Exhibit
3.02
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
WPCS
INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
(As
Amended on February 22, 2010)
ARTICLE
I
OFFICES
Section
1.01. Registered
Office. The registered office of WPCS International Incorporated (the
"Corporation") in the State of Delaware shall be at 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, Delaware, and the name of the registered agent at that address shall
be the Corporation Trust Company.
Section
1.02. Principal
Office. The principal office for the transaction of the business of the
Corporation shall be at One East Uwchlan Avenue, Suite 301, Exton, Pennsylvania.
The Board of Directors (hereafter called the "Board") is hereby granted full
power and authority to change said principal office from one location to
another.
Section
1.03. Other
Offices. The Corporation may also have an office or offices at such other
place or places, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board
may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may
require.
ARTICLE
II
STOCKHOLDER'S
MEETINGS
Section
2.01. Annual
Meetings. Annual meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for the
purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other proper
business as may come before such meetings shall be held each year on a date and
at a time designated by the Board.
Section
2.02. Special
Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or
purposes may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Board or a committee of
the Board which has been duly designated by the Board and whose powers and
authority, as provided in a resolution of the Board or in these Bylaws, include
the power to call such meetings. Unless otherwise prescribed by statute, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, special meetings may not be called
by any other person or persons. No business may be transacted at any special
meeting of stockholders other than such business as may be designated in the
notice calling such meeting.
Section
2.03. Place of
Meeting. The Board, the Chairman of the Board, or a committee of the
Board, as the case may be, may designate the place of meeting for any annual
meeting or for any special meeting of the stockholders called by the Board, the
Chairman of the Board, or a committee of the Board.
Section
2.04. Notice of
Meeting. Unless otherwise provided by law, written notice stating the
place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the
purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered by the
Corporation not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, to each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be
delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid,
addressed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer
books of the Corporation. Such further notice shall be given as may be required
by law. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of
stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
Corporation's notice of meeting. Meetings may be held without notice if all
stockholders entitled to vote are present (unless any stockholder is present at
the meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting
to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened), or if notice is waived by those not present in accordance with
Section 8.02 of these Bylaws. Any previously scheduled meeting of the
stockholders may be postponed, and (unless the Certificate of Incorporation
otherwise provides) any special meeting of the stockholders may be canceled, by
resolution of the Board upon public notice given prior to the date previously
scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.
Section
2.05. Quorum and
Adjournment. Except in the case of any meeting for the election of
directors summarily ordered as provided by law, the holders of record of
thirty-three and one-third percent (33.33%) in voting interest of the shares of
stock of the Corporation entitled to be voted thereat, present in person or by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting
of the stockholders of the Corporation or any adjournment thereof. Where a
separate vote by a class or classes is required, a majority of the outstanding
shares of such class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy,
shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on
that matter and the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares of such class
or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the
act of such class. In the absence of a quorum at any meeting or any adjournment
thereof, a majority in voting interest of the shareholders present in person or
by proxy and entitled to vote thereat or, in the absence therefrom of all
stockholders, any officer entitled to preside at, or to act as secretary of such
meeting may adjourn such meeting from time to time. The Chairman of the meeting
or a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to
time, whether or not there is such a quorum. No notice of the time and place, of
adjourned meetings need be given except as required by law. No business may be
transacted at a meeting in the absence of a quorum other than the adjournment of
such meeting, except that if a quorum is present at the commencement of a
meeting, business may be transacted until the meeting is adjourned even though
the withdrawal of stockholders results in less than a quorum.
Section
2.06. Notice of
Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(a) Annual Meetings of
Stockholders.
(i)
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Nominations
of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of business to be
considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of
stockholders (A) pursuant to the Corporation's notice of meeting, (B) by
or at the direction of the Board or (C) by any stockholder of the
Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of
notice provided for in this Bylaw, who is entitled to vote at the meeting
and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
Bylaw.
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(ii)
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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 paragraph (a)(i) of
this Bylaw, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in
writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such other business must
otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a
stockholder's notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business
on the 60th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 90th day
prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting;
provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting
is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary
date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not
earlier than the close of business on the 90th day prior to such annual
meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th
day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on
which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the
Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment
of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a
stockholder's notice as described above. Such stockholder's notice shall
set forth (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate
for election or re-election as a director all information relating to such
person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for
election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in
each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 14a-11 thereunder
(including such person's written consent to being named in the proxy
statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (B) as to
any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the
meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before
the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and
any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (C) as
to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on
whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (1) the name and address
of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation's books, and of
such beneficial owner and (2) the class and number of shares of the
Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder
and such beneficial owner.
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(iii)
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Notwithstanding
anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(ii) of this Bylaw to the
contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the
Board of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement
by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying
the size of the increased Board at least 70 days prior to the first
anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, a stockholder's notice
required by this Bylaw shall also be considered timely, but only with
respect to nominees for any new positions created 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.
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(b) Special Meetings of
Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting
of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
Corporation's notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the
Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to
be elected pursuant to the Corporation's notice of meeting (i) by or at the
direction of the Board or (ii) provided that the Board has determined that
directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the
Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice
provided for in this Bylaw, who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who
complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Bylaw. In the event the
Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing
one or more directors to the Board, any such stockholder may nominate a person
or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified
in the Corporation's notice of meeting, if the stockholder's notice required by
paragraph (a)(ii) of this Bylaw shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of
business on the 90th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the
close of business on the later of the 60th 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 to be
elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an
adjournment of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a
stockholder's notice as described above.
(c) General.
(i)
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Only
such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth
in this Bylaw shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such
business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have
been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Bylaw. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Chairman of
the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a
nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was
made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Bylaw and, if any proposed nomination or business is not
in compliance with this Bylaw, to declare that such defective proposal or
nomination shall be disregarded.
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(ii)
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For
purposes of this Bylaw, "public announcement" shall mean disclosure in a
press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or
comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act.
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(iii)
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Bylaw, a stockholder shall also comply
with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this
Bylaw. Nothing in this Bylaw shall be deemed to affect any rights (A) of
stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation's proxy
statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (B) of the
holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under
specified circumstances.
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Section
2.07. Voting.
(a) Each
stockholder shall, at each meeting of the stockholders, be entitled to vote in
person or by proxy each share or fractional share of the stock of the
Corporation having voting rights on the matter in question and which shall have
been held by him and registered in his name on the books of the
Corporation:
(i)
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on
the date fixed pursuant to Section 5.05 of these Bylaws as the record date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at
such meeting, or
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(ii)
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if
no such record date shall have been so fixed, then (a) at the close of
business on the day next preceding the day on which notice of the meeting
shall be given or (b) if notice of the meeting shall be waived, at the
close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting
shall be held.
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(b)
Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation,
if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors in
such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation,
shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes. Nothing in
this section shall be construed as limiting the right of the Corporation to vote
stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary
capacity. Persons holding stock of the Corporation in a fiduciary capacity shall
be entitled to vote such stock. Persons whose stock is pledging shall be
entitled to vote, unless in the transfer by the pledgor on the books of the
Corporation he shall have expressly empowered the pledgee to vote thereon, in
which case only the pledgee, or his proxy, may represent such stock and vote
thereon. Stock having voting power standing of record in the names of two or
more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants,
tenants in common, tenants by the entirety or otherwise, or with respect to
which two or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship, shall be voted
in accordance with the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
(c) Any
such voting rights may be exercised by the stockholder entitled thereto in
person or by his proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, subscribed by such
stockholder or by his attorney thereunto authorized and delivered to the
secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted or
acted upon after three years from its date unless said proxy shall provide for a
longer period. The attendance at any meeting of a stockholder who may
theretofore have given a proxy shall not have the effect of revoking the same
unless he shall in writing so notify the secretary of the meeting prior to the
voting of the proxy. At any meeting of the stockholders all matters, except as
otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, in these Bylaws or by
law, shall be decided by the vote of a majority of the shares present in person
or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat and thereon, a quorum being present.
The vote at any meeting of the stockholders on any questions shall be by ballot
and each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by his proxy, if
there be such proxy, and it shall state the number of shares voted. The chairman
of the meeting shall fix and announce at the meeting the date and time of the
opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders
will vote at a meeting.
Section
2.08. List of
Stockholders. The Secretary 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, for a period of at
least ten (10) days prior to the meeting during ordinary business hours at the
principal place of business of the Corporation. The list shall also be produced
and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the duration thereof, and
may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
Section
2.09. Inspectors of
Election. The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of
stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a
written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as
alternate inspectors to act at the meeting. If no inspector or alternate is able
to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of such meeting shall appoint
one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector so appointed shall
first sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting
with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The
inspectors shall ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power
of each, determine the shares represented at a meeting and the validity of
proxies and ballots, count all votes and ballots, determine and retain for a
reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any
determination by the inspectors, and certify their determination of the number
of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots.
Reports of the inspectors shall be in writing and subscribed and delivered by
them to the Secretary of the Corporation. The inspectors may appoint or retain
other persons or entities to assist them in the performance of their duties as
inspectors. The inspectors need not be stockholders of the Corporation, and any
officer of the Corporation may be an inspector on any question other than a vote
for or against a proposal in which he shall have a material
interest.
Section
2.10. Stockholder
Action by Written Consent. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting
thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any
corporate action, by any provision of the statutes, the meeting and vote of
stockholders may be dispensed with if all of the stockholders who have been
entitled to vote upon the action if such meeting were held shall consent in
writing to such corporate action being taken, or if the certificate of
incorporation authorized the action to be taken with the written consent of the
holders of less than all of the stock who would have been entitled to vote upon
the action if a meeting were held, then on the written consent of the
stockholders having not less than such percentage of the number of votes as may
be authorized in the certificate of incorporation; provided that in no case
shall the written consent be by the holders of stock having less than the
minimum percentage of the vote required by statute for the proposed corporate
action, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the
taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written
consent.
Section
2.11. Record Date for
Written Consent. In order that the Corporation may determine the
stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a
meeting, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall
not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted
by the board of directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days
after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by
the board of directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the
stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by
written notice to the Secretary, request the board of directors to fix a record
date. The board of directors shall promptly, but in all events within
ten (10) days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a
resolution fixing the record date (unless a record date has previously been
fixed by the board of directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section
2.11). If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors
pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.11 or otherwise within ten (10)
days of the date on which such a request is received, the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, when no prior action by the board of directors is required by
applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent
setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the
corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal
place of business, or to any officer or agent of the corporation having custody
of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are
recorded. Delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by
the board of directors and prior action by the board of directors is required by
applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent
to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of
business on the date on which the board of directors adopts the resolution
taking such prior action.
Section
2.12. Inspection of
Written Consents. In the event of the delivery, in the manner
provided by Section 2.11, to the Corporation of the requisite written consent or
consents to take corporate action and/or any related revocation or revocations,
the corporation shall engage independent inspectors of elections for the purpose
of performing promptly a ministerial review of the validity of the consents and
revocations. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform
such review, no action by written consent without a meeting shall be effective
until such date as the independent inspectors certify to the corporation that
the consents delivered to the corporation in accordance with Section 2.11
represent at least a minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take the
corporate action. Nothing contained in this Section 2.12 shall in any
way be construed to suggest or imply that the board of directors or any
stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any consent or
revocation thereof, whether before or after such certification by the
independent inspectors, or to take any other action (including, without
limitation, the commencement, prosecution, or defense of any litigation with
respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such
litigation).
Section
2.13. Form of Written
Consents. Every written consent shall bear the date of
signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall
be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within
sixty (60) days of the earliest dated written consent received in accordance
with Section 2.11, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number
of holders to take such action are delivered to the corporation in the manner
prescribed in Section 2.11.
ARTICLE
III
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Section
3.01. General
Powers. The property, business and affairs of the Corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of the Board.
Section
3.02. Number, Election
and Terms. The number of the directors of the Board of the Corporation,
which shall consist of not less than one nor more than ten members, shall be
fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by a
majority of the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if
there were no vacancies. Directors, who shall be elected at the
annual meeting of stockholders for a term of one (l) year, shall hold office
until their successors are elected and qualify. Directors need not be
stockholders.
Section
3.03. Procedure for
Election of Directors; Required Vote. Election of directors at all
meetings of the stockholders at which directors are to be elected shall be by
ballot, and each director to be elected by stockholders shall be elected by the
vote of a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting for the election of
directors at which a quorum is present.
Section
3.04. Resignations. Any
director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to
the Board or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Any such resignation shall
take effect at the time specified therein, or, if the time be not specified, it
shall take effect immediately upon its receipt; and unless otherwise specified
therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.
Section
3.05. Removal.
Subject to the rights of any class or series of stock having a preference over
the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors under
specified circumstances, any director may be removed from office at any time,
but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of sixty-six
and two-thirds percent (66.66%) of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors, voting together as a single class.
Section
3.06. Vacancies. Subject to
applicable law and unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, vacancies
resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from
office or other cause, and newly created directorships resulting from any
increase in the authorized number of directors, may be filled only by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a
quorum of the Board of Directors, and directors so chosen shall hold office for
a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of
office to which they have been elected expires and until such director's
successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. No decrease in the number
of authorized directors constituting the Board of Directors of the Corporation
shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
Section
3.07. Place of
Meeting, Etc. The Board may hold any of its meetings at such place or
places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board may from time to
time by resolution designate or as shall be designated by the person or persons
calling the meeting or in the notice or a waiver of notice of any such meeting.
Directors may participate in any regular or special meeting of the Board by
means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment pursuant to
which all persons participating in the meeting of the Board can hear each other,
and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.
Section
3.08. Regular
Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such times as the
Board shall from time to time by resolution determine. If any day fixed for a
regular meeting shall be a legal holiday at the place where the meeting is to be
held, then the meeting shall be held at the same hour and place on the next
succeeding business day not a legal holiday. Except as provided by law, notice
of regular meetings need not be given.
Section
3.09. Special
Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman of
the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. Notice of any special
meeting of directors shall be given to each director at his business or
residence in writing by hand delivery, first-class or overnight mail or courier
service, telegram or facsimile transmission, electronic mail or electronic
messaging system, or orally by telephone. If mailed by first-class mail, such
notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when deposited in the United States
mails so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid, at least five (5) days before
such meeting. If by telegram, overnight mail or courier service, such notice
shall be deemed adequately delivered when the telegram is delivered to the
telegraph company or the notice is delivered to the overnight mail or courier
service company at least twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting. If by
facsimile transmission, electronic mail, or electronic messaging system, such
notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the notice is transmitted at
least twelve (12) hours before such meeting. If by telephone or by hand
delivery, the notice shall be given at least twelve (12) hours prior to the time
set for the meeting. Such notice may be waived by any director and any meeting
shall be a legal meeting without notice having been given if all the directors
shall be present thereat or if those not present shall, either before or after
the meeting, sign a written waiver of notice of, or a consent to, such meeting
or shall after the meeting sign the approval of the minutes thereof. All such
waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or be
made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
Section
3.10. Quorum and
Manner of Acting. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws or by law, the presence of a majority of the total
number of directors then in office shall be required to constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board. Except as otherwise
provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws or by law, all
matters shall be decided at any such meeting, a quorum being present, by the
affirmative votes of a majority of the directors present. In the absence of a
quorum, a majority of directors present at any meeting may adjourn the same from
time to time until a quorum shall be present. Notice of any adjourned meeting
need not be given. The directors shall act only as a Board, and the individual
directors shall have no power as such.
Section
3.11. Action by
Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of
the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if a
written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board or of such
committee, as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.
Section
3.12. Compensation. The
directors shall receive only such compensation for their services as directors
as may be allowed by resolution of the Board. The Board may also provide that
the Corporation shall reimburse each such director for any expense incurred by
him on account of his attendance at any meetings of the Board or Committees of
the Board. Neither the payment of such compensation nor the reimbursement of
such expenses shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the
Corporation or its subsidiaries in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor.
Section
3.13. Executive
Committee. There may be an Executive Committee of two or more directors
appointed by the Board, who may meet at stated times, or in notice to all by any
of their own number, during the intervals between the meetings of the Board;
they shall advise and aid the officers of the Corporation in all matters
concerning its interest and the management of its business, and generally
perform such duties and exercise such powers as may be directed or delegated by
the Board from time to time. The Board of Directors may also designate, if it
desires, other directors as alternate members who may replace any absent or
disqualified member of the Executive Committee at any meeting thereof. To the
full extent permitted by law, the Board may delegate to such committee authority
to exercise all the powers of the Board while the Board is not in session.
Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled by the Board at a
regular meeting or at a special meeting for that purpose. In the absence or
disqualification of any member of the Executive Committee and any alternate
member in his or her place, the member or members of the Executive Committee
present at the meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or
she or they constitute a quorum, may, by unanimous vote, appoint another member
of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or
disqualified member. The Executive Committee shall keep written minutes of its
meeting and report the same to the Board when required. The provisions of
Sections 3.08, 3.09, 3.10 and 3.11 of these Bylaws shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to
any Executive Committee of the Board.
Section
3.14. Other
Committees. The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority of the
whole Board, designate one or more other committees, each such committee to
consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of
Directors may also designate, if it desires, other directors as alternate
members who may replace any absent or disqualified member of any such committee
at any meeting thereof. To the full extent permitted by law, any such committee
shall have and may exercise such powers and authority as the Board may designate
in such resolution. Vacancies in the membership of a committee shall be filled
by the Board at a regular meeting or a special meeting for that purpose. Any
such committee shall keep written minutes of its meeting and report the same to
the Board when required. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any
such committee and any alternate member or members of any such committee present
at the meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or she or
they constitute a quorum, may, by unanimous vote, appoint another member of the
Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or
disqualified member. The provisions of Section 3.08, 3.09, 3.10 and 3.11 of
these Bylaws shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to
any such committee of the Board.
ARTICLE
IV
OFFICERS
Section
4.01. Number.
The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief
Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The
Board may also elect one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers.
A person may hold more than one office providing the duties thereof can be
consistently performed by the same person.
Section
4.02. Other
Officers. The Board may appoint such other officers 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
4.03. Election.
Each of the officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be
appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02 or Section 4.05 of
this Article, shall be chosen annually by the Board and shall hold his office
until he shall resign or shall be removed or otherwise disqualified to serve, or
his successor shall be elected and qualified.
Section
4.04. Salaries.
The salaries of all executive officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the
Board or by such committee of the Board as may be designated from time to time
by a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board.
Section
4.05. Removal;
Vacancies. Subject to the express provisions of a contract authorized by
the Board, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time
by the Board or by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred
by the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be
filled by the Board.
Section
4.06. Chairman of the
Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be an officer of the Corporation,
subject to the control of the Board, and shall report directly to the Board. The
Chairman of the Board shall play an active role in helping to build and lead the
Corporation, working closely with the Chief Executive Officer to set the
Corporation's strategy, and shall be the co-spokesman for the Corporation along
with the Chief Executive Officer. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all
meetings of the stockholders and of the Board and shall have such other powers
and duties as may be prescribed by the Board or by applicable law.
Section
4.07. Chief Executive
Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall be an officer of the
Corporation and shall have general supervision and direction over the business
and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board and the
provisions of Section 4.06 of this Article IV, and shall report directly to the
Board. The Chief Executive Officer shall see that all orders and resolutions of
the Board are carried into effect; shall, if present and in the absence of the
Chairman of the Board, preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board;
and in general shall exercise all powers and perform all duties as may from time
to time be assigned to the Chief Executive Officer by the Board or as may be
prescribed in these Bylaws.
Section
4.08. Chief Financial
Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform all the powers and
duties of the office of the chief financial officer and in general have overall
supervision of the financial operations of the Corporation. The Chief Financial
Officer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the
Corporation and shall perform such other duties as he may agree with the Chief
Executive Officer or as the Board may from time to time determine. The Chief
Financial Officer shall report directly to the Chief Executive
Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform all the duties of
the Chief Executive Officer if the Chief Executive Officer is absent or for any
other reason is unable to perform his duties.
Section
4.09. The Vice
Presidents. In the absence of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer or in the event of their inability or refusal to act, the Vice
President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice
Presidents in the order designated, or in the absence of any designation, then
in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive
Officer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all
the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer. The Vice Presidents shall
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time
to time prescribe.
Section
4.10. The Secretary
and Assistant Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the
Board and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the
meetings of the Corporation and of the Board in a book to be kept for that
purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing and special committees of
the Board when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all
meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board, and shall
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or Chief Executive
Officer, under whose supervision he shall act. 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 may give general authority to any other officer to affix
the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his
signature.
The
assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in
the order determined by the Board (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 his 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 may from time to time prescribe.
Section
4.11. The
Treasurer. 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.
He shall
disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board, making
proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chief Executive
Officer and the Board, at its regular meetings, or when the Board so requires,
an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition
of the Corporation.
If
required by the Board, he shall give the Corporation a bond (which shall be
renewed every six (6) years) in such sum and with such surety or sureties as
shall be satisfactory to the Board 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
4.12. The Assistant
Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there be more than one, the
assistant treasurers in the order determined by the Board (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 may from time to time
prescribe.
ARTICLE
V
SHARES
AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section
5.01. Certificates for
Stock. Every owner of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to have
a certificate or certificates, to be in such form as the Board shall prescribe,
certifying the number and class of shares of the stock of the Corporation owned
by him. The certificates representing shares of such stock shall be numbered in
the order in which they shall be issued and shall be signed in the name of the
Corporation by the Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or President
or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. Any of or all of the signatures on the
certificates may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or
registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon, any
such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or
registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nevertheless
be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as though the person who
signed such certificate, or whose facsimile signature shall have been placed
thereupon, were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
A record shall be kept of the respective names of the persons, firms or
corporations owning the stock represented by such certificates, the number and
class of shares represented by such certificates, respectively, and the
respective dates thereof, and in case of cancellation, the respective dates of
cancellation. Every certificate surrendered to the Corporation for exchange or
transfer shall be canceled, and no new certificate or certificates shall be
issued in exchange for any existing certificate until such existing certificate
shall have been so canceled, except in cases provided for in Section
5.04.
Section
5.02. Transfers of
Stock. Transfers of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only
on the books of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his
attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with
the Secretary, or with a transfer clerk or a transfer agent appointed as
provided in Section 5.03, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates
for such shares properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes thereon. The
person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall
be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation.
Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not
absolutely, such fact shall be so expressed in the entry of transfer if, when
the certificate or certificates shall be presented to the Corporation for
transfer, both the transferor and the transferee request the Corporation to do
so.
Section
5.03. Regulations. The
Board may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not
inconsistent with these Bylaws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration
of certificates for shares of the stock of the Corporation. It may appoint, or
authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer clerks or one
or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all
certificates for stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of
them.
Section
5.04. Lost, Stolen,
Destroyed, and Mutilated Certificates. In any case of loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of any certificate of stock, another may be issued in
its place upon proof of such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation and upon the
giving of a bond of indemnity to the Corporation in such form and in such sum as
the Board may direct; provided, however, that a new certificate may be issued
without requiring any bond when, in the judgment of the Board, it is proper so
to do.
Section
5.05. Fixing Date for
Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order that the Corporation
may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting
of stockholders, or to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of any rights or to exercise any rights in respect of any change,
conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action
except for consenting to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the
Board of Directors may fix a record date, which shall not precede the date the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted and which record date shall not be
more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any meeting
of stockholders, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the time for such other
action as herein before described; provided, however, that if no record date is
fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the
close of business on the day preceding the day on which notice is given or, if
notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on
which the meeting is held and, for determining stockholders entitled to receive
payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or
any other lawful action except for consenting to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, the record date shall be the close of business on the day on
which the Board of Directors adopts a resolution relating thereto.
ARTICLE
VI
DIVIDENDS
AND FINANCES
Section
6.01. Dividends. Dividends
may be declared by the directors and paid out of any funds legally available
therefor under the laws of Delaware, as may be deemed advisable from time to
time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Before declaring any
dividends, the Board of Directors may set aside out of net profits or earned or
other surplus such sums as the Board may think proper as a reserve fund to meet
contingencies or for other purposes deemed proper and to the best interests of
the Corporation.
Section
6.02. Monies. The
monies, securities, and other valuable effects of the Corporation shall be
deposited in the name of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies as the
Board of Directors shall designate and shall be drawn out or removed only as may
be authorized by the Board of Directors from time to time.
ARTICLE
VII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section
7.01. Indemnification
of Officers, Directors, Employees and Agents; Insurance.
(a) Right to
Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened
to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of
the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary of
another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan
(hereinafter an "indemnitee"), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged
action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, trustee, agent,
fiduciary, or in any other capacity, while serving as a director, officer,
employee, agent, trustee or fiduciary of another corporation shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent
authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may
hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent
that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification
rights than permitted prior thereto), against all expense, liability and loss
(including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties
and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such
indemnitees in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as
to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, trustee,
agent, fiduciary or in any other capacity, and shall inure to the benefit of the
indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that except
as provided in paragraph (c) hereof with respect to proceedings to enforce
rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee
in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee
only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or is subsequently
ratified by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The Corporation shall not
be liable to indemnify the indemnitee with regard to any award in any proceeding
if the Corporation was not given a reasonable and timely opportunity, at its
expense, to meaningfully participate in the defense of such
proceeding.
(b) Right to Advancement of
Expenses. The right to indemnification conferred in paragraph (a) of this
Section shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred in defending any proceeding for which such
right to indemnification is applicable in advance of its final disposition
(hereinafter an "advancement of expenses"); provided, however, that, if the
Delaware General Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred
by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any
other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee,
including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be
made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an
"undertaking"), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so
advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from
which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a "final adjudication")
that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under
this Section or otherwise.
(c) Written Request. To
obtain indemnification under this Bylaw, a claimant shall submit to the
Corporation a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation
and information as is reasonably available to the claimant and is reasonably
necessary to determine whether and to what extent the claimant is entitled to
indemnification. Upon written request by a claimant for indemnification pursuant
to the first sentence of this paragraph (c), a determination, if required by
applicable law, with respect to the claimant's entitlement thereto shall be made
as follows: (1) if requested by the claimant, by Independent Counsel (as
hereinafter defined), or (2) if no request is made by the claimant for a
determination by Independent Counsel, (i) by the Board by a majority vote of a
quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined), or (ii)
if a quorum of the Board consisting of Disinterested Directors is not obtainable
or, even if obtainable, such quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by
Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be
delivered to the claimant, or (iii) if a quorum of Disinterested Directors so
directs, by the stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the determination
of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel at the
request of the claimant, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board
unless there shall have occurred within two years prior to the date of the
commencement of the action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification is
claimed a "Change of Control" as defined in the Senior Executive Severance
Policy, in which case the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the claimant
unless the claimant shall request that such selection be made by the Board. If
is so determined that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, payment to
the claimant shall be made within 10 days after such determination.
(d) Right of Indemnitee to Bring
Suit. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses
conferred in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section shall be a contract between
the Corporation and each director or officer of the Corporation who serves or
served in such capacity at any time while this Article VII is in effect. Any
repeal or modification of this Article VII or any repeal or modification of
relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other
applicable laws shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification of
such director or officer or the obligations of the Corporation hereunder. If a
claim under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section is not paid in full by the
Corporation within thirty (30) days after a written claim pursuant to paragraph
(c) has been received by the Corporation, or in the case of a claim for
advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall also be
thirty (30) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against
the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in
whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to
recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the
indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or
defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a
right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee
to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that,
and (ii) in any suit by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses
pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the Corporation shall be entitled to
recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met
any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the Delaware General
Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of
Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the
indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation
Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its board of
directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee
has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that
the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of
such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit
brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an
advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an
advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of
proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such
advancement of expenses, under this Section or otherwise shall be on the
Corporation.
(e) Non-Exclusivity of
Rights. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses
conferred in this Section shall not be exclusive of any other right which any
person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Corporation's
certificate of incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise.
(f) Insurance. The
Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense,
liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware
General Corporation Law, provided that such
insurance is available on acceptable terms, which determination shall be made by
the Board of Directors or by a committee thereof.
(g) Indemnification of Employees
and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent and in
accordance with the terms authorized from time to time by the board of
directors, grant rights to indemnification, and to the advancement of expenses
to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the
provisions of this Section with respect to the indemnification and advancement
of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.
(h) For
purposes of this Section, references to "the Corporation" shall include, in
addition to the Corporation, any constituent corporation (including any
constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if
its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to
indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person
who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under
this Section with respect to the Corporation as he would have with respect to
such constituent corporation if its separate existence had
continued.
(i) For
purposes of this Section, references to "serving at the request of the
Corporation" shall include any service as director, officer, employee or agent
of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such
director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan,
its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation" as referred to in
this Section.
(j)
Notwithstanding anything else in this Article VII, in the event that the express
provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law relating to indemnification
of, or advancement of expenses by the Corporation to, persons eligible for
indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VII are amended to
permit broader indemnification or advancement of expenses, then the Corporation
will provide such indemnification and advancement of expenses to the maximum
extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
(k) If
this Article VII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any
court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless
indemnify each indemnitee of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the
Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this
Article VII that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent
permitted by applicable law.
(l) If a
determination shall have been made pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Bylaw that
the claimant is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall be bound by
such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to paragraph
(d) of this Bylaw.
(m) The
Corporation shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding
commenced pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Bylaw that the procedures and
presumptions are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in such
proceeding that the Corporation is bound by all the provisions of this
Bylaw.
(n) For
purposes of this Bylaw:
(i)
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"Disinterested
Director" means a director of the Corporation who is not and was not a
party to the matter in respect of which indemnification is sought by the
claimant; and
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(ii)
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"Independent
Counsel" means a law firm, a member of a law firm, or and independent
practitioner, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and shall
include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional
conduct then prevailing, would not have a conflict of interest in
representing either the Corporation or the claimant in an action to
determine the claimant's rights under this
Bylaw.
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ARTICLE
VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
8.01. Seal. The
Board shall provide a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and
shall bear the name of the Corporation and words and figures showing that the
Corporation was incorporated in the State of Delaware and the year of
incorporation.
Section
8.02. Waiver of
Notices. Whenever notice is required to be given by these Bylaws or the
Certificate of Incorporation or by law, the person entitled to said notice may
waive such notice in writing, either before or after the time stated therein,
and such waiver shall be deemed equivalent to notice.
Section
8.03. Fiscal
Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of
the Board.
Section
8.04. Amendments. These
Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed at any meeting of the Board or of the
stockholders, provided notice of the proposed change was given in the notice of
the meeting and, in the case of a meeting of the Board, in a notice given not
less than two days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that, in
the case of amendments by stockholders, notwithstanding any other provisions of
these Bylaws or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote
or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any
particular class or series of the capital stock of the Corporation required by
law, the Certificate of Incorporation of these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of
the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66.66%) of the total
voting power of all the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the
Corporation, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter,
amend or repeal this Section 8.04 or any provision of Sections 2.06, 2.10, 3.02,
3.05 and 3.06 of these Bylaws.
Section
8.05. Voting
Stock. Any person so authorized by the Board, and in the absence of such
authorization, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer or any Vice President, shall have full power and authority on
behalf of the Corporation to attend and to act and vote at any meeting of the
stockholders of any corporation in which the Corporation may hold stock and at
any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers
which are incident to the ownership of such stock and which as the owner thereof
the Corporation might have possessed and exercised if present. The Board by
resolution from time to time may confer like powers upon any other person or
persons.
Section
8.06. Conflicts of
Interest. No contract or other transaction of the Corporation with any
other persons, firms or corporations, or in which the Corporation is interested,
shall be affected or invalidated by the fact that any one or more of the
directors or officers of the Corporation is interested in or is a director or
officer of such other firm or corporation; or by the fact that any director or
officer of the Corporation, individually or jointly with others, may be a party
to or may be interested in any such contract or transaction.
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