock of
the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution,
liquidation or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;
(d) purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any
shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity
with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer
made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to
all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after
consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights
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and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good
faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or
classes.
(iii) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the
Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of
stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (i) of
this subsection C, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in
such manner.
D. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock
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purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever
shall be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such
shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of
Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock
to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to
the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.
E. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.
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(i) Upon any liquidation (voluntary or otherwise), dissolution
or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders
of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior
thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have received
$1,000 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment (the
"Series A Liquidation Preference"). Following the payment of the full amount of
the Series A Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall be made
to the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the
holders of shares of Common Stock shall have received an amount per share (the
"Common Adjustment") equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the Series A
Liquidation Preference by (b) 1,000 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in
subparagraph (iii) below to reflect such events as stock splits, stock dividends
and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock) (the "Adjustment
Number"). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series A Liquidation
Preference and the Common Adjustment in respect of all outstanding shares of
Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of Series A
Preferred Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive their
ratable and proportionate share of remaining assets to be distributed in the
ratio of the Adjustment Number to one (1) with respect to such Preferred Stock
and Common Stock, on a per share basis, respectively.
(ii) In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets
available to permit payment in full of the Series A Liquidation Preference and
the liquidation preferences of all other series of Preferred Stock, if any,
which rank on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, then such remaining
assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of such parity shares in
proportion to their respective liquidation preferences. In the event, however,
that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the
Common Adjustment, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to
the holders of Common Stock.
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(iii) In the event the Corporation shall at any time after
January 1, 1999 (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the
outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case
the Adjustment Number in effect immediately prior to such event shall be
adjusted by multiplying such Adjustment Number by a fraction the numerator of
which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such
event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that
were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
F. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter
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into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the
shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or
securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or
changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment
hereinafter set forth) equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount of stock,
securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may
be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged.
In the event the Corporation shall at any time after January 1, 1999 (i) declare
any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide
the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into
a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount set forth in the
preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
G. No Redemption. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not
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be redeemable.
H. Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank junior to all
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other series of the Corporation's preferred stock, if any, as to the payment of
dividends and the distribution of assets, unless the terms of any such series
shall provide otherwise.
I. Amendment. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation
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shall not be further amended in any manner which would materially alter or
change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock
so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority or more of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting
separately as a class.
J. Fractional Shares. Series A Preferred Stock may be issued in
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fractions of a share, which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such
holder's fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends,
participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of
holders of Series A Preferred Stock.
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ARTICLE V
INCORPORATOR
The name and mailing address of the incorporator of the Corporation
are as follows:
Anne Marie Oldham
2285 Rutherford Road
Carlsbad, CA 92008
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT OF CORPORATE DOCUMENTS
SECTION 1. Certificate of Incorporation. The Corporation reserves
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the right to alter, amend, repeal or rescind any provision contained in this
Certificate of Incorporation in any manner now or hereafter prescribed by law,
and all rights conferred on stockholders herein are granted subject to this
reservation.
SECTION 2. Bylaws. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
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powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to
make, repeal, alter, amend, and rescind the bylaws of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VII
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. Number of Directors. The number of directors shall be
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fixed in the manner provided in the bylaws of the Corporation.
SECTION 2. Election of Directors. Elections of Directors need not be
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by written ballot unless the bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.
ARTICLE VIII
LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY
To the fullest extent permitted by the GCL, as the same exists or may
hereafter be amended (provided that the effect of any such amendment shall be
prospective only) and as interpreted by the courts of the State of Delaware
("Delaware Law"), a director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the
Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his or her
fiduciary duty as a director.
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ARTICLE IX
NONAPPLICABILITY OF SECTION 203
The provisions of Section 203 of the GCL shall not apply to the
Corporation.
ARTICLE X
STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT
Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which 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, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not
less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or
take that action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on that
action were present and voted. In the case of election of directors, such
consent shall be effective only if signed by the holders of all outstanding
shares entitled to vote for the election of directors; provided, however, that a
director may be elected at any time to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors
(other than a vacancy created by the removal of a director) that has not been
filled by the directors, by the written consent of the holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors. 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.
ARTICLE XI
CUMULATIVE VOTING
Each holder of stock entitled to vote for the election of directors
shall be entitled to as many votes as shall equal the number of votes which such
stockholder would be entitled (but for the provisions of this Article) to cast
for the election of directors with respect to such stockholder's shares of stock
multiplied by the number of directors to be elected, and such holder may cast
all of such votes for a single director or for any two or more directors as such
stockholder may see fit.
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The undersigned incorporator hereby acknowledges that the foregoing
Certificate of Incorporation is his act and deed.
Dated:
/s/ Anne Marie Oldham
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Anne Marie Oldham, Incorporator
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EXHIBIT 3.2
BYLAWS
OF
CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE
The registered office of the corporation shall be fixed in the
certificate of incorporation of the corporation.
1.2 OTHER OFFICES
The board of directors may at any time establish branch or subordinate
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 principal
executive 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) Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of
the corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the
stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (i) pursuant to
the corporation's notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the board of
directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder
of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this bylaw, who is
entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set
forth in this Section 2.2.
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(c) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an
annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 2.2(b)
above, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the
secretary of the corporation and such other business must be a proper matter for
stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder's notice shall be delivered to
the secretary at the principal executive offices 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 first anniversary of the preceding year's
annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual
meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary
date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier
than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not
later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such
annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of
the date of such meeting is first made. 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. Such stockholder's
notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to
nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to
such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for
election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each
case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 14a-11 thereunder (including such person's
written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to
serving as a director if elected); (ii) as to any other business that the
stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the
business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting
such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such
stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is
made; and (iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial
owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (x) the name
and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation's books, and
of such beneficial owner and (y) the class and number of shares of the
corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and
such beneficial owner.
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 (10%) of the votes at that meeting. No other person or
persons are permitted to call a special meeting.
(b) For a special meeting of stockholders to be properly called by a
stockholder or stockholders, the request must be in writing, specifying the date
and time of such meeting and the information set forth in Section 2.3(c) hereof,
and must be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the chairman of the board,
the president or the secretary of the corporation not less than thirty-five (35)
nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date requested for such meeting. The
officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be promptly given to the
stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.4
hereof, that a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person or
persons calling the meeting. If the
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notice is not given within twenty (20) days after receipt of the request, the
person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice.
(c) Any request for a special meeting submitted by a stockholder
pursuant to Section 2.3(b) hereof shall set forth as to each matter the
stockholder proposes to bring before the special meeting the information
required by Section 2.2(c) above with respect to director nominees or other
proposed business, as the case may be.
2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS
All notices of meetings of stockholders shall be sent or otherwise
given in accordance with Section 2.6 of these bylaws not less than ten (10) nor
more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. The notice shall
specify the place, date and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special
meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called (no business
other than that specified in the notice may be transacted) or (ii) in the case
of the annual meeting, those matters which the board of directors, at the time
of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the stockholders (but any
proper matter may be presented at the meeting for such action). The notice of
any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the name of any
nominee or nominees who, at the time of the notice, the board intends to present
for election.
2.5 CONDUCT OF MEETING
The board of directors may adopt by resolution such rules and
regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem
appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations
as adopted by the board, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have
the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and
to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for
the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures,
whether adopted by the board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may
include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda
or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining
order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on
attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the
corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons
as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to
the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v)
limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.
Unless and to the extent determined by the board or the chairman of the meeting,
meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the
rules of parliamentary procedure.
2.6 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE
Written notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given either
personally or by first-class mail or by telefacsimile or other written
communication. Notices not personally delivered shall be sent charges prepaid
and shall be addressed to the stockholder at the address of that stockholder
appearing on the books of the corporation or given by the stockholder to the
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corporation for the purpose of notice. Notice shall be deemed to have been given
at the time when delivered personally or deposited in the mail or sent by
telefacsimile or other means of written communication.
An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any
stockholders' meeting, executed by the secretary, assistant secretary or any
transfer agent of the corporation giving the notice, shall be prima facie
evidence of the giving of such notice.
2.7 QUORUM
The holders of a majority in voting power 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 in accordance
with this Section 2.7.
When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a
majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by
proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question
is one upon which, by express provision of the laws of the State of Delaware or
of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a different vote is
required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the
decision of the question.
If a quorum be initially present, the stockholders may continue to
transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough
stockholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken is approved by a
majority of the stockholders initially constituting the quorum.
2.8 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE
When a meeting is adjourned to another time and 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.
2.9 VOTING
The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall
be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 of these bylaws,
subject to the provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the General Corporation Law
of Delaware (relating to
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voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners, and to voting trusts
and other voting agreements).
Except as may be otherwise provided in the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote
for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder.
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
Except as may be otherwise provided in the certificate of
incorporation, any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of
stockholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a
consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders
of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that
would be necessary to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all
shares entitled to vote on that action were present and voted. In the case of
election of directors, if the certificate of incorporation so provides, such a
consent shall be effective only if signed by the holders of all outstanding
shares entitled to vote for the election of directors; provided, however, that a
director may be elected at any time to fill a vacancy on the board of directors
(other than a vacancy created by the removal of a director) that has not been
filled by the directors, by the written consent of the holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors. All such
consents shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation and shall be
maintained in the corporate records. Any stockholder giving a written consent,
or the stockholder's proxy holders, may revoke the consent by a writing received
by the secretary of the corporation before written consents of the number of
shares required to authorize the proposed action have been filed with the
secretary.
If the consents of all stockholders entitled to vote have not been
solicited in writing, and if the unanimous written consent of all such
stockholders shall not have been received, the secretary shall give prompt
notice of the corporate action approved by the stockholders without a meeting.
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2.12 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING
For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any
meeting or to vote thereat or entitled to give consent to corporate action
without a meeting, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date,
which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record
date is adopted by the board of directors and which shall not be more than sixty
(60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any such meeting, nor
more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the
record date is adopted by the board of directors in the case of an action in
writing without a meeting, and in such event only stockholders of record on the
date so fixed are entitled to notice and to vote, notwithstanding any transfer
of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, (a) 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 business day
next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the
close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the
meeting is held, and (b) the record date for determining stockholders entitled
to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be the first
date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action to be taken is
delivered to the corporation at its principal place of business or to the
corporation's registered office in Delaware.
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
unless the board of directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting,
but the board of directors shall fix a new record date if the meeting is
adjourned for more than thirty (30) days from the date set for the original
meeting.
The record date for any other purpose shall be as provided in Section
8.1 of these bylaws.
2.13 PROXIES
Every person entitled to vote for directors, or on any other matter,
shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents
authorized by a written proxy signed by the person 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, telefacsimile or
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(e) 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 the corporation
shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the
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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.
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 and 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 not less than six (6) nor more
than fifteen (15) members, with the exact number within that range to be set
from time to time exclusively by resolution of the board of directors.
3.3 ELECTION 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. Each director, including a director elected or appointed to fill
a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected
and until a successor has been elected and qualified.
3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES
Any director may resign effective on giving written notice to the
chairman of the board, the president, the secretary or the board of directors,
unless the notice specifies a later time for that resignation to become
effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the
board of directors may elect a successor to take office when the resignation
becomes effective.
All vacancies in the board of directors may be filled by a majority of
the remaining directors, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
director; provided, that 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
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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.
3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE
Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place
within or outside the State of Delaware that has been designated from time to
time by resolution of the board. In the absence of such a designation, regular
meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.
Special meetings of the board may be held at any place within or outside the
State of Delaware that has been designated in the notice of the meeting or, if
not stated in the notice or if there is no notice, at the principal executive
office of the corporation.
Any meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone
or similar communication equipment, so long as all directors participating in
the meeting can hear one another; and all such directors shall be deemed to be
present in person at the meeting.
3.6 REGULAR MEETINGS
Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice
if the times of such meetings are fixed by the board of directors. If any
regular meeting day shall fall on a legal holiday, then the meeting shall be
held next succeeding full business day.
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 or any two
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
telefacsimile, 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 telefacsimile, it shall be delivered personally or
by telephone or telefacsimile at least forty-eight (48) hours before the time of
the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice given personally or by telephone or
telefacsimile 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
A majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as provided in Section
3.10 of these bylaws. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the
directors present at a duly held meeting at which a
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quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the board of directors,
subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and other
applicable law.
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
Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director (i) who signs a
waiver of notice or a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the
minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or (ii) who attends the
meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of
notice to such directors. All such waivers, consents, and approvals shall be
filed with the corporate records or made part of the minutes of the meeting. A
waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of any regular or special meeting
of the board of directors.
3.10 ADJOURNMENT
A majority of the directors present, whether or not constituting a
quorum, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place.
3.11 NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT
Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not
be given unless the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours.
If the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, then notice of
the time and place of the adjourned meeting shall be given before the adjourned
meeting takes place, in the manner specified in Section 3.7 of these bylaws, to
the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment.
3.12 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors
may be taken without a meeting, provided that all members of the board
individually or collectively consent in writing to that action. Such action by
written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the
board of directors. Such written consent and any counterparts thereof shall be
filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board.
3.13 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if
any, for their services and such reimbursement of expenses as may be fixed or
determined by resolution of the board of directors. This Section 3.13 shall not
be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other
capacity as an officer, agent, employee or otherwise and receiving compensation
for those services.
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3.14 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 any of its
subsidiaries, including any officer or employee who is a director of the
corporation or any of its subsidiaries, 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 contained in this section shall be deemed to
deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at
common law or under any statute.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the
authorized number of directors, designate one (1) or more committees, each
consisting of one or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the board. The
board may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any
committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of
the committee. The appointment of members or alternate members of a committee
requires the vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors. Any
committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board, shall have and
may exercise all the powers and authority of the board, but no such committee
shall have the power or authority to:
(a) approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders, any action or
matter expressly required by the Delaware General Corporation Law to be
submitted to stockholders for approval; or
(b) adopt, amend or repeal any bylaw of the corporation.
4.2 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), Section 3.6 (regular meetings), Section 3.7 (special
meetings and notice), Section 3.8 (quorum), Section 3.9 (waiver of notice),
Section 3.10 (adjournment), Section 3.11 (notice of adjournment), and Section
3.12 (action without 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
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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.
4.3 COMMITTEE MINUTES
Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report
the same to the board of directors when requested.
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 such
other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section
5.3 of these bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
5.2 ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be
appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 or Section 5.5 of
these bylaws, shall be chosen by the board, subject to the rights, if any, of an
officer under any contract of employment.
5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS
The board of directors may appoint, or may empower the president to
appoint, such other officers 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 the
board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board or, except in
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.
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5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES
A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal,
disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in
these bylaws for regular appointments to that office.
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 by the board
of directors or as may be prescribed by these bylaws. If there is no president,
then the chairman of the board shall also be the chief executive officer of the
corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 5.7 of
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. The
president shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence
or nonexistence of a chairman of the board, at all meetings of the board of
directors. The president 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 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.
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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, 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 money and other
valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such
depositaries as may be designated by the board of directors. The chief financial
officer 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 transactions effected as chief financial officer
and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have such other
powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of
directors or these bylaws.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES,
AND OTHER AGENTS
6.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The corporation shall, to the maximum extent and in the manner
permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same now exists or
may hereafter be amended, indemnify any person against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit, or proceeding in which such person was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director or officer of the corporation. For purposes of this Section 6.1, a
"director" or "officer" of the corporation shall mean any person (i) who is or
was a director or officer of the corporation, (ii) who is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (iii) who was a
director or officer of a
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corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another
enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.
The corporation shall be required to indemnify a director or officer
in connection with an action, suit, or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such director or officer only if the initiation of such action, suit, or
proceeding (or part thereof) by the director or officer was authorized by the
board of directors of the corporation.
The corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorney's fees)
incurred by a director or officer of the corporation entitled to indemnification
hereunder in defending any action, suit or proceeding referred to in this
Section 6.1 in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that payment
of expenses incurred by a director or officer of the corporation in advance of
the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding shall be made only upon
receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts
advanced if it should ultimately be determined that the director of officer is
not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 6.1 or otherwise.
This Section shall create a right of indemnification for each person
referred to above, whether or not the proceeding to which the indemnification
relates arose in whole or in part prior to the adoption of this Section, and in
the event of death, such right shall extend to such person's legal
representatives. The rights conferred on any person by this Section shall not
be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws,
agreement, vote of the stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Any
repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not
adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of
any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
6.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS
The corporation shall have the power, to the maximum extent and in the
manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same now
exists or may hereafter be amended, to indemnify any person (other than
directors and officers) against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or
proceeding, in which such person was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party by reason of the fact that such person is or was an employee or agent of
the corporation. For purposes of this Section 6.2, an "employee" or "agent" of
the corporation (other than a director or officer) shall mean any person (i) who
is or was an employee or agent of the corporation, (ii) who is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as an employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (iii) who was an
employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the
corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor
corporation.
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6.3 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 or her and incurred
by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such,
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her
against such liability under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware.
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 of its business and properties.
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 (and to make copies of)
the corporation's stock Any director shall have the right to examine (and to
make copies of) the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders and
its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to his or her
position as a director.
7.3 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS
The chairman of the board, if any, the president, any vice president,
the chief financial officer, the secretary or any assistant secretary of this
corporation, or any other person authorized by the board of directors or the
president or a vice president, is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on
behalf of this corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of the
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stock of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this
corporation. The authority herein granted 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.
7.4 CERTIFICATION AND INSPECTION OF BYLAWS
The original or a copy of these bylaws, as amended or otherwise
altered to date, certified by the secretary, shall be kept at the corporation's
principal executive office and shall be open to inspection by the stockholders
of the corporation, at all reasonable times during office hours.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL MATTERS
8.1 RECORD DATE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN NOTICE AND VOTING
For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to receive
payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the
stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful
action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall
not be more than sixty (60) days before any such action. In that case, only
stockholders of record at the close of business on the date so fixed are
entitled to receive the dividend, distribution or allotment of rights, or to
exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any
shares on the books of the corporation after the record date so fixed, except as
otherwise provided in the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, then the
record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the
close of business on the day on which the board adopts the applicable
resolution.
8.2 CHECKS; DRAFTS; EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS
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.
8.3 CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS: HOW EXECUTED
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
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to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or
to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
8.4 STOCK CERTIFICATES; TRANSFER; PARTLY PAID SHARES
The shares of the 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 any vice president, and by the
treasurer 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 or she were such
officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Certificates for shares shall be of such form and device as the board
of directors may designate and shall state the name of the record holder of the
shares represented thereby; its number; date of issuance; the number of shares
for which it is issued; a summary statement or reference to the powers,
designations, preferences or other special rights of such stock and the
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights,
if any; a statement or summary of liens, if any; a conspicuous notice of
restrictions upon transfer or registration of transfer, if any; a statement as
to any applicable voting trust agreement; if the shares be assessable, or, if
assessments are collectible by personal action, a plain statement of such facts.
Upon surrender to the secretary or transfer agent of the corporation
of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of
succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the
corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel
the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
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, or 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.
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8.5 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
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.
8.6 LOST CERTIFICATES
Except as provided in this Section 8.6, 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 board of
directors may, in case any share certificate or certificate for any other
security is lost, stolen or destroyed, authorize the issuance of replacement
certificates on such terms and conditions as the board may require; the board
may require indemnification of the corporation secured by a bond or other
adequate security sufficient to protect the corporation against any claim that
may be made against it, including any expense or liability, on account of the
alleged loss, theft or destruction of the certificate or the issuance of the
replacement certificate.
8.7 TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS
The board of directors may appoint one or more transfer agents or
transfer clerks, and one or more registrars, each of which shall be an
incorporated bank or trust company -- either domestic or foreign, who shall be
appointed at such times and places as the requirements of the corporation may
necessitate and the board of directors may designate.
8.8 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS
Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules
of construction, and definitions in the General Corporation Law of Delaware
shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality
of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number
includes the singular, and the term "person" includes both a corporation and a
natural person.
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ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
The original or other bylaws of the corporation may be adopted,
amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote or by the board of
directors of the corporation. 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.
Whenever an amendment or new bylaw is adopted, it shall be copied in
the book of bylaws with the original bylaws, in the appropriate place. If any
bylaw is repealed, the fact of repeal with the date of the meeting at which the
repeal was enacted or the filing of the operative written consent(s) shall be
stated in said book.
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