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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): September 4, 1998
AVANT! CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 0-25864 94-3133226
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
46871 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, California 94538
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (510) 413-8000
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On September 4, 1998, the Board of Directors of Avant! Corporation
(the "Company") adopted and approved Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
The Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company differ from the Company's
previous bylaws in that they require timely prior notice for director
nominations or other business that a stockholder wishes to properly bring before
a meeting of stockholders.
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ITEM 7. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
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3.3 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
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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.
Avant! Corporation
Date: September 18, 1998 /s/ David Stanley
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David Stanley
General Counsel
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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
AVANT! CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. The registered office shall be in the City of
Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
SECTION 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other
places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors
may from time to time determine 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 at such time and place, within or without the State of
Delaware, as may be fixed 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 State of
Delaware, 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 1996, shall be held at such 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 a 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 fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (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 ten (10) days before every meeting
of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the
meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each
stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.
Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose
germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least
ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the
meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the
meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.
The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting
during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is
present.
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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 and shall be called by the
president or secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of
Directors. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed
meeting. The stockholders of the corporation shall not be vested with the power
to call a special meeting of the stockholders.
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 fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (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 be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
SECTION 8. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the
transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the
certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum 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 that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally
notified. 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.
SECTION 9. 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 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. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of
incorporation, 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 voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on
after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer
period.
SECTION 11. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of
Directors and the proposal of business to be transacted by the stockholders may
be made at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of
stockholders (a) pursuant to the Corporation's notice with respect to such
meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the board of Directors or (c) by any
stockholder or record of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the
time of the giving of the notice provided for in the following paragraph, who is
entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedures
set forth in this section.
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For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an
annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of the foregoing
paragraph, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to
the Secretary of the Corporation, such business must be a proper matter for
stockholder action under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
and, if the stockholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such
proposal or nomination is made, has provided the Company with a Solicitation
Notice, as that term is defined in subclause (c)(iii) of this paragraph, such
stockholder or beneficial owner must, in the case of a proposal, have delivered
a proxy statement and form of proxy to holder of at least the percentage of the
Company's voting shares required under applicable law to carry any such
proposal, or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, have delivered a proxy
statement and form of proxy to holders of a percentage of the Company's voting
shares reasonably believed by such stockholder or beneficial holder to be
sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such
stockholder, and must, in either case, have included in such materials the
Solicitation Notice. To be timely, a stockholder's notice shall be delivered to
the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not less than 45
or more than 75 days prior to the first anniversary (the "Anniversary") of the
date on which the Company first mailed its proxy materials for the proceeding
year's annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the date of
the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more
than 30 days after the anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting,
notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the
close of business on the later of (i) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting
or (ii) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date
of such meeting is first made. Such stockholder's notice shall set forth (a) as
to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or
reelection as a director all information relating to such person as would be
required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of such
nominees as directors pursuant to regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and such person's written consent
to serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the
stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of such
business, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting any material
interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any,
on whose behalf the proposal is made; (c) as to the stockholder giving the
notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or
proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on
the Company's books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of
shares of the Company that are owned beneficially and of record by such
stockholder and such beneficial owner, and (iii) whether either such stockholder
or beneficial owner intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to
holders of, in the case of a proposal, at least the percentage of the Company's
voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the
case of a nomination or nominations, a sufficient number of holders of the
Company's voting shares to elect such nominee or nominees (an affirmative
statement of such intent, a "Solicitation Notice").
Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of the second
paragraph of this Section 11 to the contrary, in the event that the number of
directors to be elected to the Board of directors is increased and there is no
public announcement naming all of the
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nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors
made by the Corporation at lease 55 days prior to the Anniversary, a
stockholder's notice required by this Bylaw shall also be considered timely, but
only with respect to nominees for any new positions creased by such increase, if
it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the
day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
Only persons nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Section 11 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business
shall be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders as shall have been
brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
section. The chair of the meeting shall have the power and the duty to
determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the
meeting has been made in accordance with the procedures set forth in these
Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business in not in compliance with
these Bylaws to declare that such defective proposed business or nomination
shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be
disregarded. A proposed nomination or proposed business shall not be in
accordance and compliance with this Section 11 if no Solicitation Notice
relating thereto was timely provided pursuant to this Section 11 and the
Stockholder or beneficial owner proposing such business or nomination has in
fact solicited a number of proxies sufficient to require such a Solicitation
Notice under this Section 11, as determined by the Chair of the meeting.
Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of
stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
Company's notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board
of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors
are to be elected pursuant to the Company's notice of meeting (a) by or at the
director of the Board of Directors or (b) by any stockholder of record at the
time of giving of notice provided for in this paragraph, who shall be entitled
to vote at the meeting and who compiles with the notice procedures set forth in
this Section 11. Nominations by stockholders of persons for election to the
Board of Directors may be made at such special meeting of stockholders if the
stockholder's notice required by the second paragraph of this Section 11 shall
be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the company
not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such
special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement
is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by
the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting.
For purposes of this section, "public announcement shall mean
disclosure in press release reported by the Dow Jones New Service, Associated
press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13,
14, 15 of the Exchange Act.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11, a
stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth
in this Section 11. Nothing in this Section 11 shall be deemed to affect any
rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Company's proxy
statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. The number of directors that shall constitute the whole
board shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the
stockholders at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in
Section 2 of this Article, and each director elected 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 remaining 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.
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 bylaws 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 State of
Delaware.
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 shall be
necessary to the newly elected directors 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.
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SECTION 7. Special meetings of the board may be called by the
president on five (5) days' notice to each director by mail or forty-eight (48)
hours notice to each director either personally or by telephone, telegram or
facsimile; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in
like manner and on like notice on the written request of two (2) 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 a majority 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 the certificate of
incorporation of these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at
any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken
without a meeting, if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be,
consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.
SECTION 10. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any
committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of
the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in
the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting.
COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 11. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole board, designate one (1) or more committees, each
committee to consist of one (1) or more of the directors of the corporation.
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.
In the absence of disqualification of a member of a committee, the
member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from
voting whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint
another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of
any such absent or disqualified member.
Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the
Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of
the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all
papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or
authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation, adopting an
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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 bylaws 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. 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. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority
to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses,
if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid
a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors 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 the certificate of
incorporation or bylaw, 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 an election of directors.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
SECTION 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of
the certificate of incorporation or of these bylaws, 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, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be
given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail.
Notice to directors may also be given by telegram, telephone or facsimile.
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
bylaws, 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.
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ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the
Board of Directors and shall be a president, treasurer and a secretary. The
Board of Directors may elect from among its members a Chairman of the Board and
a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also choose one or
more vice-presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Any
number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws otherwise provide.
SECTION 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each
annual meeting of stockholders shall choose a president, a treasurer, and a
secretary, and may choose vice presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant
treasurers.
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 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
SECTION 6. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all
meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he shall be
present. He shall have and may exercise such powers as are, from time to time,
assigned to him by the Board and as may be provided by law.
SECTION 7. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of
Directors and of the stockholders at which he shall be present. He shall have
and may exercise such powers as are, from time to time, assigned to him by the
Board and as may be provided by law.
THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS
SECTION 8. The president shall be the chief operating officer of
the corporation; and in the absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the
Board he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of
Directors; he 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.
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SECTION 9. The president shall execute 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.
SECTION 10. In the absence of the president or in the event of his
inability or refusal to act the vice-president, if any, (or in the event there
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-residents 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 11. 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 12. 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.
TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS
SECTION 13. 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. Unless
otherwise appointed, the chief financial officer shall be the treasurer.
SECTION 14. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the
corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors taking proper vouchers
for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and the Board of
Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of
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Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of
the financial condition of the corporation.
SECTION 15. If required by the Board of Directors, the treasurer
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 and
other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging
to the corporation.
SECTION 16. 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
CERTIFICATE OF STOCK
SECTION 1. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be
entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by,
the chairman or vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, or the president or a
vice-president and the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or
an assistant secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned
by him in the corporation.
Certificates may be issued for partly paid shares and in such case
upon the face or back of the certificates issued to represent any such partly
paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor, and
the amount paid thereon shall be specified.
If the corporation shall be authorized to 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 qualification, 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 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, 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 the 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
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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
certificates 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, 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 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 succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be
the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled
thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction 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 stockholder or
any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in
respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any
other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date,
which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the
date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action.
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 to hold liable for calls and
assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares and shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
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share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of
Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 1. The corporation shall hold harmless and indemnify any
person entitled to the benefits of indemnification pursuant to this Article 7
(such person being hereinafter referred to as "Indemnitee") to the full extent
authorized or permitted by the provisions of Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended (the "Law"), as such may be amended from time to
time, and by this Article 7, as such may be amended. In furtherance of the
foregoing indemnification, and without limiting the generality thereof:
(a) PROCEEDINGS OTHER THAN PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT
OF THE CORPORATION. Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of
indemnification provided in this Section 1(a) if, by reason of his Corporate
Status (as hereinafter defined), he is, or is threatened to be made, a party to
or participant in any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) other than a
Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation. Pursuant to this
Section 1(a), Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses (as
hereinafter defined), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such
Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if he acted in good faith and
in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
(b) PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION.
Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this
Section 1(b) if, by reason of his Corporate Status, he is, or is threatened to
be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding brought by or in the right
of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this
Section 1(b), Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding
if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if
applicable law so provides, no indemnification against such Expenses shall be
made in respect of any claim, issue or matter in such Proceeding as to which
Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and
to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall
determine that such indemnification may be made.
(c) INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY
OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 7,
to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a park to
and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, he shall be
indemnified to the maximum extent permitted by law against all Expenses actually
and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith. If
Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful on the
merits or otherwise, to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters
in such Proceeding, the
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corporation shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with each successfully
resolved claim, issue or matter. For purposes of this Section 1 and without
limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding
by dismissal with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful
result as to such claim, issue or matter.
SECTION 2. In addition to, and without regard to any limitations
on, the indemnification provided for in Section 1, the corporation shall
indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses, judgments,
penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by him or on his behalf if, by reason of his Corporate Status he is, or is
threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (including a
Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation), including, without
limitation, all liability arising out of the negligence or active or passive
wrongdoing of Indemnitee. The only limitation that shall exist upon the
corporation's obligations pursuant to these Bylaws or any indemnification
agreement between the corporation and Indemnitee shall be that the corporation
shall not be obligated to make any payment to Indemnitee that is finally
determined (under the procedures, and subject to the presumptions, set forth in
Sections 6 and 7 hereof) to be unlawful under Delaware law.
SECTION 3.
(a) Whether or not the indemnification provided in Sections
1 and 2 hereof is available, in respect of any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding in which corporation is jointly liable with
Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding),
corporation shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount of any judgment
or settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to
contribute to such payment and corporation hereby waives and relinquishes any
right of contribution it may have against Indemnitee. The corporation shall not
enter into any settlement of any action, suit or proceeding in which corporation
is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or
proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all
claims asserted against Indemnitee.
(b) Without diminishing or impairing the obligations of the
corporation set forth in the preceding subparagraph, if, for any reason,
Indemnitee shall elect or be required to pay all or any portion of any judgment
or settlement in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
in which corporation is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in
such action, suit or proceeding), corporation shall contribute to the amount of
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred and paid or payable by Indemnitee in
proportion to the relative benefits received by the corporation and all
officers, directors or employees of the corporation other than Indemnitee who
are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit
or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, from the
transaction from which such action, suit or proceeding arose; provided, however,
that the proportion determined on the basis of relative benefit may, to the
extent necessary to conform to law, be further adjusted by reference to the
relative fault of corporation and all officers, directors or employees of the
corporation other than Indemnitee who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or
would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and
Indemnitee, on the other hand, in
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connection with the events that resulted in such expenses, judgments, fines or
settlement amounts, as well as any other equitable considerations which the law
may require to be considered. The relative fault of corporation and all
officers, directors or employees of the corporation other than Indemnitee who
are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, wit or
proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, the degree to which their
actions were motivated by intent to gain personal profit or advantage, the
degree to which their liability is primary or secondary, and the degree to which
their conduct is active or passive.
(c) The corporation shall fully indemnify and hold
Indemnitee harmless from any claims of contribution which may be brought by
officers, directors or employees of the corporation other than Indemnitee who
may be jointly liable with Indemnitee.
SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 7,
to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness
in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he shall be indemnified
against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in
connection therewith.
SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the
corporation shall advance all reasonable Expenses incurred by or on behalf of
Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding by reason of Indemnitee's Corporate
Status within ten days after the receipt by the corporation of a statement or
statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to
time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such
statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by
Indemnitee and shall include or be preceded or accompanied by an undertaking by
or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay any Expenses advanced if it shall ultimately
be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified against such
Expenses. Any advances and undertakings to repay pursuant to this Section 5
shall be unsecured and interest free. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
obligation of the corporation to advance Expenses pursuant to this Section 5
shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the
corporation determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified
under applicable law, the corporation shall be entitled to be reimbursed, within
thirty (30) days of such determination, by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to
reimburse the corporation) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided,
however, that if Indemnitee has commenced or thereafter commences legal
proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that
Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by
the corporation that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under
applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to
reimburse the corporation for any advance of Expenses until a final judicial
determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal
therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed).
SECTION 6. It is the intent of the corporation to secure for
Indemnitee rights of indemnity that are as favorable as may be permitted under
the law and public policy of the State of Delaware. Accordingly, the following
procedures and presumptions shall apply in the event of any question as to
whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification:
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(a) To obtain indemnification (including, but not limited
to, the advancement of Expenses and contribution by the corporation), Indemnitee
shall submit to the corporation a written request, including therein or
therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to
Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification. The Secretary of the corporation
shall promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the
Board of Directors in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.
(b) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification
pursuant to the first sentence hereof, a determination, if required by
applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee's entitlement thereto shall be made
in the specific case by one of the following three methods, which shall be at
the election of Indemnitee: (1) by a majority vote of the disinterested
directors, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by independent legal counsel
in a written opinion, or (3) by the stockholders.
(c) If the determination of entitlement to indemnification
is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, the
Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 6(c). The
Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall
request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors). Indemnitee or
the corporation, as the case may be, may, within 10 days after such written
notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the corporation or to
Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the
Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of "Independent
Counsel" as defined in Section 12 hereof, and the objection shall set forth with
particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely
objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If a
written objection is made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel selected
may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is
withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If,
within 20 days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for
indemnification pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall
have been selected and not objected to, either the corporation or Indemnitee may
petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or other court of
competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been
made by the corporation or Indemnitee to the other's selection of Independent
Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected
by the court or by such other person as the court shall designate, and the
person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so
appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 6(b) hereof. The
corporation shall pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses of Independent
Counsel incurred by such Independent Counsel in connection with acting pursuant
to Section 6(b) hereof, and the corporation shall pay all reasonable fees and
expenses incident to the procedures of this Section 6(c), regardless of the
manner in which such Independent Counsel was selected or appointed;
(d) In making a determination with respect to entitlement
to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such
determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification if
Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with
Section 6(a) hereof. Anyone seeking to overcome this
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presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion, by
clear and convincing evidence.
(e) Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith
if Indemnitee's action is based on the records or books of account of the
Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to
Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or
on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records
given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public
accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by
the Enterprise. In addition, the knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act,
of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be
imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification
under this Article 7. Whether or not the foregoing provisions of this
Section 6(e) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee
has at all times acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. Anyone seeking
to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of
persuasion, by clear and convincing evidence.
(f) The corporation acknowledges that a settlement or other
disposition short of final judgment may be successful if it permits a party to
avoid expense, delay, distraction, disruption and uncertainty. In the event
that any action, claim or proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party is resolved
in any manner other than by adverse judgment against Indemnitee (including,
without limitation, settlement of such action, claim or proceeding with or
without payment of money or other consideration) it shall be presumed that
Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in such action, suit
or proceeding. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the
burden of proof and the burden of persuasion, by clear and convincing evidence.
(g) If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected
under this Article 7 to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification shall not have made a determination within thirty (30) days
after receipt by the corporation of the request therefor, the requisite
determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been
made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a
misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact
necessary to make Indemnitee's statement not materially misleading, in
connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such
indemnification under applicable law, provided, however, that such 30 day period
may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional fifteen (15)
days, if the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to
entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for
the obtaining or evaluating documentation and/or information relating thereto;
and provided, further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(g) shall
not apply if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made
by the stockholders pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof and if (A) within fifteen
(15) days after receipt by the corporation of the request for such determination
the Board of Directors or the Disinterested Directors, if appropriate, resolve
to submit such determination to the stockholders for their consideration at an
annual meeting thereof to be held within seventy five (75) days after such
receipt and such determination is made thereat, or (B) a special meeting of
stockholders is called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt for the
purpose of making such determination,
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such meeting is held for such purpose within sixty (60) days after having been
so called and such determination is made thereat.
(h) Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or
entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee's entitlement to
indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon
reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not
privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably
available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any
Independent Counsel member of the Board of Directors, or stockholder of the
corporation shall act reasonably and in good faith in making a determination
under any indemnification agreement related to the Indemnitee's entitlement to
indemnification. Any costs or expenses (including attorneys' fees and
disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons
or entity making such determination shall be borne by the corporation
(irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee's entitlement to
indemnification) and the corporation shall indemnify and hold Indemnitee
harmless therefrom.
SECTION 7.
(a) In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant
to this Article 7 that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification hereunder,
(ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 5 hereof,
(iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made
pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof within 90 days after receipt by the corporation
of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made
pursuant to the terms of this Article 7 or any indemnification agreement between
the corporation and the Indemnitee within ten (10) days after receipt by the
corporation of a written request therefor, or (v) payment of indemnification is
not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or such determination is deemed to
have been made pursuant to Section 6 hereof, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an
adjudication in an appropriate court of the State of Delaware, or in any other
court of competent jurisdiction, of his entitlement to such indemnification.
Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication within 180
days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such
proceeding pursuant to this Section 7(a). The corporation shall not oppose
Indemnitee's right to seek any such adjudication.
(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made
pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof that Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification, any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7
shall be conducted in all respects as a DE NOVO trial, on the merits and
Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination.
(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to
Section 6(b) hereof that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the
corporation shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding
commenced pursuant to this Section 7, absent a prohibition of such
indemnification under applicable law.
(d) In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to this
Section 7, seeks a judicial adjudication of his rights under, or to recover
damages for breach of, the terms of this Article 7 or any indemnification
agreement between the corporation and Indemnitee, or to
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recover under any directors' and officers' liability insurance policies
maintained by the corporation the corporation shall pay on his behalf, in
advance, any and all expenses (of the types described in the definition of
Expenses in Section 12 hereof) actually and reasonably incurred by him in such
judicial adjudication, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined
to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance
recovery.
(e) The corporation shall be precluded from asserting in
any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 that the procedures
and presumptions of contained in this Article 7 are not valid, binding and
enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court that the corporation is bound
by all the provisions of this Article 7.
SECTION 8.
(a) The rights of indemnification provided hereunder shall
not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time
be entitled under applicable law, the certificate of incorporation of the
corporation, any indemnification agreement between the corporation and
Indemnitee, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise.
No amendment, alteration or repeal these Bylaws or of any provision hereof shall
limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee hereunder in respect of any action
taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such
amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in the Law,
whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification than
would be afforded currently hereunder and any indemnification agreement between
the corporation and Indemnitee, it is the intent of the parties hereto that
Indemnitee shall enjoy the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No
right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right
or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition
to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or
remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other right or remedy.
(b) To the extent that the corporation maintains an
insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors,
officers, employees, or agents or fiduciaries of the corporation or of any other
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise which such person serves at the request of the corporation,
Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or
their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such
director, officer, employee or agent under such policy or policies.
(c) In the event of any payment pursuant to this Article 7
or any indemnification agreement between the corporation and Indemnitee shall be
subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of
Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary
to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to
enable the corporation to bring suit to enforce such rights.
(d) The corporation shall not be liable to make any payment
of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder if and to the extent that
Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance
policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.
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SECTION 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of hereunder,
Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification with respect to any
Proceeding brought by Indemnitee, or any claim therein, unless (a) the bringing
of such Proceeding or making of such claim shall have been approved by the Board
of Directors or (b) such Proceeding is being brought by the Indemnitee to assert
his rights as set forth herein or in any indemnification agreement between the
corporation and Indemnitee.
SECTION 10. All agreements and obligations of the corporation
contained in this Article 7 shall continue during the period Indemnitee is a
director or officer 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, join venture, trust or other enterprise) and shall
continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any Proceeding (or
any proceeding commenced under Section 7 hereof) by reason of his Corporate
Status, whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time
any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided
under this Agreement. The terms of this Article 7 shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their
respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase,
merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business
or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, executors and personal and
legal representatives. The terms of this Article 7 shall continue in effect
regardless of whether Indemnitee continues to serve as a director or officer of
the corporation or any other enterprise at the corporation's request.
SECTION 11. To the extent requested by the Indemnitee and approved
by the Board of Directors, the corporation may at any time and from time to time
provide security to the Indemnitee for the corporation's obligations hereunder
through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral.
Any such security, once provided to the Indemnitee, may not be revoked or
released without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee.
SECTION 12. For purposes of this Article 7:
(a) "Corporate Status" describes the status of a person who
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent or fiduciary of the corporation
or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan or other enterprise which such person is or was serving at the express
written request of the corporation.
(b) "Disinterested Director" means a director of the
corporation who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which
indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.
(c) "Enterprise" shall mean the corporation and any other
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the express written request
of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.
(d) "Expenses" shall include all reasonable attorneys'
fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees,
travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone
charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other
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disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with
prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating,
participating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding.
(e) "Independent Counsel" means a law firm, or a member of
a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither
presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (i)
the corporation or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other
than with respect to matters concerning the Indemnitee under this Article 7 or
any indemnification agreement between the corporation and Indemnitee, or of
other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other
party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Independent Counsel" shall not include
any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then
prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the
corporation or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee's rights under
this Article 7 or any indemnification agreement between the corporation and
Indemnitee. The corporation agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the
Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel
against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or
relating to this Article 7 or any indemnification agreement between the
corporation and Indemnitee or its engagement pursuant hereto or thereto.
(f) "Proceeding" includes any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism,
investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual threatened or
completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the corporation or
otherwise and whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which
Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party or otherwise, by reason of the
fact that Indemnitee is or was a director of the corporation, by reason of any
action taken by him or of any inaction on his part while acting as a director of
the corporation, or by reason of the fact that he 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; in each case
whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any
liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under
any indemnification agreement between the corporation and Indemnitee; excluding,
however, any suit initiated by an Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7 hereof to
enforce his rights under this Article 7.
SECTION 13. If any provision or provisions of this Article 7 shall
be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or
otherwise unenforceable for any reason whatsoever (a) the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article 7 (including without
limitation, each portion of any section of this Article 7 containing any such
provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself
invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; and
(b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article 7 (including,
without limitation, each portion of any section of this Article 7 containing any
such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself
invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to
the intent manifested thereby.
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ARTICLE VIII
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
purposes 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.
CHECKS
SECTION 3. 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 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
SEAL
SECTION 5. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal
having inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its
organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". The seal may be used by
causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or
otherwise.
INSURANCE
SECTION 6. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him
and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such,
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whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new
bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however,
that the corporation may, in its certificate of incorporation, confer the power
to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws upon the directors. The fact that such power
has been so conferred upon the directors shall not divest the stockholders of
the power, nor limit their power, to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.
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CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION BY THE SECRETARY OF
AVANT! CORPORATION
The undersigned, Charles St. Clair, hereby certifies that he is the
duly elected and acting Secretary of Avant! Corporation., a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation"), and that the Amended and Restated Bylaws
attached hereto constitute the Bylaws of said Corporation in effect as of the
date hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto subscribed his name
this 4th day of September 1998.
/s/ Charles St. Clair
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Charles St. Clair
Secretary
