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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark one)

     
x
  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended July 31, 2004

OR

     
o
  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from                     to                    

Commission file number 1-7567

URS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware   94-1381538
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
600 Montgomery Street, 26th Floor    
San Francisco, California   94111-2728
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(415) 774-2700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act).Yes x No o

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

     
Class
  Outstanding at September 1, 2004
Common Stock, $.01 par value
  43,498,942



 


URS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

     This quarterly report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “will,” and similar terms used in reference to our future revenue and earnings projections, our future cash contributions to our retirement plans, the future maintenance of our insurance coverage, future outcomes of our legal proceedings, our guarantees and debt service obligations, our future debt redemptions, our future capital resources, our future ability to collect cash from our clients, our future accounting and project management conversion and future economic and industry conditions. We believe that our expectations are reasonable and are based on reasonable assumptions. However, such forward-looking statements by their nature involve risks and uncertainties. We caution that a variety of factors, including but not limited to the following, could cause our business and financial results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements: the recent economic downturn; our inability to comply with government regulations; changes in our book of business; our dependence on government appropriations and procurements; our ability to profitably execute our contracts; our leveraged position; our ability to service our debt; liability for pending and future litigation; changes in the law; our ability to maintain adequate insurance coverage; a decline in defense spending; industry competition; our ability to attract and retain key individuals; risks associated with international operations; our ability to successfully integrate our accounting and project management software; and other factors discussed more fully in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations beginning on page 29, Risk Factors That Could Affect Our Financial Conditions and Results of Operations beginning on page 42, as well as in other reports subsequently filed from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements.

         
       
       
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 EXHIBIT 31.2
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PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

URS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except per share data)
                 
    July 31, 2004
  October 31, 2003
    (unaudited)        
ASSETS
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 38,474     $ 15,508  
Accounts receivable, including retainage of $44,190 and $42,617, respectively
    542,490       525,603  
Costs and accrued earnings in excess of billings on contracts in process
    391,151       393,670  
Less receivable allowances
    (34,973 )     (33,106 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net accounts receivable
    898,668       886,167  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Deferred income taxes
    16,095       13,315  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    23,967       24,675  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total current assets
    977,204       939,665  
Property and equipment at cost, net
    147,019       150,553  
Goodwill, net
    1,004,680       1,004,680  
Purchased intangible assets, net
    9,031       11,391  
Other assets
    53,061       61,323  
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
  $ 2,190,995     $ 2,167,612  
 
   
 
     
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Current portion of long-term debt
  $ 45,193     $ 23,885  
Accounts payable and subcontractor payable, including retainage of $12,271 and $7,409, respectively
    164,562       172,500  
Accrued salaries and wages
    149,784       125,774  
Accrued expenses and other
    73,866       86,874  
Billings in excess of costs and accrued earnings on contracts in process
    73,514       83,002  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total current liabilities
    506,919       492,035  
Long-term debt
    522,668       788,708  
Deferred income taxes
    55,552       55,411  
Deferred compensation and other
    68,281       66,385  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total liabilities
    1,153,420       1,402,539  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
               
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Common shares, par value $.01; authorized 100,000 shares; 43,493 and 33,668 shares issued, respectively; and 43,441 and 33,616 shares outstanding, respectively
    434       336  
Treasury stock, 52 shares at cost
    (287 )     (287 )
Additional paid-in capital
    723,070       487,824  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
    637       (906 )
Retained earnings
    313,721       278,106  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total stockholders’ equity
    1,037,575       765,073  
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
  $ 2,190,995     $ 2,167,612  
 
   
 
     
 
 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME -
UNAUDITED
(In thousands, except per share data)
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    July 31,
  July 31,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
Revenues
  $ 838,150     $ 778,045     $ 2,474,528     $ 2,348,633  
Direct operating expenses
    529,381       485,177       1,559,559       1,481,340  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Gross profit
    308,769       292,868       914,969       867,293  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Indirect, general and administrative expenses
    284,708       244,060       806,208       740,050  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Operating income
    24,061       48,808       108,761       127,243  
Interest expense, net
    11,881       20,332       49,396       62,913  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income before taxes
    12,180       28,476       59,365       64,330  
Income tax expense
    4,880       11,390       23,750       25,730  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income
    7,300       17,086       35,615       38,600  
Other comprehensive income:
                               
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    280       272       1,543       3,178  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Comprehensive income
  $ 7,580     $ 17,358     $ 37,158     $ 41,778  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ .17     $ .52     $ .95     $ 1.19  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Diluted
  $ .17     $ .52     $ .91     $ 1.18  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
                               
Basic
    43,052       32,704       37,659       32,509  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Diluted
    44,173       33,207       38,942       32,730  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS-UNAUDITED
(In thousands)
                 
    Nine Months Ended
    July 31,
    2004
  2003
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income
  $ 35,615     $ 38,600  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    31,473       33,010  
Amortization of financing fees
    5,304       5,553  
Costs incurred for extinguishment of debt
    27,393        
Provision for doubtful accounts
    9,725       4,462  
Deferred income taxes
    (2,639 )     (1,000 )
Stock compensation
    2,076       3,665  
Tax benefit of stock options
    3,970       161  
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable and costs and accrued earnings in excess of billings on contracts in process
    (22,226 )     66,328  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    (508 )     (4,202 )
Accounts payable, accrued salaries and wages and accrued expenses
    3,078       (25,821 )
Billings in excess of costs and accrued earnings on contracts in process
    (9,488 )     5,961  
Deferred compensation and other
    1,896       2,598  
Other, net
    1,477       5,180  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total adjustments and changes
    51,531       95,895  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    87,146       134,495  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Capital expenditures, less equipment purchased through capital leases
    (15,685 )     (14,307 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash used by investing activities
    (15,685 )     (14,307 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Long-term debt principal payments
    (287,967 )     (82,971 )
Long-term debt borrowings
    26,494       104  
Net borrowings (payments) under the line of credit
    16,714       (27,259 )
Capital lease obligation payments
    (11,165 )     (13,366 )
Short-term note borrowings
    1,540       1,211  
Short-term note payments
    (1,531 )     (1,385 )
Proceeds from common stock offering, net of related expenses
    204,286        
Proceeds from sale of common stock from employee stock purchase plan and exercise of stock options
    25,009       9,053  
Call premiums paid for debt extinguishment
    (19,075 )      
Payments for financing fees
    (2,800 )      
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash used by financing activities
    (48,495 )     (114,613 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net increase in cash
    22,966       5,575  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    15,508       9,972  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 38,474     $ 15,547  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Supplemental information:
               
Interest paid
  $ 55,471     $ 48,209  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Taxes paid
  $ 31,580     $ 14,181  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Equipment acquired through capital lease obligations
  $ 9,378     $ 13,486  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Conversion of Series D preferred stock to common stock
  $     $ 46,733  
 
   
 
     
 
 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – UNAUDITED

NOTE 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Overview

     The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” used in this quarterly report refer to URS Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise indicated. We offer a comprehensive range of professional planning and design, systems engineering and technical assistance, program and construction management, and operations and maintenance services for surface transportation, air transportation, rail transportation, industrial process, facilities and logistics support, water/wastewater treatment, hazardous waste management, and military platforms support. Headquartered in San Francisco, we operate in over 20 countries with approximately 27,000 employees providing engineering and technical services to federal, state and local governmental agencies as well as private industry clients in the chemical, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, forest product, mining, oil, gas, and utility industries.

     The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These financial statements include the accounts of our wholly-owned subsidiaries. In order to bid, negotiate and execute projects, we may form joint ventures with third parties. Unconsolidated joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method. We consolidate our proportionate share of revenues, direct operating expenses and gross profits generated by joint ventures related to construction activities. Total joint venture revenues, direct operating expenses and gross profit are included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for all other consolidated joint ventures. All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.

     You should read our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2003. The results of operations for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year or for future years.

     In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments that are necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented.

     The preparation of our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP necessarily requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates and the reported amounts of revenues and costs during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. On an ongoing basis, we review our estimates based on information that is currently available. Changes in facts and circumstances may cause us to revise our estimates.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – UNAUDITED (Continued)

Income Per Common Share

     Basic income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted income per common share is computed giving effect to all potentially dilutive shares of common stock that were outstanding during the period. Potentially dilutive shares of common stock consist of the incremental shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options. Diluted income per share is computed by dividing net income by the sum of the weighted-average common shares and potentially dilutive common shares that were outstanding during the period.

     In accordance with the disclosure requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings per Share” (“SFAS 128”), a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of basic and diluted income per common share is provided as follows:

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    July 31,
  July 31,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Numerator — Basic
                               
Net income
  $ 7,300     $ 17,086     $ 35,615     $ 38,600  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Denominator — Basic
                               
Weighted-average common stock outstanding
    43,052       32,704       37,659       32,509  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Basic income per share
  $ .17     $ .52     $ .95     $ 1.19  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Numerator — Diluted
                               
Net income
  $ 7,300     $ 17,086     $ 35,615     $ 38,600  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Denominator — Diluted
                               
Weighted-average common stock outstanding
    43,052       32,704       37,659       32,509  
Effect of dilutive securities
                               
Stock options
    1,121       503       1,283       221  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    44,173       33,207       38,942       32,730  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Diluted income per share
  $ .17     $ .52     $ .91     $ 1.18  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

     Our 6½% Convertible Subordinated Debentures (“6½% debentures”) are due in 2012 and are convertible into shares of our common stock at the rate of $206.30 per share. However, the effect of the assumed conversion of the 6½% debentures was not included in our computation of diluted income per share because it would be anti-dilutive.

     The following outstanding stock options were not included in our computation of diluted income per share because the exercise price of those options was greater than the average market value of the shares of our common stock in the periods presented.

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    July 31,
  July 31,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Number of stock options where exercise price exceeds average price
    1,122       2,773       52       3,932  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – UNAUDITED (Continued)

Stock-Based Compensation

     We account for stock issued to employees and outside directors in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”). Accordingly, compensation cost is measured based on the excess, if any, of the market price of our common stock over the exercise price of a stock option, determined on the date the option is granted.

     Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure” (“SFAS 148”), requires prominent disclosure in both annual and interim financial statements of the method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results. SFAS 148 also requires disclosure of pro forma results on an interim basis as if we had applied the fair value recognition provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”).

     We continue to apply APB 25 and related accounting interpretations for our 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (collectively, the “Plans”). All of our options are awarded with an exercise price that is equal to the market price of our common stock on the date of the grant and accordingly, no compensation cost has been recognized in connection with options granted under the Plans. For disclosures required by SFAS 123, we use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the estimated stock option compensation expense based on the fair value of stock options granted and the following assumptions.

                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    July 31,
  July 31,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
Risk-free interest rates
  4.46%-4.53%   3.20%-3.72%   3.80%-4.53%   3.20%-4.05%
Expected life
  7.39 years   7.5 years   7.39 years   7.5 years
Volatility
  46.27%   47.93%   46.27%   47.93%
Expected dividends
  None   None   None   None

     If the compensation cost for awards under the Plans had been determined in accordance with SFAS 123, as amended, our net income and earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below:

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – UNAUDITED (Continued)

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    July 31,
  July 31,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Numerator — Basic
                               
Net income:
                               
As reported
  $ 7,300     $ 17,086     $ 35,615     $ 38,600  
Add: Total stock-based compensation expense as reported
    640       159       1,522       2,199  
Deduct: Total stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of tax
    7,434       3,954       10,446       7,575  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Pro forma net income.
  $ 506     $ 13,291     $ 26,691     $ 33,224  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Denominator — Basic
                               
Weighted-average common stock outstanding
    43,052       32,704       37,659       32,509  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Basic income per share:
                               
As reported
  $ .17     $ .52     $ .95     $ 1.19  
Pro forma
  $ .01     $ .41     $ .71     $ 1.02  
Numerator — Diluted
                               
Net income:
                               
As reported
  $ 7,300     $ 17,086     $ 35,615     $ 38,600  
Add: Total stock-based compensation expense as reported
    640       159       1,522       2,199  
Deduct: Total stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of tax
    7,434       3,954       10,446       7,575  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Pro forma net income.
  $ 506     $ 13,291     $ 26,691     $ 33,224  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Denominator — Diluted
                               
Weighted-average common stock outstanding
    44,173       33,207       38,942       32,730  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Diluted income per share:
                               
As reported
  $ .17     $ .52     $ .91     $ 1.18  
Pro forma
  $ .01     $ .40     $ .69     $ 1.02  

Adopted and Recently Issued Statements of Financial Accounting Standards

     In January 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“FIN 46”), which is an interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements.” FIN 46 requires a variable interest entity (“VIE”) to be consolidated by a company that is considered to be the primary beneficiary of that VIE. In December 2003, the FASB issued FIN 46 (revised December 2003), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“FIN 46-R”), to address certain FIN 46 implementation issues. Although we have no special purpose entities (“SPEs”) as defined in FIN 46, we evaluated the impact of FIN 46 related to our joint ventures with third parties. We adopted FIN 46-R as of April 30, 2004.

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     In general, we account for non-special purpose entities (“non-SPEs”) in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 00-01, “Investor Balance Sheet and Income Statement Display under the Equity Method for Investments in Certain Partnerships and Other Ventures” (“EITF 00-01”), or in accordance with the equity method of accounting. Our adoption of FIN 46-R did not have a material impact on our accounting for these non-SPEs created prior to February 1, 2003 and we continue to account for these non-SPEs under the equity method or under EITF 00-01, as appropriate.

     FIN 46-R requires that all entities, regardless of whether or not a special purpose entity, created subsequent to January 31, 2003, be evaluated for consolidation purposes. We have not entered into any joint venture or partnership agreements subsequent to January 31, 2003 that would have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Future joint venture or partnership agreements requiring consolidation under FIN 46-R could have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

     In December 2003, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 132 (Revised), “Employer’s Disclosure about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits” (“Revised SFAS 132”). Revised SFAS 132 retains disclosure requirements from the original SFAS 132 and requires additional disclosures relating to assets, obligations, cash flows and net periodic benefit cost. Revised SFAS 132 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2003, except that certain disclosures are effective for fiscal years ending after June 15, 2004. Interim period disclosures are effective for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2003. Our required Revised SFAS 132 interim disclosures are included in Note 3, “Employee Retirement Plans.”

     On December 17, 2003, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Staff”) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition” (“SAB 104”), which supersedes SAB 101, “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements.” SAB 104’s primary purpose is to rescind accounting guidance contained in SAB 101 related to multiple element revenue arrangements, which was superseded as a result of the issuance of Emerging Issues Task Force Consensus No. 00-21, “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables” (“EITF 00-21”). Additionally, SAB 104 rescinds the SEC’s Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements Frequently Asked Questions and Answers (the “FAQ”) issued with SAB 101 that had been codified in SEC Topic 13, Revenue Recognition. Selected portions of the FAQ have been incorporated into SAB 104. While the wording of SAB 104 has changed to reflect the issuance of EITF 00-21, the revenue recognition principles of SAB 101 remain largely unchanged by the issuance of SAB 104. SAB 104 applies to our service related contracts. We do not have any material multiple element arrangements and thus SAB 104 does not impact our financial statements nor is adoption of SAB 104 considered a change in accounting principle.

     On January 12, 2004 and May 19, 2004, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) No. 106-1 and 106-2, respectively, both entitled “Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003” (“FSP 106-1” and “FSP 106-2”). The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the “Medicare Act”) was signed into law in December 2003 and establishes a prescription drug benefit, as well as a federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a prescription drug benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare’s prescription drug coverage. FSP 106-1 permits employers that sponsor postretirement benefit plans to make a one-time election to defer accounting for any effects of the Medicare Act until the earlier of (a) the issuance of guidance by the FASB on how to account for the federal subsidy to be provided to plan sponsors under the Medicare Act or (b) the remeasurement of plan assets and obligations subsequent to January 31, 2004. Under FSP 106-1, we elected to defer accounting for the effects of the Medicare Act. Our deferral remains in effect until the effective date of FSP 106-2, which provides guidance on the accounting for the effects of the Medicare Act by employers whose prescription drug benefits are

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actuarially equivalent to the drug benefit under Medicare Part D. FSP 106-2 requires those employers to provide disclosures regarding the effects of the federal subsidy provided by the Medicare Act. For entities that elected deferral and for which the impact is significant, FSP 106-2 is effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after June 15, 2004. Entities for which FSP 106-2 does not have a significant impact are permitted to delay recognition of the effects of the Medicare Act until the next regularly scheduled measurement date following the issuance of FSP 106-2. We are currently evaluating the impact of the Medicare Act on our postretirement plans. Should adoption of FSP 106-2 have a significant impact on our financial statements, we may be required to recognize the effects of the Medicare Act during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2004.

     On April 9, 2004, FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. 129-1, “Disclosure of Information about Capital Structure, Relating to Contingently Convertible Securities” (“FSP 129-1”). FSP 129-1 clarifies that the disclosure requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 129, “Disclosure of Information about Capital Structure” apply to all contingently convertible securities and to their potentially dilutive effects on earnings per share (“EPS”), including those for which the criteria for conversion have not been satisfied, and thus are not included in the computation of diluted EPS. The guidance in FSP 129-1 is effective immediately and applies to all existing and newly created securities. Our required FSP 129-1 disclosures are included above under “Income Per Common Share.” Our 61/2% debentures are convertible into shares of our common stock; however, the number of shares which they could be converted into is not material to our income per share computation.

Reclassifications

     We have made reclassifications to our 2003 financial statements to conform them to the 2004 presentation. These reclassifications have no effect on the consolidated net income, net cash flows and equity as they were previously reported.

NOTE 2. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

     Property and equipment consists of the following:

                 
    July 31,   October 31,
    2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Equipment
  $ 145,463     $ 156,170  
Furniture and fixtures
    20,916       26,334  
Leasehold improvements
    30,828       29,657  
Construction in progress
    5,621       2,643  
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
    202,828       214,804  
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (94,199 )     (102,028 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
    108,629       112,776  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Capital leases
    79,046       78,437  
Accumulated amortization
    (40,656 )     (40,660 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
    38,390       37,777  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Property and equipment at cost, net
  $ 147,019     $ 150,553  
 
   
 
     
 
 

     As of July 31, 2004 and October 31, 2003, we capitalized development costs of internal-use software of $58.7 million and $58.3 million, respectively. We amortized the capitalized software costs using the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of ten years.

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     Property and equipment is depreciated by using the following estimated useful lives.

     
    Estimated Useful Life
Equipment
  4 – 10 years
Capital leases
  4 – 10 years
Furniture and fixtures
  10 years
Leasehold improvements
  9 months – 20 years

     Depreciation expense of property and equipment for the three months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003 was $8.2 million and $9.7 million, respectively. Depreciation expense for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003 was $29.1 million and $29.8 million, respectively.

     Amortization expense of our purchased intangible assets for the three months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003 was $0.8 million and $0.9 million, respectively. Amortization expense of our purchased intangible assets for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003 was $2.4 million and $3.2 million, respectively.

NOTE 3. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS

     In fiscal year 1999, we acquired and assumed obligations of Radian International, L.L.C.’s (“Radian”) defined benefit pension plans and several post-retirement benefit plans. These retirement plans cover a selected group of Radian employees and former employees who will continue to be eligible to participate in the retirement plans.

     The Radian defined benefit plans include a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) and Salary Continuation Agreement (“SCA”) which are intended to supplement the retirement benefits provided by the participants’ other benefit plans upon attaining minimum age and years of service requirements.

     In fiscal year 2002, we acquired and assumed the obligations of EG&G Technical Services, Inc.’s defined benefit pension plan (“EG&G pension plan”) and post-retirement medical plan (“EG&G post-retirement medical plan”). These plans cover some of our EG&G Division’s hourly and salaried employees.

     In July 1999, we entered into a Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreement (the “Executive Plan”) with Martin M. Koffel, our Chief Executive Officer.

     The components of net periodic benefit costs relating to the Radian SERP and SCA, the EG&G pension plan, the EG&G post-retirement medical plan and the Executive Plan are as follows:

   Executive Plan

                                 
    Three Months Ended July 31,
  Nine Months Ended July 31,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Service cost
  $ 228     $ 452     $ 684     $ 1,356  
Interest cost
    109       86       327       258  
Amortization of net loss
          28             84  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 337     $ 566     $ 1,011     $ 1,698  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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   Radian SERP and SCA

                                 
    Three Months Ended July 31,
  Nine Months Ended July 31,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Service cost
  $     $     $ 1     $ 1  
Interest cost
    177       178       532       535  
Amortization of net loss (gain)
    4       (2 )     11       (6 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 181     $ 176     $ 544     $ 530  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

   EG&G pension plan

                                 
    Three Months Ended July 31,
  Nine Months Ended July 31,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Service cost
  $ 1,165     $ 1,276     $ 3,887     $ 3,806  
Interest cost
    1,954       1,666       6,060       4,971  
Expected return on plan assets
    (2,131 )     (1,579 )     (6,349 )     (4,711 )
Amortization of:
                               
Prior service cost
    (518 )           (1,209 )      
Net loss
    30             72        
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 500     $ 1,363     $ 2,461     $ 4,066  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

   EG&G post-retirement medical plan

                                 
    Three Months Ended July 31,
  Nine Months Ended July 31,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Service cost
  $ 63     $ 31     $ 190     $ 93  
Interest cost
    69       39       207       117  
Expected return on plan assets
    (72 )     (63 )     (217 )     (189 )
Amortization of:
                               
Net loss (gain)
    2       (20 )     6       (60 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 62     $ (13 )   $ 186     $ (39 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

     For measurement purposes, we used the same assumptions for the interim disclosure of net periodic benefit cost as for the prior year-end disclosure at October 31, 2003. For a description of each plan, see Note 12 “Employee Retirement Plans” to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2003.

Funding Requirements and Contributions

     The Executive Plan and Radian SERP and SCA do not have funding requirements. For fiscal year 2004, we expect to make cash contributions of approximately $5.8 million and $0.2 million to the EG&G pension plan and the EG&G post-retirement medical plan, respectively.

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NOTE 4. CURRENT AND LONG-TERM DEBT

Senior Secured Credit Facility

     Our Senior Secured Credit Facility (“Credit Facility”) consists of two term loans, Term Loan A and Term Loan B, and a revolving line of credit. Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at either a base rate or a Eurodollar rate plus, in each case, an interest rate margin that varies with our financial performance. As of July 31, 2004 and October 31, 2003, we had $353.8 million and $357.8 million in principal amounts outstanding, respectively, under the term loan facilities. As of July 31, 2004, we had drawn $16.7 million on our revolving line of credit and had outstanding standby letters of credit aggregating to $55.9 million, reducing the amount available to us under our revolving credit facility to $152.4 million.

     We have amended our Credit Facility on five separate occasions. The first amendment, dated January 30, 2003, increased our maximum leverage ratios through January 31, 2004, and increased the interest rate margins by 0.25% on our Credit Facility, but also provided that if we achieved the original leverage ratio of 3.90:1 or less at October 31, 2003, the original interest rate margins would be restored. Because we achieved this ratio, the original interest rate margins were restored in January 2004. The second amendment, dated November 6, 2003, enabled us to repurchase and redeem our 11½% Senior Notes (“11½% notes”), 12¼% Senior Subordinated Notes (“12¼% notes”) and/or our 6½% debentures with the entire proceeds of an equity issuance up to $220.0 million. The third amendment, dated December 16, 2003, reduced the interest rate margins on Term Loan B. The fourth amendment, dated March 29, 2004, increased the equity offering proceeds that could be used to repurchase or redeem our outstanding notes and debentures to $300.0 million and permitted us to borrow unsecured debt and/or use our revolving line of credit for this purpose if our leverage ratio was less than 2.50 after giving effect to the transaction.

     The fifth amendment, dated June 4, 2004, reduced the interest rate margins on our Credit Facility to 1.25% for base rate borrowings and to 2.25% for Eurodollar borrowings, increased the credit limit on our revolving line of credit to $225.0 million and increased the outstanding amount of our Term Loan B by $25.0 million. This amendment has also enabled us to achieve an additional 0.25% reduction in interest rate margins, to 1.00% for base rate borrowings and to 2.00% for Eurodollar borrowings, since Moody’s increased our credit rating from Ba3 to Ba2 on August 18, 2004.

     As of July 31, 2004, we were in compliance with all of our Credit Facility covenants.

     As a part of our Credit Facility, we maintain a revolving line of credit to fund daily operating cash needs and to support standby letters of credit. During the ordinary course of business, the use of the revolving line of credit is driven by collection and disbursement activities. Our daily cash needs follow a predictable pattern that typically parallels our payroll cycles, which drive, if necessary, our short-term borrowing requirements.

     Our average daily revolving line of credit balances for the three-month periods ended July 31, 2004 and 2003 were $28.2 million and $3.1 million, respectively. The maximum amounts outstanding at any one point in time during the three-month periods ended July 31, 2004 and 2003 were $74.6 million and $20.0 million, respectively. Our average daily revolving line of credit balances for the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2004 and 2003 were $21.1 million and $25.2 million, respectively. The maximum amounts outstanding at any one point in time during the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2004 and 2003 were $74.6 million and $70.0 million, respectively.

     As of July 31, 2004, we had an outstanding balance of $16.7 million under our revolving line of credit. On October 31, 2003, we had no outstanding balance. The effective average interest rates paid on the

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revolving line of credit during the three months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003 were approximately 4.8% and 5.8%, respectively. The effective average interest rates paid on the revolving line of credit during the nine months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003 were approximately 5.5% and 6.0%, respectively.

Other Indebtedness

     11½% Senior Notes. As of July 31, 2004 and October 31, 2003, we had outstanding amounts of $130 million and $200 million in 11½% notes due 2009, respectively. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year. These notes are subordinate to our Credit Facility and senior to our 12¼% notes and our 6½% debentures described below. During the third quarter of fiscal year 2004, we redeemed $70 million of the principal amount, at 111.5% of face value, using proceeds from our public common stock offering described in Note 8, “Common Stock.”

     12¼% Senior Subordinated Notes. As of July 31, 2004 and October 31, 2003, we had outstanding amounts of $20 million and $200 million in 12¼% notes due 2009, respectively. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year. These notes are subordinate to our Credit Facility and our 11½% notes. During the third quarter of fiscal year 2004, we redeemed $180 million of the principal amount, at 106.125% of face value, using proceeds from our public common stock offering described in Note 8, “Common Stock,” borrowings from our Credit Facility and cash on hand.

     8 5/8% Senior Subordinated Debentures (the “8 5/8% debentures”). On January 15, 2004, we retired the entire outstanding balance at October 31, 2003 of $6.5 million.

     6½% Convertible Subordinated Debentures. As of July 31, 2004 and October 31, 2003, we owed $1.8 million due 2012.

     Notes payable, foreign credit lines and other indebtedness. As of July 31, 2004 and October 31, 2003, we had outstanding amounts of $9.8 million and $10.9 million in notes payable and foreign lines of credit, respectively. Notes payable primarily include notes used as our financing vehicle to purchase office equipment, computer equipment and furniture. These notes have three-year to five-year terms with interest rates ranging from approximately 4% to 7%.

     We maintain foreign lines of credit, which are collateralized by the assets of our foreign subsidiaries. As of July 31, 2004 and October 31, 2003, we had $2.7 million and $2.8 million available under these foreign lines of credit, respectively.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

     The fair values of the 11½% notes and the 12¼% notes will fluctuate depending on market conditions and our performance. The carrying values of the 11½% notes and the 12¼% notes may at times differ from fair values. As of July 31, 2004 and October 31, 2003, the total fair values of the 11½% notes and the 12¼% notes were approximately $167.5 million and $450.8 million, respectively.

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Costs incurred for extinguishment of debt

     As a result of the aforementioned redemptions of our 11½% notes and our 12¼% notes, we incurred $27.4 million in costs to extinguish this debt during the three and nine months ended July 31, 2004, as detailed below:

                         
            12½%    
    11½   Senior    
    Senior Notes
  Subordinated Notes
  Total
    (In millions)
Write-off of pre-paid financing fees, debt issuance costs and discounts
  $ 5.2     $ 3.1     $ 8.3  
Call premiums
    8.1       11.0       19.1  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 13.3     $ 14.1     $ 27.4  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 

     The write-off of the pre-paid financing fees, debt issuance costs and discounts and the amounts paid for call premiums are included in the indirect, general and administrative expenses of our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

NOTE 5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

     We are involved in various legal proceedings that are pending against us and our subsidiaries alleging, among other things, breach of contract or tort in connection with the performance of professional services, the outcome of which cannot be predicted with certainty. Because of developments occurring during the quarter ended July 31, 2004, we are including information regarding the following proceedings in particular:

  Saudi Arabia: Prior to our acquisition of Lear Seigler Services, Inc. (“LSI”) in August 2002, LSI provided aircraft maintenance support services on F-5 aircraft under a contract with a Saudi Arabian government ministry (the “Ministry”). LSI’s performance under the contract was completed in November 2000, but since that time various claims have been made against LSI, including breach of a joint venture and other agreements, and the failure to pay rent and taxes. During the quarter ended July 31, 2004, an arbitration ruling by the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) was issued against LSI that included a monetary award of $4.9 million to a joint venture partner (the “claimant”). During August 2004, the claimant filed an action in the United States District Court in Maryland to confirm and enforce the ICC award. We are contesting the confirmation and enforceability of portions of the award. In addition, during the quarter ended July 31, 2004, the Ministry directed payment of a performance bond issued in its favor under this contract in the amount of approximately $5.6 million. One of the conditions for closing out the contract and LSI’s obligations under the bond is the successful resolution of a pending tax assessment issued by the Saudi Arabian taxing authority assessing LSI approximately $5.1 million in taxes for the years 1999 through 2002. We disagree with the Saudi Arabian taxing authority’s assessment and are providing responses, additional information and documentation. The bank that received the demand for release of the bond has notified LSI that it expects to be repaid for the cost of the bond under a guarantee issued by LSI related to the bond. However, we have informed the bank that we believe the Ministry had no basis for seeking payment on the bond, and we believe we have no obligation to reimburse the bank if the bank should choose to voluntarily pay the Ministry.

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  Lebanon: Prior to our acquisition of Dames and Moore Group, Inc., in 1999, which included Radian International, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary (“Radian”), Radian entered into a contract to provide environmental remediation to a Lebanese company involved in the development and reconstruction of the central district of Beirut. Various disputes have arisen under this contract, including an allegation by the customer that Radian breached the contract by, among other things, failing to reduce the level of chemical and biological constituents, including methane gas, at the project site to the contract level. The parties sought to resolve their disputes in an arbitration proceeding filed with the ICC. The customer is also seeking damages for delays of up to $8.5 million.
 
    During July 2004, an ICC arbitration panel ruled against Radian and ordered Radian to prepare a plan to reduce the level of methane gas at the project site to the contract level, to pay approximately $2.4 million in attorney fees and other expenses to the customer, and authorized the customer to withhold program payments. The customer also drew on an $8.5 million bank guarantee and the bank has filed suit in Lebanon to recover this amount from Radian. We believe that Radian is not obligated under the bank guarantee and will vigorously defend this matter. Prior to entering into this contract, Radian obtained a project-specific, $50 million insurance policy with a $1 million deductible. We believe that this insurance policy will respond on our behalf to many of the claims described above. Additionally, the contract contains a $20 million limitation on damages.

     Currently, we have limits of $125 million per loss and $125 million in the aggregate annually for general liability, professional errors and omissions liability and contractor’s pollution liability insurance (in addition to the project-specific policy noted above and policies for other specific projects). These policies include self-insured claim retention amounts of $4 million, $5 million and $5 million, respectively. In some actions, parties are seeking damages, including punitive or treble damages that substantially exceed our insurance coverage or are not insured.

     Excess limits provided for these coverages are on a “claims made” basis, covering only claims actually made during the policy period currently in effect. Thus, if we do not continue to maintain these policies, we will have no coverage for claims made after the termination date – even for claims based on events that occurred during the term of coverage. We intend to maintain these policies; however, we may be unable to maintain existing coverage levels. We have maintained insurance without lapse for many years with limits in excess of losses sustained.

     Although the outcome of our legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty and no assurances can be provided, based on our previous experience in such matters, we do not believe that any of the legal proceedings described above, including those against LSI and Radian, individually or collectively, are likely to exceed established loss accruals or our insurance coverage and, therefore, we do not believe that they are likely to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

     As of July 31, 2004, we had the following guarantee obligations and commitments:

     We have guaranteed the credit facility of EC III, LLC, a 50%-owned, unconsolidated joint venture, in the event of a default by the joint venture. This joint venture was formed in the ordinary course of business to perform a contract for the federal government. The term of the guarantee is equal to the remaining term of the underlying debt, which is nineteen months. The maximum potential amount of future payments that we could be required to make under this guarantee at July 31, 2004, was $6.5 million.

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     We also maintain a variety of commercial commitments that are generally made to support provisions of our contracts. In addition, in the ordinary course of business we provide letters of credit to clients and others against advance payments and to support other business arrangements. We are required to reimburse the issuers of letters of credit for any payments they make under the letters of credit.

     From time to time, we may provide guarantees related to our services or work. If our services under a guaranteed project are later determined to have resulted in a material defect or other material deficiency, then we may be responsible for monetary damages or other legal remedies. When sufficient information about claims on guaranteed projects is available and monetary damages or other costs or losses are determined to be probable, we recognize such guarantee losses. Currently, we have no guarantee claims for which losses have been recognized.

NOTE 6. SEGMENT AND RELATED INFORMATION

     We operate our business through two segments: the URS Division and the EG&G Division. These two segments operate under separate management groups and produce discrete financial information. Their operating results also are reviewed separately by management. The information disclosed in our consolidated financial statements is based on the two segments that comprise our current organizational structure.

     The following table presents summarized financial information of our reportable segments. Included in the “Eliminations” column are elimination of inter-segment sales and elimination of investment in subsidiaries. We have reclassified our reporting segment information for the three-month and nine-month periods ended July 31, 2003 to conform to our presentation for fiscal year 2004.

                         
    July 31, 2004
            Property    
    Net   and    
    Accounts   Equipment    
    Receivable
  at Cost, Net
  Total Assets
    (In thousands)
URS Division
  $ 698,764     $ 137,346     $ 887,850  
EG&G Division
    199,904       6,204       224,326  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    898,668       143,550       1,112,176  
Corporate
          3,469       1,683,031  
Eliminations
                (604,212 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 898,668     $ 147,019     $ 2,190,995  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
                         
    October 31, 2003
            Property    
    Net   and    
    Accounts   Equipment    
    Receivable
  at Cost, Net
  Total Assets
    (In thousands)
URS Division
  $ 703,676     $ 142,712     $ 887,259  
EG&G Division
    182,491       6,255       202,476  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    886,167       148,967       1,089,735  
Corporate
          1,586       1,678,548  
Eliminations
                (600,671 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 886,167     $ 150,553     $ 2,167,612  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – UNAUDITED (Continued)

                         
    Three Months Ended July 31,
    2004
            Operating   Depreciation
            Income   and
    Revenues
  (Loss)
  Amortization
    (In thousands)
URS Division
  $ 556,644     $ 44,994     $ 8,375  
EG&G Division
    283,183       16,522       1,360  
Eliminations
    (1,677 )            
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    838,150       61,516       9,735  
Corporate
          (37,455 )     118  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 838,150     $ 24,061     $ 9,853  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
                         
    Three Months Ended July 31,
    2003
            Operating   Depreciation
            Income   and
    Revenues
  (Loss)
  Amortization
    (In thousands)
URS Division
  $ 557,135     $ 44,519     $ 9,039  
EG&G Division
    220,910       13,768       1,394  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    778,045       58,287       10,433  
Corporate
          (9,479 )     140  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 778,045     $ 48,808     $ 10,573  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
                         
    Nine Months Ended July 31,
    2004
            Operating   Depreciation
            Income   and
    Revenues
  (Loss)
  Amortization
    (In thousands)
URS Division
  $ 1,665,262     $ 121,705     $ 27,223  
EG&G Division
    811,920       41,557       3,991  
Eliminations
    (2,654 )            
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    2,474,528       163,262       31,214  
Corporate
          (54,501 )     259  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 2,474,528     $ 108,761     $ 31,473  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
                         
    Nine Months Ended July 31,
    2003
            Operating   Depreciation
            Income   and
    Revenues
  (Loss)
  Amortization
    (In thousands)
URS Division
  $ 1,672,300     $ 120,168     $ 27,801  
EG&G Division
    676,333       34,551       4,829  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    2,348,633       154,719       32,630  
Corporate
          (27,476 )     380  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 2,348,633     $ 127,243     $ 33,010  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – UNAUDITED (Continued)

     We define our segment operating income (loss) as total segment net income, before income tax and net interest expense. Our long-lived assets primarily consist of our property and equipment.

Geographic areas

     Our revenues by geographic areas are shown below:

                                 
    Three Months Ended July 31,
  Nine Months Ended July 31,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (In thousands)
Revenues
                               
United States
  $ 758,734     $ 705,316     $ 2,244,604     $ 2,155,954  
International
    81,588       72,840       234,419       193,884  
Eliminations
    (2,172 )     (111 )     (4,495 )     (1,205 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total revenues
  $ 838,150     $ 778,045     $ 2,474,528     $ 2,348,633  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

Major Customers

     For the three months and nine months ended July 31, 2004, we had multiple contracts with two major customers, who contributed more than ten percent of our total consolidated revenues, as listed below:

                         
    URS Division
  EG&G Division
  Total
    (In millions)
Three months ended July 31, 2004
                       
Department of the U.S. Army (1)
  $ 23.2     $ 95.0     $ 118.2  
Department of the U.S. Air Force
  $ 16.8     $ 58.2     $ 75.0  
Nine months ended July 31, 2004
                       
Department of the U.S. Army (1)
  $ 68.1     $ 349.2     $ 417.3  
Department of the U.S. Air Force
  $ 54.1     $ 150.1     $ 204.2  


(1)   Department of the U.S. Army includes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

NOTE 7. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

     Some of our officers, directors and employees may have disposed of shares of our common stock, both in cashless transactions with us and in market transactions. These disposals occurred in connection with exercises of stock options, the vesting of restricted and deferred stock and the payment of withholding taxes due with respect to such exercises and vesting. These officers, directors and employees may continue to dispose of shares of our common stock in this manner and for similar purposes.

NOTE 8. COMMON STOCK

     During April 2004, we sold an aggregate of 8.1 million shares of our common stock through an underwritten public offering. The offering price of our common stock was $26.50 per share and the total offering proceeds to us were $204.3 million, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering-related expenses of $10.5 million.

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NOTE 9. GUARANTOR INFORMATION

     Substantially all of our domestic operating subsidiaries have guaranteed our obligations under our Credit Facility, our 12¼% notes and our 11½% notes (collectively, the “Notes”). Each of the subsidiary guarantors has fully and unconditionally guaranteed our obligations on a joint and several basis.

     Substantially all of our income and cash flows are generated by our subsidiaries. We have no operating assets or operations other than our investments in our subsidiaries. As a result, funds necessary to meet our debt service obligations are provided in large part by distributions or advances from our subsidiaries. Financial conditions and operating requirements of the subsidiary guarantors may limit our ability to obtain cash from our subsidiaries for the purposes of meeting our debt service obligations, including the payment of principal and interest on our Notes and our Credit Facility. In addition, although the terms of our Notes and our Credit Facility limit us and our subsidiary guarantors’ ability to place contractual restrictions on the flow of funds to us, legal restrictions, including local regulations, and contractual obligations associated with secured loans, such as equipment financings at the subsidiary level may restrict the subsidiary guarantors’ ability to pay dividends, or make loans or other distributions to us.

     The following pages contain: our condensed consolidating balance sheets as of July 31, 2004 and October 31, 2003; our condensed consolidating statements of operations and comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003; and our condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003. Elimination entries necessary to consolidate our subsidiaries are reflected in the eliminations column. Complete financial statements of our subsidiaries that guarantee our Credit Facility and our Notes would not provide additional material information that would be useful in assessing the financial condition of such subsidiaries.

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URS CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
(In thousands)
(unaudited)

                                         
    As of July 31, 2004
                    Subsidiary        
            Subsidiary   Non-        
    Parent
  Guarantors
  Guarantors
  Eliminations
  Consolidated
ASSETS
                                       
Current assets:
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 16,037     $ 14,356     $ 8,081     $     $ 38,474  
Accounts receivable
          466,671       75,819             542,490  
Costs and accrued earnings in excess of billings on contracts in process
          343,441       47,710             391,151  
Less receivable allowance
          (29,046 )     (5,927 )           (34,973 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net accounts receivable
          781,066       117,602             898,668  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Deferred income taxes
    16,095                         16,095  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    7,065       14,681       2,221             23,967  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total current assets
    39,197       810,103       127,904             977,204  
Property and equipment at cost, net
    3,469       130,445       13,105             147,019  
Goodwill, net
    1,004,680                         1,004,680  
Purchased intangible assets, net
    9,031                         9,031  
Investment in subsidiaries
    604,212                   (604,212 )      
Other assets
    22,442       15,713       14,906             53,061  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
  $ 1,683,031     $ 956,261     $ 155,915     $ (604,212 )   $ 2,190,995  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                       
Current liabilities:
                                       
Current portion of long-term debt.
  $ 29,095     $ 16,022     $ 76     $     $ 45,193  
Accounts payable and subcontractor payable
    (5,520 )     154,657       15,425             164,562  
Accrued salaries and wages
    3,667       129,686       16,431             149,784  
Accrued expenses and other
    31,260       36,971       5,635             73,866  
Billings in excess of costs and accrued earnings on contracts in process
          60,539       12,975             73,514  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total current liabilities
    58,502       397,875       50,542             506,919  
Long-term debt
    492,660       29,872       136             522,668  
Deferred income taxes
    55,552                         55,552  
Deferred compensation and other
    38,740       29,205       336             68,281  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total liabilities
    645,454       456,952       51,014             1,153,420  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Stockholders’ equity:
                                       
Total stockholders’ equity
    1,037,577       499,309       104,901       (604,212 )     1,037,575  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
  $ 1,683,031     $ 956,261     $ 155,915     $ (604,212 )   $ 2,190,995  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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URS CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
(In thousands)

                                         
    As of October 31, 2003
                    Subsidiary        
            Subsidiary   Non-        
    Parent
  Guarantors
  Guarantors
  Eliminations
  Consolidated
ASSETS
                                       
Current assets:
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 9,099     $ 2,315     $ 4,094     $     $ 15,508  
Accounts receivable
          457,837       67,766             525,603  
Costs and accrued earnings in excess of billings on contracts in process
          350,235       43,435             393,670  
Less receivable allowance
          (26,756 )     (6,350 )           (33,106 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net accounts receivable
          781,316       104,851             886,167  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Deferred income taxes
    13,315                         13,315  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    8,637       17,469       (1,431 )           24,675  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total current assets
    31,051       801,100       107,514             939,665  
Property and equipment at cost, net
    1,586       135,655       13,312             150,553  
Goodwill, net
    1,004,680                         1,004,680  
Purchased intangible assets, net
    11,391                         11,391  
Investment in subsidiaries
    600,671                   (600,671 )      
Other assets
    29,169       17,651       14,503             61,323  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
  $ 1,678,548     $ 954,406     $ 135,329     $ (600,671 )   $ 2,167,612  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                       
Current liabilities:
                                       
Current portion of long-term debt
  $ 7,060     $ 16,814     $ 11     $     $ 23,885  
Accounts payable and subcontractor payable
    2,835       156,885       12,780             172,500  
Accrued salaries and wages
    1,804       110,583       13,387             125,774  
Accrued expenses and other
    53,147       27,365       6,362             86,874  
Billings in excess of costs and accrued earnings on contracts in process
          72,237       10,765             83,002  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total current liabilities
    64,846       383,884       43,305             492,035  
Long-term debt
    755,798       32,515       395             788,708  
Deferred income taxes
    55,411                         55,411  
Deferred compensation and other
    37,420       28,805       160             66,385  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total liabilities
    913,475       445,204       43,860             1,402,539  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Stockholders’ equity:
                                       
Total stockholders’ equity
    765,073       509,202       91,469       (600,671 )     765,073  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
  $ 1,678,548     $ 954,406     $ 135,329     $ (600,671 )   $ 2,167,612  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands)
(unaudited)

                                         
    Three Months Ended July 31, 2004
                    Subsidiary        
            Subsidiary   Non-        
    Parent
  Guarantors
  Guarantors
  Eliminations
  Consolidated
Revenues
  $     $ 758,734     $ 81,588     $ (2,172 )   $ 838,150  
Direct operating expenses
          485,359       46,194       (2,172 )     529,381  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Gross profit
          273,375       35,394             308,769  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Indirect, general and administrative expenses
    37,455       213,986       33,267             284,708  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Operating income (loss)
    (37,455 )     59,389       2,127             24,061  
Interest expense, net
    11,249       303       329             11,881  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income (loss) before taxes
    (48,704 )     59,086       1,798             12,180  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    (19,481 )     23,641       720             4,880  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income (loss) before equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
    (29,223 )     35,445       1,078             7,300  
Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
    36,523                   (36,523 )      
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income
    7,300       35,445       1,078       (36,523 )     7,300  
Other comprehensive income:
                                       
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                280             280  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Comprehensive income
  $ 7,300     $ 35,445     $ 1,358     $ (36,523 )   $ 7,580  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
                                         
    Three Months Ended July 31, 2003
                    Subsidiary        
            Subsidiary   Non-        
    Parent
  Guarantors
  Guarantors
  Eliminations
  Consolidated
Revenues
  $     $ 705,316     $ 72,840     $ (111 )   $ 778,045  
Direct operating expenses
          444,917       40,371       (111 )     485,177  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Gross profit
          260,399       32,469             292,868  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Indirect, general and administrative expenses
    9,479       202,474       32,107             244,060  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Operating income (loss)
    (9,479 )     57,925       362             48,808  
Interest expense, net
    19,661       590       81             20,332  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income (loss) before taxes
    (29,140 )     57,335       281             28,476  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    (11,656 )     22,934       112             11,390  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income (loss) before equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
    (17,484 )     34,401       169             17,086  
Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
    34,570                   (34,570 )      
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income
    17,086       34,401       169       (34,570 )     17,086  
Other comprehensive income:
                                       
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                272             272  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Comprehensive income
  $ 17,086     $ 34,401     $ 441     $ (34,570 )   $ 17,358  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands)
(unaudited)

                                         
    Nine Months Ended July 31, 2004
                    Subsidiary        
            Subsidiary   Non-        
    Parent
  Guarantors
  Guarantors
  Eliminations
  Consolidated
Revenues
  $     $ 2,244,604     $ 234,419     $ (4,495 )   $ 2,474,528  
Direct operating expenses
          1,435,494       128,560       (4,495 )     1,559,559  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Gross profit
          809,110       105,859             914,969  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Indirect, general and administrative expenses
    54,501       652,361       99,346             806,208  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Operating income (loss)
    (54,501 )     156,749       6,513             108,761  
Interest expense, net
    47,645       1,062       689             49,396  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income (loss) before taxes
    (102,146 )     155,687       5,824             59,365  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    (40,859 )     62,279       2,330             23,750  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income (loss) before equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
    (61,287 )     93,408       3,494             35,615  
Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
    96,902                   (96,902 )      
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income
    35,615       93,408       3,494       (96,902 )     35,615  
Other comprehensive income:
                                       
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                1,543             1,543  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Comprehensive income
  $ 35,615     $ 93,408     $ 5,037     $ (96,902 )   $ 37,158  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
                                         
    Nine Months Ended July 31, 2003
                    Subsidiary        
            Subsidiary   Non-        
    Parent
  Guarantors
  Guarantors
  Eliminations
  Consolidated
Revenues
  $     $ 2,155,954     $ 193,884     $ (1,205 )   $ 2,348,633  
Direct operating expenses
          1,376,538       106,007       (1,205 )     1,481,340  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Gross profit
          779,416       87,877             867,293  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Indirect, general and administrative expenses
    27,476       630,780       81,794             740,050  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Operating income (loss)
    (27,476 )     148,636       6,083             127,243  
Interest expense, net
    60,943       1,891       79             62,913  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income (loss) before taxes
    (88,419 )     146,745       6,004             64,330  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    (35,367 )     58,697       2,400             25,730  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income (loss) before equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
    (53,052 )     88,048       3,604             38,600  
Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
    91,652                   (91,652 )      
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income
    38,600       88,048       3,604       (91,652 )     38,600  
Other comprehensive income:
                                       
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                3,178             3,178  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Comprehensive income
  $ 38,600     $ 88,048     $ 6,782     $ (91,652 )   $ 41,778  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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URS CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(unaudited)

                                         
    Nine Months Ended July 31, 2004
                    Subsidiary        
            Subsidiary   Non-        
    Parent
  Guarantors
  Guarantors
  Eliminations
  Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
                                       
Net income
  $ 35,615     $ 93,408     $ 3,494     $ (96,902 )   $ 35,615  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                       
Depreciation and amortization
    259       28,061       3,153             31,473  
Amortization of financing fees
    5,304                         5,304  
Costs incurred for extinguishment of debt
    27,393                         27,393  
Provision for doubtful accounts
          8,525       1,200             9,725  
Deferred income taxes
    (2,639 )                       (2,639 )
Stock compensation
    2,076                         2,076  
Tax benefit of stock options
    3,970                         3,970  
Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
    (96,902 )                 96,902        
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
                                       
Accounts receivable and costs and accrued earnings in excess of billings on contracts in process
          (8,277 )     (13,949 )           (22,226 )
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    355       2,789       (3,652 )           (508 )
Accounts payable, accrued salaries and wages and accrued expenses
    68,890       (79,168 )     14,263       (907 )     3,078  
Billings in excess of costs and accrued earnings on contracts in process
          (11,699 )     2,211             (9,488 )
Deferred compensation and other
    1,320       401       175             1,896  
Other, net
    (962 )     1,937       (405 )     907       1,477  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total adjustments and changes
    9,064       (57,431 )     2,996       96,902       51,531  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    44,679       35,977       6,490             87,146  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
                                       
Capital expenditures
    (1,195 )     (12,129 )     (2,361 )           (15,685 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash used by investing activities
    (1,195 )     (12,129 )     (2,361 )           (15,685 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                                       
Long-term debt principal payments
    (285,452 )     (2,515 )                 (287,967 )
Long-term debt borrowings
    25,000       1,494                   26,494  
Net borrowings under the line of credit
    16,714                         16,714  
Capital lease obligation payments
    (129 )     (10,754 )     (282 )           (11,165 )
Short-term note borrowings
                1,540             1,540  
Short-term note payments
    (99 )     (32 )     (1,400 )           (1,531 )
Proceeds from common stock offering, net of related expenses
    204,286                         204,286  
Proceeds from sale of common shares from employee stock purchase plan and exercise of stock options
    25,009                         25,009  
Call premiums paid for debt extinguishment
    (19,075 )                       (19,075 )
Payment for financing fees
    (2,800 )                       (2,800 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash used by financing activities
    (36,546 )     (11,807 )     (142 )           (48,495 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net increase in cash
    6,938       12,041       3,987             22,966  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    9,099       2,315       4,094             15,508  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
  $ 16,037     $ 14,356     $ 8,081     $     $ 38,474  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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URS CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(unaudited)

                                         
    Nine Months Ended July 31, 2003
                    Subsidiary        
            Subsidiary   Non-        
    Parent
  Guarantors
  Guarantors
  Eliminations
  Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
                                       
Net income
  $ 38,600     $ 88,048     $ 3,604     $ (91,652 )   $ 38,600  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                       
Depreciation and amortization
    380       30,083       2,547             33,010  
Amortization of financing fees
    5,553                         5,553  
Provision for doubtful accounts
          4,214       248             4,462  
Deferred income taxes
    (1,000 )                       (1,000 )
Stock compensation
    3,665                         3,665  
Tax benefit of stock options
    161                         161  
Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
    (91,652 )                 91,652        
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
                                       
Accounts receivable and costs and accrued earnings in excess of billings on contracts in process
          70,178       (3,850 )           66,328  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    (1,846 )     (2,614 )     258             (4,202 )
Accounts payable, accrued salaries and wages and accrued expenses
    157,911       (182,821 )     2,317       (3,228 )     (25,821 )
Billings in excess of costs and accrued earnings on contracts in process
          4,402       1,559             5,961  
Deferred compensation and other
    1,697             901             2,598  
Other, net
    (9,188 )     11,431       (291 )     3,228       5,180  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total adjustments and changes
    65,681       (65,127 )     3,689       91,652       95,895  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    104,281       22,921       7,293             134,495  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
                                       
Capital expenditures
    (313 )     (10,856 )     (3,138 )           (14,307 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash used by investing activities
    (313 )     (10,856 )     (3,138 )           (14,307 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                                       
Long-term debt principal payments
    (82,776 )     (195 )                 (82,971 )
Long-term debt borrowings
          104                   104  
Net payments under the line of credit
    (27,259 )                       (27,259 )
Capital lease obligation payments
    (10 )     (13,121 )     (235 )           (13,366 )
Short-term note borrowings
          31       1,180             1,211  
Short-term note payments
    (60 )     (25 )     (1,300 )           (1,385 )
Proceeds from sale of common shares from employee stock purchase plan and exercise of stock options
    9,053                         9,053  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net cash used by financing activities
    (101,052 )     (13,206 )     (355 )           (114,613 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net increase (decrease) in cash
    2,916       (1,141 )     3,800             5,575  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    (4,000 )     8,222       5,750             9,972  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
  $ (1,084 )   $ 7,081     $ 9,550     $     $ 15,547  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     Our fiscal year ends on October 31. The following discussion contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those described here. You should read this discussion in conjunction with: the section, “Risk Factors That Could Affect Our Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” beginning on page 42 and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in Item 1, “Consolidated Financial Statements;” the footnotes to this report for the nine months ended July 31, 2004; and the section “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2003, which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

OVERVIEW

     We are one of the world’s largest engineering design services firms and a leading federal government contractor for operations and maintenance services. Our business focuses primarily on providing fee-based professional and technical services in the engineering and construction services market, although we perform some limited construction work. As a service company, we are labor and not capital intensive. We derive income from our ability to generate revenues and collect cash from our clients through the billing of our employees’ time and our ability to manage our costs. We operate our business through two segments: the URS Division and the EG&G Division.

     Our revenues are driven by our ability to attract qualified and productive employees, identify business opportunities, allocate our labor resources to profitable markets, secure new contracts, renew existing client agreements and provide outstanding services. Moreover, as a professional services company, the quality of the work generated by our employees is integral to our revenue generation.

     Our costs are driven primarily by the compensation we pay to our employees, the cost of hiring subcontractors and other project-related expenses and administrative, marketing, sales, bid and proposal, rental and other overhead costs.

     Revenues from our federal government clients for the third quarter of fiscal year 2004 increased approximately 21% compared with the same period last year. This increase reflects growth in the services we provided to our federal government clients, as we continued to be affected by positive trends in military spending on engineering and technical services and operations and maintenance activities. Although primarily performed in the United States, the increased revenues in defense projects were largely driven by military activities in the Middle East. In addition, we continue to benefit from spending on homeland security projects and increased task orders issued under indefinite delivery contracts (“IDCs”) for the federal government for facilities and environmental projects.

     Revenues from our state and local government clients for the third quarter of fiscal year 2004 decreased approximately 5% compared with the same period last year. Although state and local governments are gradually recovering from the budget difficulties they have been experiencing over the past two years and selected pockets of growth are emerging, budget constraints continue to limit project expenditures. We have been successful in shifting resources from weaker portions of this market, such as surface transportation, to areas that are stable or growing, such as K-12 schools, water/wastewater facilities and air transportation projects.

     Revenues from our domestic private industry clients for the third quarter of fiscal year 2004 decreased approximately 7% compared with the same period last year. Although we saw some indications of recovery in capital spending by some of our domestic private industry clients, many of our clients remained cautious. At the same time, over the past several years we have won a number of Master Service Agreement contracts with major domestic private industry clients and revenues from these contracts have helped to offset the decline in revenues in this part of the business.

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     Revenues from our international clients for the third quarter of fiscal year 2004 increased approximately 12% compared with the same period last year. Approximately 5% of the increase was due to foreign currency exchange fluctuations and approximately 7% was due to growth in our businesses, primarily surface and air transportation projects in Australia and New Zealand, and facilities and environmental projects in Europe.

     We expect revenue growth from our federal government clients to continue through the remainder of fiscal year 2004, based on increased defense spending, and increased work under existing contracts resulting from an overall increase in military activity. In the state and local government sector, we are beginning to see some signs of recovery in the Southeast, mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. However, many states continue to experience budget constraints, and we do not expect revenue growth in the state and local government sector for the remainder of fiscal year 2004. We also expect that revenues from our domestic private industry clients will continue to be affected by constrained levels of capital spending, particularly in the manufacturing and chemical industries, and we do not expect revenue growth in this market for the remainder of the 2004 fiscal year. Excluding the effect of foreign currency fluctuations, we expect continued revenue growth in our international business due to growth in surface transportation, facilities and environmental projects in our Asia Pacific and European regions for the remainder of fiscal year 2004.

     Our cash flows continue to be strong as we generated $87.1 million in net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended July 31, 2004.

     In April 2004, we completed a public stock offering by selling 8.1 million shares of our common stock at $26.50 per share, resulting in net proceeds after underwriting discounts and commissions of $204.3 million. We used the proceeds from this public stock offering plus borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility (“Credit Facility”) and cash on hand to redeem $250.0 million of our 11½% notes and 12¼% notes and to pay $19.1 million in related call premiums during the quarter. As a result of the redemptions, we recognized a pre-tax charge of $27.4 million during the quarter consisting of the write-off of $8.3 million in unamortized financing fees, issuance costs and debt discounts and payments totaling $19.1 million for call premiums. We anticipate making additional redemptions of our debt by using cash generated from operations during the remainder of the 2004 fiscal year.

     By issuing common stock and redeeming a portion of our long-term debt, we reduced our debt to total capitalization ratio (total debt divided by the sum of debt, preferred stock and total stockholders’ equity) from 52% at October 31, 2003 to 35% at July 31, 2004. (See “Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows” to our “Consolidated Financial Statements” included under Item 1 of this report.)

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Consolidated

                                 
    Three Months Ended July 31,
                    Increase   Percentage
                    (decrease)   increase
                    2004   (decrease)
    2004
  2003
  vs 2003
  2004 vs 2003
    (In millions, except percentage)
Revenues
  $ 838.2     $ 778.0     $ 60.2       7.7 %
Direct operating expenses
    529.4       485.2       44.2       9.1 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Gross profit
    308.8       292.8       16.0       5.5 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Indirect, general and administrative expenses
    284.7       244.0       40.7       16.7 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Operating income
    24.1       48.8       (24.7 )     (50.6 %)
Interest expense, net
    11.9       20.3       (8.4 )     (41.4 %)
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Income before taxes
    12.2       28.5       (16.3 )     (57.2 %)
Income tax expense
    4.9       11.4       (6.5 )     (57.0 %)
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Net income
  $ 7.3     $ 17.1     $ (9.8 )     (57.3 %)
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Diluted net income per common share
  $ .17     $ .52     $ (0.35 )     (67.3 %)
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         

Three months ended July 31, 2004 compared with July 31, 2003

     Our consolidated revenues for the three months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 7.7% compared with the same period last year. As discussed in more detail below, the increase in revenues was primarily due to a higher volume of work from our federal government clients. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in revenues from our state and local government and domestic private industry clients. The following table presents our consolidated revenues by client type for the three months ended July 31, 2004 and July 31, 2003.

                                 
    Three Months Ended July 31,
                    Increase   Percentage
                    (decrease)   increase
                    2004   (decrease)
    2004
  2003
  vs 2003
  2004 vs 2003
    (In millions, except percentage)
Revenues
                               
Federal government clients
  $ 408     $ 336     $ 72       21 %
State and local government clients
    161       169       (8 )     (5 %)
Domestic private industry clients
    187       200       (13 )     (7 %)
International clients
    82       73       9       12 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Total Revenues
  $ 838     $ 778     $ 60       8 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         

     Revenues from our federal government clients for the three months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 21% compared with the same period last year. This increase was driven by the overall growth in defense- related work, including operations and maintenance and homeland security projects. In addition, due to increased military activity, our work volume increased under existing outsourcing contracts to provide engineering and technical services to refurbish and upgrade military equipment and systems. We also continued to benefit from increased task orders issued under IDCs for the federal government for facilities and environmental projects.

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     The majority of our work in the state and local government, the domestic private industry and the international sectors is derived from our URS Division. To eliminate redundancies, a complete discussion of the factors and activities in these sectors for the three months and the nine months ended July 31, 2004 can be found beginning on pages 33 and 35, respectively.

     Our consolidated direct operating expenses for the three months ended July 31, 2004, which consist of direct labor, subcontractor costs and other direct expenses, increased by 9.1% compared with the same period last year. Our increased revenues drove an increase in our direct operating expenses. In addition, a greater volume of work on existing contracts with lower profit margins caused direct operating expenses to increase faster than revenues.

     Our consolidated gross profit for the three months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 5.5% compared with the same period last year, primarily due to the increase of our revenue volume described previously. The increase in gross profit was offset by the greater volume of work on existing contracts with lower profit margins.

     Our consolidated indirect, general and administrative (“IG&A”) expenses for the three months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 16.7% compared with the same period last year. The increase was due to increases of $13.7 million in employee benefits costs resulting from higher healthcare costs, $3.9 million in sales and business development expenses and $27.4 million of costs incurred for extinguishment of debt. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $2.4 million in services provided by outside consultants and vendors.

     Our consolidated net interest expense for the three months ended July 31, 2004 decreased due to repayments of our long-term debt.

     Our effective income tax rates for the three months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003 were both 40%.

     Our consolidated operating income, net income and earnings per share are based on GAAP computed amounts resulting from our revenues and direct and indirect costs as previously described.

Nine months ended July 31, 2004 compared with July 31, 2003

                                 
    Nine Months Ended July 31,
                    Increase   Percentage
                    (decrease)   increase
    2004
  2003
  2004 vs 2003
  2004 vs 2003
    (In millions, except percentage)
Revenues
  $ 2,474.5     $ 2,348.6     $ 125.9       5.4 %
Direct operating expenses
    1,559.5       1,481.3       78.2       5.3 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Gross profit
    915.0       867.3       47.7       5.5 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Indirect, general and administrative expenses
    806.2       740.1       66.1       8.9 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Operating income
    108.8       127.2       (18.4 )     (14.5 %)
Interest expense, net
    49.4       62.9       (13.5 )     (21.5 %)
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Income before taxes
    59.4       64.3       (4.9 )     (7.6 %)
Income tax expense
    23.8       25.7       (1.9 )     (7.4 %)
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Net income
  $ 35.6     $ 38.6     $ (3.0 )     (7.8 %)
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Diluted net income per common share
  $ .91     $ 1.18     $ 0.27       (22.9 %)
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         

     Our consolidated revenues for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 increased 5.4% compared with the same period last year. The increase in revenues was primarily due to a higher volume of work for our federal government clients, including increased work on operations and maintenance, environmental and

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facilities, and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation projects. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in revenues from our state and local government and domestic private industry clients. While we continue to see improvements in the state and local government budget situation, many state agencies are still recovering from last year’s budget crisis and are delaying the start of projects. Revenues from our domestic private industry clients continue to be affected by reduced levels of capital spending and cost-cutting measures. However, the revenue decline in this sector has been partially offset by the increased activity under our growing number of Master Service Agreements with large domestic private industry clients as well as increased work in emissions control projects. There was also an increase in our international revenues, resulting from foreign currency exchange fluctuations, growth in our surface and air transportation businesses in Australia and New Zealand, and growth in our facilities and environmental projects in Europe.

     The following table presents our consolidated revenues by client types for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 and July 31, 2003.

                                 
    Nine Months Ended July 31,
                    Increase   Percentage
                    (decrease)   increase (decrease)
    2004
  2003
  2004 vs 2003
  2004 vs 2003
    (In millions, except percentage)
Revenues
                               
Federal government clients
  $ 1,176     $ 1,020     $ 156       15 %
State and local government clients
    481       489       (8 )     (2 %)
Domestic private industry clients
    583       646       (63 )     (10 %)
International clients
    235       194       41       21 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Total Revenues
  $ 2,475     $ 2,349     $ 126       5 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         

     Our consolidated direct operating expenses for the nine months ended July 31, 2004, which consist of direct labor, subcontractor costs and other direct expenses, increased by 5.3% compared with the same period last year. Our increased revenues drove a corresponding increase in our direct operating expenses.

     Our consolidated gross profit for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 5.5% compared with the same period last year, reflecting the increase of our revenue volume described previously.

     Our consolidated IG&A expenses for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 8.9% compared with the same period last year. Part of the increase in IG&A expenses was due to a $25.4 million increase in employee benefits costs resulting primarily from higher healthcare costs. The remaining difference was primarily due to increases of $8.0 million in sales and business development expenses, $27.4 million in costs incurred for extinguishment of debt and $5.3 million in bad debt expense. In addition, we incurred $10.0 million of administrative program support and other general and administrative costs resulting from a higher business volume in the EG&G Division. These increases were partially offset by decreases in several items, primarily a $6.6 million decrease in indirect labor resulting from an increase in labor hours chargeable to contracts.

     Our consolidated net interest expense for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 decreased due to repayments of our long-term debt.

     Our effective income tax rates for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003 were both approximately 40%.

     Our consolidated operating income, net income and earnings per share are based on GAAP computed amounts resulting from our revenues and direct and indirect costs as previously described.

     Our consolidated backlog of signed contracts was $3,692.1 million at July 31, 2004, as compared with $3,661.8 million at October 31, 2003.

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Reporting Segments

Three months ended July 31, 2004 compared with July 31, 2003

                                         
            Direct           Indirect,   Operating
            Operating           General and   Income
    Revenues
  Expenses
  Gross Profit
  Administrative
  (Loss)
    (In millions)
Three months ended July 31, 2004
                                       
URS Division
  $ 556.6     $ 325.3     $ 231.3     $ 186.3     $ 45.0  
EG&G Division
    283.2       205.7       77.5       61.0       16.5  
Eliminations
    (1.6 )     (1.6 )                  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    838.2       529.4       308.8       247.3       61.5  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Corporate
                      37.4       (37.4 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 838.2     $ 529.4     $ 308.8     $ 284.7     $ 24.1  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Three months ended July 31, 2003
                                       
URS Division
  $ 557.1     $ 333.0     $ 224.1     $ 179.6     $ 44.5  
EG&G Division
    220.9       152.2       68.7       54.9       13.8  
Corporate
                      9.5       (9.5 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 778.0     $ 485.2     $ 292.8     $ 244.0     $ 48.8  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Increase (decrease) for three months ended July 31, 2004 vs 2003
                                       
URS Division
  $ (0.5 )   $ (7.7 )   $ 7.2     $ 6.7     $ 0.5  
EG&G Division
    62.3       53.5       8.8       6.1       2.7  
Eliminations
    (1.6 )     (1.6 )                  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    60.2       44.2       16.0       12.8       3.2  
Corporate
                      27.9       (27.9 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 60.2     $ 44.2     $ 16.0     $ 40.7     $ (24.7 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

URS Division

     The URS Division’s revenues for the three months ended July 31, 2004 decreased slightly compared with the same period last year. This decrease was due to a decline in revenues from our state and local government and domestic private industry clients. These declines were partially offset by a higher volume of work from our federal government clients and growth in our international businesses.

     The following table presents the URS Division’s revenues by client type for the three months ended July 31, 2004 and July 31, 2003.

                                 
    Three Months Ended July 31,
                            Percentage
                    Increase   increase
                    (decrease)   (decrease)
    2004
  2003
  2004 vs 2003
  2004 vs 2003
    (In millions, except percentage)
Revenues
                               
Federal government clients
  $ 125     $ 115     $ 10       9 %
State and local government clients
    161       169       (8 )     (5 %)
Domestic private industry clients
    187       200       (13 )     (7 %)
International clients
    82       73       9       12 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Total revenues
  $ 555     $ 557     $ (2 )     0 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         

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     Revenues from our federal government clients in the URS Division for the three months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 9% compared with the same period last year. This increase was driven by growth in our environmental and facilities projects for federal clients. Revenues from homeland security projects also contributed to this growth as we continued to provide a range of engineering services to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This work includes designs to help protect federal facilities from terrorists as well as disaster recovery services for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is now a part of DHS.

     Revenues from our state and local government clients for the three months ended July 31, 2004 decreased by approximately 5% compared with the same period last year. In general, the state budget situation slowly improved with selected pockets of growth in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. The recovery remained uneven, however, and budget constraints continued to limit project expenditures in many states, resulting in delays in the planning, design and construction of some projects. In addition, the continuing delay in the passage of the successor bill to the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (“TEA-21”) contributed to the delay of several major transportation projects. However, we continued to benefit from our successful strategy to shift resources away from surface transportation projects to other portions of the state and local government market – such as K-12 schools, water/wastewater and air transportation – where funding is more stable or growing.

     Revenues from our domestic private industry clients for the three months ended July 31, 2004 decreased by approximately 7% compared with the same period last year. Although we saw some indications of recovery in capital spending by our domestic private industry clients, many of our clients, particularly in the manufacturing and chemical industries, remained cautious. However, our strategic focus of the past several years to win Master Service Agreement contracts with major domestic private industry clients in the pharmaceutical, automotive, oil and gas, and power sectors helped to offset the decline in revenues in this part of the business. We also benefited from stricter air pollution control limits under the Clean Air Act, which has resulted in increased revenues from emissions control projects at power plants.

     Revenues from our international clients for the three months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 12% compared with the same period last year. Approximately 5% of the increase was due to foreign currency exchange fluctuations and 7% was due to growth in our Asia Pacific and European regions. The revenue growth in the Asia Pacific region was due to increases in surface and air transportation projects in Australia and New Zealand, driven in part by improvements in the respective country’s economies. The revenue growth in Europe was due to increases in facilities and environmental projects.

     The URS Division’s direct operating expenses for the three months ended July 31, 2004 decreased by 2.3% compared with the same period last year. This decrease was due to a decrease of $13.7 million in total subcontractor and other direct costs, which are comprised of travel, supplies and other incidental project costs, offset by an increase in direct labor of $6.0 million.

     The URS Division’s gross profit for the three months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 3.2% compared with the same period last year. Our gross profit margin percentage increased to 41.6% from 40.2% for the three months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Our gross profit margin percentage increased primarily because our direct labor costs, which generally bear higher profit margins than our subcontractor costs and other direct expenses, accounted for a higher percentage of our total direct operating expenses during the three months ended July 31, 2004 (47.0%), compared with the three months ended July 31, 2003 (44.2%).

     The URS Division’s IG&A expenses for the three months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 3.7% compared with the same period last year. This increase was due to increases of $9.2 million in employee benefits costs resulting primarily from higher healthcare costs and $4.5 million in sales and business development expenses. These increases were offset by decreases in several items, including $2.2 million in services provided by outside consultants and vendors, $1.5 million in legal expenses, $1.7 million in bad debt expense and $2.1 million in other miscellaneous general and administrative expenses.

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EG&G Division

     The EG&G Division’s revenues for the three months ended July 31, 2004 grew by 28.2% compared with the same period last year. This increase was driven by overall growth in defense-related work, including operations and maintenance and homeland security projects. In addition, due to increased military activity, our work under existing outsourcing contracts to provide engineering and technical services to refurbish and upgrade military equipment and systems increased. This work involved improvements to communications equipment, weapons systems, and engines on aircraft and ground vehicles such as tanks, high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles and various armored personnel carriers. Homeland security revenues remained strong, with increased work in the design, development and conduct of security preparedness exercises around the country.

     The EG&G Division’s direct operating expenses for the three months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 35.2% compared with the same period last year. Our increased revenues drove an increase in our direct operating expenses. In addition, a greater volume of work on existing contracts with lower profit margins caused direct operating expenses to increase faster than revenues.

     The EG&G Division’s gross profit for the three months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 12.8% compared with the same period last year. The increase in gross profit was primarily due to increased revenues from existing defense technical services and military equipment maintenance contracts; however, gross profit grew at a slower rate than revenue because the contracts that generated most of the increase in revenue generated lower gross profit compared to our total existing contract base.

     The EG&G Division’s IG&A expenses for the three months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 11.1% compared with the same period last year. The increase in indirect expenses was primarily due to a higher business volume. The EG&G Division’s indirect expenses are generally variable in nature, and as such, any increase in business volume tends to result in an increase in indirect expenses. Employee benefits costs increased by approximately $4.9 million and other employee-related expenses, such as travel and recruiting expenses, increased by $1.4 million due to a higher employee headcount as a result of an increase in work volume. Indirect expenses as a percentage of revenues decreased to 21.5% from 24.9% for the three months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively due to the increase in our revenues compared with the same period last year.

Nine months ended July 31, 2004 compared with July 31, 2003

                                         
            Direct           Indirect,   Operating
            Operating   Gross   General and   Income
    Revenues
  Expenses
  Profit
  Administrative
  (Loss)
    (In millions)
Nine months ended July 31, 2004
                                       
URS Division
  $ 1,665.3     $ 978.5     $ 686.8     $ 565.1     $ 121.7  
EG&G Division
    811.9       583.7       228.2       186.6       41.6  
Eliminations
    (2.7 )     (2.7 )                  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    2,474.5       1,559.5       915.0       751.7       163.3  
Corporate
                      54.5       (54.5 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 2,474.5     $ 1,559.5     $ 915.0     $ 806.2     $ 108.8  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Nine months ended July 31, 2003
                                       
URS Division
  $ 1,672.3     $ 1,005.1     $ 667.2     $ 547.0     $ 120.2  
EG&G Division
    676.3       476.2       200.1       165.6       34.5  
Corporate
                      27.5       (27.5 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 2,348.6     $ 1,481.3     $ 867.3     $ 740.1     $ 127.2  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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            Direct           Indirect,    
            Operating   Gross   General and   Operating
    Revenues
  Expenses
  Profit
  Administrative
  Income (Loss)
    (In millions)
Increase (decrease) for nine months ended July 31, 2004 vs 2003
                                       
URS Division
  $ (7.0 )   $ (26.6 )   $ 19.6     $ 18.1     $ 1.5  
EG&G Division
    135.6       107.5       28.1       21.0       7.1  
Eliminations
    (2.7 )     (2.7 )                  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    125.9       78.2       47.7       39.1       8.6  
Corporate
                      27.0       (27.0 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 125.9     $ 78.2     $ 47.7     $ 66.1     $ (18.4 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

URS Division

     The URS Division’s revenues for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 decreased by less than 1% compared with the same period last year. This decrease was mainly due to decreases in revenues from our state and local government and domestic private industry clients, partially offset by revenue growth from our federal government clients, the effect of foreign currency exchange fluctuations and revenue growth from our international business.

     The following table presents the URS Division’s revenues by client types for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 and July 31, 2003.

                                 
    Nine Months Ended July 31,
                    Increase   Percentage
                    (decrease)   increase
                    2004   (decrease)
    2004
  2003
  vs 2003
  2004 vs 2003
    (In millions, except percentage)
Revenues    
Federal government clients
  $ 365     $ 344     $ 21       6 %
State and local government clients
    481       489       (8 )     (2 %)
Domestic private industry clients
    583       646       (63 )     (10 %)
International clients
    235       194       41       21 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         
Total revenues
  $ 1,664     $ 1,673     $ (9 )     (1 %)
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
         

     Revenues from our federal government clients in the URS Division for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 increased 6% compared with the same period last year. This increase was driven by our growth in homeland security and environmental and facilities projects. The growth in these projects was driven by various factors, as discussed above.

     Revenues from our state and local government clients for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 decreased by 2% compared with the same period last year. In general, the state budget situation slowly improved with selected pockets of growth in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. The recovery remained uneven, however, and budget constraints continued to limit project expenditures in many states, resulting in delays in the planning, design and construction of some projects. In addition, the continuing delay in the passage of the successor bill to TEA -21 contributed to the delay of several major transportation projects. We continued to benefit, however, from our successful strategy to shift resources away from surface transportation projects to other portions of the state and local government market – such as K-12 schools, water/wastewater and air transportation – where funding is more stable or growing.

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in capital spending by our domestic private industry clients, many of our clients, particularly in the manufacturing and chemical industries, remained cautious. However, our strategic focus of the past several years to win Master Service Agreement contracts with major domestic private industry clients in the pharmaceutical, automotive, oil and gas, and power sectors helped to offset the decline in revenues in this part of the business. We also benefited from stricter air pollution control limits under the Clean Air Act, which has resulted in increased revenues from emissions control projects at power plants.

     Revenues from our international clients for the first nine months of fiscal year 2004 increased 21% compared with the same period last year. Approximately 12% of the increase was due to foreign currency exchange fluctuations and 9% was due to growth in our Asia Pacific and European regions. The revenue growth in the Asia Pacific region was due to increases in surface and air transportation projects in Australia and New Zealand, driven by the improvements in the respectively country’s economies. The revenue growth in Europe was due to increases in facilities and environmental projects.

     The URS Division’s direct operating expenses for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 decreased by 2.6% compared with the same period last year. This decrease was due to a decrease of $43.0 million in total subcontractor and other direct costs, which are comprised of travel, supplies and other incidental project costs, offset by an increase in direct labor of $16.4 million.

     The URS Division’s gross profit for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 2.9% compared with the same period last year. Our gross profit margin percentage also increased from 39.9% during the nine months ended July 31, 2003 to 41.2% for the nine months ended July 31, 2004. Our gross profit margin percentage increased primarily because our direct labor costs, which generally bear higher profit margins than our subcontractor costs and other direct expenses, accounted for a higher percentage of our total direct operating expenses during the nine months ended July 31, 2004 (46.3%), compared with the nine months ended July 31, 2003 (43.4%).

     The URS Division’s IG&A expenses for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 3.3% compared with same period last year. This increase was due to increases of $17.0 million in employee benefits costs resulting primarily from higher healthcare costs, $9.0 million in sales and business development expense resulting from increased sales and proposal activities, and $4.0 million in bad debt expense. These increases were offset by decreases in several items, including $2.8 million in utilities, $2.8 million in legal expenses, $1.6 million in services provided by outside consultants and vendors, and $3.2 million in indirect labor resulting from an increase in labor hours chargeable to contracts.

EG&G Division

     The EG&G Division’s revenues for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 20.1% compared with the same period last year. This increase was driven by overall growth in defense-related work, including operations and maintenance and homeland security projects. In addition, due to increased military activity, our work under existing outsourcing contracts to provide engineering and technical services to refurbish and upgrade military equipment and systems increased. Homeland security revenues remained strong, with increased work in the design, development and conduct of security preparedness exercises around the country.

     The EG&G Division’s direct operating expenses for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 22.6% compared with the same period last year. Our increased revenues drove an increase in our direct operating expenses. In addition, a greater volume of work on existing contracts with lower profit margins caused direct operating expenses to increase faster than revenues.

     The EG&G Division’s gross profit for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 14.0%, compared with the same period last year. The increase in gross profit was primarily due to increased revenues from existing defense technical services and military equipment maintenance contracts; however, gross profit grew at a slower rate than revenue because the contracts that generated most of the increase in revenue generated lower gross profit compared to our total existing contract base.

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     The EG&G Division’s IG&A expenses for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 increased by 12.7% compared with the same period last year. The increase in indirect expenses was primarily due to a higher business volume. The EG&G Division’s indirect expenses are generally variable in nature, and as such, any increase in business volume tends to result in an increase in indirect expenses. Employee benefits costs increased by approximately $11.0 million and other employee-related expenses, such as travel and recruiting expenses, increased by $3.7 million due to a higher employee headcount as a result of an increase in work volume. In addition, we incurred a $10.0 million increase in administrative program support and other general and administrative costs as a result of a higher business volume. These increases were offset by a decrease of $4.4 million in indirect labor costs resulting from an increase in labor hours chargeable to contracts. Indirect expenses as a ratio of revenues were 23.0% and 24.5% for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

                 
    Nine Months Ended July 31,
    2004
  2003
    (In millions)
Cash flows provided by operating activities
  $ 87.1     $ 134.5  
Cash flows used by investing activities
    (15.7 )     (14.3 )
Cash flows used  by financing activities
    (48.5 )     (114.6 )
Proceeds from common stock offering, net of related expenses
    204.3        

     Our primary sources of liquidity have been cash flows from operations, borrowings under the credit line from our Credit Facility and, during the nine months ended July 31, 2004, a public common stock offering. Our primary uses of cash are to fund our working capital and capital expenditures and to service our debt. We believe that we have sufficient resources to fund our operating and capital expenditure requirements, as well as service our debt, for the next 12 months and beyond. If we experience a significant change in our business such as the execution of a significant acquisition, we would likely need to acquire additional sources of financing. Although we have no current acquisition plans, we believe that we would be able to obtain adequate resources to address significant changes in our business at reasonable rates and terms, as necessary, based on our past experience with business acquisitions. We are dependent, however, on the cash flows generated by our subsidiaries and, consequently, on their ability to collect on their respective accounts receivables. Specifically:

  Substantially all of our cash flows are generated by our subsidiaries. As a result, the funds necessary to meet our debt service obligations are provided in large part by distributions or advances from our subsidiaries. Legal and contractual restrictions as well as the financial condition and operational requirements of our subsidiaries may limit our ability to obtain cash from them.
 
  Billings and collections on accounts receivable can impact our operating cash flows. Management places significant emphasis on collection efforts, has assessed the allowance accounts for receivables as of July 31, 2004 and has deemed it to be adequate; however, the current economic conditions may adversely impact some of our clients’ ability to pay our bills or the timeliness of their payments. Consequently, it may also impact our ability to consistently collect cash from them to meet our operating needs.

Operating Activities

     The decrease in cash flows from operations for the nine months ended July 31, 2004, compared with the same period last year, was primarily due to the following factors:

  The unusually high level of cash collections during the first nine months of fiscal year 2003 was a result of a catch-up in billings and collections as an accounting system conversion, which occurred during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2002, caused a delay in billings and partially

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resulted in a higher outstanding balance of our account receivables at the beginning of fiscal year 2003.

  The timing of our income tax payments resulted in a higher level of payment during the first nine months ended July 31, 2004 compared with the same period of last year.

Investing Activities

     As a professional services organization, we are not capital intensive. Capital expenditures historically have been primarily for computer-aided design, accounting and project management information systems, and general purpose computer equipment to accommodate our growth. Capital expenditures, excluding purchases financed through capital leases, during the first nine months of fiscal year 2004 and 2003, were $9.4 million and $13.5 million, respectively.

Financing Activities

     During the nine months ended July 31, 2004, we repaid approximately $29.0 million on our Credit Facility, $70 million on our 11½% notes, $180 million on our 12¼% notes, $4.0 million payments on note payables, and $11.2 million on capital lease obligations. We also retired the $6.5 million outstanding balance of our 8 5/8% senior subordinated debentures. During the same period, we borrowed an additional of $25.0 million of our Term Loan B under our Credit Facility and drew $16.7 million on our revolving line of credit. In addition, we borrowed $9.4 million under capital lease obligations for equipment purchases and $3.0 million from notes payable and paid $2.8 million for financing fees as a result of amending our Credit Facility.

     During April 2004, we sold an aggregate of 8.1 million shares of our common stock through an underwritten public offering. The offering price of our common stock was $26.50 per share and the total offering proceeds to us was $204.3 million, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering related expenses of $10.5 million.

     We used the net proceeds from this common stock offering plus the borrowings under our Credit Facility and cash available on hand to redeem $70 million of our 11½% Senior Notes (“11½% notes”) and $180 million of our 12¼% Senior Subordinated Notes (“12¼% notes”) during the third quarter of fiscal year 2004. As a result of the aforementioned redemptions, we recognized a pre-tax charge of $27.4 million during the third quarter of our fiscal year 2004 consisting of the write-off of $8.3 million in unamortized financing fees, issuance costs and debt discounts and payments totaling $19.1 million for call premiums.

     The decrease of $66.1 million in net cash used by financing activities for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 compared with the same period last year was due to the following major factors:

  net proceeds generated from our public common stock offering of $204.3 million; and
 
  increase of $16.0 million in proceeds from sale of common stock from the employee stock purchase plan and exercise of stock options, resulting from the increase in our common stock price; offset by
 
  payment of $19.1 million in call premiums;
 
  payment of $2.8 million in financing fees; and
 
  increase in net debt payments and redemptions of $132.2 million.

     During the third quarter of 2004, we entered into the fifth amendment to our Credit Facility, dated June 4, 2004. This amendment reduced out interest rate margins to 1.25% for base rate borrowings and to 2.25% for Eurodollar borrowings, increased the credit limit on our revolving line of credit to $225.0 million and increased the outstanding amount of our Term Loan B by $25.0 million. This amendment has also enabled us to achieve an additional 0.25% reduction in interest rate margins to 1.00% for base rate borrowings and to 2.00% for Eurodollar borrowings since Moody’s increased our credit rating from Ba3 to Ba2 on August 18, 2004.

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     Below is a table containing information about our contractual obligations and commercial commitments followed by narrative descriptions as of July 31, 2004.

                                         
            Principal Payments Due by Period
Contractual Obligations           Less Than                   After 5
(Principal Only):
  Total
  1 Year
  1-3 Years
  4-5 Years
  Years
    (In thousands)
As of July 31, 2004:
                                       
Senior Secured Credit Facility:
                                       
Term loan A
  $ 83,610     $ 11,259     $ 63,307     $ 9,044     $  
Term loan B
    270,198       693       5,543       263,962        
Line of credit
    16,714       16,714                    
11½% senior notes (1), (3)
    130,000                         130,000  
12¼% senior subordinated notes (4)
    20,000                   20,000        
6½% convertible subordinated debentures (1)
    1,798                         1,798  
Capital lease obligations
    38,026       13,128       19,055       5,780       63  
Notes payable and other indebtedness
    9,771       3,399       6,349       23        
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total debt
    570,117       45,193       94,254       298,809       131,861  
Operating lease obligations (2)
    348,334       68,753       118,386       89,519       71,676  
Purchase obligations (5)
    15,680       15,680                    
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total contractual obligations
  $ 934,131     $ 129,626     $ 212,640     $ 388,328     $ 203,537  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 


(1)   Amounts shown exclude remaining original issue discounts of $2.2 million and $19,000 (or nineteen thousands dollars) for our 11½% notes and our 6½% Convertible Subordinated Debentures, respectively.
 
(2)   These operating leases are predominantly real estate leases.
 
(3)   On May 14, 2004, we redeemed $70 million of our 11½% notes by using the net proceeds from our common stock offering.
 
(4)   On May 14, June 2, and July 14, 2004, we redeemed $110 million, $50 million and $20 million, respectively, of our 12¼% notes by using the net proceeds from our common stock offering, borrowings from our Credit Facility and available cash on hand.
 
(5)   Amount represents our 60% share of total purchase obligations of Advatech, LLC, a 60%-owned, consolidated joint venture.
 
      Off-balance Sheet Arrangements. The following is a list of our off-balance sheet arrangements:

  As of July 31, 2004, we had a total available balance of $55.9 million in standby letters of credit under our Credit Facility. The letters of credit are provided to clients and others in the ordinary course of business against advance payments and to support other business arrangements. We are required to reimburse the issuers of letters of credit for any payments they make under the letters of credit. The credit line which covers the issuance of our standby letters of credit is critical for our normal operations. If we default on this credit line, our ability to issue or renew standby letters of credit would impair our ability to maintain normal operations.

  We have guaranteed the credit facility of EC III, LLC, a 50%-owned, unconsolidated joint venture, in the event of a default by the joint venture. This joint venture was formed in the ordinary course of business to perform a contract for the federal government. The term of the guarantee is equal to the remaining term of the underlying debt, which is 19 months. The maximum potential amount of future payments, which we could be required to make under this guarantee at July 31, 2004, was $6.5 million.

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    available and monetary damages or other costs or losses are determined to be probable, we recognize such guarantee losses. Currently, we have no guarantee claims for which losses have been recognized.

  We have an agreement to indemnify our joint venture partner up to $25 million for any potential losses and damages, and liabilities associated with lawsuits in relation to general and administrative services we provide to the JT3, LLC joint venture.

  EG&G’s defined benefit pension plan and post-retirement medical plan have funding requirements. We expect to make cash contributions of approximately $5.8 million and $0.2 million for fiscal year 2004 to EG&G’s defined benefit pension plan and post-retirement medical plan, respectively.

     See Note 4, “Current and Long-term Debt,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for descriptions of various debts listed in the contractual obligations table above.

     Capital Leases. As of July 31, 2004, we had $38.0 million in obligations under our capital leases, consisting primarily of leases for office equipment, computer equipment and furniture.

     Operating Leases. As of July 31, 2004, we had approximately $348.3 million in obligations under our operating leases, consisting primarily of real estate leases.

     Other Related-Party Transactions. Some of our officers, directors and employees may have disposed of shares of our common stock, both in cashless transactions with us and in market transactions, in connection with exercises of stock options, the vesting of restricted and deferred stock and the payment of withholding taxes due with respect to such exercises and vesting. These officers, directors and employees may continue to dispose of shares of our common stock in this manner and for similar purposes.

     Financing Alternatives. We frequently evaluate alternative capital structures and consider the potential benefits of various financing strategies, including both debt and equity vehicles. We expect to continue to pursue opportunities to improve our capital structure when opportunities arise.

     Derivative Financial Instruments. We are exposed to risk of changes in interest rates as a result of borrowings under our Credit Facility. During the third quarter of fiscal year 2004, we did not enter into any interest rate derivatives due to our assessment of the costs/benefits of interest rate hedging given the current low interest rate environment and to our expectation of retiring variable rate debt over the next two years by using available cash from operations. However, we may enter into derivative financial instruments in the future depending on changes in interest rates.

     Enterprise Resource Program (“ERP”). During fiscal year 2001, we commenced a project to consolidate all of our accounting and project management information systems and convert to a new ERP system. As of August 1, 2004, approximately 60% of our total revenues are processed on this new ERP system. We expect to convert the remaining URS Division’s legacy systems over the next 15 months. We intend to convert the EG&G Division’s accounting system to the ERP system by 2006.

     The capitalized costs of implementing our new ERP system, including hardware, software licenses, consultants and internal staffing costs will be approximately $65.0 million, excluding the potential costs associated with the conversion of the EG&G Division’s ERP system. As of July 31, 2004, we had capitalized costs of approximately $58.7 million for this project, with the remaining costs to be incurred through fiscal year 2005. We have been financing a substantial portion of these costs through capital lease arrangements with various lenders. If, and to the extent, that financing cannot be obtained through capital leases, we will draw on our revolving line of credit as alternative financing for expenditures to be incurred for this project.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

     The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires us to make estimates and assumptions in the application of certain accounting policies that affect amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements and related footnotes included in Item 1 of this report. In preparing these financial statements, we have made our best estimates and judgments of certain amounts, giving consideration to materiality. Historically, our estimates have not materially differed from actual results. Application of these accounting policies, however, involves the exercise of judgment and the use of assumptions as to future uncertainties. Consequently, actual results could differ from our estimates.

     The accounting policies that we believe are most critical to an investor’s understanding of our financial results and condition, and require complex management judgment are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2003. To date, there have been no material changes to these critical accounting policies during our fiscal year ending October 31, 2004.

Adopted and Recently Issued Statements of Financial Accounting Standards

     In January 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“FIN 46”), which is an interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements.” FIN 46 requires a variable interest entity (“VIE”) to be consolidated by a company that is considered to be the primary beneficiary of that VIE. In December 2003, the FASB issued FIN 46 (revised December 2003), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“FIN 46-R”), to address certain FIN 46 implementation issues. Although we have no special purpose entities (“SPEs”) as defined in FIN 46, we evaluated the impact of FIN 46 related to our joint ventures with third parties. We adopted FIN 46-R as of April 30, 2004.

     In general, we account for non-special purpose entities (“non-SPEs”) in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 00-01, “Investor Balance Sheet and Income Statement Display under the Equity Method for Investments in Certain Partnerships and Other Ventures” (“EITF 00-01”), or in accordance with the equity method of accounting. Our adoption of FIN 46-R did not have a material impact on our accounting for these non-SPEs created prior to February 1, 2003 and we continue to account for these non-SPEs under the equity method or under EITF 00-01, as appropriate.

     FIN 46-R requires that all entities, regardless of whether or not a special purpose entity, created subsequent to January 31, 2003, be evaluated for consolidation purposes. We have not entered into any material joint venture or partnership agreements subsequent to January 31, 2003 that would have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Future joint venture or partnership agreements requiring consolidation under FIN 46-R could have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

     In December 2003, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 132 (Revised), “Employer’s Disclosure about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits” (“Revised SFAS 132”). Revised SFAS 132 retains disclosure requirements from the original SFAS 132 and requires additional disclosures relating to assets, obligations, cash flows and net periodic benefit cost. Revised SFAS 132 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2003, except that certain disclosures are effective for fiscal years ending after June 15, 2004. Interim period disclosures are effective for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2003. Our required Revised SFAS 132 interim disclosures are included in Note 3, “Employee Retirement Plans.”

     On December 17, 2003, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Staff”) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition” (“SAB 104”), which supersedes SAB 101, “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements.” SAB 104’s primary purpose is to rescind accounting guidance contained in SAB 101 related to multiple element revenue arrangements, which was superseded as a result of the issuance of Emerging Issues Task Force Consensus No. 00-21, “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables” (“EITF 00-21”). Additionally, SAB 104 rescinds the

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SEC’s Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements Frequently Asked Questions and Answers (the “FAQ”) issued with SAB 101 that had been codified in SEC Topic 13, Revenue Recognition. Selected portions of the FAQ have been incorporated into SAB 104. While the wording of SAB 104 has changed to reflect the issuance of EITF 00-21, the revenue recognition principles of SAB 101 remain largely unchanged by the issuance of SAB 104. SAB 104 applies to our service related contracts. We do not have any material multiple element arrangements and thus SAB 104 does not impact our financial statements nor is adoption of SAB 104 considered a change in accounting principle.

     On January 12, 2004 and May 19, 2004, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) No. 106-1 and 106-2, respectively, both entitled “Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003” (“FSP 106-1” and “FSP 106-2”). The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the “Medicare Act”) was signed into law in December 2003 and establishes a prescription drug benefit, as well as a federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a prescription drug benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare’s prescription drug coverage. FSP 106-1 permits employers that sponsor postretirement benefit plans to make a one-time election to defer accounting for any effects of the Medicare Act until the earlier of (a) the issuance of guidance by the FASB on how to account for the federal subsidy to be provided to plan sponsors under the Medical Act or (b) the remeasurement of plan assets and obligations subsequent to January 31, 2004. Under FSP 106-1, we elected to defer accounting for the effects of the Medicare Act. Our deferral remains in effect until the effective date of FSP 106-2, which provides guidance on the accounting for the effects of the Medicare Act by employers whose prescription drug benefits are actuarially equivalent to the drug benefit under Medicare Part D. FSP 106-2 requires those employers to provide disclosures regarding the effects of the federal subsidy provided by the Medicare Act. For entities that elected deferral and for which the impact is significant, FSP 106-2 is effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after June 15, 2004. Entities for which FSP 106-2 does not have a significant impact are permitted to delay recognition of the effects of the Medicare Act until the next regularly scheduled measurement date following the issuance of FSP 106-2. We are currently evaluating the impact of the Medicare Act on our postretirement plans. Should adoption of FSP 106-2 have a significant impact on our financial statements, we may be required to recognize the effects of the Medicare Act during the fourth quarter of our fiscal year 2004.

     On April 9, 2004, FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. 129-1, “Disclosure of Information about Capital Structure, Relating to Contingently Convertible Securities” (“FSP 129-1”). FSP 129-1 clarifies that the disclosure requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 129, “Disclosure of Information about Capital Structure” apply to all contingently convertible securities and to their potentially dilutive effects on earnings per share (“EPS”), including those for which the criteria for conversion have not been satisfied, and thus are not included in the computation of diluted EPS. The guidance in FSP 129-1 is effective immediately and applies to all existing and newly created securities. Our required FSP 129-1 disclosures are included above under “Income Per Common Share.” Our 6½% debentures are convertible into shares of our common stock; however, the number of shares which they could be converted into is not material to our income per share computation.

Risk Factors That Could Affect Our Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     In addition to the other information included or incorporated by reference in this Form 10-Q, the following factors could affect our financial condition and results of operations:

We continue to experience the adverse effects from the recent economic downturn. If the economic downturn continues or worsen, then our revenues, profits and our financial condition may deteriorate.

     In response to reduced revenues caused by the recent economic downturn, our clients may cut costs, or delay, curtail or cancel proposed and existing projects. Our government clients may face budget deficits that prohibit them from funding proposed and existing projects. Our clients may also demand better pricing terms. In addition, the economic downturn may impact our clients’ ability to pay our bills and our ability to collect cash from our clients needed to fund our business operations. Although some economic fundamentals have been improving, our business generally lags the overall recovery in the economy and therefore we do

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not know whether or when any improving economic indicators will positively affect our revenues and profits. If the economic downturn continues or worsens, then our revenues, profits and overall financial condition may deteriorate.

A negative government audit or investigation could result in a substantial adjustment to our revenues and costs, which could impair our reputation and result in civil and criminal penalties.

     Government agencies, such as the United States Defense Contract Audit Agency, routinely audit and investigate government contractors. These agencies review a contractor’s performance under its contracts, cost structure and compliance with applicable laws, regulations and standards. If the agencies determine through these audits or investigation that costs were improperly allocated to specific contracts, we may not be reimbursed for these costs, or if we have already been reimbursed, we may be required to refund these reimbursements. Therefore, an audit could result in substantial adjustments to our revenues and costs. In addition, our internal controls may not always prevent improper conduct. If a government agency determines that we or a subcontractor engaged in improper conduct, we may also be subject to civil and criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, including termination of contracts, forfeiture of profits, suspension of payments, fines and suspension or prohibition from doing business with the government, any of which could materially affect our financial condition and results of operations. In addition, we could suffer serious harm to our reputation.

As a government contractor, we are subject to a number of procurement laws and regulations and other public sector liabilities, any deemed violation of which could lead to fines or penalties or a loss of business.

     We must comply with and are affected by laws and regulations relating to the formation, administration and performance of government contracts. For example, we must comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Truth in Negotiations Act, the Cost Accounting Standards, Service Contract Act, and Department of Defense security regulations, as well as many other rules and regulations. These laws and regulations affect how we transact business with our clients and in some instances, impose added costs to our business operations. A violation of specific laws and regulations could result in the imposition of fines and penalties or the termination of our contracts. Moreover, as a federal government contractor, we must maintain our status as a responsible contractor. Failure to do so could lead to suspension or debarment, making us ineligible for federal government contracts and potentially ineligible for state and local government contracts.

Unexpected termination of our book of business could harm our operations and adversely affect our future revenues.

     We account for all contract awards that may be recognized as revenues as our book of business, which includes backlog, designations, option years and indefinite delivery contracts. Our backlog consists of the amount billable at a particular point in time for future services under signed contracts. Our designation contracts consist of projects that clients have awarded us, but for which we do not yet have signed contracts. Our option year contracts are multi-year contracts with base periods plus option years that are exercisable by our clients without the need for us to go through another competitive bidding process. Our indefinite delivery contracts are signed contracts under which we perform work only when our client issues specific task orders. Our book of business estimates may not result in actual revenues in any particular period since clients may terminate or delay projects, or decide not to award task orders under indefinite delivery contracts. Unexpected termination of a substantial portion of our book of business could harm our operations and adversely affect our future revenues.

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Funding for many of our multi-year government contracts must be appropriated each year. If appropriations are not made in subsequent years of a multiple-year contract, we will not realize all of our potential revenues and profits from that contract.

     We derive a significant amount of our revenues from multi-year government contracts, many of which are appropriated on an annual basis. Legislatures typically appropriate funds for a given program on a year-by-year basis, even though contract performance may take more than one year. As a result, at the beginning of a project, the related contract may be only partially funded, and additional funding is normally committed only as appropriations are made in each subsequent year. These appropriations, and the timing of payment of appropriated amounts, may be influenced by, among other things, the state of the economy, competing political priorities, curtailments in the use of government contracting firms, budget constraints, the timing and amount of tax receipts and the overall level of government expenditures. If legislative appropriations are not made in subsequent years of a multiple-year contract, we will not realize all of our potential revenues and profits from that contract.

Most of our revenues generated from government contracts are awarded through a regulated competitive procurement process. Our inability to complete existing government contracts or win new government contracts over an extended period could harm our operations and adversely affect our future revenues.

     Most of our revenues generated from government contracts are awarded through a regulated competitive procurement process. Some government contracts are awarded to multiple competitors, which increase overall competition and pricing pressure and may require us to make sustained post-award efforts to realize revenues under the government contracts. In addition, government clients can generally terminate or modify their contracts at their convenience. Moreover, even if we are qualified to work on a new government contract, we might not be awarded the contract because of existing government policies designed to protect small businesses and underrepresented minority contractors. Our inability to complete existing government contracts or win new government contracts over an extended period could harm our operations and adversely affect our future revenues.

If we are unable to accurately estimate the overall risks, revenues or costs on a contract, then we may generate a lower profit or incur a loss on the contract.

     We generally enter into three principal types of contracts with our clients: cost-plus, fixed-price and time-and-materials. Under cost-plus contracts, which are subject to contract ceiling amounts, we are reimbursed for allowable costs and fees, which may be fixed or performance-based. If our costs exceed the contract ceiling or are not allowable under the provisions of the contract or any applicable regulations, we may not be able to obtain reimbursement for all such costs. Under fixed-price contracts, we receive a fixed price irrespective of the actual costs we incur and consequently, we will realize a profit on the fixed-price contract only if we can control our costs and prevent cost over-runs on the contract. Under time-and-materials contracts, we are paid for labor at negotiated hourly billing rates and for other expenses. Profitability on these types of contracts is driven by billable headcount and control of cost over-runs.

     Accounting for such contracts requires judgment relative to assessing the contract’s estimated risks, revenues and costs and on making judgments on other technical issues. Due to the size and nature of many of our contracts, the estimation of overall risk, revenues and costs at completion is complicated and subject to many variables. Changes in underlying assumptions, circumstances or estimates may also adversely affect financial performance in future periods. If we are unable to accurately estimate the overall revenues or costs on a contract, then we may experience a lower profit or incur a loss on the contract.

If we guarantee the timely completion or performance standards of a project, we could incur additional costs to cover our guarantee obligations.

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standards, we may either incur significant additional costs or be held responsible for the costs incurred by the client to rectify damages due to late completion or to achieve the required performance standards. In some cases, should we fail to meet required performance standards, we may also be subject to agreed upon damages, which are fixed in amount by the contract. To the extent that these events occur, the total costs of the project could exceed our estimates and we could experience reduced profits or, in some cases, incur a loss on that project.

Our use of the percentage-of-completion method of accounting could result in reduction or reversal of previously recorded revenues and profits.

     A substantial portion of our revenues and profits are measured and recognized using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting. Generally, our use of this method results in recognition of revenues and profits ratably over the life of the contract, based on the proportion of costs incurred to date to total costs expected to be incurred. The effect of revisions to revenues and estimated costs, including the achievement of award and other fees is recorded when the amounts are known and can be reasonably estimated. Such revisions could occur in any period and their effects could be material. Although we have a history of making reasonably dependable estimates of the progress towards completion of long-term engineering, program and construction management or construction contracts in process, the uncertainties inherent in the estimating process make it possible for actual costs to vary from estimates, including reductions or reversals of previously recorded revenues and profits, and such differences could be material.

If our partners fail to perform their contractual obligations on a project, we could be exposed to legal liability, loss of reputation and reduced profit or risk of loss on the project.

     We sometimes perform projects jointly with outside partners in order to enter into subcontracts, joint ventures and other contractual arrangements so that we can jointly bid on and execute a particular project. Success on these joint projects depends largely on whether our partners fulfill their contractual obligations satisfactorily. If any of our partners fails to satisfactorily perform their contractual obligations as a result of financial or other difficulties, we may be required to make additional investments and provide additional services in order to make up for our partner’s shortfall. If we are unable to adequately address our partner’s performance issues, then our client could terminate the joint project, exposing us to legal liability, loss of reputation and risk of loss or reduced profit on the project.

Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial condition.

     As of July 31, 2004, we had $567.9 million of outstanding indebtedness. This level of indebtedness could have a negative impact on us, including the following:

  it may limit our ability to borrow money or sell stock for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements or other purposes;
 
  it may limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business;
 
  it may place us at a competitive disadvantage if we are more highly leveraged than our competitors;
 
  it may restrict us from making strategic acquisitions or exploiting business opportunities;
 
  it may make us more vulnerable to a downturn in our business or the economy; and
 
  it may require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flows from operations to the repayments of our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of cash flows to fund working capital, capital expenditures and for other general corporate purposes.

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We may not be able to generate or borrow enough cash to service our debt, which could result in bankruptcy or otherwise impair our ability to maintain sufficient liquidity to continue our operations.

     In order to service our debt, we rely primarily on our ability to generate cash in future periods. If we do not generate sufficient cash flows to meet our debt service and working capital requirements, we may need to seek additional financing. If we are unable to obtain financing on terms that are acceptable to us, we could be forced to sell our assets or those of our subsidiaries to make up for any shortfall in our payment obligations under unfavorable circumstances.

     Our Credit Facility and our obligations under our outstanding notes limit our ability to sell assets and also restrict our use of the proceeds from any such sale. Furthermore, substantial portions of our assets and those of our subsidiaries are, and may continue to be, intangible assets. Therefore, even if forced to do so, we may not be able to sell assets quickly enough or for sufficient amounts to enable us to meet our debt obligations.

     If we default on any of our various debt obligations, our lenders could require immediate repayment of the entire principal amount of that outstanding debt. If our lenders require immediate repayment on the entire principal amount, we will not be able to repay them in full, and our inability to meet our debt obligations could result in bankruptcy or otherwise impair our ability to maintain sufficient liquidity to continue our operations.

Because we are a holding company, we may not be able to service our debt if our subsidiaries do not make sufficient distributions to us.

     We have no direct operations and no significant assets other than investments in the stock of our subsidiaries. Because we conduct our business operations through our operating subsidiaries, we depend on those entities for dividends and other payments to generate the funds necessary to meet our financial obligations. Legal restrictions, including local regulations, and contractual obligations associated with secured loans, such as equipment financings, may restrict our subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends or make loans or other distributions to us. The earnings from, or other available assets of, these operating subsidiaries may not be sufficient to make distributions to enable us to pay interest on our debt obligations when due or to pay the principal of such debt at maturity.

Restrictive covenants in our Credit Facility and the indentures relating to our outstanding notes and our other outstanding indebtedness may restrict our ability to pursue business strategies.

     Our Credit Facility and our indentures relating to our outstanding notes and our other outstanding indebtedness restrict our ability to, among other things:

  incur additional indebtedness;
 
  pay dividends and make distributions to our stockholders;
 
  repurchase or redeem our stock;
 
  repay indebtedness that is junior to our Credit Facility or our outstanding indebtedness;
 
  make investments and other restricted payments;
 
  create liens securing debt or other encumbrances on our assets;
 
  enter into sale-leaseback transactions;
 
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  sell or exchange assets;
 
  acquire the assets of, or merge or consolidate with, other companies;
 
  pledge assets that would result in less security for our debt holders; and
 
  make capital expenditures.

     Our Credit Facility also requires that we maintain certain financial ratios, which we may not be able to achieve. The covenants in our various debt instruments may impair our ability to finance future operations or capital needs or to engage in other favorable business activities.

We may incur substantial costs of compliance with, or liabilities under, environmental laws and regulations.

     A substantial portion of our business involves the planning, design and program and construction management of pollution control facilities as well as the assessment and management of remediation activities at hazardous waste sites and military bases. We also contract with U.S. governmental entities to destroy hazardous materials, including chemical agents and weapons stockpiles. Federal laws, including but not limited to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, or RCRA, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, or CERCLA, as well as other governmental laws strictly regulate the handling, removal, treatment, transportation and disposal of toxic and hazardous substances and impose liability for environmental contamination caused by such substances. In addition, so-called “toxic tort” litigation has increased markedly in recent years as people injured by hazardous substances seek recovery for personal injuries and/or property damages. Liabilities related to environmental contamination or human exposure to hazardous substances, or a failure to comply with applicable regulations could result in substantial costs to us, including clean-up costs, fines and civil or criminal sanctions, third party claims for property damage or personal injury or cessation of remediation activities.

Changes in environmental laws, regulations and programs could reduce demand for our environmental services, which could impact our revenues.

     Federal and state laws, regulations, and programs related to pollution and environmental protection generate, either directly or indirectly, much of our environmental business. Accordingly, a relaxation or repeal of these laws and regulations, or changes in governmental policies regarding the funding, implementation or enforcement of these programs, could result in a decline in demand for environmental services that may have a material adverse effect on our revenues.

Our liability for damages due to legal proceedings may significantly reduce our net income.

     Various legal proceedings are pending against us and certain of our subsidiaries alleging among other things, breach of contract or tort in connection with the performance of professional services, the outcome of which cannot be predicted with certainty. In some actions, parties are seeking damages that exceed our insurance coverage or are not insured. Our services may require us to make judgments and recommendations about environmental, structural and other physical conditions at project sites. If our judgments and recommendations are later found to be incomplete or incorrect, then we may be liable for the resulting damages. If we sustain damages that exceed our insurance coverage or that are not insured, there could be a material adverse effect on our net income.

It may be expensive to obtain and maintain adequate insurance coverage to meet our needs.

     We obtain insurance from third parties to cover our potential risks and liabilities. It is possible that we may not be able to obtain adequate insurance to meet our needs, may have to pay an excessive amount for the insurance coverage we want or may not be able to acquire any insurance for certain types of business risk.

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This could leave us exposed to potential claims. If we were found liable for a significant uninsured claim in the future that is not covered by our insurance, our operating results could be negatively impacted.

A general decline in U.S. defense spending could harm our operations and adversely affect our future revenues.

     Revenues under contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense and other defense-related entities represented approximately 33% our total revenues for the nine months ended July 31, 2004. While spending authorization for defense-related programs have increased significantly in recent years due to greater homeland security and foreign military commitments and a general outsourcing trend by the federal government to outsource government jobs to the private sector, these spending levels may not be sustainable, and future levels of expenditures and authorizations for these programs may decrease, remain constant or shift to programs in areas where we do not currently provide services. Therefore, a general decline in United States defense spending could harm our operations and adversely affect our future revenues.

Our overall market share will decline if we are unable to compete successfully in our industry.

     We operate in a highly fragmented and competitive worldwide market in our service areas. As a result, we compete with many domestic and international engineering and consulting firms. Some of our competitors have achieved substantially more market penetration in certain of the markets in which we provide services. In addition, some of our competitors have substantially more financial resources and/or financial flexibility than we do. Furthermore, the engineering design services market has been undergoing consolidation, particularly in the United States. If our competitors consolidate, they will likely increase their market share and gain economies of scale that enhance their ability to compete with us. These competitive forces could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations by reducing our relative share in the markets we serve.

Ownership of our common stock is concentrated among stockholders who could act in concert to take actions that favor their own personal interests to the detriment of our interests and those of our other stockholders.

     As of July 31, 2004, our officers and directors and their affiliates beneficially owned approximately 20% of the outstanding shares of our common stock. Because of the concentrated ownership of our common stock, these stockholders may be able to influence matters requiring approval by our stockholders, including the election of directors and the approval of mergers or other business combination transactions. This concentration of ownership may also have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control.

We rely heavily on our senior management and our professional and technical staff. Any failure to attract and retain key employees could impair our ability to provide services to our clients and otherwise conduct our business effectively.

     As a professional and technical services company, we are labor intensive and therefore our ability to attract, retain and expand our senior management and our professional and technical staff remains an important factor in determining our future success. From time to time it may be difficult to attract and retain qualified individuals with the expertise demanded by our clients. For example, some of our government contracts may require us to employ only individuals who have government security clearances. In addition, we rely heavily upon the expertise and leadership of our senior management. The failure to attract and retain key individuals could impair our ability to provide services to our clients and conduct our business effectively.

Proposed changes in accounting for equity-related compensation could significantly reduce our net income and our ability to attract and retain employees.

     The FASB has proposed changes in accounting for equity compensation by issuing an Exposure Draft, Share-Based Payment: an amendment of FASB statements No. 123 and 95 on March 31, 2004, which, if adopted, would require us to recognize, as an expense, the fair value of stock options and other equity-

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related compensation to employees. If we elect or are required to record an expense for our equity-related compensation plans using the fair value method, we could have significant and ongoing accounting charges that could reduce our overall net income. In addition, since we historically have used equity-related compensation as one component of our total employee compensation program, the proposed accounting change could make the use of equity-related compensation less attractive and therefore make it more difficult to attract and retain employees.

Our international operations are subject to a number of risks that could harm our operations and adversely affect our future revenues.

     As a multinational company, we have operations in over 20 countries and derived approximately 9% and 8% of our revenues from international operations for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. International business is subject to a variety of special risks, including:

  greater risk of uncollectible accounts and longer collection cycles;
 
  currency fluctuations;
 
  logistical and communications challenges;
 
  potential adverse changes in laws and regulatory practices, including export license requirements, trade barriers, tariffs and tax laws;
 
  changes in labor conditions;
 
  exposure to liability under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; and
 
  general economic and political conditions in these foreign markets.

     These and other risks associated with international operations could harm our overall operations and adversely affect our future revenues. In addition, services billed through foreign subsidiaries are attributed to the international category of our business, regardless of where the services are performed and conversely, services billed through domestic operating subsidiaries are attributed to a domestic category of clients, regardless of where the services are performed. As a result, our exposure to international operations may be more or less than the percentage of revenue we attribute to the international category.

Our business activities may require our employees to travel to and work in high security risk countries, which may result in employee injury, repatriation costs or other unforeseen costs.

     As a multinational company, our employees often travel to and work in high security risk countries around the world that are undergoing political, social and economic upheavals resulting in war, civil unrest, criminal activity or acts of terrorism. As a result, we may be subject to costs related to employee injury, repatriation or other unforeseen costs in a high security risk country.

If we do not successfully integrate our new accounting and project management software systems, our cash flows may be impaired and we may incur further costs to integrate or upgrade our systems.

     We are continuing to integrate a new company-wide accounting and project management software system. In the event we do not complete the project successfully, we may experience reduced cash flows due to an inability to issue invoices to our customers and collect cash in a timely manner. Our intention to integrate the EG&G Division’s accounting systems with our ERP system may further complicate implementation of the new system as it may require a system modification to support the EG&G Division’s business requirements.

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If our intangible assets become impaired, our earnings will be negatively impacted.

     Our balance sheet includes goodwill and other intangible assets, the values of which are material. If any of our intangible assets were to become impaired, we would be required to write-off the impaired amount. The write-off would negatively affect our earnings, but not our cash flows.

Negotiations with labor unions and possible work actions could divert management attention and disrupt operations, and new collective bargaining agreements or amendments to agreements could increase our labor costs and operating expenses.

     As of July 31, 2004, approximately 8% of our employees were covered by collective bargaining agreements. The outcome of any future negotiations relating to union representation or collective bargaining agreements may not be favorable to us. We may reach agreements in collective bargaining that increase our operating expenses and lower our net income as a result of higher wages or benefits. In addition, negotiations with unions could divert management attention and disrupt operations, which may adversely affect our results of operations. If we are unable to negotiate acceptable collective bargaining agreements, we may have to address the threat of union-initiated work actions, including strikes. Depending on the nature of the threat or the type and duration of any work action, these actions could disrupt our operations and adversely affect our operating results.

Failure to integrate acquired businesses or assets successfully will prevent us from achieving the anticipated cost savings and other benefits on which our decision to consummate any acquisition would have been based.

     We have completed five significant acquisitions since 1996 and we may continue to pursue growth through the selective strategic acquisitions of businesses and assets. However, we will only achieve the efficiencies, cost reductions and other benefits, such as diversification of our current portfolio of clients and services, which we would expect to result from these acquisitions if we successfully integrate the administrative, financial, technical and marketing organizations of acquired businesses and assets, and implement appropriate operations, financial and management systems and controls. We may have insufficient management resources to accomplish integrations, and even if we are able to do so successfully, we may not realize the level of cost savings and other benefits that we expect to achieve.

     The integration of acquired operations with our own involves a number of risks, including:

  the disruption of our business and the diversion of our management’s attention from other business concerns;
 
  unanticipated expenses related to integration;
 
  the potential failure to realize anticipated revenue opportunities associated with acquisitions;
 
  the possible loss of our key professional employees or those of the acquired businesses;
 
  the potential failure to replicate our operating efficiencies in the acquired businesses’ operations;
 
  our increased complexity and diversity compared to our operations prior to an acquisition;
 
  the possible negative reaction of clients to any acquisitions; and
 
  unanticipated problems or legal liabilities, including responsibility as a successor-in-interest for undisclosed or contingent liabilities of acquired businesses or assets.

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Delaware law and our charter documents and the change of control provisions of our outstanding notes may impede or discourage a takeover, which could cause the market price of our shares to decline.

     We are a Delaware corporation and the anti-takeover provisions of Delaware law impose various impediments to the ability of a third party to acquire control of us, even if a change in control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. In addition, our board of directors has the power, without stockholder approval, to designate the terms of one or more series of preferred stock and issue shares of preferred stock, which could be used defensively if a takeover is threatened. Our incorporation under Delaware law, the ability of our board of directors to create and issue a new series of preferred stock and certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and by-laws could impede a merger, takeover or other business combination involving us or discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender offer for our common stock, which, under certain circumstances, could reduce the market price of our common stock. In addition, if we undergo a change of control, we may be required to repurchase our 11½% notes and our 12¼% notes, in each case at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. This feature in some of our outstanding notes may also discourage a person or a group from attempting to acquire us.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

     We are exposed to changes in interest rates as a result of our borrowings under our Credit Facility. Based on outstanding indebtedness of $353.8 million under our Credit Facility at July 31, 2004, if market rates averaged 1% higher in the next twelve months, our net of tax interest expense would increase by approximately $2.1 million. Conversely, if market rates averaged 1% lower in the next twelve months, our net of tax interest expense would decrease by approximately $2.1 million.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

     (a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are responsible for establishing and maintaining “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) for our company. Based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this report, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were sufficiently effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and Form 10-Q.

     (b) Changes in internal controls. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended July 31, 2004 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

     (c) Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues, if any, within a company have been detected. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, and the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that these controls and procedures are effective at the “reasonable assurance” level.

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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

     Various legal proceedings are pending against us and certain of our subsidiaries alleging, among other things, breach of contract or tort in connection with the performance of professional services, the outcome of which cannot be predicted with certainty. See Note 5, “Commitments and Contingencies” for a discussion of some of these legal proceedings. In some actions, parties are seeking damages, including punitive or treble damages that substantially exceed our insurance coverage.

     Currently, we have limits of $125 million per loss and $125 million in the aggregate annually for general liability, professional errors and omissions liability and contractor’s pollution liability insurance (in addition to other policies for some specific projects). These policies include self-insured claim retention amounts of $4 million, $5 million and $5 million, respectively.

     Excess limits provided for these coverages are on a “claims made” basis, covering only claims actually made during the policy period currently in effect. Thus, if we do not continue to maintain these policies, we will have no coverage for claims made after the termination date – even for claims based on events that occurred during the term of coverage. We intend to maintain these policies; however, we may be unable to maintain existing coverage levels. We have maintained insurance without lapse for many years with limits in excess of losses sustained.

     Although the outcome of our legal proceedings can not be predicted with certainty and no assurances can be provided, based on our previous experience in such matters, we do not believe that any of the legal proceedings described above, individually or collectively, are likely to exceed established reserves or our insurance coverage and, therefore, we do not believe that they are likely to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

     (c) Stock Repurchases

     The following table sets forth all purchases made by us or any “affiliated purchaser” as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of our common stock shares during each month within the third quarter of 2004. No purchases were made pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan or program.

                                 
                    (c) Total Number    
                    of Shares   (d) Maximum Number (or
    (a) Total           Purchased as Part   Approximate Dollar
    Number of   (b) Average   of Publicly   Value) of Shares that May
    Shares   Price Paid   Announced Plans   Yet be Purchased Under
Period
  Purchased (1)
  per Share
  or Programs
  the Plans or Programs
May. 1, 2004 – May 31, 2004
                       
June 1, 2004 – June 30, 2004
    3,937     $ 26.00              
July 1, 2004 – July 31, 2004
    11,594     $ 25.75              
 
   
 
             
 
     
 
 
Total
    15,531                      
 
   
 
             
 
     
 
 

(1)   Stock-for-stock exchanges for payments of exercise cost and withholding taxes upon exercises of stock options or vesting of restricted or deferred stock.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

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ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

     None.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

     None.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

(a) Exhibits

4.1   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Aman Environmental Construction, Inc., a California corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.2   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Banshee Construction Company, Inc., a California corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.3   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Cleveland Wrecking Company, a California corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.4   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement for URS Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.5   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company of Radian International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.6   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Signet Testing Laboratories, Inc. a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.7   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Corporation, a Nevada corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.8   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Corporation Great Lakes, a Michigan corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.9   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Corporation — Maryland, a Maryland corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.10   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Corporation — Ohio, an Ohio corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.11   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of URS Corporation Southern, a California corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.12   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.13   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.14   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.15   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lear Siegler Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.

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4.16   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Operating Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.17   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EG&G Defense Materials, Inc., a Utah corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
4.18   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EG&G Technical Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
10.1   Form of Director Indemnification Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.4 to our Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended on April 30, 2004 and incorporated by reference herein, dated as of August 6, 2004, between URS Corporation and Betsy Bernard.
 
10.2   Form of URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2004, executed between URS Corporation and Martin M. Koffel for 75,000 shares of common stock. FILED HEREWITH.
 
10.3   Form of URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2004, executed between URS Corporation and Martin M. Koffel for 50,000 shares of deferred restricted stock units. FILED HEREWITH.
 
10.4   Form of URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2004, executed as separate agreements between URS Corporation and each of Kent P. Ainsworth for 40,000 shares of common stock and Joseph Masters for 7,500 shares of common stock. FILED HEREWITH.
 
10.5   Form of URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2004, executed as separate agreements between URS Corporation and each of Thomas W. Bishop for 7,500 shares of common stock, Reed N. Brimhall for 7,500 shares of common stock, Gary Jandegian for 15,000 shares of common stock, George Melton for 10,000 shares of common stock and Mary E. Sullivan for 7,500 shares of common stock. FILED HEREWITH.
 
10.6   Form of URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2004, executed between URS Corporation and Joseph Masters for 10,000 shares of common stock. FILED HEREWITH.
 
10.7   Forms of URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement and Grant Notice, adopted July 12, 2004 as the standard forms under the 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, executed as separate agreements between URS Corporation and each of Thomas W. Bishop for 10,000 shares of common stock, Reed N. Brimhall for 10,000 shares of common stock, Gary Jandegian for 15,000 shares of common stock, Susan B. Kilgannon for 5,000 shares of common stock, George Melton for 10,000 shares of common stock, David C. Nelson for 5,000 shares of common stock, Olga Perkovic for 3,000 shares of common stock and Mary E. Sullivan for 10,000 shares of common stock. FILED HEREWITH.
 
10.8   URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, effective July 12, 2004. FILED HEREWITH.
 
31.1   Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. FILED HEREWITH.
 
31.2   Certification of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. FILED HEREWITH.

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32   Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. FILED HEREWITH.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

     
  URS CORPORATION
 
   
Dated September 9, 2004
  /s/ Kent P. Ainsworth
 
 
  Kent P. Ainsworth
  Executive Vice President,
  Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

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Exhibit No.   Description
4.1
  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Aman Environmental Construction, Inc., a California corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.2
  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Banshee Construction Company, Inc., a California corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.3
  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Cleveland Wrecking Company, a California corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.4
  Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement for URS Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.5
  Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company of Radian International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.6
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Signet Testing Laboratories, Inc. a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.7
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Corporation, a Nevada corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.8
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Corporation Great Lakes, a Michigan corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.9
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Corporation — Maryland, a Maryland corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.10
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Corporation — Ohio, an Ohio corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.11
  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of URS Corporation Southern, a California corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.12
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.13
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.14
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.15
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lear Siegler Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.16
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of URS Operating Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.17
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EG&G Defense Materials, Inc., a Utah corporation, dated September 9, 2004.
 
   
4.18
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EG&G Technical Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated September 9, 2004.

 


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Exhibit No.   Description
10.2
  Form of URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2004, executed between URS Corporation and Martin M. Koffel for 75,000 shares of common stock.
 
   
10.3
  Form of URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2004, executed between URS Corporation and Martin M. Koffel for 50,000 shares of deferred restricted stock units.
 
   
10.4
  Form of URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2004, executed as separate agreements between URS Corporation and each of Kent P. Ainsworth for 40,000 shares of common stock and Joseph Masters for 7,500 shares of common stock.
 
   
10.5
  Form of URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2004, executed as separate agreements between URS Corporation and each of Thomas W. Bishop for 7,500 shares of common stock, Reed N. Brimhall for 7,500 shares of common stock, Gary Jandegian for 15,000 shares of common stock, George Melton for 10,000 shares of common stock and Mary E. Sullivan for 7,500 shares of common stock.
 
   
10.6
  Form of URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2004, executed between URS Corporation and Joseph Masters for 10,000 shares of common stock.
 
   
10.7
  Forms of URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement and Grant Notice, adopted July 12, 2004 as the standard forms under the 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, executed as separate agreements between URS Corporation and each of Thomas W. Bishop for 10,000 shares of common stock, Reed N. Brimhall for 10,000 shares of common stock, Gary Jandegian for 15,000 shares of common stock, Susan B. Kilgannon for 5,000 shares of common stock, George Melton for 10,000 shares of common stock, David C. Nelson for 5,000 shares of common stock, Olga Perkovic for 3,000 shares of common stock and Mary E. Sullivan for 10,000 shares of common stock.
 
   
10.8
  URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, effective July 12, 2004.
 
   
31.1
  Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
31.2
  Certification of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
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  Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

EX-4.1 2 f01698exv4w1.txt EXHIBIT 4.1 EXHIBIT 4.1 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF AMAN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRUCTION, INC. A California Corporation (Amended and Restated as of September 9, 2004) ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1.01 PRINCIPAL OFFICE. The principal executive office of the Corporation is hereby fixed and located at 911 Wilshire Blvd., 7th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90017. The Board of Directors is hereby granted full power and authority to change said principal office from one location to another at any place or places where the Corporation is qualified to do business. Section 1.02 OTHER OFFICES. Branch or subordinate offices may at any time be established by the Board of Directors at any place or places where the Corporation is qualified to do business. ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 2.01 PLACE OF MEETINGS. All meetings of shareholders shall be held either at the principal executive office or at any other place within or without the State of California which may be designated by the Board of Directors, or by the shareholders by obtaining written consent of all the persons entitled to vote thereat. Section 2.02 ANNUAL MEETINGS. The annual meetings of shareholders shall be held on a date and time designated by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that should said day fall upon a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday under the laws of the State of California or the United States of America, then such annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at the same time and place on the next day thereafter ensuing which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. Notice of each annual meeting shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, either personally or by first-class mail or other means of written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to such shareholder at the address appearing on the books of the Corporation for such shareholder or given by such shareholder to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. If no such address appears or is given, notice shall be deemed to have been given such shareholder if sent by mail or other means of written communication addressed to the place where the principal executive office of the Corporation is situated, or if published at least once in some newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said office is located. All such notices shall be delivered personally, or deposited in the mail or sent by other means of written communication, to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before such annual meeting, and shall specify the place, date and hour of such meeting and those matters which the Board of Directors, at the time of giving of such notice, intends to present for action by the shareholders, including the names of nominees intended at the time of such notice to be presented by the Board of Directors for election to the Board of Directors. Such notice shall also state the general nature of the business or proposal to be considered or acted upon at such meeting before action may be taken at such meeting on: (a) A proposal to approve a contract or other transaction between the Corporation and one (1) or more directors or any corporation, firm or association in which one or more directors has a material financial interest; (b) A proposal to amend the Articles of Incorporation; (c) A proposal to approve a reorganization of the Corporation; (d) A proposal to wind up and dissolve the Corporation; or (e) A proposal to approve a plan of distribution of the shares, obligations or securities of any other corporation, or assets other than money, which is not in accordance with the liquidation rights of any preferred shares as specified in the Articles of Incorporation, in the process of the winding up of the Corporation. Section 2.03 SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes whatsoever, may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board (if there shall be such an officer), the President, the Board of Directors or by one or more shareholders entitled to cast not less than ten percent (10%) of the votes at the meeting. Upon request in writing to the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice-President or the Secretary by any person, other than the Board of Directors, entitled to call a special meeting of shareholders, such officer shall cause notice to be given forthwith, but in no event later than twenty (20) days after receipt of the request, that a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting, which time shall be not less than thirty-five (35) and not more than sixty (60) days after receipt of the request. Except in special cases where other express provision is made by statute and as set forth herein, notice of such special meetings shall be given in the same manner as for annual meetings of shareholders. Notices of any special meeting shall specify, in addition to the place, date and hour of such meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted. Section 2.04 ADJOURNED MEETINGS AND NOTICE THEREOF. Any shareholders' meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by a vote of a majority of the shares, the holders of which are either present in person or by proxy thereat, but in the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted at any such meeting except as provided in Section 2.07 of this Article. When any shareholders' meeting, either annual or special, is adjourned for forty-five (45) days or less, the time and place of the adjourned meeting shall be announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. When any shareholders' meeting, either annual or special, is adjourned for more than forty-five (45) 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 shareholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting as in the case of an original meeting. Except as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting, and at the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 2.05 ENTRY OF NOTICE OF DELIVERY. An affidavit executed by the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any transfer agent to the effect that any notice or report required to be given to a shareholder by law or the Bylaws of the Corporation was duly given to such shareholder shall be sufficient evidence that such notice or report was duly given to such shareholder. If any notice or report addressed to a shareholder at the address of such shareholder appearing on the books of the Corporation is returned to the Corporation by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver the notice or report to the shareholder at such address, all future notices or reports shall be deemed to have been duly given without further mailing if the same shall be available for the shareholder upon written demand of the shareholder at the principal executive office of the Corporation for a period of one (1) year from the date of the giving of the notice or report to all other shareholders. Section 2.06 VOTING. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation and in this Section 2.06, at all meetings of shareholders every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote in person or by proxy the number of shares standing in his or her name on the stock records of the Corporation. Such vote may be given by viva voce or by ballot; provided, however, that all elections for directors shall be by ballot upon demand made by a shareholder at any election and before the voting begins. At any election of directors of the Corporation, if the candidate or candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and any shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of his or her intention to cumulate votes, each shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to cast as many votes as shall equal the number of votes to which his or her shares are normally entitled multiplied by the number of directors to be elected, and he or she may cast all of such votes for a single candidate or may distribute them among some or all of the candidates as he or she sees fit. The candidates receiving the highest number of affirmative votes up to the number of directors to be elected shall be elected. The affirmative vote of the majority of the shares represented and voting at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum) shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of a greater number is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation, and except as set forth in Section 2.07 of this Article and at elections of directors as set forth in this Section 2.06. Section 2.07 QUORUM. The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken, other than adjournment, is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to constitute a quorum. Section 2.08 CONSENT OF ABSENTEES. The proceedings and transactions of any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, however called and noticed and wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be 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, a consent to the holding of such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of shareholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice, consent to the holding of the meeting or approval of the minutes thereof unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, except for the matters referred to in subparagraphs (a) through (e) of Section 2.02 of this Article. 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 law to be included in the notice but not so included, if such objection is expressly made at the meeting. Section 2.09 ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if authorized by a written consent selling forth the action so taken, signed by the holders of outstanding shares 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 filed with the Secretary of the Corporation; provided, however, that directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of directors, except that a vacancy on the Board of Directors (other than a vacancy created by removal of a director) not filled by the Board of Directors may be filled by the written consent of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Any shareholder giving a written consent, such shareholder's proxyholders, a transferee of the shares or a personal representative of such shareholder or their respective proxyholders, may revoke any such consent by a writing received by the Corporation prior to the time that written consents of the number of shares required to authorize the proposed action have been filed with the Secretary of the Corporation, but may not do so thereafter. Such revocation shall be effective upon its receipt by the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless the consents of all shareholders entitled to vote have been solicited in writing and have been received, prompt notice shall be given, in the same manner as for annual meetings of shareholders except as set forth in this Section 2.09, to those shareholders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing, of the taking of any corporate action approved by shareholders without a meeting. Such notice shall be given at least ten (10) days before the consummation of the action authorized by such approval with respect to the following: (a) Approval of any transaction referred to in subparagraphs a), (c) or (e) of Section 2.02 of this Article; or (b) Approval required by law of the indemnification of any person. Section 2.10 PROXIES. Every person entitled to vote or execute consents shall have the right to do so either in person or by an agent or agents authorized by a written proxy executed by such person or his or her duly authorized agent; provided, however, that no such proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless the shareholder executing it specifies therein the length of time for which such proxy is to continue in force. ARTICLE III DIRECTORS Section 3.01 POWERS. Subject to limitations of the Articles of Incorporation, of the Bylaws and of the California General Corporation Law as to action to be authorized or approved by the shareholders or by the outstanding shares, and subject to the duties of directors as prescribed by the Bylaws, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Without prejudice to such general powers, but subject to the same limitations, it is hereby expressly declared that the directors shall have the following powers: (a) To select and remove all other officers, agents and employees of the Corporation, prescribe such powers and duties for them as may not be inconsistent with law, with the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws, fix their compensation and require from them security for faithful service; (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 Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws, as they may deem best; (c) To change the principal office for the transaction of the business of the Corporation from one location to another within or without the State of California, as provided in Article I, Section 1.01 hereof; to fix and locate from time to time one or more branch or subsidiary offices of the Corporation within or without the State of California, as provided in Article I, Section 1.02 hereof; to designate any place within or without the State of California for the holding of any shareholders' meetings; and to adopt, make and use a corporate seal, to prescribe the form of certificates of stock and to alter the form of such seal and of such stock certificates from time to time as in their judgment they may deem best, provided such seal and such certificates shall at all times comply with the provisions of law; (d) To authorize the issue of stock of the Corporation from time to time, upon such terms as may be lawful, in consideration of money paid, labor done, services actually rendered to the Corporation or for its benefit or in its formation or reorganization, debts or securities cancelled, tangible or intangible property actually received either by the Corporation or by a wholly-owned subsidiary, or as a share dividend, or upon a stock split, reverse stock split, reclassification or conversion of outstanding shares into shares of another class, exchange of outstanding shares for shares of another class, or other change affecting outstanding shares; (e) To borrow money and incur indebtedness for the purposes of the Corporation and to cause to be executed and delivered therefor, in the Corporate name, promissory notes, bonds, debentures, deeds of trust, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations or other evidences of debt and security therefor; and (f) To designate one or more committees and to appoint members and alternate members therefor, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors, each committee consisting of two (2) or more directors and any alternate directors as may be designated to replace any absent members at any meeting thereof, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and to delegate to any such committee any of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, except the following powers: to approve any action which by law or by these Bylaws also requires shareholders' approval or approval of the outstanding shares, to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, to fix the compensation of directors for serving on the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, to amend or repeal bylaws or adopt new bylaws, to amend or repeal any resolution of the Board of Directors which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable, to authorize a distribution to the shareholders of the Corporation (other than a dividend in shares of the Corporation) except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board of Directors or to appoint other committees of the Board of Directors or the members thereof. Section 3.02 NUMBER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTORS. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one member. Section 3.03 ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. The directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders, 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 shareholders held for that purpose. Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until he or she is removed from office. No director may be removed prior to the expiration of his or her term of office, except as permitted by law. Section 3.04 VACANCIES. Vacancies in the Board of Directors, other than those created by the removal of a director, 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 his successor is elected at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders. A vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist when any authorized position of director is not filled by a duly elected and acting director, whether caused by the death, resignation or removal of any director, increase in the authorized number of directors, failure of the shareholders, at any annual or special meeting of shareholders at which any director or directors are elected, to elect the full authorized number of directors to be voted for at that meeting or otherwise. The shareholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill any vacancy or vacancies created by the removal of a director or not filled by the directors, but any such election by written consent other than to fill a vacancy created by removal shall require the written consent of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. If the resignation of a director is given to take effect at a future time, the Board of Directors or the shareholders shall have power to elect a successor to take office when the resignation is to become effective. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of his or her term of office. Section 3.05 PLACE OF MEETING. Meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof shall be held at any place within or without the State of California which has been designated in the notice of the meeting or, if not stated in the notice or there is no notice, from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be. In the absence of such designation, meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Section 3.06 ORGANIZATION MEETING. Immediately following each annual meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors shall hold a regular meeting for the purpose of organization, election of officers and the transaction of other business. Notice of such meetings is hereby dispensed with. Section 3.07 OTHER REGULAR MEETINGS. Other regular meetings of the Board of Directors and regular meetings of committees of the Board of Directors shall be held without call on such dates as may be fixed by the Board of Directors or the committee, as the case may be. Notice of all such regular meetings of the Board of Directors and committees thereof is hereby dispensed with. Section 3.08 SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer), by the President, by any Vice-President, by the Secretary or by any two directors. Special meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the President, by the Chairman or by any vice-chairman of the committee, by the Secretary or by any two members of the committee. Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally to all directors or committee members as the case may be, either in writing or orally or by telephone, or shall be sent to each such director by first-class mail or telegraph, charges prepaid, addressed to him or her at his or her address as it is shown upon the records of the Corporation or, if it is not shown on such records or is not readily ascertainable, at the place in which the meetings of the directors are regularly held. In case such notice is mailed, it shall be deposited with the United States Postal Service in the place where the principal office of the Corporation is located at least four (4) days prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. In case such notice is delivered by telegraph or personally as above provided, it shall be delivered to the telegraph company in the place where the principal office of the Corporation is located or delivered personally at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. Such notice need not specify the purpose of the special meeting. Such mailing, telegraphing or personal delivery as above provided shall be due, timely, legal and personal notice to such director. Section 3.09 NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT. Unless a directors' or committee meeting has been adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given to absent directors or committee members if the time and place be fixed at the meeting adjourned. If the meeting has been adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, notice of such adjournment and the time and place of the adjourned meeting shall be given prior to the time of the adjourned meeting to all directors or committee members who were not present at the time of the adjournment, in the same manner as provided in Section 3.08 of this Article for special meetings of the Board of Directors or committee thereof. Section 3.10 ENTRY OF NOTICE. Whenever any director has been absent from any special meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof, an affidavit executed by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary to the effect that notice has been duly given as required by law and the Bylaws of the Corporation shall be sufficient evidence that due notice of such special meeting was given to such director. Section 3.11 WAIVER OF NOTICE. The transactions of any meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof, however called and noticed and wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors or committee members not present, and each director or committee member who is present but did not receive due notice thereof and protests such lack of notice prior to such meeting or at its commencement, signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. Such waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the Corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Section 3.12 QUORUM. A majority of the authorized number of directors on the Board of Directors or any committee thereof shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by such Board or committee, as the case may be. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors or committee members, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for such meeting. Subject to the foregoing sentence of this Section 3.12, every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors or committee members present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Board of Directors or committee thereof, as the case may be, unless a greater number be required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws. Directors shall be deemed present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof and may participate therein if present through use of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, so long as all directors participating in such meeting can hear one another. Section 3.13 ADJOURNMENT. A majority of the directors or committee members present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any directors' or committee meeting to meet again at a stated time, place and hour. Section 3.14 ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action. Such written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of such directors or committee members. Section 3.15 FEES AND COMPENSATION. Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors but, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed fee, with or without expenses of attending, may be allowed for attendance at each meeting. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor. ARTICLE IV OFFICERS Section 4.01 OFFICERS. The officers of the Corporation shall be the President, the Secretary and the Chief Financial Officer. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice-Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant Chief Financial Officers and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.03 of this Article. Officers other than the President and Chairman of the Board need not be directors. One person may hold two or more offices. Section 4.02 ELECTIONS. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and each shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is appointed or until he or she resigns or is removed from office. Section 4.03 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in the Bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Section 4.04 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by a majority of the directors at the time in office, at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or, except in case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. 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 4.05 VACANCIES. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal or any other cause shall be filled by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting. Section 4.06 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board, if there shall be such an officer, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or as prescribed by the Bylaws. Section 4.07 PRESIDENT. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer, the President shall be the general manager and chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders, and in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be none, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He or she shall be ex officio a member of all the standing committees of the Board of Directors, including the executive committee, if any, shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Bylaws. Section 4.08 VICE-PRESIDENT. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice-Presidents if there shall be any such officers, in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors or, if not ranked, the Vice-President designated by the Board of Directors shall perform all the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice-Presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors or the Bylaws. Section 4.09 SECRETARY. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, a book of minutes in written form at the principal executive office of the Corporation, of all meetings of directors, committees of the Board of Directors and shareholders, with the time and place of holding, whether regular or special, and if special how authorized, the notice thereof given, the names of those directors and shareholders present, the names of those present at directors' or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at shareholders' meetings and the proceedings thereof. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or at the office of the Corporation's transfer agent or registrar of shares, a share register, or a duplicate share register, in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form, showing the names of the shareholders and their addresses, and the number and classes of shares held by each of them. The Secretary shall give or cause to be given notice of all meetings of shareholders and the Board of Directors, as required by the Bylaws or by law to be given, and he or she 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 of Directors or the Bylaws. Section 4.10 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The Chief Financial Officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, in written form or in any other form capable of being convened into written form, adequate and correct books and records of account of the properties and business transactions of the Corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, surplus and shares. The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit all monies and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He or she shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors and shall render to the President and directors, as required by Section 5.05 of Article V of these Bylaws and at such other times as they may request, an account of all of his or her 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 of Directors or the Bylaws. ARTICLE V MISCELLANEOUS Section 5.01 RECORD DATE. The Board of Directors may fix a time in the future as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or to receive any dividend, distribution or allotment of rights, or to exercise rights in respect of any other lawful action. The record date so fixed shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action, for which it is fixed. When a record date is so fixed, only shareholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting, or to receive such dividend, distribution or allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after the record date, except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or by agreement or by law. A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than forty-five (45) days from the date set for the original meeting. Section 5.02 INSPECTION OF CORPORATE RECORDS. The record of shareholders, the accounting books and records, and minutes of proceedings of the shareholders, the Board of Directors and committees of the Board of Directors, shall be open to inspection in written form upon the written demand of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, at any reasonable time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to his or her interests as a shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate. Such inspection may be made in person or by an agent or attorney and shall include the right to copy and make extracts. Demand of inspection shall be made in writing upon the President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. A shareholder or shareholders holding at least five percent (5%) in the aggregate of the outstanding voting shares of the Corporation shall have an absolute right to do either or both of the following: (i) inspect and copy the record of shareholders' names and addresses and shareholdings during usual business hours upon five (5) business days' prior written demand upon the Corporation, or (ii) obtain from the transfer agent for the Corporation, if any, upon written demand and upon the tender of its usual charges for such a list, a list of the names and addresses of the shareholders who are entitled to vote for the election of directors, and their shareholdings, as of the most recent record date for which it has been compiled or as of a date specified by the shareholder subsequent to the date of demand, which list shall be made available on or before the later of five (5) business days after the demand is received or the date specified therein as the date as of which the list is to be compiled. Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect in written form and copy all books, records and documents of every kind and to inspect the physical properties of the Corporation and its subsidiary corporations, domestic or foreign. Such inspection may be made in person or by agent or attorney, and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts. Section 5.03 CHECKS, DRAFTS AND NOTES. All checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of or payable to the Corporation shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner as, from time to time, shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Section 5.04 SEAL. The Corporation shall have a common seal, and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the date of its incorporation and the word California. Section 5.05 FINANCIAL REPORTS. The Chief Financial Officer shall prepare and submit, or cause to be prepared and submitted, to the Board of Directors, not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of each fiscal year of the Corporation, an annual report containing a balance sheet as of the end of that fiscal year and an income statement and statement of changes in financial position for that fiscal year, accompanied by the report thereon, if any, of any independent accountants engaged by the Corporation or the certificate of an authorized officer of the Corporation that the financial statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the Corporation. The requirement of Section 1501 of the California General Corporation Law that the Board of Directors shall cause the annual report to be sent to the shareholders not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of the Corporation's fiscal year and at least fifteen (15) days prior to the annual meeting of shareholders is hereby expressly waived until such time as the Corporation has one hundred (100) or more holders of record of its shares. A shareholder or shareholders holding at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of any class of the Corporation may make a written request to the Corporation for an income statement of the Corporation for the three-month, six-month or nine-month period of the current fiscal year ended more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the request and a balance sheet of the Corporation as of the end of such period and, in addition, if no annual report for the last fiscal year has been sent to shareholders, such annual report, accompanied by the report thereon, if any, of any independent accountants engaged by the Corporation or the certificate of an authorized officer of the Corporation that such financial statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the Corporation. The annual report or statements so requested shall be delivered or mailed to the person making the request within thirty (30) days thereafter. A copy of each such annual, semi-annual, and quarterly financial statement shall be kept on file for a period of twelve (12) months after delivery to the Board of Directors, and shall be exhibited at all reasonable times to any shareholder demanding an examination thereof or mailed to such shareholder demand shall be made in writing upon the President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. Section 5.06 EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS. The Board of Directors, except as the Bylaws or Articles of Incorporation otherwise provide, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and, such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; and unless so authorized by the Board of Directors, no officer, agent, or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contact or agreement or to pledge its credit to render it liable for any purpose or to any amount. Section 5.07 CERTIFICATES OF STOCK. A certificate or certificates for shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be issued to each shareholder when any such shares are fully paid. All such certificates shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice-President, and by the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or shall be authenticated by facsimiles of such signatures. Certificates for shares may be issued prior to full payment thereof, under such restrictions and for such purposes as the Board of Directors or the Bylaws may provide; provided, however, that any such certificates so issued prior to full payment shall state the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon, and such statement shall be conspicuous. There shall also appear on each certificate, to the extent applicable, statements: that the shares represented thereby are subject to restrictions upon transfer, to an irrevocable proxy under Section 705(e) of the California General Corporation Law, or to restrictions upon voting rights contractually imposed by the Corporation; that such shares are redeemable or assessable or subject to conversion and the period for conversion, and any such statement that such shares are subject to restrictions upon transfer or are assessable shall be conspicuous. If the shares of the Corporation are classified or if any class of shares has two or more series, there shall also appear on each certificate the office or agency of the Corporation from which shareholders may obtain, upon request and without charge, a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon each class or series of shares authorized to be issued and upon the holders thereof. Section 5.08 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS. The President or any Vice-President and the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of this Corporation are authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of this Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this Corporation. The authority herein granted to said officers to vote or represent on behalf of this Corporation any and all shares held by this Corporation in any other corporation or corporations may be exercised either by such officers in person or by any person authorized so to do by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by said officers. Section 5.09 INSPECTION OF BYLAWS. The Corporation shall keep in its principal executive office in the State of California, or if there be no such office at its principal business office in such State, the original or a copy of the Bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours. If the principal executive office is outside such State and the Corporation has no principal business office in such State, the Corporation shall upon the written request of any shareholder, made in writing upon the President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, furnish to such shareholder a copy of the Bylaws as amended to date. Section 5.10 INDEMNIFICATION. (a) The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) judgments, damages, settlements and other amounts actually incurred by such person in connection with such action, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person believed to be in the best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders; provided, however, that no indemnification shall be made under this Subsection (a) for any of the following: (1) Of amounts paid in satisfaction of any judgment or fine in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation in the performance of such person's duty to the Corporation and its shareholders, if and to the extent that the indemnification is not permissible under the General Corporation Law of California. (2) Of expenses incurred in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation in the performance of such person's duty to the Corporation and its shareholders unless and only to the extent that the court in which such proceeding is or was pending shall determine upon application that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses and then only to the extent that the court shall determine. (3) Of amounts paid in settling or otherwise disposing of a pending action without court approval. (4) Of expenses incurred in defending a pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of without court approval. (b) The Corporation shall also indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding, whether threatened, pending or completed, and whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Corporation and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such person was unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Corporation or that the person had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. (c) To the extent that any person has been successful on the merits in defense of any proceeding referred to in Subsection (a) or (b) or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. (d) The Corporation may advance expenses incurred in any proceeding covered by this Section 10 upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the person receiving the advance to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified as provided in this Section. (e) Except as provided in Subsection (c), no indemnification shall be made under this Section in any circumstance where it appears: (1) that it would be inconsistent with a provision of the articles of incorporation, a resolution of the shareholders or an agreement in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of action in the proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid, which prohibits or otherwise limits indemnification. (2) that it would be inconsistent with any condition expressly imposed by a court in approving a settlement. (f) The indemnity provided for under this Section 10 shall be in addition to any indemnity to which any person may be entitled under any agreement, any law other than the General Corporation Law of California or otherwise. ARTICLE VI AMENDMENTS Section 6.01 POWER OF SHAREHOLDERS. New Bylaws may be adopted or these Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote or written consent of outstanding shares entitled to vote, except as specifically set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws to the contrary. Section 6.02 POWER OF DIRECTORS. Subject to the right of shareholders as provided in Section 6.01 of this Article VI to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws, bylaws other than a bylaw or amendment thereof changing the authorized number of directors may be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors, except as specifically set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws to the contrary. EX-4.2 3 f01698exv4w2.txt EXHIBIT 4.2 EXHIBIT 4.2 AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF BANSHEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. A California Corporation (Amended and Restated As of September 9, 2004) ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OR BUSINESS OFFICES. The board of directors shall fix the location of the principal executive office of the corporation at any place within or outside the State of California. If the principal executive office is located outside California and the corporation has one or more business offices in California, the board shall fix and designate a principal business office in California. Section 2. OTHER OFFICES. Branch or subordinate offices may be established at any time and at any place by the board of directors. ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of California designated by the board of directors. In the absence of a designation by the board, shareholders' meetings shall be held at the corporation's principal executive office. Section 2. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time designated by the board of directors. At each annual meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business within the power of the shareholders may be transacted. Section 3. SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the shareholders may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the chair of the board, by the president or vice president, or by one or more shareholders holding shares that in the aggregate are entitled to cast ten percent or more of the votes at that meeting. If a special meeting is called by anyone other than the board of directors, the person or persons calling the meeting shall make a request in writing, delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission, to the chair of the board or the president, vice president, or secretary, specifying the time and date of the meeting (which is not less than 35 nor more than 60 days after receipt of the request) and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted. Within 20 days after receipt, the officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be given to the shareholders entitled to vote, in accordance with Sections 4 and 5 of this Article II, stating that a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person(s) calling the meeting, and stating the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted. If notice is not given within 20 days after receipt of the request, the person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of shareholders called by action of the board may be held. Section 4. NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS. All notices of meetings of shareholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 5 of this Article II not fewer than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Shareholders entitled to notice shall be determined in accordance with Section 11 of this Article II. The notice shall specify the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and (i) in the case of a special meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted, or (ii) in the case of the annual meeting, those matters that the board of directors, at the time of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the shareholders. If directors are to be elected, the notice shall include the names of all nominees whom the board intends, at the time of the notice, to present for election. The notice shall also state the general nature of any proposed action to be taken at the meeting to approve any of the following matters: (i) A transaction in which a director has a financial interest, within the meaning of Section 310 of the California Corporations Code; (ii) An amendment of the articles of incorporation under Section 902 of that Code: (iii) A reorganization under Section 1201 of that Code; (iv) A voluntary dissolution under Section 1900 of that Code; or (v) A distribution in dissolution that requires approval of the outstanding shares under Section 2007 of that Code. Section 5. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE: AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE. Notice of any shareholders' meeting shall be given either personally or by first-class mail or telegraphic or other written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to the shareholder at the address appearing on the corporation's books or given by the shareholder to the corporation for purposes of notice. If no address appears on the corporation's books or has been given as specified above, notice shall be either (1) sent by first-class mail addressed to the shareholder at the corporation's principal executive office, or (2) published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the corporation's principal executive office is located. Notice is deemed to have been given at the time when delivered personally or deposited in the mail or sent by other means of written communication. If any notice or report mailed to a shareholder at the address appearing on the corporation's books is returned marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver the document to the shareholder at that address, all future notices or reports shall be deemed to have been duly given without further mailing if the corporation holds the document available for the shareholder on written demand at the corporation's principal executive office for a period of one year from the date the notice or report was given to all other shareholders. An affidavit of the mailing or other authorized means of giving notice or delivering a document, of any notice of shareholders' meeting, report, or other document sent to shareholders, may be executed by the corporation's secretary, assistant secretary, or transfer agent and, if executed, shall be filed and maintained in the minute book of the corporation. Section 6. QUORUM. The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting of the shareholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to constitute a quorum. Section 7. ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE. Any shareholders' meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of the majority of the shares represented at that meeting, either in person or by proxy, but in the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted at that meeting, except as provided in Section 6 of this Article II. When any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, is adjourned to another time or place, notice of the adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed, or unless the adjournment is for more than 45 days after the date set for the original meeting, in which case the board of directors shall set a new record date. Notice of any such adjourned meeting, if required, shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, in accordance with Sections 4 and 5 of this Article II. At any adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 8. VOTING. The shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall be determined in accordance with Section 11 of this Article II, subject to the provisions of sections 702 through 704 of the California Corporations Code relating to voting shares held by a fiduciary, in the name of a corporation, or in joint ownership). The shareholders' vote may be by voice vote or by ballot, provided, however, that any election for directors must be by ballot if demanded by any shareholder before the voting has begun. On any matter other than the election of directors, any shareholder may vote part of the shares the shareholder is to vote in favor of the proposal and refrain from voting the remaining shares or vote them against the proposal, but, if the shareholder fails to specify the number of shares that the shareholder is voting affirmatively, it will be conclusively presumed that the shareholder's approving vote is with respect to all shares that the shareholder is entitled to vote. If a quorum is present (or if a quorum has been present earlier at the meeting but some shareholders have withdrawn), the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented and voting, provided such shares voting affirmatively also constitute a majority of the number of shares required for a quorum, shall be the act of the shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or by the articles of incorporation. At a shareholders' meeting at which directors are to be elected, no shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes (i.e., cast for any candidate a number of votes greater than the number of votes which that shareholder normally would be entitled to cast), unless the candidates' names have been placed in nomination before commencement of the voting and a shareholder has given notice at the meeting, before the voting has begun, of the shareholder's intention to cumulate votes. If any shareholder has given such a notice, then all shareholders entitled to vote may cumulate their votes for candidates in nomination, and may give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which that shareholder's shares are normally entitled, or distribute the shareholder's votes on the same principle among any or all of the candidates, as the shareholder thinks fit. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes, up to the number of directors to be elected, shall be elected. Section 9. WAIVER OF NOTICE OR CONSENT BY ABSENT SHAREHOLDERS. The transactions of any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, however called and noticed and wherever held, shall be as valid as though they were had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy, and if each person entitled to vote who was not present in person or by proxy, either before or after the meeting, signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes of the meeting. The waiver of notice or consent need not specify either the business to be transacted or the purpose of any annual or special meeting of the shareholders, except that, if action is taken or proposed to be taken for approval of any of those matters specified in section 601(f) of the California Corporations Code, i.e., (i) A transaction in which a director has a financial interest, within the meaning of Section 310 of the California Corporations Code; (ii) An amendment of the articles of incorporation under section 902 of that Code; (iii) A reorganization under section 1201 of that Code; (iv) A voluntary dissolution under section 1900 of that Code; or (v) A distribution in dissolution that requires approval of the outstanding shares under section 2007 of that Code. The waiver of notice or consent is required to state the general nature of the action or proposed action. All waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. A shareholder's attendance at a meeting also constitutes a waiver of notice of that meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. In addition, attendance at a meeting does not constitute a waiver of any right to object to consideration of matters required by law to be included in the notice of the meeting which were not so included, if that objection is expressly made at the meeting. Section 10. SHAREHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action that could be taken at an annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on that action were present and voted. Directors may be elected by written consent of the shareholders without a meeting only if the written consents of all outstanding shares entitled to vote are obtained, except that vacancies on the board (other than vacancies created by removal) not filled by the board may be filled by the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. All consents shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation and shall be maintained in the corporate records. Any shareholder or other authorized person who has given a written consent may revoke it by a writing received by the secretary of the corporation before written consents of the number of shares required to authorize the proposed action have been filed with the secretary. Unless the consents of all shareholders entitled to vote have been solicited in writing, prompt notice shall be given of any corporate action approved by shareholders without a meeting by less than unanimous consent, to those shareholders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing. As to approvals required by California Corporations Code section 310 (transactions in which a director has a financial interest), section 317 (indemnification of corporate agents), section 1201 (corporate reorganization), or section 2007 (certain distributions on dissolution), notice of the approval shall be given at least ten days before the consummation of any action authorized by the approval. Notice shall be given in the manner specified in Section 5 of this Article II. Section 11. RECORD DATE FOR SHAREHOLDER NOTICE OF MEETING, VOTING, AND GIVING CONSENT. (a) For purposes of determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at a shareholders' meeting or give written consent to corporate action without a meeting, the board may fix in advance a record date that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of a shareholders' meeting, or not more than 60 days before any other action. (b) If no record date is fixed: (i) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at a shareholders' meeting shall be the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived as provided in Section 9 of this Article II the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. (ii) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to give consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, if no prior action has been taken by the board, shall be the day on which the first written consent is given. (iii) The record date for determining shareholders for any other purpose shall be as set forth in Section 1 of Article VIII of these bylaws. (c) A determination of shareholders of record entitled to receive notice of and vote at a shareholders' meeting shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting. However, the board shall fix a new record date if the adjournment is to a date more than 45 days after the date set for the original meeting. (d) Only shareholders of record on the corporation's books at the close of business on the record date shall be entitled to any of the notice and voting rights listed in subsection (a) of this section, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the corporation's books after the record date, except as otherwise required by law. Section 12. PROXIES. Every person entitled to vote for directors or on any other matter shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents authorized by a written proxy signed by the person and filed with the secretary of the corporation. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the shareholder's name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission, or otherwise) by the shareholder or the shareholder's attorney in fact. A validly executed proxy that does not state that it is irrevocable shall continue in full force and effect unless (i) revoked by the person executing it, before the vote under that proxy, by a writing delivered to the corporation stating that the proxy is revoked, or by attendance at the meeting and voting in person by the person executing the proxy or by a subsequent proxy executed by the same person and presented at the meeting; or (ii) written notice of the death or incapacity of the maker of that proxy is received by the corporation before the vote pursuant to that proxy is counted; provided, however, that no proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date of the proxy, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of sections 705(e) and 705(f) of the Corporations Code of California. Section 13. INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. Before any meeting of shareholders, the board of directors may appoint any persons other than nominees for office to act as inspectors of election at the meeting or its adjournment. If no inspectors of election are so appointed, the chair of the meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or a shareholder's proxy shall, appoint inspectors of election at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either one or three. If inspectors are appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or proxies, the holders of a majority of shares or their proxies present at the meeting shall determine whether one or three inspectors are to be appointed. If any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the chair of the meeting may, and upon the request of any shareholder or a shareholder's proxy shall, appoint a person to fill that vacancy. These inspectors shall: (a) determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies; (b) receive votes, ballots, or consents; (c) hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; (d) count and tabulate all votes or consents; (e) determine when the polls shall close; (f) determine the result; and (g) do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. ARTICLE III DIRECTORS Section 1. POWERS. Subject to the provisions of the California General Corporation Law and any limitations in the articles of incorporation and these bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the shareholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board of directors. Without prejudice to these general powers, and subject to the same limitations, the board of directors shall have the power to: (a) Select and remove all officers, agents, and employees of the corporation; prescribe any powers and duties for them that are consistent with law, with the articles of incorporation, and with these bylaws; fix their compensation; and require from them security for faithful service. (b) Change the principal executive office or the principal business office in the State of California from one location to another; cause the corporation to be qualified to do business in any other state, territory, dependency, or country and conduct business within or outside the State of California; and designate any place within or outside the State of California for holding any shareholders' meeting or meetings, including annual meetings. (c) Adopt, make, and use a corporate seal; prescribe the forms of certificates of stock; and alter the form of the seal and certificates. (d) Authorize the issuance of shares of stock of the corporation on any lawful terms, in consideration of money paid, labor done, services actually rendered, debts or securities canceled, or tangible or intangible property actually received. (e) Borrow money and incur indebtedness on behalf of the corporation, and cause to be executed and delivered for the corporation's purposes, in the corporate name, promissory notes, bonds, debentures, deeds of trust, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations, and other evidences of debt and securities. Section 2. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, provided the board of directors shall consist of at least one member. Directors need not be residents of the State of California nor shareholders of the corporation. Section 3. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS. Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders to hold office until the next annual meeting. Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until a successor has been elected and qualified. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director's term of office expires. Section 4. VACANCIES. A vacancy in the board of directors shall be deemed to exist: (a) if a director dies, resigns, or is removed by the shareholders or an appropriate court, as provided in sections 303 or 304 of the California Corporations Code; (b) if the board of directors declares vacant the office of a director who has been convicted of a felony or declared of unsound mind by an order of court; (c) if the authorized number of directors is increased; or (d) if at any shareholders' meeting at which one or more directors are elected the shareholders fail to elect the full authorized number of directors to be voted for at that meeting. Any director may resign effective on giving written notice to the chair of the board, the president, the secretary, or the board of directors, unless the notice specifies a later effective date. If the resignation is effective at a future time, the board may elect a successor to take office when the resignation becomes effective. Except for a vacancy caused by the removal of a director, vacancies on the board may be filled by approval of the board or, if the number of directors then in office is less than a quorum, by (1) the unanimous written consent of the directors then in office, (2) the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office at a meeting held pursuant to notice or waivers of notice complying with section 307 of the Corporations Code, or (3) a sole remaining director. A vacancy on the board caused by the removal of a director may be filled only by the shareholders, except that a vacancy created when the board declares the office of a director vacant as provided in clause (b) of the first paragraph of this section of the bylaws may be filled by the board of directors. The shareholders may elect a director at any time to fill a vacancy not filled by the board of directors. The term of office of a director elected to fill a vacancy shall run until the next annual meeting of the shareholders, and such a director shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified. Section 5. PLACE OF MEETINGS; TELEPHONE MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within or outside the State of California as designated from time to time by the board. In the absence of a designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Special meetings of the board shall be held at any place within or outside the State of California designated in the notice of the meeting, or if the notice does not state a place, or if there is no notice, at the principal executive office of the corporation. Any meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone or similar communication equipment, provided that all directors participating can hear one another. Section 6. ANNUAL DIRECTORS' MEETING. Immediately after each annual shareholders' meeting, the board of directors shall hold a regular meeting at the same place, or at any other place that has been designated by the board of directors, to consider matters of organization, election of officers, and other business as desired. Notice of this meeting shall not be required unless some place other than the place of the annual shareholders' meeting has been designated. Section 7. OTHER REGULAR MEETINGS. Other regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held without call at times to be fixed by the board of directors from time to time. Such regular meetings may be held without notice. Section 8. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by the chair of the board, the president, any vice president, the secretary, or any two directors. Special meetings shall be held on four days' notice by mail or forty-eight hours' notice delivered personally or by telephone or telegraph. Oral notice given personally or by telephone may be transmitted either to the director or to a person at the director's office who can reasonably be expected to communicate it promptly to the director. Written notice, if used, shall be addressed to each director at the address shown on the corporation's records. The notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting, nor need it specify the place if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Section 9. QUORUM. A majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as provided in Section 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 of directors, subject to the provisions of Corporations Code section 310 (as to approval of contracts or transactions in which a director has a direct or indirect material financial interest); section 311 (as to appointment of committees), and section 317(e) (as to indemnification of directors). A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business, despite a withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting. Section 10. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Notice of a meeting, although otherwise required, need not be given to any director who (i) either before or after the meeting signs a waiver of notice or a consent to holding the meeting without being given notice; (ii) signs an approval of the minutes of the meeting; or (iii) attends the meeting without protesting the lack of notice before or at the beginning of the meeting. Waivers of notice or consents need not specify the purpose of the meeting. All waivers, consents, and approvals of the minutes shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Section 11. ADJOURNMENT TO ANOTHER TIME OR PLACE. Whether or not a quorum is present, a majority of the directors present may adjourn any meeting to another time or place. Section 12. NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETING. Notice of the time and place of resuming a meeting that has been adjourned need not be given unless the adjournment is for more than 24 hours, in which case notice shall be given, before the time set for resuming the adjourned meeting, to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment. Notice need not be given in any case to directors who were present at the time of adjournment. Section 13. ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board of directors individually or collectively consent in writing to that action. Any action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the board of directors. All written consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board of directors. Section 14. FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. Directors and members of committees of the board may be compensated for their services, and shall be reimbursed for expenses, as fixed or determined by resolution of the board of directors. This section shall not be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity, as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise, or from receiving compensation for those services. ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES Section 1. COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD. The board of directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, to replace any absent member at a committee meeting. The appointment of committee members or alternate members requires the vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors. A committee may be granted any or all of the powers and authority of the board, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors establishing the committee, except with respect to: (a) Approving any action for which the California Corporations Code also requires the approval of the shareholders or of the outstanding shares; (b) Filling vacancies on the board of directors or any committee of the board; (c) Fixing directors' compensation for serving on the board or a committee of the board; (d) Adopting, amending, or repealing bylaws; (e) Amending or repealing any resolution of the board of directors that by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (f) Making distributions to shareholders, except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the board of directors; or (g) Appointing other committees of the board or their members. Section 2. MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES. Meetings and action of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, bylaw provisions applicable to meetings and actions of the board of directors, with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors and its members, except that (a) the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the board of directors or by resolution of the committee; (b) special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the board of directors; and (c) notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternative members who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The board of directors may adopt rules for the governance of any committee not inconsistent with these bylaws. ARTICLE V OFFICERS Section 1. OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation shall be a president, a secretary, and a chief financial officer. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the board of directors, a chair of the board, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with, Section 3 of this Article V. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 2. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation, except for subordinate officers appointed in accordance with Section 3 of this Article V, shall be appointed annually by the board of directors, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. Section 3. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS. The board of directors may appoint, and may empower the president to appoint other officers as required by the business of the corporation, whose duties shall be as provided in the bylaws, or as determined from time to time by the board of directors or the president. Section 4. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. Any officer chosen by the board of directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause or notice, by the board of directors. Subordinate officers appointed by persons other than the board under Section 3 of this Article V may be removed at any time, with or without cause or notice, by the board of directors or by the officer by whom appointed. Officers may be employed for a specified term under a contract of employment if authorized by the board of directors; such officers may be removed from office at any time under this section, and shall have no claim against the corporation or individual officers or board members because of the removal except any right to monetary compensation to which the officer may be entitled under the contract of employment. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. Resignations shall take effect on the date of receipt of the notice, unless a later time is specified in the notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, acceptance of the resignation is not necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation to monetary damages under any contract of employment to which the officer is a party. Section 5. VACANCIES IN OFFICES. A vacancy in any office resulting from an officer's death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or from any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these bylaws for regular election or appointment to that office. Section 6. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The board of directors may elect a chairman, who shall preside, if present, at board meetings and shall exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be assigned from time to time by the board of directors. If there is no president, the chairman of the board shall in addition be the chief executive officer of the corporation, and shall have the powers and duties as set forth in Section 7 of this Article V. Section 7. PRESIDENT. Except to the extent that the bylaws or the board of directors assign specific powers and duties to the chairman of the board (if any), the president shall be the corporation's general manager and chief executive officer and, subject to the control of the board of directors, shall have general supervision, direction, and control over the corporation's business and its officers. The managerial powers and duties of the president shall include, but are not limited to, all the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation, and the president shall have other powers and duties as prescribed by the board of directors or the bylaws. The president shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence of the chairman of the board or if there is no chairman of the board, shall also preside at meetings of the board of directors. Section 8. VICE PRESIDENTS. If desired, one or more vice presidents may be chosen by the board of directors in accordance with the provisions for appointing officers set forth in Section 2 of this Article V. In the absence or disability of the president, the president's duties and responsibilities shall be carried out by the highest ranking available vice president if vice presidents are ranked, or if not, by a vice president designated by the board of directors. When so acting, a vice president shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions on the president. Vice presidents of the corporation shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as prescribed from time to time by the board of directors, the bylaws, or the president (or chairman of the board if there is no president). Section 9. SECRETARY (a) Minutes. The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, minutes of all of the shareholders' meetings and of all other board meetings. If the secretary is unable to be present, the secretary or the presiding officer of the meeting shall designate another person to take the minutes of the meeting. The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or such other place as designated by the board of directors, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of the shareholders, of the board of directors, and of committees of the board. The minutes of each meeting shall state the time and place the meeting was held; whether it was regular or special; if special, how it was called or authorized; the names of directors present at board or committee meetings; the number of shares present or represented at shareholders' meetings; an accurate account of the proceedings; and when it was adjourned. (b) Record of Shareholders. The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or at the office of the transfer agent or registrar, a record or duplicate record of shareholders. This record shall show the names of all shareholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of share certificates issued to each shareholder, and the number and date of cancellation of any certificates surrendered for cancellation. (c) Notice of Meetings. The secretary shall give notice, or cause notice to be given, of all shareholders' meetings, board meetings, and meetings of committees of the board for which notice is required by statute or by the bylaws. If the secretary or other person authorized by the secretary to give notice fails to act, notice of any meeting may be given by any other officer of the corporation. (d) Other Duties. The secretary shall keep the seal of the corporation, if any, in safe custody. The secretary shall have such other powers and perform other duties as prescribed by the board of directors or by the bylaws. Section 10. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The chief financial officer shall keep or cause to be kept adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable limes be open to inspection by any director. The chief financial officer shall (1) deposit corporate funds and other valuables in the corporation's name and to its credit with depositories designated by the board of directors; (2) make disbursements of corporate funds as authorized by the board; (3) render a statement of the corporation's financial condition and an account of all transactions conducted as chief financial officer whenever requested by the president or the board of directors; and (4) have other powers and perform other duties as prescribed by the board of directors or the bylaws. Unless the board of directors has elected a separate treasurer, the chief financial officer shall be deemed to be the treasurer for purpose of giving any reports or executing any certificates or other documents. ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS The corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted by the California General Corporation Law, have power to indemnify each of its agents against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact that any such person is or was an agent of the corporation, and shall have power to advance to each such agent expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding to the maximum extent permitted by that law. For purposes of this article, an "agent" of the corporation includes any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or other agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another enterprise serving at the request of such predecessor corporation. ARTICLE VII RECORDS AND REPORTS Section 1. MAINTENANCE OF SHAREHOLDER RECORD AND INSPECTION BY SHAREHOLDERS. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the board of directors, a record of the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number and class of shares held by each shareholder. A shareholder or shareholders holding at least 5 percent in the aggregate of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation have the right to do either or both of the following: (a) Inspect and copy the record of shareholders' names and addresses and shareholdings during usual business hours, on five days' prior written demand on the corporation, or (b) Obtain from the corporation's transfer agent, on written demand and tender of the transfer agent's usual charges for this service, a list of the names and addresses of shareholders who are entitled to vote for the election of directors, and their shareholdings, as of the most recent record date for which a list has been compiled or as of a specified date later than the date of demand. This list shall be made available within five days after (i) the date of demand or (ii) the specified later date as of which the list is to be compiled. The record of shareholders shall also be open to inspection on the written demand of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, at any time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to the holder's interests as a shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate. Any inspection and copying under this section may be made in person or by an agent or attorney of the shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate making the demand. Section 2. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF BYLAWS. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or if its principal executive office is not in the State of California, at its principal business office in this state, the original or a copy of the bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours. If the principal executive office of the corporation is outside the State of California and the corporation has no principal business office in this state, the secretary shall, on the written request of any shareholder, furnish to that shareholder a copy of the bylaws as amended to date. Section 3. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF MINUTES AND ACCOUNTING RECORDS. The minutes of proceedings of the shareholders, board of directors, and committees of the board, and the accounting books and records shall be kept at the principal executive office of the corporation, or at such other place or places as designated by the board of directors. The minutes shall be kept in written form, and the accounting books and records shall be kept either in written form or in a form capable of being converted into written form. The minutes and accounting books and records shall be open to inspection on the written demand of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate at any reasonable time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to the holder's interests as a shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate. The inspection may be made in person or by an agent or attorney, and shall include the right to copy and make extracts. These rights of inspection shall extend to the records of each subsidiary of the corporation. Section 4. INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS. Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect all books, records, and documents of every kind and the physical properties of the corporation and each of its subsidiary corporations. This inspection by a director may be made in person or by an agent or attorney and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts of documents. Section 5. ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS. Inasmuch as, and for as long as, there are fewer than 100 shareholders, the requirement of an annual report to shareholders referred to in section 1501 of the California Corporations Code is expressly waived. However, nothing in this provision shall be interpreted as prohibiting the board of directors from issuing annual or other periodic reports to the shareholders, as the board considers appropriate. Section 6. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The corporation shall keep a copy of each annual financial statement, quarterly or other periodic income statement, and accompanying balance sheets prepared by the corporation on file in the corporation's principal executive office for 12 months; these documents shall be exhibited at all reasonable times, or copies provided, to any shareholder on demand. If no annual report for the last fiscal year has been sent to shareholders, on written request of any shareholder made more than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year the corporation shall deliver or mail to the shareholder, within 30 days after receipt of the request, a balance sheet as of the end of that fiscal year and an income statement and statement of changes in financial position for that fiscal year. A shareholder or shareholders holding five percent or more of the outstanding shares of any class of stock of the corporation may request in writing an income statement for the most recent three-month, six-month, or nine-month period (ending more than 30 days before the date of the request) of the current fiscal year, and a balance sheet of the corporation as of the end of that period. If such documents are not already prepared, the chief financial officer shall cause them to be prepared and shall deliver the documents personally or mail them to the requesting shareholders within 30 days after receipt of the request. A balance sheet, income statement, and statement of changes in financial position for the last fiscal year shall also be included, unless the corporation has sent the shareholders an annual report for the last fiscal year. Quarterly income statements and balance sheets referred to in this section shall be accompanied by the report, if any, of independent accountants engaged by the corporation or the certificate of an authorized corporate officer stating that the financial statements were prepared without audit from the corporation's books and records. Section 7. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF GENERAL INFORMATION. (a) Every year, during the calendar month in which the original articles of incorporation were filed with the California Secretary of State, or during the preceding five calendar months, the corporation shall file a statement with the Secretary of State on the prescribed form, setting forth the authorized number of directors; the names and complete business or residence addresses of all incumbent directors; the names and complete business or residence addresses of the chief executive officer, the secretary, and the chief financial officer; the street address of the corporation's principal executive office or principal business office in this state; a statement of the general type of business constituting the principal business activity of the corporation; and a designation of the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process, all in compliance with section 1502 of the Corporations Code of California. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, if there has been no change in the information in the corporation's last annual statement on file in the Secretary of State's office, the corporation may, in lieu of filing the annual statement described in paragraph (a) of this section, advise the Secretary of State, on the appropriate form, that no changes in the required information have occurred during the applicable period. ARTICLE VIII GENERAL CORPORATE MATTERS Section 1. RECORD DATE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN NOTICE AND VOTING. For purposes of determining the shareholders entitled to receive payment of dividends or other distributions or allotment of rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action (other than voting at and receiving notice of shareholders' meetings and giving written consent of the shareholders without a meeting), the board of directors may fix in advance a record date which shall be not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of the dividend payment, distribution, allotment, or other action. If a record date is so fixed, only shareholders of record at the close of business on that date shall be entitled to receive the dividend, distribution, or allotment of rights, or to exercise the other rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the corporation's books after the record date, except as otherwise provided by statute. If the board of directors does not so fix a record date in advance, the record date shall be at the close of business on the later of (1) the day on which the board of directors adopts the applicable resolution or (2) the 60th day before the date of the dividend payment, distribution, allotment of rights, or other action. Section 2. AUTHORIZED SIGNATORIES FOR CHECKS. All checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of or payable to the corporation shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner authorized from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. Section 3. EXECUTING CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS. Except as otherwise provided in the articles or in these bylaws, the board of directors by resolution may authorize any officer, officers, agent, or agents to enter into any contract or to execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation. This authority may be general or it may be confined to one or more specific matters. No officer, agent, employee, or other person purporting to act on behalf of the corporation shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation in any way, to pledge the corporation's credit, or to render the corporation liable for any purpose or in any amount, unless that person was acting with authority duly granted by the board of directors as provided in these bylaws, or unless an unauthorized act was later ratified by the corporation. Section 4. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES. A certificate or certificates for shares of the capital stock of the corporation shall be issued to each shareholder when any of the shares are fully paid. In addition to certificates for fully paid shares, the board of directors may authorize the issuance of certificates for shares that are partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the purchase price, provided that the certificates representing partly paid shares shall state the total amount of the consideration to be paid for the shares and the amount actually paid. All certificates shall certify the number of shares and the class or series of shares represented by the certificate. All certificates shall be signed in the name of the corporation by (1) either the chairman of the board of directors, the vice chairman of the board of directors, the president, or any vice president, and (2) either the chief financial officer, any assistant treasurer, the secretary, or any assistant secretary. None of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. If any officer, transfer, agent, or registrar who has signed a certificate shall have ceased to be that officer, transfer agent, or registrar before that certificate is issued, the certificate may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if that person were an officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Section 5. LOST CERTIFICATES. Except as provided in this Section 5, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace old certificates unless the old certificate is surrendered to the corporation for cancellation at the same time. If share certificates or certificates for any other security have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, the board of directors may authorize the issuance of replacement certificates on terms and conditions as required by the board, which may include a requirement that the owner give the corporation a bond (or other adequate security) sufficient to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it (including any expense or liability) on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of the old certificate or the issuance of the replacement certificate. Section 6. SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS: HOW VOTED. Shares of other corporations standing in the name of this corporation shall be voted by one of the following persons, listed in order of preference: (1) chairman of the board, or person designated by the chairman of the board; (2) president, or person designated by the president; (3) first vice president, or person designated by the first vice president; (4) other person designated by the board of directors. The authority to vote shares granted by this section includes the authority to execute a proxy in the name of the corporation for purposes of voting the shares. Section 7. REIMBURSEMENT OF CORPORATION IF PAYMENT NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE. If all or part of the compensation, including expenses, paid by the corporation to a director, officer, employee, or agent is finally determined not to be allowable to the corporation as a federal or state income tax deduction, the director, officer, employee, or agent to whom the payment was made shall repay to the corporation the amount disallowed. The board of directors shall enforce repayment of each such amount disallowed by the taxing authorities. Section 8. CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in sections 100 through 195 of the California Corporations Code shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term "person" includes both a corporation and a natural person. ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS Section 1. AMENDMENT BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR SHAREHOLDERS. Except as otherwise required by law or by the articles of incorporation, these bylaws may be amended or repealed, and new bylaws may be adopted, by the board of directors or by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. EX-4.3 4 f01698exv4w3.txt EXHIBIT 4.3 EXHIBIT 4.3 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF CLEVELAND WRECKING COMPANY A California Corporation (Amended and Restated as of September 9, 2004) (Formerly CWC Acquisition Corp.) --------- ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. PRINCIPAL OFFICES. The Board of Directors shall fix the location of the principal executive office of the corporation at any place within or outside the State of California. If the principal executive office is located outside this state, and the corporation has one or more business offices in this state, the Board of Directors shall likewise fix and designate a principal business office in the State of California. Section 2. OTHER OFFICES. The Board of Directors may at any time establish branch or subordinate offices at any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business. ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of California designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such designation, shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Section 2. ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time designated by the Board of Directors. At each annual meeting directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted. Section 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. A special meeting of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, or by the Chairman of the Board, or by the President, or by one or more shareholders holding shares in the aggregate entitled to cast not less than 10% of the votes at any such meeting. If a special meeting is called by any person or persons other than the Board of Directors, the request shall be in writing, specifying the time of such meeting and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President or the Secretary of the corporation. The officer receiving such request forthwith shall cause notice to be given to the shareholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4 and 5 of this Article II, that a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting, not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than sixty (60) days after the receipt of the request. If the notice is not given within twenty (20) days after receipt of the request, the person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice. Nothing contained in this paragraph of this Section 3 shall be construed as limiting, fixing or affecting the time when a meeting of shareholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held. Section 4. NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS. All notices of meetings of shareholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 5 of this Article II not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting being noticed. The notice shall specify the place, date and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted, or (ii) in the case of the annual meeting those matters which the Board of Directors, at the time of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the shareholders. The notice of any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the name of any nominee or nominees which, at the time of the notice, management intends to present for election. If action is proposed to be taken at any meeting for approval of (i) a contract or transaction in which a director has a direct or indirect financial interest, pursuant to Section 310 of the Corporations Code of California, (ii) an amendment of the articles of incorporation, pursuant to Section 902 of such Code, (iii) a reorganization of the corporation, pursuant to Section 1201 of such Code, (iv) a voluntary dissolution of the corporation, pursuant to Section 1900 of such Code, or (v) a distribution in dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding preferred shares pursuant to Section 2007 of such Code, the notice shall also state the general nature of such proposal. Section 5. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE. Notice of any meeting of shareholders shall be given either personally or by first-class mail or telegraphic or other written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to the shareholder at the address of such shareholder appearing on the books of the corporation or given by the shareholder to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If no such address appears on the corporation's books or has been so given, notice shall be deemed to have been given if sent by first-class mail or telegraphic or other written communication to the corporation's principal executive office, or if published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where such office is located. Notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when delivered personally or deposited in the mail or sent by telegram or other means of written communication. If any notice addressed to a shareholder at the address of such shareholder appearing on the books of the corporation is returned to the corporation by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver the notice to the shareholder at such address, all future notices or reports shall be deemed to have been duly given without further mailing if the same shall be available to the shareholder upon written demand of the shareholder at the principal executive office of the corporation for a period of one year from the date of the giving of such notice. An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any shareholders' meeting shall be executed by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any transfer agent of the corporation giving such notice, and shall be filed and maintained in the minute book of the corporation. Section 6. QUORUM. The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to constitute a quorum. Section 7. ADJOURNED MEETING AND NOTICE THEREOF. Any shareholders' meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of the majority of the shares represented at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, but in the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted at such meeting, except as provided in Section 6 of this Article II. When any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed, or unless the adjournment is for more than forty-five (45) days from the date set for the original meeting, in which case the Board of Directors shall set a new record date. Notice of any such adjourned meeting, if required, shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4 and 5 of this Article II. At any adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 8. VOTING. The shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 of this Article II, subject to the provisions of Sections 702 to 704, inclusive, of the Corporations Code of California (relating to voting shares held by a fiduciary, in the name of a corporation or in joint ownership). Such vote may be by voice vote or by ballot; provided, however, that all elections for directors must be by ballot upon demand by a shareholder at any election and before the voting begins. Any shareholder entitled to vote on any matter (other than the election of directors) may vote part of the shares in favor of the proposal and refrain from voting the remaining shares or vote them against the proposal, but, if the shareholder fails to specify the number of shares such shareholder is voting affirmatively, it will be conclusively presumed that the shareholder's approving vote is with respect to all shares such shareholder is entitled to vote. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares represented at the meeting and voting on any matter (other than the election of directors), provided that the shares voting affirmatively must also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum, shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by the California General Corporation Law or the articles of incorporation. At a shareholders' meeting involving the election of directors, no shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes (i.e., cast for any candidate a number of votes greater than the number of the shareholder's shares) unless such candidate or candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to commencement of the voting and a shareholder has given notice prior to commencement of the voting of the shareholder's intention to cumulate votes. If any shareholder has given such notice, then every shareholder entitled to vote may cumulate such shareholder's votes for candidates in nomination and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which such shareholder's shares are entitled, or distribute the shareholder's votes on the same principle among any or all of the candidates, as the shareholder thinks fit. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes, up to the number of directors to be elected, shall be elected. Section 9. WAIVER OF NOTICE OR CONSENT BY ABSENT SHAREHOLDERS. The transactions of any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, however called and noticed, and wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each person 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. The waiver of notice or consent need not specify either the business to be transacted or the purpose of any annual or special meeting of shareholders, except that if action is taken or proposed to be taken for approval of any of those matters specified in the second paragraph of Section 4 of this Article II, the waiver of notice or consent shall state the general nature of such proposal. 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 also constitute a waiver of notice of 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 not included in the notice of the meeting if such objection is expressly made at the meeting. Section 10. SHAREHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. In the case of election of directors, such consent shall be effective only if signed by the holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors; provided, however, that a director may be elected at any time to fill a vacancy not created by removal and not filled by the directors by the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors. All such consents shall be 18. filed with the Secretary of the corporation and shall be maintained in the corporate records. Any shareholder giving a written consent, or the shareholder's proxy holders, or a transferee of the shares or a personal representative of the shareholder or their respective proxy holder, may revoke the consent by a writing received by the Secretary of the corporation prior to the time that written consents of the number of shares required to authorize the proposed action have been filed with the Secretary. Unless the consents of all shareholders entitled to vote have been solicited in writing, the Secretary shall give prompt notice of any corporate action approved by the shareholders without a meeting by less than unanimous consent, to those shareholders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing. Such notice shall be given in the manner specified in Section 5 of this Article II. In the case of approval of (i) contracts or transactions in which a director has a direct or indirect financial interest, pursuant to Section 310 of the Corporations Code of California, (ii) indemnification of agents of the corporation, pursuant to Section 317 of such Code, (iii) a reorganization of the corporation, pursuant to Section 1201 of such Code, or (iv) a distribution in dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding preferred shares pursuant to Section 2007 of such Code, such notice shall be given at least ten (10) days before the consummation of any such action authorized by any such approval. Section 11. RECORD DATE FOR SHAREHOLDER NOTICE, VOTING, AND GIVING CONSENTS. For purposes of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to give consent to corporate action without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of any such meeting nor more than sixty (60) days prior to such action without a meeting, and in such case only shareholders of record at the close of business on the date so fixed are entitled to notice and to vote or to give consents, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date fixed as aforesaid, except as otherwise provided in the California General Corporation Law. If the Board of Directors does not so fix a record date: (a) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice if given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. (b) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to give consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, (i) when no prior action by the Board has been taken, shall be the day on which the first written consent is given, or (ii) when prior action of the Board has been taken, shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto, or the sixtieth (60th) day prior to the date of such other action, whichever is later. 19. Section 12. PROXIES. Every person entitled to vote for directors or on any other matter shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents authorized by a written proxy signed by the person and filed with the Secretary of the corporation. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the shareholder's name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission or otherwise) by the shareholder or the shareholder's attorney in fact. A validly executed proxy which does not state that it is irrevocable shall continue in full force and effect unless (i) evoked by the person executing it, prior to the vote pursuant thereto, by a writing delivered to the corporation stating that the proxy is revoked or by a subsequent proxy presented to the meeting and executed by, or attendance at the meeting and voting in person by, the person executing the proxy; or (ii) written notice of the death or incapacity of the maker of such proxy is received by the corporation before the vote pursuant thereto is counted; provided, however, that no such proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of such proxy, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 705(e) and (f) of the Corporations Code of California. Section 13. INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. Before any meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors may appoint any persons other than nominees for office to act as inspectors of election at the meeting or its adjournment. If no inspectors of election are so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or a shareholder's proxy shall, appoint inspectors of election at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either one (1) or three (3). If inspectors are appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or proxies, the holders of a majority of shares or their proxies present at the meeting shall determine whether one (1) or three (3) inspectors are to be appointed. If any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the chairman of the meeting may, and upon the request of any shareholder or a shareholder's proxy shall, appoint a person to fill such vacancy. The duties of these inspectors shall be as follows: (a) Determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies; (b) Receive votes, ballots or consents; (c) Hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; (d) Count and tabulate all votes or consents; (e) Determine when the polls shall close; (f) Determine the result; and (g) Do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. ARTICLE III DIRECTORS Section 1. POWERS. Subject to the provisions of the California General Corporation Law and any limitations in the articles of incorporation and these bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the shareholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Without prejudice to such general powers, but subject to the same limitations, it is hereby expressly declared that the directors shall have the power and authority to: (a) Select and remove all officers, agents, and employees of the corporation, prescribe such powers and duties for them as may not be inconsistent with law, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, fix their compensation, and require from them security for faithful service. (b) Change the principal executive office or the principal business office in the State of California from one location to another; cause the corporation to be qualified to do business in any other state, territory, dependency, or foreign country and conduct business within or outside the State of California; designate any place within or without the State for the holding of any shareholders' meeting or meetings, including annual meetings; adopt, make and use a corporate seal, and prescribe the forms of certificates of stock, and alter the form of such seal and of such certificates from time to time as in their judgment they may deem best, provided that such forms shall at all times comply with the provisions of law. (c) Authorize the issuance of shares of stock of the corporation from time to time, upon such terms as may be lawful, in consideration of money paid, labor done or services actually rendered, debts or securities cancelled or tangible or intangible property actually received. (d) Borrow money and incur indebtedness for the purposes of the corporation, and cause to be executed and delivered therefor, 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 AND QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one member. Section 3. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS. Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders to hold office until the next annual meeting. Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until a successor has been elected and qualified. Section 4. VACANCIES. Vacancies in the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, except that a vacancy created by the removal of a director by the vote or written consent of the shareholders or by court order may be filled only by the vote of a majority of the shares represented and voting at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present, or by the written consent of holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote. Each director so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until a successor has been elected and qualified. A vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist in the case of the death, resignation or removal of any director, or if the Board of Directors by resolution declares vacant the office of a director who has been declared of unsound mind by an order of court or convicted of a felony, or if the authorized number of directors be increased, or if the shareholders fail, at any meeting of shareholders at which any director or directors are elected, to elect the full authorized number of directors to be voted for at that meeting. The shareholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill any vacancy or vacancies not filled by the directors, but any such election by written consent, other than to fill a vacancy created by removal, shall require the consent of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Any director may resign upon giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Secretary or the Board of Directors. A resignation shall be effective upon the giving of the notice, unless the notice specifies a later time for its effectiveness. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the Board of Directors may elect a successor to take office when the resignation becomes effective. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of his term of office. Section 5. PLACE OF MEETINGS AND TELEPHONIC MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State that has been designated from time to time by resolution of the board. In the absence of such designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Special meetings of the board shall be held at any place within or without the State that has been designated in the notice of the meeting or, if not stated in the notice or there is no notice, at the principal executive office of the corporation. Any meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone or similar communication equipment, so long as all directors participating in such meeting can hear one another, and all such directors shall be deemed to be present in person at such meeting. Section 6. ANNUAL MEETINGS. Immediately following each annual meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors shall hold a regular meeting for the purpose of organization, any desired election of officers and the transaction of other business. Notice of this meeting shall not be required. Section 7. OTHER REGULAR MEETINGS. Other regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held without call at such time as shall from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors. Such regular meetings may be held without notice. Section 8. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board or the President or any Vice President or the Secretary or any two directors. Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail or telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at his or her address as it is shown upon the records of the corporation. In case such notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. In case such notice is delivered personally, or by telephone or telegram, it shall be delivered personally or by telephone or to the telegraph company at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be communicated to either the director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the director. The notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting nor the place if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Section 9. DISPENSING WITH NOTICE. The transactions of any meeting of the Board of Directors, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. The waiver of notice or consent need not specify the purpose of the meeting. All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such director. Section 10. QUORUM. A majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as hereinafter provided. 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 of Directors, subject to the provisions of Section 310 of the Corporations Code of California (approval of contracts or transactions in which a director has a direct or indirect material financial interest), Section 311 (appointment of committees), and Section 317 (e) (indemnification of directors). 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 11. ADJOURNMENT. A majority of the directors present, whether or not constituting a quorum, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. Section 12. NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT. Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given, unless the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, in which case notice of such time and place shall be given prior to the time of the adjourned meeting, in the manner specified in Section 8 of this Article III, to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment. Section 13. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors. Such written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board. Section 14. FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services, and such reimbursement of expenses, as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise, and receiving compensation for such services. ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES Section 1. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the board. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board, shall have all the authority of the board, except with respect to: (a) the approval of any action which, under the General Corporation Law of California, also requires shareholders' approval or approval of the outstanding shares; (b) the filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors or in any committee; (c) the fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the board or on any committee; (d) the amendment or repeal of bylaws or the adoption of new bylaws; (e) the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board of Directors which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (f) a distribution to the shareholders of the corporation, except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board of Directors; or (g) the appointment of any other committees of the Board of Directors or the members thereof. Section 2. MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES. Meetings and action of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Article III of these bylaws, Sections 5 (place of meetings), 7 (regular meetings), 8 (special meetings and notice), 9 (dispensing with notice), 10 (quorum), 11 (adjournment), 12 (notice of adjournment) and 13 (action without meeting), with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board of Directors and its members, except that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors as well as the committee, special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board of Directors and notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The Board of Directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws. ARTICLE V OFFICERS Section 1. OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation shall be a President, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this Article V. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this Article V, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors, and each shall serve at the pleasure of the board, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment. Section 3. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS, ETC. The Board of Directors may appoint, and may empower the President to appoint, such other officers as the business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in the bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from tune to time determine. Section 4. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors, at any regular or special meeting thereof, or, except in case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. Any 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. Any such resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party. Section 5. VACANCIES IN OFFICES. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these bylaws for regular appointments to such office. Section 6. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the bylaws. If there is no President, the Chairman of the Board shall in addition be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 7 of this Article V. Section 7. PRESIDENT. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and the officers of the corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be none, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the bylaws. Section 8. VICE PRESIDENTS. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice Presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors or, if not ranked, a Vice President designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. The Vice Presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors or the bylaws, the President or the Chairman of the Board if there is no President. Section 9. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or such other place as the Board of Directors may order, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors, committees of directors and shareholders, 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 directors' and committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at shareholders' meetings, and the proceedings thereof. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or at the office of the corporation's transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all shareholders 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 shareholders and of the Board of Directors required by the bylaws or by law to be given, and he shall keep the seal of the corporation, if one be adopted, in safe custody, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the bylaws. Section 10. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The Chief Financial Officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings and shares. The books of account shall be open at all reasonable times 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 of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the President and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of his transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the bylaws. ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS The corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of California, indemnify each of its directors and officers against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact any such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation and shall advance to such director or officer expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding to the maximum extent permitted by such law. For purposes of this Article VI, a "director" or "officer" of the corporation includes any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, or other enterprise, or was a director or officer of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation. The Board of Directors may in its discretion provide by resolution for such indemnification of, or advance of expenses to, other agents of the corporation, and likewise may refuse to provide for such indemnification or advance of expenses except to the extent such indemnification is mandatory under the California General Corporation law. ARTICLE VII RECORDS AND REPORTS Section 1. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF SHARE REGISTER. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, if either be appointed and as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number and class of shares held by each shareholder. A shareholder or shareholders of the corporation holding at least five percent (5%) in the aggregate of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation may (i) inspect and copy the records of shareholders' names and addresses and shareholdings during usual business hours upon five (5) business days prior written demand upon the corporation, and/or (ii) obtain from the transfer agent of the corporation, upon written demand and upon the tender of such transfer agent's usual charges for such list, a list of the shareholders' names and addresses, who are entitled to vote for the election of directors, and their shareholdings, as of the most recent record date for which such list has been compiled or as of a date specified by the shareholder subsequent to the date of demand. Such list shall be made available to such shareholder or shareholders by the transfer agent on or before the later of five (5) business days after the demand is received or the date specified therein as the date as of which the list is to be compiled. The record of shareholders shall also be open to inspection upon the written demand of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, at any time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to such holder's interests as a shareholder or as the holder of a voting trust certificate. Any inspection and copying under this Section 1 may be made in person or by an agent or attorney of the shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate making such demand. Section 2. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF BYLAWS. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or if its principal executive office is not in the State of California at its principal business office in this state, the original or a copy of the bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours. If the principal executive office of the corporation is outside this state and the corporation has no principal business office in this state, the Secretary shall, upon the written request of any shareholder, furnish to such shareholder a copy of the bylaws as amended to date. Section 3. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF OTHER CORPORATE RECORDS. The accounting books and records and minutes of proceedings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors and any committee or committees of the Board of Directors shall be kept at such place or places designated by the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such designation, at the principal executive office of the corporation. The minutes shall be kept in written form and the accounting books and records shall be kept either in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form. Such minutes and accounting books and records shall be open to inspection upon the written demand of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, at any reasonable time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to such holder's interests as a shareholder or as the holder of a voting trust certificate. Such inspection may be made in person or by an agent or attorney, and shall include the right to copy and make extracts. The foregoing rights of inspection shall extend to the records of each subsidiary corporation of the corporation. Section 4. INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS. Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect all books, records and documents of every kind and the physical properties of the corporation and each of its subsidiary corporations. Such inspection by a director may be made in person or by agent or attorney and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts. Section 5. ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS. The annual report to shareholders referred to in Section 1501 of the General Corporation Law is expressly dispensed with, but nothing herein shall be interpreted as prohibiting the Board of Directors from issuing annual or other periodic reports to the shareholders of the corporations as they deem appropriate. Section 6. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. A copy of any annual financial statement and any income statement of the corporation for each quarterly period of each fiscal year, and any accompanying balance sheet of the corporation as of the end of each such period, that has been prepared by the corporation shall be kept on file in the principal executive office of the corporation for twelve (12) months and each such statement shall be exhibited at all reasonable times to any shareholder demanding an examination of any such statement or a copy shall be mailed to any such shareholder. If the corporation has not sent to the shareholders an annual report for the last fiscal year, a balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal year and an income statement and statement of changes in financial position for such fiscal year shall, upon the written request of any shareholder made more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of such fiscal year, be delivered or mailed to such shareholder within thirty (30) days after such request. If a shareholder or shareholders holding at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of any class of stock of the corporation make a written request to the corporation for an income statement of the corporation for the three-month, six-month or nine-month period of the current fiscal year ended more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the request, and a balance sheet of the corporation as of the end of such period, the Chief Financial Officer shall cause such statement to be prepared, if not already prepared, and shall deliver personally or mail such statement or statements to the person making the request within thirty (30) days after the receipt of such request. The corporation also shall, upon the written request of any shareholder, mail to the shareholder a copy of the last annual, semi-annual or quarterly income statement which it has prepared and a balance sheet as of the end of such period. The quarterly income statements and balance sheets referred to in this section shall be accompanied by the report thereon, if any, of any independent accountants engaged by the corporation or the certificate of an authorized officer of the corporation that such financial statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the corporation. Section 7. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF GENERAL INFORMATION. The corporation shall each year during the calendar month in which its articles of incorporation were originally filed with the California Secretary of State, or at any time during the immediately preceding five (5) calendar months, file with the Secretary of State of the State of California, on the prescribed form, a statement setting forth the names and complete business or residence addresses of all incumbent directors, the number of vacancies on the Board of Directors, if any, the names and complete business or residence addresses of the Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, the street address of its principal executive office or principal business office in this state and the general type of business constituting the principal business activity of the corporation, together with a designation of the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process, all in compliance with Section 1502 of the Corporations Code of California. ARTICLE VIII GENERAL CORPORATE MATTERS Section 1. RECORD DATE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN NOTICE AND VOTING. For purposes of determining the shareholders 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 other lawful action, (other than action by shareholders by written consent without a meeting) the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to any such action, and in such case only shareholders of record on the date so fixed are entitled to receive the dividend, distribution or allotment of rights or to exercise the rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date fixed as aforesaid, except as otherwise provided in the California General Corporation Law. If the Board of Directors does not so fix a record date, the record date for determining shareholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts the resolution relating thereto, or the sixtieth (60th) day prior to the date of such action, whichever is later. Section 2. CHECKS, DRAFTS, EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS. All checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner as, from time to time, shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Section 3. CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS; HOW EXECUTED. The Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; and, unless so authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or to any amount. Section 4. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES. A certificate or certificates for shares of the capital stock of the corporation shall be issued to each shareholder when any such shares are fully paid, and the Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of certificates or shares as partly paid provided that such certificates shall state the amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon. All certificates shall be signed in the name of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board or Vice Chairman of the Board or the President or Vice President and by the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by the shareholder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate 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. Section 5. LOST CERTIFICATES. Except as hereinafter in this Section 5 provided, no new certificates for shares shall be issued in lieu of an old certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the corporation and cancelled at the same time. The Board of Directors may in case any share certificate or certificate for any other security is lost, stolen or destroyed, authorize the issuance of a new certificate in lieu thereof, upon such terms and conditions as the board may require, including provision for indemnification of the corporation secured by a bond or other adequate security sufficient to protect the corporation against any claim that may be made against it, including any expense or liability, on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. Section 6. REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS. The Chairman of the Board, the President, or any Vice President, or any other person authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors by any of the foregoing designated officers, is authorized to vote on behalf of the corporation any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations, foreign or domestic, standing in the name of the corporation. The authority herein granted to said officers to vote or represent on behalf of the corporation any and all shares held by the corporation in any other corporation or corporations may be exercised by any such officer in person or by any person authorized to do so by proxy duly executed by said officer. ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS Section 1. AMENDMENT BY SHAREHOLDERS. New bylaws may be adopted or these bylaws may be amended or repealed by the vote or written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote; provided, however, that if the articles of incorporation of the corporation set forth the number of authorized directors of the corporation, the authorized number of directors may be changed only by an amendment of the articles of incorporation. Section 2. AMENDMENT BY DIRECTORS. Subject to the rights of the shareholders as provided in Section 1 of this Article IX, bylaws, other than a bylaw or an amendment thereof changing the authorized number of directors, may be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE X GENERAL Section 1. GOVERNING LAW. This corporation is organized under the provisions of the California General Corporation Law (Corporations Code Sections 100-2319) as in effect on the date of filing of its original articles of incorporation, namely March 21, 1997. Upon such filing the California Secretary of State assigned the following corporation number to this corporation: 2005293. The corporate affairs of this corporation shall be governed by and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the California General Corporation Law, as the same presently exist and are from time to time hereafter amended or superseded, except in those instances where the articles of incorporation or bylaws of this corporation, now or through amendment hereafter, may adopt alternative rules which are permissible under the California General Corporation Law. Any provision (or portion thereof) in these bylaws which is not permissible under the California General Corporation Law or is inconsistent with the articles of incorporation of this corporation (as they may from time to time be amended and supplemented) is void, but the balance of these bylaws shall nevertheless be valid and effective. Section 2. CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the California General Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term "person" includes both a corporation and a natural person. EX-4.4 5 f01698exv4w4.txt EXHIBIT 4.4 EXHIBIT 4.4 ================================================================================ FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF URS RESOURCES, LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 9, 2004 ================================================================================ FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT This First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of URS Resources, LLC (the "Company") is entered into as of September 9, 2004, by and among those persons listed as Members (the "Members") from time to time on Schedule I attached hereto. SECTION 1. NAME. The business of the Company shall be conducted under the name "URS Resources, LLC". SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Act" means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, Delaware Code Title 6, Sections 18-101 et seq., as amended from time to time. (b) "Agreement" means this First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. (c) "Alternates" has the meaning set forth in Section 13(c) of this Agreement. (d) "Business Purpose" has the meaning set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement. (e) "Capital Account" means, with respect to each Member, the account established on the books and records of the Company for such Member. Each Member's Capital Account shall initially equal the value of the capital account maintained with respect to such Member, or such Member's predecessor, on the books and records of the Company. During the term of the Company, each Member's Capital Account shall be (i) increased by the amount of (w) income and gain allocated to the Member and (x) any cash or property subsequently contributed by the Member to the Company, and (ii) decreased by the amount of (y) loss and deduction allocated to the Member and (z) all cash and property distributed to the Member, and shall otherwise be kept in accordance with applicable United States Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code. (f) "Capital Contribution" means the total amount of cash or other property contributed to the Company, or services rendered to the Company, by a Member without charge. Contributed property shall be valued at fair market value, net of any liabilities assumed to which the contributed property is subject. (g) "Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, modified or rescinded from time to time, or any similar provision of succeeding law. (h) "Company" has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement. (i) "Holdings" has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement. (j) "Holdings Alternate" has the meaning set forth in Section 13(c) of this Agreement. (k) "Holdings Representative" means any Person selected by Holdings to represent it on the Members Committee. (l) "IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor entity. (m) "Majority Interest" means more than 50% of all Membership Interests. (n) "Member" has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. (o) "Membership Interest" means the percentage interest in the Company of a Member as set forth opposite such Member's name on Schedule I attached to this Agreement as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. (p) "Members Committee" means the committee of Representatives described in Section 13 of this Agreement. (q) "Net Cash Flow" means for any period the amount, computed on a cash basis, equal to: (i) the sum of (A) gross receipts from business operations, all investment income and investment gain of the Company and all other cash received by the Company, all without double counting and (B) any amounts released from Reserves; decreased by (ii) the sum of (A) disbursements of the Company for operating expenses, expenditures for capital investments and reinvestments, principal payments on indebtedness, interest and other expenses, including any repayment of indebtedness required or elected to be made in connection with any refinancing, sale or other event, and (B) any increase in Reserves. (r) "1933 Act" has the meaning set forth in Section 22 of this Agreement. (s) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trust, estate or other enterprise or entity. (t) "Representative" means each of the Representatives of the Company designated from time to time by the Members in accordance with Section 13(c) of this Agreement. As used in this Agreement and for purposes of the Act, the term Representative shall have the same meaning and have such rights, powers and authorities of a "manager" as provided in the Act and as otherwise provided by law. 2. (u) "Reserves" means the reasonable reserves established and maintained from time to time in amounts reasonably determined by the Members Committee to be adequate and sufficient for current and future operating and working capital and to pay for taxes, insurance, service of indebtedness, amortization of indebtedness, repairs, replacements or renewals, management fees or other costs and expenses incident to the Company's business or otherwise to provide for the long-term goals of the Company or any other purpose, including reserves for unforeseen or contingent liabilities, debts or obligations. (v) "Secretary" means the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware. (w) "Tax Matters Member" has the meaning set forth in Section 21(d) of this Agreement. (x) "Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations, including any temporary regulations, from time to time promulgated under the Code. SECTION 3. BUSINESS PURPOSE OF THE COMPANY. The business purpose of the Company (the "Business Purpose") is to carry on any lawful business, purpose or activity, whether or not for profit, with the exception of the business of granting policies of insurance, or assuming insurance risks or banking as defined in Section 126 of Title 8 of the Code of Delaware. SECTION 4. TERM. The term of the Company shall continue until the date as of which the Company is dissolved in accordance with this Agreement or by law. SECTION 5. PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS. The principal place of business of the Company shall be located in or near San Francisco, California or at such other place or places as the Members Committee may from time to time determine. The business of the Company may also be conducted at such additional place or places as the Members Committee may designate; provided, however, that the Company shall not maintain an office or a principal place of business in any jurisdiction that would jeopardize the limitation on liability afforded to the Members under the Act or this Agreement and; provided, further, that the Members Committee shall take, or cause to be taken, all steps necessary to preserve the limited liability of the Members in connection with any such additional places of business. SECTION 6. REGISTERED OFFICE: REGISTERED AGENT. The registered office of the Company in Delaware shall be Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The Company's agent for service of process on the Company in Delaware shall be The Corporation Trust Company. The Members Committee may change, at any time and from time to time, the location of such registered office and/or such registered agent upon written notice of the change to the Members. 3. SECTION 7. MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; NO WITHDRAWAL OR RESIGNATION. (a) MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS. Each Member's Membership Interest as of the date hereof is set forth opposite such Member's name on Schedule I attached to this Agreement. (b) ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS; INTEREST. No Member shall be obligated to make any additional capital contribution. Upon any additional capital contribution made by any Member, the Membership Interests of the Members shall be adjusted accordingly and stated on an amendment to Schedule I attached to this Agreement. No Member has any obligation to restore a deficit balance in such Member's Capital Account or to make any contributions to the Company in order to restore such deficit balance. No Member shall be paid interest on its Capital Contribution. (c) LIABILITY FOR PROMISED CONTRIBUTIONS. A Member is obligated for agreements to make capital contributions, even if the Member is unable to perform because of bankruptcy, or any other reason. If a Member does not make the Member's agreed upon contribution of services or property, the Member is obligated, at the option of the Company, to contribute cash equal to the value of the agreed upon contribution. (d) WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION; RETURN OF CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION. No Member shall be entitled to withdraw or resign as a Member or to receive any part of such Member's Capital Contribution or any distribution from the Company in connection therewith. SECTION 8. DISTRIBUTIONS. Net Cash Flow shall be distributed among the Members in accordance with their respective Membership Interests from time to time as determined by a Majority Interest of the Members and the Members Committee. In the event the Company is subject to any tax or other obligation which is attributable to the interest of one or more Members in the Company, but fewer than all the Members, such tax or other obligation shall be specially allocated to, and charged against the Capital Account of, such Member or Members, and the amounts otherwise distributable to such Member or Members pursuant to this Agreement shall be reduced by such amount. SECTION 9. ALLOCATION OF INCOME AND LOSSES. (a) ALLOCATIONS. Items of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit and tax preference to be allocated among the Members shall be allocated in accordance with their respective Membership Interests; provided, however, such allocations shall be adjusted, if necessary, so as to have "substantial economic effect" as provided in Code Section 704(b) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. (b) CHANGE IN MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS. If there is a change in any Member's Membership Interest during any year, allocations among the Members shall be made in accordance with their Membership Interests in the Company from time to time during such year in accordance with Section 706 of the Code using the closing-of-the-books method, except that depreciation, amortization and similar items shall be deemed to accrue ratably on a daily basis 4. over the entire year during which the corresponding asset is owned by the Company for the entire year, and over the portion of a year after such asset is placed in service by the Company if such asset is placed in service during the year. (c) SPECIAL RULES. (i) If any Company asset has a book value different than its adjusted tax basis to the Company for federal income tax purposes (whether by reason of the contribution of such property to the Company, the revaluation of such property under this Agreement or otherwise), allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit and tax preference under this Section 9 with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted tax basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and its book value in any manner prescribed by Section 704(c) of the Code or the Treasury Regulations thereunder. (ii) Items of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit and tax preference for state and local income tax purpose shall be allocated to and among the Members in a manner consistent with the allocation of such items for federal income tax purposes in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 9. SECTION 10. WITHHOLDING. The Company is authorized to withhold from distributions to be made to a Member, or with respect to allocations to a Member, and to pay over to a federal, state or local government, any amounts required to be withheld pursuant to the Code or any provisions of any other federal, state or local law. Any amounts so withheld shall be treated as distributed to such Member pursuant to this Section 10 for all purposes of this Agreement and shall be offset against the net amounts otherwise distributable to such Member. The Company may also withhold from distributions that would otherwise be made to a Member, and apply to the obligations of such Member, any amounts that such Member owes to the Company. In addition, any tax imposed upon the Company resulting from the Membership Interest of any Member shall be treated as a distribution to such Member and shall reduce future distributions of Net Cash Flow to such Member. SECTION 11. BOOKS, RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING. (a) BOOKS AND RECORDS. The Company shall maintain complete and accurate books and records of the Company's business and affairs. The financial records shall be kept in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. The books and records shall be maintained at the principal place of business of the Company and shall be accessible to the Members in accordance with the Act. (b) FISCAL YEAR; ACCOUNTING. The Company's fiscal year shall be determined by the Members Committee. The accounting methods and principles to be followed by the Company shall be selected from time to time by the Members Committee. (c) REPORTS. The Company shall provide to the Members reports concerning the financial condition and results of operation of the Company and the Members' Capital Accounts within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year. 5. SECTION 12. COMPANY FUNDS. The funds of the Company shall be deposited in such bank or other financial institution account or accounts, or invested in such interest-bearing or non-interest-bearing investments, as shall be designated by the Members Committee. All withdrawals from any such bank accounts shall be made only by the Members Committee or by individuals duly appointed by the Members Committee. SECTION 13. MANAGEMENT. (a) MEMBERS COMMITTEE. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Members Committee solely and exclusively to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, and, subject to Section 15, all decisions regarding the business and affairs of the Company shall be made by the Members Committee. Except as provided in this Agreement, each Representative shall have all the rights and powers of a Representative as provided in the Act and as otherwise provided by law, and any action taken by a Representative in the manner provided for in this Agreement shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Company. The Members Committee may delegate its authorities and responsibilities for management of the business affairs of the Company to third parties, but such delegation shall not relieve the Members Committee of any of its obligations under this Agreement. In furtherance of this right of delegation, the Members Committee may appoint and authorize officers of the Company to act on behalf of the Company with such power and authority as the Members Committee may delegate in writing to such officer. Subject to Section 15, the Members Committee is hereby granted (i) the right, power and authority to do on behalf of the Company all things which, in its judgment, are necessary, proper or desirable to carry out the aforementioned duties and responsibilities, including but not limited to the right, power and authority from time to time to incur Company expenses; to employ and dismiss from employment any and all employees, agents, independent contractors, attorneys and accountants; to establish employee benefits plans; to enter into leases for real or personal property; to purchase equipment; and to manage all other aspects of running the business of the Company all in accordance with any authorization policy adopted by the Members Committee; and (ii) such other rights, powers and authorities of a Members Committee as provided in the Act and as otherwise provided by law. (b) NO MANAGEMENT BY MEMBERS. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Member shall take part in the day-to-day management, or the operation or control of the business and affairs of the Company. Except as expressly delegated by the Members Committee, no Member shall be an agent of the Company or have any right, power or authority to transact any business in the name of the Company or to act for or on behalf of the Company. (c) NUMBER, QUALIFICATION AND TENURE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Members Committee shall be established from time to time by resolution of the Members Committee, and shall be comprised of Member Representatives. As of the date hereof, the Members Committee shall consist entirely of Holdings Representatives. The composition of the Members Committee shall as closely as possible reflect the Member's respective Membership Interest at that time. The Chairman of the Members Committee shall be established from time to time by resolution of the Members Committee. Any Representative shall continue to serve in such capacity until the Member appointing such Representative has notified the other Members in writing of his or her 6. replacement. Any Member may, by written notice to the other Members, designate a person to serve as an alternate for each such Member's Representative (each alternate being referred to in this Agreement as an "Alternate" and, collectively, as the "Alternates"), and such Alternate shall be entitled, in the absence of such Member's Representative, to attend meetings, to have such Alternate's presence counted for purposes of establishing a quorum and to vote on behalf of such Member's Representative at any meeting of the Members Committee. Each Member, in dealing with other Member's Representatives or Alternates shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon the power and authority of such Representatives or Alternates to bind its Member with respect to all matters unless and until it receives notice to the contrary in writing from such Member. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Representative and Alternate shall be deemed the agent of the Member which appointed such Person a Representative or Alternate, and such Representative or Alternate shall not be deemed an agent or a sub-agent of the Company or the other Members and shall have no duty (fiduciary or otherwise) to the Company or the other Members. Each Member, by execution of this Agreement, agrees to, consents to, and acknowledges the delegation of powers and authority to such Representatives and Alternates, and the actions and decisions of such Representatives and Alternates within the scope of their respective authority as provided in this Agreement. (d) MEETINGS. Meetings shall be held at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Members Committee. Meetings of the Members Committee may be held by conference telephone or other means of communication by means of which all participants can hear and speak to each other. Participation in such meeting in such manner shall constitute attendance and presence in person at the meeting of the person or persons so participating. No notice of the regular annual meeting need be given. Special meetings of the Members Committee may be called by the Chairman of the Members Committee or by any Member on at least one business day's notice to the other Member. The requested notice may be expressly waived by any Representative, and attendance by any Representative or Alternate at any meeting of the Members Committee shall constitute an effective waiver of any required prior notice to the Member represented by such Representative or Alternate of such meeting, unless such attendee declares at the onset of such meeting that such attendee's attendance at such meeting is solely for the purpose of contesting the validity of any required notice for the meeting. The Chairman of the Members Committee shall, (i) with reasonable advance notice (which in the case of regular meetings shall not be less than five days), prepare and distribute an agenda for each meeting of the Members Committee, (ii) organize and conduct such meeting and (iii) prepare and distribute minutes of such meeting. Any Member may propose in advance topics for the agenda or raise topics which are not on the agenda for such meeting. Each Representative or Alternate of any Member may bring one or more other advisors to any meeting; provided, that such advisors shall not have the right to vote on any matter brought before the Members Committee; and provided further, that the Holdings Representatives or Alternates shall have the right to call executive sessions of the Members Committee and to exclude any Person not a Representative or Alternate from such executive session. (e) QUORUM AND VOTING A quorum of the Members Committee shall be comprised of a majority of Representatives or Alternates (or any combination thereof) of the full Members Committee as constituted pursuant to Section 13(a) of this Agreement. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Members Committee at a meeting at which a quorum is present being entitled to vote at any such meeting must be obtained in connection with the decision of any matter being 7. considered by the Members Committee. If a quorum is not present, the Representatives and Alternates present may adjourn the meeting without notice, other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. (f) COMMITTEES. The Members Committee may appoint from among its members an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and other committees, composed of two or more Representatives, to serve at the pleasure of the Members Committee. Except as expressly limited by applicable law or this Agreement, each such committee shall exercise such powers and authority as the Members Committee may determine and specify in a writing, or any amendment thereto, designating such committee. Unless otherwise specified in the writing designating the committee, a majority of the members of such committee may elect its Chairman, fix its rules of procedure, fix the time and place of meetings and specify what notice of meetings, if any, shall be given. Written records of the proceedings of any committee shall be maintained and furnished to the Members Committee. (g) ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Members Committee, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if the Members Committee, or committee thereof, executes one or more identical written consents, setting forth the action to be taken, signed by at least a majority of the Representatives (in connection with Members Committee action) or by at least a majority of the members of any committee (with respect to action by other committees), provided that such consent or consents are obtained from at least one Holdings Representative or Holdings Alternate and, provided futher that prompt notice of the taking of any action under this subsection by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those Representatives or committee members who did not consent in writing to the action. (h) COMPENSATION. The Members Committee shall not receive any compensation, but shall be reimbursed by the Company for reasonable expenses associated with attendance at meetings. (i) RULES OF PROCEDURE. The Members Committee may from time to time adopt detailed rules and procedures not inconsistent with this Agreement for the management of the business of the Company. (j) RIGHT TO RELY ON AUTHORITY OF THE REPRESENTATIVES. Any action taken by the Representatives in their capacity as such, acting on behalf of the Company pursuant to the authority conferred on them in this Agreement, shall be binding on the Company. In no event shall any Person dealing with the Representatives with respect to the conduct of the affairs of the Company be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with, or be obligated to inquire into the necessity or expediency of any act or action of the Representatives. Every contract, agreement, promissory note or other instrument or document executed by a Representative with respect to any property of the Company or the conduct of its affairs, in his/her capacity as a Representative acting on behalf of the Company pursuant to the authority conferred on him/her in this Agreement, shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming under this Agreement that (i) at the time of the execution and/or delivery of such instrument or document, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (ii) such instrument or document was duly executed in accordance with the terms and 8. provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Company, and (iii) the Representative was duly authorized and empowered to execute and deliver any and every such instrument or document for and on behalf of the Company. Nothing set forth in this subsection shall be construed as relieving the Representatives from liability to the Company or the Members for breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement, or for acting or failing to act in such manner as constitutes an exception from indemnification provisions contained in Section 16. (k) RESPONSIBILITY OF MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES. No Member or Representative (or their Affiliates) shall have any fiduciary or other duty or responsibility to the Company, or to any other Member or Representative (or their Affiliates), except as expressly provided in this Agreement or for acts or omissions that constitute willful misconduct or constitute an intentional criminal act. No Representative or Alternate shall be liable to the Company or any Member or other Representative or Alternate (or their Affiliates) because of a decision by the Members Committee to have the Company engage in, or not engage in, a particular business, activity or project. SECTION 14. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS. (a) MEETINGS OF MEMBERS. Meetings of Members for any proper purpose may be called at any time by any Member or Members whose Membership Interest(s) equal or exceed 50% or by the Members Committee. Members may participate in any meeting through the use of telephones, video conference or similar communications equipment by means of which all individuals participating in the meeting can hear and speak to each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. The Company shall give written notice of the date, time, place and purpose of any meeting to all Members at least ten days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be waived by any Member. (b) CONSENT OF MEMBERS. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of Members may be taken by execution of one or more identical written consents without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote. The written consent shall set forth the action so taken and shall be signed by Members 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 Members entitled to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the taking of action by written consent shall be given to all Members who did not sign the written consent. SECTION 15. VOTING. (a) MEMBERS. The affirmative vote or written consent of a Majority Interest shall decide all matters properly brought before the Members. (b) VOTING. A Member may vote either in person or by written proxy or consent signed by the Member or by its duly authorized attorney in fact. (c) ACTIONS REQUIRING MEMBER APPROVAL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the affirmative vote or written consent of Members whose Membership Interest(s) exceed 50% shall be required to approve the following matters: 9. (i) The dissolution or winding up of the Company; (ii) The merger or consolidation of the Company; (iii) The sale, exchange, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, lease or other disposition or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; (iv) The declaration of any payment or distributions; and (v) Amendments to this Agreement. SECTION 16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION. (a) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Member or Representative shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member or Representative. (b) INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware, any Person who was or is a defendant or is threatened to be made a defendant to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such Person (i) is or was a Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or (ii) is or was a Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent of the Company and is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Member, Representative, Alternate, director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that the commission or omission which formed the basis of such action, suit or proceeding does not constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct or constitute an intentional criminal act on the part of such Person. Any repeal, amendment or modification of this Section 16 shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing between the Company and any then incumbent or former Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent with respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any action, suit or proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought based in whole or in part upon such state of facts. (c) EXPENSES. Expenses incurred by any current or former Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent in defending or investigating a threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it ultimately shall be determined that the Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in this Section 16. (d) NOT EXCLUSIVE. The indemnification and advancement of expenses mandated or permitted by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 16 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other 10. rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, contract, vote of Members or disinterested Representatives (or Alternates) or pursuant to the direction (howsoever embodied) of any court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise both as to action by the Person in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The provisions of this Section 16 shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any Person who is not specified in subsections (b) and (c) above, but whom the Company has the power or obligation to indemnify under the laws of the State of Delaware or otherwise. (e) INSURANCE. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was a Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Member, Representative, Alternate, director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against and incurred by such Person in any such capacity, or arising out of the Person's status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such Person of the Company against such liability under the provisions of this Section 16. (f) CONTINUATION. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 16 shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to be a Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such Person. SECTION 17. ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS AND NEW MEMBERS. (a) ASSIGNMENT. A Membership Interest shall not be assignable in whole or in part, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. An assignment of a Membership Interest shall not entitle the assignee to become or to exercise any rights or powers of a Member until such assignee is admitted as a Member in accordance with this Agreement. An assignment shall entitle the assignee only to receive such distributions, to share in such profits and to receive such allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit, tax preference and similar items to which the assignor was entitled to the extent assigned. (b) LIMITATIONS ON ASSIGNMENT. No Member may assign any Membership Interest (or any portion thereof or interest therein), and no Person shall become a Member, unless in the opinion of counsel selected by or acceptable to the Members Committee, such action will not subject the Company to federal income taxation as an association taxable as a corporation or violate applicable state or federal securities laws. Any attempted action in contravention of this Section 17(b) shall be void and of no force or effect. The Company may redeem the Membership Interest of any Member upon the written consent of all Members, which consent may be granted or withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of each Member whose consent is required hereby, and if there would be only one Member remaining, then, in the sole discretion of the one Member remaining, upon the admission of one or more additional Members. (c) NEW MEMBERS. A Person, including, without limitation, an assignee of a Membership Interest, shall be admitted as a Member only upon (i) the written consent of all other Members, which consent may be granted or withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of 11. each Member whose consent is required by this Agreement and (ii) the execution by such Person of this Agreement. Until the assignee of a Membership Interest is admitted as a Member, the assignor, subject to the last sentence of Section 17(a), shall continue to be a Member. SECTION 18. DISSOLUTION. The Company shall be dissolved and terminated upon the happening of first to occur of any of the following events: (a) The expiration of the term of the Company; (b) The approval or written consent of a Majority Interest of the Members for the dissolution or winding up of the Company; (c) The bankruptcy (as defined in Section 18-304 of the Act) of any Member, unless within 90 days of such occurrence the Company is continued by the written consent of a majority of the other Membership Interests, which consent may be granted or withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of each Member whose consent is required hereby, and if there is only one Member remaining, the admission of one or more additional Members. The Company shall automatically continue without any action on the part of the Members upon the withdrawal, resignation, expulsion, bankruptcy (as defined in Section 18-304 of the Act) or dissolution of a Member or other event which terminates the continued membership of a Member until the Company is otherwise dissolved and terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and (d) Judicial dissolution pursuant to the Act. SECTION 19. WINDING UP AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. (a) WINDING UP. If the Company is dissolved, the Members Committee shall wind up the affairs of the Company. (b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. Upon the winding up of the Company, the Members Committee shall pay or make reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations of the Company, including all costs and expenses of the liquidation and all contingent, conditional, or unmatured claims and obligations that are known to the Members Committee but for which the identity of the claimant is unknown. If there are sufficient assets, such claims and obligations shall be paid in full and any such provision shall be made in full. If there are insufficient assets, such claims and obligations shall be paid or provided for according to their priority and, among claims and obligations of equal priority, ratably to the extent of assets available therefor. Any remaining assets shall be distributed as follows: (i) First, to creditors, including Members in their capacities as creditors, in the order of priority as provided by law; and (ii) Second, to Members in accordance with their respective positive Capital Accounts, after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all periods. 12. SECTION 20. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. No Member shall be required to act under this Agreement as its sole and exclusive business activity and any Member may have other business interests and engage in other activities in addition to those relating to the Company. Neither the Company nor any Member shall have any right by virtue of this Agreement in or to any other interests or activities of the others or to the income or proceeds derived therefrom. A Member may transact business with the Company and, subject to applicable laws, has the same rights and obligations with respect thereto as any other Person. No transaction between a Member and the Company shall be voidable solely because a Member has a direct or indirect interest in the transaction if either the transaction is fair and reasonable to the Company or the percentage or number of disinterested Members as required under this Agreement, or applicable law, authorize, approve or ratify the transaction. SECTION 21. TAXATION. (a) STATUS OF THE COMPANY. The Members acknowledge that this Agreement creates a partnership for federal and state income tax purposes (and only for such purposes), and hereby agree not to elect to be excluded from the application of Subchapter K of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code or any similar state statute. (b) TAX ELECTIONS. The Members Committee shall, upon the written request of any Member benefited thereby, cause the Company to file an election under Section 754 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder to adjust the basis of the Company assets under Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code and a corresponding election under the applicable sections of state and local law. The Members Committee shall have the authority to make all other Company elections permitted under the Code, including elections of methods of depreciation; provided, however, that no election shall be made pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701.3(c) to cause the Company to be treated for federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation without the prior written consent of all Members. (c) COMPANY TAX RETURNS. The Members Committee shall cause the necessary federal income and other tax returns and information returns for the Company to be prepared. Each Member shall provide such information, if any, as may be needed by the Company for purposes of preparing such tax returns and information returns. The Members Committee shall deliver to each Member within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year a copy of the federal income tax returns for the Company as filed with the appropriate taxing authorities, and upon the written request of any Member, a copy of any state and local income tax return as filed. (d) TAX AUDITS. (i) Holdings shall be the Company's tax matters Member (the "Tax Matters Member") with respect to federal income tax audits. If at any time the Tax Matters Member cannot or elects not to serve as the Tax Matters Member, is removed by the Members as the Tax Matters Member or ceases to be a Member, a Majority Interest shall select another Member to be the Tax Matters Member. The Tax Matters Member, as an authorized representative of the Company, shall direct the defense of any claims made by the IRS to the extent that such claims 13. relate to the adjustment of Company items at the Company level. The Tax Matters Member shall promptly deliver to each Member a copy of any notice of beginning of administrative proceedings or any report explaining the reasons for a proposed adjustment received from the IRS relating to or potentially resulting in an adjustment of Company items. The Tax Matters Member shall, unless a Majority Interest consents to the contrary, diligently and in good faith contest any proposed adjustment of a Company item that principally affects the Members at the administrative and judicial levels, including, if appropriate or if requested by a Majority Interest, appealing any adverse judicial decision, and shall consider in good faith any suggestions made by any Member or its counsel regarding the conduct of such administrative or judicial proceedings. The Tax Matters Member shall keep each Member advised of all material developments with respect to any proposed adjustment that come to its attention, including, without limitation, the scheduling of all conferences and substantive telephone calls with the IRS. Each Member shall be entitled, at its own expense, to attend all meetings with the IRS and to review in advance any material written information (including, without limitation, any pleadings, memoranda or similar items) to be submitted to the IRS. Without first obtaining the consent of a Majority Interest, the Tax Matters Member shall not, with respect to any proposed adjustment of a Company item that materially and adversely affects any Member, (A) enter into a settlement agreement that purports to bind Members other than the Tax Matters Member (including, without limitation, any stipulation consenting to an entry of decision by any tax court), or (B) enter into an agreement or stipulation extending the statute of limitations. (i) The Company shall promptly deliver to each Member a copy of all notices, communications, reports or writings of any kind with respect to income or similar taxes received from any state or local taxing authority relating to the Company that might materially and adversely affect each Member, and shall keep such Members advised of all material developments with respect to any proposed adjustment of Company items that come to its attention. (iii) Each Member shall continue to have the rights described in this Section 21(d) with respect to tax matters relating to any period during which it was a Member, whether or not it is a Member at the time of the tax audit or contest. SECTION 22. NOT A PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIP. All interests in the Company have been or will be issued in a transaction or transactions that were not required to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"), and to the extent such offerings or sales were not required to be registered under the 1933 Act by reason of Regulation S (17 CFR 230.901 through 230.904) or any successor thereto, such offerings or sales would not have been required to be registered under the 1933 Act if the interests so offered or sold had been offered and sold within the United States. No admission (or purported admission) of a Member, and no transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Member's interest in the Company (or any economic interest therein) in the Company, whether to another Member or to a person who is not a Member, shall be effective, and any such admission or transfer (or purported admission or transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Member if after such admission or transfer (or purported admission or transfer) the Company would have more than 100 Members. 14. For purposes of determining whether the Company will have more than 100 Members, each person indirectly owning an interest in the Company through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity a "flow-through entity") shall be treated as a Member unless the Members Committee determines in its sole and absolute discretion that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner's interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity's interest (direct or indirect) in the Company. SECTION 23. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and any controversies, claims or arbitration under this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law rules. (b) BINDING EFFECT. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their legal representatives, heirs, administrators, executors, successors and assigns. (c) PRONOUNS AND NUMBER. Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or the plural shall include the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in either the masculine, the feminine or the neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter. (d) CAPTIONS. Captions or section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way define, limit or extend the scope or intent of this Agreement or any provision of this Agreement. (e) ENFORCEABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of the provision to any Person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of that provision to Persons or circumstances other than those with respect to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. (f) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. (g) NOTICES. Any notices permitted or required under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person, by courier, by facsimile or three days after being deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to the President of the Company at the Company's principal place of business and to the President of any Member at such Member's address reflected on the books and records of the Company. (h) ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters set forth in the Agreement and supersedes all prior understandings or agreements between the parties with respect to such matters. This Agreement, including all Schedules, may only be amended, modified or supplemented by written agreement of all parties to this Agreement. 15. (i) SINGLE MEMBER LLC. Each of the undersigned acknowledges and agrees that, so long as the Company has less than two (2) Members, certain provisions of this Agreement may be inapplicable in light of the fact that the Company may be disregarded as an entity for federal and state income tax purposes (as determined in good faith by the Members in agreement with the sole Member). In such event and notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any such inapplicable provision shall be construed and adhered to in a manner and to the fullest extent that the intent of such provision may be carried out in the context of a single member limited liability company (as determined in good faith by the sole Member). (j) FURTHER ASSURANCES. The Members shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts and things as may be required to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement. Each Member shall execute all such certificates and other documents and shall do all such filing, recording, publishing, and other acts as the Members Committee deems appropriate to comply with the requirements of law for the formation and operation of the Company and to comply with any laws, rules, and regulations relating to the acquisition, operation, or holding of the property of the Company. (k) THIRD PARTIES. Except as provided in Section 16 (Indemnification), nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give any Person other than a Member or the Company any legal or beneficial or other equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, any covenant, condition, provision or agreement contained in this Agreement or the property of Company. (l) FACSIMILE SIGNATURES. The facsimile signature of any Representative or Member may be used at all times and for all purposes in place of an original signature. (m) RELIANCE UPON BOOKS, REPORTS AND RECORDS. Unless he has knowledge concerning the matter in question which makes his reliance unwarranted, each Representative and Member shall, in the performance of his duties under this Agreement, be entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports or statements, including, without limitation, financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by one or more employees of the Company or by legal counsel, accountants or other Persons as to matters such Representative or Member reasonably believes to be within such Person's professional or expert competence. (n) TIME PERIODS. In applying any provision of this Agreement which requires that an act be done in or not done in a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included. (o) WAIVER. No failure by any Representative or Member to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition. 16. The undersigned Members have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above. URS HOLDINGS, INC. By: /s/ URS Holdings, Inc. ----------------------- 17. TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE ---- SECTION 1. NAME................................................................................ 1 SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS......................................................................... 1 SECTION 3. BUSINESS PURPOSE OF THE COMPANY..................................................... 3 SECTION 4. TERM................................................................................ 3 SECTION 5. PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS......................................................... 3 SECTION 6. REGISTERED OFFICE: REGISTERED AGENT................................................. 3 SECTION 7. MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; NO WITHDRAWAL OR RESIGNATION........... 4 SECTION 8. DISTRIBUTIONS....................................................................... 4 SECTION 10. WITHHOLDING......................................................................... 5 SECTION 11. BOOKS, RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING....................................................... 5 SECTION 12. COMPANY FUNDS....................................................................... 6 SECTION 13. MANAGEMENT.......................................................................... 6 SECTION 14. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS................................................................. 9 SECTION 15. VOTING.............................................................................. 9 SECTION 16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION......................................... 10 SECTION 17. ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS AND NEW MEMBERS.................................. 11 SECTION 18. DISSOLUTION......................................................................... 12 SECTION 19. WINDING UP AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS............................................... 12 SECTION 20. CONFLICT OF INTEREST................................................................ 13 SECTION 21. TAXATION............................................................................ 13 SECTION 22. NOT A PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIP................................................... 14 SECTION 23. MISCELLANEOUS....................................................................... 15 SCHEDULE I MEMBERS
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EX-4.5 6 f01698exv4w5.txt EXHIBIT 4.5 EXHIBIT 4.5 ================================================================================ THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF RADIAN INTERNATIONAL LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 9, 2004 ================================================================================ THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT This Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Agreement of Radian International LLC (the "Company") is entered into as of September 9, 2004, by and among those persons listed as Members (the "Members") from time to time on Schedule I attached hereto. SECTION 1. RESTATEMENT OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT. The Members agree that the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of April 15, 2002, is hereby replaced in its entirety by this Agreement as September 9, 2004. SECTION 2. NAME. The business of the Company shall be conducted under the name "Radian International LLC". SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Act" means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, Delaware Code Title 6, Sections 18-101 et seq., as amended from time to time. (b) "Agreement" means this Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. (c) "Alternates" has the meaning set forth in Section 14(c) of this Agreement. (d) "Business Purpose" has the meaning set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement. (e) "Capital Account" means, with respect to each Member, the account established on the books and records of the Company for such Member. Each Member's Capital Account shall initially equal the value of the capital account maintained with respect to such Member, or such Member's predecessor, on the books and records of the Company. During the term of the Company, each Member's Capital Account shall be (i) increased by the amount of (w) income and gain allocated to the Member and (x) any cash or property subsequently contributed by the Member to the Company, and (ii) decreased by the amount of (y) loss and deduction allocated to the Member and (z) all cash and property distributed to the Member, and shall otherwise be kept in accordance with applicable United States Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code. (f) "Capital Contribution" means the total amount of cash or other property contributed to the Company, or services rendered to the Company, by a Member without charge. Contributed property shall be valued at fair market value, net of any liabilities assumed to which the contributed property is subject. (g) "Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, modified or rescinded from time to time, or any similar provision of succeeding law. (h) "Company" has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement. (i) "CRI" has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. (j) "CRI Alternate" has the meaning set forth in Section 14(c) of this Agreement. (k) "CRI Representative" means any Person selected by CRI to represent it on the Members Committee. (l) "DEI" has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. (m) "IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor entity. (n) "Majority Interest" means more than 50% of all Membership Interests. (o) "Member" has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. (p) "Membership Interest" means the percentage interest in the Company of a Member as set forth opposite such Member's name on Schedule I attached to this Agreement as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. (q) "Members Committee" means the committee of Representatives described in Section 14 of this Agreement. (r) "Net Cash Flow" means for any period the amount, computed on a cash basis, equal to: (i) the sum of (A) gross receipts from business operations, all investment income and investment gain of the Company and all other cash received by the Company, all without double counting and (B) any amounts released from Reserves; decreased by (ii) the sum of (A) disbursements of the Company for operating expenses, expenditures for capital investments and reinvestments, principal payments on indebtedness, interest and other expenses, including any repayment of indebtedness required or elected to be made in connection with any refinancing, sale or other event, and (B) any increase in Reserves. (s) "1933 Act" has the meaning set forth in Section 23 of this Agreement. (t) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trust, estate or other enterprise or entity. 2. (u) "Representative" means each of the Representatives of the Company designated from time to time by the Members in accordance with Section 14(c) of this Agreement. As used in this Agreement and for purposes of the Act, the term Representative shall have the same meaning and have such rights, powers and authorities of a "manager" as provided in the Act and as otherwise provided by law. (v) "Reserves" means the reasonable reserves established and maintained from time to time in amounts reasonably determined by the Members Committee to be adequate and sufficient for current and future operating and working capital and to pay for taxes, insurance, service of indebtedness, amortization of indebtedness, repairs, replacements or renewals, management fees or other costs and expenses incident to the Company's business or otherwise to provide for the long-term goals of the Company or any other purpose, including reserves for unforeseen or contingent liabilities, debts or obligations. (w) "Secretary" means the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware. (x) "Tax Matters Member" has the meaning set forth in Section 22(d) of this Agreement. (y) "TCM" has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. (z) "Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations, including any temporary regulations, from time to time promulgated under the Code. SECTION 4. BUSINESS PURPOSE OF THE COMPANY. The business purpose of the Company (the "Business Purpose") is to carry on any lawful business, purpose or activity, whether or not for profit, with the exception of the business of granting policies of insurance, or assuming insurance risks or banking as defined in Section 126 of Title 8 of the Code of Delaware. SECTION 5. TERM. The term of the Company shall continue until the earlier of (a) June 30, 2076, or (b) the date as of which the Company is dissolved in accordance with this Agreement or by law. SECTION 6. PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS. The principal place of business of the Company shall be located in or near San Francisco, California or at such other place or places as the Members Committee may from time to time determine. The business of the Company may also be conducted at such additional place or places as the Members Committee may designate; provided, however, that the Company shall not maintain an office or a principal place of business in any jurisdiction that would jeopardize the limitation on liability afforded to the Members under the Act or this Agreement and; provided, further, that the Members Committee shall take, or cause to be taken, all steps necessary to preserve the limited liability of the Members in connection with any such additional places of business. 3. SECTION 7. REGISTERED OFFICE: REGISTERED AGENT. The registered office of the Company in Delaware shall be Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The Company's agent for service of process on the Company in Delaware shall be The Corporation Trust Company. The Members Committee may change, at any time and from time to time, the location of such registered office and/or such registered agent upon written notice of the change to the Members. SECTION 8. MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; NO WITHDRAWAL OR RESIGNATION. (a) MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS. Each Member's Membership Interest as of the date hereof is set forth opposite such Member's name on Schedule I attached to this Agreement. (b) ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS; INTEREST. No Member shall be obligated to make any additional capital contribution. Upon any additional capital contribution made by any Member, the Membership Interests of the Members shall be adjusted accordingly and stated on an amendment to Schedule I attached to this Agreement. No Member has any obligation to restore a deficit balance in such Member's Capital Account or to make any contributions to the Company in order to restore such deficit balance. No Member shall be paid interest on its Capital Contribution. (c) LIABILITY FOR PROMISED CONTRIBUTIONS. A Member is obligated for agreements to make capital contributions, even if the Member is unable to perform because of bankruptcy, or any other reason. If a Member does not make the Member's agreed upon contribution of services or property, the Member is obligated, at the option of the Company, to contribute cash equal to the value of the agreed upon contribution. (d) WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION; RETURN OF CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION. No Member shall be entitled to withdraw or resign as a Member or to receive any part of such Member's Capital Contribution or any distribution from the Company in connection therewith. SECTION 9. DISTRIBUTIONS. Net Cash Flow shall be distributed among the Members in accordance with their respective Membership Interests from time to time as determined by a Majority Interest of the Members and the Members Committee. In the event the Company is subject to any tax or other obligation which is attributable to the interest of one or more Members in the Company, but fewer than all the Members, such tax or other obligation shall be specially allocated to, and charged against the Capital Account of, such Member or Members, and the amounts otherwise distributable to such Member or Members pursuant to this Agreement shall be reduced by such amount. SECTION 10. ALLOCATION OF INCOME AND LOSSES. (a) ALLOCATIONS. Items of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit and tax preference to be allocated among the Members shall be allocated in accordance with their respective Membership Interests; provided, however, such allocations shall be adjusted, if necessary, so as 4. to have "substantial economic effect" as provided in Code Section 704(b) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. (b) CHANGE IN MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS. If there is a change in any Member's Membership Interest during any year, allocations among the Members shall be made in accordance with their Membership Interests in the Company from time to time during such year in accordance with Section 706 of the Code using the closing-of-the-books method, except that depreciation, amortization and similar items shall be deemed to accrue ratably on a daily basis over the entire year during which the corresponding asset is owned by the Company for the entire year, and over the portion of a year after such asset is placed in service by the Company if such asset is placed in service during the year. (c) SPECIAL RULES. (i) If any Company asset has a book value different than its adjusted tax basis to the Company for federal income tax purposes (whether by reason of the contribution of such property to the Company, the revaluation of such property under this Agreement or otherwise), allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit and tax preference under this Section 10 with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted tax basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and its book value in any manner prescribed by Section 704(c) of the Code or the Treasury Regulations thereunder. (ii) Items of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit and tax preference for state and local income tax purpose shall be allocated to and among the Members in a manner consistent with the allocation of such items for federal income tax purposes in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 10. SECTION 11. WITHHOLDING. The Company is authorized to withhold from distributions to be made to a Member, or with respect to allocations to a Member, and to pay over to a federal, state or local government, any amounts required to be withheld pursuant to the Code or any provisions of any other federal, state or local law. Any amounts so withheld shall be treated as distributed to such Member pursuant to this Section 11 for all purposes of this Agreement and shall be offset against the net amounts otherwise distributable to such Member. The Company may also withhold from distributions that would otherwise be made to a Member, and apply to the obligations of such Member, any amounts that such Member owes to the Company. In addition, any tax imposed upon the Company resulting from the Membership Interest of any Member shall be treated as a distribution to such Member and shall reduce future distributions of Net Cash Flow to such Member. SECTION 12. BOOKS, RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING. (a) BOOKS AND RECORDS. The Company shall maintain complete and accurate books and records of the Company's business and affairs. The financial records shall be kept in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. The books and records shall be maintained at the principal place of business of the Company and shall be accessible to the Members in accordance with the Act. 5. (b) FISCAL YEAR; ACCOUNTING. . The Company's fiscal year shall be determined by the Members Committee. The accounting methods and principles to be followed by the Company shall be selected from time to time by the Members Committee. (c) REPORTS. The Company shall provide to the Members reports concerning the financial condition and results of operation of the Company and the Members' Capital Accounts within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year. SECTION 13. COMPANY FUNDS. The funds of the Company shall be deposited in such bank or other financial institution account or accounts, or invested in such interest-bearing or non-interest-bearing investments, as shall be designated by the Members Committee. All withdrawals from any such bank accounts shall be made only by the Members Committee or by individuals duly appointed by the Members Committee. SECTION 14. MANAGEMENT. (a) MEMBERS COMMITTEE. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Members Committee solely and exclusively to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, and, subject to Section 16, all decisions regarding the business and affairs of the Company shall be made by the Members Committee. Except as provided in this Agreement, each Representative shall have all the rights and powers of a Representative as provided in the Act and as otherwise provided by law, and any action taken by a Representative in the manner provided for in this Agreement shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Company. The Members Committee may delegate its authorities and responsibilities for management of the business affairs of the Company to third parties, but such delegation shall not relieve the Members Committee of any of its obligations under this Agreement. In furtherance of this right of delegation, the Members Committee may appoint and authorize officers of the Company to act on behalf of the Company with such power and authority as the Members Committee may delegate in writing to such officer. Subject to Section 16, the Members Committee is hereby granted (i) the right, power and authority to do on behalf of the Company all things which, in its judgment, are necessary, proper or desirable to carry out the aforementioned duties and responsibilities, including but not limited to the right, power and authority from time to time to incur Company expenses; to employ and dismiss from employment any and all employees, agents, independent contractors, attorneys and accountants; to establish employee benefits plans; to enter into leases for real or personal property; to purchase equipment; and to manage all other aspects of running the business of the Company all in accordance with any authorization policy adopted by the Members Committee; and (ii) such other rights, powers and authorities of a Members Committee as provided in the Act and as otherwise provided by law. (b) NO MANAGEMENT BY MEMBERS. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Member shall take part in the day-to-day management, or the operation or control of the business and affairs of the Company. Except as expressly delegated by the Members Committee, no Member shall be an agent of the Company or have any right, power or authority to transact any business in the name of the Company or to act for or on behalf of the Company. 6. (c) NUMBER, QUALIFICATION AND TENURE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Members Committee shall be established from time to time by resolution of the Members Committee, and shall be comprised of Member Representatives. As of the date hereof, the Members Committee shall consist entirely of CRI Representatives. The composition of the Members Committee shall as closely as possible reflect the Member's respective Membership Interest at that time. The Chairman of the Members Committee shall be established from time to time by resolution of the Members Committee. Any Representative shall continue to serve in such capacity until the Member appointing such Representative has notified the other Members in writing of his or her replacement. Any Member may, by written notice to the other Members, designate a person to serve as an alternate for each such Member's Representative (each alternate being referred to in this Agreement as an "Alternate" and, collectively, as the "Alternates"), and such Alternate shall be entitled, in the absence of such Member's Representative, to attend meetings, to have such Alternate's presence counted for purposes of establishing a quorum and to vote on behalf of such Member's Representative at any meeting of the Members Committee. Each Member, in dealing with other Member's Representatives or Alternates shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon the power and authority of such Representatives or Alternates to bind its Member with respect to all matters unless and until it receives notice to the contrary in writing from such Member. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Representative and Alternate shall be deemed the agent of the Member which appointed such Person a Representative or Alternate, and such Representative or Alternate shall not be deemed an agent or a sub-agent of the Company or the other Members and shall have no duty (fiduciary or otherwise) to the Company or the other Members. Each Member, by execution of this Agreement, agrees to, consents to, and acknowledges the delegation of powers and authority to such Representatives and Alternates, and the actions and decisions of such Representatives and Alternates within the scope of their respective authority as provided in this Agreement. (d) MEETINGS. Meetings shall be held at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Members Committee. Meetings of the Members Committee may be held by conference telephone or other means of communication by means of which all participants can hear and speak to each other. Participation in such meeting in such manner shall constitute attendance and presence in person at the meeting of the person or persons so participating. No notice of the regular annual meeting need be given. Special meetings of the Members Committee may be called by the Chairman of the Members Committee or by any Member on at least one business day's notice to the other Member. The requested notice may be expressly waived by any Representative, and attendance by any Representative or Alternate at any meeting of the Members Committee shall constitute an effective waiver of any required prior notice to the Member represented by such Representative or Alternate of such meeting, unless such attendee declares at the onset of such meeting that such attendee's attendance at such meeting is solely for the purpose of contesting the validity of any required notice for the meeting. The Chairman of the Members Committee shall, (i) with reasonable advance notice (which in the case of regular meetings shall not be less than five days), prepare and distribute an agenda for each meeting of the Members Committee, (ii) organize and conduct such meeting and (iii) prepare and distribute minutes of such meeting. Any Member may propose in advance topics for the agenda or raise topics which are not on the agenda for such meeting. Each Representative or Alternate of any Member may bring one or more other advisors to any meeting; provided, that such advisors shall not have the right to vote on any matter brought before the Members Committee; and provided further, that the CRI Representatives or Alternates 7. shall have the right to call executive sessions of the Members Committee and to exclude any Person not a Representative or Alternate from such executive session. (e) QUORUM AND VOTING A quorum of the Members Committee shall be comprised of a majority of Representatives or Alternates (or any combination thereof) of the full Members Committee as constituted pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Members Committee at a meeting at which a quorum is present being entitled to vote at any such meeting must be obtained in connection with the decision of any matter being considered by the Members Committee. If a quorum is not present, the Representatives and Alternates present may adjourn the meeting without notice, other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. (f) COMMITTEES. The Members Committee may appoint from among its members an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and other committees, composed of two or more Representatives, to serve at the pleasure of the Members Committee. Except as expressly limited by applicable law or this Agreement, each such committee shall exercise such powers and authority as the Members Committee may determine and specify in a writing, or any amendment thereto, designating such committee. Unless otherwise specified in the writing designating the committee, a majority of the members of such committee may elect its Chairman, fix its rules of procedure, fix the time and place of meetings and specify what notice of meetings, if any, shall be given. Written records of the proceedings of any committee shall be maintained and furnished to the Members Committee. (g) ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Members Committee, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if the Members Committee, or committee thereof, executes one or more identical written consents, setting forth the action to be taken, signed by at least a majority of the Representatives (in connection with Members Committee action) or by at least a majority of the members of any committee (with respect to action by other committees), provided that such consent or consents are obtained from at least one CRI Representative or CRI Alternate and, provided futher that prompt notice of the taking of any action under this subsection by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those Representatives or committee members who did not consent in writing to the action. (h) COMPENSATION. The Members Committee shall not receive any compensation, but shall be reimbursed by the Company for reasonable expenses associated with attendance at meetings. (i) RULES OF PROCEDURE. The Members Committee may from time to time adopt detailed rules and procedures not inconsistent with this Agreement for the management of the business of the Company. (j) RIGHT TO RELY ON AUTHORITY OF THE REPRESENTATIVES. Any action taken by the Representatives in their capacity as such, acting on behalf of the Company pursuant to the authority conferred on them in this Agreement, shall be binding on the Company. In no event shall any Person dealing with the Representatives with respect to the conduct of the affairs of the Company be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with, or 8. be obligated to inquire into the necessity or expediency of any act or action of the Representatives. Every contract, agreement, promissory note or other instrument or document executed by a Representative with respect to any property of the Company or the conduct of its affairs, in his/her capacity as a Representative acting on behalf of the Company pursuant to the authority conferred on him/her in this Agreement, shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming under this Agreement that (i) at the time of the execution and/or delivery of such instrument or document, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (ii) such instrument or document was duly executed in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Company, and (iii) the Representative was duly authorized and empowered to execute and deliver any and every such instrument or document for and on behalf of the Company. Nothing set forth in this subsection shall be construed as relieving the Representatives from liability to the Company or the Members for breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement, or for acting or failing to act in such manner as constitutes an exception from indemnification provisions contained in Section 17. (k) RESPONSIBILITY OF MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES. No Member or Representative (or their Affiliates) shall have any fiduciary or other duty or responsibility to the Company, or to any other Member or Representative (or their Affiliates), except as expressly provided in this Agreement or for acts or omissions that constitute willful misconduct or constitute an intentional criminal act. No Representative or Alternate shall be liable to the Company or any Member or other Representative or Alternate (or their Affiliates) because of a decision by the Members Committee to have the Company engage in, or not engage in, a particular business, activity or project. SECTION 15. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS. (a) MEETINGS OF MEMBERS. Meetings of Members for any proper purpose may be called at any time by any Member or Members whose Membership Interest(s) equal or exceed 50% or by the Members Committee. Members may participate in any meeting through the use of telephones, video conference or similar communications equipment by means of which all individuals participating in the meeting can hear and speak to each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. The Company shall give written notice of the date, time, place and purpose of any meeting to all Members at least ten days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be waived by any Member. (b) CONSENT OF MEMBERS. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of Members may be taken by execution of one or more identical written consents without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote. The written consent shall set forth the action so taken and shall be signed by Members 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 Members entitled to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the taking of action by written consent shall be given to all Members who did not sign the written consent. 9. SECTION 16. VOTING. (a) MEMBERS. The affirmative vote or written consent of a Majority Interest shall decide all matters properly brought before the Members. (b) VOTING. A Member may vote either in person or by written proxy or consent signed by the Member or by its duly authorized attorney in fact. (c) ACTIONS REQUIRING MEMBER APPROVAL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the affirmative vote or written consent of Members whose Membership Interest(s) exceed 50% shall be required to approve the following matters: (i) The dissolution or winding up of the Company; (ii) The merger or consolidation of the Company; (iii) The sale, exchange, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, lease or other disposition or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; (iv) The declaration of any payment or distributions; and (v) Amendments to this Agreement. SECTION 17. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION. (a) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Member or Representative shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member or Representative. (b) INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware, any Person who was or is a defendant or is threatened to be made a defendant to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such Person (i) is or was a Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or (ii) is or was a Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent of the Company and is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Member, Representative, Alternate, director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that the commission or omission which formed the basis of such action, suit or proceeding does not constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct or constitute an intentional criminal act on the part of such Person. Any repeal, amendment or modification of this Section 17 shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing between the Company and any then incumbent or former Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent with respect to any state of facts then or theretofore 10. existing or any action, suit or proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought based in whole or in part upon such state of facts. (c) EXPENSES. Expenses incurred by any current or former Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent in defending or investigating a threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it ultimately shall be determined that the Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in this Section 17. (d) NOT EXCLUSIVE. The indemnification and advancement of expenses mandated or permitted by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 17 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, contract, vote of Members or disinterested Representatives (or Alternates) or pursuant to the direction (howsoever embodied) of any court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise both as to action by the Person in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The provisions of this Section 17 shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any Person who is not specified in subsections (b) and (c) above, but whom the Company has the power or obligation to indemnify under the laws of the State of Delaware or otherwise. (e) INSURANCE. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was a Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Member, Representative, Alternate, director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against and incurred by such Person in any such capacity, or arising out of the Person's status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such Person of the Company against such liability under the provisions of this Section 17. (f) CONTINUATION. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 17 shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to be a Member, Representative, Alternate, officer, employee or agent of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such Person. SECTION 18. ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS AND NEW MEMBERS. (a) ASSIGNMENT. A Membership Interest shall not be assignable in whole or in part, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. An assignment of a Membership Interest shall not entitle the assignee to become or to exercise any rights or powers of a Member until such assignee is admitted as a Member in accordance with this Agreement. An assignment shall entitle the assignee only to receive such distributions, to share in such profits and to receive such allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit, tax preference and similar items to which the assignor was entitled to the extent assigned. 11. (b) LIMITATIONS ON ASSIGNMENT. No Member may assign any Membership Interest (or any portion thereof or interest therein), and no Person shall become a Member, unless in the opinion of counsel selected by or acceptable to the Members Committee, such action will not subject the Company to federal income taxation as an association taxable as a corporation or violate applicable state or federal securities laws. Any attempted action in contravention of this Section 18(b) shall be void and of no force or effect. The Company may redeem the Membership Interest of any Member upon the written consent of all Members, which consent may be granted or withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of each Member whose consent is required hereby, and if there would be only one Member remaining, then, in the sole discretion of the one Member remaining, upon the admission of one or more additional Members. (c) NEW MEMBERS. A Person, including, without limitation, an assignee of a Membership Interest, shall be admitted as a Member only upon (i) the written consent of all other Members, which consent may be granted or withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of each Member whose consent is required by this Agreement and (ii) the execution by such Person of this Agreement. Until the assignee of a Membership Interest is admitted as a Member, the assignor, subject to the last sentence of Section 18(a), shall continue to be a Member. SECTION 19. DISSOLUTION. The Company shall be dissolved and terminated upon the happening of first to occur of any of the following events: (a) The expiration of the term of the Company; (b) The approval or written consent of a Majority Interest of the Members for the dissolution or winding up of the Company; (c) The bankruptcy (as defined in Section 18-304 of the Act) of any Member, unless within 90 days of such occurrence the Company is continued by the written consent of a majority of the other Membership Interests, which consent may be granted or withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of each Member whose consent is required hereby, and if there is only one Member remaining, the admission of one or more additional Members. The Company shall automatically continue without any action on the part of the Members upon the withdrawal, resignation, expulsion, bankruptcy (as defined in Section 18-304 of the Act) or dissolution of a Member or other event which terminates the continued membership of a Member until the Company is otherwise dissolved and terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and (d) Judicial dissolution pursuant to the Act. SECTION 20. WINDING UP AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. (a) WINDING UP. If the Company is dissolved, the Members Committee shall wind up the affairs of the Company. (b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. Upon the winding up of the Company, the Members Committee shall pay or make reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations of the Company, including all costs and expenses of the liquidation and all contingent, conditional, or 12. unmatured claims and obligations that are known to the Members Committee but for which the identity of the claimant is unknown. If there are sufficient assets, such claims and obligations shall be paid in full and any such provision shall be made in full. If there are insufficient assets, such claims and obligations shall be paid or provided for according to their priority and, among claims and obligations of equal priority, ratably to the extent of assets available therefor. Any remaining assets shall be distributed as follows: (i) First, to creditors, including Members in their capacities as creditors, in the order of priority as provided by law; and (ii) Second, to Members in accordance with their respective positive Capital Accounts, after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all periods. SECTION 21. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. No Member shall be required to act under this Agreement as its sole and exclusive business activity and any Member may have other business interests and engage in other activities in addition to those relating to the Company. Neither the Company nor any Member shall have any right by virtue of this Agreement in or to any other interests or activities of the others or to the income or proceeds derived therefrom. A Member may transact business with the Company and, subject to applicable laws, has the same rights and obligations with respect thereto as any other Person. No transaction between a Member and the Company shall be voidable solely because a Member has a direct or indirect interest in the transaction if either the transaction is fair and reasonable to the Company or the percentage or number of disinterested Members as required under this Agreement, or applicable law, authorize, approve or ratify the transaction. SECTION 22. TAXATION. (a) STATUS OF THE COMPANY. The Members acknowledge that this Agreement creates a partnership for federal and state income tax purposes (and only for such purposes), and hereby agree not to elect to be excluded from the application of Subchapter K of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code or any similar state statute. (b) TAX ELECTIONS. The Members Committee shall, upon the written request of any Member benefited thereby, cause the Company to file an election under Section 754 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder to adjust the basis of the Company assets under Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code and a corresponding election under the applicable sections of state and local law. The Members Committee shall have the authority to make all other Company elections permitted under the Code, including elections of methods of depreciation; provided, however, that no election shall be made pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701.3(c) to cause the Company to be treated for federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation without the prior written consent of all Members. (c) COMPANY TAX RETURNS. The Members Committee shall cause the necessary federal income and other tax returns and information returns for the Company to be prepared. Each Member shall provide such information, if any, as may be needed by the Company for purposes of preparing such tax returns and information returns. The Members Committee shall 13. deliver to each Member within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year a copy of the federal income tax returns for the Company as filed with the appropriate taxing authorities, and upon the written request of any Member, a copy of any state and local income tax return as filed. (d) TAX AUDITS. (i) CRI shall be the Company's tax matters Member (the "Tax Matters Member") with respect to federal income tax audits. If at any time the Tax Matters Member cannot or elects not to serve as the Tax Matters Member, is removed by the Members as the Tax Matters Member or ceases to be a Member, a Majority Interest shall select another Member to be the Tax Matters Member. The Tax Matters Member, as an authorized representative of the Company, shall direct the defense of any claims made by the IRS to the extent that such claims relate to the adjustment of Company items at the Company level. The Tax Matters Member shall promptly deliver to each Member a copy of any notice of beginning of administrative proceedings or any report explaining the reasons for a proposed adjustment received from the IRS relating to or potentially resulting in an adjustment of Company items. The Tax Matters Member shall, unless a Majority Interest consents to the contrary, diligently and in good faith contest any proposed adjustment of a Company item that principally affects the Members at the administrative and judicial levels, including, if appropriate or if requested by a Majority Interest, appealing any adverse judicial decision, and shall consider in good faith any suggestions made by any Member or its counsel regarding the conduct of such administrative or judicial proceedings. The Tax Matters Member shall keep each Member advised of all material developments with respect to any proposed adjustment that come to its attention, including, without limitation, the scheduling of all conferences and substantive telephone calls with the IRS. Each Member shall be entitled, at its own expense, to attend all meetings with the IRS and to review in advance any material written information (including, without limitation, any pleadings, memoranda or similar items) to be submitted to the IRS. Without first obtaining the consent of a Majority Interest, the Tax Matters Member shall not, with respect to any proposed adjustment of a Company item that materially and adversely affects any Member, (A) enter into a settlement agreement that purports to bind Members other than the Tax Matters Member (including, without limitation, any stipulation consenting to an entry of decision by any tax court), or (B) enter into an agreement or stipulation extending the statute of limitations. (ii) The Company shall promptly deliver to each Member a copy of all notices, communications, reports or writings of any kind with respect to income or similar taxes received from any state or local taxing authority relating to the Company that might materially and adversely affect each Member, and shall keep such Members advised of all material developments with respect to any proposed adjustment of Company items that come to its attention. (iii) Each Member shall continue to have the rights described in this Section 22(d) with respect to tax matters relating to any period during which it was a Member, whether or not it is a Member at the time of the tax audit or contest. 14. SECTION 23. NOT A PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIP. All interests in the Company have been or will be issued in a transaction or transactions that were not required to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"), and to the extent such offerings or sales were not required to be registered under the 1933 Act by reason of Regulation S (17 CFR 230.901 through 230.904) or any successor thereto, such offerings or sales would not have been required to be registered under the 1933 Act if the interests so offered or sold had been offered and sold within the United States. No admission (or purported admission) of a Member, and no transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Member's interest in the Company (or any economic interest therein) in the Company, whether to another Member or to a person who is not a Member, shall be effective, and any such admission or transfer (or purported admission or transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Member if after such admission or transfer (or purported admission or transfer) the Company would have more than 100 Members. For purposes of determining whether the Company will have more than 100 Members, each person indirectly owning an interest in the Company through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity a "flow-through entity") shall be treated as a Member unless the Members Committee determines in its sole and absolute discretion that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner's interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity's interest (direct or indirect) in the Company. SECTION 24. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and any controversies, claims or arbitration under this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law rules. (b) BINDING EFFECT. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their legal representatives, heirs, administrators, executors, successors and assigns. (c) PRONOUNS AND NUMBER. Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or the plural shall include the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in either the masculine, the feminine or the neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter. (d) CAPTIONS. Captions or section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way define, limit or extend the scope or intent of this Agreement or any provision of this Agreement. (e) ENFORCEABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of the provision to any Person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of that provision to Persons or circumstances other than those with respect to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. 15. (f) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. (g) NOTICES. Any notices permitted or required under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person, by courier, by facsimile or three days after being deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to the President of the Company at the Company's principal place of business and to the President of any Member at such Member's address reflected on the books and records of the Company. (h) ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters set forth in the Agreement and supersedes all prior understandings or agreements between the parties with respect to such matters. This Agreement, including all Schedules, may only be amended, modified or supplemented by written agreement of all parties to this Agreement. (i) SINGLE MEMBER LLC. Each of the undersigned acknowledges and agrees that, so long as the Company has less than two (2) Members, certain provisions of this Agreement may be inapplicable in light of the fact that the Company may be disregarded as an entity for federal and state income tax purposes (as determined in good faith by the Members in agreement with the sole Member). In such event and notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any such inapplicable provision shall be construed and adhered to in a manner and to the fullest extent that the intent of such provision may be carried out in the context of a single member limited liability company (as determined in good faith by the sole Member). (j) FURTHER ASSURANCES. The Members shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts and things as may be required to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement. Each Member shall execute all such certificates and other documents and shall do all such filing, recording, publishing, and other acts as the Members Committee deems appropriate to comply with the requirements of law for the formation and operation of the Company and to comply with any laws, rules, and regulations relating to the acquisition, operation, or holding of the property of the Company. (k) THIRD PARTIES. Except as provided in Section 17 (Indemnification), nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give any Person other than a Member or the Company any legal or beneficial or other equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, any covenant, condition, provision or agreement contained in this Agreement or the property of Company. (l) FACSIMILE SIGNATURES. The facsimile signature of any Representative or Member may be used at all times and for all purposes in place of an original signature. (m) RELIANCE UPON BOOKS, REPORTS AND RECORDS. Unless he has knowledge concerning the matter in question which makes his reliance unwarranted, each Representative and Member shall, in the performance of his duties under this Agreement, be entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports or statements, including, without limitation, financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by one or more employees of the Company or 16. by legal counsel, accountants or other Persons as to matters such Representative or Member reasonably believes to be within such Person's professional or expert competence. (n) TIME PERIODS. In applying any provision of this Agreement which requires that an act be done in or not done in a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included. (o) WAIVER. No failure by any Representative or Member to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition. The undersigned Members have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above. URS RESOURCES, LLC By: /s/ URS Resources, LLC ----------------------- 17. SECTION 1. RESTATEMENT OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT........................................ 1 SECTION 2. NAME...................................................................................... 1 SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS............................................................................... 2 SECTION 4. BUSINESS PURPOSE OF THE COMPANY........................................................... 3 SECTION 5. TERM...................................................................................... 3 SECTION 6. PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS............................................................... 3 SECTION 7. REGISTERED OFFICE: REGISTERED AGENT....................................................... 4 SECTION 8. MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; NO WITHDRAWAL OR RESIGNATION................. 4 SECTION 9. DISTRIBUTIONS............................................................................. 4 SECTION 10. ALLOCATION OF INCOME AND LOSSES........................................................... 4 SECTION 11. WITHHOLDING............................................................................... 5 SECTION 12. BOOKS, RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING............................................................. 5 SECTION 13. COMPANY FUNDS............................................................................. 6 SECTION 14. MANAGEMENT................................................................................ 6 SECTION 15. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS....................................................................... 9 SECTION 16. VOTING.................................................................................... 10 SECTION 17. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION............................................... 10 SECTION 18. ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS AND NEW MEMBERS........................................ 11 SECTION 19. DISSOLUTION............................................................................... 12 SECTION 20. WINDING UP AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS..................................................... 12 SECTION 21. CONFLICT OF INTEREST...................................................................... 13 SECTION 22. TAXATION.................................................................................. 13 SECTION 23. NOT A PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIP......................................................... 15 SECTION 24. MISCELLANEOUS............................................................................. 15
EX-4.6 7 f01698exv4w6.txt EXHIBIT 4.6 EXHIBIT 4.6 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF SIGNET TESTING LABORATORIES, INC. A Delaware Corporation (Amended and Restated as of September 9, 2004) ARTICLE I. OFFICES Section 1. REGISTERED OFFICERS. The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington, State of Delaware. Section 2. OTHER OFFICES. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II. MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Section 2. ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held year on a date and a time designated by the Board of Directors. At each annual meeting directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted. Section 3. QUORUM; ADJOURNED MEETINGS AND NOTICE THEREOF. A majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, the holders of which are present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum and the votes present may continue to transact business until adjustment If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, a majority of the voting stock represented in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat. Section 4. VOTING. When a quorum is present at any meeting, in all matters other than the election of directors, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statues, or the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Director shall elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of director. Section 5. PROXIES. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote may vote in person or may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder and bearing a date not more than three years prior to said meeting, unless said instrument provides for a longer period. All proxies must be filed with the Secretary of the corporation at the beginning of each meeting in order to be counted in any vote at the meeting. Each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock having voting power, registered in his name on the books of the corporation on the record date set by the Board of Directors as provided in Article VII, Section 6 hereof. Section 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose, or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the President and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding, and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in this notice. Section 7. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which notice shall state 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 The written notice of any meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation. Section 8. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF STOCKHOLDER LIST. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten 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. Section 9. STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. 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 days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 9 to the corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principle place of business or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. ARTICLE III. DIRECTORS Section 1. THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The authorized number of the Board of Directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one member. The directors need not be stockholders. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, and each director elected shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, from the Board of Directors at any meeting of stockholders by a majority of the stock represented and entitled to vote thereat. Section 2. VACANCIES. Vacancies on the Board of Directors by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, or otherwise, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner displaced. If there are no directors in office, than an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole Board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office. Section 3. POWERS. The property and business of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authorities by these Bylaws expressly conferred upon them, the Board may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. Section 4. PLACE OF DIRECTORS' MEETINGS. The directors may hold their meetings and have one or more offices, and keep the books of the corporation outside of the State of Delaware. Section 5. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President on forty-eight hours' notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors unless the Board consists of only one director; in which case special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner or on like notice on the written request of the sole director. Section 7. QUORUM. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the authorized number of directors shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum, shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, by the Certificate of or by these Bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. If only one director is authorized, such sole director shall constitute a quorum. Section 8. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Section 9. TELEPHONIC MEETINGS. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 10. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in and other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings. ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS Section 1. OFFICERS. The officers of this corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a Chairman of the Board of Directors or a President, or both, and a Secretary. The corporation may also have at the discretion of the Board of Directors such other officers as are desired, including a Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a Treasurer, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 hereof. In the event there are two or more Vice Presidents, then one or more may be designated as Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, or other similar or dissimilar title. At the time of the election of officers, the directors may by resolution determine the order of their rank. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide. Section 2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders, shall choose the officers of the corporation. Section 3. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board. Section 4. COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 5. TERM OF OFFICE; REMOVAL AND VACANCIES. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify in their stead. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer or officers becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Section 6. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him by the Board of Directors or prescribed by these Bylaws. If there is no President, the Chairman of the Board shall in addition be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 7 of this Article IV. Section 7. PRESIDENT. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be none, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall be an ex-officio member of all committees and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of President and Chief Executive Officer of corporations, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws. Section 8. VICE PRESIDENTS. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice Presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors, or if not ranked, the Vice President designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents shall have such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them, respectively, by the Board of Directors. Section 9. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose; and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required by the Board of Directors. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation, and authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of an Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature. Section 10. ASSISTANT SECRETARY. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, or if there be no such determination, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. Section 11. 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 of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the corporation a bond, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation. Section 12. ASSISTANT TREASURER. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, or if there be no such determination, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE V. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS (a) The corporation shall indemnify to the maximum extent permitted by law any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. (b) The corporation shall indemnify to the maximum extent permitted by law any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no such indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. (c) To the extent that a present or former director or officer of the corporation shall be successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. (d) Any indemnification under paragraphs (a) and (b) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director or officer is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b). Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders. The corporation, acting through its Board of Directors or otherwise, shall cause such determination to be made if so requested by any person who is indemnifiable under this Article V. (e) Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article V. Such expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by former directors and officers may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate. (f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Article V shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. (g) The Board of Directors may authorize, by a vote of a majority of a quorum of the Board of Directors, the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article V. (h) For the purposes of this Article V, references to "the corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting 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 or officers so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint Venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. (i) For purposes of this section, references to "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include service as a director or officer of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article V shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. (k) The corporation shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation. ARTICLE VI. INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS The corporation may indemnify every person who was or is a party or is or was threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was an employee or agent of the corporation or, while an employee or agent of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as an employee or agent or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including counsel fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the extent permitted by applicable law. ARTICLE VII. CERTIFICATES OF STOCK Section 1. Certificates. Every holder of stock of the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the corporation, certifying the number of shares represented by the certificate owned by such stockholder in the corporation. Section 2. SIGNATURES ON CERTIFICATES. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Section 3. STATEMENT OF STOCK RIGHTS, PREFERENCES, PRIVILEGES. If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided in section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Section 4. LOST CERTIFICATES. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. Section 5. TRANSFERS OF STOCK. Upon surrender to the corporation, or the transfer agent of the corporation, of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Section 6. FIXED RECORD DATE. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. 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 shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Section 7. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS. The corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, save as expressly provided by the laws of the State of Delaware. ARTICLE VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1. DIVIDENDS. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 2. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS; DIRECTORS' DUTIES. Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve. Section 3. CHECKS. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 4. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. Section 5. CORPORATE SEAL. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware," Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise. Section 6. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram. Section 7. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Section 8. ANNUAL STATEMENT. The Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the corporation. ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS Section 1. AMENDMENT BY DIRECTORS OR SHAREHOLDERS. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, when such power is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation, at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new Bylaws be contained in the notice of such special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation it shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws. EX-4.7 8 f01698exv4w7.txt EXHIBIT 4.7 EXHIBIT 4.7 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF URS CORPORATION A Nevada Corporation (Amended and Restated as of September 9, 2004) (Formerly known as URS GREINER WOODWARD--CLYDE INTERNATIONAL--AMERICAS, INC.) (Formerly known as WOODWARD-CLYDE CONSULTANTS) * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The principal office shall be in the City of Reno, County of Washoe, State of Nevada. Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Nevada as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS Section 1. All annual meetings of the Stockholders shall be held at Transamerica Building, in the City of San Francisco, State of California, or such other place as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Special meetings of the Stockholders may be held at such time and place within or without the State of Nevada as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting, or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Section 2. Annual meetings of the Stockholders, shall be held on the first Friday in December, or on such other day as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board, at which meeting the Stockholders shall elect, by a plurality vote, a Board of Directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Section 3. Special meetings of the Stockholders for, any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board, and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board or Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors or at the request in writing of Stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Section 4. Notices of meetings shall be in writing and signed by the Chairman of the Board, or the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, or by such other person or persons as the Directors shall designate. Such notice shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called and the time when, and the place, which may be within or without this state, where it is to be held. A copy of such notice shall be either delivered personally to or shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to each Stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten days before such meeting. If mailed, it shall be directed to a Stockholder at his address as it appears upon the records of the Corporation and upon such mailing of any such notice, the service thereof shall be complete, and the time of the notice shall begin to run from the date upon which such notice is deposited in the mail for transmission to such Stockholder. Personal delivery of any such notice to any officer of a Corporation or association, or to any member of a partnership shall constitute delivery of such notice to such Corporation, association or partnership. In the event of the transfer of stock after delivery or mailing of the notice of, and prior to the holding of the meeting, it shall not be necessary to deliver or mail notice of the meeting to the transferee. Section 5. Business transacted at any special meeting of Stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. Section 6. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the Stockholders, the Stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meetings at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. Section 7. When a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation, a different vote is required in which case such provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Section 8. Every Stockholder of record of the Corporation shall be entitled at each meeting of Stockholders to one vote for each share of stock standing in his name on the books of the Corporation. Section 9. At any meeting of the Stockholders, any Stockholder may be represented and vote by a proxy or proxies appointed by an instrument in writing. In the event that any such instrument in writing shall designate two or more persons to act as proxies, a majority of such persons present at the meeting, or, if only one shall be present, then that one shall have and may exercise all of the powers conferred by such written instrument upon all of the persons so designated unless the instrument shall otherwise provide. No such proxy shall be valid after the expiration of six months from the date of its execution, unless coupled with an interest, unless the person executing it specifies therein the length of time for which it is to continue in force, which in no case shall exceed seven years from the date of its execution. Subject to the above, any proxy duly executed is not revoked and continues in full force and effect until an instrument revoking it or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date is filed with the Secretary of the Corporation. Section 10. Any action, except election of Directors, which may be taken by the vote of the Stockholders at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if authorized by the written consent of Stockholders holding at least a majority of the voting power, unless the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation require a greater proportion of voting power to authorize such action in which case such greater proportion of written consents shall be required. ARTICLE III DIRECTORS Section 1. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one member. The number of Directors may not be less than three except that where all the shares of the corporation are owned beneficially and of record by either one or two Stockholders, the number of Directors may be less than three but not less than the number of Stockholders. Section 2. Vacancies, including those caused by an increase in the number of Directors, may be filled by a majority of the remaining Directors though less than a quorum. When one or more Directors shall give notice of resignation to the Board, effective at a future date, the Board shall have power to fill such vacancies to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, each Director so appointed to hold office during the remainder of the term of office of the resigning Director or Directors. Section 3. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the Stockholders. Section 4. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Nevada. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 5. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the Stockholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the new elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the Stockholders to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the Stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the Directors. Section 6. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 7. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or Secretary on the written request of two Directors. Written notice of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to each Director at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Section 8. A majority of the Board of Directors, at a meeting duly assembled shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS Section 9. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Section 10. The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings and report the same to the Board when required. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS Section 11. The Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and/or a stated salary as Director. No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings. ARTICLE IV NOTICES Section 1. Notices to Directors and Stockholders shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the Board of Directors or Stockholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be mailed. Notice to Directors may also be given by telegram. Section 2. Whenever all parties entitled to vote at any meeting, whether of Directors or Stockholders, consent, either by a writing on the records of the meeting or filed with the Secretary, or by presence at such meeting and oral consent entered on the minutes, or by taking part in the deliberations at such meeting without objection, the doings of such meeting shall be as valid as if a meeting had been regularly called and noticed. At such meeting any business may be transacted which is not excepted from the written consent or to the consideration of which no objection for want of notice is made at the time, and if any meeting is irregular for want of notice or of such consent, provided a quorum was present at such meeting, the proceedings of said meeting may be ratified and approved and rendered likewise valid and the irregularity or defect therein waived by a writing signed by all parties having the right to vote at such meetings; and such consent or approval of Stockholders may be by proxy or attorney, but all such proxies and powers of attorney must be in writing. Section 3. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes, of the Articles of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. ARTICLE V OFFICERS Section 1. The principal officers of the Corporation shall consist of the Chairman of the Board, the President, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and the subordinate officers shall consist of such other officers and assistant officers and agents as may be deemed necessary and elected or appointed by the Board of Directors or chosen in such other manner and for such terms as the Board of Directors may prescribe. Either the Chairman of the Board or the President may be the Chief Executive Officer as determined by the Board of Directors. Section 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the Stockholders, shall choose the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Executive Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and designate the Chief Executive Officer. Section 3. The Board of Directors may elect or delegate authority to the Chief Executive Officer to appoint additional executive vice presidents, vice presidents and assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers and such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board or Chief Executive Officer. Section 4. The salary of the Chief Executive Officer shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. The salaries of all other officers shall be fixed by the Chief Executive Officer or by other persons to whom he has delegated this authority. Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any officer appointed by the Chief Executive Officer may be removed by him. Any vacancy occurring in the principal offices of the Corporation due to death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Any other vacancy shall be filled by the Chief Executive Officer. Section 6. Whenever a principal officer has an area of responsibility designated by the Board of Directors, that person has the final authority over such area and shall report directly to the Board of Directors with respect to that person's area of responsibility. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Section 7. The executive authority of the Corporation shall be exercised by the Chief Executive Officer. This executive authority shall be exercised in accordance with the Statement of Purpose and Standing Policies adopted by the Shareholders, and Management policies and other policies adopted by the Board of Directors. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Section 8. The Chairman of the Board shall be a member of the Board of Directors and, if present, preside at the meetings of the Board of Directors and at Shareholders' meetings. In case of absence of the Chairman, the President shall preside at the Board of Directors or Shareholders meetings. PRESIDENT Section 9. The President may not hold any other principal office of the Corporation; otherwise any two offices may be held by the same person. THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTS AND THE VICE PRESIDENTS Section 10. The Executive Vice Presidents and the Vice Presidents shall perform such duties as the Board of Directors and/or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe. THE SECRETARY Section 11. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the Standing Committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and, when authorized by the Board of Directors, affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by the Secretary's signature or by the signature of the Treasurer of an Assistant Secretary. THE TREASURER Section 12. The Treasurer shall perform such duties as the Board of Directors and/or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE VI CERTIFICATES OF STOCK Section 1. Every Stockholder shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by the Chairman of the Board or in his absence by the President and by the Secretary or in his/her absence by the Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by the Stockholder in the Corporation. When the Corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class or more than one series of any class, there shall be set forth upon the face or back of the certificate, or the certificate shall have a statement that the Corporation will furnish to any Stockholders upon request and without charge, a full or summary statement of the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the various classes of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such rights, and, if the Corporation shall be authorized to issue only special stock, such certificate shall set forth in full or summarize the rights of the holders of such stock. Section 2. Whenever any certificate is countersigned or otherwise authenticated by a transfer agent or transfer clerk, and by a registrar, then a facsimile of the signatures of the officers or agents of the Corporation may be printed or lithographed upon such certificate in lieu of the actual signatures. In case any officer or officers who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on any such certificate or certificates, shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used thereon, had not ceased to be the officer or officers of such Corporation. LOST CERTIFICATES Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. TRANSFER OF STOCK Section 4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS Section 5. The Board of Directors may prescribe a period not exceeding sixty days prior to any meeting of the Stockholders during which no transfer of stock on the books of the Corporation may be made, or may fix a day not more than sixty days prior to the holding of any such meeting as the day as of which Stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting shall be determined; and only Stockholders of records on such day shall be entitled to notice or to vote at such meeting. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS Section 6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Nevada. ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserves in the manner in which it was created. CHECKS Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. FISCAL YEAR Section 4. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. SEAL Section 5. The Corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal, Nevada". INDEMNITY OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, ETC. Section 6. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or its threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except in an action by or in the right of the Corporation by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceedings if he acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. Section 7. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except no indemnification shall be made by the Corporation in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses as the court deems proper. Any indemnification under Section 6 or 7 of this Article, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 6 and 7. Determination as to such conduct shall be made: (1) By the stockholders; or (2) By the Board of Directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of Directors who were not parties to such act, suit or proceeding; or (3) If such a quorum of disinterested Directors so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (4) If such a quorum of disinterested Directors cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion. A Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who is seeking indemnification shall make a written request for such indemnification to the Board. Upon receipt of such request the Board shall act promptly and in compliance with the procedure set forth above. Expenses incurred in defending any proceeding shall be advanced by the Corporation prior to the final disposition of such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall be determined ultimately that the agent is entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section. Section 8. The Corporation shall indemnify any Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in this Section, or in defense of any item, issue or matter therein, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such defense. ARTICLE VIII STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Section 1. The Corporation desires to engage in the practice of the disciplines of Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Land Surveying in the State of Alaska. To engage in the lawful practice of these disciplines, the Corporation will continually maintain a duly registered professional in responsible charge of each discipline in the State of Alaska. Section 2. The Corporation desires to engage in the practice of architecture in the State of Washington. To engage in the lawful practice of this discipline the Corporation shall designate an architect in responsible charge, with authority to make all final decisions for architectural activities in the State of Washington. Section 3. All engineering decisions pertaining to any project or engineering activities in the State of Washington shall be made by the designated engineer in responsible charge named in a resolution of the Board of Directors. ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS Section 1. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed at any regular meeting of the Stockholders or of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Stockholders or of the Board of Directors if notice of such alteration or repeal be contained in the notice of such special meeting. EX-4.8 9 f01698exv4w8.txt EXHIBIT 4.8 EXHIBIT 4.8 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF URS CORPORATION GREAT LAKES A Michigan Corporation (Amended and Restated as of September 9, 2004) (Formerly: Daverman Associates, Inc.) ARTICLE I. OFFICE Section 1. The registered office and place of business of the corporation in the State of Michigan shall be 924 Grandville Avenue, S.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan. Section 2. The corporation may have other offices at such other place or places within or without the State of Michigan as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. The annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting shall be held at the office of the corporation, or at such other place as may be designated by the Board of Directors, on the tenth Tuesday following the close of the fiscal year of the corporation (unless such day be a holiday, then on the next following business day), at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and notice thereof shall be given by written or printed notice served upon each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, either personally, or by mailing such notice, postage prepaid, addressed to him at his post office address as such address shall appear on the stock records of the corporation, at least five (5) days prior to the holding of the meeting. No notice of the annual meeting of shareholders shall be required as to any shareholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy, nor shall any notice be required as to any shareholder who shall, in person or by attorney duly authorized, waive notice of any meeting, whether before or after such meeting is held. Section 2. Special meetings of the shareholders shall be held at such place within or without the State of Michigan as may be designated in the notice thereof and shall be called at any time by the Secretary or any other office, whenever directed by the Board of Directors or by the President, or upon the written request of shareholders holding in the aggregate at least ten per centum (10%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote on the business to be transacted at such meeting, delivered to such officer. Notice of every special meeting shall be given by a written or printed notice served upon each shareholder, either personally or by mailing such notice, postage prepaid, addressed to him at his post office address as such address shall appear on the stock records of the corporation, at least ten (10) days prior to the time of holding the meeting. No notice of the special meeting of the shareholders shall be required as to any shareholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy, not shall any notice be required as to any shareholder who shall, in person or by attorney duly authorized, waive notice of any meeting, whether before or after such meeting is held. Section 3. At all meetings of the shareholders, in order to constitute a quorum, there shall be present, either in person or by proxy, shareholders then entitled to cast a majority in number of votes upon any question other than the election of directors, and for the election of directors there shall be present, in person or by proxy, the holders of a majority in interest of the then outstanding stock of any class then vested with voting power; but if at any regularly called meeting of shareholders there be less than a quorum present, the shareholders present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice until a quorum is had. Section 4. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation, each shareholder shall, at every meeting of the shareholders, be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such shareholder; but, except where the transfer books of the corporation shall have been closed or a date shall have been fixed as a record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote, as hereinafter in these By-Laws provided, no share of stock shall be voted on at any meeting of shareholders which shall have been transferred on the books of the corporation within ten (10) days preceding such meeting. Section 5. At all meetings of shareholders, any shareholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy, but no proxy shall be voted on after three (3) years from its date unless said proxy provides for a longer period. Proxies shall be in writing, but need not be sealed, witnessed or acknowledged, and shall be filed with the Secretary at or before the meeting. Section 6. The President, or, in his absence, any executive officer of the corporation, shall call all meetings of the shareholders to order, and, unless otherwise ordered by the shareholders, shall act as Chairman of such meeting. Section 7. The Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the shareholders, or, in his absence, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary. Section 8. A complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each election of directors, arranged in alphabetical order, shall be prepared and made by the officer or agent who shall have charge of the stock records of the corporation and filed at the place where the election is to be held, at least ten (10) days before every election, and shall for such ten (10) days at all times during the usual hours for business, be open for examination by any registered shareholder entitled to vote at such election and holding in the aggregate at least two per centum (2%) of the outstanding capital stock of all classes of the corporation, and during the whole time of said election, be subject to inspection of any shareholder or his proxy who may be present. Section 9. No action of the shareholders shall be deemed approved or adopted unless it shall have received the affirmative vote of at least Fifty-one Per Cent (51%) of the outstanding shares of the stock of the corporation, or such greater affirmative vote as may be required by these By-Laws. ARTICLE III. DIRECTORS Section 1. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one member. The directors shall be elected by the holders of the capital stock entitled to vote for directors at the annual meeting, and shall hold office for one (1) year and until their successors are respectively elected and qualified, or until such time as they are no longer qualified, whichever is sooner. Section 2. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors, however created, shall be filled by a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose. Section 3. The Board of Directors shall meet for the election of officers and for the transaction of any other business as soon as practicable after the adjournment of the annual meeting of the shareholders, at a time fixed by the directors acting in accordance with Section 6 of this Article, and other regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such times as the Board may from time to time determine. No notice need be given of regular meetings of the Board. Section 4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President or Secretary or by any director by a written or printed notice served personally upon each director, or mailed or telegraphed to his address as shown upon the books of the corporation, at least five (5) days prior to the time of holding the meeting. Section 5. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings and have an office or offices, and keep the books of the corporation, except the original or duplicate stock record, outside the State of Michigan, at such other place or places, as may from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board or by consent of all its members given in writing. Section 6. A majority of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 7. The Board of Directors shall have power to authorize the making and execution on behalf of the corporation of any lawful contracts, and to employ agents, factors, clerks and workmen, to fix their compensation, to prescribe their duties; to dismiss any employees without previous notice, and generally to control all the affairs of the corporation, and to exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders. The establishment or alteration of an employment relationship with any person who is a shareholder shall be made or done only upon the affirmative vote of directors owning in total Sixty-five Per Cent (65%) of the outstanding stock of the corporation. Section 8. In the event any action is taken by the Board of Directors, any director who shall have been present at the meeting and voted against such action shall have the right, within twenty-four (24) hours following the approval of such action by the Board of Directors, to call, or cause to be called, a special meeting of the shareholders of the Company for the purpose of rescinding such action of the Board of Directors. If no action shall be taken within twenty-four (24) hours following the time of adjournment of the meeting at which the protested action was taken to call, or cause to be called, a special meeting of the shareholders for the purpose of rescinding such action, then such action shall stand as the action of the Company. Section 9. The Board of Directors shall not have the power to authorize the issuance of any additional stock of the corporation except upon the affirmative vote of directors owning Sixty-Five Per Cent (65%) of the outstanding stock of the corporation. ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall consist of a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and qualify. The President shall be chosen from among the directors, but no other officer need be a director. The Secretary and Treasurer may be the same person, and the President or a Vice President may hold the office of Secretary or Treasurer, but not both. Assistants to the Secretary and Treasurer may also be elected. Section 2. Said officers (excepting Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers) shall be known as executive officers and shall have the usual powers and shall perform the usual duties incident to their respective officers, and shall, in addition, perform such other duties as shall be assigned to them from time to time by the Board of Directors. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers shall have such duties as may be assigned by the Board from time to time. Section 3. In the absence or disability of any officer of the corporation, the Board of Directors may delegate his powers and duties to any other executive officer, or to any director, during such absence or disability, and the person so delegated shall, for the time being, be the officer whose powers and duties he so assumes. Section 4. Any vacancy in any office shall be filled for the unexpired term by a required vote of the Board of Directors. Section 5. The Board of Directors may create such other office as they may determine, and appoint officers to fill the same and define their duties and fix their tenure of office. Section 6. The Board of Directors may at pleasure remove any officer of the corporation, in their absolute discretion. ARTICLE V. CHECKS, NOTES AND CONTRACTS Section 1. All checks, drafts, and orders for the payment of money shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. All endorsements for deposit shall be made by the Treasurer, or in his name, or by any other executive officer. Section 2. All promissory notes of the corporation and acceptances must be authorized by the Board of Directors and singed by any two of the aforesaid executive officers, or such other officer as the Board of Directors may designate. Section 3. All contracts, bonds, and agreements may be signed on behalf of the corporation by any officer of the corporation or assistant officer, without further authorization. ARTICLE VI. FISCAL YEAR, RESERVES AND DIVIDENDS Section 1. The fiscal year shall be as is determined by the Board of Directors, from time to time. Section 2. The Board of Directors shall have power to set apart out of any of the funds of the corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purposes and to vary, increase or decrease or abolish any such reserve so created. ARTICLE VII. SEAL Section 1. The seal of the corporation shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation and the state in which it is incorporated. ARTICLE VIII. STOCK Section 1. Certificates of stock shall be issued and signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer (if any be appointed) and sealed with the seal of the corporation; provided, however, that where any such certificate is signed by a transfer agent or by a transfer clerk on behalf of the corporation, and by a registrar, the signatures of any such officer and/or the seal of the corporation may be facsimiles, engraved or printed. Section 2. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the corporation by the holder of the shares in person or by his attorney upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares. Section 3. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates of stock, and may appoint a transfer agent and a registrar of transfers, and may require all such certificates to bear the signature of such transfer agent and of such registrar of transfers. Section 4. The Board of Directors shall have power to close the stock transfer books of the corporation for a period not exceeding forty (40) days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders or the date for the payment of any dividend or the date for the allotment of rights or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books of the corporation, as aforesaid, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date, not exceeding forty (40) days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders or the date for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any such meeting, or entitled to received payment of any such dividend, or to any such allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, and in such case only such shareholders as shall be shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to such notice of, and to vote at such meeting, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the corporation after any such record date fixed as aforesaid. Section 5. In case any certificate of stock is lost, mutilated or destroyed, the Board of Directors may issue a new certificate in place thereof upon such terms and conditions as they may deem advisable and as may be permitted by the laws of the State of Michigan. ARTICLE IX. WAIVER OF NOTICE Section 1. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of these By-Laws or of any law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS Section 1. The shareholders may at any meeting amend, alter or repeal any of these By-Laws by the affirmative vote of the holders of Sixty-five Per Cent (65%) of the shares of common stock issued and outstanding; provided the substance of the proposed amendment shall have been stated in the notice of the meeting, or by unanimous vote of all the shareholders without such notice. EX-4.9 10 f01698exv4w9.txt EXHIBIT 4.9 EXHIBIT 4.9 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF URS CORPORATION - MARYLAND A Maryland Corporation (Amended and Restated September 9, 2004) ARTICLES I OFFICES Section 1. The registered office shall be located c/o The Corporation Trust Company Incorporated, 32 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 and the resident agent in charge thereof is The Corporation Trust Company Incorporated. Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places, either within or without the State of Maryland, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS Section 1. All annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at within one hundred eighty (180) days following the end of the fiscal year of the corporation at such date and time designated by the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Maryland, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for any annual meeting of the stockholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the stockholders as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Section 2. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the president or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the president at the request of the holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of all outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting. Unless requested by stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting, a special meeting need not be called to consider any matter which is substantially the same as a matter voted on at any special meeting of the stockholders held during the preceding twelve months. Section 3. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Maryland, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors. A waiver of notice signed by all stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the State of Maryland, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the corporation in the State of Maryland. Section 4. Written or printed notice stating the place, day 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 not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the day of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer or person calling the meeting, 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 addressed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Section 5. The holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at meetings of stockholders. If, however, a quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified and called. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of some stockholders prior to adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 6. The vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote and thus represented at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the stockholders' meeting, unless the vote of a greater number is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation. Section 7. Each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders, except to the extent that the voting rights of the shares of any class are limited or denied by the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the general laws of the State of Maryland. Section 8. A stockholder may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution unless coupled with an interest, but no proxy shall be valid after ten years from the date of its execution, unless renewed or extended at any time before its expiration. Notwithstanding that a valid proxy is outstanding the powers of the proxy holder are suspended, except in the case of a proxy coupled with an interest which is designated as irrevocable, if the person executing the proxy is present at a meeting and elects to vote in person. Section 9. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books shall make, at least ten (10) days before each meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and number of shares held by each, which list, for a period of ten (10) days prior to such meeting, shall be kept on file at the registered office of the corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any stockholder at any time during the usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original stock transfer books shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or transfer book or to vote at any such meeting of stockholders. Section 10. Any action required by the statutes to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof, and such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of stockholders. A written waiver of any right to dissent must be signed by each stockholder entitled to notice of the meeting but not entitled to vote. Section 11. Stockholders may participate in and hold a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communication equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. ARTICLE III DIRECTORS Section 1. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one member. The Board of Directors may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised and done by the stockholders. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, and at any special meeting of the stockholders which is called and held for that purpose. Each director elected shall hold office for the term of one (1) year, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Directors need not be residents of the State of Maryland or stockholders of the corporation. Section 2. A director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of 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. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or may be filled by an election at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose; provided, however, that if the vacancy is caused by reason of an increase in the number of directors, the Board of Directors may vote to fill not more than two such directorships during the period between any two successive annual meetings of stockholders. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office, or until the next election of one or more directors by stockholders if the vacancy is caused by an increase in the number of directors. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 3. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Maryland. Section 4. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the stockholders to fix the time and place of such first meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors. Section 5. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this Bylaw immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of stockholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place, either within or without this state, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution. Section 6. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the chairman of the board, the president, any vice president or secretary or any two (2) directors. Written notice of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least four (4) days before the date of the meeting if sent by mail or forty-eight (48) hours prior to holding thereof if delivered personally or given by telephone or telegraph. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Section 7. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless a greater number is required by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified and called. Section 8. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or the executive committee may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action taken, is signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors or the executive committee, as the case may be, and such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting. Section 9. Directors and committee members may participate in and hold a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communication equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS Section 10. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole board, may designate from among its members an executive committee and one or more other committees, each of which, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the business and affairs of the corporation except where the action of the Board of Directors is required by statute. Vacancies in the membership of a committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The executive committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board when required. The designation of any such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board of Directors, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or him by law. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS Section 11. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors an may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director, or both. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Section 12. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, choose a Chairman of the Board who shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the directors and shall be an ex officio member of all standing committees. The Chairman of the Board shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as shall be designated by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall be a member of the Board of Directors but no other officers of the corporation need be a director. The Chairman of the Board shall serve until his successor is chosen and qualified, but he may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. ARTICLE IV NOTICES Section 1. Notices to directors and stockholders shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the directors or stockholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when same shall be mailed. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram, and shall be deemed delivered when same shall be deposited at a telegraph office for transmission and all appropriate fees there for have been paid. Section 2. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or director under the provisions of the statutes or of the articles of incorporation or of these bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice. Section 3. Attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, unless he shall announce his dissent at the meeting and his dissent is entered in the minutes and he shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action. ARTICLE V OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall consist of a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except that no officer may act in more than one capacity where action of two or more officers is required and no person may hold the office of president and vice president concurrently. Section 2, The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 3. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. Any officer or agent or member of the executive committee elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served there by, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the Board of Directors. THE PRESIDENT Section 4. The president shall be a director of the corporation and shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders ad resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board or in the event the Board of Directors shall not have designated a Chairman of the Board, the president shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. Section 5. The president shall have authority to institute or defend legal proceedings when the directors are deadlocked. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation. THE VICE PRESIDENTS Section 6. The vice presidents in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY Section 7. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or president, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation and, when authorized by the Board of Directors, affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of the treasurer or an assistant secretary. He shall keep a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to him by such stockholders. He shall have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation. He shall in general perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or by the Board of Directors. Section 8. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS Section 9. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. Section 10. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and the Board of Directors at its regular meetings or when the Board of Directors so requires an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. Section 11. If required by the Board of Directors he shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal form 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 12. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE VI CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES Section 1. The corporation shall deliver certificates representing all shares to which stockholders are entitled; and such certificates shall be signed by the president or a vice president, and the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof. No certificate shall be issued for any share until the consideration therefor has been fully paid. Each certificate representing shares shall state upon the face thereof that the corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, the name of the person to whom issued, the number and class and the designation of the series, if any, which such certificate represents, and the par value of each share represented by such certificate or a statement that the shares are without par value. Section 2. If the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, each certificate representing shares issued by the corporation (1) shall conspicuously set forth on the face or back of the certificate a full statement of (a) all of the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued and, (b) if the corporation is authorized to issue shares of any referred or special class in series, the variation in the relative rights and preferences of the shares of each such series to the extent they have identified and determined and the authority of the Board of Directors to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series; or (2) shall conspicuously state on the face or back of the certificate that (a) such a statement is set forth in the articles of incorporation on file in the office of the Secretary of State and (b) the corporation will furnish a copy of such statement to the record holder of the certificate without charge on written request to the corporation at its principal place of business or registered office. Section 3. If the corporation has by its Articles of Incorporation limited or denied the preemptive right of stockholders to acquire unissued or treasury shares of the corporation, every certificate representing shares issued by the corporation (1) shall conspicuously set forth upon the face or back of the certificate a full statement of the limitation or denial of preemptive rights contained in the Articles of Incorporation, or (2) shall conspicuously state on the fact or back of the certificate (a) that there is on file in the office of the Secretary of State a full statement of the limitation or denial of preemptive rights contained in the Articles of Incorporation, and (b) that the corporation will furnish a copy of such statement of any stockholder without charge upon written request to the corporation at its principal place of business or registered office. Section 4. The signatures of the president or vice president and the secretary or assistant secretary upon a certificate may be facsimiles, if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased not be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of the issuance. LOST CERTIFICATES Section 5. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. Section 6. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER OF SHARES Section 7. If the corporation issues any shares which are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and registered or qualified under any applicable state securities laws, the transfer of any such shares shall be restricted substantially in accordance with the following legend: "The shares of stock represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or registered or qualified under the securities laws of any state, and the holder hereof cannot make any sale, assignment or other transfer of any shares of such stock except pursuant to an offering of such shares duly registered under the Act and registered or qualified under any applicable state securities laws, or under such other circumstances as in the opinion of counsel for or satisfactory to the issuer shall not, at the time, require registration under the Act and/or registration or qualification under any state securities law. Also said shares are 'restricted securities' within the meaning of Rule 144 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Act and may be subject to the limitations and reporting requirements of said rule upon resale or other disposition thereof." In the event any restriction on the transfer, or registration of the transfer, of shares shall be imposed or agreed to by the corporation, each certificate representing shares so restricted (1) shall conspicuously set forth a full or summary statement of the restriction on the face of the certificate, or (2) shall set forth such statement on the back of the certificate and conspicuously refer to the same on the face of the certificate, or (3) shall conspicuously state on the face or back of the certificate that such a restriction exists pursuant to a specified document and (a) that the corporation will furnish to the record holder of the certificate without charge upon written request to the corporation at its principal place of business or registered office a copy of the specified documents, or (b) if such document is one required or permitted by law to be and has been filed, that such specified document is on file in the office of the Secretary of State and contains a full statement of such restriction. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS AND FIXING RECORD DATE Section 8. For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other proper purposes, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period not to exceed, in any case, fifty (50) days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholder such books shall be closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transacted books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date in any case to be not more than fifty (50) days, and, in case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten (10) days, prior not the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders or stockholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which the notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolutions of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of stockholders. When a determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, except where the determination has been made through the closing of stock transfer books and the stated period of closing has expired. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS Section 9. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive rights of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provide by the general laws of the State of Maryland. ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1. The Board of Directors may declare and the corporation may pay dividends on its outstanding shares in cash, property, or its own shares pursuant to law and subject to the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation. Section 2. The Board of Directors may by resolution create a reserve or reserves out of earned surplus for any proper purpose or purposes, and may abolish any such reserve in the same manner. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS Section 3. The Board of Directors must, when requested by the holders of at least one-third (1/3) of the outstanding shares of the corporation, present written reports of the situation and amount of business of the corporation. CHECKS Section 4. All checks, drafts or other demands for money, notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. CONTRACTS Section 5. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. LOANS Section 6. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. DEPOSITS Section 7. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select. FISCAL YEAR Section 8. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by the resolution of the board or directors. SEAL Section 9. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Maryland." The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced. ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at such meeting (provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal is contained in the notice of the meeting), subject to repeal or change at any meeting of the stockholders at which a quorum is present, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stockholders present at such meeting (provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal is contained in the notice of the meeting). EX-4.10 11 f01698exv4w10.txt EXHIBIT 4.10 EXHIBIT 4.10 AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS OF URS CORPORATION -- OHIO A Ohio Corporation (Amended and Restated as of September 9, 2004) Article I. MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS (a) ANNUAL MEETINGS. The annual meeting of the shareholders of this corporation shall be held at the principal office of the corporation, in Cleveland, Ohio, or any other location designated by the directors, on the third Tuesday in January of each year, at 10:00 A.M., if not a legal holiday, but if a legal holiday, then on the following Tuesday at the same hour, or at such other time in the month of January as designated by the Board of Directors. (b) SPECIAL MEETINGS of the shareholders of this corporation shall be called by the Secretary, pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, or upon the written request of two directors, or by shareholders representing 25% of the shares issued and entitled to vote. Calls for special meetings shall specify the time, place and object or objects thereof, and no business other than that specified in the call therefor shall be considered at any such meetings. (c) NOTICE OF MEETINGS. A written or printed notice of the annual or any special meeting of the shareholders, stating the time and place and the objects thereof shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting appearing an the books of the corporation by personal delivery or by mailing same to his address as the same appears on the records of the corporation or of its Transfer Agent, or Agents, at least seven (7) day before any such meeting, provided, however, that no failure or irregularity of notice of any annual meeting shall invalidate the same or any proceeding thereat. All notices with respect to any shares to which persons are jointly entitled may be given to that one of such persons who is named first upon the books of the Corporation and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the holders of such shares. (d) QUORUM. A majority in number of the shares authorized, issued and outstanding, represented by the holders of record thereof, in person or by proxy, shall be requisite to constitute a quorum at any meeting of shareholders, but less than such majority may adjourn the meeting any business may be transacted which might have been transacted if the meeting had been as originally called. (e) PROXIES. Any shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders may be represented and vote thereat by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, subscribed by each shareholder, or by his duly authorized attorney, and submitted to the Secretary at or before such meeting. Article II. SEAL The seal of the corporation shall be circular, about two inches in diameter, with the name of the corporation engraved around the margin and the word "SEAL" engraved across the center. It shall remain in the custody of the Secretary, and it or a facsimile thereof shall be if affixed to all certificates of the corporation's shares. If deemed advisable by the Board of Directors, a duplicate seal may be kept and used by any other officer of the corporation, or by any Transfer Agent of its shares. Article III. SHARES SECTION 1.--CERTIFICATES. Certificates evidencing the ownership of shares of the corporation shall be issued to those entitled to them by transfer or otherwise. Each certificate for shares shall bear a distinguishing number, the signature of the President or Vice--President, and of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, the seal of the corporation, and such recitals as may be required by law. The certificates for shares shall be of such tenor and design as the Board of Directors from time to time may adopt. SECTION 2.--TRANSFERS. (a) The shares may be transferred on the proper books of the corporation by the registered holders thereof, or by their attorneys legally constituted, or their legal representatives, by surrender of the certificate therefor for cancellation and a written assignment of the shares evidenced thereby. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, appoint such Transfer Agents or Registrars of shares as it may deem advisable, and may define their powers and duties. (b) All endorsements, assignments, transfers, share powers or other instruments of transfer of securities standing in the name of the corporation shall be executed for and in the name of the corporation by any two of the following officers, to-wit: the President or a Vice-President, and the Treasurer or Secretary, or an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary; or by any person or persons thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors. SECTION 3.--LOST CERTIFICATES. The Board of Directors may order a new certificate or certificates of shares to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates alleged to have been lost or destroyed, but in every such case the owner of the lost certificate or certificates shall first cause to be given to the corporation a bond, with surety or sureties satisfactory to the corporation in such sum as said Board of Directors may in its discretion deem sufficient as indemnity against any loss or liability that the corporation may incur by reason of the issuance of such new certificates; but the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, refuse to issue such new certificate save upon the order of some court having jurisdiction in such matters pursuant to the statute made and provided. SECTION 4.--CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS. The share transfer books of the corporation may be closed by order of the Board of Directors for a period not exceeding ten (10) days prior to any meeting of the shareholders, and for a period not exceeding ten (10) days prior to the payment of any dividend. The times during which the books may be closed shall, from time to time, be fixed by the Board of Directors. Article IV. DIRECTORS The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one member. Whenever all the shares of the corporation are owned beneficially and of record by either one or two shareholders, the number of directors may be less than three but not less than the number of shareholders. Whenever there are three or more shareholders, there must be at least three directors. Directors shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which they were elected and shall continue in office until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. Article V. VACANCIES IN THE BOARD A resignation from the Board of Directors shall be deemed to take effect upon its receipt by the Secretary, unless some other time is specified therein. In case of any vacancy in the Board of Directors, through death, resignation, disqualification, or other cause deemed sufficient by the Board, by the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the remaining directors, may elect a successor to hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the director whose place shall be vacant, and until the election and qualification of a successor. Article VI. REGULAR MEETINGS Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates as the Board may designate. Article VII. SPECIAL MEETINGS Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be called by the Secretary and held at the request of the President or any two of the directors. Article VIII. NOTICE OF MEETINGS The Secretary shall give notice of each meeting of the Board of Directors, whether regular or special, to each member of the Board. Article VIII(A). VOTE OF DIRECTORS Each member of the Board of Directors shall have one (1) vote. Except as otherwise provided, the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors in office at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be necessary to take official action. In the absence of a meeting the official action of the Board of Directors may be taken by unanimous written consent of all the members of the Board in office at that time. Article IX. QUORUM A majority of the Directors in office at the time shall constitute a quorum at all meetings thereof. Article X. PLACE OF MEETINGS The Board of Directors may hold its meetings at such place or places within or without the State of Ohio as the Board may, from time to time, determine. Article XI. COMPENSATION Directors may be allowed such compensation and expenses as the Board of Directors may determine. Members of either executive or special committees may be allowed such additional compensation and expenses as the Board of Directors may determine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Article XII. ELECTION OF OFFICERS At the first meeting of the Board of Directors in each year (at which a quorum shall be present) held next after the annual meeting of the shareholders, and at any special meeting provided in Article VII, the Board of Directors shall elect officers of the corporation (including the President) and designate and appoint such subordinate officers and employees as it shall determine. They may also appoint an executive committee or committees from their number and define their powers and duties. Article XIII. OFFICERS The officers of this corporation shall be a President, who need not be a director, and also one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer who may or may not be directors. Said officers shall be chosen by the Board of Directors, and shall hold office for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Additional Vice-Presidents may be elected from time to time as determined by the Directors who may also appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries, and one or more Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers and agents of the corporation as it may from time to time determine. The officers of this corporation may also include a Chairman of the Board, and should there be a Vice Chairman of the Board, both shall be Directors. Any officer or employee elected or appointed by the Board of Directors, other than that of director, may be removed at any time upon vote of the majority of the whole Board of Directors. The same person may hold more than one office, other than that of President and Vice-President, or Secretary and Assistant Secretary, or Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. In case of the absence of any officer of the corporation, or for any other reason which the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may delegate the powers or duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director, provided a majority of the whole Board of Directors concur therein. Article XIV. DUTIES OF OFFICERS (a) PRESIDENT. The President shall exercise, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the shareholders of the corporation, a general supervision over the affairs of the corporation, and shall perform generally all duties incident to the office and such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors. (b) VICE-PRESIDENT. The Vice-President shall perform all duties of the President in his absence or during his inability to act, and shall have such other and further powers, and shall perform such other and further duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. (c) SECRETARY. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all proceedings of the Board of Directors and of the shareholders and make a proper record of the same, which shall be attested by him. He shall keep such books as may be required by the Board of Directors, and shall take charge of the seal of the corporation, and generally perform such duties as may be required by the Board of Directors. (d) TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the corporation which may come into his hands, and shall do with the same as may be ordered by the Board of Directors. When necessary or proper he may endorse on behalf of the corporation for collection, checks, notes and other obligations. He shall deposit the funds of the corporation to its credit in such banks and depositaries as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, designate. He shall submit to the annual meeting of the shareholders, a statement of the financial condition of the corporation, and whenever required by the Board of Directors, shall make and render a statement of his accounts, and such other statements as may be required. He shall keep in books of the corporation, full and accurate accounts of all moneys received and paid by him for account of the corporation. He shall perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. (e) CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board, if present, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall, in general, perform all duties incident to the office of the Chairman of the Board and such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. (f) VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Vice Chairman of the Board, if present, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors when the Chairman of the Board is not present, and shall, in general, perform all duties incident to the office of Vice Chairman of the Board, all duties of the Chairman of the Board when he is not available, and such other duties as may be assigned to the Vice Chairman of the Board by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE XV. ORDER OF BUSINESS 1. Call meeting to order. 2. Selection of chairman and secretary. 3. Proof of notice of meeting. 4. Roll call, including filing of proxies with secretary. 5. Appointment of tellers. 6. Reading and disposal of previously unapproved minutes. 7. Reports of officers and committees. 8. If annual meeting, or meeting called for that purpose, election of directors. 9. Unfinished business. 10. New business. 11. Adjournment. This order may be changed by the affirmative vote of a majority in interest of the shareholders present. Article XVI. AMENDMENTS These regulations may be adopted, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the shares empowered to vote thereon at any meeting called and held for that purpose, notice of which meeting has been given pursuant to law, or without a meeting by the written assent of the owners of two-thirds (2/3) of the shares of the corporation entitled to vote thereon. Thereupon, the following written assent to the adoption of the code of regulations aforesaid was entered in these minutes and subscribed by all of the shareholders of this corporation. Article XVII. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS The Corporation shall indemnify any director or officer, or a former director or officer, of the Corporation, or any person who is serving or has served at its request as an officer or director of another corporation, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, decrees, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement and other liabilities incurred in connection with the defense of any pending or threatened action, suit, or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, to which such director or officer is or could reasonably expect to be made a party by reason of being or having been such director or officer, provided: (a) that such person was not, and has not been adjudicated to have been, negligent or guilty of misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Corporation or the corporations of which he was a director or officer; (b) that he acted in good faith in what he reasonably believed to be the best interests of the Corporation; and, (c) that, in any matter, the subject of a criminal action, suit, or proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The determination as to (a), (b) and (c) above shall be made: (1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum of directors, all of whom shall be eligible to vote regardless of their present or past involvement as parties to or threatened with such action, suit, or proceeding, or any other action, suit, or proceeding arising from the same or similar operative facts or (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable if a majority of such quorum of directors so directs, by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) to whom the matter may be referred by the directors. The Board of Directors, whether a disinterested quorum exists or not, may advance expenses to any such person for the defense of any such action, suit, or proceeding, or threat thereof, prior to any final disposition thereof, upon receipt of a satisfactory undertaking by such person to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to indemnification by the Corporation as herein authorized. The termination of any claim, action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or plea of guilty of nolo contendere shall not create a presumption that such person did not meet the standards of conduct referred to above. To the extent that any such person has been successful on the merits, on procedural grounds, or otherwise with respect to any such action, suit, or proceeding, or in the defense of any claim, issued or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses incurred in connection therewith without the determination specified above. The indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of, or in any way to limit, any other rights to which any person indemnified may be or may become entitled as a matter of law, by the articles, regulations, agreements, insurance, vote of stockholders, or otherwise, with respect to action in his official capacity, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, or employee, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article or of the Ohio Revised Code. Article XVIII. FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. EX-4.11 12 f01698exv4w11.txt EXHIBIT 4.11 EXHIBIT 4.11 AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS OF URS CORPORATION SOUTHERN A California Corporation (Amended and Restated as of September 9, 2004) (Formerly: Greiner, Inc. Southern) ARTICLE I Applicability Section 1. Applicability of Bylaws. These Bylaws govern, except as otherwise provided by statute or its Articles of Incorporation, the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation. ARTICLE II Offices Section 1. Principal Executive Office. The location of the principal executive office of the Corporation is 11440 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90049. ARTICLE III Meetings of Shareholders Section 1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the shareholders shall be held at any place within or without the State of California designated by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held within 180 days following the end of the fiscal year of the Corporation at a date and time designated by the Board of Directors. Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting and any other proper business may be transacted thereat. Section 3. Special Meetings. (a) Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by a majority of the Board of Directors, the President or the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than 10 percent of the votes at such meeting. (b) Any request for the calling of a special meeting of the shareholders shall (1) be in writing, (2) specify the date and time thereof which date shall be not less than 35 nor more than 60 days after receipt of the request, and (3) be given either personally or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or other means of written communication to the President, any Vice President or Secretary of the Corporation. The officer receiving a proper request to call a special meeting of the shareholders shall cause notice to be given pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of this article. Section 4. Notice of Annual, Special or Adjourned Meetings. (a) Whenever any meeting of the shareholders is to be held, a written notice of such meeting shall be given in the manner described in subdivision (c) of this section not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date thereof to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat. The notice shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted. (b) Notice need not be given of an adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. (c) Notice of any meeting of the shareholders or any report shall be given either personally or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or other means of written communication, addressed to the shareholder at his address appearing on the books of the Corporation. Section 5. Record Date. (a) The Board of Directors may fix a time in the future as a record date for the determination of the shareholders (1) entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote thereat, (2) entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or (3) entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action. The record date so fixed shall be not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of any meeting of the shareholders nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. Section 6. Quorum; Action at Meetings. (a) A majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting of the shareholders, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business thereat. (b) If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on any matter shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of a greater number is required by Law or the Articles of Incorporation. Section 7. Adjournment. Any meeting of the shareholders may be adjourned from time to time whether or not a quorum is present by the vote of a majority of the shares represented thereat either in person or by proxy. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 8. Validation of Defectively Called, Noticed or Held Meetings. The transactions of any meeting of the shareholders, however called and noticed, and wherever held, are as valid as though had 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 thereat, 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 and approvals shall be tiled with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Section 9. Voting for Election of Directors. Every shareholder entitled to vote at any election of directors may cumulate his votes and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which his shares are entitled, or distribute his votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he thinks fit. Section 10. Action by Written Consent. Any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without a vote and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes which would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting in which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. All such consents shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation and maintained with the corporate records. ARTICLE IV Directors Section 1. Number of Directors. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one member. Section 2. Election of Directors. Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders. Section 3. Term of Office. Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he is elected and until a successor has been elected. Section 4. Vacancies. (a) A vacancy in the Board of Directors exists whenever any authorized position of director is not then filled by a duly elected director. (b) Vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, whether or not less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. (c) The shareholders may elect a director at any time to fill any vacancy not filled by the directors. Section 5. Resignation. Any director may resign effective upon giving written notice to the President, the Secretary or the Board of Directors of the Corporation. ARTICLE V Meetings of the Board of Directors Section 1. Place of Meetings. Regular or special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at any place within or without the State of California which has been designated from time to time by the Board. Section 2. Other Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held without call at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board. Notice of any such meeting is not required. Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time for any purpose or purposes by the President or any vice president or the Secretary or any two directors. Notice shall be given of any special meeting of the Board. Section 4. Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be delivered personally or by telephone to each director or sent to each director by first-class mail or telegraph, charges prepaid. Such notice shall be given four days prior to the holding of the special meeting if sent by mail or 48 hours prior to the holding thereof if delivered personally or given by telephone or telegraph. The notice or report shall be deemed to have been given at the time when delivered personally to the recipient or deposited in the mail or sent by other means of written communication. Section 5. Validation of Defectively Held Meetings. The transactions of any meeting of the Board of Directors, however called and noticed or wherever held, are as valid as though had at a meeting duly after regular call and notice if a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. Section 6. Quorum; Action at Meetings; Telephone Meetings. (a) A majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 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 is the act of the Board of Directors, unless action by a greater proportion of the directors is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation. (b) 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. (c) Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting through use of conference telephone or similar communications equipment so long as all members participating in such meeting can hear one another. Section 7. Adjournment. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. Section 9. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board individually or collectively consent in writing to such action. ARTICLE VII Officers Section 1. Officers. The Corporation shall have as officers, a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Treasurer is the chief financial officer of the Corporation. The Corporation may also have at the discretion of the Board, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this Article. One person may hold two or more offices. Section 2. Election of Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors. Section 3. Subordinate Officers, Etc. The Board of Directors may appoint by resolution, and may empower the Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer, or the President, to appoint such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as are determined from time to time by resolution of the Board or, in the absence of any such determination, as are provided in these Bylaws. Any appointment of an officer shall be evidenced by a written instrument filed with the Secretary of the Corporation and maintained with the corporate records. Section 4. Removal and Resignation. (a) Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors. (b) Any officer may resign at any time effective upon giving written notice to the President, any vice president or Secretary of the Corporation. Section 5. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer and general manager of the Corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and at all meetings of the Board. He shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed from time to time by resolution of the Board. Section 6. Vice President. In the absence or disability of the President, the vice presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors or, if not ranked, the Vice President designated by the Board, shall perform all the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board or as the President may from time to time delegate. Section 7. Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept the minute book, the share register and the seal, if any, of the Corporation. (b) The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors required by these Bylaws or by law to be given, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board. Section 8. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall keep, or cause to be kept, the books and records of account of the Corporation. ARTICLE VII Records and Reports Section 1. Minute Book. The Corporation shall keep or cause to be kept in written form at its principal executive office or such other place as the Board of Directors may order, a minute book which shall contain a record of all actions by its shareholders or Board. Section 2. Share Register -- Maintenance and Inspection. The Corporation shall keep or cause to be kept at its principal executive office a share register which shall contain the names of the shareholders and their addresses, the number 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. Section 3. Books and Records of Account. The Corporation shall keep or cause to be kept at its principal executive office a share register which shall contain the names of the shareholders and their addresses, the number 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. ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous Section 1. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, and any assignment or endorsement thereof, issued in the name of or payable to the Corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner as, from time to time, shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Section 2. Contracts, Etc. -- How Executed. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; and, unless so authorized or ratified by the Board, no officer, employee or other agent 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 to any amount. Section 3. Certificates of Stock. All certificates shall be signed in the name of the Corporation by the President and by the Secretary certifying the number of shares owned by the shareholder. Section 4. Lost Certificates. Except as provided in this section, no new certificate for shares shall be issued in lieu of an old certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the Corporation and canceled at the same time. The Board of Directors may in case any share certificate or certificate for any other security is lost, stolen or destroyed, authorize the issuance of a new certificate in lieu thereof, upon such terms and conditions as the Board may require. Section 5. Representation of Shares of Other Corporations. Any person designated by resolution of the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such designation, the President or any vice president or the Secretary, or any other person authorized by any of the foregoing, is authorized to vote on behalf of the Corporation any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations, foreign or domestic, owned by the Corporation. ARTICLE X Amendments Section 1. Amendments. New bylaws may be adopted or these Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Subject to the next preceding sentence, bylaws (other than a bylaw or amendment thereof specifying or changing a fixed number of directors or the maximum or minimum number, or changing from a fixed to a variable board or vice versa) may be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors. EX-4.12 13 f01698exv4w12.txt EXHIBIT 4.12 EXHIBIT 4.12 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF URS GROUP, INC. A Delaware Corporation (Amended and Restated as of September 9, 2004) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS WOODWARD-CLYDE FEDERAL SERVICES, INC. AND URS GREINER WOODWARD-CLYDE FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.) ------ ARTICLE I - OFFICES SECTION 1 - REGISTERED OFFICE The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware. SECTION 2 - OTHER OFFICES The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS SECTION 1 - PLACE OF MEETINGS All meetings of stockholders for the election of directors shall be held in Wilmington, Delaware, or at such other place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. SECTION 2 - ANNUAL MEETINGS The annual meetings of shareholders, shall be held on the second Monday in January of each year; provided, however, that should said day fall upon a legal holiday, then any such annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at the same time and place on the next day thereafter ensuing which is not a legal holiday, or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Chairman of the Board and as stated in the notice of meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. SECTION 3 - NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETINGS Written notice of the annual shareholders meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting not less than ten (10) or more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. SECTION 4 - STOCK LEDGER The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of the name of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. SECTION 5 - SPECIAL MEETINGS Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of incorporation, may be called by the president and shall be called by the president or secretary at the written request of the stockholders owning a majority capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. SECTION 6 - NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be given, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. SECTION 7 - BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT A SPECIAL MEETING Business transacted at a special meeting of the stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. SECTION 8 - VOTING AT MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS A majority of the holders of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by certificate of incorporation. If however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until such time as when a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. SECTION 9 - QUORUM When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power, present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one which, by express provision of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. SECTION 10 - CUMULATIVE VOTING Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. SECTION 11 - ACTION WITHOUT MEETING Unless otherwise provided for in the certificate of incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS SECTION 1 - NUMBER OF DIRECTORS The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, provided that the board of directors shall consist of at least one member. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified. Directors need not be stockholders. SECTION 2 - VACANCIES Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors, then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office. SECTION 3 - POWERS The business of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. SECTION 4 - PLACE OF MEETING The board of directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, within or without the State of Delaware. SECTION 5 - ORGANIZATION MEETING The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the stockholders to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected board of directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors. SECTION 6 - REGULAR MEETINGS Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board. SECTION 7 - SPECIAL MEETINGS Special meetings of the board may be called at any time by the president on four (4) days' notice to each director either personally or telegram; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors unless the board consists of only one director in which case special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole director. SECTION 8 - QUORUM At all meetings of the board, a majority of the authorized number of directors shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. SECTION 9 - ACTION WITHOUT MEETING Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and such writing or writings are to be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee. SECTION 10 - PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, members of the board of directors, or any committee designated by the board of directors, may participate in a meeting of the board of directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment if, by such means, all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. SECTION 11 - COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation, (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board of directors as provided in Section 151(a) fix any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation) adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the by-laws of the corporation; and, unless the resolution or the certificate of incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors. SECTION 12 - MINUTES OF MEETINGS Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required. SECTION 13 - COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, the board of directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Any member of a special or standing committee may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings. SECTION 14 - REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote at an election of directors. ARTICLE IV - NOTICES SECTION 1 - NOTICES Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these by-laws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram. SECTION 2 - WAIVER OF NOTICE Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. ARTICLE V - OFFICERS SECTION 1 - OFFICERS The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors and shall consist of a chairman of the board, a president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose one or more vice-presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws otherwise provide. SECTION 2 - ELECTION The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the stockholders shall choose the officers of the corporation. SECTION 3 - SUBORDINATE OFFICERS The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, each of whom shall hold office for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as the board of directors may from time to time determine. SECTION 4 - REMOVAL OF OFFICERS The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and have been qualified. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by a majority of the directors at the time in office. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors. SECTION 5 - CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD The chairman of the board, if there shall be such an officer, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the board of directors and exercise and perform all such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of directors or prescribed by the by-laws. SECTION 6 - PRESIDENT The president shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the board of directors, if there is no regular appointed chairman of the board or if such chairman is absent. The president shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation. The president may appoint one or more vice presidents and shall designate such powers and duties of any such appointed vice presidents. SECTION 7 - VICE PRESIDENTS In the absence of the president or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the vice presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors or, if not ranked, the vice president so designated by the board of directors shall perform all the duties of the president and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. Each vice president shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for him by the board of directors, the bylaws, or the president. SECTION 8 - SECRETARY The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the president. The secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature. SECTION 9 - ASSISTANT SECRETARIES The assistant secretaries in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors or, if not ranked, the assistant secretary designated by the board of directors shall, in the absence of the secretary or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. SECTION 10 - TREASURER The treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation. The treasurer 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 of directors. He shall be responsible for the proper disbursement of the funds of the corporation and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all of his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If required by the board of directors, the treasurer shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the treasurer's possessions or under his or her control belonging to the corporation. SECTION 11 - ASSISTANT TREASURERS In the absence of or inability or refusal to act of the treasurer, the assistant treasurers in order of their rank or, if not ranked, the assistant treasurer designated by the board of directors shall perform all the duties of the treasurer and, when so acting, shall have the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the treasurer. Each assistant treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for him by the board of directors or the by-laws. ARTICLE VI - SHARES OF STOCK SECTION 1 - SHARE CERTIFICATES The shares of the corporation shall be represented by a stock certificate. If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided in section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stock holder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Any of or all the signatures on a certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. Certificates shall be signed by the chairman or vice chairman of the board or the president or a vice president, and by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer or the secretary or any assistant secretary of the corporation. SECTION 2 - LOST CERTIFICATES The holder of any shares of stock of the corporation shall immediately notify the corporation of any loss or destruction of the certificate therefor, and the corporation may issue a new certificate in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon approval of the board of directors. The board may, in its discretion, as a condition precedent to the issuance of such new certificate, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. SECTION 3 - TRANSFER OF SHARES Upon the surrender to the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. SECTION 4 - FIXING RECORD DATE In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting: provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. SECTION 5 - REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the, owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware. ARTICLE VII - GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 1 - DIVIDENDS Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. SECTION 2 - ANNUAL STATEMENT The board of directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business condition of the corporation. SECTION 3 - CHECKS All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate. SECTION 4 - FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors. SECTION 5 - SEAL The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed, reproduced or otherwise attached to the document to which it relates. SECTION 6 - STATE OF ALASKA REQUIREMENTS The Corporation shall at all times maintain a currently registered civil engineer who shall be designated in responsible charge of all civil engineering performed by the corporation, and shall further at all times maintain a currently registered electrical engineer who shall be designated in responsible charge of all electrical engineering performed by the corporation and shall further at all times maintain a currently registered architect who shall be designated in responsible charge of all architectural work performed by the corporation. Such Alaskan registrants shall have full authority with regard to all professional decisions and projects in their respective fields and/or branches. EX-4.13 14 f01698exv4w13.txt EXHIBIT 4.13 EXHIBIT 4.13 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF URS HOLDINGS, INC. A Delaware Corporation (Amended and Restated as of September 9, 2004) (formerly Dames and Moore Group and Dames and Moore, Inc.) ------ ARTICLE I OFFICES SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 131) SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES. The corporation shall also have and maintain an office or principal place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 122(8)) ARTICLE II CORPORATE SEAL SECTION 3. CORPORATE SEAL. The corporate seal shall consist of a die bearing the name of the corporation and the inscription, "Corporate Seal-Delaware." Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 122(3)) ARTICLE III STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS SECTION 4. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, or, if not so designated, then at the office of the corporation required to be maintained pursuant to Section 2 hereof. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 211(a)) SECTION 5. ANNUAL MEETING. (A) The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully come before it, shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 211(b)) (B) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be: (A) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (B) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (C) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the sixtieth (60th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting has been changed by more than thirty (30) days from the date contemplated at the time of the previous year's proxy statement, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) day prior to such annual meeting or, in the event public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made by the corporation fewer than seventy (70) days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the corporation. A stockholder's notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting: (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (iii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, (iv) any material interest of the stockholder in such business and (v) any other information that is required to be provided by the stockholder pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), in his capacity as a proponent to a stockholder proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholder's meeting, stockholders must provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (b). The chairman of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (b), and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting that any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8: Section 211(b)) (C) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c) shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of the corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the corporation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 5. Such stockholder's notice shall set forth (i) as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director: (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (C) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, (D) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder, and (E) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act (including without limitation such person's written consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (ii) as to such stockholder giving notice, the information required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 5. At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by a stockholder for election as a director shall furnish to the Secretary of the corporation that information required to be set forth in the stockholder's notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Sections 212, 214). (D) For purposes of this Section 5, "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. SECTION 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS. (A) Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, (iii) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board of Directors for adoption) or (iv) by the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than ten percent (10%) of the votes at the meeting, and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors, shall fix. (B) If a special meeting is called by any person or persons other than the Board of Directors, the request shall be in writing, specifying the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Secretary of the corporation. No business may be transacted at such special meeting otherwise than specified in such notice. The Board of Directors shall determine the time and place of such special meeting, which shall be held not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the receipt of the request. Upon determination of the time and place of the meeting, the officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of these Bylaws. If the notice is not given within sixty (60) days after the receipt of the request, the person or persons requesting the meeting may set the time and place of the meeting and give the notice. Nothing contained in this paragraph (b) shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held. SECTION 7. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, written notice of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, such notice to specify the place, date and hour and purpose or purposes of the meeting. Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice thereof, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any stockholder by his attendance thereat in person or by proxy, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Sections 222, 229) SECTION 8. QUORUM. At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy duly authorized, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, either by the chairman of the meeting or by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, all action taken by the holders of a majority of the vote cast, excluding abstentions, at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid and binding upon the corporation; provided, however, that directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter and, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority (plurality, in the case of the election of directors) of the votes cast, including abstentions, by the holders of shares of such class or classes or series shall be the act of such class or classes or series. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 216) SECTION 9. ADJOURNMENT AND NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETINGS. Any meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the chairman of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares casting votes, excluding abstentions. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 222(c)) SECTION 10. VOTING RIGHTS. For the purpose of determining those stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date, as provided in Section 12 of these Bylaws, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Every person entitled to vote or execute consents shall have the right to do so either in person or by an agent or agents authorized by a proxy granted in accordance with Delaware law. An agent so appointed need not be a stockholder. No proxy shall be voted after three (3) years from its date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer period. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Sections 211(e), 212(b)) SECTION 11. JOINT OWNERS OF STOCK. If shares or other securities having voting power stand of record in the names of two (2) or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, or if two (2) or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary 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: (a) if only one (1) votes, his act binds all; (b) if more than one (1) votes, the act of the majority so voting binds all; (c) if more than one (1) votes, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionally, or may apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery for relief as provided in the General Corporation Law of Delaware, Section 217(b). If the instrument filed with the Secretary shows that any such tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even-split for the purpose of subsection (c) shall be a majority or even-split in interest. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 217(b)) SECTION 12. LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 219(a)) SECTION 13. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. (A) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required by statute to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. (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 sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the corporation in the manner herein required, written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action are delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of 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 stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 228) (C) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. If the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any section of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, then the certificate filed under such section shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such section concerning any vote of stockholders, that written notice and written consent have been given as provided in Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware. SECTION 14. ORGANIZATION. (A) At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the President, or, if the President is absent, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall act as chairman. The Secretary, or, in his absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting. (B) The Board of Directors of the corporation shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure. ARTICLE IV DIRECTORS SECTION 15. NUMBER AND TERM OF OFFICE. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one member. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these Bylaws. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Sections 141(b), 211(b), (c)) SECTION 16. POWERS. The powers of the corporation shall be exercised, its business conducted and its property controlled by the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 141(a)) SECTION 17. TERM OF DIRECTORS. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders for a term of one year., Each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. SECTION 18. VACANCIES. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, shall unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director's successor shall have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this Bylaw in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 223(a), (b)) SECTION 19. RESIGNATION. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his written resignation to the Secretary, such resignation to specify whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Sections 141(b), 223(d)) SECTION 20. REMOVAL. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, no director shall be removed without cause. Subject to any imitations imposed by law, the Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office at any time with cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation, entitled to vote at an election of directors (the "Voting Stock"). SECTION 21. MEETINGS. (A) Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately before or after the annual meeting of stockholders and at the place where such meeting is held. No notice of an annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be necessary and such meeting shall be held for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may lawfully come before it. (B) Regular Meetings. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held in the office of the corporation required to be maintained pursuant to Section 2 hereof. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, regular meetings of the Board of Directors may also be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware which has been designated by resolution of the Board of Directors or the written consent of all directors. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 141(g)) (C) Special Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any two of the directors (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 141(g)) (D) Telephone Meetings. Any member of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 141(i)) (E) Notice of Meetings. Notice of the time and place of all special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given orally or in writing, by telephone, facsimile, telegraph or telex, during normal business hours, at least forty-eight (48) hours before the date and time of the meeting, or sent in writing to each director by first class mail, charges prepaid, at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends 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. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 229) (F) Waiver of Notice. The transaction of all business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present shall sign a written waiver of notice. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 229) SECTION 22. QUORUM AND VOTING. (A) Unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires a greater number and except with respect to indemnification questions arising under Section 43 hereof, for which a quorum shall be one-third of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however, that at any meeting whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 141(b)) (B) At each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, all questions and business shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, unless a different vote be required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 141(b)) SECTION 23. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and such writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 141(f)) SECTION 24. FEES AND COMPENSATION. Directors shall be entitled to such compensation for their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 141(h)) SECTION 25. COMMITTEES. (A) Executive Committee. The Board of Directors may by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors appoint an Executive Committee to consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, including without limitation the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock and to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series), adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the bylaws of the corporation. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 141(c)) (B) Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, from time to time appoint such other committees as may be permitted by law. Such other committees appointed by the Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees, but in no event shall such committee have the powers denied to the Executive Committee in these Bylaws. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 141(c)) (C) Term. Each member of a committee of the Board of Directors shall serve a term on the committee coexistent with such member's term on the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of subsections (a) or (b) of this Bylaw may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee. The membership of a committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or voluntary resignation from the committee or from the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the Board of Directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, and, in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 141(c)) (D) Meetings. Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of the Executive Committee or any other committee appointed pursuant to this Section 25 shall be held at such times and places as are determined by the Board of Directors, or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need be given thereafter. Special meetings of any such committee may be held at any place which has been determined from time to time by such committee, and may be called by any director who is a member of such committee, upon written notice to the members of such committee of the time and place of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of written notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of any special meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends such special 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. A majority of the authorized number of members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Sections 141(c), 229) SECTION 26. ORGANIZATION. At every meeting of the directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the President, or if the President is absent, the most senior Vice President, or, in the absence of any such officer, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting. The Secretary, or in his absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting. ARTICLE V OFFICERS SECTION 27. OFFICERS DESIGNATED. The officers of the corporation shall include, if and when designated by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, one or more Vice Presidents, the Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, all of whom shall be elected at the annual organizational meeting of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and such other officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall deem necessary. The Board of Directors may assign such additional titles to one or more of the officers as it shall deem appropriate. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by law. The salaries and other compensation of the officers of the corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner designated by the Board of Directors. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Sections 122(5), 142(a), (b)) SECTION 28. TENURE AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS. (A) General. All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 141(b), (e)) (B) Duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. If there is no President, then the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in paragraph (c) of this Section 28. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 142(a)) (C) Duties of President. The President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Chairman of the Board of Directors has been appointed and is present. Unless some other officer has been elected Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. The President shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 142(a)) (D) Duties of Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents may assume and perform the duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President or whenever the office of President is vacant. The Vice Presidents shall perform other duties commonly incident to their office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 142(a)) (E) Duties of Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall record all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the corporation. The Secretary shall give notice in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform all other duties given him in these Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. The President may direct any Assistant Secretary to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 142(a)) (F) Duties of Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of Directors or the President. The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time. The President may direct the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the Controller or any Assistant Controller to assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and each Controller and Assistant Controller shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 142(a)) SECTION 29. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof. SECTION 30. RESIGNATIONS. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the President or to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract with the resigning officer. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 142(b)) SECTION 31. REMOVAL. Any officer may be removed from office at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office at the time, or by the unanimous written consent of the directors in office at the time, or by any committee or superior officers upon whom such power of removal may have been conferred by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE VI EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION SECTION 32. EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or persons, to execute on behalf of the corporation any corporate instrument or document, or to sign on behalf of the corporation the corporate name without limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the corporation. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Sections 103(a), 142(a), 158) Unless otherwise specifically determined by the Board of Directors or otherwise required by law, promissory notes, deeds of trust, mortgages and other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation, and other corporate instruments or documents requiring the corporate seal, and certificates of shares of stock owned by the corporation, shall be executed, signed or endorsed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer. All other instruments and documents requiring the corporate signature, but not requiring the corporate seal, may be executed as aforesaid or in such other manner as may be directed by the Board of Directors. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Sections 103(a), 142(a), 158) All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the corporation or in special accounts of the corporation shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do. Unless authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Sections 103(a), 142(a), 158). SECTION 33. VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION. All stock and other securities of other corporations owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any Vice President. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 123) ARTICLE VII SHARES OF STOCK SECTION 34. FORM AND EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATES. Certificates for the shares of stock of the corporation shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Each certificate shall state upon the face or back thereof, in full or in summary, all of the powers, designations, preferences, and rights, and the limitations or restrictions of the shares authorized to be issued or shall, except as otherwise required by law, set forth on the face or back a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this section or otherwise required by law or with respect to this section a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 158) SECTION 35. LOST CERTIFICATES. A new certificate or certificates shall be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. The corporation may require, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require or to give the corporation a surety bond in such form and amount as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 167) SECTION 36. TRANSFERS. (A) Transfers of record of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, and upon the surrender of a properly endorsed certificate or certificates for a like number of shares. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 201, tit. 6, Section 8- 401(1)) (B) The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the General Corporation Law of Delaware. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 160 (a)) SECTION 37. FIXING RECORD DATES. (A) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, 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 record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. 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 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. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. (B) 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 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 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 of Directors 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 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 the State of 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 stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporation's registered office 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 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 day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action. (C) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 213) SECTION 38. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Sections 213(a), 219) ARTICLE VIII OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION SECTION 39. EXECUTION OF OTHER SECURITIES. All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the corporation, other than stock certificates (covered in Section 34), may be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or any Vice President, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer; provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature, or where permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the signatures of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the corporation or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the corporation. ARTICLE IX DIVIDENDS SECTION 40. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors pursuant to law at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section Section 170, 173) SECTION 41. DIVIDEND RESERVE. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,Section 171) ARTICLE X FISCAL YEAR SECTION 42. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. ARTICLE XI INDEMNIFICATION SECTION 43. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, OTHER OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS. (A) Directors and Executive Officers. The corporation shall indemnify its directors and executive officers (for the purposes of this Article XI, "executive officers shall have the meaning defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the 1934 Act) to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law; provided, however, that the corporation may modify the extent of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and executive officers; and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director or executive officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made under subsection (d). (b) Employees and Other Agents. The corporation shall have power to indemnify its officers, employees and other agents as set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law. (C) Expenses. The corporation shall advance to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or executive officer, of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or executive officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or executive officer in connection with such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay said amounts if it should be determined ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Bylaw or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Bylaw, no advance shall be made by the corporation to an executive officer of the corporation (except by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a director of the corporation in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, or (ii) if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. (D) Enforcement. Without the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and executive officers under this Bylaw shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the corporation and the director or executive officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this Bylaw to a director or executive officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90) days of request therefor. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting his claim. In connection with any claim for indemnification, the corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. In connection with any claim by an executive officer of the corporation (except in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a director of the corporation) for advances, the corporation shall be entitled to raise a defense as to any such action clear and convincing evidence that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or with respect to any criminal action or proceeding that such person acted without reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was lawful. 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 action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he 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 claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. (E) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law. (F) Survival of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or other agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. (G) Insurance. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors, may purchase insurance on behalf of any person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this Bylaw. (H) Amendments. Any repeal or modification of this Bylaw shall only be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this Bylaw in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation. (I) Saving Clause. If this Bylaw or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and executive officer to the full extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Bylaw that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law. (J) Certain Definitions. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the following definitions shall apply: (I) The term "proceeding" shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative. (II) The term "expenses" shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, court costs, attorneys' fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection with any proceeding. (III) The term the "corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting 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 the provisions of this Bylaw with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. (IV) References to a "director," "executive officer," "officer," "employee," or "agent" of the corporation shall include, without limitation, situations where such person is serving at the request of the corporation as, respectively, a director, executive officer, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. (V) References to "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any service as a 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 Bylaw. ARTICLE XII NOTICES SECTION 44. NOTICES. (A) Notice to Stockholders. Whenever, under any provisions of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, it shall be given in writing, timely and duly deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to his last known post office address as shown by the stock record of the corporation or its transfer agent. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 222) (B) Notice to Directors. Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by the method stated in subsection (a), or by facsimile, telex or telegram, except that such notice other than one which is delivered personally shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office address of such director. (C) Affidavit of Mailing. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected, specifying the name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 222) (D) Time Notices Deemed Given. All notices given by mail, as above provided, shall be deemed to have been given as at the time of mailing, and all notices given by facsimile, telex or telegram shall be deemed to have been given as of the sending time recorded at time of transmission. (E) Methods of Notice. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all directors, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others. (F) Failure to Receive Notice. The period or limitation of time within which any stockholder may exercise any option or right, or enjoy any privilege or benefit, or be required to act, or within which any director may exercise any power or right, or enjoy any privilege, pursuant to any notice sent him in the manner above provided, shall not be affected or extended in any manner by the failure of such stockholder or such director to receive such notice. (G) Notice to Person with Whom Communication Is Unlawful. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful. (H) Notice to Person with Undeliverable Address. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such person during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve-month period, have been mailed addressed to such person at his address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to such person shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any such person shall deliver to the corporation a written notice setting forth his then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such person shall be reinstated. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the certificate need not state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to this paragraph. (Del. Code Ann, tit. 8, Section 230) ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENTS SECTION 45. AMENDMENTS. Subject to paragraph (h) of Section 43 of the Bylaws, the Bylaws may be altered or amended or new Bylaws adopted by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the Voting Stock. The Board of Directors shall also have the power to adopt, amend, or repeal Bylaws. ARTICLE XIV LOANS TO OFFICERS SECTION 46. LOANS TO OFFICERS. The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or of its subsidiaries, including any officer or employee who is a Director of the corporation or its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, such loan, guarantee or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guarantee or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 143) ARTICLE XV MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 47. ANNUAL REPORT. (A) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Bylaw, the Board of Directors shall cause an annual report to be sent to each stockholder of the corporation not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of the corporation's fiscal year. Such report shall include a balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal year and an income statement and statement of changes in financial position for such fiscal year, accompanied by any report thereon of independent accounts or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the corporation. When there are more than 100 stockholders of record of the corporation's shares, as determined by Section 605 of the California Corporations Code, additional information as required by Section 1501(b) of the California Corporations Code shall also be contained in such report, provided that if the corporation has a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act, that Act shall take precedence. Such report shall be sent to stockholders at least fifteen (15) days prior to the next annual meeting of stockholders after the end of the fiscal year to which it relates. (B) If and so long as there are fewer than 100 holders of record of the corporation's shares, the requirement of sending of an annual report to the stockholders of the corporation is hereby expressly waived. EX-4.14 15 f01698exv4w14.txt EXHIBIT 4.14 EXHIBIT 4.14 AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF URS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Formerly known as WOODWARD-CLYDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.) A Delaware Corporation (Amended and Restated as of September 9, 2004) ARTICLE I OFFICES 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of New Castle, State of Delaware. 1.2 Other Offices. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS 2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders for the election of directors shall be held in the City of Wilmington, State of Delaware, or at any other place as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors, or at such other place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. 2.2 Annual Meetings. The annual meetings of stockholders, commencing with the year 1991, shall be held on the first Friday in December of each year at a time to be decided by the board of directors provided, however, that should said day fall upon a legal holiday, then any such annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at the same time and place on the next day thereafter ensuing which is not a legal holiday, or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and as stated in the notice of meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. 2.3 Notice of Annual Meetings. Written notice of the annual stockholders meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting not less than ten (10) or more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. 2.4 Stock Ledger. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten 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 the name of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten 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 me and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. 2.5 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, may be called for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of incorporation, by the president and shall be called by the president or secretary at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. 2.6 Notice of Stockholder Meeting. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, the written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the mail, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation. 2.7 Business Transacted at a Special Meeting. Business transacted at a special meeting of the stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. 2.8 Voting at Meetings of Stockholders. The holders of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by certificate of incorporation. If however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice if the time and place are announced at the meeting at which adjournment is taken, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. 2.9 Quorum. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. 2.10 Cumulative Voting. At all elections of directors of the corporation, or at elections held under specified circumstances, each holder of stock or of any class or classes or of a series thereof shall be entitled to as many votes as shall equal the number of votes which he would be entitled to cast for the election of directors with respect to his shares of stock multiplied by the number of directors to be elected by him, and that he may cast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for, or for any 2 or more of them as he may see fit. 2.11 Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. ARTICLE III DIRECTORS 3.1 Number of Directors. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, provided the board of directors shall consist of at least one member. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director's term of office expires. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in Section 3.2 of this Article, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified. Directors need not be stockholders. 3.2 Vacancies. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors, then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner displaced. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office. 3.3 Powers. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not prohibited by statute or by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. 3.4 Place of Meeting. The board of directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, within or without the State of Delaware. 3.5 Organization Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the stockholders to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected board of directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors. 3.6 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board. 3.7 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board may be called at any time by the president or any one director on four (4) days notice to each director given as provided in Article IV Section 4.1 of these by-laws. The notice must specify the purpose of the meeting and the time, date and place the meeting is to be held. 3.8 Quorum. At all meetings of the board, a majority of the authorized number of directors shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. 3.9 Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and such writing or writings are to be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee. 3.10 Participation in Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, members of the board of directors, or any committee designated by the board of directors,may participate in a meeting of the board of directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. 3.11 Committees of Directors. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting or the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place or any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board of directors as provided in Section 151(a) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, fix any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation), adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the by-laws of the corporation; and, unless the resolution or the certificate of incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors. 3.12 Minutes of Meetings. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required. 3.13 Compensation of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws the board of directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Member of a special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings. 3.14 Removal of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, any director or entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote at an election of directors. ARTICLE IV NOTICES 4.1 Notices. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these by-laws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram. 4.2 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. ARTICLE V OFFICERS 5.1 Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors and shall be a chairman of the board or a president of both, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose one or more vice-presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws otherwise provide. 5.2 Election. The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the stockholders shall choose the officers of the corporation. 5.3 Subordinate Officers. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, each of whom shall hold office for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as the board of directors may from time to time determine. 5.4 Salaries of Officers. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors. 5.5 Removal of Officers. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by a majority of the directors at the time in office. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board by directors. 5.6 Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board, if there shall be such an officer, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the board of directors and exercise and perform all such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of directors or prescribed by the by-laws. 5.7 President. The president shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders and the board of directors, if there is no regular appointed chairman of the board or if such chairman is absent. The president shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation. 5.8 Vice Presidents. In the absence of the president or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the vice presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors or, if not ranked, the vice president designated by the board of directors shall perform all the duties of the president and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. Each vice president shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for him by the board of directors or the bylaws. 5.9 Secretary. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the president. The secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it any be attested by his or her signature. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature. 5.10 Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors or, if not ranked, the assistant secretary designated by the board or directors shall, in the absence of the secretary or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. 5.11 Treasurer. The treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation. The treasurer 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 of directors. He shall be responsible for the proper disbursement of the funds of the corporation and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all of his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If required by the board of directors, the treasurer shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind belonging to the corporation in the treasurer's possession or under his or her control. 5.12 Assistant Treasurers. In the absence of or inability of refusal to act of the treasurer, the assistant treasurers in order of their rank or, if not ranked, the assistant treasurer designated by the board of directors shall perform all the duties of the treasurer and, when so acting, shall have the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the treasurer. Each assistant treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for him by the board of directors or the by-laws. ARTICLE VI SHARES OF STOCK 6.1 Share Certificates. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by a certificate. Certificates shall be signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, or the president or a vice-president and the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to Sections 151, 156, 202(a) or 218(a) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it any be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Lost Certificates. The holder of any shares of stock of the corporation shall immediately notify the corporation of any loss or destruction of the certificate therefor, and the corporation may issue new certificate in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon approval of the board of directors. The board may, in its discretion, as a condition precedent to the issuance of such new certificate, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. 6.3 Transfer of Shares. Upon the surrender to the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. 6.4 Fixing Record Date. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting: provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. 6.5 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware. ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS 7.1 Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. 7.2 Annual Statement. The board of directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the corporation. 7.3 Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or person as the board of directors may from time to time designate. 7.4 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors. 7.5 Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise. 7.6 Indemnification. The corporation shall indemnify each of its officers, directors, employees and agents to the maximum extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware. ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENTS 8.1 Amendments to Bylaws. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new by-laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the board of directors, when such power is conferred upon the board of directors by the certificate of incorporation at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the board of directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the board of directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new by-laws be contained in the notice of such special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws is conferred upon the board of directors by the certificate of incorporation it shall divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws. EX-4.15 16 f01698exv4w15.txt EXHIBIT 4.15 EXHIBIT 4.15 AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF LEAR SIEGLER SERVICES, INC. A Delaware Corporation (Amended and Restated As of September 9, 2004) ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The registered office of Lear Siegler Services, Inc. (the "Corporation") shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware. Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS Section 1. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Section 2. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and a time designated by the Board of Directors. At each annual meeting directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted. Section 3. A majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, the holders of which are present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum and the votes present may continue to transact business until adjournment. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, a majority of the voting stock represented in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat. Section 4. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, or the Certificate of Incorporation, or these By-Laws, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Section 5. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote may vote in person or may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder and bearing a date not more than three years prior to said meeting, unless said instrument provides for a longer period. All proxies must be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation at the beginning of each meeting in order to be counted in any vote at the meeting. Each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock having voting power, registered in his name on the books of the Corporation on the record date set by the Board of Directors as provided in Article V, Section 6 hereof. All elections shall be had and all questions decided by a plurality vote. Section 6. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose, or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the President and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation, issued and outstanding, and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. Section 7. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which notice shall state 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. The written notice of any meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Section 8. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten 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. Section 9. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate or Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate acting without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. ARTICLE III DIRECTORS Section 1. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one member. The directors need not be stockholders. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, from the Board of Directors at any meeting of stockholders by a majority of the stock represented and entitled to vote thereat. Section 2. Vacancies on the Board of Directors by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, or otherwise, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner replaced by a vote of the shareholders. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole Board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office. Section 3. The property and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authorities by these By-Laws expressly conferred upon them, the Board may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. Section 4. The directors may hold their meetings and have one or more offices, and keep the books of the Corporation outside of the State of Delaware. Section 5. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 6. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President on forty-eight hours' notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors. Section 7. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the authorized number of directors shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum, shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. If only one director is authorized, such sole director shall constitute a quorum. At any meeting, a director shall have the right to be accompanied by counsel provided that such counsel shall agree to any confidentiality restrictions reasonably imposed by the Corporation. Section 8. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Section 9. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 10. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation's property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the By-Laws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock. Section 11. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. Section 12. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings. Section 13. The Corporation shall indemnify every person who is or was a party or is or was threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer or employee of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including counsel fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by applicable law. ARTICLE IV OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of this corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, such other officers as are desired, including a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 hereof. In the event there are two or more Vice Presidents, then one or more may be designated as Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, or other similar or dissimilar title. At the time of the election of officers, the directors may by resolution determine the order of their rank. Any number of offices may be held by the same person unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws otherwise provide. Section 2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders, shall choose the officers of the Corporation. Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify in their stead. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer or officers becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Section 6. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him by the Board of Directors as prescribed by these By-Laws. If there is no President, the Chairman of the Board shall in addition be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 7 of this Article IV. Section 7. President. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the Corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be none, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall be an ex-officio member of all committees and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of President and Chief Executive Officer of corporations, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these By-Laws. Section 8. Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice Presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors, or if not ranked, the Vice President designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents shall have such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them, respectively, by the Board of Directors. Section 9. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose; and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required by the Board of Directors. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these By-Laws. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of an Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature. Section 10. Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, or if there be no such determination, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. Section 11. 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 of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the Corporation a bond, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the Corporation. Section 12. Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, or if there be no such determination, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE V CERTIFICATES OF STOCK Section 1. Every holder of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation; certifying the number of shares represented by the certificate owned by such stockholder in the Corporation. Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Section 3. If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Section 4. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. Section 5. Upon surrender to the Corporation, or the transfer agent of the Corporation, of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its book. Section 6. 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 of Directors may fix a record date which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Section 7. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, save as expressly provided by the laws of the State of Delaware. ARTICLE VI GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve. Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise. Section 6. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram. Section 7. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Section 8. The Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation. ARTICLE VII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new By-Laws be contained in the notice of such special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal By-Laws is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation, it shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal By-Laws. EX-4.16 17 f01698exv4w16.txt EXHIBIT 4.16 EXHIBIT 4.16 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF URS OPERATING SERVICES, INC. A Delaware Corporation (Amended and Restated As of September 9, 2004) ARTICLE I - OFFICES SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE. -- The registered office shall be established and maintained at 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, in the County of New Castle in the State of Delaware. SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES. -- The corporation may have other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II - MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS SECTION 1. ANNUAL MEETINGS. -- Annual meetings of stockholders for the election of directors and for such other business as may be stated in the notice of the meeting, shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors, by resolution, shall determine and as set forth in the notice of the meeting. In the event the Board of Directors fails to so determine the time, date and place of meeting, the annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in Delaware on If the date of the annual meeting shall fall upon a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. At each annual meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors and may transact such other corporate business as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting. SECTION 2. OTHER MEETINGS. -- Meetings of stockholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting. SECTION 3. VOTING. -- Each stockholder entitled to vote in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and these By-Laws shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock entitled to vote held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted after three years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Upon the demand of any stockholder, the vote for directors and upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All elections for directors shall be decided by plurality vote; all other questions shall be decided by majority vote except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the laws of the State of Delaware. SECTION 4. STOCKHOLDER LIST. -- The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall at least 10 days before each meeting of stockholders prepare a complete alphabetical addressed list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the ensuing election, with the number of shares held by each. Said list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten 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 be available for inspection at the meeting. SECTION 5. QUORUM. -- Except as otherwise required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of stockholders holding a majority of the stock of the corporation entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders. In case a quorum shall not be present at any meeting, a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until the requisite amount of stock entitled to vote shall be present. At any such adjourned meeting at which the requisite amount of stock entitled to vote shall be represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed; but only those stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting as originally noticed shall be entitled to vote at any adjournment or adjournments thereof. SECTION 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS. -- Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the president and shall be called by the president or secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the directors or stockholders entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose of the proposed meeting. SECTION 7. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. -- Written notice, stating the place, date and time of the meeting, and the general nature of the business to be considered, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting. SECTION 8. BUSINESS TRANSACTED -- No business other than that stated in the notice shall be transacted at any meeting without the unanimous consent of all the stockholders entitled to vote thereat. SECTION 9. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. -- Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes or the Certificate of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with, if all the stockholders who would have been entitled by vote upon the action if such meeting were held, shall consent in writing to such corporate action being taken. ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS SECTION 1. NUMBER AND TERM. -- The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one member. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders and each director shall be elected to serve until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify. SECTION 2. RESIGNATIONS. -- Any director, member of a committee or other officer may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing, and shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the President or Secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. SECTION 3 VACANCIES. -- If the office of any director, member of a committee or other officer becomes vacant, the remaining directors in office, though less than a quorum by a majority vote, may appoint any qualified person to fill such vacancy, who shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his successor shall be duly chosen. SECTION 4. REMOVAL. -- Any director or directors may be removed either for or without cause at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote, at a special meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose and the vacancies thus created may be filled, at the meeting held for the purpose of removal, by the affirmative vote of a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote. SECTION 5. INCREASE OF NUMBER. -- The number of directors may be increased by amendment of these By-Laws by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors, though less than a quorum, or, by the affirmative vote of a majority in interest of the stockholders, at the annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose, and by like vote the additional directors may be chosen at such meeting to hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are elected and qualify. SECTION 6. COMPENSATION. -- Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors or as members of committees, but by resolution of the board a fixed fee and expenses of attendance may be allowed for attendance at each meeting. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor. SECTION 7. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. -- Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken with out a meeting, if prior to such action 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. ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS SECTION 1. OFFICERS. -- The officers of the corporation shall consist of a President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary, and shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect a Chairman, one or more Vice-Presidents and such Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as it may deem proper. None of the officers of the corporation need be directors. The officers shall be elected at the first meeting of the Board of Directors after each annual meeting. More than two offices may be held by the same person. SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICERS AND AGENTS. -- The Board of Directors may appoint such officers and agents as it may deem advisable, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such power and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. SECTION 3. CHAIRMAN. -- The Chairman of the Board of Directors if one be elected, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and he shall have and perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. SECTION 4. PRESIDENT. -- The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders if present thereat, and in the absence or non-election of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall have general supervision, direction and control of the business of the corporation Except as the Board of Directors shall authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, he shall execute bonds, mortgages, and other contracts in behalf of the corporation, and shall cause the seal to be affixed to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed the seal shall be attested by the signature of the Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer. SECTION 5. VICE-PRESIDENT. -- Each Vice-President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the directors. SECTION 6. TREASURER. -- The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation. He shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, or the President, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements. He shall render to the President and Board of Directors at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may request it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such amount and with such surety as the board shall prescribe. SECTION 7. SECRETARY. -- The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and directors, and all other notices required by law or by these By-Laws, and in case of his absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such notice may be given by any person thereunto directed by the President, or by the directors, or stockholders, upon whose requisition the meeting is called as provided in these By-Laws. He shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board of Directors, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of any assistant secretary. SECTION 8. ASSISTANT TREASURERS & ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries, if any, shall be elected and shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them, respectively, by the directors. ARTICLE V SECTION 1. CERTIFICATES OF STOCK. -- Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, or the president or a vice-president and the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class of series of stock, provided that, except as other wise provided in section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Where a certificate is countersigned (1) by a transfer agent other than the corporation or its employee, or (2) by a registrar other than the corporation or its employee, the signatures of such officers may be facsimiles. SECTION 2. LOST CERTIFICATES -- New certificates of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate therefore issued by the corporation, alleged to have been lost or destroyed, and the directors may, in their discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate or his legal representatives, to give the corporation a bond, in such sum as they may direct, not exceeding double the value of the stock, to indemnify the corporation against it on account of the alleged loss of any such new certificate. SECTION 3. TRANSFER OF SHARES. -- The shares of stock of the corporation shall be transferable only upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, and upon such transfer the old certificates shall be surrendered to the corporation by the delivery thereof to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers, or to such other persons as the directors may designate, by who they shall be cancelled, and new certificates shall thereupon be issued. A record shall be made of each transfer and whenever a transfer shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer. SECTION 4. STOCKHOLDERS RECORD DATE. -- In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the day of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. SECTION 5. DIVIDENDS. -- Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation the Board of Directors may, out of funds legally available therefor at any regular or special meeting, declare dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation as and when they deem expedient. Before declaring any dividends there may be set apart out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time in their discretion deem proper working capital or as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends or for such other purposes as the directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the corporation. SECTION 6. SEAL. -- The corporate seal shall be circular in form and shall contain the name of the corporation, the year of its creation and the words "CORPORATE SEAL DELAWARE." Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced. SECTION 7. FISCAL YEAR. -- The fiscal year of the corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. SECTION 8. CHECKS -- All checks, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation, and in such manner as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. SECTION 9. NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE -- Whenever any notice is required by these By-Laws to be given, personal notice is not meant unless expressly stated, and any notice so required shall be deemed to be sufficient if given by depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the person entitled thereto at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the day of such mailing. Stockholders not entitled to vote shall not be entitled to receive notice of any meetings except as otherwise provided by statute. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of any law, or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed proper notice. ARTICLE VI - CLOSE CORPORATIONS MANAGEMENT BY SHAREHOLDERS If the certificate of incorporation of the corporation states that the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by the shareholders of the corporation rather than by a board of directors, then, whenever the context so requires the shareholders of the corporation shall be deemed the directors of the corporation for purposes of applying any provision of these by-laws. ARTICLE VII - AMENDMENTS These By-Laws may be altered and repealed and By-Laws may be made at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting thereof if notice thereof is contained in the notice of such special meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding or entitled to vote thereat, or by the regular meeting of the Board of Directors, at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors, if notice thereof is contained in the notice of such special meeting. EX-4.17 18 f01698exv4w17.txt EXHIBIT 4.17 EXHIBIT 4.17 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EG&G Defense Materials, Inc. A Utah Corporation (Amended and Restated as of September 9, 2004) * * * * * ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The registered office shall be located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Utah as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDER Section 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of directors may be held anywhere in the United States. Section 2. Annual meetings of shareholders, commencing with the year 1990, shall be held on the 1st Monday in May if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following, at 10:00 A.M., at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be delivered no less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. ARTICLE III SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of Utah as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Section 2. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes may be called by the chairman of the board or the president and shall be called by the president or secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the board of directors, or at the request in writing of shareholders owning one-tenth of all the outstanding shares of the corporation. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting and business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. ARTICLE IV QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the articles of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders unless the vote of a greater number of shares of stock is required by law or the articles of incorporation. Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Section 4. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE V DIRECTORS Section 1. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, provided that the board of directors shall consist of at least one member. Directors need not be residents of the State of Utah nor shareholders of the corporation. The directors, other than the first board of directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, and each director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first board of directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders. Section 2. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the articles of incorporation or by these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders. Section 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of Utah, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine. Section 5. The board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the corporation as directors, officers or otherwise. ARTICLE VI MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Utah. Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the directors. Section 3. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board. Section 4. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president on two (2) days' notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors. Section 5. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Section 6. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the articles of incorporation. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the articles of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE VII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Section 1. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of directors fixed by the by-laws or otherwise, may designate two or more directors to constitute an executive committee, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the board of directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled by the board of directors at a regular or special meeting of the board of directors. The executive committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board when required. ARTICLE VIII NOTICES Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the articles of incorporation or of these by-laws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram. Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the articles of incorporation or these by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. ARTICLE IX OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors and shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose additional vice-presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Section 2. The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of shareholders shall choose a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, none of whom need be members of the board. Section 3. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors. Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors. THE PRESIDENT Section 6. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. Section 7. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. THE VICE-PRESIDENTS Section 8. The vice-president, or if there shall be more than one, the vice-presidents in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Section 9. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or president, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature. Section 10. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS Section 11. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. Section. 12. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. Section 13. If required by the board of directors, he shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation. Section 14. The assistant treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE X CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES Section 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the president or a vice-president and the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof. When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class there shall be set forth upon the face or back of the certificate, or the certificate shall have a statement that the corporation will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge, a full statement of the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued and, if the corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, the variations in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each such series so far as the same have been fixed and determined and the authority of the board of directors to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series. Section 2. The signatures of the officers of the corporation upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issue. LOST CERTIFICATES Section 3. The board of directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the board of directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. TRANSFERS OF SHARES Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and that old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS Section 5. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or any adjournment thereof or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the board of directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, fifty days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the board of directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such data in any case to be not more than fifty days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the board of directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof. REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall hot be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Utah. LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 7. The officer or agent having charge of the transfer books for shares shall make, at least ten days before each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of each and the number of shares held by each, which list, for a period of ten days prior to such meeting, shall be kept on file at the registered office of the corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or share ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of the shareholders. ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the articles of incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the articles of incorporation. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may he set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. CHECKS Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate. FISCAL YEAR Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors. SEAL Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Utah". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These by-laws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new by-laws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board. No by-law shall be adopted by the directors which shall require more than a majority of the voting shares for a quorum at a meeting of shareholders, or more than a majority of the votes cast to constitute action by the shareholders, except where higher percentages are required by law or by the articles of incorporation. The shareholders shall have the right to change or repeal any by-laws adopted by the directors. EX-4.18 19 f01698exv4w18.txt EXHIBIT 4.18 EXHIBIT 4.18 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EG&G TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. A Delaware Corporation (Amended and Restated As of September 9, 2004) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ETS ACQUISITION CORPORATION) ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The registered office of EG&G Technical Services, Inc. (the "Corporation") shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware. Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS Section 1. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Section 2. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and a time designated by the Board of Directors. At each annual meeting directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted. Section 3. A majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, the holders of which are present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum and the votes present may continue to transact business until adjournment. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, a majority of the voting stock represented in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat. Section 4. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, or the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Section 5. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote may vote in person or may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder and bearing a date not more than three years prior to said meeting, unless said instrument provides for a longer period. All proxies must be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation at the beginning of each meeting in order to be counted in any vote at the meeting. Each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock having voting power, registered in his name on the books of the Corporation on the record date set by the Board of Directors as provided in Article V, Section 6 hereof. All elections shall be had and all questions decided by a plurality vote. Section 6. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose, or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the President and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation, issued and outstanding, and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purpose stated in the notice. Section 7. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which notice shall state 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. The written notice of any meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the United State mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Section 8. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of a least ten 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. Section 9. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. ARTICLE III DIRECTORS Section 1. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one member. The directors need not be stockholders. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, from the Board of Directors at any meeting of stockholders by a majority of the stock represented and entitled to vote thereat. Section 2. Vacancies on the Board of Directors by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, or otherwise, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner replaced by a vote of the shareholders. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole Board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office. Section 3. The property and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authorities by these Bylaws expressly conferred upon them, the Board my exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. Section 4. The directors may hold their meetings and have one or more offices, and keep the books of the Corporation outside of the State of Delaware. Section 5. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 6. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President on forty-eight hours' notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors. Section 7. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the authorized number of directors shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum, shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. If only one director is authorized, such sole director shall constitute a quorum. At any meeting, a director shall have the right to be accompanied by counsel provided that such counsel shall agree to any confidentiality restrictions reasonably imposed by the Corporation. Section 8. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Section 9. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 10. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation's property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the Bylaws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock. Section 11. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. Section 12. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings. Section 13. The Corporation shall indemnify every person who is or was a party or is or was threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer or employee of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including counsel fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by applicable law. ARTICLE IV OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of this corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, such other officers as are desired, including a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 hereof. In the event there are two or more Vice Presidents, then one or more may be designated as Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, or other similar or dissimilar title. At the time of the election of officers, the directors may by resolution determine the order of their rank. Any number of offices may be held by the same person unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide. Section 2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders, shall choose the officers of the Corporation. Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify in their stead. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be renewed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer or officers becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Section 6. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him by the Board of Directors or prescribed by these Bylaws. If there is no President, the Chairman of the Board shall in addition be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 7 of this Article IV. Section 7. President. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the Corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be none, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall be an ex-officio member of all committees and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of President and Chief Executive Officer of corporations, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws. Section 8. Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the President the Vice Presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors, or if not ranked, the Vice President designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice President shall have such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them, respectively, by the Board of Directors. Section 9. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose; and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required by the Board of Directors. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of an Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature. Section 10. Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, or if there be no such determination, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such others duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. Section 11. 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 of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the Corporation a bond, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the Corporation. Section 12. Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, or if there be no such determination, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the power of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE V CERTIFICATES OF STOCK Section 1. Every holder of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares represented by the certificate owned by such stockholder in the Corporation. Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or register who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Section 3. If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Section 4. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. Section 5. Upon surrender to the Corporation, or the transfer agent of the Corporation, of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its book. Section 6. 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 of Directors may fix a record date which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholder of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholder shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors my fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Section 7. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, save as expressly provided by the laws of the State of Delaware. ARTICLE VI GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve. Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. Section 5. The corporate seal shall inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise. Section 6. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram. Section 7. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Section 8. The Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation. ARTICLE VII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new Bylaws be contained in the notice of such special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation, it shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws. EX-10.2 20 f01698exv10w2.txt EXHIBIT 10.2 EXHIBIT 10.2 URS CORPORATION RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD GRANT NOTICE (1999 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN) URS Corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to its 1999 Incentive Equity Plan (the "Plan"), hereby grants to Participant the right to receive the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock set forth below ("Award"). This Award is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and the Plan, each of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. Participant: Martin M. Koffel Date of Grant: Vesting Commencement Date: Number of Shares Subject to Award: Participant's Social Security Number: Fair Market Value Per Share: VESTING SCHEDULE: 100% of the shares vest on the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. ADDITIONAL TERMS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The undersigned Participant acknowledges receipt of, and understands and agrees to, this Grant Notice, the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and the Plan. Participant further acknowledges that this Grant Notice, the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between Participant and the Company regarding the award of Common Stock in the Company and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of awards previously granted and delivered to Participant under the Plan. URS CORPORATION PARTICIPANT: By: __________________________________ By: _________________________________ Kent P. Ainsworth Martin M. Koffel Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ATTACHMENTS: Restricted Stock Award Agreement and 1999 Incentive Equity Plan ATTACHMENT I RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT URS CORPORATION 1999 INCENTIVE EQUITY PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT FOR MARTIN M. KOFFEL Pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Employment Agreement (as defined below), the Restricted Stock Award Grant Notice ("Grant Notice") and this Restricted Stock Award Agreement (collectively, the "Award"), and in consideration of your past services, URS Corporation (the "Company") has awarded you a restricted stock award under its 1999 Incentive Equity Plan (the "Plan") for the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock subject to the Award indicated in the Grant Notice. Except where indicated otherwise, defined terms not explicitly defined in this Restricted Stock Award Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan. The details of your Award are as follows: 1. VESTING. Subject to the limitations contained herein, your Award shall vest as provided in the Grant Notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, vesting of your Award shall be accelerated both (i) in the circumstances provided in Section 12(c) of the Plan and (ii) under the circumstances set forth in Section 6 below. The shares subject to your Award will be held by the Company until your interest in such shares vests. As each portion of your interest in the shares vests, the Company shall issue you a stock certificate covering such vested shares. 2. NUMBER OF SHARES. The number of shares subject to your Award may be adjusted from time to time for Capitalization Adjustments, as provided in the Plan. 3. PAYMENT. This Award was granted in consideration of your past services to the Company. You will not be required to make any payment to the Company with respect to your receipt of the Award or the vesting thereof. 4. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. You will not be issued any shares under your Award unless the shares are either (a) then registered under the Securities Act or (b) the Company has determined that such issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Your Award must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the Award, and you will not receive such shares if the Company determines that such receipt would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations. 5. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. Prior to the time that they have vested, you may not transfer, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of the shares subject to the Award. For example, you may not use shares subject to the Award that have not vested as security for a loan. In addition, you may not transfer, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of the shares subject to the Award that have vested at any time when applicable securities laws or Company policies would prohibit such a transfer. This restriction on the transfer of vested shares will lapse upon your termination of Continuous Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to receive vested shares as of the date of your death. 1. 6. TERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE; ACCELERATION OF VESTING. In the event your Continuous Service terminates for any reason, you will be credited with the vesting that has accrued under your Award as of the date of your termination of Continuous Service; provided, however, that the Award automatically shall become vested in full as of the effective date of such termination (i) if your Continuous Service terminates pursuant to any of clauses (iv), (v) or (vi) of Section 6(a) of the employment agreement that you entered into with the Company on September 5, 2003, as amended from time to time (the "Employment Agreement"), or (ii) if such termination is the result of your death or Disability (as such term is defined in your Employment Agreement). 7. RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS. The shares issued under your Award shall be endorsed with appropriate legends determined by the Company. 8. RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. You shall exercise all rights and privileges of a stockholder of the Company with respect to the shares subject to your Award. You shall be deemed to be the holder of the shares for purposes of receiving any dividends which may be paid with respect to such shares and for purposes of exercising any voting rights relating to such shares, even if some or all of such shares have not yet vested. 9. AWARD NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. Your Award is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in your Award shall be deemed to (i) alter the terms of your Employment Agreement or (ii) create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the Company or any affiliate thereof, or on the part of the Company or any affiliate thereof to continue your employment or service. In addition, nothing in your Award shall obligate the Company or any affiliate thereof, their respective stockholders, boards of directors, officers or employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a director or consultant for the Company or any affiliate thereof. 10. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. (a) At the time your Award is made, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or any affiliate thereof, if any, which arise in connection with your Award. Such withholding obligations may be satisfied by your relinquishment of your right to receive a portion of the shares otherwise issuable to you pursuant to the Award; provided, however, that you shall not be authorized to relinquish your right to shares with a fair market value in excess of the amount required to satisfy the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law. (b) Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company and/or any affiliate thereof are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such shares or release such shares from any escrow provided for herein. 11. TAX CONSEQUENCES. The acquisition and vesting of the shares may have adverse tax consequences to you that may be mitigated by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Code. Such election must be filed within thirty (30) days after the date of the grant of 2. your Award. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY, AND NOT THE COMPANY'S, TO FILE A TIMELY ELECTION UNDER CODE SECTION 83(B), EVEN IF YOU REQUEST THE COMPANY TO MAKE THE FILING ON YOUR BEHALF. 12. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in your Award or the Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by the Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last address you provided to the Company. 13. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) The rights and obligations of the Company under your Award shall be transferable to any one or more persons or entities, and all covenants and agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the Company's successors and assigns. Your rights and obligations under your Award may only be assigned with the prior written consent of the Company. (b) You agree upon request to execute any further documents or instruments necessary or desirable in the sole determination of the Company to carry out the purposes or intent of your Award. (c) You acknowledge and agree that you have reviewed your Award in its entirety, have had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing and accepting your Award and fully understand all provisions of your Award. 14. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. Your Award is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your Award, and is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of your Award and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. 3. ATTACHMENT II 1999 INCENTIVE EQUITY PLAN EX-10.3 21 f01698exv10w3.txt EXHIBIT 10.3 EXHIBIT 10.3 URS CORPORATION RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD GRANT NOTICE (1999 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN) URS Corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to its 1999 Incentive Equity Plan (the "Plan"), hereby grants to Participant rights ("Units") to receive the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock set forth below ("Award"). This Award is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan, each of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. Participant: Martin M. Koffel Date of Grant: Vesting Commencement Date: Number of Shares Underlying the Units: Participant's Social Security Number: Fair Market Value of each Share Underlying the Units: VESTING SCHEDULE: 100% of the Units vest on the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. DELIVERY SCHEDULE: The shares of Common Stock underlying vested Units will be delivered to the Participant no later than the fifth (5th) business day following the termination of the Participant's Continuous Service (as such term is defined in the Plan), except as otherwise provided in Section 5 of the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. ADDITIONAL TERMS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The undersigned Participant acknowledges receipt of, and understands and agrees to, this Grant Notice, the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan. Participant further acknowledges that this Grant Notice, the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between Participant and the Company regarding the award of the Units and the underlying Common Stock and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of awards previously granted and delivered to Participant under the Plan. URS CORPORATION PARTICIPANT: By: __________________________________ By: _________________________________ Kent P. Ainsworth Martin M. Koffel Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ATTACHMENTS: Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and 1999 Incentive Equity Plan ATTACHMENT I RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT URS CORPORATION 1999 INCENTIVE EQUITY PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR MARTIN M. KOFFEL Pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Employment Agreement (as defined in Section 4 below), the Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice ("Grant Notice") and this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the "Award Agreement" and, together with the Employment Agreement and the Grant Notice, the "Award"), and in consideration of your past services, URS Corporation (the "Company") has awarded you under its 1999 Incentive Equity Plan (the "Plan") rights to receive the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock (the "Common Stock") as indicated in the Award Notice ("Units"). Except where indicated otherwise, defined terms not explicitly defined in this Award Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan. The details of your Award are as follows: 1. VESTING. Subject to the limitations contained herein, your Units shall vest as provided in the Grant Notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, vesting of your Units shall be accelerated both (i) in the circumstances provided in Section 12(c) of the Plan and (ii) under the circumstances set forth in Section 4 below. The shares of Common Stock underlying the Units, to the extent the Units have vested, will be delivered in accordance with Section 5 below. 2. NUMBER OF SHARES. The number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Units will be adjusted from time to time for Capitalization Adjustments, as provided in the Plan. 3. PAYMENT. This Award was granted in consideration of your past services to the Company. Subject to Section 10 below, you will not be required to make any payment to the Company with respect to your receipt of the Award, vesting of the Units or the delivery of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Units. 4. TERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE; ACCELERATION OF VESTING. In the event your Continuous Service terminates for any reason, you will be credited with the vesting that has accrued under your Award as of the date of such termination; provided, however, that the Units automatically shall become vested in full as of the effective date of such termination (i) if your Continuous Service terminates pursuant to any of clauses (iv), (v) or (vi) of Section 6(a) of the employment agreement that you entered into with the Company on September 5, 2003, as amended from time to time (the "Employment Agreement"), or (ii) if such termination is the result of your death or Disability (as such term is defined in your Employment Agreement). 5. DELIVERY OF SHARES; STOCK CERTIFICATES. Subject to Section 10 below, your vested Units shall be converted into shares of Common Stock, and a stock certificate or electronic entry evidencing such shares shall be delivered to you, no later than the fifth (5th) business day following termination of your Continuous Service or, in the event such termination is pursuant to Section 6(a)(vi) of the Employment Agreement, concurrently with such termination; provided, however, that if, pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code, any regulation thereunder or any successor statute, the conversion and delivery on such date would prevent the 1 Company from claiming the compensation expense arising with respect to the shares delivered to you as a deduction for federal income tax purposes, then such conversion and delivery shall be deferred until the earliest date that would permit such deduction; provided, further, however, that if, notwithstanding the previous proviso, any applicable federal tax law or regulation provides that all or any portion of your vested Units or the shares underlying such Units would be taxable to you prior to the date such Units are converted into such shares and such shares are delivered to you, then the shares underlying such portion of your vested Units shall be delivered to you effective as of the date such vested Units or such underlying shares are taxable to you. 6. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. You will not be issued any shares in respect of your vested Units unless either (a) such shares are then registered under the Securities Act or (b) the Company has determined that such issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Your Award also must comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the Award, and you will not receive shares in respect of your vested Units if the Company determines that such receipt would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations. 7. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. Prior to the time that they have been delivered to you, you may not transfer, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of the shares in respect of your Award. For example, you may not use shares that may be issued in respect of your Units as security for a loan, nor may you transfer, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of such shares. This restriction on transfer will lapse upon delivery to you of shares in respect of your vested Units following your termination of Continuous Service. Your Award is not transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to receive any distribution of shares in respect of vested Units pursuant to Section 5 hereof. 8. AWARD NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. Your Award is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in your Award shall be deemed to (i) alter the terms of your Employment Agreement or (ii) create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate thereof, or on the part of the Company or any Affiliate thereof to continue your employment or service. In addition, nothing in your Award shall obligate the Company or any Affiliate thereof, their respective stockholders, boards of directors, officers or employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a director or consultant for the Company or any Affiliate thereof. 9. UNSECURED OBLIGATION. Your Award is unfunded, and even as a holder of vested Units subject to your Award, you shall be considered an unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to the Company's obligation, if any, to distribute shares pursuant to Section 5 hereof. 10. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. (a) At the time you receive a distribution of shares of Common Stock in respect of vested Units pursuant to your Award, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, 2 and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or any Affiliate thereof, if any, which arise in connection with such distribution. Such withholding obligations may be satisfied by your relinquishment of your right to receive a portion of the shares otherwise issuable to you in respect of vested Units pursuant to the Award; provided, however, that you shall not be authorized to relinquish your right to shares with a fair market value in excess of the amount required to satisfy the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law. (b) Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company and/or any Affiliate thereof are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to deliver to you a certificate for shares in respect of your vested Units. 11. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in your Award or the Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by the Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last address you provided to the Company. 12. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) The rights and obligations of the Company with respect to your Award shall be transferable to any one or more persons or entities, and all covenants and agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the Company's successors and assigns. (b) You agree upon request to execute any further documents or instruments necessary or desirable in the sole determination of the Company to carry out the purposes or intent of your Award. (c) You acknowledge and agree that you have reviewed your Award in its entirety, have had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing and accepting your Award and fully understand all provisions of your Award. 13. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. Your Award is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your Award, and is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of your Award and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. 3 ATTACHMENT II 1999 INCENTIVE EQUITY PLAN EX-10.4 22 f01698exv10w4.txt EXHIBIT 10.4 EXHIBIT 10.4 URS CORPORATION RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD GRANT NOTICE (1999 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN) URS Corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to its 1999 Incentive Equity Plan (the "Plan"), hereby grants to Participant the right to receive the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock set forth below ("Award"). This Award is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and the Plan, each of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. Participant: Date of Grant: Vesting Commencement Date: Number of Shares Subject to Award: Participant's Social Security Number: ___________ Fair Market Value Per Share: $ VESTING SCHEDULE: 25% of the shares vest on the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. 25% of the shares vest on the second anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. 25% of the shares vest on the third anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. 25% of the shares vest on the fourth anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. ADDITIONAL TERMS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The undersigned Participant acknowledges receipt of, and understands and agrees to, this Grant Notice, the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and the Plan. Participant further acknowledges that this Grant Notice, the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between Participant and the Company regarding the award of Common Stock in the Company and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of awards previously granted and delivered to Participant under the Plan. URS CORPORATION OPTIONHOLDER: By: _________________________ By: _________________________________ [NAME] [NAME] Date: _________________________ Date: _______________________________ ATTACHMENTS: Restricted Stock Award Agreement and 1999 Incentive Equity Plan ATTACHMENT I RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT URS CORPORATION 1999 INCENTIVE EQUITY PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT FOR __________ Pursuant to the Restricted Stock Award Grant Notice ("Grant Notice") and this Restricted Stock Award Agreement (collectively, the "Award") and in consideration of your past services, URS Corporation (the "Company") has awarded you a restricted stock award under its 1999 Incentive Equity Plan (the "Plan") for the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock subject to the Award indicated in the Grant Notice. Except where indicated otherwise, defined terms not explicitly defined in this Restricted Stock Award Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan. The details of your Award are as follows: 1. VESTING. Subject to the limitations contained herein and the provisions contained in the employment agreement that you entered into with the Company on September 8, 2000, as amended from time to time (the "Employment Agreement"), and subject to acceleration under certain circumstances set forth below, your Award shall vest as provided in the Grant Notice. The shares subject to your Award will be held by the Company until your interest in such shares vests. As each portion of your interest in the shares vests, the Company shall issue you a stock certificate covering such vested shares. 2. NUMBER OF SHARES. The number of shares subject to your Award may be adjusted from time to time for Capitalization Adjustments, as provided in the Plan. 3. PAYMENT. This Award was granted in consideration of your past services to the Company. You will not be required to make any payment to the Company with respect to your receipt of the Award or the vesting thereof. 4. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. You will not be issued any shares under your Award unless the shares are either (a) then registered under the Securities Act or (b) the Company has determined that such issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Your Award must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the Award, and you will not receive such shares if the Company determines that such receipt would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations. 5. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. Prior to the time that they have vested, you may not transfer, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of the shares subject to the Award. For example, you may not use shares subject to the Award that have not vested as security for a loan. In addition, you may not transfer, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of the shares subject to the Award that have vested at any time when applicable securities laws or Company policies would prohibit such a transfer. This restriction on the transfer of vested shares will lapse upon your termination of Continuous Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to receive vested shares as of the date of your death. 1. 6. TERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE. (a) Except as may be provided in your Employment Agreement (subject, however, to Section 7 hereof), in the event your Continuous Service terminates for reasons other than your death or Disability (as that term is defined in your Employment Agreement), you will be credited with the vesting that has accrued under your Award as of the date of your termination of Continuous Service. Except as may be provided in your Employment Agreement (subject, however, to Section 7 hereof), you will accrue no additional vesting of your Award following your termination of Continuous Service. To the extent your Award is not vested on the date of your termination, it shall automatically lapse on such date. (b) In the event your Continuous Service terminates due to your death, the Award automatically shall become vested in full as of the date of your death and your rights under the Award shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that you may designate a beneficiary to receive your vested shares as set forth in Section 5 hereof. (c) In the event your Continuous Service terminates due to your Disability (as that term is defined in your Employment Agreement), the Award automatically shall become vested in full as of the date of your termination of Continuous Service. 7. CHANGE IN CONTROL. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined below) prior to the date on which your Continuous Service terminates, the Award automatically shall become vested in full as of the effective date of the Change in Control. For purposes of this Award, "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events after the first anniversary of the Date of Grant: (a) A change in control required to be reported pursuant to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); (b) A change in the composition of the Company's Board of Directors, as a result of which fewer than two-thirds (2/3) of the incumbent directors are directors who either (i) had been directors of the Company twenty-four (24) months prior to such change or (ii) were elected, or nominated for election, to the Board of Directors with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the directors who had been directors of the Company twenty-four (24) months prior to such change and who were still in office at the time of the election or nomination; or (c) Any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) through the acquisition or aggregation of securities is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities ordinarily (and apart from rights accruing under special circumstances) having the right to vote at elections of directors (the "Base Capital Stock"); except that: (i) The beneficial ownership by a person of twenty percent (20%) or more, but less than a majority, of the Base Capital Stock shall not constitute a Change in Control if such beneficial ownership was acquired in the ordinary course of such person's business and 2. not with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of the Company and if such person is eligible to file a short-form statement on Schedule 13G under Rule 13d-1 under the Exchange Act with respect to such beneficial ownership; and (ii) The beneficial ownership by Blum Capital Partners, L.P. and any person "affiliated" (within the meaning of the Exchange Act) with Blum Capital Partners, L.P. (collectively, "Blum") of the Base Capital Stock shall not constitute a Change in Control unless and until Blum, either alone or as a member of a group that constitutes a "person" (as defined above), beneficially owns an aggregate of over twenty-five percent (25%) of the Base Capital Stock. The definitions of "Change in Control" contained in the Plan and in your Employment Agreement shall have no application to the Award. 8. RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS. The shares issued under your Award shall be endorsed with appropriate legends determined by the Company. 9. RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. You shall exercise all rights and privileges of a stockholder of the Company with respect to the shares subject to your Award. You shall be deemed to be the holder of the shares for purposes of receiving any dividends which may be paid with respect to such shares and for purposes of exercising any voting rights relating to such shares, even if some or all of such shares have not yet vested. 10. AWARD NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. Your Award is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in your Award shall be deemed to (i) alter the terms of your Employment Agreement or (ii) create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the Company or any affiliate thereof, or on the part of the Company or any affiliate thereof to continue your employment or service. In addition, nothing in your Award shall obligate the Company or any affiliate thereof, their respective stockholders, boards of directors, officers or employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a director or consultant for the Company or any affiliate thereof. 11. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. (a) At the time your Award is made, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or any affiliate thereof, if any, which arise in connection with your Award. Such withholding obligations may be satisfied by your relinquishment of your right to receive a portion of the shares otherwise issuable to you pursuant to the Award; provided, however, that you shall not be authorized to relinquish your right to shares with a fair market value in excess of the amount required to satisfy the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law. (b) Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company and/or any affiliate thereof are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such shares or release such shares from any escrow provided for herein. 3. 12. TAX CONSEQUENCES. The acquisition and vesting of the shares may have adverse tax consequences to you that may be mitigated by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Code. Such election must be filed within thirty (30) days after the date of the grant of your Award. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY, AND NOT THE COMPANY'S, TO FILE A TIMELY ELECTION UNDER CODE SECTION 83(B), EVEN IF YOU REQUEST THE COMPANY TO MAKE THE FILING ON YOUR BEHALF. 13. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in your Award or the Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by the Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last address you provided to the Company. 14. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) The rights and obligations of the Company under your Award shall be transferable to any one or more persons or entities, and all covenants and agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the Company's successors and assigns. Your rights and obligations under your Award may only be assigned with the prior written consent of the Company. (b) You agree upon request to execute any further documents or instruments necessary or desirable in the sole determination of the Company to carry out the purposes or intent of your Award. (c) You acknowledge and agree that you have reviewed your Award in its entirety, have had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing and accepting your Award and fully understand all provisions of your Award. 15. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. Your Award is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your Award, and is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of your Award and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. 4. ATTACHMENT II 1999 INCENTIVE EQUITY PLAN EX-10.5 23 f01698exv10w5.txt EXHIBIT 10.5 EXHIBIT 10.5 URS CORPORATION RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD GRANT NOTICE (1999 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN) URS Corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to its 1999 Incentive Equity Plan (the "Plan"), hereby grants to Participant the right to receive the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock set forth below ("Award"). This Award is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and the Plan, each of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. Participant: __________________ Date of Grant: __________________ Vesting Commencement Date: __________________ Number of Shares Subject to Award: __________________ Participant's Social Security Number: __________________ Fair Market Value Per Share: $_______ VESTING SCHEDULE: 25% of the shares vest on the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. 25% of the shares vest on the second anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. 25% of the shares vest on the third anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. 25% of the shares vest on the fourth anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. ADDITIONAL TERMS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The undersigned Participant acknowledges receipt of, and understands and agrees to, this Grant Notice, the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and the Plan. Participant further acknowledges that this Grant Notice, the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between Participant and the Company regarding the award of Common Stock in the Company and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of awards previously granted and delivered to Participant under the Plan. URS CORPORATION OPTIONHOLDER: By: ____________________________ By: _________________________________ Kent P. Ainsworth [NAME] Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Date: __________________________ Date: _______________________________ ATTACHMENTS: Restricted Stock Award Agreement and 1999 Incentive Equity Plan ATTACHMENT I RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT URS CORPORATION 1999 INCENTIVE EQUITY PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT FOR Pursuant to the Restricted Stock Award Grant Notice ("Grant Notice") and this Restricted Stock Award Agreement (collectively, the "Award") and in consideration of your past services, URS Corporation (the "Company") has awarded you a restricted stock award under its 1999 Incentive Equity Plan (the "Plan") for the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock subject to the Award indicated in the Grant Notice. Except where indicated otherwise, defined terms not explicitly defined in this Restricted Stock Award Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan. The details of your Award are as follows: 1. VESTING. Subject to the limitations contained herein, your Award shall vest as provided in your Grant Notice, provided that vesting shall cease upon the termination of your Continuous Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, your Award shall become vested in its entirety in the circumstances provided in Section 12(c) of the Plan. The shares subject to your Award will be held by the Company until your interest in such shares vests. As each portion of your interest in the shares vests, the Company shall issue you a stock certificate covering such vested shares. 2. NUMBER OF SHARES. The number of shares subject to your Award may be adjusted from time to time for Capitalization Adjustments, as provided in the Plan. 3. PAYMENT. This Award was granted in consideration of your past services to the Company and its Affiliates. You will not be required to make any payment to the Company with respect to your receipt of the Award or the vesting thereof. 4. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. You will not be issued any shares under your Award unless the shares are either (a) then registered under the Securities Act or (b) the Company has determined that such issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Your Award must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the Award, and you will not receive such shares if the Company determines that such receipt would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations. 5. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. Prior to the time that they have vested, you may not transfer, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of the shares subject to the Award. For example, you may not use shares subject to the Award that have not vested as security for a loan. In addition, you may not transfer, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of the shares subject to the Award that have vested at any time when applicable securities laws or Company policies would prohibit such a transfer. This restriction on the transfer of vested shares will lapse upon your termination of Continuous Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to receive vested shares as of the date of your death. 1 6. TERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE. (a) Except as provided in Section 1 hereof, in the event your Continuous Service terminates for reasons other than your death or Disability, you will be credited with the vesting that has accrued under your Award as of the date of your termination of Continuous Service. Except as provided in Section 1 hereof, you will accrue no additional vesting of your Award following your termination of Continuous Service. To the extent your Award is not vested on the date of your termination, it shall automatically lapse on such date. (b) In the event your Continuous Service terminates due to your death, the Award automatically shall become vested in full as of the date of your death and your rights under the Award shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that you may designate a beneficiary to receive your vested shares as set forth in Section 5 hereof. (c) In the event your Continuous Service terminates due to your Disability, the Award automatically shall become vested in full as of the date of your termination of Continuous Service. 7. RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS. The shares issued under your Award shall be endorsed with appropriate legends determined by the Company. 8. RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. You shall exercise all rights and privileges of a stockholder of the Company with respect to the shares subject to your Award. You shall be deemed to be the holder of the shares for purposes of receiving any dividends which may be paid with respect to such shares and for purposes of exercising any voting rights relating to such shares, even if some or all of such shares have not yet vested. 9. AWARD NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. Your Award is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in your Award shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate thereof, or on the part of the Company or any Affiliate thereof to continue your employment or service. In addition, nothing in your Award shall obligate the Company or any Affiliate thereof, their respective stockholders, boards of directors, officers or employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a director or consultant for the Company or any Affiliate thereof. 10. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. (a) At the time your Award is made, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or any Affiliate thereof, if any, which arise in connection with your Award. Such withholding obligations may be satisfied by your relinquishment of your right to receive a portion of the shares otherwise issuable to you pursuant to the Award; provided, however, that you shall not be authorized to relinquish your right to shares with a fair market value in excess of the amount required to satisfy the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law. 2 (b) Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company and/or any Affiliate thereof are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such shares or release such shares from any escrow provided for herein. 11. TAX CONSEQUENCES. The acquisition and vesting of the shares may have adverse tax consequences to you that may be mitigated by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Code. Such election must be filed within thirty (30) days after the date of the grant of your Award. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY, AND NOT THE COMPANY'S, TO FILE A TIMELY ELECTION UNDER CODE SECTION 83(B), EVEN IF YOU REQUEST THE COMPANY TO MAKE THE FILING ON YOUR BEHALF. 12. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in your Award or the Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by the Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last address you provided to the Company. 13. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) The rights and obligations of the Company under your Award shall be transferable to any one or more persons or entities, and all covenants and agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the Company's successors and assigns. Your rights and obligations under your Award may only be assigned with the prior written consent of the Company. (b) You agree upon request to execute any further documents or instruments necessary or desirable in the sole determination of the Company to carry out the purposes or intent of your Award. (c) You acknowledge and agree that you have reviewed your Award in its entirety, have had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing and accepting your Award and fully understand all provisions of your Award. 14. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. Your Award is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your Award, and is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of your Award and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. 3 ATTACHMENT II 1999 INCENTIVE EQUITY PLAN EX-10.6 24 f01698exv10w6.txt EXHIBIT 10.6 EXHIBIT 10.6 URS CORPORATION 1999 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT Pursuant to your Stock Option Grant Notice ("Grant Notice") and this Stock Option Agreement, URS Corporation (the "Company") has granted you an option under its 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to purchase the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock indicated in your Grant Notice at the exercise price indicated in your Grant Notice. Defined terms not explicitly defined in this Stock Option Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan. The details of your option are as follows: 1. VESTING. Subject to the limitations contained herein, your option shall vest as provided in the Grant Notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the vesting of your option shall be accelerated both (i) in the circumstances provided in Section 12(c) of the Plan and (ii) as provided in Sections 2 and 3 below. 2. TERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE. (a) In the event your Continuous Service terminates due to your death, the option automatically shall become vested in its entirety as of the date of your death and your rights under the option shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that you may designate a beneficiary to exercise your option as set forth in Section 10 hereof. (b) In the event your Continuous Service terminates due to your Disability (as that term is defined in the employment agreement you entered into with the Company on September 8, 2000, as amended from time to time (the "Employment Agreement")), the option automatically shall become vested in its entirety as of the date of your termination of Continuous Service. (c) In the event you terminate your Continuous Service for Good Reason (as that term is defined in your Employment Agreement) within one (1) month of the occurrence of the event constituting Good Reason, or your Continuous Service is terminated by the Company for any reason other than Cause (as that term is defined in your Employment Agreement), you shall be credited with one (1) additional year of vesting under your option. (d) In the event you terminate your Continuous Service without Good Reason or your Continuous Service is terminated by the Company for Cause, you shall be credited only with the vesting that has accrued under your option as of the date of your termination of Continuous Service. 1 (e) To the extent your option is not fully vested on the date of your termination of Continuous Service pursuant to Sections 2(a) - (d) above, it shall automatically lapse on such date. 3. CHANGE IN CONTROL. Notwithstanding Section 2 above, your option shall become vested in its entirety in the event that a Change in Control (as defined below) occurs with respect to the Company prior to your termination of Continuous Service; provided that, notwithstanding any definition in your Employment Agreement to the contrary, "Change in Control" for the purpose of the vesting of this option shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events after the Date of Grant: (a) A change in control required to be reported pursuant to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); (b) A change in the composition of the Company's Board of Directors, as a result of which fewer than two-thirds (2/3) of the incumbent directors are directors who either (i) had been directors of the Company twenty-four (24) months prior to such change or (ii) were elected, or nominated for election, to the Board of Directors with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the directors who had been directors of the Company twenty-four (24) months prior to such change and who were still in office at the time of the election or nomination; or (c) Any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) through the acquisition or aggregation of securities is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities ordinarily (and apart from rights accruing under special circumstances) having the right to vote at elections of directors (the "Base Capital Stock"); except that: (i) The beneficial ownership by a person of twenty percent (20%) or more, but less than a majority, of the Base Capital Stock shall not constitute a Change in Control if such beneficial ownership was acquired in the ordinary course of such person's business and not with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of the Company and if such person is eligible to file a short-form statement on Schedule 13G under Rule 13d-1 under the Exchange Act with respect to such beneficial ownership; and (ii) The beneficial ownership by Blum Capital Partners, L.P. and any person "affiliated" (within the meaning of the Exchange Act) with Blum Capital Partners, L.P. (collectively, "Blum") of the Base Capital Stock shall not constitute a Change in Control unless and until Blum, either alone or as a member of a group that constitutes a "person" (as defined above), beneficially owns an aggregate of over twenty-five percent (25%) of the Base Capital Stock. The definitions of "Change in Control" contained in the Plan and in your Employment Agreement shall have no application to this Stock Option Agreement. 2 4. NUMBER OF SHARES AND EXERCISE PRICE. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to your option and your exercise price per share referenced in your Grant Notice may be adjusted from time to time for Capitalization Adjustments, as provided in the Plan. 5. METHOD OF PAYMENT. Payment of the exercise price is due in full upon exercise of all or any part of your option as follows: (a) You may elect to make payment of the exercise price in any manner PERMITTED BY YOUR GRANT NOTICE, which may include one or more of the following: (i) In cash or by check; (ii) In the Company's sole discretion at the time your option is exercised, and provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded and quoted regularly in The Wall Street Journal, pursuant to a same day sale program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds; or (iii) Provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded and quoted regularly in The Wall Street Journal, by delivery of already-owned shares of Common Stock either that you have held for the period required to avoid a charge to the Company's reported earnings (generally six months) or that you did not acquire, directly or indirectly from the Company, that are owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests, and that are valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. "Delivery" for these purposes, in the sole discretion of the Company at the time you exercise your option, shall include delivery to the Company of your attestation of ownership of such shares of Common Stock in a form approved by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may not exercise your option by tender to the Company of Common Stock to the extent such tender would violate the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Company's stock. (b) If and when expressly authorized by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and PERMITTED BY YOUR GRANT NOTICE, you may "net exercise" your option in such manner as the Compensation Committee may authorize, whereby the Company will deliver to you upon such exercise, subject to withholding pursuant to Section 10 below, that number of shares equal to the quotient of (i) the excess of the aggregate Fair Market Value of the number of shares of Common Stock as to which your option is being exercised over the aggregate exercise price of your option as to such number of shares, divided by (ii) the Fair Market Value. 6. MINIMUM EXERCISE. You may not exercise your option for less than one hundred (100) shares of Common Stock at any one time, except that it may be exercised for all of the Common Stock remaining subject to the option if fewer than one hundred (100) shares remain. You may exercise your option only for whole shares of Common Stock. 3 7. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, you may not exercise your option unless the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise are then registered under the Securities Act or, if such shares of Common Stock are not then so registered, the Company has determined that such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The exercise of your option must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing your option, and you may not exercise your option if the Company determines that such exercise would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations. 8. TERM. You may not exercise your option before the commencement of its term or after its term expires. Subject to Section 12(c) of the Plan and the provisions of your Employment Agreement, the term of your option commences on the Date of Grant and expires upon the EARLIEST of the following: (a) three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service for any reason other than your retirement from the Company on or after the date you attain age 65, Disability or death, provided that if during any part of such three- (3-) month period you may not exercise your option solely because of the condition set forth in the preceding paragraph relating to "Securities Law Compliance," your option shall not expire until the earlier of the Expiration Date or until it shall have been exercisable for an aggregate period of three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service; (b) three (3) years after your retirement from the Company, if such retirement occurs on or after the date you attain age 65; (c) twelve (12) months after the termination of your Continuous Service due to your Disability; (d) twelve (12) months after your death if you die either during your Continuous Service or within three (3) months after your Continuous Service terminates for any reason other than your retirement from the Company on or after the date you attain age 65; (e) the Expiration Date indicated in your Grant Notice; or (f) the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant. 9. EXERCISE. (a) You may exercise the vested portion of your option during its term by delivering a Notice of Exercise (in a form designated by the Company) together with the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or to such other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours, together with such additional documents as the Company may then require. (b) By exercising your option you agree that, as a condition to any exercise of your option, the Company may require you to enter into an arrangement providing for the 4 payment by you to the Company of any tax withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of (1) the exercise of your option or (2) the disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired upon such exercise. 10. TRANSFERABILITY. Your option is not transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your life only by you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, you may designate a third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise your option. 11. OPTION NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. Your option is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in your option shall be deemed to (i) alter the terms of your Employment Agreement or (ii) create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate, or of the Company or an Affiliate to continue your employment. In addition, nothing in your option shall obligate the Company or an Affiliate, their respective shareholders, Boards of Directors, Officers or Employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a Director or Consultant for the Company or an Affiliate. 12. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. (a) At the time you exercise your option, in whole or in part, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for (including by means of a "cashless exercise" pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board to the extent permitted by the Company), any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or an affiliate, if any, which arise in connection with your option. (b) Upon your request and subject to approval by the Company, in its sole discretion, and compliance with any applicable conditions or restrictions of law, the Company may withhold from fully vested shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to you upon the exercise of your option a number of whole shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value, determined by the Company as of the date of exercise, that satisfies federal, state, local and foreign tax obligations of the Company and you; provided that the Company shall not withhold shares of Common Stock at rates in excess of the minimum statutory withholding rates imposed upon the Company for federal and state tax purposes if such withholding would result in a charge to the Company's earnings for accounting purposes. Any adverse consequences to you arising in connection with such share withholding procedure shall be your sole responsibility. (c) You may not exercise your option unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company and/or any Affiliate are satisfied. Accordingly, you may not be able to exercise your option when desired even though your option is vested, and the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such shares of Common Stock or release such shares of Common Stock from any escrow provided for herein. 5 13. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in your option or the Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by mail by the Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last address you provided to the Company. 14. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. Your option is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your option, and is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of your option and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. 6 EX-10.7 25 f01698exv10w7.txt EXHIBIT 10.7 EXHIBIT 10.7 URS CORPORATION NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE (1999 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN) URS Corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to its 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), hereby grants to Optionholder a nonstatutory stock option to purchase the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock set forth below. This option is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Stock Option Agreement, the Plan and the Notice of Exercise, all of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. Optionholder: _____________________________________ Date of Grant: _____________________________________ Vesting Commencement Date: _____________________________________ Number of Shares Subject to Option: _____________________________________ Exercise Price (Per Share): _____________________________________ Total Exercise Price: _____________________________________ Expiration Date: _____________________________________ VESTING SCHEDULE: 1/3rd of the shares vest on the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. 1/3rd of the shares vest on the second anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. 1/3rd of the shares vest on the third anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. PAYMENT: A. By one or a combination of the following methods (described in the Stock Option Agreement): 1. By cash or check; 2. Pursuant to a Regulation T Program (a "same day sale" program); or 3. By delivery of already-owned shares; OR B. By "net exercise" of the option in such manner as may be expressly authorized by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. ADDITIONAL TERMS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The undersigned Optionholder acknowledges receipt of, and understands and agrees to, this Grant Notice, the Stock Option Agreement and the Plan. Optionholder further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Grant Notice, the Stock Option Agreement and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between Optionholder and the Company regarding the acquisition of stock in the Company and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of (i) options previously granted and delivered to Optionholder under the Plan, and (ii) the following agreements only: OTHER AGREEMENTS: _____________________________________ _____________________________________ URS CORPORATION OPTIONHOLDER: By: ______________________ _________________________ Signature Signature Title: ______________________ Date:_________________________ Date: ______________________ ATTACHMENTS: Stock Option Agreement, 1999 Equity Incentive Plan and Notice of Exercise ATTACHMENT I -NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT URS CORPORATION 1999 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT Pursuant to your Stock Option Grant Notice ("Grant Notice") and this Stock Option Agreement, URS Corporation (the "Company") has granted you an option under its 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to purchase the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock indicated in your Grant Notice at the exercise price indicated in your Grant Notice. Defined terms not explicitly defined in this Stock Option Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan. The details of your option are as follows: 1. VESTING. Subject to the limitations contained herein, your option will vest as provided in your Grant Notice, provided that vesting will cease upon the termination of your Continuous Service. 2. NUMBER OF SHARES AND EXERCISE PRICE. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to your option and your exercise price per share referenced in your Grant Notice may be adjusted from time to time for Capitalization Adjustments, as provided in the Plan. 3. METHOD OF PAYMENT. Payment of the exercise price is due in full upon exercise of all or any part of your option as follows: (a) You may elect to make payment of the exercise price in any manner PERMITTED BY YOUR GRANT NOTICE, which may include one or more of the following: (i) In cash or by check; (ii) In the Company's sole discretion at the time your option is exercised, and provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded and quoted regularly in The Wall Street Journal, pursuant to a same day sale program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds; or (iii) Provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded and quoted regularly in The Wall Street Journal, by delivery of already-owned shares of Common Stock either that you have held for the period required to avoid a charge to the Company's reported earnings (generally six months) or that you did not acquire, directly or indirectly from the Company, that are owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests, and that are valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. "Delivery" for these purposes, in the sole discretion of the Company at the time you exercise your option, shall include delivery to the Company of your attestation of ownership of such shares of Common Stock in a form approved by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may not exercise your option by tender to the Company of Common Stock to the extent such tender would violate the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Company's stock. (b) If and when expressly authorized by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and PERMITTED BY YOUR GRANT NOTICE, you may "net exercise" your option in such manner as the Compensation Committee may authorize, whereby the Company will deliver to you upon such exercise, subject to withholding pursuant to Section 10 below, that number of shares equal to the quotient of (i) the excess of the aggregate Fair Market Value of the number of shares of Common Stock as to which your option is being exercised over the aggregate exercise price of your option as to such number of shares, divided by (ii) the Fair Market Value. 4. MINIMUM EXERCISE. You may not exercise your option for less than one hundred (100) shares of Common Stock at any one time, except that it may be exercised for all of the Common Stock remaining subject to the option if fewer than one hundred (100) shares remain. You may exercise your option only for whole shares of Common Stock. 5. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, you may not exercise your option unless the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise are then registered under the Securities Act or, if such shares of Common Stock are not then so registered, the Company has determined that such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The exercise of your option must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing your option, and you may not exercise your option if the Company determines that such exercise would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations. 6. TERM. You may not exercise your option before the commencement of its term or after its term expires. The term of your option commences on the Date of Grant and expires upon the EARLIEST of the following: (a) three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service for any reason other than your retirement from the Company on or after the date you attain age 65, Disability or death, provided that if during any part of such three- (3-) month period you may not exercise your option solely because of the condition set forth in the preceding paragraph relating to "Securities Law Compliance," your option shall not expire until the earlier of the Expiration Date or until it shall have been exercisable for an aggregate period of three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service; (b) three (3) years after your retirement from the Company, if such retirement occurs on or after the date you attain age 65; (c) twelve (12) months after the termination of your Continuous Service due to your Disability; (d) twelve (12) months after your death if you die either during your Continuous Service or within three (3) months after your Continuous Service terminates for any reason other than your retirement from the Company on or after the date you attain age 65; (e) the Expiration Date indicated in your Grant Notice; or (f) the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant. 7. EXERCISE. (a) You may exercise the vested portion of your option during its term by delivering a Notice of Exercise (in a form designated by the Company) together with the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or to such other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours, together with such additional documents as the Company may then require. (b) By exercising your option you agree that, as a condition to any exercise of your option, the Company may require you to enter into an arrangement providing for the payment by you to the Company of any tax withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of (1) the exercise of your option or (2) the disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired upon such exercise. 8. TRANSFERABILITY. Your option is not transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your life only by you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, you may designate a third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise your option. 9. OPTION NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. Your option is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in your option shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate, or of the Company or an Affiliate to continue your employment. In addition, nothing in your option shall obligate the Company or an Affiliate, their respective shareholders, Boards of Directors, Officers or Employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a Director or Consultant for the Company or an Affiliate. 10. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. (a) At the time you exercise your option, in whole or in part, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for (including by means of a "cashless exercise" pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board to the extent permitted by the Company), any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or an Affiliate, if any, which arise in connection with your option. (b) Upon your request and subject to approval by the Company, in its sole discretion, and compliance with any applicable conditions or restrictions of law, the Company may withhold from fully vested shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to you upon the exercise of your option a number of whole shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value, determined by the Company as of the date of exercise, that satisfies federal, state, local and foreign tax obligations of the Company and you; provided that the Company shall not withhold shares of Common Stock at rates in excess of the minimum statutory withholding rates imposed upon the Company for federal and state tax purposes if such withholding would result in a charge to the Company's earnings for accounting purposes. Any adverse consequences to you arising in connection with such share withholding procedure shall be your sole responsibility. (c) You may not exercise your option unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company and/or any Affiliate are satisfied. Accordingly, you may not be able to exercise your option when desired even though your option is vested, and the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such shares of Common Stock or release such shares of Common Stock from any escrow provided for herein. 11. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in your option or the Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by mail by the Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last address you provided to the Company. 12. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. Your option is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your option, and is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of your option and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. EX-10.8 26 f01698exv10w8.txt EXHIBIT 10.8 EXHIBIT 10.8 URS CORPORATION 1999 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN ADOPTED JULY 13, 1999 APPROVED BY STOCKHOLDERS OCTOBER 12, 1999 AMENDED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 14, 2003 AMENDED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 21, 2004 AMENDED EFFECTIVE JULY 12, 2004 TERMINATION DATE: JULY 12, 2009 1. PURPOSES. (a) ELIGIBLE STOCK AWARD RECIPIENTS. The persons eligible to receive Stock Awards are the Employees, Directors and Consultants of the Company and its Affiliates. (b) AVAILABLE STOCK AWARDS. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which eligible recipients of Stock Awards may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of the following Stock Awards: (i) Incentive Stock Options, (ii) Nonstatutory Stock Options, (iii) rights to acquire restricted stock and (iv) Non-Executive Director Stock Awards. (c) GENERAL PURPOSE. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of the group of persons eligible to receive Stock Awards, to secure and retain the services of new members of this group and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Affiliates. 2. DEFINITIONS. (a) "AFFILIATE" means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation of the Company, whether now or hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code. (b) "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company. (c) "CHANGE IN CONTROL" means any transaction, or series of transactions that occur within a twelve (12) month period, as a result of which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the completion of the transaction (or, in the case of a series of transactions, immediately prior to the first transaction in the series) hold, directly or indirectly, less than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act or comparable successor rules) of the outstanding securities of the surviving entity, or, if more than one entity survives the transaction or transactions, the controlling entity, following such transaction or transactions. (d) "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (e) "COMMITTEE" means a committee of one or more members of the Board appointed by the Board in accordance with subsection 3(c). (f) "COMMON STOCK" means the common stock of the Company. (g) "COMPANY" means URS Corporation, a Delaware corporation. (h) "CONSULTANT" means any person, including an advisor, (i) engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and who is compensated for such services or (ii) who is a member of the Board of Directors of an Affiliate. However, the term "Consultant" shall not include either Directors who are not compensated by the Company for their services as Directors or Directors who are merely paid a director's fee by the Company for their services as Directors. (i) "CONTINUOUS SERVICE" means that the Participant's service with the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. The Participant's Continuous Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee, Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant's Continuous Service. For example, a change in status from an Employee of the Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate or a Director will not constitute an interruption of Continuous Service. The Board or the chief executive officer of the Company, in that party's sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence approved by that party, including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave. (j) "COVERED EMPLOYEE" means the chief executive officer and the four (4) other highest compensated officers of the Company for whom total compensation is required to be reported to stockholders under the Exchange Act, as determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. (k) "DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. (l) "DISABILITY" means the permanent and total disability of a person within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. (m) "EMPLOYEE" means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. Mere service as a Director or payment of a director's fee by the Company or an Affiliate shall not be sufficient to constitute "employment" by the Company or an Affiliate. (n) "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (o) "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means the closing sales price of a share of Common Stock on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable. (p) "INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION" means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. (q) "1991 PLAN" means the URS Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan. (r) "NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR" means a Director who either (i) is not a current Employee or Officer of the Company or its parent or a subsidiary, does not receive compensation (directly or indirectly) from the Company or its parent or a subsidiary for services rendered as a consultant or in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act ("Regulation S-K")), does not possess an interest in any other transaction as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and is not engaged in a business relationship as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K or (ii) is otherwise considered a "non-employee director" for purposes of Rule 16b-3. (s) "NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR" means a Director who is not an Employee. (t) "NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STOCK AWARD" means a Stock Award made to a Non-Executive Director pursuant to Section 8. (u) "NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION" means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. (v) "OFFICER" means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. (w) "OPTION" means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan. (x) "OPTION AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. (y) "OPTIONEE" means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option. (z) "OUTSIDE DIRECTOR" means a Director who either (i) is not a current employee of the Company or an "affiliated corporation" (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or an "affiliated corporation" receiving compensation for prior services (other than benefits under a tax qualified pension plan), was not an officer of the Company or an "affiliated corporation" at any time and is not currently receiving direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or an "affiliated corporation" for services in any capacity other than as a Director or (ii) is otherwise considered an "outside director" for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. (aa) "PARTICIPANT" means a person to whom a Stock Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Stock Award. (bb) "PLAN" means this URS Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan. (cc) "RULE 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time. (dd) "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. (ee) "STOCK AWARD" means any right granted under the Plan, including an Option, a right to acquire restricted stock and a Non-Executive Director Stock Award. (ff) "STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. (gg) "TEN PERCENT STOCKHOLDER" means a person who owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its Affiliates. 3. ADMINISTRATION. (a) ADMINISTRATION BY BOARD. The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in subsection 3(c). Any interpretation of the Plan by the Board and any decision by the Board under the Plan shall be final and binding on all persons. (b) POWERS OF BOARD. The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan: (i) To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Stock Awards; when and how each Stock Award shall be granted; what type or combination of types of Stock Award shall be granted; the provisions of each Stock Award granted (which need not be identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive Common Stock pursuant to a Stock Award; and the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which a Stock Award shall be granted to each such person. (ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Stock Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective. (iii) To amend the Plan or a Stock Award as provided in Section 14. (iv) To suspend or terminate the Plan as provided in Section 15. (v) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company which are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan. (c) DELEGATION TO COMMITTEE. (i) GENERAL. Subject to the limitation set forth in subsection 3(c)(ii), the Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees of one (1) or more members of the Board, and the term "Committee" shall apply to any person or persons to whom such authority has been delegated. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in the Board the administration of the Plan. (ii) LIMITATION ON DELEGATION. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection 3(c)(i), the Board may not delegate the administration of the Plan to a Committee to the extent such administration would in any way affect Non-Executive Director Stock Awards described in Section 8. (iii) COMMITTEE COMPOSITION. The Committee shall consist solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors, in accordance with Rule 16b-3 and, in the discretion of the Board, may consist solely of two or more Outside Directors, in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code. Within the scope of such authority, the Board or the Committee may (1) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Outside Directors, the authority to grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are either (a) not then Covered Employees and are not expected to be Covered Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting from such Stock Award or (b) not persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code and/or (2) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Non-Employee Directors the authority to grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. (d) DELEGATION TO ONE OR MORE COMPANY OFFICERS. (i) GENERAL. The Board or the Committee may delegate authority to one or more Company Officers to (a) grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act and (b) determine the number of such Stock Awards to be received by such eligible persons within such parameters as the Board or the Committee may establish from time to time. The delegation of authority shall be subject to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board or the Committee. The Board or the Committee may abolish any such delegation of authority at any time and revest in the Board or the Committee the administration of the Plan. 4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. (a) SHARE RESERVE. Subject to the provisions of Section 12 relating to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards shall not exceed in the aggregate one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) shares of Common Stock plus (i) the number of shares of Common Stock added to the share reserve pursuant to the next sentence of this subsection 4(a), (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock remaining available for award under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan (the "1991 Plan") on the Effective Date of this Plan, (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock that were issuable pursuant to options or stock award agreements under the 1991 Plan that revert to the share reserve pursuant to subsection 4(b) below and (iv) the number of shares of Common Stock remaining available for award under the Company's Non-Executive Directors Stock Grant Plan on the Effective Date of this Plan. As of each July 1, beginning with July 1, 2000 and continuing through and including July 1, 2009, the number of reserved shares shall be increased automatically by the lesser of (i) five percent (5%) of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, including for this purpose outstanding shares of capital stock convertible to Common Stock, on such date or (ii) one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) shares of Common Stock. (b) REVERSION OF SHARES TO THE SHARE RESERVE. (i) EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION OF STOCK AWARD. If any Stock Award granted under this Plan or any option or stock award agreement granted under the 1991 Plan shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not acquired under such Stock Award shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan. (ii) ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK. To the extent that any shares of Common Stock are not issued to a Participant upon the exercise of an Option granted under this Plan, such shares shall revert to and again become available for issuance under this Plan. If shares of Common Stock are not issued to a Participant because the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Option is used to satisfy an applicable tax withholding requirement, such shares will be deemed not to have been issued to a Participant. In addition, if the exercise price of any Option is satisfied by a Participant's tender of shares of Common Stock to the Company (by actual delivery or attestation), only the number of shares of Common Stock issued net of the shares so tendered shall be deemed issued to the Participant. (c) SOURCE OF SHARES. The shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise. 5. ELIGIBILITY. (a) ELIGIBILITY FOR SPECIFIC STOCK AWARDS. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. Stock Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants. Non-Executive Director Stock Awards may be granted only to Non-Executive Directors and only pursuant to the formula set forth in Section 8. (b) TEN PERCENT STOCKHOLDERS. A Ten Percent Stockholder shall not be granted an Incentive Stock Option unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the date of grant and the Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of grant. (c) CONSULTANTS. A Consultant shall not be eligible for the grant of a Stock Award if, at the time of grant, a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act ("Form S-8") is not available to register either the offer or the sale of the Company's securities to such Consultant because of the nature of the services that the Consultant is providing to the Company, or because the Consultant is not a natural person, or as otherwise provided by the rules governing the use of Form S-8, unless the Company determines both (i) that such grant (A) shall be registered in another manner under the Securities Act (e.g., on a Form S-3 Registration Statement) or (B) does not require registration under the Securities Act in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act, if applicable, and (ii) that such grant complies with the securities laws of all other relevant jurisdictions. (d) SECTION 162(m) LIMITATION. Subject to the provisions of Section 12 relating to adjustments upon changes in the shares of Common Stock, no Employee shall be eligible to be granted Options covering more than one million (1,000,000) shares of the Common Stock during any fiscal year of the Company. 6. OPTION PROVISIONS. Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. All Options shall be separately designated Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options at the time of grant, and, if certificates are issued, a separate certificate or certificates will be issued for shares of Common Stock purchased on exercise of each type of Option. The provisions of separate Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions: (a) TERM. Subject to the provisions of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, no Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it was granted. (b) EXERCISE PRICE OF AN INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION. Subject to the provisions of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, the exercise price of each Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Incentive Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code. (c) EXERCISE PRICE OF A NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION. The exercise price of each Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Nonstatutory Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if (i) such Option is granted with an exercise price of not less than fifty percent (50%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option to an individual who is not employed by the Company or an Affiliate immediately prior to the date of grant of the Option to induce such individual to accept employment with the Company or an Affiliate or (ii) such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code. (d) CONSIDERATION. The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and regulations, either (i) in cash at the time the Option is exercised or (ii) at the discretion of the Board at the time of the grant of the Option (or subsequently in the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option): (1) by delivery to the Company of other Common Stock that has been held by the Optionee for more than six (6) months, which delivery may be made by attestation or actual delivery, (2) by delivery, in a form prescribed by the Company, of an irrevocable direction to a securities broker approved by the Company to sell Common Stock and to deliver all or part of the sales proceeds to the Company in payment of all or part of the purchase price and applicable withholding taxes, (3) according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with the Optionee or (4) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board; provided, however, that at any time that the Company is incorporated in Delaware, payment of the Common Stock's "par value," as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall not be made by deferred payment. If, pursuant to clause (ii)(2) above, the Optionee delivers shares of Common Stock that the Optionee has acquired pursuant to a restricted stock award made under this Plan or a stock award agreement made under the 1991 Plan and that have not yet vested, the restrictions applicable to the delivered shares shall be imposed upon the Common Stock issued upon the exercise of the Option. In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be compounded at least annually and shall be charged at the minimum rate of interest necessary to avoid the treatment as interest, under any applicable provisions of the Code, of any amounts other than amounts stated to be interest under the deferred payment arrangement. (e) TRANSFERABILITY OF AN INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION. An Incentive Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionee, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option. (f) TRANSFERABILITY OF A NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION. A Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be transferable to the extent provided in the Option Agreement. If the Nonstatutory Stock Option does not provide for transferability, then the Nonstatutory Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionee, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option. (g) VESTING GENERALLY. The total number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option may, but need not, vest and therefore become exercisable in periodic installments that may, but need not, be equal. The Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may be exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the Board may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary. The provisions of this subsection 6(g) are subject to any Option provisions governing the minimum number of shares of Common Stock as to which an Option may be exercised. (h) TERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE. In the event an Optionee's Continuous Service terminates (other than upon the Optionee's death or Disability), the Optionee may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination) but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date three (3) months following the termination of the Optionee's Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement) or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination of Continuous Service, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate. (i) EXTENSION OF TERMINATION DATE. An Optionee's Option Agreement may also provide that if the exercise of the Option following the termination of the Optionee's Continuous Service (other than upon the Optionee's death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares of Common Stock would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the term of the Option set forth in subsection 6(a) or (ii) the expiration of a period of three (3) months after the termination of the Optionee's Continuous Service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such registration requirements. (j) DISABILITY OF OPTIONEE. In the event that an Optionee's Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionee's Disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination), but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following such termination (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement) or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination of Continuous Service, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate. (k) DEATH OF OPTIONEE. In the event (i) an Optionee's Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionee's death or (ii) the Optionee dies within the period (if any) specified in the Option Agreement after the termination of the Optionee's Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the Option may be exercised (to the extent the Optionee was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of death) by the Optionee's estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the Option upon the Optionee's death pursuant to subsection 6(e) or 6(f), but only within the period ending on the earlier of (1) the date twelve (12) months following the date of death (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement) or (2) the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after death, the Option is not exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate. (l) EARLY EXERCISE. The Option may, but need not, include a provision whereby the Optionee may elect at any time before the Optionee's Continuous Service terminates to exercise the Option as to any part or all of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option prior to the full vesting of the Option. Any unvested shares of Common Stock so purchased may be subject to a repurchase option in favor of the Company or to any other restriction the Board determines to be appropriate. 7. PROVISIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS. Each restricted stock purchase agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of restricted stock purchase agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate restricted stock purchase agreements need not be identical, but each restricted stock purchase agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions: (a) CONSIDERATION. A restricted stock award may be awarded in consideration for past services actually rendered to the Company or an Affiliate for its benefit. (b) VESTING. Shares of Common Stock acquired under a restricted stock purchase agreement may, but need not, be subject to a share repurchase option in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board. The restricted stock award may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times at which it may be exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the Board may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual restricted stock awards may vary. (c) TERMINATION OF PARTICIPANT'S CONTINUOUS SERVICE. In the event a Participant's Continuous Service terminates, the Company may repurchase or otherwise reacquire any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant which have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the restricted stock purchase agreement. (d) TRANSFERABILITY. Rights to acquire shares under the restricted stock purchase agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the restricted stock purchase agreement, as the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the restricted stock purchase agreement remains subject to the terms of the restricted stock purchase agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Participant may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Participant, shall thereafter be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock that have become vested as of the date of the Participant's death. 8. NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STOCK AWARDS. (a) Without any further action of the Board or any committee thereof, each Non-Executive Director shall be granted a Non-Executive Director Stock Award at each of the times specified in subsection 8(a)(1) below, which Non-Executive Director Award shall have the terms set forth in subsections 8(a)(2) and 8(a)(3) below. Such award shall result in the issuance and delivery of shares of the Corporation's Common Stock to the Non-Executive Director on the date of grant. (i) QUARTERLY GRANTS. Each Non-Executive Director who is serving as a Non-Executive Director on the last day of each of the Corporation's fiscal quarters shall be granted a Non-Executive Director Stock Award on such day (a "Quarterly Grant"). (ii) NUMBER OF SHARES. The number of shares of the Corporation's Common Stock subject to each Quarterly Grant will be equal to the quotient of Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($8,750) divided by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant, rounded down to the nearest whole share. (iii) VESTING. Each Quarterly Grant shall be fully vested on the date of grant. (b) DEFERRED STOCK AWARDS. Without any further action of the Board or any committee thereof, each Non-Executive Director shall be granted a deferred Non-Executive Director Stock Award at the time specified in subsection 8(b)(1) below, which deferred Non-Executive Director Stock Award shall have the terms set forth in subsections 8(b)(2) and 8(b)(3) below. Until shares of the Corporation's Common Stock are issued pursuant to subsection 8(b)(3) below in respect of a deferred Non-Executive Director Stock Award, such Award shall represent a notional number of shares and a promise by the Corporation to issue to the Non-Executive Director such number of shares (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12(a)), and the Non-Executive Director shall have no stockholder or other ownership rights (including, but not limited to, the right to receive any dividend paid) in respect of such shares until their issuance. (i) QUARTERLY GRANTS. Each Non-Executive Director who is serving as a Non-Executive Director on the last day of each of the Corporation's fiscal quarters shall be granted a deferred Non-Executive Director Stock Award on such day (a "Quarterly Deferred Grant"). (ii) NUMBER OF SHARES. Each Quarterly Deferred Grant will entitle the Non-Executive Director to receive, at the time specified in subsection 8(b)(3) below, a number of shares of the Corporation's Common Stock equal to the quotient of Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($8,750) divided by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant, rounded down to the nearest whole share (and subject to adjustment as necessary). (iii) VESTING; ISSUANCE. Each Quarterly Deferred Grant shall be fully vested on the date of grant; provided that the notional number of shares of the Corporation's Common Stock in respect of each Quarterly Deferred Grant shall not be issued or issuable, and instead shall accumulate and be credited by the Corporation to a bookkeeping account in the name of such Director, until such time as the Director terminates his or her service on the Board of Directors for any reason, at which time the Corporation shall issue and deliver to the Non-Executive Director, within thirty (30) days of such termination of service, a number of shares of the Corporation's Common Stok equal to the cumulative notional number of shares (as adjusted) in respect of such Director's cumulative Quarterly Deferred Grants. (c) CONSIDERATION. Each Quarterly Grant and Quarterly Deferred Grant shall be awarded in consideration for services rendered as a Non-Executive Director. (d) AMENDMENT OF TERMS OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STOCK AWARDS. The Board may at any time, and from time to time, amend the terms pursuant to which Non-Executive Director Stock Awards, including the Quarterly Grants and Quarterly Deferred Grants, shall be granted including, without limitation, amendment of the dollar amount specified in subsections 8(a)(2) and 8(b)(2) above and any other provision of this Section 8. 9. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. (a) AVAILABILITY OF SHARES. During the terms of the Stock Awards, the Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock required to satisfy such Stock Awards. (b) LEGAL COMPLIANCE. The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Stock Awards and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Stock Awards; provided, however, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Stock Award or any Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Stock Award. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise of such Stock Awards unless and until such authority is obtained. 10. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK. Proceeds from the sale of Common Stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall constitute general funds of the Company. 11. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) ACCELERATION OF EXERCISABILITY AND VESTING. The Board shall have the power to accelerate the time at which a Stock Award may first be exercised or the time during which a Stock Award or any part thereof will vest in accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Stock Award stating the time at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest. (b) STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. No Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Common Stock subject to such Stock Award unless and until such Participant has satisfied all requirements for exercise of the Stock Award pursuant to its terms. (c) NO EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER SERVICE RIGHTS. Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Stock Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Stock Award was granted or shall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an Employee with or without notice and with or without cause, (ii) the service of a Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant's agreement with the Company or an Affiliate or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of the state in which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may be. (d) INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION $100,000 LIMITATION. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Optionee during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and its Affiliates) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the Options or portions thereof which exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. (e) INVESTMENT ASSURANCES. The Company may require a Participant, as a condition of exercising or acquiring Common Stock under any Stock Award, (i) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Participant's knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that he or she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of exercising the Stock Award and (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that the Participant is acquiring Common Stock subject to the Stock Award for the Participant's own account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the Common Stock. The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (A) the issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under the Stock Award has been registered under a then currently effective registration statement under the Securities Act or (B) as to any particular requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the Common Stock. (f) WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. To the extent provided by the terms of a Stock Award Agreement, the Participant may satisfy any federal, state, local or foreign tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under a Stock Award by any of the following means (in addition to the Company's right to withhold from any compensation paid to the Participant by the Company) or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment, (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold shares of Common Stock from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant as a result of the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under the Stock Award or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered shares of the Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be authorized to withhold shares of Common Stock at rates in excess of the minimum statutory withholding rates imposed upon the Company for federal and state tax purposes if such withholding would result in a charge to the Company's earnings for accounting purposes. 12. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK. (a) CAPITALIZATION ADJUSTMENTS. If any change is made in the Common Stock subject to the Plan, or subject to any Stock Award, without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant to subsection 4(a) and the maximum number of securities subject to award to any person pursuant to subsection 5(d), and the outstanding Stock Awards will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of securities and price per share of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Stock Awards. The Board shall make such adjustments, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a transaction "without receipt of consideration" by the Company.) (b) DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION. In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, then all outstanding Stock Awards shall terminate immediately prior to such event. (c) CHANGE IN CONTROL. Unless otherwise provided in the Stock Award Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, then (i) prior to the completion of the Change in Control, any surviving entity or controlling entity may assume any Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan or may substitute similar stock awards (including an award to acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders in the Change in Control) for those outstanding under the Plan or (ii) prior to the completion of the Change in Control, the Board may, in its sole discretion, make cash payments to Participants holding Stock Awards in amounts that the Board determines represent the cash value of the outstanding Stock Awards and such payments shall completely discharge the Company's obligations under such outstanding Stock Awards. In the event (i) any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation does not assume such Stock Awards or substitute similar stock awards for those outstanding under the Plan and (ii) the Board does not settle the outstanding Stock Awards in cash, then (a) with respect to Stock Awards held by Participants whose Continuous Service has not terminated, the vesting of such Stock Awards (and, if applicable, the time during which such Stock Awards may be exercised) shall be accelerated in full as of a time designated by the Board, and the Stock Awards shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to a time designated by the Board and (b) with respect to any other Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan, such Stock Awards shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) prior to a time designated by the Board. 13. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS. (a) BASIC RULE. Any provision of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that the independent auditors most recently selected by the Board (the "Auditors") determine that any payment or transfer by the Company to or for the benefit of a Participant, whether paid or payable (or transferred or transferable) pursuant to the terms of this Plan or otherwise (a "Payment"), would be nondeductible by the Company for federal income tax purposes because of the provisions concerning "excess parachute payments" in Section 280G of the Code, then the aggregate present value of all Payments shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the Reduced Amount; provided that the Board, at the time of granting a Stock Award under this Plan or at any time thereafter, may specify in writing that such Award shall not be so reduced and shall not be subject to this Section 13. For purposes of this Section 13, the "Reduced Amount" shall be the amount, expressed as a present value, which maximizes the aggregate present value of the Payments without causing any Payment to be nondeductible by the Company because of section 280G of the Code. (b) REDUCTION OF PAYMENTS. If the Auditors determine that any Payment would be nondeductible by the Company because of Section 280G of the Code, then the Company shall promptly give the Participant notice to that effect and a copy of the detailed calculation thereof and of the Reduced Amount, and the Participant may then elect, in his or her sole discretion, which and how much of the Payments shall be eliminated or reduced (as long as after such election the aggregate present value of the Payments equals the Reduced Amount) and shall advise the Company in writing of his or her election within ten (10) days of receipt of notice; provided, however, that such election shall be subject to Company approval if made on or after the effective date of a Change in Control. If no such election is made by the Participant within such ten (10) day period, then the Company may elect which and how much of the Payments shall be eliminated or reduced (as long as after such election the aggregate present value of the Payments equals the Reduced Amount) and shall notify the Participant promptly of such election. For purposes of this Section 13, present value shall be determined in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code. All determinations made by the Auditors under this Section 13 shall be binding upon the Company and the Participant and shall be made within sixty (60) days of the date when a payment becomes payable or transferable. As promptly as practicable following such determination and the elections hereunder, the Company shall pay or transfer to or for the benefit of the Participant such amounts as are then due to him or her under the Plan and shall promptly pay or transfer to or for the benefit of the Participant in the future such amounts as become due to him or her under the Plan. (c) OVERPAYMENTS AND UNDERPAYMENTS. As a result of uncertainty in the application of Section 280G of the Code at the time of an initial determination by the Auditors hereunder, it is possible that Payments will have been made by the Company which should not have been made (an "Overpayment") or that additional Payments which will not have been made by the Company could have been made (an "Underpayment"), consistent in each case with the calculation of the Reduced Amount hereunder. In the event that the Auditors determine, based upon the assertion of a deficiency by the Internal Revenue Service against the Company or the Participant which the Auditors believe has a high probability of success, that an Overpayment has been made, such Overpayment shall be treated for all purposes as a loan to the Participant which he or she shall repay to the Company, together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code; provided, however, that no amount shall be payable by the Participant to the Company if and to the extent that such payment would not reduce the amount that is subject to taxation under Section 4999 of the Code. In the event that the Auditors determine that an Underpayment has occurred, such Underpayment shall promptly be paid or transferred by the Company to or for the benefit of the Participant, together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code. (d) RELATED CORPORATIONS. For purposes of this Section 13, the term "Company" shall include affiliated corporations to the extent determined by the Auditors in accordance with Section 280G(d)(5) of the Code. 14. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND STOCK AWARDS. (a) AMENDMENT OF PLAN. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 12 relating to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder approval is necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, Rule 16b-3 or any securities exchange listing requirements. (b) STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL. The Board may, in its sole discretion, submit any other amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval, including, but not limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder regarding the exclusion of performance-based compensation from the limit on corporate deductibility of compensation paid to certain executive officers. (c) CONTEMPLATED AMENDMENTS. It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide eligible Employees with the maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to Incentive Stock Options and/or to bring the Plan and/or Incentive Stock Options granted under it into compliance therewith. (d) NO IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS. Rights under any Stock Award granted before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing. (e) AMENDMENT OF STOCK AWARDS. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of any one or more Stock Awards; provided, however, that the rights under any Stock Award shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing. 15. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN. (a) PLAN TERM. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or approved by the stockholders of the Company, whichever is earlier. No Stock Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated. (b) NO IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS. Suspension or termination of the Plan shall not impair rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the Plan is in effect, except with the written consent of the Participant. 16. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN. The Plan shall become effective on the date on which it is adopted by the Board (the "Effective Date"), but no Stock Award shall be exercised unless and until the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, which approval shall be within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. 17. CHOICE OF LAW. The law of the State of California shall govern all questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Plan, without regard to such state's conflict of laws rules. EX-31.1 27 f01698exv31w1.htm EXHIBIT 31.1 exv31w1
 

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Martin M. Koffel, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of URS Corporation;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
b)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
c)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonable likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
Date: September 9, 2004  /s/ Martin M. Koffel    
  Martin M. Koffel   
  Chief Executive Officer   
 

 

EX-31.2 28 f01698exv31w2.htm EXHIBIT 31.2 exv31w2
 

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Kent P. Ainsworth, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of URS Corporation;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
b)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
c)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonable likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
Date: September 9, 2004  /s/ Kent P. Ainsworth    
  Kent P. Ainsworth   
  Chief Financial Officer   

 

EX-32 29 f01698exv32.htm EXHIBIT 32 exv32
 

Exhibit 32

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION

     Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Martin M. Koffel, the Chief Executive Officer of URS Corporation (the “Company”) and Kent P. Ainsworth, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, do each hereby certify that, to the best of their knowledge:

1.   The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 31, 2004, to which this Certification is attached as Exhibit 32 (the “Periodic Report”), fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and
 
2.   The information contained in the Periodic Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
     
Date: September 9, 2004  /s/ Martin M. Koffel    
  Martin M. Koffel   
  Chief Executive Officer   
 
         
     
Date: September 9, 2004  /s/ Kent P. Ainsworth    
  Kent P. Ainsworth   
  Chief Financial Officer   
 

 

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