-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GIloOd8dVpfP6FrYVPsRaJ6uKVdLpQHB/r6jazdphbmWxCgaDvkjvf/1h5HvFGsb pSkc6AMc1FZ3buOFZI9H7Q== 0000893220-00-000414.txt : 20000405 0000893220-00-000414.hdr.sgml : 20000405 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893220-00-000414 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: U5S/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 70 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19981231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000404 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CONECTIV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001029590 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 510377417 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: U5S/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13895 FILM NUMBER: 593005 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 KING STREET P O BOX 231 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19899 BUSINESS PHONE: 3024293114 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 KING ST STREET 2: P O BOX 231 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19899 U5S/A 1 CONNECTIVE FORM U5S/A 1 CONECTIV AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM U5S ANNUAL REPORT TO SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR 1998 2 The 1998 Form U5S is hereby amended as follows: Exhibits B Corporate Organization Documents and Bylaws 3 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. Conectiv /S/ James P. Lavin ------------------ James P. Lavin Controller Date: April 4, 2000 4 Exhibit B
CONECTIV -------- 1.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed March 2, 1998 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State (filed with Conectiv's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 1998) 1.2 Bylaws (filed with Conectiv's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 1998) DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY 2.1 Restated Certificate filed April 9, 1990 with the office of the Delaware Secretary of State (filed with Registration Statement No. 33-50453) 2.2 Certificate of Designation filed July 29, 1992 with the office of the Delaware Secretary of State (filed with Registration Statement No. 33-50453) 2.3 Certificate of Designation filed October 29, 1993 with the office of the Delaware Secretary of State (filed with Registration Statement No. 33-53855) 2.4 Certificate of Amendment filed June 7, 1996 with the office of the Delaware Secretary of State (filed with Registration Statement No. 333-07281) 2.5 Certificate of Amendment filed March 2, 1998 with the office of the Delaware Secretary of State (filed with Delmarva Power & Light's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 4, 1998) 2.6 Certificate of Merger of DS Sub, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, with and into Delmarva Power & Light Co., filed with the Delaware Secretary of State, effective as of March 1, 1998 (filed with Delmarva Power & Light's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 4, 1998) 2.7 Bylaws (filed with Delmarva Power & Light's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 4, 1998) ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY 3.1 Agreement of Merger Between Atlantic City Electric Company and South Jersey Power & Light Company filed June 30, 1949 and Amendments through May 3, 1991 (filed with Atlantic City Electric Company's Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30, 1982, March 31, 1985, March 31, 1987 and September 30, 1991, with Atlantic City Electric Company's Form 8-K dated October 12, 1988 and with Atlantic City Electric Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1990) 3.2 Bylaws as amended April 24, 1989, inclusive (filed with Atlantic City Electric Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1989) CONECTIV RESOURCE PARTNERS, INC. 4.1* Certificate of Incorporation filed January 16, 1998 with the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 4.2* Bylaws DELMARVA SERVICES COMPANY 5.1* Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Services Company filed October 31, 1986 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 5.2* Bylaws CONECTIV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (f/k/a Delmarva Telecommunications, Inc.) 6.1* Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Telecommunications, Inc. filed October 21, 1996 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 6.2* Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Telecommunications, Inc. changing the name to Conectiv Communications, Inc. filed February 26, 1997 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 6.3* Bylaws CONECTIV ENERGY, INC. 7.1* Certificate of Incorporation of Conectiv Energy, Inc. filed February 18, 1998 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State
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CONECTIV SERVICES, INC. (f/k/a Service Confidence, Inc.) 8.1* Certificate of Incorporation filed June 26, 1996 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 8.2* Certificate of Merger of Delcard Associates, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, into Service Confidence, Inc. filed October 16, 1996 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 8.3* Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Service Confidence, Inc. changing the name to Conectiv Services, Inc. filed March 6, 1997 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 8.4* Bylaws CONECTIV PLUMBING, L.L.C. 9.1* Certificate of Formation of Conectiv Plumbing, L.L.C. filed January 15, 1998 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 9.2 Operating Agreement of Conectiv Plumbing, L.L.C. (CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED) CONECTIV ENERGY SUPPLY, INC. (f/k/a Delmarva Energy Company) 10.1* Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Energy Company filed July 3, 1975 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 10.2* Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Energy Company adding Article 12th filed August 19, 1987 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 10.3* Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Energy Company changing the name to Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc. filed April 9, 1998 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 10.4* Bylaws DELMARVA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, INC. 11.1* Certificate of Incorporation filed February 27, 1985 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 11.2* Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation amending Article 8th filed August 19, 1987 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 11.3* Bylaws DCI I, INC. 12.1* Certificate of Incorporation filed February 27, 1985 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 12.2* Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation amending Article 8th filed August 19, 1987 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 12.3* Bylaws DCI II, INC. 13.1* Articles of Incorporation of DCI II, Inc. filed November 15, 1985 in the office of the Lieutenant Governor of the Virgin Islands of the U.S. 13.2* Bylaws DCTC-BURNEY, INC. (f/k/a DCTC-Redding, Inc.) 14.1* Certificate of Incorporation filed June 26, 1987 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 14.2* Bylaws CONECTIV OPERATING SERVICES COMPANY (f/k/a Delmarva Operating Services Company) 15.1* Certificate of Incorporation filed May 8, 1987 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 15.2* Certificate of Ownership and Merger of DelCal Operating Company with and into Delmarva Operating Services Company filed January 9, 1998 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 15.3* Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Operating Services Company changing name to Conectiv Operating Services Company filed December 9, 1998 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 15.4* Bylaws CONECTIV SOLUTIONS LLC 16.1* Certificate of Formation of Conectiv Solutions LLC filed October 20, 1997 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 16.2 Limited Liability Company Agreement for Conectiv Solutions LLC dated October 17, 1997 (CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED)
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ENERVAL, L.L.C. (f/k/a Atlantic CNRG Services, L.L.C.) 17.1* Certificate of Formation of Atlantic CNRG Services, L.L.C. filed March 17, 1995 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 17.2* Certificate of Amendment of Atlantic CNRG Services, L.L.C. changing the name to Enerval, L.L.C. filed April 15, 1996 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 17.3 Operating Agreement of Atlantic CNRG Services, L.L.C. dated March 17, 1995 (CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED) 17.4 First Amendment to Operating Agreement of Operating Agreement of Atlantic CNRG Services, L.L.C. dated April, 1996 (CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED) 17.5 Second Amendment to Operating Agreement of Enerval, L.L.C. dated June 17, 1998 (CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED) ATLANTIC SOUTHERN PROPERTIES, INC. (f/k/a Atlantic Housing, Inc.) 18.1* Certificate of Incorporation filed June 24, 1970 in the office of the New Jersey Secretary of State 18.2* Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Atlantic Housing, Inc. changing the name to Atlantic Southern Properties, Inc. filed January 4, 1989 in the office of the New Jersey Secretary of State 18.3* Bylaws ATE INVESTMENT, INC. 19.1* Certificate of Incorporation of ATE Investment, Inc. filed October 9, 1986 in the office of the New Jersey Secretary of State 19.2* Bylaws CONECTIV THERMAL SYSTEMS, INC. (f/k/a Atlantic Thermal Systems, Inc.) 20.1* Certificate of Incorporation of Atlantic Thermal Systems, Inc. filed May 5, 1994 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 20.2* Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation changing the name to Conectiv Thermal Systems, Inc. filed March 2, 1998 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 20.3* Bylaws ATS OPERATING SERVICES, INC. 21.1* Certificate of Incorporation of ATS Operating Services, Inc. filed March 31, 1995 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 21.2* Certificate for Renewal and Revival of Certificate of Incorporation filed December 10, 1998 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 21.3* Bylaws ATLANTIC JERSEY THERMAL SYSTEMS, INC. 22.1* Certificate of Incorporation of Atlantic Jersey Thermal Systems, Inc. filed May 20, 1994 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 22.2* Bylaws ATLANTIC-PACIFIC GLENDALE, L.L.C. 23.1* Certificate of Limited Liability Company filed August 22, 1997 with the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 23.2 Operating Agreement (CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED) ATLANTIC-PACIFIC LAS VEGAS, L.L.C. 24.1* Certificate of Limited Liability Company filed October 29, 1997 with the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 24.2* Certificate of Amendment filed November 5, 1997 with the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 24.3 Operating Agreement (CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED)
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ATLANTIC GENERATION, INC. 25.1* Certificate of Incorporation Atlantic Generation, Inc. filed October 9, 1986 in the office of the New Jersey Secretary of State 25.2* Bylaws BINGHAMTON GENERAL, INC. 26.1* Certificate of Incorporation of Binghamton General, Inc. filed May 3, 1990 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 26.2* Bylaws BINGHAMTON LIMITED, INC. 27.1* Certificate of Incorporation of Binghamton Limited, Inc. filed May 2, 1990 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 27.2* Bylaws VINELAND GENERAL, INC. 28.1* Certificate of Incorporation of Vineland General, Inc. filed August 28, 1990 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 28.2* Bylaws VINELAND LTD., INC. 29.1* Certificate of Incorporation of Vineland Ltd., Inc. filed August 28, 1990 in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State 29.2* Bylaws PEDRICK GEN., INC. 30.1* Certificate of Incorporation of Pedrick Gen., Inc. filed July 28, 1989 in the office of the New Jersey Secretary of State 30.2* Bylaws
* Filed herewith
EX-4.1 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION CONECTIV 1 Conectiv Resource Partners, Inc. 4.1 Certificate of Incorporation Filed January 16, 1998 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF CONECTIV RESOURCE PARTNERS, INC. FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Conectiv Resource Partners, Inc. SECOND: The registered office of Conectiv Resources Partners, Inc. in the State of Delaware is located at 800 King Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801, and its registered agent shall be the Corporation itself. THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation and the nature and objects of the business to be transacted, promoted, conducted or carried out are: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall be authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock having a par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share. FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the Incorporator of the Corporation is:
Name Address ---- ------- Diana C. DeAngelis P. O. Box 6066 Newark, DE 19714-6066
SIXTH: The names and mailing addresses of the directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualify are:
Name Address ---- ------- Howard E. Cosgrove P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899 Barry R. Elson P.O. Box 231 Wihnington, DE 19899
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Barbara S. Graham P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899 Meredith I. Harlacher P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899 Thomas S. Shaw P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899
SEVENTH: The Board of Directors may make, add to, delete from, alter and repeal any By-law of the Corporation. EIGHTH: No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director; provided, however, that this Article EIGHTH shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by law (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses, judgment, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them by reason of their serving in such capacity to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. I, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate of Incorporation, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and that the facts herein stated are true and accordingly have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16th day of January, 1998. ---------------------------------------- Diana C. DeAngelis
EX-4.2 3 CONECTIV BYLAWS 1 Conectiv Resource Partners, Inc. 4.2 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF CONECTIV RESOURCE PARTNERS, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware." 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. 3 (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such 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, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of 4 stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: 5 (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of 6 an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such 7 committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. 8 (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief 9 Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the 10 Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under tILe seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 11 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4.1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the 12 extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of 13 Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred IN defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former 14 directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the 15 amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-5.1 4 DELMARVA CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 1 Delmarva Services Company 5.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Services Company Filed October 31, 1986 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DELMARVA SERVICES COMPANY FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Delmarva Services Company. SECOND: The address of Service's registered agent in the State of Delaware is 800 King Street, City of Wilmington, and County of New Castle, 19899. The registered agent is the corporation itself. THIRD: The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. FOURTH: The total number of shares which this Corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1000) shares of common stock having a par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share. FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the Incorporator is as follows:
Name Address ---- ------- Dale G. Stoodley 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899
SIXTH: The names and mailing addresses of the directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualify are as follows:
Name Address ---- ------- Nevius M. Curtis 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Roger D. Campbell 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899
3 H. Ray Landon 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Howard E. Cosgrove 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Harland M. Wakefield, Jr. 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899
SEVENTH: The Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal any by-law of the Corporation. EIGHTH: No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director; provided, however, that this Article EIGHTH shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by law (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation of its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith of which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees against expenses, judgment, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them by reason of their serving in such capacity to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. I, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and that the facts herein stated are true and accordingly have hereunto set my hand and seal this 30th day of October, 1986. ---------------------------------- Dale G. Stoodley
EX-5.2 5 DELMARVA BYLAWS 1 Delmarva Services Company 5.2 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF DELMARVA SERVICES COMPANY 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware." 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of,the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-6.1 6 CONECTIV COMMUNICATIONS CERTIFICATE OF INC. 1 Conectiv Communications, Inc. 6.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Telecommunications, Inc. Filed October 21, 1996 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DELMARVA TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Delmarva Telecommunications, Inc. SECOND: The registered office of Delmarva Telecommunications, Inc. in the State of Delaware is located at Christiana Building, 252 Chapman Road, City of Newark, and County of New Castle, 19702, and its registered agent shall be the Corporation itself. THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation and the nature and objects of the business to be transacted, promoted, conducted or carried out are: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall be authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock having a par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share. FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the Incorporator of the Corporation is:
Name Address ---- ------- Steven L. Biener Christiana Building P.O. Box 6066 Newark, DE 19714-6066
SIXTH: The names and mailing addresses of the directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualify are:
Name Address ---- ------- Joseph W. Ford Christiana Building P. O. Box 6066 Newark, DE 19714-6066
3 Barbara S. Graham 800 King Street P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899 Laird L. Levison Christiana Building P. O. Box 6066 Newark, DE 19714-6066
SEVENTH: The Board of Directors may make, add to, delete from, alter and repeal any By-law of the Corporation. EIGHTH: No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director, provided, however, that this Article EIGHTH shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by law (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses, judgment, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them by reason of their serving in such capacity to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. I, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate of Incorporation, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and that the facts herein stated are true and accordingly have hereunto set my hand and seal this __ day of October, 1996. -------------------------- Steven L. Biener
EX-6.2 7 CONECTIV COMMUNICATIONS AMEND OF CERT.OF INC. 1 Conectiv Communications, Inc. 6.2 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Telecommunications, Inc. Filed February 26, 1997 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DELMARVA TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware The undersigned, the President and Assistant Secretary of Delmarva Telecommunications, Inc. (the "Company"), a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware do hereby certify that the following resolution was submitted to, approved and adopted by unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 141 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, all in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. RESOLVED, That the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company be, and hereby is, amended by deleting the title and the first paragraph thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF CONECTIV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Conectiv Communications, Inc." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this certificate to be executed by its President and attested to by its Assistant Secretary this 26 day of February, 1997. Attest: By: ____________________________ By: _______________________________ Arturo F. Agra Joseph W. Ford Assistant Secretary President EX-6.3 8 CONECTIV COMMUNICATIONS BYLAWS 1 Conectiv Communications, Inc. 6.3 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF CONECTIV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware." 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the note thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4.1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time 14 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of.the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-7.1 9 CONECTIV ENERGY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 1 Conectiv Energy, Inc. 7.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Conectiv Energy, Inc. Filed February 18, 1998 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF CONECTIV ENERGY, INC. FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Conectiv Energy, Inc. SECOND: The registered office of Conectiv Energy, Inc. in the State of Delaware is located at 800 King Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801, and its registered agent shall be the Corporation itself. THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation and the nature and objects of the business to be transacted, promoted, conducted or carried out are: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall be authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock having a par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share. FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the Incorporator of the Corporation is:
Name Address ---- ------- Diana C. DeAngelis P.O. Box 6066 Newark, DE 19714-6066
SIXTH: The names and mailing addresses of the directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualify are:
Name Address Howard E. Cosgrove P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899 Barry R. Elson P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899
3 Barbara S. Graham P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899 Meredith I. Harlacher P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899 Thomas S. Shaw P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899
SEVENTH: The Board of Directors may make, add to, delete from, alter and repeal any By-law of the Corporation. EIGHTH: No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director, provided, however, that this Article EIGHTH shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by law (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses, judgment, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them by reason of their serving in such capacity to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. I, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate of Incorporation, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and that the facts herein stated are true and accordingly have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of February, 1998. ---------------------------------- Diana C. DeAngelis
EX-8.1 10 CONECTIV SERVICES CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 1 Conectiv Services, Inc. 8.1 Certificate of Incorporation Filed June 26, 1996 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF SERVICE CONFIDENCE, INC. FIRST. The name of the Corporation is Service Confidence, Inc. SECOND: The registered office of Service Confidence, Inc. in the State of Delaware is located at Christiana Building, Pennsylvania Wing, 252 Chapman Road, City of Newark, and County of New Castle, 19714, and its registered agent shall be the Corporation itself. THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation and the nature and objects of the business to be transacted, promoted, conducted or carried out are: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall be authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock having a par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share. FIFTH: The names mailing address of the Incorporator of the Corporation is:
Name Address Steven L. Biener Christiana Building 252 Chapman Road Newark, DE 19714
SIXTH: The names and mailing addresses of the directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualify are:
Name Address Joseph W. Ford 800 King Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Barbara S. Graham 800 King Street Wilmington, DE 19801
3 Philip S. Reese Christiana Building 252 Chapman Road Newark, DE 19714 Jay O. Carmean Christiana Building 252 Chapman Road Newark, DE 19714 Richard J. Squadron Christiana Building 252 Chapman Road Newark, DE 19714
SEVENTH: The Board of Directors may make, add to, delete from, alter and repeal any By-law of the Corporation. EIGHTH: No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director; provided, however; that this Article EIGHTH shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by law (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses, judgment fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them by reason of their serving in such capacity to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. I, the undersigned, being the Incorporation hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate of Incorporation, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and that the facts herein stated are true accordingly have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of June, 1996. -------------------------------------- Steven L. Biener
EX-8.2 11 CONECTIV SERVICES CERTIFICATE OF MERGER 1 Conectiv Services, Inc. 8.2 Certificate of Merger of Delcard Associates, Inc. Filed October l6, 1996 2 CERTIFICATE OF MERGER OF DELCARD ASSOCIATES, INC., a Delaware Corporation, INTO SERVICE CONFIDENCE, INC., a Delaware Corporation The undersigned corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY: FIRST: That the name and state of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations of the merger are as follows:
NAME STATE OF INCORPORATION Delcard Associates, Inc. Delaware Service Confidence, Inc. Delaware
SECOND: That an agreement of merger among the parties to the merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations and their respective stockholders in accordance with the requirements of subsection (c) of Section 251 and Sections 228 and 141 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. THIRD: That the surviving corporation shall be Service Confidence, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the name of the surviving corporation is Service Confidence, Inc. 3 FOURTH: That the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Service Confidence, Inc., a Delaware corporation, shall be the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the surviving corporation. FIFTH: That the executed agreement of merger is on file at the principal place of business of the surviving corporation. The address of the principal place of business of the surviving corporation is 252 Chapman Road, Newark, DE 19714. SIXTH: That a copy of the agreement of merger will be furnished by the surviving corporation, on request and without cost, to any stockholder of any constituent corporation. SEVENTH: That the authorized capital stock and par value of each of the constituent corporations are as follows:
STATE OF AUTHORIZED PAR NAME INCORPORATION CAPITAL STOCK VALUE Service Confidence, Delaware 1,000 shares/ $1.00 Inc. common stock Delcard Associates Delaware 100 shares/Class $1.00 Inc. A common stock 10,000 shares/ $1.00 Class B common Stock
SERVICE CONFIDENCE, INC. BY: __________________________________ Joseph W. Ford, President
EX-8.3 12 CONECTIV SERVICES AMEND. OF CERTIFICATE OF INC. 1 Conectiv Services, Inc. 8.3 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Service Confidence, Inc. Filed March 6, 1997 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF SERVICE CONFIDENCE, INC. Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware The undersigned, the President and Assistant Secretary of Service Confidence, Inc. (the "Company"), a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware do hereby certify that the following resolution was submitted to, approved and adopted by unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 141 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, all in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware: RESOLVED, That the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company be, and hereby is, amended by deleting the title and the first paragraph thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF CONECTIV SERVICES, INC FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Conectiv Services, Inc." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this certificate to be executed by its President and attested to by its Assistant Secretary this 6th day of March, 1997. Attest: By: ____________________________ By: ________________________________ Thomas E. Miloszewski Joseph W. Ford Assistant Secretary President
EX-8.4 13 CONECTIV SERVICES BYLAWS 1 Conectiv Services, Inc. 8.4 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF CONECTIV SERVICES, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Newark, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware." 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such 2 3 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, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 3 4 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 and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether 4 5 or not there is a quorum present; and (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such 5 6 determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or 6 7 resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 7 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 8 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 9 EX-9.1 14 CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF CONECTIV PLUMBING 1 Conectiv Plumbing, L.L.C. 9.1 Certificate of Formation of Conectiv Plumbing, L.L.C. Filed January 15, 1998 2 CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF CONECTIVE PLUMBING, L.L.C. This Certificate of Formation of Conectiv Plumbing, L.L.C. (the "LLC") dated January 15, 1998, is being duly executed and filed by Conectiv Services, Inc., as an authorized person, to form a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del C. 18-101, et seq. FIRST: The name of the LLC formed hereby is: Conectiv Plumbing, L.L.C. SECOND: The address of the registered office of the LLC in the state of Delaware is: 252 Chapman Road Newark, New Castle County, Delaware 19714 THIRD: The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the LLC in the State of Delaware is: Conectiv Plumbing, L.L.C. 252 Chapman Road Newark, New Castle County, Delaware 19714 FOURTH: The name and percentage interest of all the members of the LLC is as follows: Percentage Name: Ownership Interest: ----- ------------------- Conectiv Services, Inc. 90% Dennis C. O'Brien 10% IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation as of the date first above written. CONECTIV PLUMBING, L.L.C. By: ---------------------- Thomas Milozewski An Authorized Person EX-9.2 15 OPERATING AGREEMENT OF CONECTIV PLUMBING, L.L.C. 1 Conectiv Plumbing, L.L.C. 9.2 Operating Agreement of Conectiv Plumbing, L.L.C. CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED EX-10.1 16 CONECTIV ENERGY SUPPLY CERTIFICATE OF INC. 1 Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc. 10.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Energy Company Filed July 3, 1975 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DELMARVA ENERGY COMPANY FIRST: The name of this company is DELMARVA ENERGY COMPANY. SECOND: The registered office in the State of Delaware is located at 800 King Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name and address of its registered agent is Delmarva Energy Company, 800 King Street, Wilmington, Delaware. THIRD: The nature of the business, or objects or purposes proposed to be transacted, promoted or carried on are: (1) To purchase or otherwise acquire, invest in, own, mortgage, pledge, sell, lease, assign and transfer or otherwise dispose of, trade, deal in and deal with goods, products, wares and merchandise and personal property of every class and description. (2) To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. (3) To acquire, and pay for in cash, stock or bonds of this corporation or otherwise, the good will, rights, assets and property, and to undertake or assume the whole or any part of the obligations or liabilities of any.person, firm, association or corporation. (4) To acquire, hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent of the United States or any foreign country, patent rights, licenses and privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks and trade names, relating to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation. (5) To acquire by purchase, subscription or otherwise, and to receive, hold, own, guarantee, sell, assign, exchange, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of or deal in and with any of the shares of the capital stock, or any voting trust certificates in respect of the shares of capital stock, scrip, warrants, rights, bonds, debentures, notes, trust receipts, and other securities, obligations, choses in action and evidences of indebtedness or interest issued or 3 created by any corporations, joint stock companies, syndicates, associations, firms, trusts or persons, public or private, or by the government of the United States of America, gr by any foreign government, or by any state, territory, province, municipality or other political subdivision or by any governmental agency, and as owner thereof to possess and exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to execute consents and vote thereon, and to do any and all acts and things necessary or advisable for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value thereof. (6) To borrow or raise moneys for any of the purposes of the corporation and, from time to time without limit as to amount, to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures and other negotiable or nonnegotiable instruments and evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the payment of any thereof and of the interest thereon by mortgage upon or pledge, conveyance or assignment in trust of the whole or any part of the property of the corporation, whether at the time owned or thereafter acquired, and to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of such bonds or other obligations of the corporation for its corporate purposes. (7) To enter into partnerships, limited partnerships or joint ventures with other persons, firms or corporations for any business purposes, including the exploration and development of property for the production of oil, gas, and similar products. (8) To purchase, receive, take by grant, gift, devise, bewest or otherwise, lease, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, improve, employ, use and otherwise deal in and with real or personal property, or any interest therein, wherever situated, and to sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or mortgage or pledge, all or any of the corporation's property and assets, or any interest therein, wherever situated. (9) In general, to possess and exercise all the powers and privileges granted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware or by any other law of Delaware or by this Certificate of Incorporation together with any powers incidental thereto, so far as such powers and privileges are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business or purposes of the corporation. (10) The business and purposes specified in the foregoing clauses shall, except where otherwise expressed, be in nowise limited or restricted by reference to, or 4 inference from, the terms of any other clause in this Certificate of Incorporation, but the business and purposes specified in each of the foregoing clauses of this article shall be independent business and purposes. FOURTH: The total number of shares of capital stock which may be issued by the corporation is 1,000 shares of common stock without par value. Only one class of stock may be issued by the corporation. FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is as follows:
NAME MAILING ADDRESS David A. Anderson 350 Delaware Trust Building 900 Market Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801
SIXTH: The corporation shall have perpetual existence. SEVENTH: The number of directors of the corporation shall be as specified in the By-Laws and such number may from time to time be increased or decreased by the stockholders or the Board of Directors as may be prescribed in the By-Laws. Directors need not be stockholders. EIGHTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized: (1) To make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the corporation. (2) To authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and liens upon the real and personal property of the corporation. (3) To set apart out of any of the funds of the corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and to abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. (4) By a majority of the whole Board, to designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two 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. Any such committee, to the 5 extent provided in the Resolution or in the By-Laws of the corporation, 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 authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; provided, however, the By-Laws may provide that in the absence or disqualification of any member of such committee or committess, 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. (5) When and as authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding having voting power given at a stockholders' meeting duly called upon such notice as is required by statute, or when authorized by the written consent of the holders of a majority of the voting stock issued and outstanding, to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of the property and assets of the corporation, including its good will and its corporate franchises, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration, which may consist in whole.or in part of money or property including shares of stock in, and/or other securities of, any other corporation or corporations, as its Board of Directors shall deem expedient and for the best interests of the corporation. NINTH: If the By-Laws so provide, the stockholders and Board of Directors shall have power to hold their meetings, to have an office or offices and to keep the books of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware, outside of said state at such place or places as may from time to time be designated by them, whether within or without the United States of America. TENTH: A director of the corporation shall not be disqualified by his office from dealing or contracting with the corporation either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any transaction or contract of the corporation be void or voidable by reason of the fact that any director or any firm of which any director is a member, or any corporation of which any director is a shareholder, director or officer, is in any way interested in such transaction or contract, provided that such transaction or contract is or shall be authorized, ratified or approved either (1) by vote of a majority of a quorum of the Board of Directors or of the Executive Committee without counting in such majority or quorum any director so interested or 6 a member of a firm so interested or a shareholder, director or officer of a corporation so interested, or (2) by a vote at a stockholders' meeting of the holders of record of a majority of all the outstanding shares of stock of the corporation entitled to vote or by a writing or writings signed by a majority of such holders (and any director holding stock entitled to vote may vote for the authorization, ratification or approval of any transaction or contract in which he was interested, directly or indirectly, as aforesaid, with the same effect as if he were not directly or indirectly interested therein); nor shall any director be liable to account to the corporation for any profits realized by and from or through any such transaction or contract of the corporation authorized ratified or approved as aforesaid by reason of the fact that he or any firm of which he is a member, or any corporation of which he is a shareholder, director or officer, was interested in such transaction or contract. ELEVENTH: The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the incorporator hereinbefore named for the purpose of forming a corporation to do business both within and without the State of Delaware, pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, being Chapter 1 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code, do make and file this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2nd day of July, 1975. ____________________________(SEAL) David A. Anderson
EX-10.2 17 CONECTIV ENERGY SUPPLY AMEND. CERTIFICATE OF INC. 1 Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc. 10.2 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Energy Company Filed August 19, 1987 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DELMARVA ENERGY COMPANY Delmarva Energy Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation") does hereby certify as follows: FIRST: The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted the following resolution setting forth an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, declared its advisability and directed its consideration by the stockholders: RESOLVED, That the Board of Directors of the company declare it advisable to amend said certificate and articles of incorporation of this company by adding Article TWELFTH to read: TWELFTH: No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director; provided, however, that this Article TWELFTH shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by law (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith of which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them by reason of their serving in such capacity to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. SECOND:The stockholders of the corporation duly approved the said amendment at the annual meeting properly called and held on May 29, 1987. THIRD: The said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF The said Delmarva Energy Company has caused its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed and this Certificate to be made and executed by its President and Secretary his 6th day of August, 1987. DELMARVA ENERGY COMPANY By________________________________________ President Attest____________________________________ Secretary [Corporate Seal] EX-10.3 18 CONECTIV ENERGY SUPPLY AMEND. CERTIFICATE OF INC. 1 Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc. 10.3 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Energy Company Filed April 9, 1998 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DELMARVA ENERGY COMPANY Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware The undersigned, the President and Assistant Secretary of Dehnarva Energy Company (the "Company"), a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware do hereby certify that the following resolution was submitted to, approved and adopted by unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 141 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, all in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware: RESOLVED, That the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company be, and hereby is, amended by deleting the title and the first paragraph defining the name of the Company and substituting in lieu thereof the following: CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF CONECTIV ENERGY SUPPLY, INC. FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this certificate to be executed by its President and attested by its Secretary this 1st day April, 1998. Attest: By: ____________________________ By:____________________________ Secretary - Moira K. Donoghue President - Thomas S. Shaw EX-10.4 19 CONECTIV ENERGY SUPPLY BYLAWS 1 Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc. 10.4 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF CONECTIV ENERGY SUPPLY, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware. 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice, of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4. 1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7. the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms. of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, 6r to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time 14 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-11.1 20 DELMARVA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CERTIFICATE OF INC. 1 Delmarva Capital Investments, Inc. 11.1 Certificate of Incorporation Filed February 27, 1985 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DELMARVA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, INC. FIRST: The name of the corporation is Delmarva Capital Investments, Inc. SECOND: The address of the corporation's registered agent in the State of Delaware is 800 King Street, City of Wilmington, and County of New Castle, 19899. The registered agent is the corporation itself. THIRD: The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. FOURTH: The total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1000) shares of common stock having a par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share. FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the Incorporator is as follows:
Name Address ---- ------- Dale. G. Stoodley 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899
SIXTH: The names and mailing addresses of the directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualify are as follows: 3
Name Address ---- ------- Nevius M. Curtis 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Roger D. Campbell 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Howard E. Cosgrove 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 H. Ray Landon 800 King Street Wilmington, Delware 19899
SEVENTH: The Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal any by-law of the corporation. EIGHTH: The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them by reason of their serving in such capacity to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. I, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and that the facts herein stated are true and accordingly have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th day of February, 1985. ---------------------------------- Dale G. Stoodley
EX-11.2 21 DELMARVA CAPITAL AMEND. CERTIFICATE OF INC. 1 Delmarva Capital Investments, Inc. 11.2 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation amending Article 8th Filed August 19, 1987 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DELMARVA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, INC. Delmarva Capital Investments, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation") does hereby certify as follows: FIRST: The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted the following resolution setting forth an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, declared its advisability and directed its consideration by the stockholders: RESOLVED, That, the Board of Directors of the company declare it advisable to amend said certificate and articles of incorporation of this company by inserting the following provisions at the beginning of Article EIGHTH: EIGHTH: No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director; provided, however, that this Article EIGHTH shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by law (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith of which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. SECOND: The stockholders of the corporation duly approved the said amendment at the annual meeting properly called and held on May 26, 1987. THIRD: The said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF The said Delmarva Capital Investments, Inc. has caused its Corporate Seal to be:,hereunto affixed and this Certificate to be made, and executed by its President and Secretary this 10th day of August, 1987. DELMARVA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, INC. By ____________________________________ President Attest ________________________________ Secretary [Corporate Seal] EX-11.3 22 DELMARVA CAPITAL BYLAWS 1 DELMARVA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, INC. 11.3 BYLAWS 2 BYLAWS OF DELMARVA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware." 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4. 1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time 14 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-12.1 23 DCI I CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 1 DCI 1. Inc. 12.1 Certificate of Incorporation Filed February 27, 1985 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DCI I, INC. FIRST: The name of the corporation is DCI I, Inc. SECOND: The address of the corporation's registered agent in the State of Delaware is 800 King Street, City of Wilmington, and County of New Castle, 19899. The registered agent is the corporation itself. THIRD: The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. FOURTH: The total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1000) shares of common stock having a par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share. FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the Incorporator is as follows:
Name Address ---- ------- Dale G. Stoodley 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899
SIXTH: The names and mailing addresses of the directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualify are as follows:
Name Address ---- ------- Nevius M. Curtis 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899
3 Roger D. Campbell 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Howard E. Cosgrove 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 H. Ray Landon 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899
SEVENTH: The Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal-any by-law of the corporation. EIGHTH: The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them by reason of their serving in such capacity to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. I, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and that the facts herein stated are true and accordingly have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th day of February, 1985. ____________________________ Dale G. Stoodley
EX-12.2 24 DCI I AMEND TO CERTIFICATE OF INC. 1 DCI 1, Inc. 12.2 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation Amending Article 8th Filed August 19, 1987 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DCI I, INC. DCI I, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation") does hereby certify as follows: FIRST: The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted the following resolution setting forth an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, declared its advisability and directed its consideration by the stockholders: RESOLVED, That, the Board of Directors of the company declare it advisable to amend said certificate and articles of incorporation of this company by inserting the following provisions at the beginning of Article EIGHTH: EIGHTH: No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director; provided, however, that this Article EIGHTH shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by law (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith of which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. SECOND: The stockholders of the corporation duly approved the said amendment at the annual meeting properly called and held on May 29, 1987. THIRD: The said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF The said DCI I, Inc. has caused its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed and this Certificate to be made and executed by its President and Secretary this 6th day of August, 1987. DCI I, INC. By ____________________________________ President Attest ________________________________ Secretary [Corporate Seal] EX-12.3 25 DCI I BYLAWS 1 DCI I, Inc. 12.3 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF DCI I, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware." 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issue and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4. 1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition- provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time 14 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-13.1 26 DCI II ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 1 DCI II, Inc. 13.1 Articles of Incorporation of DCI II, Inc. Filed November 15, 1985 2 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF DCI II, Inc. A Foreign Sales Corporation The three undersigned persons of the age of eighteen years or more, for the purpose of forming a corporation in accordance with Chapter 12 of Title 13 of the laws of the United States Virgin Islands, do hereby certify to the following Articles of Incorporation: ARTICLE ONE The name of the corporation is: DCI II, Inc. ARTICLE TWO The address of the corporation's principal office is: 49A and 50A Kongens Gade, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI. ARTICLE THREE The name and address of the resident agent upon whom process may be served is: ABN Trustcompany (Virgin Islands), Inc. 49A & 50A Kongens Gade, (P.O. Box 12150) Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI ARTICLE FOUR The aggregate number, class and par value of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue shall be 1,000 shares of common stock, all of one class, each share having a ($1.00) par value. There shall be no preferred stock. No holder of any shares nor of any security convertible into, nor of any warrant, option or right to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, shares of any class of the corporation whether now or hereafter authorized, shall, as such holder, have any preemptive right to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire shares of any class of the corporation or any security convertible into or any warrant, option or right to purchase, subscribe for, or otherwise acquire shares of any class of the corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized. HOWEVER, there shall be no more than 25 shareholders at any one time. 3 ARTICLE FIVE The minimum capital with which the corporation will commence business shall not be less than ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS (U.S. $1,000.00). ARTICLE SIX The names and places of residence of the incorporation are as follows: Thomas C.A.E. van Rijckevorsel 49A & 50A Kongens Gade, P.O. Box 12150 St. Thomas, USVI 00801 Bonnie J. Hood 2-21 A Bonne Esperance Post Office Box 6231 St. Thomas, USVI 00801 Cynthia F. Smith 55 Estate Bordeaux Post Office Box 4081 St. Thomas, USVI 00801 ARTICLE SEVEN The number of directors to constitute the Board of Directors shall be determined by the bylaws of the corporation, but in no case shall be less than three, of which at least one shall not be a resident of the United States of America. ARTICLE EIGHT The curation of the corporation is perpetual. ARTICLE NINE The corporation is formed for the following purposes: 1) To act as and receive the benefits available to Foreign Sales Corporation as defined in Section 922 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1954. 2) To buy, sell, procure, franchise, produce, manufacture and dispose of all kinds of goods, wares, foods, potables, drugs, merchandise, manufactures, commodities, 4 furniture, machinery, tools, supplies and products, and generally to engage in and conduct any form of manufacturing, repairing, or mercantile enterprise not contrary to law. 3) To engage in, carry on and conduct research, experiments, investigations, analyses, studies and laboratory work, for the purpose of discovering new products or to improve products, articles and things, and to buy, construct or otherwise acquire, own operate, maintain, lease, sell, mortgage or otherwise dispose of laboratories, and similar facilities, plants and any and all other establishments, and to procure, construct, own, use, hold and dispose of all necessary equipment in respect thereof, for the purpose aforesaid. 4) To engage in, conduct and carry on in all its various branches and details, the business of importing, exporting, trading, exchanging, handling, negotiating, bartering, bargaining, buying, selling, marketing, distributing, and generally without limit to deal and traffic in all kinds of goods, wares, and merchandise and to exercise in respect thereto all the rights, powers and privileges of owner, broker, agent, subagent, or consignee and to do all lawful things necessary, expedient, or convenient to be done in connection therewith or in aid thereof. 5) To buy, sell, deal in, lease, operate, hold or improve and own real estate, and the fixtures and personal property incidental thereto or connected therewith and with that end in view, to acquire by purchase, lease or hire, or otherwise, lands, tenements, hereditarily, or interests therein, and to improve the same, and generally to hold, manage, deal with and improve the property of the corporation, and to sell, lease, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of the lands, tenements and hereditaments and other property of the corporation. 6) To own, operate, maintain, manage, equip, improve, repair, alter and otherwise deal with, use, and enjoy, to invent, design, develop, assemble, build, construct, fabricate, manufacture, buy, import, lease as lessee and to otherwise acquire, to mortgage, deal in trust, pledge and otherwise dispose of goods, commodities, wares and merchandise, and personal property of every sort, nature and description. 7) To borrow and loan money with or without security and to issue, sell, or pledge bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange, debentures and other obligations and evidence of indebtedness secured or unsecured. 8) To guarantee the performance of any contract or the obligation of any person, firm, corporation, association or entity. 9) To purchase, take, receive or otherwise acquire, hold or pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of its own shares; provided that the corporation shall not purchase either directly or indirectly its own shares when its not assets are less than its stated 5 capital or when by so doing its assets would be reduced below its stated capital; notwithstanding the foregoing the corporation may purchase its own shares for the purpose of (a) eliminating fractional shares, (b) collecting or compromising claims of the corporation or securing any indebtedness to the corporation previously incurred, (c) paying dissenting shareholders entitled to payment for their shares in the event of a merger or consolidations or a sale or exchange of assets or (d) effecting, subject to the law of the United States Virgin Islands, the retirement of the redeemable shares of the corporation by redemption or by purchase at not to exceed the redemption price; and provided further that the shares of its own capital stock belonging to the corporation shall not be voted upon by the corporation. 10) To purchase, hold sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise hold and possess or otherwise dispose of, shares of capital stock of, or any bonds, securities, or evidence of indebtedness created by any other corporation or corporations of this territory or any other possession, territory, state, country, nation or government, and while owner of said stock to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership including the right to vote thereon. 11) To purchase, acquire, use, lend, lease or hold, improve, operate, hypothecate, mortgage, sell or convey, and otherwise deal in and dispose of property of all kinds, both real and personal, including right of patent from the United States and/or foreign countries, patents, patent rights, license privileges, inventions, franchises, improvement processes, copyrights, trademarks and trade names relating to or useful in connection with the business of this corporation. 12) To participate as a general partner or a limited partner or both in any limited partnership, to enter into general partnerships, associations and joint ventures with others and to hold title and deal in all types of property as a nominee; to act as trustee of any trust and to exercise all powers of a trustee authorized by any trust to by law; HOWEVER, it shall not be a member of any controlled group of corporations of which a Domestic intonation Sales Corporation (DISC) as defined in the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended, is a member, after December 31, 1984. 13) To have and exercise all powers necessary to convenient to effect any or all of the purposes and powers permitted of corporations under the laws of the United States Virgin Islands. ARTICLE TEN Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, all powers of management and direct control of the corporations shall be vested in the Board of Directors. 6 The Board of Directors shall have the power to make, and from time to time repeal, amend and alter the By-Laws of the corporation; provided, however that the paramount power to repeal, amend and alter the By-Laws or to adopt new By-Laws, shall always be vested in the shareholders, which power may be exercised by a vote of the majority thereof present at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders, and the directors thereafter have no power to suspend, repeal, amend or otherwise alter any By-Laws or portion there of so enacted by the shareholders unless the shareholders in enacting such By-Laws or portion thereof shall otherwise provide. ARTICLE ELEVEN No contract or other transaction between this corporation and any other firm or corporation shall be affected or invalidated by reason of the fact that any of the members, shareholders, directors or officers of this corporation are interested in or are members, shareholders, directors or officers of such other firm or corporation; and any member, shareholder, director or officer of this corporation may be a party to or may be interested in any contract or transaction of this corporation or in which this corporation may be a party to or may be interested in any contract or transaction of this corporation or in which this corporation is interested and no such contract shall be affected or invalidated thereby; and each and every person who may become a member, shareholder, director or officer of this corporation is hereby relieved from any liability that might otherwise exist from his contracting with this corporation for the benefit of himself or any person, firm, association or corporation in which he may be in any wise interested. ARTICLE TWELVE Any person who was or is a party or was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit writ or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or of another organization or enterprise at the request of the corporation, shall be indemnified by the corporation to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law. 7 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, these Articles of Incorporation have been executed on November 15, 1985. ______________________________ THOMAS C.A.M. VAN RIJCKEVORSEL ______________________________ BONNIE J. HOOD ______________________________ CYNTHIA F. SMITH AFFIDAVIT OF INCORPORATORS TERRITORY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ) DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN ) ss: I hereby certify that on November 15, 1985, THOMAS C.A.M. VAN RIJCKEVORSEL, BONNIE J. HOOD, and CYNTHIA F. SMITH each personally appeared before me, who, each, being by me first duly sworn, declared that each was the person who signed the foregoing document as an incorporator, and that the statements therein contained are true. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal. ______________________________ NOTARY PUBLIC EX-13.2 27 DCI II BYLAWS 1 DCI II, Inc. 13.2 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF DCI II, INC. ARTICLE I. SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS SECTION 1 - ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held within ninety days of the end of the fiscal year at a date and time chosen by the Directors, at the principal office of the Corporation, or such other place as the Board of Directors shall authorize. The meeting shall be for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such business as may be brought before it. Notice of such meeting shall be given by the Secretary as required by law; by serving personally or mailing not less than ten days and not more than fifty days prior to such meeting, postage prepaid, a copy of such notice, addressed to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Any and all notices of such meeting may be waived by any shareholder by written waiver or by attendance thereat, whether in person or by proxy. SECTION 2 - SPECIAL MEETINGS Special meetings of shareholders may be called by the Board of Directors or by the President, and must be called by the President at the request in writing by shareholders owning a majority of the shares issued and outstanding. Notice of such special meetings shall be given by the President or the Secretary, and shall be served personally or by mail addressed to each shareholder of record at his last known address no less than ten days prior to the date of such meeting. The notice of such meeting shall contain a statement of the business to be transacted thereat. No business other than that specified in the notice of the meeting shall be transacted at any such special meeting. Notice of special meeting may be waived by any shareholder by written waiver or by attendance thereat, in person or by proxy. 3 SECTION 3 - VOTING Shareholders entitled to vote at meetings may do so in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney. Each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share registered in its name on the books of the Corporation, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. SECTION 4 - QUORUM At any meeting of the shareholders, except as otherwise provided by statute, or by the Articles of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum. However, a lesser number when not constituting a quorum may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present or represented. SECTION 5 - VOTING AT SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS At any meeting of the shareholders, except as otherwise provided by statute, or by the Articles of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy shall decided any question brought before such meeting. ARTICLE II. DIRECTORS SECTION 1 - NUMBER The affairs and the business of the Corporation, except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, shall be managed by a Board of six Directors. SECTION 2 - HOW ELECTED At the annual meeting of the shareholders, the persons duly elected by the votes cast at the election held thereat shall become the directors for the ensuing year. 4 SECTION 3 - TERM OF OFFICE The term of office of each of the directors shall be until the next annual meeting of shareholders and thereafter until a successor has been elected and qualified. SECTION 4 - DUTIES OF DIRECTORS The Board of Directors shall have control and general management of the affairs and business of the corporation unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. Such directors shall in all cases act as a Board regularly convened by a majority, and they may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of their meetings, and the management and business of the Corporation as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with these Bylaws and the Laws of the Territory of the United States Virgin Islands. SECTION 5 - DIRECTORS' MEETINGS Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the annual meetings of the shareholders, and at such other times as the Board of Directors may determine. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President at any time and must be called by the President or the Secretary upon the written request of two Directors. SECTION 6 - NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS Notice of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be served personally or by mail addressed to each Director at its last known address no less than ten days prior to the date of such meeting. The notice of such meeting shall contain a statement of the business transacted thereat. No business other than that specified in the call for the meeting shall be transacted at any such special meeting. Notice of special meeting may be waived by any Director by written waiver or by personal attendance thereat without protest of lack of notice to him. 5 SECTION 7 - QUORUM At any meeting of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, one-third, but not less than two, or the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum. However, a lesser number when not constituting a quorum may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present or represented. SECTION 8 - VOTING Except as otherwise provided by statute, or by the Articles of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present shall be necessary for the transaction of any item of business thereat. SECTION 9 - VACANCIES Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring between annual meetings of the shareholders shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by a majority vote of the remaining Directors, even though less than a quorum exists. SECTION 10 - REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS Any of all of the Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by a vote of the shareholders at any meeting called for such purpose. ARTICLE III. OFFICERS SECTION 1 - NUMBER OF OFFICERS The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and any other officers or assistant officers the Directors deem advisable, and any officer may hold more than one office, except the same person may not hold the offices of President or Vice-President and Secretary or Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors 6 may appoint such other agents and employees as in their sole discretion they shall deem advisable, who shall be subject to recall at all times by a majority vote of the Board of Directors SECTION 2 - ELECTION OF OFFICERS Officers of the Corporation shall be elected at the first meeting of the Board of Directors. Thereafter, and unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its meeting held immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders and shall hold office for one year and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. SECTION 3 - REMOVAL OF OFFICERS Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, and a successor elected, by vote of the Board of Directors, regularly convened at a regular or special meeting. Any officer elected by the shareholders may be removed, with or without cause, and a successor elected, by vote of the shareholders, regularly convened at an annual or special meeting. SECTION 4 - PRESIDENT The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property thereof, subject to direction of the Board of Directors, and shall have general supervision over its offices and agents. He shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors in the absence of a Chairman of the Board and at all meetings of shareholders. He may do and perform all acts incident to the office of President SECTION 5 - VICE-PRESIDENT In the absence of or inability of the President to act, the Vice-President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other functions as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. 7 SECTION 6 - SECRETARY The Secretary shall: a) Keep the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors and of the shareholders in appropriate books. b) Give and serve all notice of all meetings of the Corporation. c) Be custodian of the records and of the seal of the Corporation and affix the latter to such instruments or documents as may be authorized by the Board of Directors. d) Keep the shareholder records in such a manner as to show at any time the amount of shares, the manner and the time the same was paid for, the names of the owners thereof alphabetically arranged and their respective places of residence, or their Post Office addresses, the number of shares owned by each of them and the time at which each person became owner, and keep such shareholder records available daily during the usual business hours at the office of the Corporation subject to the inspection of any person duly authorized, as prescribed by law. e) Do and perform all other duties incident to the office of Secretary. SECTION 7 - ASSISTANT SECRETARY If the Directors elect an Assistant Secretary, in the absence or inability of the Secretary to act, the Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. SECTION 8 - TREASURER The Treasurer shall: (a) Have the care and custody of and be responsible for all of the funds and securities of the Corporation and deposit of such funds in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such a bank and safe deposit vaults as the Directors may designate. 8 (b) Exhibit at all reasonable times his books and accounts to any Director or shareholder of the Corporation upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours. (c) Render a statement of the condition of the finances of the Corporation at each stated meeting of the Board of Directors if called upon to do so, and a full financial report at the annual meeting of shareholders. He shall keep at the office of the Corporation correct books of account of all of its business and transactions and such books of account as the Board of Directors may require. He shall do and perform all other duties incident to the office of Treasurer. SECTION 9 - ASSISTANT TREASURER If the Directors elect and Assistant Treasurer, in the absence or inability of the Treasurer to act, the Assistant Treasurer shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. SECTION 10 - DUTIES OF OFFICERS MAY BE DELEGATED In the case of the absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any reason the Board may deem sufficient, the Board may, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, delegate the powers or duties of such officers to any other officer or any Director for the time being, provided a majority of the entire Board concurs therein. SECTION 11 - VACANCIES - HOW FILLED Should any vacancy in any office occur by death, resignation or otherwise, the same shall be filled, without undue delay, by the Board of Directors at its next regular meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose, except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. 9 SECTION 12 - COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS The officers shall receive such salary or compensation as may be fixed and determined by the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. ARTICLE IV. LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Neither the Directors not the officers of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or the shareholders for any mistake of judgment or for any other acts or omissions of any nature whatsoever as such Directors and officers except for any acts or omissions found by a court to constitute gross negligence or fraud. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the Directors and each of the officers against all contractual and other liabilities to others arising out of contracts may by or other acts of the Directors and officers of the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation or arising out of their status as Directors or officers unless any such contract or act shall have been made fraudulently or with gross negligence or contrary to provisions of the Articles of Incorporation. It is intended that the foregoing indemnification against all costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, counsel fees, amounts of judgments paid and amounts paid or received in settlement) reasonably incurred in connection with the defense of any claim, action suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or other, in which any Director or officer of the Corporation may be involved by virtue of such persons being or having been such Director or officer; provided, however, that such indemnity shall not be operative with respect to (a) any matter to which such person shall have been finally adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding to be liable for gross negligence or fraud in the performance of his or her duties as such Director or officer, or (b) any matter settled or compromised, unless, in the opinion of independent counsel selected by or in a manner determined by the Board, there is not reasonable ground for such persons being adjudged liable for gross negligence or fraud in the performance of his duties as such Director or officer. Every agreement made by Directors or officers on behalf of the Corporation shall 10 be deemed to provide that the Directors or officers, as the case may be, are acting only as agents for the Corporation and shall have no personal liability thereunder. ARTICLE V. CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES SECTION 1 - ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES The President shall cause to be issued to each shareholder one or more certificates, under the seal of the Corporation, signed by the President (or Vice-President) and the Treasurer (or Secretary) certifying the number of shares owned by it in the Corporation. SECTION 2 - TRANSFER OF SHARES The shares of the Corporation shall be transferable only upon its books by the registered holders thereof in person by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives. The former certificates must be surrendered to the Secretary, or to such other person as the Directors may designate, by whom they shall be cancelled, and new certificates shall thereupon be issued. No transfer of shares shall be made within ten days next preceding the annual meeting of shareholders. SECTION 3 - LOST CERTIFICATES If the holder of any shares shall lose the certificate thereof, he shall immediately notify the Corporation of such fact and the Board of Directors may then cause a new certificate to be issued to it subject to the deposit of a bond or other indemnity in such form and with such sureties if any as the Board may require. ARTICLE VI. SEAL The seal of the Corporation shall be as follows: [ Seal] 11 ARTICLE VII. DIVIDENDS OR OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS The Corporation, by vote of the Board of Directors, may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions in cash or its bonds or its property or its outstanding shares to the extent as provided and permitted by law, unless contrary to any restriction contained in the Articles of Incorporation. ARTICLE VIII. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS All checks, notes or other negotiable instruments shall be signed on behalf of this Corporation by such of the officers, agents and employees as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate, except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. ARTICLE IX. FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. ARTICLE X. OFFICES The principal office of the Corporation shall be located in St. Thomas, Territory of the Unites States Virgin Islands. The Board of Directors may from time to time designate such other offices within or without the Territory of the United States Virgin Islands as the business of the Corporation may require, so long as said office is not in the United States of America. ARTICLE XI. AMENDMENTS Bylaws may be amended, repealed or adopted by vote of the holders of the shares at the time entitled to vote in the election of any Directors, and may be amended, repealed or adopted as otherwise provided by law or the Articles of Incorporation. 12 MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING of the Stockholders of DCI II, Inc. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the above captioned Corporation was held on September 27, 1993 at 11:00 a.m. at Guardian Building, 2nd Floor, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. The President and Secretary not being present at the meeting, it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that Susan S. Seipel, Director of the Corporation, be designated Chairman and Leslie G. Thomas, Director of the Corporation, be designated Secretary for purposes of this meeting only. A written waiver of notice of this meeting, signed by the stockholder, was then presented and read by the Secretary and was ordered appended to these Minutes. The Chairman then asked if there were any stockholders present in person or represented by proxy. The following stockholder then appeared: Delmarva Capital Investments, Inc. The Chairman then stated that all of the outstanding shares of the Corporation were represented. The Chairman then stated that management of the Corporation has recommended that the By-Laws of the Corporation be amended to clarify that there can be more than one Vice President and to create the office of General Manager. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the following resolutions were adopted: RESOLVED, That Article III of the By-Laws of the Corporation be, and the same are, hereby amended to create the office of General Manager as follows: 1. Article III Section 1 shall now read as follows: "SECTION 1 - NUMBER OF OFFICERS The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents or General Managers, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and any other officers or assistant officers the Directors deem advisable, and any officer may hold more than one office, except the same person may not hold the offices of President or Vice President and Secretary or Assistant 13 Secretary. The Board of Directors may appoint such agents and employees as in their sole discretion they shall deem advisable, who shall be subject to recall at all times by a majority vote of the Board of Directors." 2. Article II Section 5 - Vice President, shall now read as follows: "SECTION 5 - VICE PRESIDENT In the absence of the President or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. 3. Existing Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of Article III shall be renumbered as Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, respectively, and a new Section 6 shall be inserted therein as follows: "SECTION 6 - GENERAL MANAGER The General Manager or General Managers shall assist the President and the Vice President(s) in managing the general affairs of the Corporation. In the absence of the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, any of the Vice Presidents) or in the event of his (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, any of their respective) inability or refusal to act, the General Manager (or Senior General Manager as designated by the Board of Directors if there is more than 6ne General Manager) shall perform the duties of such Vice President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon such Vice President. The General Manager or General Managers shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the President or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe." 14 The Chairman noted that it was in order to consider electing a Board of Directors for the ensuing year. upon nominations duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the following persons were elected as Directors of the Corporation, to serve for the ensuing year and until such time their successors are elected and qualify: Susan S. Seipel Leslie G. Thomas Barbara S. Graham Mark H. Schneider Thomas S. Shaw Richard J. Squadron No other business coming before the meeting, upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned. __________________________________ Chairman __________________________________ Secretary EX-14.1 28 DCTC BURNEY CERTIFICATEW OF INCORPORATION 1 DCTC-Burney, Inc. 14.1 Certificate of Incorporation Filed June 26, 1987 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DCTC-REDDING, INC. FIRST: The name of the Corporation is DCTC-Redding, Inc. SECOND: The address of DCTC-Redding, Inc.'s registered agent in the State of Delaware is 800 King Street, City of Wilmington, and County of New Castle, 19899. The registered agent is the Corporation itself. THIRD: The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. FOURTH: The total number of shares which this Corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock having a par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share. FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the Incorporator is: Name Address Barry J. Sheingold 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 SIXTH: The names and mailing addresses of the directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualify are: Name Address Nevius M. Curtis 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Roger D. Campbell 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 3 H. Ray Landon 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Donald E. Cain P. O. Box 9239 Newark, Delaware 19714 Thomas S. Shaw, Jr. 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 SEVENTH: The Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal any by-law of the Corporation. EIGHTH: No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director; provided, however, that this Article EIGHTH shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by law (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees against expenses, judgment, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them by reason of their serving in such capacity to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. I, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and that the facts herein stated are true and accordingly have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16th day of June, 1987. _______________________________ Barry J. Sheingold EX-14.2 29 DCTC BURNEY BYLAWS 1 DCTC-Burney, Inc. 14.2 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF DCTC-BURNEY, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware. 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4.1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time 14 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-15.1 30 CONECTIV OPERATING SERVICES CERTIFICATE OF INC. 1 Conectiv Operating Services Company 15.1 Certificate of Incorporation Filed May 8, 1987 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DELMARVA OPERATING SERVICES COMPANY FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Delmarva Operating Services Company. SECOND: The address of the Corporation's registered agent in the State of Delaware is 800 King Street, City of Wilmington, and County of New Castle, 19899. The registered agent is the corporation itself. THIRD: The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. FOURTH: The total number of shares which this Corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1000) shares of common stock having a par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share. FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the Incorporator is as follows: Name Address Dale G. Stoodley 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 SIXTH: The names and mailing addresses of the directors who shall serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualify are as follows: Name Address Nevius M. Curtis 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Roger D. Campbell 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 3 Howard E. Cosgrove 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Harland M. Wakefield, Jr. 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Donald E. Cain P. O. Box 9239 Newark, Delaware 19714 Thomas S. Shaw, Jr. 800 King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 SEVENTH: The Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal any by-law of the Corporation. EIGHTH: No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director; provided, however, that this Article EIGHTH shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by law (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation of its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith of which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees against expenses, judgment, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them by reason of their serving in such capacity to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. 4 I, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and that the facts herein stated are true and accordingly have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of May, 1987. ___________________________________ Dale G. Stoodley EX-15.2 31 CONECTIV OPERATING SERVICES CERTIFICATE OF OWNER. 1 Conectiv Operating Services Company 15.2 Certificate of Ownership and Merger of DelCal Operating Company Filed January 9, 1998 2 CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER OF DELCAL OPERATING COMPANY (a Delaware Corporation) WITH AND INTO DELMARVA OPERATING SERVICES COMPANY (a Delaware Corporation) Pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware Delmarva Operating Services Company, organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS: FIRST: That it owns 100% of the stock of DelCal Operating Company, a corporation incorporated on the 12th day of January, 1996, pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; SECOND: That the following resolutions have been adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company by unanimous written consent on January 8, 1998: "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Board of Directors deems it advisable and in the best interest of the Company that DelCal Operating Company, a Delaware corporation, which i's a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, be merged with and into the Company; and FURTHER RESOLVED, That the proper officers of the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized on behalf of the Company, to execute and file with the appropriate government agencies a Certificate of Ownership and Merger; and FURTHER RESOLVED, That any one or more of the President, Vice President, General Manager or other proper officers of the Company be, and each of them is authorized and directed on behalf of the Company to take all such other action, including the preparation, execution, acknowledgment, delivery and filing of applications, certificates, undertakings, notices and other agreements and documents, with appropriate persons, including governmental authorities, as they may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out and effectuate the intent and purposes of the foregoing resolutions; and 3 FURTHER RESOLVED, That all actions heretofore taken by any officer, director or other representative of the Company in connection with the actions contemplated by the foregoing resolutions be, and they hereby are, approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects." THIRD: That the merger evidenced by this certificate shall become effective as of January 9, 1998. FOURTH: That the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation. FIFTH: That this merger has been adopted and approved in accordance with Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Delmarva Operating Services, a Delaware corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by its President this 9th day of January 1998. DELMARVA OPERATING SERVICES COMPANY By: _____________________________ Thomas S. Shawl President ATTEST: By: __________________________ Donald P. Connelly Secretary EX-15.3 32 CONECTIV OPERATING AMEND. TO CERTIFICATE OF INC. 1 Conectiv Operating Services Company 15.3 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Delmarva Operating Services Company Filed December 9, 1998 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DELMARVA OPERATING SERVICES COMPANY Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware The undersigned, the President and Assistant Secretary of Delmarva Operating Services Company (the "Company"), a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware do hereby certify that the following resolution was submitted to, approved and adopted by unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 141 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, all in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware: RESOLVED, That the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company be, and hereby is, amended by deleting the title and the first paragraph thereof and substituting in lieu there of the following: "CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF CONECTIV OPERATING SERVICES COMPANY FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Conectiv Operating Services Company." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this certificate to be executed by its President and attested to by its Assistant Secretary this 9th day of December, 1998. Attest: By:___________________________ By:___________________________ Carol C. Conrad Thomas S. Shaw Assistant Secretary President EX-15.4 33 CONECTIV OPERATING SERVICES BYLAWS 1 Conectiv Operating Services Company 15.4 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF CONECTIV OPERATING SERVICES COMPANY 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware." 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a 4 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 and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4. 1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time 14 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-16.1 34 CONECTIV SOLUTIONS CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 1 Conectiv Solutions LLC 16.1 Certificate of Formation of Conectiv Solutions LLC Filed October 20, 1997 2 CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF CONECTIV SOLUTIONS LLC The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, hereby certifies as follows: SECTION 1. NAME. The name of the limited liability company is Conective Solutions LLC (the "Company") SECTION 2. REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT. The address of the Company's registered office in the State of Delaware is 252 Chapman Road, in the City of Newark, in the County of New Castle; and its registered agent at such office is the limited liability company itself, Conectiv Solutions LLC. SECTION 3. LIMITATION ON PERSONAL LIABILITY OF MEMBERS AND MANAGERS. 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 manager of the Company shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a member or acting as a manager of the Company. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned certifies that the facts stated herein are true as of October 17, 1997. ---------------------------------- David T. Blake Authorized Representative EX-16.2 35 CONECTIV SOLUTIONS LIMITED LIABILITY CO. AGREEMENT 1 Conectiv Solutions LLC 16.2 Limited Liability Company Agreement for Conectiv Solutions LLC Dated October 17, 1997 CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED EX-17.1 36 ENERVAL LLC CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 1 Enerval, L.L.C. 17.1 Certificate of Formation of Atlantic CNRG Services L.L.C. Filed March 17, 1995 2 CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF ATLANTIC CNRG SERVICES, LLC. The undersigned, being duly authorized to execute this Certificate of Formation, hereby execute this Certificate of Formation in order to form a limited liability company pursuant to the laws of the State of Delaware. 1. NAME. The name of this limited liability company shall be Atlantic CNRG Services LLC 2. REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT. The registered office and registered agent of this limited liability company is: The Corporation Trust Company 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, DE 19801 New Castle County 3. LATEST DATE OF DISSOLUTION. This limited liability company shall dissolve not later than the date which is seven years after the date this Certificate is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State. ATLANTIC ENERGY ENTERPRISES, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION Date Signed: 3/27/95 By_________________________________ Its _____________________________ CENERGY, INC. A MINNESOTA CORPORATION Date Signed: March 23, 1995 By_________________________________ Its______________________________ EX-17.2 37 ENERVAL LLC CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT 1 Enerval, L.L.C. 17.2 Certificate of Amendment of Atlantic CNRG Services, L.L.C. Filed April 15, 1996 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF ATLANTIC CNRG SERVICES L.L.C. 1. The name of the limited liability company is Atlantic CNRG Services L.L.C. 2. The Certificate of Formation of the limited liability company is hereby amended as follows: ENERVAL, L.L.C IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment of Atlantic CNRG Services L.L.C., now known as Enerval, L.L.C. dated this 12TH day of APRIL, 1996. ---------------------------- Peter M. Glass Operating Committee Member EX-17.3 38 ENERVAL LLC OPERATING AGREEMENT 1 Enerval, L.L.C. 17.3 Operating Agreement of Atlantic CNRG Services, L.L.C. Dated March 17, 1995 CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED EX-17.4 39 ENERVAL LLC FIRST AMEND.TO OPERATING AGREEMENT 1 Enerval, L.L.C. 17.4 First Amendment to Operating Agreement of Operating Agreement of Atlantic CNRG Services, L.L.C. Dated April, 1996 CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED EX-17.5 40 ENERVAL LLC SECOND AMEND TO OPERATING AGREEMENT 1 Enerval, L.L.C. 17.5 Second Amendment to Operating Agreement of Operating Agreement of Atlantic CNRG Services, L.L.C. Dated June 17, 1998 CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED EX-18.1 41 ATLANTIC SOUTHERN CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 1 Atlantic Southern Properties, Inc. 18.1 Certificate of Incorporation Filed June 24, 1970 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ATLANTIC HOUSING, INC. This is to certify that we, James P. Hayward, John Lloyd, Jr., William S. Cowart, Jr., Robert W. Hogg and Richard M. Wilson, do hereby associate ourselves into a corporation under and by virtue of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act (Title 14A of New Jersey Statutes). 1. The name of the corporation is Atlantic Housing, Inc. 2. The purpose for which this corporation is organized is to engage in any activity within the purposes for which corporations may be organized under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act. 3. The corporation shall have the authority to issue 100 shares of common stock having a par value of $1.00 per share. 4. There shall be but one class of common stock issued. 5. The address of the corporation's initial registered office shall be 1600 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey 08404, and the name of the corporation's initial registered agent at such address is Charles F. Morgan. 6. There shall be five directors constituting the First Board of Directors and their names and addresses are: James P. Hayward 1600 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. 08404 John Lloyd, Jr. 1421 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. 08404 William S. Cowart, Jr. 1600 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. 08404 Robert W. Hogg 1600 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. 08404 Richard M. Wilson 1600 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. 08404 3 7. The names and addresses of the Incorporators are: James P. Hayward 1600 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. 08404 John Lloyd, Jr. 1421 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City, N.J. 08404 William S. Cowart, Jr. 1600 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. 08404 Robert W. Hogg 1600 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. 08404 Richard M. Wilson 1600 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. 08404 8. The duration of the corporation's existence shall be perpetual. 9. The effective date of this Certificate Of Incorporation shall be the date of filing. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals in this 17th day of June, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy. ___________________________________(SEAL) James P. Hayward ___________________________________(SEAL) John Lloyd, Jr. ___________________________________(SEAL) William S. Cowart, Jr. ___________________________________(SEAL) Robert W. Hogg ___________________________________(SEAL) Richard M. Wilson STATE OF NEW JERSEY SS COUNTY OF ATLANTIC BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the 17th day of June, 1970, before me, the subscriber, a notary public of the State of New Jersey, personally appeared James P. Hayward, John Lloyd, Jr., William S. Cowart, Jr., Robert W. Hogg, and Richard M. Wilson, whom I am satisfied are the persons named in the above Certificate of Incorporation, and thereupon acknowledged that they signed, sealed and delivered the same as their act and deed, for the uses and purposes therein expressed. __________________________________ Notary Public of New Jersey EX-18.2 42 ATLANTIC SOUTHERN AMEND TO CERTIFICATE OF INC. 1 Atlantic Southern Properties, Inc. 18.2 Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Atlantic Housing, Inc. Filed January 4, 1989 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ATLANTIC HOUSING, INC. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 14A:9-2(4) and Section 14A:9-4(3), Corporations, General, of the New Jersey Statutes, the undersigned corporation executes the following Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation: 1. The name of the corporation is ATLANTIC HOUSING, INC. 2. The following amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation was approved by the Directors and thereafter duly adopted by the shareholders of the corporation on the 24th day of December, 1987: RESOLVED, that Article 1 of the Certificate of Incorporation be amended to read as follows: The name of the corporation is ATLANTIC SOUTHERN PROPERTIES, INC. 3. The number of shares entitled to vote upon the amendment was one hundred (100). 4. The number of shares voting for and against such amendment is as follows:
Number of Shares Number of Shares Voting For Amendment Voting Against Amendment -------------------- ------------------------ 100
5. That in lieu of a meeting and vote of the shareholders and in accordance with the provisions of Section 14A:506, the amendment was adopted by the shareholders without a meeting pursuant to the written consents of the shareholders and the number of shares represented by such consents is one hundred (100) shares. 3 6. The stated capital of the corporation is reduced in the following amount: N/A The manner in which the reduction is effected is as follows: N/A. The amount of stated capital of the corporation after giving effect to the reduction is $ N/A 7. If the amendment provides for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares, set forth a statement of the manner in which the same shall be effected. N/A 8. The effective date of this Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation shall be upon filing. Dated this 24th day of December, 1987. ATLANTIC HOUSING, INC. ATTEST:________________________ BY:______________________________ J. D. McCann, Secretary M. A. JARRETT, President
EX-18.3 43 ATLANTIC SOUTHERN BYLAWS 1 Atlantic Southern Properties, Inc. 18.3 Bylaws 2 ATLANTIC SOUTHERN PROPERTIES, INC. (FORMERLY ATLANTIC HOUSING, INC.) BY-LAWS (As amended March 30, 1989) ARTICLE I OFFICES SECTION 1. The principal office shall be at 1199 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232. The Agent in charge of said office, upon whom process against the corporation may be served, is E. Douglas Huggard. (As amended April 22, 1985) SECTION 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING SECTION 1. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at 1199 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville, New Jersey, or such other place as may be determined by the Board of Directors. (As amended August 30, 1982) SECTION 2. The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders to elect a Board of Directors and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at such place, within or without the State of New Jersey, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting, on the Thursday following the fourth Wednesday in April in each year, at 10:30 a.m. or at such other hour or on such other day stated in the notice of meeting as the directors shall determine. (As amended March 30, 1989) SECTION 3. Written notice of the Annual Meeting shall be served upon or mailed to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, at such address as appears on the stock books of the corporation, at least ten days prior to the meeting. Acceptance or Waiver of Notice of any shareholder shall be equivalent to due and timely notice to him. SECTION 4. At least ten days before every election of Directors, the Secretary shall make a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the ensuing election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the post office address, and the number of shares held by each, which list shall at all times, during the usual hours for business, be kept at the principal office, open to the examination of any shareholder. The Board of Directors shall produce at the time and place of each election the transfer books and stock books of the corporation and said list of shareholders which shall remain there during the election. 3 SECTION 5. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, other than those prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the President and shall be called by the President or Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors, or at the request in writing by shareholders 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 6. Written notice of a Special Meeting of Shareholders, stating the time and place and object thereof, shall be served upon or mailed to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, at such address as appears on the stock books of the corporation, at least ten days before such meeting. Acceptance or Waiver of Notice of any shareholder shall be equivalent to due and timely notice to him. SECTION 7. Business transacted at all Special Meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the call. SECTION 8. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall be requisite and shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws. If, however, a quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. SECTION 9. 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 Certificate of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. SECTION 10. At any meeting of shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney and bearing a date not more than three years prior to said meeting. Each proxy shall be delivered to the Secretary of the corporation prior to the holding of the meeting. The attendance at any meeting of a shareholder who theretofore may have given a proxy shall not have the effect of revoking the proxy unless the shareholder so attending shall, in writing, so notify the Secretary at any time prior to the voting of the proxy. Each shareholder 4 shall have one vote for each share of stock having voting power registered in his name at the time of the closing of the transfer books or on the date fixed as a record date for said meeting. In case the transfer books of the corporation shall not have been closed and no date shall have been fixed as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to vote, no share of stock shall be voted at any election of Directors after the first election of Directors which has been transferred on the books of the corporation within twenty days next preceding such election. SECTION 11. 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 III DIRECTORS SECTION 1. The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors, not less than three nor more than twelve, as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Each director shall be elected to serve until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Vacancies on the Board of Directors, including vacancies caused by reason of an increase in the number of directors, may be filled until the next election by shareholders only by a vote of a majority of all the directors in office. However, if only two directors remain and are able to meet at a meeting duly called for the purpose, then by the action of those two at such a meeting, or if only one director remains, by the act of that director, additional duly qualified directors shall be elected so that there are at least three directors holding office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors shall be duly elected and shall qualify. (Amended 2/17/88) SECTION 2. The Directors may hold their meetings and keep the books of the corporation, except the stock book and the transfer book, outside of New Jersey, at such places as they may from time to time determine. SECTION 3. If the office of any Director or Directors becomes vacant for any reason, the Directors in office, although less than a quorum, may by majority vote, choose a successor or successors who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect to which such vacancy occurred or until the next election of Directors, or any such vacancies in the Board of Directors may be filled by the shareholders at any duly convened meeting. SECTION 4. The property and business of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors who 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 shareholders. 5 MEETINGS OF THE BOARD SECTION 5. The first meeting of each newly elected Board shall be held immediately after the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, either within or without the State of New Jersey, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a majority of the whole Board shall be present, or they may meet at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all such Directors. SECTION 6. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and place, either within or without the State of New Jersey, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. SECTION 7. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President on five 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 8. At all meetings of the Board the presence of a majority of Directors shall be necessary and sufficient 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 or by these By-Laws. 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. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SECTION 9. The Board of Directors may appoint an Executive Committee, to consist of two or more of the Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business, affairs and property of the corporation during the intervals between the meetings of the Directors, and may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors at a regular meeting thereof or at a special meeting called for that purpose. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS SECTION 10. Directors, as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but, by resolution of the Board ' a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of the Executive Committee may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings. 6 ARTICLE IV NOTICES SECTION 1. 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 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 such address as appears on the stock books of the corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be thus mailed. SECTION 2. When any action is authorized to be taken after notice to the shareholder, or after the lapse of a prescribed period of time, such action may be taken without notice and without the lapse of any period of time, if such action is authorized or approved and such requirements are waived, in writing, by every shareholder entitled to such notice or by his attorney thereunto authorized. Any notice required to be given under these By-Laws to any Director may be waived by attendance of all Directors at the meeting or by written waiver or waivers signed by all the Directors. ARTICLE V OFFICERS SECTION 1. The Officers of the corporation shall be a President, Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other Officers as may be deemed necessary. Any two of the aforesaid offices except those of President and Vice President may be held by the same person. SECTION 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each Annual Meeting of Shareholders shall elect a President from its members, and the Board shall also elect one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other Officers as may be deemed necessary, none of whom need be members of the Board. (Amended June 27, 1986) SECTION 3. The salaries of all Officers and Agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. SECTION 4. The Officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are elected 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 whole Board of Directors. If the office of any Officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Directors. 7 THE PRESIDENT SECTION 5. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and Directors, shall be ex-officio a member of the Executive Committee, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. 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 PRESIDENT SECTION 6. The Vice President 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 as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. THE SECRETARY SECTION 7. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the shareholders, 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 Executive Committee 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 keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation and, when authorized by the Board, affix the seal 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. THE TREASURER SECTION 8. 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 9. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and Directors., at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. 8 ARTICLE VI CERTIFICATES OF STOCK SECTION 1. The certificates of stock of the corporation shall be numbered and entered in the books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares owned by him in the corporation, and shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary. If any certificate is signed by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent or by a transfer clerk on behalf of the corporation and a registrar, the signature of any such Officer may be facsimile. LOST CERTIFICATES SECTION 2. 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 and with such surety or sureties 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. TRANSFERS OF STOCK SECTION 3. Upon surrender to the corporation or transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate of stock 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 4. The Board of Directors may close the stock transfer books of the corporation in its discretion for a period not exceeding fifty days preceding the date of any meeting, annual or special, of the shareholders, or the date for 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, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date not exceeding fifty days preceding the date of any meeting, annual or special, 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 9 notice of and to vote at any such meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or any such allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights in respect to any such change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, and in such case only 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 allotment of rights, or exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the corporation after such record date fixed as aforesaid. REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS SECTION 5. 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 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 provided by the laws of New Jersey. ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS SECTION 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be declared in cash, in property or in capital stock. SECTION 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of the 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 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 shall begin the first day of January in each year. 10 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, New Jersey." INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS SECTION 6. The corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees and may indemnify each other "corporate agent", as defined in R.S. 14A:3-5(a) of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, and each other person whom the corporation may indemnify under the indemnification provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as in effect on January 1, 1986 or as thereafter amended, to the full extent permissible under and consistent with such provisions. The right of indemnification provided in these By-Laws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which said directors, officers or other persons may be entitled apart from these By-Laws. (Amended 7/11/86) ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENTS SECTION 1. These By-Laws may be altered or amended at any regular meeting of the shareholders or at any special meeting of the shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented if notice of the proposed alteration or amendment be contained in the notice of such special meeting, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote at such meeting and present or represented thereat, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the Board or at any special meeting of the Board if notice of the proposed alteration or amendment be contained in the notice of such special meeting. EX-19.1 44 ATE INVESTMENT CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 1 ATE Investment, Inc. 19.1 Certificate of Incorporation of ATE Investment, Inc. Filed October 9, 1986 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ATE INVESTMENT, INC. The undersigned, in order to form a corporation for the purpose hereinafter stated, under and pursuant to the provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, hereby certifies that: I. The name of the corporation is ATE INVESTMENT, INC. II. The purpose for which this corporation is organized is to engage in any activity for which corporations may be organized under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as same may from time to time be amended or supplemented. III. The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is two thousand five hundred (2,500) shares of Common Stock, with no par value. IV. The initial registered office of the Corporation shall be located at 1199 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232, and the name of the initial registered agent of the Corporation at such location is E. D. Huggard. V. There shall be five (5) Directors constituting the first Board of Directors. The name and address of each person who is to serve as an initial Director of the Corporation is as follows:
Name Address ---- ------- E. D. Huggard 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232 J. L. Jacobs 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232 M. A. Jarrett 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232 J. G. Salomone 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232 B. A. Parent 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232
3 The above-named persons shall serve on the Board of Directors of the Corporation until the first annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. VI. The name and address of the incorporator is Atlantic City Electric Company, 1199 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, the incorporator of the above-named corporation, has duly executed this Certificate of Incorporation on October 6, 1986. ATTEST: ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY _____________________________ BY _____________________________________ E. D. Huggard President and Chief Executive Officer
EX-19.2 45 ATE INVESTMENT BYLAWS 1 ATE Investment, Inc. 19.2 Bylaws 2 ATE INVESTMENT, INC. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders to elect a Board of Directors and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at such place, within or without the State of New Jersey, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting, on the fourth Thursday of April in each year, at three o'clock in the afternoon or at such other hour or on such other day stated in the notice of meeting as the directors shall determine. SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place, within or without the State of New Jersey, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting, and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or Secretary upon direction of the Board of Directors. SECTION 3. Notice. The Secretary or officer performing his duties shall give notice of every shareholders' meeting to each shareholder of record on the books of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting, by mailing written notice to such shareholders' address appearing on the stock books of the Corporation at least ten and not more than sixty days before the date of such meeting. SECTION 4. Officer to Preside. Meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, by the President, or if neither of these officers is present, by a Chairman to be elected at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as Secretary of such meetings, when present; otherwise a Secretary shall be chosen at the meeting. SECTION 5. Inspectors. As soon as may be practicable after their election in each year, the Board of Directors may appoint two inspectors of shareholders' votes and elections, to serve until the final adjournment of the next annual shareholders' meeting. If they fail to make such appointment, or if their appointees or either of them fails to appear at any meeting of shareholders, the Chairman or other person presiding at the meeting may appoint inspectors or an inspector to serve with the one appearing for that meeting. 3 ARTICLE II DIRECTORS SECTION 1. Number of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors, not less than three nor more than twelve, as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. SECTION 2. Vacancies. Vacancies on the Board of Directors, including vacancies caused by reason of an increase in the number of directors, may be filled until the next shareholders' election only by a vote of a majority of all the directors in office. However, if only two directors remain and are able to meet at a meeting duly called for the purpose, then by the action of those two at such a meeting, or if only one director remains, by the act of that director, additional duly qualified directors shall be elected so that there are at least three directors holding office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors shall be duly elected and shall qualify. SECTION 3. Quorum. A majority of directors holding office at the time of any meeting shall constitute a quorum. SECTION 4. Chairman and Committees. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board from among their own number and the Board may also elect an Assistant Chairman of the Board from among their own number. Meetings of the Board shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, or if he be absent, by the Assistant Chairman, if there be one, or if the Chairman and Assistant Chairman, if there be one, are absent, by the President, or if none of these persons are present, by a Chairman to be elected at the meeting. The person serving as Chairman of the meeting shall determine the agenda and decide all rules of order and practice at all meetings over which he presides. The Chairman, and the Assistant Chairman, if there be one, may be replaced at any time by a vote of a majority of all the directors in office. The Board of Directors, by a majority vote, may appoint from time to time from among their own number an executive committee and such other committees having such powers as shall be designated in the respective resolutions applicable thereto. SECTION 5. Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held upon the order of the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Assistant Chairman of the Board, if there be one, the President, or two directors. The Secretary or officer performing his duties shall give reasonable notice of all meetings to each director, but no notice need be given of the meeting, immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders, at the same place, or of any other regular meetings held at times fixed by resolution of the Board. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held within or without the State of New Jersey. 4 ARTICLE III OFFICERS The Board of Directors shall elect, as officers of the Corporation, a President, who shall at the time of such election be a director of the Corporation, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, and may elect one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as may be deemed useful. The chief executive officer of the Corporation shall be the officer designated from time to time by the Board as the chief executive officer. Any two or more offices may be filled by the same person. All officers shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and any officer may be removed from office at any time by a vote of majority of all the directors in office. The several officers of the Corporation shall exercise the usual powers and duties pertaining to their respective offices, subject to such limitations as may be adopted by resolutions of the Board, and shall exercise such other powers and duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. ARTICLE IV RECORD DATE FOR PAYMENTS The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have power by resolution to close the stock transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding fifty days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders or the date for 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, provided, however, in lieu of closing the stock transfer books as aforesaid, the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be resolution fix in advance a date not exceeding fifty 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 receive payment of any such dividend, or any such allotment of rights, or to exercise rights in respect of such change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, and in such case only 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 allotment of rights, or exercise of such rights, as the case may be, and notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed as aforesaid. 5 ARTICLE V STOCK CERTIFICATES The Board of Directors of the Corporation may authorize the issuance of duplicate stock certificates to replace stock certificates lost, stolen or destroyed, upon such terms and conditions as it may by resolution prescribe. ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees and may indemnify each other "corporate agent", as defined in R.S. 14A:3-5(l)(a) of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, and each other person whom the Corporation may indemnify under the indemnification provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as in effect on January 1, 1986 or as thereafter amended, to the full extent permissible under and consistent with such provisions. The right of indemnification provided in these By-Laws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which said directors, officers or other persons may be entitled apart from these By-Laws. ARTICLE VII AMENDMENT These By-Laws may be amended or added to at any meeting of the Board of Directors by an affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors, if notice of the proposed change has been sent to all the directors ten days before the meeting, or if all the directors are present, or if those not present assent in writing to such a change. EX-20.1 46 CONECTIV THERMAL CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 1 Conectiv Thermal Systems, Inc. 20.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Atlantic Thermal Systems, Inc. Filed May 5, 1994 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ATLANTIC THERMAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1. The name of the corporation is ATLANTIC THERMAL SYSTEMS, INC. 2. The address of its register offices in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. 3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of shares of common stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Thousand Five Hundred (2,500); all of such shares shall be without par value. 5A. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows:
NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- M. A. Brzoska Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 K. A. Widdoes Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 L. J. Vitalo Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801
3 5B. The name and mailing address of each person, who is to serve as a director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified, is as follows:
NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- J.L. Jacobs 6801 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08323 M.J. Chesser 6801 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08323 M.I. Harlacher, Jr. 6801 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08323 H.K. Levari, Jr. 6801 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08323 J.G. Salomone 6801 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08323 S.B. Ungerer 6801 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08323
6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. 8. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation. 9. The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. 4 10. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to t he corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 5th day of May, 1994 ------------------------------------- M. A. Brzoska ------------------------------------- K. A. Widdoes ------------------------------------- L. J. Vitalo
EX-20.2 47 CONECTIV THERMAL AMEND TO CERTIFICATE OF INC. 1 Conectiv Thermal Systems, Inc. 20.2 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation Changing the Name to Conectiv Thermal Systems, Inc. Filed March 2. 1998 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION Atlantic Thermal Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY: FIRST: That the Board of Directors of said corporation, by the unanimous written consent of its members, filed with the minutes of the Board, adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable the following amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation: RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of Atlantic Thermal Systems, Inc. be amended by changing the First Article thereof so that, as amended, said Article shall be and read as follows: The name of the corporation is: Conectiv Thermal Systems, Inc. SECOND:That in lieu of a meeting and vote of stockholders, the stockholders have given unanimous written consent to said amendment in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 242 and 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. 3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Atlantic Thermal Systems, Inc. has caused this certificate to be signed by Frank E. DiCola, its President this 27 day of February, 1998. Atlantic Thermal Systems, Inc. By___________________________________ Title: President EX-20.3 48 CONECTIV THERMAL BYLAWS 1 Conectiv Thermal Systems, Inc. 20.3 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF CONECTIV THERMAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware." 3 . MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the -Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4. 1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time 14 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-21.1 49 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ATS OPER. SERVICES 1 ATS Operating Services, Inc. 21.1 Certificate of Incorporation of ATS Operating Services, Inc. Filed March 31, 1995 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ATS OPERATING SERVICES, INC. ***** 1. The name of the corporation is ATS Operating Services, Inc. 2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of Now Castle. The name of it registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. 3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is One Hundred (100); all of which shares shall be without par value. At all elections of directors of the corporation, each stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes as shall equal the number of votes which (except for such provision as to cumulative voting) 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 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 two or more of them as he may see fit. 5A. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- L. J. Vitalo Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 3 5B. The name and mailing address of each person who is to serve as a director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified, is as follows: NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- Frank E. DiCola 5100 Harding Highway Mays Landing, NJ 08330 Thomas W. Herzog 5100 Harding Highway Mays Landing, NJ 08330 Carl H. Fogler 5100 Harding Highway Mays Landing, NJ 08330 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. 8. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation. 9. The corporation reserver, the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon olders herein are granted subject to this reservation. 10. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholder, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) 4 under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any on from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation put to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of March, 1995. ---------------------------- L.J. Vitalo EX-21.2 50 CERTIFICATE OF RENEWAL AND REVIVAL OF CERT. OF INC 1 ATS Operating Services, Inc. 21.2 Certificate of Renewal and Revival of Certificate of Incorporation Filed December 10, 1998 2 CERTIFICATE FOR RENEWAL AND REVIVAL OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ATS Operating Services, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation of which was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on the 31st day of March, 1995 and thereafter voided for non-payment of taxes, now desiring, to procure a revival of its Certificate of Incorporation, hereby certified as follows: 1. The name of the corporation is ATS Operating Services, Inc. 2. Its registered agent in the State of Delaware is located at 800 King Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801, and the name of its registered agent at such address is Conectiv Resource Partners, Inc. c/o Legal Department. 3. The date when revival of the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation is to commence is the 28th day of February, 1997, same being prior to the date the Certificate of Incorporation became void. Revival of the Certificate of Incorporation is to be perpetual. 4. This corporation was duly organized under the laws of Delaware and carried on the business authorized by its Certificate of Incorporation until the 1st day of March, 1997, at which time its Certificate of Incorporation became inoperative and void for non-payment of taxes and this Certificate for Renewal and Revival is filed by authority of the duly elected directors of the corporation with the laws of Delaware. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said ATS Operating Services, Inc. in compliance with Section 312 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code has caused this Certificate to be signed by Barbara S. Graham, its last and acting Senior Vice President & CFO, this 9th day of December, 1998. ATS OPERATING SERVICES, INC. By: ____________________________ Barbara S. Graham Senior Vice President & CFO EX-21.3 51 BYLAWS 1 ATS Operating Services, Inc. 21.3 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF ATS OPERATING SERVICES, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware. 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4. 1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in FULL by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time 14 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-22.1 52 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ATLANTIC JERSEY 1 Atlantic Jersey Thermal Systems, Inc. 22.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Atlantic Jersey Thermal Systems, Inc. Filed May 20, 1994 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ATLANTIC JERSEY THERMAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1. The name of the corporation is ATLANTIC JERSEY THERMAL SYSTEMS, INC. 2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. 3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of shares of common stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Thousand Five Hundred (2,500); all of such shares shall be without par value. 5A. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME MAILING ADDRESS Corporation Trust Center M. A. Brzoska 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Corporation Trust Center K. A. Widdoes 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Corporation Trust Center L. J. Vitalo 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 3 5B. The name and mailing address of each person, who is to serve as a director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified, is as follows: NAME MAILING ADDRESS Scott B. Ungerer 6801 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08323 Frank E. DiCola 6801 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08323 James C. Weller 6801 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08323 Nancy J. Cunningham 6801 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08323 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. 8. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the bylaws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation. 9. The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. 4 10. A director of die corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation of its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED. being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 10th day of May, 1994. M. A. Brzoska K. A. Widdoes L. J. Vitalo EX-22.2 53 BYLAWS 1 Atlantic Jersey Thermal Systems, Inc. 22.2 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF ATLANTIC JERSEY THERMAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware." 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bonafide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4. 1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time 14 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-23.1 54 CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED LIABILITY CO. FILED 8-22-97 1 Atlantic-Pacific Glendale, L.L.C. 23.1 Certificate of Limited Liability Company Filed August 22, 1997 2 CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF ATLANTIC-PACIFIC GLENDALE, L.L.C. 1. The name of the limited liability company is Atlantic-Pacific Glendale, L.L.C. 2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of Formation of Atlantic-Pacific Glendale, L.L.C. this 22nd day of August, 1997. -------------------------------------- Stephen J. Skuris, Authorized Person EX-23.2 55 OPERATING AGREEMENT (CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQ.) 1 Atlantic-Pacific Glendale, L.L.C. 23.2 Operating Agreement CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED EX-24.1 56 CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED LIABILITY CO.FILED 10-29-97 1 Atlantic-Pacific Las Vegas, L.L.C. 24.1 Certificate of Limited Liability Company Filed October 29, 1997 2 CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF ATLANTIC-PACIFIC VENETIAN, L.L.C. 1. The name of the limited liability company is Atlantic-Pacific Venetian, L.L.C. 2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of Formation of Atlantic- Pacific Venetian, L.L.C. this 29th day of October, 1997. -------------------------------- Stephen J. Skuris EX-24.2 57 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT FILED NOVEMBER 5, 1997 1 Atlantic-Pacific Las Vegas, L.L.C. 24.2 Certificate of Amendment Filed November 5, 1997 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF ATLANTIC-PACIFIC VENETIAN, L.L.C. 1. The name of the limited liability company is Atlantic Pacific Venetian, L.L.C. 2. The Certificate of Formation of the limited liability company is hereby amended as follows: "The name of the limited liability company is Atlantic-Pacific Las Vegas, L.L.C." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment as of this 5th day of November 1997. ---------------------------------- Stephen J. Skuris, Authorized Person EX-24.3 58 OPERATING AGREEMENT (CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQ.) 1 Atlantic-Pacific Las Vegas, L.L.C. 24.3 Operating Agreement CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED EX-25.1 59 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ATLANTIC GENERATION 1 Atlantic Generation, Inc. 25.1 Certificate of Incorporation Atlantic Generation, Inc. Filed October 9,1986 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ATLANTIC GENERATION, INC. The undersigned, in order to form a corporation for the purpose hereinafter stated, under and pursuant to the provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, hereby certifies that: I. The name of the corporation is ATLANTIC GENERATION, INC. II. The purpose for which this corporation is organized is to engage in any activity for which corporations may be organized under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as same may from time to time be amended or supplemented. III. The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is two thousand five hundred (2,500) shares of Common Stock, with no par value. IV. The initial registered office of the Corporation shall be located at 1199 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232, and the name of the initial registered agent of the Corporation at such location is F. D. Huggard. V. There shall be five (5) Directors constituting the first Board of Directors. The name and address of each person who is to serve as an initial Director of the Corporation is as follows: Name Address ---- ------- E. D. Huggard 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232 J. L. Jacobs 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232 M. A. Jarrett 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232 J. G. Salomone 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232 B. A. Parent 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232 3 The above-named persons shall serve on the Board of Directors of the Corporation until the first annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. VI. The name and address of the incorporator is Atlantic City Electric Company, 1199 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, the incorporator of the above-named corporation, has duly executed this Certificate of Incorporation on October 6, 1986. ATTEST ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY ______________________________ BY_______________________________________ Sabrina M. Dodd, Secretary E. D. Huggard President and Chief Executive Officer 4 CONSENT TO USE SIMILAR NAME ATLANTIC GENERATION, INC., having simultaneously executed and filed an amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation, changing its corporate name to 600 FORE ROAD INVESTORS, INC., hereby consents to the adoption of a similar name; to wit, ATLANTIC GENERATION, INC. by another corporation. By this consent, ATLANTIC GENERATION, INC. waives any and all objection to the use of the similar name, ATLANTIC GENERATION, INC. by another corporation. ATTEST ATLANTIC GENERATION, INC. _____________________________ BY_____________________________________ Paula M. James, Secretary James E. Franklin, II, President STATE OF NEW JERSEY SS. COUNTY OF ATLANTIC On October 6, 1986, before me, the subscriber, personally appeared PAULA M. JAMES who being by me duly sworn according to law on her oath saith that she is Secretary of the above-named corporation that the seal affixed is the corporate seal of the said corporation; that JAMES E. FRANKLIN, II is the President of the said corporation, that this deponent saw the said President sian this instrument as the act and deed of said corporation, he being thereunto duly authorized; that the deponent signed her name to this instrument as an attesting witness, and that the facts stated in said instrument are true. __________________________________ Paula M. James, Secretary Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid. _________________________________ Diane D. Watson Notary Public of New Jersey EX-25.2 60 BYLAWS 1 Atlantic Generation, Inc. 25.2 Bylaws 2 ATLANTIC GENERATION, INC. BY-LAWS (As amended March 30, 1989) ARTICLE I MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders to elect a Board of Directors and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at such place, within or without the State of New Jersey, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting, on the Thursday following the fourth Wednesday in April in each year, at 11:00 a.m. or at such other hour or on such other day stated in the notice of meeting as the directors shall determine. (As amended March 30, 1989) SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place, within or without the State of New Jersey, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting, and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or Secretary upon direction of the Board of Directors. SECTION 3. Notice. The Secretary or officer performing his duties shall give notice of every shareholders' meeting to each shareholder of record on the books of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting, by mailing written notice to such shareholders' address appearing on the stock books of the Corporation at least ten and not more than sixty days before the date of such meeting. SECTION 4. Officer to Preside. Meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, by the President, or if neither of these officers is present, by a Chairman to be elected at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as Secretary of such meetings, when present; otherwise a secretary shall be chosen at the meeting. SECTION 5. Inspectors. As soon as may be practicable after their election in each year, the Board of Directors may appoint two inspectors of shareholders' votes and elections, to serve until the final adjournment of the next annual shareholders' meeting. If they fail to make such appointment, or if their appointees or either of them fails to appear at any meeting of shareholders, the Chairman or other person presiding at the meeting may appoint inspectors or an inspector to serve with the one appearing for that meeting. 3 ARTICLE II DIRECTORS SECTION 1. Number of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors, not less than three nor more than twelve, as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. SECTION 2. Vacancies. Vacancies on the Board of Directors, including vacancies cause by reason of an increase in the number of directors, may be filled until the next shareholders' election only by a vote of a majority of all the directors in office. However, if only two directors remain and are able to meet at a meeting duly called for the purpose, then by the action of those two at such a meeting, or if only one director remains, by the act of that director, additional duly qualified directors shall be elected so that there are at least three directors holding office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors shall be duly elected and shall qualify. SECTION 3. Quorum. A majority of directors holding office at the time of any meeting shall constitute a quorum. SECTION 4. Chairman and Committees. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board from among their own number and the Board may also elect an Assistant Chairman of the Board from among their own number. Meetings of the Board shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, or if he be absent, by the Assistant Chairman, if there be one, or if the Chairman and Assistant Chairman, if there be one, are absent, by the President, or if none of these persons are present, by a Chairman to be elected at the meeting. The person serving as Chairman of the meeting shall determine the agenda and decide all rules of order and practice at all meetings over which he presides. The Chairman, and the Assistant Chairman, if there be one, may be replaced at any time by a vote of a majority of all the directors in office. The Board of Directors, by a majority vote, may appoint from time to time from among their own number an executive committee and such other committees having such powers as shall be designated in the respective resolutions applicable thereto. SECTION 5. Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held upon the order of the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Assistant Chairman of the Board, if there be one, the President, or two directors. The Secretary or officer performing his duties shall give reasonable notice of all meetings to each director, but no notice need be given of the meeting, immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders, at the same place, or of any other regular meetings held at times fixed by resolution of the Board. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held within or without the State of New Jersey. 4 ARTICLE III OFFICERS The Board of Directors shall elect, as officers of the Corporation, a President, who shall at the time of such election be a director of the Corporation, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, and may elect one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as may be deemed useful. The chief executive officer of the Corporation shall be the officer designated from time to time by the Board as the chief executive officer. Any two or more offices may be filled by the same person. All officers shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and any officer may be removed from office at any time by a vote of majority of all the directors in office. The several officers of the Corporation shall exercise the usual powers and duties pertaining to their respective offices, subject to such limitations as may be adopted by resolutions of the Board, and shall exercise such other powers and duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. ARTICLE IV RECORD DATE FOR PAYMENTS The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have power by resolution to close the stock transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding fifty days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders or the date for 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, provided, however, in lieu of closing the stock transfer books as aforesaid, the Board of Directors of the Corporation may by resolution fix in advance a date not exceeding fifty 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 receive payment of any such dividend, or any such allotment of rights, or to exercise rights in respect of such change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, and in such case only 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 allotment of rights, or exercise of such rights, as the case may be, and notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed as aforesaid. 5 ARTICLE V STOCK CERTIFICATES The Board of Directors of the Corporation may authorize the issuance of duplicate stock certificates to replace stock certificates lost, stolen or destroyed, upon such terms and conditions as it may by resolution prescribe. ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees and may indemnify each other "corporate agent", as defined in R.S. 14A:3-5(l)(a) of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, and each other person whom the Corporation may indemnify under the indemnification provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as in effect on January 1, 1986 or as thereafter amended, to the full extent permissible under and consistent with such provisions. The right of indemnification provided in these By-Laws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which said directors, officers or other persons may be entitled apart from these By-Laws. ARTICLE VII AMENDMENT These By-Laws may be amended or added to at any meeting of the Board of Directors by an affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors, if notice of the proposed change has been sent to all the directors ten days before the meeting, or if all the directors are present, or if those not present assent in writing to such a change. 6 B.A. Parent stated that the supplemental notice of the meeting, dated March 30, 1989, indicated that an amendment of the By-Laws for the establishment of a regular date and time for the annual meeting would be considered at the meeting. B. A. Parent indicated that pursuant to the procedure specified in Article VII of the By-Laws, Article 1, Section 1 may be amended if all Directors are present. Following discussion, on motion made and seconded, it was unanimously RESOLVED that Article I, Section 1 of the By-Laws is amended, effective March 30, 1989 to read as follows: SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders to elect a Board of Directors and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at such place, within or without the State of New Jersey, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting, on the Thursday following the fourth Wednesday in April in each year, at 11:00 a.m. or at such other hour or on such other day stated in the notice of meeting as the directors shall determine. (As amended March 30, 1989) EX-26.1 61 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF BINGHAMTON 1 Binghamton General, Inc. 26.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Binghamton General, Inc. Filed May 3, 1990 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. OF BINGHAMTON GENERAL, INC. 1. The name of the corporation is BINGHAMTON GENERAL, INC. 2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. 3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of common shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Thousand Five Hundred (2,500); all of such shares shall be without par value. 5A. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows:
NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- D. A. Hampton Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 M. A. Brzoska Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 L. J. Vitalo Corporation Trust Center
3 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801
5B. The name and mailing address of each person, who is to serve as a director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified, is as follows:
NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- John R. Lilly 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08215 Brian A. Parent 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08215 Joseph G. Salomone 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08215
6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized: To make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. 8. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation. 9. The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. 4 10. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. 11. This certificate of incorporation shall be effective on May 7, 1990. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this lst day of May, 1990. D. A. Hampton ----------------------- D. A. Hampton M. A. Brzoska ----------------------- M. A. Brzoska L. J. Vitalo ----------------------- L. J. Vitalo
EX-26.2 62 BYLAWS 1 Binghamton General, Inc. 26.2 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF BINGHAMTON GENERAL, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware." 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4.1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time 14 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-28.1 63 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF VINELAND GENERAL 1 Vineland General, Inc. 28.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Vineland General, Inc. Filed August 28, 1990 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF VINELAND GENERAL, INC. 1. The name of the corporation is VINELAND GENERAL, INC. 2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. 3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of common shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Thousand Five Hundred (2,500); all of such shares shall be without par value. 5A. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- L. J. Vitalo Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 M. A. Brzoska Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 E. A. Jensen Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 3 5B. The name and mailing address of each person, who is to serve as a director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified, is as follows: NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- John R. Lilly 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08215 Brian A. Parent 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08215 Joseph G. Salomone 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08215 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized: To make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. 8. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation. 9. The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservations 10. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which 4 involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 24th day of August, 1990. ------------------------------------------- L. J. Vitalo ------------------------------------------- M. A. Brzoska ------------------------------------------- E. A. Jensen EX-28.2 64 BYLAWS 1 Vineland General, Inc. 28.2 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF VINELAND GENERAL, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware." 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 state of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meeting. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4. 1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise 14 provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-99.1 65 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF VINELAND LTD. 1 Vineland Ltd., Inc. 29.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Vineland Ltd., Inc. Filed August 28, 1990 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF VINELAND LTD., INC. 1. The name of the corporation is VINELAND LTD., INC. 2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. 3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of common shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Thousand Five Hundred (2,500); all of such shares shall be without par value. 5A. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows:
NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- L. J. Vitalo Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 M. A. Brzoska Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 E. A. Jensen Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801
3 5B. The name and mailing address of each person, who is to serve as a director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified, is as follows:
NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- John R. Lilly 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08215 Brian A. Parent 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08215 Joseph G. Salomone 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08215
6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized: To make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. 8. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation. 9. The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter 4 prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. 10. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 24th day of August, 1990. ------------------------------- L. J. Vitalo ------------------------------- M. A. Brzoska ------------------------------- E. A. Jensen
EX-99.2 66 BYLAWS 1 Vineland Ltd., Inc. 29.2 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF VINELAND LTD., INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware." 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11(b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of,the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4. 1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time 14 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation. EX-99.3 67 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF PEDRICK GEN., INC. 1 Pedrick Gen., Inc. 30.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Pedrick Gen., Inc. Filed July 28, 1989 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF PEDRICK GEN., INC. The undersigned, in order to form a corporation for the purpose so hereinafter stated, under and pursuant to the provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, hereby certifies that: I. The name of the corporation is PEDRICK GEN., INC. II. The purpose for which this corporation is organized is to engage in any activity for which corporations may be organized under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as same may from time to time be amended or supplemented. III. The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is two thousand five hundred (2,500) shares of Stock, with no par value. IV. The initial registered office of the Corporation shall be located at 1199 Black Horse Pike in the Township of Egg Harbor, County of Atlantic, State of New Jersey and the name of the initial registered agent.of the Corporation at such location is John R. Lilly. V. There shall be three (3) Directors constituting the first Board of Directors. The name and address of each person who is to serve as an initial Director of the Corporation is an follows: Name Address ---- ------- John R. Lilly 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey Brian A. Parent 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey 3 Joseph G. Salomone 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey The above-named persons shall serve on the Board of Directors of the Corporation until the first annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. VI. A person who is or shall hereafter become a Director or an officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to the corporation or its stockholders, except that this Article shall not relieve such person from liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of such person's a duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders, (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or (c) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit. Any modification, repeal, or suppression of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of any such person for or with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such modification, repeal or suppression. VII. The name and address of the incorporator is Atlantic Generation, Inc., 1199 Black Horse Pike, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, the incorporator of the above-named corporation, has duly executed this certificate of Incorporation on July 27, 1989. ATTEST: ATLANTIC GENERATION, INC. - ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- JOHN R. LILLY, President (Seal) EX-99.4 68 BYLAWS 1 Pedrick Gen., Inc. 30.2 Bylaws 2 PEDRICK GEN., INC. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders to elect a Board of Directors and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at such place, within or without the State of New Jersey, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting, on the Thursday following the fourth Wednesday in April in each year, at 12:30 p.m. or at such other hour or on such other day stated in the notice of meeting as the Directors shall determine. SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place, within or without the State of New Jersey, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting, and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or Secretary upon direction of the Board of Directors. SECTION 3. Notice. The Secretary or officer performing his duties shall give notice of every shareholders, meeting to each shareholder of record on the books of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting, by mailing written notice to such shareholders' address appearing on the stock books of the Corporation at least ten and not more than sixty days before the date of such meeting. SECTION 4. Officer to Preside. Meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, by the President, or if neither of these officers is present, by a Chairman to be elected at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as Secretary of such meetings, when present; otherwise a secretary shall be chosen at the meeting. SECTION 5. Inspectors. As soon as may be practicable after their election in each year, the Board of Directors may appoint two inspectors of shareholders' votes and elections, to serve until the final adjournment of the next annual shareholders' meeting. If they fail to make such appointment, or if their appointees or either of them fails to appear at any meeting of shareholders, the Chairman or other person presiding at the meeting may appoint inspectors or an inspector to serve with the one appearing for that meeting. 3 ARTICLE II DIRECTORS SECTION 1. Number of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors, not less than three nor more than twelve, as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. SECTION 2. Vacancies. Vacancies on the Board of Directors, including vacancies caused by reason of an increase in the number of directors, may be filled until the next shareholders, election only by a vote of a majority of all the directors in office. However, if only two directors remain and are able to meet at a meeting duly called for the purpose, then by the action of those two at such a meeting, or if only one director remains, by the act of that director, additional duly qualified directors shall be elected so that there are at least three directors holding office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors shall be duly elected and shall qualify. SECTION 3. Quorum. A majority of directors holding office at the time of any meeting shall constitute a quorum. SECTION 4. Chairman and Committees. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board from among their own number and the Board may also elect an Assistant Chairman of the Board from among their own number. Meetings of the Board shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, or if he be absent, by the Assistant Chairman, if there be one, or if the Chairman and Assistant Chairman, if there be one, are absent, by the President, or if none of these persons are present, by a Chairman to be elected at the meeting. The person serving as Chairman of the meeting shall determine the agenda and decide all rules of order and practice at all meetings over which he presides. The Chairman, and the Assistant Chairman, if there be one, may be replaced at any time by a vote of a majority of all the directors in office. The Board of Directors, by a majority vote, may appoint from time to time from among their own number an executive committee and such other committees having such powers as shall be designated in the respective resolutions applicable thereto. SECTION 5. Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held upon the order of the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Assistant Chairman of the Board, if there be one, the President, or two directors. The Secretary or officer performing his duties shall give reasonable notice of all meetings to each director, but no notice need be given of the meeting, immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders, at the same place, or of any other regular meetings held at times fixed by resolution of the Board. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held within or without the State of New Jersey. 4 ARTICLE III OFFICERS The Board of Directors shall elect, as officers of the Corporation, a President, who shall at the time of such election be a director of the Corporation, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, and may elect one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as may be deemed useful. The chief executive officer of the Corporation shall be the officer designated from time to time by the Board as the chief executive officer. Any two or more offices may be filled by the same person. All officers shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and any officer may be removed from office at any time by a vote of majority of all the directors in office. The several officers of the Corporation shall exercise the usual powers and duties pertaining to their respective offices, subject to such limitations as may be adopted by resolutions of the Board, and shall exercise such other powers and duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. ARTICLE IV RECORD DATE FOR PAYMENTS The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have power by resolution to Close the stock transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding fifty days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders or the date for 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, provided, however, in lieu of closing the stock transfer books as aforesaid, the Board of Directors of the Corporation may by resolution fix in advance a date not exceeding fifty 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 receive payment of any such dividend, or any such allotment of rights, or to exercise rights in respect of such change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, and in such case only 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 allotment of rights, or exercise of such rights, as the case may be, and notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed as aforesaid. 5 ARTICLE V STOCK CERTIFICATES The Board of Directors of the Corporation may authorize the issuance of duplicate stock certificates to replace stock certificates lost, stolen or destroyed, upon such terms and conditions as it may by resolution prescribe. ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees and may indemnify each other "corporate agent", as defined in R.S. 14A:3-5(l)(a) of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, and each other person whom the Corporation may indemnify under the indemnification provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as in effect on January 1, 1986 or as thereafter amended, to the full extent permissible under and consistent with such provisions. The right of indemnification provided in these By-Laws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which said directors, officers or other persons may be entitled apart from these By-Laws. ARTICLE VII AMENDMENT These By-Laws may be amended or added to at any meeting of the Board of Directors by an affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors, if notice of the proposed change has been sent to all the directors ten days before the meeting, or if all the directors are present, or if those not present assent in writing to such a change. EX-99.5 69 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF BINGHAMTON LIMITED 1 Binghamton Limited, Inc. 27.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Binghamton Limited, Inc. Filed May 2, 1990 2 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF BINGHAMTON LIMITED, INC. 1. The name of the corporation is BINGHAMTON LIMITED, INC. 2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. 3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of common shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Thousand Five Hundred (2,500); all of such shares shall be without par value. 5A. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- D. A. Hampton Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 M. A. Brzoska Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 L. J. Vitalo Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 3 5B. The name and mailing address of each person who is to serve as a director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified, is as follows: NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- John P. Lilly 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08215 Brian A. Parent 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08215 Joseph G. Salomone 1199 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08215 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized: To make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. 8. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation. 9. The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. 10. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its 4 stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. 11. This certificate of incorporation shall be effective on May 7, 1990. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this lst day of May, 1990. D. A. Hampton ------------------------------- D. A. Hampton M. A. Brzoska ------------------------------- M. A. Brzoska L. J. Vitalo ------------------------------- L. J. Vitalo EX-99.6 70 BYLAWS 1 Binghamton Limited, Inc. 27.2 Bylaws 2 BYLAWS OF BINGHAMTON LIMITED, INC. 1. OFFICES. 1.1 Offices. In addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall have a corporate office in Wilmington, Delaware, and such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such locations as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. 2. SEAL. 2.1 Seal. The Corporation shall have a seal, which shall have inscribed thereon its name and year of incorporation and the words, "Corporate Seal Delaware. 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. 3.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. 3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors. 3.3 Notice of Meetings. (a) Notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which a meeting is called. No business other than that specified in the notice thereof shall be transacted at any special meeting. (b) Such notice shall either be delivered personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 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. (c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if such stockholder shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the 3 meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, such stockholder shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 3.4 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, 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 stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If an adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. 3.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. If such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting. 3.6 Vote Required. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation: (a) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors, and (b) whenever any corporate action other than the election of Directors is to be taken, it shall be authorized by a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote on the subject matter. 3.7 Manner of Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. 3.8 Stockholder Action Without a Mee Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that 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 4 meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of the holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. 3.9 Proxies. (a) At any meeting of stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and vote by proxy or proxies appointed by a written form of proxy. In the event that any form of proxy 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 the form of proxy upon all of the persons so designated unless the form of proxy shall otherwise provide. (b) The Board of Directors may, in advance of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, prescribe additional regulations concerning the manner of execution and filing of proxies and the validation of the same, which are intended to be voted at any such meeting. 3.10 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chair-man of all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, the President or, in his or her absence, any Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 3.11 Procedure. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine the order of business and all other matters of procedure. Except to the extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may establish rules, which need not be in writing, to maintain order and safety and for the conduct of the meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, he or she may: (a) restrict attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at the invitation of the chairman; (b) restrict dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording devices at the meeting; (c) adjourn the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum present; and 5 (d) make rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to microphones. The chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to act in his or her absolute discretion and his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal. 4. DIRECTORS. 4.1 Powers. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation or by these Bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders of any class or classes. 4.2 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. 4.3 Presiding Officer and Secretary. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or other person designated by the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated in accordance with Section 5.11 (b) of these Bylaws shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a designated Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. 4.4 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the place where such meeting of stockholders has been held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the person presiding over the meeting of the stockholders, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. In the event that in any year Directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall meet in such year as soon as practicable after receipt of such written consent by the Corporation at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such other business as the Board of Directors considers relevant to the management of the Corporation. 4.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the state of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such determination, such meetings shall be held at such times and places, within or without the 6 State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. 4.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the call of the Chairman of the Board at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as he or she shall designate, on not less than twelve hours notice to each Director, given verbally or in writing, whether personally, by telephone (including by message or recording device), by facsimile transmission, by telegram, or by telex, or on not less than three (3) calendar days' notice to each Director given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary on like notice at the written request of a majority of the Directors then in office. 4.7 Quorum and Powers of a Majority. At all meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof, a majority of the members shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, unless by express provision of law, of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at any meeting may, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. 4.8 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any member if waived by him or her in writing, whether before or after such meeting is held, or if he or she shall sign the minutes or attend the meeting, except that if such Director 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, then such Director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting. 4.9 Manner of Acting. (a) Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating therein can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. (b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of 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, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. 4.10 Compensation. (a) The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions, may fix, and from time to time change, the compensation of Directors. 7 (b) Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation for his or her reasonable expenses incurred with respect to duties as a member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (c) Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and from receiving compensation from the Corporation for service rendered to it in such other capacity. 4.11 Committees. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof having the power and authority to do so) may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "GCLD") to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting of such committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member of members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of such absent or disqualified director. 4.12 Committee Procedure, Limitations of Committee Powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws, each committee shall adopt its own rules governing the time, place and method of holding its meetings and the conduct of its proceedings and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws or any such rules or resolutions, notice of the time and place of each meeting of a committee shall be given to each member of such committee as provided in Section 4.6 of these Bylaws with respect to notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors. (b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. (c) Any member of any committee may be removed from such committee either with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. Any vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the original appointment of the members of such committee. 8 5. OFFICERS. 5.1 Number. (a) The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Senior Vice Presidents if deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Controller. The Board of Directors shall also elect a Chairman of the Board and may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also elect such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or necessary. Except for the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chief Executive Officer, none of the officers of the Corporation needs to be a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person to the extent permitted by the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or President the power to appoint one or more employees of the Corporation as divisional or departmental vice presidents and fix the duties of such appointees. However, no such divisional or departmental vice president shall be considered as an officer of the Corporation, the officers of the Corporation being limited to those officers elected by the Board of Directors. 5.2 Election of Officers, Qualification and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors and, except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a contract of employment duly authorized by the Board of Directors, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. 5.3 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof, or to the extent delegated to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.4 Resignations. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer. 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. 5.5 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director of the Corporation. 5.6 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. 5.7 Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall 9 have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board. 5.8 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. If at any time the office of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall not be filled, or in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. 5.9 The President. The President shall serve as chief operating officer and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. 5.10 The Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 5.11 The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and minutes of all such proceedings in a book kept for such purpose. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. (b) Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. In case of the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Secretary) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. 5.12 The Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited moneys or 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. The Treasurer shall also maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities, and transactions of the Corporation and shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties that generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. 10 (b) Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Treasurer. In case of the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of such designation, by the Treasurer) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. 5.13 Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and statements, and shall properly account for all monies and obligations due the Corporation and all properties, assets, and liabilities of the Corporation. The Controller shall render to the Chairman of the Board or the President such periodic reports covering the results of operations of the Corporation as may be required by either of them or by law. 6. STOCK 6.1 Certificates. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued under the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. 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 such person or entity were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 6.2 Transfers. Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, provided such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable law or contract. Thereupon, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. 6.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed shall make an affidavit or an affirmation of that fact, and shall give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in satisfactory form and with one or more satisfactory sureties, whereupon a new certificate (if requested) may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. 6.4 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares as the person 11 entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the GCLD. 6.5 Additional Powers of the Board. (a) In addition to those powers set forth in Section 4. 1, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock subject to the provisions of the GCLD. (b) The Board of Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers. 7. INDEMNIFICATION 7.1 Each 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 (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or the person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the GCLD, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Article 7, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any indemnification under this Article 7 (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 or she has met the applicable standard set forth in the GCLD. Such a determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) by independent legal counsel (compensated by the Corporation) in a written opinion; (d) by the stockholders; or (e) in any other manner permitted by the GCLD. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7, each of the above persons shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of 12 its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the GCLD requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a present director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 7 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by any manner permitted by the GCLD, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The right to indemnification and to an advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right. 7.2 If a claim under Section 7.1 of this Article 7 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim (including attorneys' fees). It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the GCLD for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCLD, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the claimant to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 7.3 The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 7, shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, this bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. 7.4 The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, 13 partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the GCLD. 7.5 The Corporation may enter into an indemnity agreement with any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, upon terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate, as long as the provisions of the agreement are not impermissible under applicable law. 7.6 Any amendment or repeal of this Article 7 shall not be retroactive in effect. 7.7 In case any provision in this Article 7 shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to the persons indemnified hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law. 7.8 The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, authorize one or more officers to grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to former directors and officers or to other employees or agents of the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such officer or officers deem appropriate under the circumstances. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Place and Inspection of Books. (a) The books of the Corporation other than such books as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware shall be kept in such place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. (b) At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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 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. (c) The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time 14 whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may be by law specifically open to inspection or as otherwise provided by these Bylaws) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders and the stockholders' rights in respect thereof. 8.2 Voting Shares in Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any other officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors may vote any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation. 8.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as the Board of Directors from time to time by resolution shall determine. 8.4 Gender/Number. As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each include the others whenever the context so indicates. 8.5 Paragraph Titles. The titles of the paragraphs have been inserted as a matter of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms and provisions hereof. 8.6 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed by (a) the affirmative vote of 80% or more of the aggregate number of votes that the holders of the then outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock are entitled to cast on the amendment, or (b) by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Directors in office, at any annual or regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in written notice of such special meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment of any provision of these Bylaws that requires an affirmative vote in excess of a majority of the Directors in office shall require the affirmative vote of at least the number of directors the affirmative vote of whom is required by such provision. 8.7 Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any provision contained in these Bylaws is inconsistent with or conflicts with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provision of these Bylaws shall be superseded by the inconsistent provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the extent necessary to give effect to such provision in the Certificate of Incorporation.
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