EX-3.1
Published on April 29, 2009
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
of
KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL,
a Delaware corporation
a Delaware corporation
(effective May 1, 2009)
INDEX
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ARTICLE I OFFICES | 4 | |||||||
Section 1 | REGISTERED OFFICE | 4 | ||||||
Section 2 | PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE | 4 | ||||||
Section 3 | OTHER OFFICES | 4 | ||||||
ARTICLE II STOCKHOLDERS | 4 | |||||||
Section 1 | PLACE OF MEETINGS | 4 | ||||||
Section 2 | ANNUAL MEETINGS | 4 | ||||||
Section 3 | BUSINESS WHICH MAY BE CONDUCTED AT MEETINGS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS | 5 | ||||||
Section 4 | SPECIAL MEETINGS | 8 | ||||||
Section 5 | NOTICE OF ANNUAL OR SPECIAL MEETINGS | 8 | ||||||
Section 6 | QUORUMREQUIRED VOTES | 8 | ||||||
Section 7 | ADJOURNED MEETINGS AND NOTICE THEREOF | 9 | ||||||
Section 8 | VOTING | 9 | ||||||
Section 9 | RECORD DATE | 10 | ||||||
Section 10 | CONSENT OF ABSENTEES | 11 | ||||||
Section 11 | PROXIES | 11 | ||||||
Section 12 | INSPECTORS OF ELECTION | 12 | ||||||
Section 13 | CONDUCT OF MEETING | 13 | ||||||
Section 14 | LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE | 13 | ||||||
Section 15 | CONSENT OF STOCKHOLDERS IN LIEU OF MEETING | 13 | ||||||
ARTICLE III DIRECTORS | 15 | |||||||
Section 1 | POWERS | 15 |
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Table of Contents
(Continued)
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Section 2 | NUMBER OF DIRECTORS | 16 | ||||||
Section 3 | NOMINATION, ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE | 16 | ||||||
Section 4 | VACANCIES | 17 | ||||||
Section 5 | PLACE OF MEETING | 17 | ||||||
Section 6 | REGULAR MEETINGS | 17 | ||||||
Section 7 | SPECIAL MEETINGS | 18 | ||||||
Section 8 | QUORUM | 18 | ||||||
Section 9 | PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS BY COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT | 18 | ||||||
Section 10 | WAIVER OF NOTICE | 19 | ||||||
Section 11 | ADJOURNMENT | 19 | ||||||
Section 12 | FEES AND COMPENSATION | 19 | ||||||
Section 13 | ACTION WITHOUT MEETING | 19 | ||||||
Section 14 | RIGHTS OF INSPECTION | 20 | ||||||
Section 15 | COMMITTEES | 20 | ||||||
Section 16 | STANDING COMMITTEES | 20 | ||||||
Section 17 | CHAIR OF THE BOARD | 21 | ||||||
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS | 22 | |||||||
Section 1 | OFFICERS | 22 | ||||||
Section 2 | ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT | 22 | ||||||
Section 3 | ELECTED SENIOR OFFICERS | 22 | ||||||
Section 4 | REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION | 23 | ||||||
Section 5 | VACANCIES | 23 |
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Table of Contents
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ARTICLE V OTHER PROVISIONS | 24 | |||||||
Section 1 | INSPECTION OF CORPORATE RECORDS | 24 | ||||||
Section 2 | INSPECTION OF BYLAWS | 24 | ||||||
Section 3 | ENDORSEMENT OF DOCUMENTS; CONTRACTS | 24 | ||||||
Section 4 | CERTIFICATES OF STOCK | 24 | ||||||
Section 5 | REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS | 25 | ||||||
Section 6 | STOCK PURCHASE PLANS | 25 | ||||||
Section 7 | ELECTION OF FISCAL YEAR | 26 | ||||||
Section 8 | CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS | 26 | ||||||
Section 9 | AMENDMENTS | 26 | ||||||
Section 10 | EMERGENCY BYLAWS | 26 | ||||||
ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION | 27 | |||||||
Section 1 | RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION | 27 | ||||||
Section 2 | PREPAYMENT OF EXPENSES | 28 | ||||||
Section 3 | CLAIMS | 28 | ||||||
Section 4 | NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS | 28 | ||||||
Section 5 | OTHER SOURCES | 28 | ||||||
Section 6 | AMENDMENT OR REPEAL | 28 | ||||||
Section 7 | OTHER INDEMNIFICATION AND PREPAYMENT OF EXPENSES | 29 |
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
for the regulation, except
as otherwise provided by statute or
its Certificate of Incorporation,
as otherwise provided by statute or
its Certificate of Incorporation,
of
KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL
(effective May 1, 2009)
ARTICLE I OFFICES.
Section 1 | REGISTERED OFFICE. |
The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be fixed in the
Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation.
Section 2 | PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE. |
The corporations principal executive office shall be fixed and located at such place, either
within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors of the corporation (the Board)
shall determine. The Board is granted full power and authority to change said principal executive
office from one location to another.
Section 3 | OTHER OFFICES. |
The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware,
as the Board may designate or the business of the corporation may from time to time require.
ARTICLE II STOCKHOLDERS.
Section 1 | PLACE OF MEETINGS. |
Meetings of the stockholders shall be held either at the principal executive office of the
corporation or at any other place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by
the Board and filed with the Secretary of the corporation.
Section 2 | ANNUAL MEETINGS. |
The annual meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such time, date and place, either
within or without the State of Delaware, as may be fixed by the Board. At such meetings, directors
shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted.
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Section 3 | BUSINESS WHICH MAY BE CONDUCTED AT MEETINGS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS. |
(a) | Annual Meetings of the Stockholders. |
(i) | 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 the stockholders only (A) pursuant to the corporations notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (B) by or at the direction of the Board or (C) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder of record of the corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section 3 is delivered to the Secretary of the corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3. | ||
(ii) | 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 Section 3, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation and any such proposed business other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 70 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the corporation). In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above. Such stockholders notice shall set forth: (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for 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 (and such persons 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 text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the |
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Bylaws of the corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), 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 corporations books, and of such beneficial owner, (2) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (3) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at such meeting to propose such business or nomination, and (4) a representation whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporations outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation. |
(iii) | Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of the corporation at the annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least 100 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a stockholders notice required by this Section 3 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the corporation 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. |
(b) Special Meetings of the Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of the stockholders as shall
have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the corporations notice of meeting. Nominations
of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of the stockholders at which
directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporations 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 the notice provided for in this Section 3 is delivered to the Secretary of the
corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election, and who complies with
the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3. In the event the corporation calls a special
meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any
stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may
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nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as
specified in the corporations notice of meeting, if the stockholders notice required by paragraph
(a)(ii) of this Section 3 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of
the corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such special
meeting and 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 to be elected at such meeting. In no
event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence
a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described
above.
(c) | General. |
(i) | Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of the stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Chair of the Board, as chair of the meeting, shall have the power and duty (A) 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 Section 3 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made or solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholders nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholders representation as required by clause (a)(ii)(C)(4) of this Section 3) and (B) if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with the Section 3, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted. | ||
(ii) | For purposes of this Section 3, public announcement shall include 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. | ||
(iii) | Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3, 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 Section 3. Nothing in this Section 3 shall be deemed to affect any rights (A) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporations 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 |
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pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation. |
Section 4 | SPECIAL MEETINGS. |
Special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by the Board, the Chair of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer or the President, and may not be called by any other person or persons.
Upon written request delivered to the Secretary of the corporation by any person or persons (other
than the Board) entitled to call a special meeting of the stockholders, the Secretary shall cause
notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote that a meeting will be held at the time
requested by the person or persons calling the meeting. If notice of a special meeting of the
stockholders is not given within 20 days after the Secretarys receipt of the request, the person
or persons entitled to call the meeting may give the notice. Subject to the provisions of
applicable law, only such business shall be considered at a special meeting of the stockholders as
shall have been stated in the notice for such meeting.
Section 5 | NOTICE OF ANNUAL OR SPECIAL MEETINGS. |
(a) Time Periods. Written notice of each annual or special meeting of the stockholders shall be given not
less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to
vote at such meeting. Such notice shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and (i) in
the case of the annual meeting, those matters which the Board, at the time of the mailing of the
notice, intends to present for action by the stockholders (but, subject to Section 3 of this
Article II and the provisions of applicable law, any other matters properly brought may be
presented at the meeting for action) or (ii) in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or
purposes for which the meeting was called. The notice of any meeting at which directors are to be
elected shall include the names of nominees intended at the time of the notice to be presented by
the Board for election.
(b) Method. Notice of a stockholders meeting shall be given: (i) in writing or (ii) by United States
mail, addressed to the stockholder at the address of such stockholder appearing on the books of the
corporation or given by the stockholder to the corporation for the purpose of notice.
Notice by mail shall be deemed to have been given at the time written notice is deposited in
the United States mail, postage prepaid. Any other written notice shall be deemed to have been
given at the time it is personally delivered to the recipient, delivered to a common carrier for
transmission or actually transmitted by the person giving the notice by electronic means to the
recipient.
Section 6 | QUORUMREQUIRED VOTES. |
Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation or
these bylaws, at each meeting of the stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders
of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting
shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum, the
stockholders so present may, by a majority in voting power thereof, adjourn the meeting from time
to time in the manner provided in Section 7 of this Article II until a quorum shall attend.
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Section 7 | ADJOURNED MEETINGS AND NOTICE THEREOF. |
Any meeting of the stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene
at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the
time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the
adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the
original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new
record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to
each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 8 | VOTING. |
The stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote at any such meeting shall be
only those persons in whose name shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record
date determined in accordance with Section 9 of this Article II.
Voting at meetings of the stockholders need not be by written ballot. At all meetings of the
stockholders for the election of directors, a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to
elect. All other elections and questions shall, unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of
Incorporation of the corporation, these bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange
applicable to the corporation or as otherwise provided by law or pursuant to any regulation
applicable to the corporation, be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in
voting power of the shares of stock of the corporation which are present in person or by proxy and
entitled to vote thereon.
Voting shall in all cases be subject to the following provisions:
(a) The stockholders of the corporation shall not have the right to cumulate their votes for
the election of directors of the corporation.
(b) Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian, conservator or custodian may be voted
by such holder either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into the holders
name; and shares standing in the name of a trust may be voted by the trustee of such trust, either
in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by such trust without a
transfer of such shares into the trusts name.
(c) Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held
by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof
into the receivers name if authority to do so is contained in the order of the court by which such
receiver was appointed.
(d) Except where otherwise agreed in writing between the parties, a stockholder whose shares
are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the
name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so
transferred.
(e) Shares standing in the name of a minor may be voted by, and the corporation may treat all
rights incident thereto as exercisable by, the minor, in person or by proxy, whether or not
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the corporation has notice, actual or constructive, of the minors actual age, unless a
guardian of the minors property has been appointed and written notice of such appointment has been
given to the corporation.
(f) Shares standing in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by
such officer, agent or proxyholder of such other corporation as the bylaws of such other
corporation may prescribe or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such
other corporation may determine or, in the absence of such determination, by the chair of the board
of directors, president or any vice president of such other corporation, or by any other person
authorized to do so by the chair of the board, president or any vice president of such other
corporation. Shares which are purported to be voted or any proxy purported to be executed in the
name of a corporation (whether or not any title of the person signing is indicated) shall be
presumed to be voted or the proxy executed in accordance with the provisions of this clause, unless
the contrary is shown.
(g) Shares of the corporation owned by its subsidiaries shall not be entitled to vote on any
matter.
(h) If shares stand of record in the names of two or more persons, whether fiduciaries,
members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, husband and wife as community property,
tenants by the entirety, voting trustees, persons entitled to vote under a stockholder voting
agreement or otherwise, or if two or more persons (including proxyholders) have the same fiduciary
relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary of the corporation is given written
notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order appointing them or
creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall have
the following effect:
(i) | If only one votes, such act binds all; | ||
(ii) | If more than one vote, the act of the majority so voting binds all; or | ||
(iii) | If more than one vote, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionately. |
If the instrument so filed or the registration of the shares shows that any such tenancy is held in
unequal interests, a majority or even split for the purpose of this Section 8 shall be a majority
or even split in interest.
Section 9 | RECORD DATE. |
In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote
at any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any
change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board
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, and which record date: (a) in the case of
determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders or adjournment
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thereof, shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days
before the date of such meeting; (b) in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to
express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, shall not be more than 10 days
from the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board and (c) in
the case of any other action, shall not be more than 60 days prior to such other action. If no
record date is fixed: (a) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to
vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next 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; (b) the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action
of the Board is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, 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 in accordance with applicable law, or, if prior action by the
Board is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, shall be at the
close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action and
(c) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of
business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto. 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 may fix a new record date for the
adjourned meeting.
Section 10 | CONSENT OF ABSENTEES. |
The transactions of any meeting of the stockholders, however called and noticed, and wherever
held, are as valid as though conducted at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a
quorum is present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each of
the persons entitled to vote, not present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice,
or a consent to the holding of the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers,
consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of
the meeting. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of and
presence at such meeting, except when the person objects, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and except that
attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to object to the consideration of matters
required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware to be included in the notice but
not so included, if such objection is expressly made at the meeting. Neither the business to be
transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be
specified in any written waiver of notice, consent to the holding of the meeting or approval of the
minutes thereof, except as provided in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 11 | PROXIES. |
Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders or to express consent or
dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to
act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years
from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it
states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest
sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not
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irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in
writing revoking the proxy or by delivering a proxy in accordance with applicable law bearing a
later date to the Secretary of the corporation.
A proxy or consent validly delivered to the corporation shall mean any written authorization
which is signed by the person executing the proxy, as well as any electronic transmission (to
include without limitation transmissions by facsimile and by computer messaging systems), which is
authorized by a stockholder or the stockholders attorney in fact, which gives another person or
persons power to vote with respect to the shares of such stockholder. A stockholder may authorize
another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the
transmission of a telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission to the person who
will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization
or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such
transmission, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission
must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the
telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. If it is
determined that such telegrams, cablegrams or other electronic transmissions are valid, the
inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall
specify the information upon which they relied. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other
reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this Section 11 may be
substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for
which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile
telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original
writing or transmission.
Section 12 | INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. |
(a) Appointment of Inspectors. In advance of any meeting of the stockholders, the Board shall appoint inspectors of
election to act at such meeting and any adjournment thereof. If inspectors of election are not so
appointed, or if any persons so appointed fail to appear or refuse to act, the Chair of the Board
presiding at any such meeting may, and on the request of any stockholder or stockholders proxy
shall, make such appointment at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either one or three.
If appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more stockholders proxies, the majority of
shares present shall determine whether one or three inspectors are to be appointed.
(b) Duties of Inspectors. The duties of such inspectors shall include: determining the number of shares outstanding
and the voting power of each; determining the shares represented at the meeting; determining the
existence of a quorum; determining the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies; receiving
votes, ballots or consents; hearing and determining all challenges and questions in any way arising
in connection with the right to vote; counting and tabulating all votes or consents; determining
when the polls shall close; determining the result; and doing such acts as may be proper to conduct
the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. If there are three inspectors, the
decision, act or certificate of a majority is in all respects the decision, act or certificate of
all.
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Section 13 | CONDUCT OF MEETING. |
The Chair of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders. The Chair shall
conduct each such meeting in a businesslike and fair manner, but shall not be obligated to follow
any technical, formal or parliamentary rules or principles of procedure. The Chairs rulings on
procedural matters shall be conclusive and binding on all stockholders, unless at the time of a
ruling a request for a vote is made to the stockholders holding shares entitled to vote and which
are represented in person or by proxy at the meeting, in which case the decision of a majority of
such shares shall be conclusive and binding on all stockholders. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Chair shall have all of the powers usually vested in the chair of a meeting of
stockholders.
Section 14 | LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE. |
The Secretary of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting
of the 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 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. Upon the willful neglect or refusal of the directors to produce such a list at any meeting
for the election of directors, such directors shall be ineligible for election to any office at
such meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as
to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the
books of the corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.
Section 15 | CONSENT OF STOCKHOLDERS IN LIEU OF MEETING. |
(a) Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of
the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the
stockholders duly called in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation,
may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents
in writing, setting for the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock
having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such
action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall
be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal
place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which
proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporations
registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested.
(b) 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 60 days of the date the earliest dated consent is delivered to the
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corporation, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take
action are delivered to the corporation in the manner prescribed in paragraph (c) of this Section
15.
(c) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to
corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board 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, and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution
fixing the record date is adopted by the Board. 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 to fix a record date. The Board shall promptly, but in all events
within 10 days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the
record date. If no record date has been fixed by the Board within 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 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 in accordance with paragraphs (a) and
(b) of this Section 15. If no record date has been fixed by the Board and prior action by the Board
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 adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
(d) Within 5 business days after receipt of the earliest dated consent delivered to the
corporation in the manner provided in this Section 15, the corporation, shall retain nationally
recognized independent inspectors of elections for the purposes of performing a ministerial review
of the validity of consents and any revocations thereof. The cost of retaining inspectors of
election shall be borne by the corporation.
(e) At any time that stockholders soliciting consents in writing to corporate action have a
good faith belief that the requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents to authorize or take
the action specified has been received by them, the consents shall be delivered by the soliciting
stockholders of the corporations registered office in the State of Delaware or principal place of
business or to the Secretary of the corporation, together with a certificate stating their belief
that the requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents has been received as of a specific date,
which date shall be identified in the certificate. In the event that delivery shall be made to the
corporations registered office in Delaware, such delivery shall be made by hand or by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested. Upon receipt of such consents, the corporation shall
cause the consents to be delivered promptly to the inspectors of election. The corporation also
shall deliver promptly to the inspectors of election any revocations of consents in its possession,
custody or control as of the time of receipt of the consents.
(f) As promptly as practicable after the consents and revocations are received by them, the
inspectors of election shall issue a preliminary report to the corporation stating: (i) the number
of shares represented by valid and unrevoked consents; (ii) the number of shares represented by
invalid consents; (iii) the number of shares represented by invalid revocations and (iv) the number
of shares entitled to submit consents as of the record date. Unless the corporation and the
soliciting stockholders agree to a shorter or longer period, the corporation and the soliciting
stockholders shall have 5 business days to review the consents and revocations and to
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advise the inspectors and the opposing party in writing as to whether they intend to challenge
the preliminary report. If no timely written notice of an intention to challenge the preliminary
report is received, the inspectors shall certify the preliminary report (as corrected or modified
by virtue or the detection by the inspectors of clerical errors) as their final report and deliver
it to the corporation. If the corporation or the soliciting stockholders give timely written notice
of an intention to challenge the preliminary report, a challenge session shall be scheduled by the
inspectors as promptly as practicable. A transcript of the challenge session shall be recorded by a
certified court reporter. Following completion of the challenge session, the inspectors shall issue
as promptly as practicable their final report and deliver it to the corporation. A copy of the
final report shall be included in the book in which the proceedings of meetings of the stockholders
are required.
(g) The corporation shall give prompt notice to the stockholders of the results of any consent
solicitation or the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written
consent.
(h) This Section 15 shall in no way impair or diminish the right of any stockholder or
director, or any officer whose title to office is contested, to contest the validity of any consent
or revocation thereof, or to take any other action with respect thereto.
ARTICLE III DIRECTORS.
Section 1 | POWERS. |
Subject to limitations of the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, of these bylaws
and of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to action required to be
approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the
corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board and it shall have the final
authority in matters of strategy and policy matters for the corporation.
The Board may delegate management duties for the operation of the business of the corporation
to those persons to whom authority is properly delegated by the Board, including officers of the
company, provided that the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all
corporate powers shall be exercised under the ultimate direction of the Board. Without prejudice to
such general powers, but subject to the same limitations, it is hereby expressly declared that the
Board shall have the following powers in addition to the other powers enumerated in these bylaws:
(a) To select and remove all the other officers (in accordance with the provisions of these
bylaws), agents and employees of the corporation; prescribe the powers and duties for them as may
not be inconsistent with law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation or these bylaws;
fix their compensation and require from them an affidavit providing for the good faith exercise of
their duties only in the best interests of the corporation.
(b) To conduct, manage and control the affairs and business of the corporation and to make
such rules and regulations therefor not inconsistent with law, the Certificate of Incorporation of
the corporation or these bylaws, as they may deem best.
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(c) To adopt, alter, amend and repeal these bylaws from time to time as they may deem best.
(d) To adopt, make and use a corporate seal, and to prescribe the forms of certificates of
stock, and to alter the form of such seal and of such certificates from time to time as they may
deem best.
(e) To authorize the issuance of shares of stock of the corporation from time to time, upon
such terms and for such consideration as may be lawful.
(f) To borrow money and incur indebtedness for the purposes of the corporation, and to cause
to be executed and delivered, in the corporate name, promissory notes, bonds, debentures, deeds of
trust, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations or other evidences of debt and securities therefor.
Section 2 | NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. |
The authorized number of directors shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation
of the corporation. The Board shall fix the exact number of directors by resolution duly adopted by
the Board.
Section 3 | NOMINATION, ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE. |
(a) Eligibility for Election as Director. Only persons who are nominated by, or at the direction of the Board or the Chair of the
Board, or by a stockholder who has given timely written notice to the Secretary of the corporation
in accordance with Section 3 of Article II of these bylaws, will be eligible for election as
directors of the corporation.
(b) Meetings at which Directors May Be Elected. The directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the stockholders, but if any such
annual meeting is not held or the directors are not elected thereat, the directors may be elected
at any special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose.
(c) Classes of the Board of Directors. The Board shall be divided into three classes in accordance with the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation.
(d) Qualified Directors. For a person to be qualified to serve as a director of the corporation, such person need
not be an employee or stockholder of the corporation during his or her directorship.
(e) Length of Term for Directors. At each annual meeting of the stockholders beginning with the first annual meeting of the
stockholders, the successors of the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be
elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in the
third year following the year of their election, with each director in each class to hold office
until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death,
resignation or removal.
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(f) Removal of Directors. Any director, or the entire Board, may be removed only for cause, by the affirmative vote
of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at the election of directors.
Section 4 | VACANCIES. |
Any director may resign, to be effective upon giving written notice to the Board or to the
Chair of the Board, President or Secretary of the corporation, unless the notice specifies a later
time for the effectiveness of such resignation. If the resignation is effective at a future time, a
successor may be elected to take office when the resignation becomes effective.
Any newly-created directorship resulting from an increase in the authorized number of
directors or any vacancies in the Board occurring by reason of death, resignation, retirement,
disqualification or removal may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less
than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and each director so elected shall hold office
until the next annual meeting at which the class of which he is a member becomes subject to
re-election and until such directors successor has been elected and qualified.
A vacancy or vacancies in the Board shall be deemed to exist in case of the death, resignation
or removal of any director, or if the authorized number of directors is increased, or if the
stockholders fail, at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders at which any director or
directors are elected, to elect the full authorized number of directors to be voted for at that
meeting.
The stockholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill any vacancy or
vacancies not filled by the directors.
No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any
director prior to the expiration of the directors term of office.
Section 5 | PLACE OF MEETING. |
Regular or special meetings of the Board shall be held at any place within or without the
State of Delaware which has been designated from time to time by the Board. In the absence of such
designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.
Section 6 | REGULAR MEETINGS. |
Following each annual meeting of the stockholders, the Board shall hold a regular meeting for
the purpose of organization, election of officers and the transaction of other business.
Other regular meetings of the Board shall be held without call on such dates and at such times
as may be fixed by the Board. Call and notice of all regular meetings of the Board are hereby
dispensed with.
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Section 7 | SPECIAL MEETINGS. |
Special meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the
Chair, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary of the corporation or by any two
directors.
Special meetings of the Board shall be held upon four days written notice or at least
twenty-four hours notice given personally or by telephone, including a voice messaging system or
other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, telegraph, facsimile,
electronic mail or other electronic means of communication. Any written notice shall be addressed
or delivered to each director at such directors address as it is shown upon the records of the
corporation or as may have been given to the corporation by the director for purposes of notice or,
if such address is not shown on such records or is not readily ascertainable, at the place in which
the meetings of the directors are regularly held.
Notice by mail shall be deemed to have been given at the time a written notice is deposited in
the United States mails, postage prepaid. Any other written notice shall be deemed to have been
given at the time it is personally delivered to the recipient or is delivered to a common carrier
for transmission, or actually transmitted by the person giving the notice by electronic means to
the recipient. Oral notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time it is communicated, in
person or by telephone or wireless, to the recipient or to a person at the office of the recipient
who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the
recipient.
Section 8 | QUORUM. |
A majority of the whole Board constitutes a quorum of the Board for the transaction of
business, except to adjourn as provided in Section 11 of this Article III. Every act or decision
done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is
present shall be regarded as the act of the Board, unless a greater number is required by law or by
the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation. A meeting at which a quorum is initially
present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any
action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for such meeting.
Section 9 | PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS BY COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT. |
(a) Participation by Conference Telephone. Members of the Board, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting through the
use of conference telephones. Participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person
at that meeting as long as all members participating in such meeting are able to hear one another.
(b) Participation by Electronic Video Screen Equipment or Other Similar Communications
Equipment. Members of the Board may participate in a meeting through the use of electronic video
screen equipment or other similar communications equipment. Participation in such a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at that meeting by a member of the Board if all of the following
apply:
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(i) | each member participating in the meeting can communicate with all of the other members concurrently; | ||
(ii) | each member is provided the means of participating in all matters before the Board, including, without limitation, the capacity to propose, or to interpose an objection to, a specific action to be taken by the corporation; and | ||
(iii) | the corporation adopts and implements some means of verifying both of the following: (x) a person participating in the meeting is a director or other person entitled to participate in the Board meeting, and (y) all actions of, or votes by, the Board are taken or cast only by the directors and not by persons who are not directors. |
Section 10 | WAIVER OF NOTICE. |
Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who signs a waiver of notice or a
consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the
meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the
lack of notice to such director. All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the
corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
Section 11 | ADJOURNMENT. |
A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any
directors meeting to another time and place. Notice of the time and place of an adjourned meeting
need not be given to absent directors if the time and place has been fixed at the meeting
adjourned, except as provided in the next sentence. If the meeting is adjourned for more than 24
hours, notice of any adjournment to another time or place shall be given prior to the time of the
commencement of the adjourned meeting to the directors who were not present at the time of the
adjournment.
Section 12 | FEES AND COMPENSATION. |
Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services,
and such reimbursement for expenses, as may be fixed or determined by the Board. The corporation
shall not compensate directors or committee members who are also employees of the corporation.
Section 13 | ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. |
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board may be taken without a meeting if
all members of the Board shall consent in writing to such action. Such consent or consents shall
have the same effect as a unanimous vote of the Board and shall be filed with the minutes of the
proceedings of the Board.
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Section 14 | RIGHTS OF INSPECTION. |
Every director shall have the right at any reasonable time to examine the corporations stock
ledger, a list of the stockholders of the corporation and the corporations other books and records
for any purpose reasonably related to such directors position as a director and to make copies or
extracts therefrom. Such inspection by a director may be made in person or by such directors agent
or attorney.
Section 15 | COMMITTEES. |
The Board may appoint one or more committees, each consisting of one or more directors, and
delegate to such committees any of the powers and authority of the Board, except no such committee
shall have power or authority in reference to the following:
(a) Approving, adopting or recommending to the stockholders any action or matter expressly
required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware to be submitted to the
stockholders for approval; or
(b) Adopting, altering, amending or repealing these bylaws or any of them.
Any such committee must be designated, and the members or alternate members thereof appointed,
by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board and any such committee may be designated an
Executive Committee or by such other name as the Board shall specify. Alternate members of a
committee may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee. The Board shall have the
power to prescribe the manner in which proceedings of any such committee shall be conducted. In the
absence of any such prescription, such committee shall have the power to prescribe the manner in
which its proceedings shall be conducted. Unless the Board or such committee shall otherwise
provide, the regular and special meetings and other action of any such committee shall be governed
by the provisions of this Article III applicable to meetings and actions of the Board. Minutes
shall be kept of each meeting of each committee.
Section 16 | STANDING COMMITTEES. |
The Board may have the following standing committees: Audit, Executive, Nominating and
Compensation and Personnel.
(a) Audit Committee. The Audit Committee shall be responsible for reviewing the activities of the corporation to
ensure that such activities are being conducted within the boundaries of corporate policy and
appropriate regulatory and legal requirements and for ensuring the integrity of financial
information supplied to the stockholders. The Audit Committee also shall make recommendations to
the Board after consultation with the Chief Financial Officer as to the selection of independent
public accountants to examine the consolidated financial statements of the corporation and its
subsidiaries. The Audit Committee also shall discuss with the independent public accountants the
scope of their examination, recommend supplemental audit reviews or audit steps as deemed
desirable, and review the accounting policies of the corporation. The Audit Committee also shall be
available to receive reports, suggestions, questions and recommendations from the independent
public accountants, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel. It also shall confer with
those parties in
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order to assure the sufficiency and effectiveness of the programs being followed by corporate
officers in the area of compliance with the law and conflicts of interest.
(b) Executive Committee of the Board. The Executive Committee of the Board shall have all of the authority of the Board, except
with respect to the approval of any action which requires stockholder approval under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(c) Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall recommend to the Board criteria for the selection of
candidates to serve on the Board, evaluate all proposed candidates, recommend to the Board nominees
to fill vacancies on the Board, and prior to the annual meeting of the stockholders recommend to
the Board a slate of nominees for election to the Board by the stockholders of the Corporation at
the annual meeting. In carrying out its duties, the committee shall seek possible candidates for
the Board and otherwise aid in attracting qualified candidates to the Board. The committee shall be
available to the Chair or President and other members of the Board for consultation concerning
candidates for the Board. The committee shall periodically review, assess and make recommendations
to the Board with regard to the size and composition of the Board. The committee shall have all
additional powers necessary to carry out its responsibilities and such other duties as may be
assigned by the Board from time to time.
The Nominating Committee also shall have the authority to administer a self-appraisal process
by members of the Board and make a report thereon to the Board, from time to time, or as designated
by the Board.
(d) Compensation and Personnel Committee. The Compensation and Personnel Committee shall have the responsibility for the compensation
of the senior executives of the Corporation including salaries and benefits. In carrying out its
duties, the committee shall review and approve overall executive compensation programs which are
market competitive for the officers of the Corporation, and shall review the specific salaries of
Executive Vice Presidents and senior vice presidents subject to the ratification of the salary
programs established for the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation by the Board acting as a
whole. The committee shall also review and make recommendations to the Board with respect to the
Corporations overall compensation program for directors and officers, including salaries, employee
benefit plans, stock options granted, equity incentive plans and payment of bonuses. The committee
shall also have all additional powers necessary to carry out its responsibilities and such other
duties as may be assigned by the Board from time to time.
Section 17 | CHAIR OF THE BOARD |
The Board of Directors shall elect one of its members to be Chair of the Board and shall fill
any vacancy in the position of Chair of the Board at such time and in such manner as the Board of
Directors shall determine. The Chair of the Board shall preside at all meetings of stockholders
and directors, and shall perform such other and further duties as may from time to time be required
of him by the Board. If the Chair of the Board is not present at a meeting of the Board, another
director chosen by the Board shall preside.
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ARTICLE IV OFFICERS.
Section 1 | OFFICERS. |
The senior officers of the corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Operating
Officer, a Chief Financial Officer and a Secretary. The corporation may also have, at the
discretion of the Board, a President, a Chief Administrative Officer, one or more Vice Presidents,
one or more Assistant Secretaries, Treasurers, Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as may
be elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of this Article IV.
Section 2 | ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT. |
The senior officers of the corporation shall be elected by the Board on an annual basis. In
addition, other officers may be elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5
of this Article IV. All officers, whether elected or appointed, shall be chosen annually by, and
shall serve at the pleasure of, the Board, and shall hold their respective offices until their
resignation, removal or other disqualification from service, or until their respective successors
shall be elected.
The Board may elect, and may empower the Chief Executive Officer to appoint, such other
subordinate officers as the business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office
for such period and shall have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in these
bylaws or as the Board may from time to time determine.
Section 3 | ELECTED SENIOR OFFICERS. |
The elected senior officers of the corporation shall have those positions and those duties
named below in this Section 3. Further, in each case, the named officer also shall have the general
powers and duties of governance or management usually vested in that office and such other powers
and duties as may be prescribed by the Board.
The Chief Executive Officer shall be the senior executive officer of the corporation. The
President has the general powers and duties of management of the corporation. The Chief Operating
Officer shall have the general powers and duties to carry out general administrative and financial
management of the corporation.
In the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief
Operating Officer, or any Executive Vice President designated by the Board, shall perform all 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 Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office and such other
place as the Board may order, a book of minutes of all meetings of stockholders, the Board and its
committees, with the time and place of holding, whether regular or special, and if special, how
authorized, the notice thereof given, the names of those present at Board and committee meetings,
the number of shares present or represented at stockholders meetings, and the
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proceedings thereof. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, a copy of these bylaws of
the corporation at the principal executive office or such other place as the Board may order.
The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or at the
office of the corporations transfer agent or registrar, if one has been appointed, a share
register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of the stockholders and their addresses,
the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for the
same, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and
of the Board and any committees thereof required by these bylaws or by law to be given, shall keep
the seal of the corporation in safe custody, and shall have such other powers and perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by the Board.
The Chief Financial Officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained,
adequate and correct accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation, and
shall send or cause to be sent to the stockholders of the corporation such financial statements and
reports as are by law or these bylaws required to be sent to them. The books of account shall at
all times be open to inspection by any director.
The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to
the credit of the corporation with such depositaries as may be designated by the Board. The Chief
Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, shall
render to the Chief Executive Officer, the President and the directors, whenever they request it,
an account of all transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the
corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by
the Board.
Section 4 | REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION. |
Any officer elected by the Board may be removed only by the Board, either with or without
cause, at any time. In the case of an officer not elected by the Board, such an officer may be
removed by another officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board. Any
removal shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the officer under any contract of
employment of the officer.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation, subject to the
rights of the corporation under any contract between the corporation and the officer. Any such
resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time
specified therein and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall
not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 5 | VACANCIES. |
A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other
cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these bylaws for regular election or appointment
to such office.
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ARTICLE V OTHER PROVISIONS.
Section 1 | INSPECTION OF CORPORATE RECORDS. |
Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand
under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to
inspect for any proper purpose the corporations stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its
other books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a
purpose reasonably related to such persons interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an
attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath
shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the attorney or
other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the
corporation at its registered office in the State of Delaware or at its principal executive office.
Section 2 | INSPECTION OF BYLAWS. |
The corporation shall keep in its principal executive office in the State of California, or if
its principal executive office is not in such State at its principal business office in such State,
the original or a copy of these bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by
stockholders at all reasonable times during office hours. If the principal executive office of the
corporation is located outside the State of California and the corporation has no principal
business office in such state, it shall upon the written request of any stockholder furnish to such
stockholder a copy of these bylaws as amended to date.
Section 3 | ENDORSEMENT OF DOCUMENTS; CONTRACTS. |
Subject to the provisions of applicable law, any note, mortgage, evidence of indebtedness,
contract, share certificate, conveyance or other instrument in writing and any assignment or
endorsements thereat executed or entered into between the corporation and any other person, when
signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the President, an Executive
Vice President, or any senior vice president and the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Chief
Financial Officer or any Assistant Treasurer of the corporation shall be valid and binding on the
corporation in the absence of actual knowledge on the part of the other person that the signing
officers had no authority to execute the same. Any such instruments may be signed by any other
person or persons and in such manner as from time to time shall be determined by the Board, and,
unless so authorized by the Board, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority
to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it
liable for any purpose or amount.
Section 4 | CERTIFICATES OF STOCK. |
Every holder of shares of the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed in
the name of the corporation by the Chair of the Board, or the Chief Executive Officer or the
President, and by the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by the
stockholder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. If any officer,
transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such
certificate
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is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were an
officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Certificates for shares may be issued prior to full payment under such restrictions and for
such purposes as the Board may provide; provided, however, that on any certificate issued to
represent any partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the
amount paid thereon shall be stated.
Except as provided in this Section 4, no new certificate for shares shall be issued in lieu of
an old one unless the latter is surrendered and cancelled at the same time. The Board may, however,
if any certificate for shares is alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, authorize the
issuance of a new certificate in lieu thereof, and the corporation may require that the corporation
be given a bond or other adequate security sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be
made against it (including expense or liability) on account of the alleged loss, theft or
destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
The Company shall not register the transfer of any securities issued in reliance on Regulation
S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless the Company has received such
assurances as it may reasonably request that the transfer of such securities was made in accordance
with the provisions of such Regulation S.
Section 5 | REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS. |
Any officer or officers authorized by the Board are each authorized to vote, represent and
exercise on behalf of the corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other
corporation or corporations standing in the name of the corporation. The authority herein granted
may be exercised either by any such officer in person or by any other person authorized so to do by
proxy or power of attorney duly executed by said officer.
Section 6 | STOCK PURCHASE PLANS. |
The corporation may adopt and carry out a stock purchase plan or agreement or stock option
plan or agreement providing for the issue and sale for such consideration as may be fixed of its
unissued shares, or of issued shares acquired or to be acquired, to one or more of the employees or
directors of the corporation or of a subsidiary or to a trustee on their behalf and for the payment
for such shares in installments or at one time, and may provide for aiding any such persons in
paying for such shares by compensation for services rendered, promissory notes or otherwise.
Any such stock purchase plan or agreement or stock option plan or agreement may include, among
other features, the fixing of eligibility for participation therein, the class and price of shares
to be issued or sold under the plan or agreement, the number of shares which may be subscribed for,
the method of payment therefor, the reservation of title until full payment therefor, the effect of
the termination of employment, an option or obligation on the part of the corporation to repurchase
the shares upon termination of employment, restrictions upon transfer of the shares, the time
limits of and termination of the plan, and any other matters, not in
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violation of applicable law, as may be included in the plan as approved or authorized by the
Board or any committee of the Board.
Section 7 | ELECTION OF FISCAL YEAR. |
Upon the election of the Board, the Board may authorize the change of the current Fiscal Year
of the Corporation to begin on January 1 of each year and end on December 31 of each subsequent
year.
Section 8 | CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS. |
Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions, rules of construction and
definitions contained in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware shall govern the
construction of these bylaws.
Section 9 | AMENDMENTS. |
These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed either by the approval of 66 and 2/3 percent
of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote on such action or, subject to the
provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, by the approval of the Board.
Section 10 | EMERGENCY BYLAWS. |
(a) The Board may adopt emergency bylaws, subject to repeal or change by action of the
stockholders, which shall, notwithstanding any different provision in the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation or these bylaws, be
operative during any emergency resulting from an attack on the United States or on a locality in
which the corporation conducts its business or customarily holds meetings of the Board or its
stockholders, or during any nuclear or atomic disaster, or during the existence of any catastrophe,
or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the Board or a standing
committee thereof cannot readily be convened for action. The emergency bylaws may make any
provision that may be practical and necessary for the circumstances of the emergency, including
provisions that:
(i) | A meeting of the Board or a committee thereof may be called by any officer or director in such manner and under such conditions as shall be prescribed in the emergency bylaws; | ||
(ii) | The director or directors in attendance at the meeting, or any greater number fixed by the emergency bylaws, shall constitute a quorum; and | ||
(iii) | The officers or other persons designated on a list approved by the Board before the emergency, all in such order of priority and subject to such conditions and for such period of time (not longer than reasonably necessary after the termination of the emergency) as may be provided in |
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the emergency bylaws or in the resolution approving the list, shall, to the extent required to provide a quorum at any meeting of the Board, be deemed directors for such meeting. |
(b) The Board, either before or during any such emergency, may provide, and from time to time
modify, lines of succession in the event that during such emergency any or all officers or agents
of the corporation shall for any reason be rendered incapable of discharging their duties.
(c) The Board, either before or during any such emergency, may, effective in the emergency,
change the head office or designate several alternative head offices or regional offices, or
authorize the officers so to do.
(d) No officer, director or employee acting in accordance with any emergency bylaws shall be
liable except for willful misconduct.
(e) To the extent not inconsistent with any emergency bylaws so adopted, these bylaws shall
remain in effect during any emergency and upon its termination the emergency bylaws shall cease to
be operative.
(f) Unless otherwise provided in emergency bylaws, notice of any meeting of the Board during
such an emergency may be given only to such of the directors as it may be feasible to reach at the
time and by such means as may be feasible at the time, including publication or radio.
(g) To the extent required to constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board during such an
emergency, the officers of the corporation who are present shall, unless otherwise provided in
emergency bylaws, be deemed, in order of rank and within the same rank in order of seniority,
directors for such meeting.
(h) Nothing contained in this Section 10 shall be deemed exclusive of any other provisions for
emergency powers consistent with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION.
Section 1 | RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. |
The corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (an Indemnitee) who
was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a proceeding), by reason of
the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or
officer of the corporation or, while a director or officer of the corporation, is or was serving at
the written request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including
service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and
expenses (including attorneys fees) reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee. Notwithstanding
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the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 3 of this Article VI, the
corporation shall be required to indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part
thereof) commenced by such Indemnitee only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof)
by the Indemnitee was authorized by the Board.
Section 2 | PREPAYMENT OF EXPENSES. |
The corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by an Indemnitee
in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the
extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the
proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Indemnitee to repay all amounts
advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be
indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise.
Section 3 | CLAIMS. |
If a claim for indemnification of advancement of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in
full within 60 days after a written claim therefor by the Indemnitee has been received by the
corporation, the Indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if
successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim.
In any such action the corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not
entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.
Section 4 | NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. |
The rights conferred on any Indemnitee by this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other
rights which such Indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, these bylaws, agreement, vote of the stockholders
or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 5 | OTHER SOURCES. |
The corporations obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Indemnitee
who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity shall be reduced by
any amount such Indemnitee may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such
other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity.
Section 6 | AMENDMENT OR REPEAL. |
Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VI shall not adversely
affect any right or protection hereunder of any Indemnitee in respect of any act or omission
occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
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Section 7 | OTHER INDEMNIFICATION AND PREPAYMENT OF EXPENSES. |
This Article VI shall not limit the right of the corporation, to the extent and in the manner
permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Indemnitees when and
as authorized by appropriate corporate action.
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