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EXHIBIT E-11
BY-LAWS OF
NEUROGENESIS, Inc.
BY-LAWS
of
NEUROGENESIS, INC.
a Delaware
Corporation
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. The registered office in the State of
Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New
Castle.
Section 2. The principal place of
business in the State of Texas shall be in the City of Houston1 County of
Harris.
Section 3. The corporation may also have
offices at such other places both within and without the States of Delaware and
Texas as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business
of the corporation may require.
Section 4. The
corporation may also have offices in such foreign nations, states and
principalities as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the
business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the
election of directors shall be held In the City of Houston, State of Texas1 at
such place as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors, or at
such other place either within or without the States of Delaware and Texas as
shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated In
the notice of the meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be
held at such time and place, within or without the States of Delaware and Texas,
as shall be stated In the notice of the meeting or In a duly executed waiver of
notice thereof.
Section 2. Annual meetings of
stockholders, commencing with the year 1990, shall be held on the fIrst day of
May, If not a legal holiday, and If a legal holiday, then on the next secular
day following, at 10:00 a.m., or at such other date and time as shall be
designated from tIme to tIme by the board of directors and stated in the notice
of the meeting, at whIch they shall elect by a plurality vote the elected
members of the board of directors, and transact such other business as may
properly be brought before the meeting.
Section
3. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date and hour of the
meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not
less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the
meeting.
Section 4. The officer who has charge
of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 days
before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders
entitled to vote at the meetlg, arranged In
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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 tenty 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 principal business office of the corporation. The list
shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the
whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who Is
present.
Section 5. Special meetings of the
stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by
statute or by the certificate of incorporation, may be called by the president
or secretary and shall be called by the president or secretary at the request In
writing of a malority of the board of directors, or at the request in writing of
stockholders owning twenty percent (20%) or more of the entire capital stock of
the corporation Issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall
state the purpose or purposes of the proposed
meeting.
Section 6. Written notice of a special
meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or
purposes for which the meeting Is called, shall be given not less than 10 nor
more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled
to vote at such meeting.
Section 7. Business
transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall not be limited to the
purposes stated in the notice and may include any other matters which may be
voted upon by stockholders and are properly brought before the
meeting.
Section 8. The holders of fifty-one
percent (51 %) 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 the certificate of incorporation. If, however, such
quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders,
the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present In person or represented by
proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice
other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or
represented. At such adjourned meeting at which 'a quorum shall be present or
represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at
the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty
days, or If after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned
meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of
record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section
9. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a
plurality 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 statutes or of the certificate of
incorporation, a different vote Is required in which case such express provision
shall govern and control the decision of such
question.
Section 10. Each stockholder shall at
every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote In person or by proxy
for each share of the capital stock having
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voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on after
three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer
period.
Section 11. 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 stock having not less than the minimum
number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a
meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less
than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not
consented In writing.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. The number of directors which shall
constitute the whole board shall be not less than three nor more than eleven.
The first board shall consist of the five directors named in the Certificate of
incorporation. Thereafter, within the limits above specified, the number of
directors shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors or by the
stockholders at the annual meeting. The directors shall be elected at the annual
meeting of the stockholders, except as provided In Sections 2 and 3 of this
Article, and each director shall hold office until his successor Is elected and
qualified. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 2. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase
In the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the
directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remalning
director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual
election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless
sooner displaced. if there are no directors In office, then an election of
directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the time of
filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then In
office shall constitute less than' a majority of the whole board (as constituted
Immediately prior to any such Increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon
application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of
the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote
for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such
vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by
the directors then in office.
Section 3. The
business of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of Its
board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do
all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation or by these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done
by the stockholders.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 4. The board of directors of the corporation
may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the States
of Delaware and Texas.
Section 5. The first
meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and
place as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders at the annual meeting
and no notice of such meeting to the newly elected directors shall be
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necessary in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall
be present. In the event of the failure of the stockholders to fix the time or
place of such first meeting of the newly elected board of directors, or in the
event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the
stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be
specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the
board of directors, or as shall be specified In a written waiver signed by all
of the directors.
Section 6. Regular meetings of
the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place
as shall from time to time be determined by the
board.
Section 7. Special meetings of the board
may be called by the president or secretary on five days' notice to each
director, either personally or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by
the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written
request of two directors unless the board consists of only one director; In
which case special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary In
like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole
director.
Section 8. At all meetings of the
board, the president shall serve as chairman and fifty-one percent (51 %) of the
directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act
of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there Is a quorum
shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise
specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a
quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the
directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without
notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be
present.
Section 9. Unless otherwise restricted
by these by-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of
the board of directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a
meeting, If all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent
thereto In writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of
proceedings of the board or committee.
Section
10. Unless otherwise restricted by these by-laws, members of the board of
directors, or any committee designated by the board of directors, may
participate In a meeting of the board of directors, or any committee, by means
of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which
all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such
participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the
meeting.
COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
Section 11. The board of directors may, by
resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more
committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the
corporation. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members
of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any
meeting of the committee.
In the absence or disqualification of a member
of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the
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board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent
or disqualified member.
Any such committee, to the extent provided in the
resolution of the board of directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers
and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and
affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be
affixed to all papers which may require It; but no such committee shall have the
power or authority In reference to amending the certificate of incorporation
(except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or
resolutions providing for. the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board
of directors as provided in Section 151(a) of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware fix any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating
to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the
corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares
of. any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other
class or classes of stock of the corporation), adopting an agreement of merger
or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange
of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets,
recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a
revocation of a dissolution, or amending the by-laws of the corporation; and,
unless the resolution or the certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide,
no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to
authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate of ownership and
merger. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be
determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of
directors.
Section 12. Each committee shall keep
regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors
when required.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Section 13. The board of directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors shall be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of' special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Section 14. Unless otherwise restricted by law, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or of these by-laws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time
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when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to
directors may also be given by telegram.
Section
2. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the
statutes or of the certificate of Incorporation or of these by-laws, a waiver
thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice,
whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent
thereto.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be
chosen by the board of directors and shall be a president, a vice-president, a
secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose additional
vice-presidents,. and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant
treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the
certificate. of Incorporation or these by-laws otherwise
provide.
Section 2. The board of directors at
its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders shall choose a
president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. The board
of directors may, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, negotiate employment
contracts with certain officers and key employees which provide for employment
periods of more than one but not more than five years, if such employment
contracts are necessary, desirable or convenient for the efficient management of
the affairs of the corporation.
Section 3. The
board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as It shall deem
necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such
powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the
board.
Section 4. The salaries of all officers
and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of
directors.
Section 5. The officers of the
corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any
officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any
time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any
vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board
of directors.
THE PRESIDENT
Section 6. The President of the corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute all stock certificates, bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.
THE VICE.PRESIDENTS
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Section 7. In the absence of the president or in
the event of his inability or refusal to act, the vice-president (or in the
event there may be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents in the
order designated by the directors, or in the absence of any designation, then In
the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the president, and when
so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions
upon the president. The vice-presidents shall perform such other duties and have
such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Section 8. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the board of directors In a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or president, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any Instrument requiring It and when so affixed, It may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.
Section 9. The assistant secretary, or If there be more than one, the assistant secretaries In the order determined by the board of directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the secretary or In the event of hIs Inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of dIrectors may from tIme to time prescribe.
THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS
Section 10. The treasurer shall have the custody of
the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of
receipts and disbursements In books belonging to the corporation and shall
deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credIt of
the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of
directors.
Section 11. He shall disburse the
funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, taking
proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and
the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors
so requires, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the
financial condition of the corporation.
Section
12. If requiered by the board of directors, he shall give the corporation a bond
(which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and with such surety or
sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful
performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the
corporation, In case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from
office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money
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and other property of whatever kind In his possession or under his control
belonging to the corporation.
Section 13. The
assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the assistant
treasurers In the order determined by the board of directors (or If there be no
such determination, then In the order of their election) shall, In the absence
of the treasurer or in the event of his Inability or refusal to act, perform the
duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and shall perform such other
duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to
time prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES
Section 1. The shares of the corporation shall be
represented by certificates. Certificates shall be signed in the name of the
corporation by, the president and the secretary of the corporation. No stock
certificate shall be issued by the corporation unless and until the shares
represented by such certificate are fully paid and
non-assessable.
If the corporation shall issue
more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers,
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special
rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth
in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the
corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided
that, except as otherwise provided In section 202 of the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware, In lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be
set forth one the face or back of the certificate which 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, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or
rights.
Section 2. Any of or all the signatures
on a certificate may be facsimile. in case any officer, transfer agent or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar
before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the
same effect as If he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date
of issue.
LOST CERTIFICATES
Section 3. The board of directors may direct a new certificate or certificate to be issued In place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such Issue of a new certificate or certificates or the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as It shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that
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may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
TRANSFER OF STOCK
Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession1 assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
FIXING RECORD DATE
Section 5. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, In advance, a record date, which shall not be not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of such meeting, nor less than 10 or more than 60 days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest In such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as provided by the laws of Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
DIVIDENDS
Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the
corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate of Incorporation, If
any, may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special
meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, In property or in
shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of
incorporation.
Section 2. Before payment of any
dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available
for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their
absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet
contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any
property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall
think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify
or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
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ANNUAL STATEMENT
Section 3. The board of directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the corporation.
CHECKS
Section 4. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate.
FISCAL YEAR
Section 5. The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of February and end on the last day of January In each year, unless a different fiscal year shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.
SEAL
Section 6. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware, 1 989." The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 7. The corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The corporation may, from time to time, purchase officers' and directors' liability insurance for the officers and directors of the corporation if, and to the extent that, such insurance is necessary, desirable or convenient and expressly approved in a resolution adopted by the board of directors.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new by-laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the board of directors at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the board of directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the board of directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new by-laws be contained In the notice of such special meeting. The power to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws which has been conferred upon the board of directors by the certificate of incorporation shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws.
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ARTICLE IX
ADOPTION OF BYLAWS
Section 1. These by-laws, consisting of
eleven numbered pages, were duly adopted by the initial directors of the
corporation at the first meeting of the board of directors which was held In
Houston, Texas on April 19,1989.
Signed :
Albert H. Bieser,
Director
Gary E. Bell, Director
Michael Trachtenberg, Director
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Bradford Perry, Director
Lynn Estep, Director
ATTESTED TO AND
CERTIFIED BY:
Lynn Estep, Secretary
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